Tax Bills Move Through House Amid Hospital Funding Push
Supporters push a new omnibus tax bill as the House approves hospital system funding and considers across the board increases. Representative Fleming leads the measure while critics urge reductions, aiming to funnel revenue to the state hospital fund and road upkeep.
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Tin
Memar
Usten
Puonse
House Revenue and Poison Committee
Representa
Joe B. Fleming
Henderson
W. HE. Rampy
Wintfer
Jimmy P. Horang
Accer City
Revenue and Tax- Pay Committee
Forany
Douglas Bergman
Dalles
Local gossip and notices swirl around town names and events
A jumble of short notes mentions PRUETT and Hamed Ham rivalry, Little Butch Perkins, Saint Wick, Byard Sooy, Velma Cox aid, David Sie as council secretary, Bay feminine golfers, Cap tad Mrs Bil Whitredge, La Porte Pal airport stop, Manager Al Torch, Al Vinson, Lee Dunn and granddaughter Kath, Curley Gingles, early vacation, Warmer town assignment, D Sones intricate problem, Red Grantham SS convertible, Tazier and Melvin Berry politics, Johnny De Loach, tunnel diggings near Missouri, Mrs D shopping for a special, Sylvia McKinstry and Girl Scouts.
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Pruett
Herb
Butch Perkins
Saint Wick
Byard Sooy
Velma Cox
David Sie
Es Council
Edna
Jacobs
Bil Whitredge
la Porte Pal
al Torch
al Vinson
Lee Dunn
Kath
Curley
Warmer
Watown
D. Sones
L&c
Red Grantham
Tazier
Melvin Berry
Johnny de Loach
E. UM. P
Diggins
Missouri
Unity Sought As Chest Faces Harder Fundraising Days
Retiring Baytown Community Chest officers warned that rising unemployment will strain welfare funding as more campaigns compete for donations. At a sparse meeting in the Baytown Community House new Chest and Health and Welfare League officers were elected including Gordon L. Farned and Hugh Stewart as Chest directors and Dr. George Bruce as Health League director. Council chairman Bragg Callaway was chosen with Mrs Ethel Huggins as secretary, while outgoing chair L G Sanders urged broader campaign inclusion to sustain support.
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Community Chest
Baytown
the Chest
Health and Welfare Leagues
The
Gordon L. Farned
Hugh Stewart
Ballard
Albert Kiner
Wesley Woods
Welfare League
Irs
W. T. Busch
W. L. Brough
Perry Britton
Gene Bauer
Sanders
Council
iSee Riere Enity
Ingrid Bergman to be kept from Stromboli in Baytown theaters
Baytown theater officials announced they will not show the Ingrid Bergman film Stromboli in any East Texas venues. Howard E. Brunson of Theatres Inc. and J. Oakley of the regional chain confirmed the policy amid inquiries from Baytown residents. Bergman faces nationwide critique over her affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini.
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Ingrid
Stromboli
Baytown
Howard E. Brunson
East Texas
Brunson
Miss Bergman
Roderto Rossellini
Kannarr to Lead 1950 Baytown Fair as Chairman
J C Kannarr Baytown farm machinery dealer will chair the second annual Baytown Fair. He took over at a meeting of 1949 fair officials, succeeding Theo Wilburn who resigned due to his many farm and civic duties. Kannarr plans organization of 1950 committees starting next month, with first meeting in about three weeks before his Chicago trip for a two week International Harvester school.
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J. C. Kannarr
Baytown
Kannarr
Theo Wilburn
Wilburn
Goose Creek Independent
Har County
Chamber
W. T. Busch
Willem
Hennarr
East Hertis
West Chambers
Keanard
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Houston
Kannar
Chicago
International Harvester
Ben FL Ammons
Kennarr
Accidents in Baytown Recount First 81 Days of 2950
Baytown police files show 27 traffic accidents in January 1949 and in 1950, with no fatalities so far in 2950. One fatality was logged for January 1942. 5 major accidents required hospital care. Of 51 vehicles, 1 truck and 49 private cars collided. 13 tickets issued. Burkett attends Texas Music Educators Association convention in Mineral Wells. L. H. Buckmer elected head for 1950.
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Baytown
D. D. Jones
Donaldson Declares Ambrose Stamp Deal Violates Law
Postmaster General Jesse W. Donaldson said Harold F. Ambrose’s $610,000 stamp speculation "clearly is a violation of the law." He noted the case of his former $10,000-a-year special assistant will be sent to the justice department after postal inspectors finish their probe. He said it is a matter of deciding which law was violated.
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Washington
Jesse W. Donaldson
Harold F. Ambrose
Donaldson
Justice Department
Edinburg City Election Lacks Filed Candidates
Edinburg on February 10 reports no candidates had filed for the April 4 city election and none were expected. The charter requires filing with the city clerk post that job vacancy. The brief note ends with an advertisement for RAND shoes at Moore's Shoe Store, 213 West Texas.
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Edinburg
RAND
Moore’s
West Texas
Truman Seeks Postal Revenue Hike in Congress Action
President Truman asks Congress for about 400 million dollars in new postal revenues to cover the Post Office Department deficit, as House and Senate bills aim to raise about 102 million annually across first to fourth class mail. Senate committee delays until Lincoln Day, while foreign policy and labor issues also move through Congress.
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Congress
Washington
U.P
Senate Post Office Committee
Truman
House
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Post Office Department
Johnston
Russia
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
House Labor Committee
Tom Steed
D. Oklahome
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
ARC
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Edward T. Miller
Maryland
Alaska
R. Snow
Ketchikan
England Votes In A British National Election
U P Washington Manager Lyle C Wilson reports from London on how Britain’s national election mirrors and differs from the U S system. He explains voters choose MPs for Parliament only, not a prime minister, and notes differences in timing, the House of Lords, and the role of political tradition. He will cover rallies and the February 23 balloting.
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U. P. Washington
Lyle C. Wilson
London
Great Britain
England
Wilson
United States
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Lyle
Watson
United Press
House of Commons
House of Representatives
March Of Dimes Campaign Closes With 4226 Funds
East Harris County contributions to the 1950 March of Dimes drive totaled 4226, about 800 more than last year. Co Chairmen Wilton Rever and Barwin Middleton thanked supporters for a slow start but strong finish, noting donations were voluntary with no pressure tactics. Sources include mail 2007.64, Coca Cola employees 1050, schools 72.85, Baytown Refinery tubs 7.86, KREL program 87.59, Key Club 18.43, reaching Baytown Crosby Highlands Channelview.
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Harris County
Wilton Rever
Barwin Middleton
Roper
Coca-Cola
Baytown
KREL
Key Club
Crosby
Highlands
Channelview
Pasadena Tunnel Opening May 1
Pasadena announces the new tunnel to Galena Park will be completed by May 1 as engineers Palmer and Baker project. The last bulkhead in the Houston Ship Channel tubes will be removed next week, with a county wide celebration planned in Galena Park and corroborating events at Pasadena and Channelview areas. Local officials including Mayor Sam Hoover and Baytown leaders attended the Harris County meeting.
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Galene Park
Sam Hoover
Pasadens
May
Galena Park
Baytown
J. A. Ward
Darvin Middleton
A. V. Barber
West Berlin block feared as Soviets threaten blitz
U S High Commissioner McCloy pledged to block a Soviet blitz on West Berlin and warned against seizure amid a pending World Youth Congress plan. Traffic delays at Helmstedt and discussions with General Taylor accompanied reports of a reduced cargo backlog and Soviet veto of a Berlin takeover plan.
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Berlin
John J. McCloy
West Berlin
Helmstedt
McCroy
Sai
Young World
McCloy
Frankfurt
Maxwell D. Taylor
Charles Dix
United States
Taylor
Communist Youth Movement
Russia
East Berlin
Waldemar Schm
Taerlische —Rundschau
Press
Mercy Plane Flies Watermelon To Child
A mercy plane arrives in Dallas carrying tropical watermelons for Bonnie Joan Mathew a 3 year old kidney patient. The fruit will be sent to Shreveport hospital where doctors say daily watermelon juice aids recovery. Braniff Airways arranged the flight from Panama.
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Dallas
Toda
Shreveport
Louisiana
Bonnie Joan Mathew
Braniff Airways
Panama
Wheaton College Ends 39 Hour Revival Amid Outsider Concerns
Wheaton College in Illinois ended a 39 hour revival with 15000 students and faculty praying and confessing. President W Raymond Edman said too many outsiders attended and stopped public testimony to prevent notoriety. Students then continued private confessions in rooms as classes resumed after morning services.
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Wheaton
Geb
Wheaton College
W. Raymond Edman
Edman
God
Miser
Gil Dodds
The
College
College Chapel
Marjorie Andreason
Skokie
Hilinois
Revival at Hinabor College Ends With Confessions
Students from several schools gathered for Evangelism Week at Hinabor College. After a spontaneous revival, about 20 remained in the revival hall as faculty member Dodds led cleansing, with some confessing and praying aloud. The scene echoed a 1953 event lasting 12 hours.
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Dodds
Dodd
Judge Ready To Sign Writ Against Lewis
Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech prepared to sign an injunction ordering John L. Lewis to drop illegal contract demands and call off the coal strike. The order was being prepared for signature around two this afternoon by General Counsel Robert N. Denham of the National Labor Relations Board. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Union were expected to appeal immediately, which would suspend the injunction automatically.
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Washington
Richmond B. Reech
John L. Lewis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Keech
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
National Labor
Relations Board
Burglary Suspect Arrested in Four Comers Case
Two Baytown area burglaries have been cleared by arrests in the past 24 hours. An ex convict wanted since the December 3 burglary and safecracking at Four Comers Grocery on Washington Avenue in Houston was picked up Thursday. He is to be viewed in a lineup today by the store manager and employer who identified his photo. Witness Anastasia Greenwood is ill with the mumps and cannot view him yet. Charges likely filed today. two Channelview brothers are in custody.
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Baytown
Toda
Four Comers
Washington Avenue
Houston
Anastasia Greenwood
Channelview
Disclosure- Comes After Long Probe
London report details Dr. Klaus Fuchs admitting in a signed confession that he passed Allied A-bomb secrets to the Russians for seven years beginning in 1933. Prosecutors said he split his mind into two parts, one loyal to the Allies and one to Russia, and communicated secrets from New York Boston Los Alamos and London. He was ordered held for trial at Old Bailey after a Bow Street confession reading.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Jekyll and
Me Hyde
Fuchs
Bow Street
Old Bailey
Michael Perrin
Briteain
Atomic Research Laboratory
Harwell
Boston
Massachusetts
Sian
New York
Los Alamos
FBI
Iman — Fuchs
Bains
United States
Britain
Yank Soldiers Sell Services To Russians In Vienna
Two American MPs Sergeant John Frankey of Brockton Massachusetts and Corporal Paul Abel of Bolivar Missouri admitted they kidnapped Oswald Eder a former German POW and handed him to Soviet authorities in Vienna for a payment of 7000 Austrian schillings ($250) The men said they acted in a large Soviet controlled kidnapping ring and surrendered after U S Army Headquarters announced arrests in the earlier gang case Eder was seized in the British sector of Vienna in November and delivered to the Russians in the Soviet sector The pair said they knew they would be caught sooner or later
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Vienna
Austria
U. S. Army
John Frankey
Brockton
Massachusetts
Paul Abel
Bolivar
Missouri
Oswald Eder
Russia
Glin
Eder
U.S. Army
Jesque Abel
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Pteman
Berg
Fouxo Own
Mrs. D
Sylvia McKinstry
Ambrose
House of Lords
Pasadena
U.S
Mercy
Hinabor
Olin Miller
Baytown Area
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