Baytonians Stage "Its a Date" Musical Comedy
A all Baytown cast of about 125 will perform Its a Date a musical comedy at Robert E Lee High School auditorium March 16 to 17. Presented by the Business and Professions Women's Club to benefit the Robert B. Lee band and the Lee Brigadiers. Mindy Scott from Kansas City will cast and direct. Cast ranges from tiny tots to fortyish plus with eleven scenes featuring impersonations of radio shows and a minstrel segment. The two lovers Ginger Jones and Jo Jo Brown discuss the wedding date as scenes reflect months of the year. Tickets go on sale soon through B and PW members.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Business and Professions Women’s’ Club
Robert B. Lee
Lee Brigadiers
Beatrice Horton
Mindy Scott
Kansas City
Miss. Scott
Ginger Jones
Jo Jo Brown
B and
Lost Plane Found on Mount Ongji in Japan
A missing B6 bomber with three crewmen killed was found on Mount Ongji after two weeks of search efforts. The pilot was identified as Richard F. Price of Morrow Ohio, with crew members James S. Cacile of Hadon Heights New Jersey and Royal R. Newman of Chester West Virginia. The aircraft disappeared February 15 after taking off from Yokato Airbase bound for Ttazuke Airbase.
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Tokyo
Mount
Ongji
Yokato
Ttazuke
Kyushu
Shokuku Island
Cartsin Richard F. Price
Morrow
Ohio
Air Force
James S. Cacile
Haddoen Heights
New Jersey
Royal R. Newman
Chester
West Virginia
High School Kiss Sparks Legal Action in Bethany Oklahoma
Angry Bethany residents file in District Court seeking removal of the Bethany school board superintendent and high school principal after six students were expelled following a kiss between Riddell Riggs and Charlotte DicClain at a basketball ceremony. Public kiss sparked student walkout and fears of repercussions.
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Oktaroma Cipy
Okla
Bethany
Oklahoma
Bethany High School
Bethany High
Riddell Riggs
Charlotte DicClain
Fairmont club offers ocean passage to Russia
The Fairmont exchange club offers to pay third class passage to Russia for anyone who prefers communist dictatorship to America’s democratic way of life. To prove sincerity, the club will post a $500 guarantee with two sureties, enough to buy a one way ticket for any taker.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont Exchange Club
Russia
America
Hubbard Hall Named At TSCW
Denton Texas February 28 A 1 500 000 dining unit nearing completion at Texas State College for Women will be named Hubbard Bar in memory of Bertha Altizer Hubbard wife of retiring president L H Hubbard The official name was announced by the college newspaper with approval from the board of regents The dining block covers a square block and includes four student dining halls banquet rooms cafeteria kitchen storeroom bakery meat shop and laundry with seating for 2000.
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Denton
Tex
Texas State College
Womex
L. H. Hubbard
Hubbard Bar
Board of Regents
Bertha Altizer Hubbard
Hubbard
TSCW
Panhandle Day proclaimed by acting governor in Texas
Senator Grady Hazelwood in Amarillo as acting governor proclaimed Panhandle Day directing Texans to Panhandle’s role in the state's economy and culture. He highlighted cotton gravel clay potash and football players as examples of the region's contributions. Governor Shivers expected back in Austin today.
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Texas
Hazelwood
Shivers
Favorable Antihistamine Results Reported on Radio
Chicago reporters say three doctors described antihistamine drugs as favorable in treating the common cold hay fever and asthma but cautioned use only under medical supervision. They noted higher cold incidence among unmedicated workers and cited two to three year experience with hay fever cases.
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Chicago
Eday
Northwestern University
American Medical Association
Harry Tebrock
Sylvania Electrical Products Company
Emanuel Schwartz
Long Island Collezse
Herbert J. Wrinkle
Kansas City
Wrinkle
Schwartz
Americans Nominated for Hobel Peace Prize
Oslo report says President Harry S Truman former Secretary of State George Marshall UN Mediator Ralph Bunche and five other Americans were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian committee. Britain’s wartime leaders Churchill and Attlee, Nehru, King Paul of Greece and Herbert Evatt were among those proposed. The committee listed 28 individuals and six institutions and will decide in autumn.
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Oslo
Norway
Harry S. Truman
George
Marshel
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Britain
Winston Churchill
Jawaharlal
Nehru
King Paul
Greece
Herbert Evatt
Australia
Wnobel Cermittee
Texas Plant To Build Cutlass Warplanes
The Navy awarded a 21.9 million dollar contract to United Aircraft of Dallas for Chance-Vought Cutlass twin engined fighters. The carrier aircraft reportedly exceeds 700 miles per hour altitude. Officials estimate 30 to 50 planes in the order. only three samples existed before, one crashed in Chesapeake Bay last year. The Continental Congress adopted the State and Stripes flag on June 14, 1777.
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Washington
Navy
United Aircraft Corporation of
Dallas
Nav
Chesapeake Bay
Continental Congress
Birds Leave Their Mark On Capitol
TOPEKA KAN FEB 28 The state sought help for a starling problem at the Kansas capitol as an $18 000 sand blast cleanup resumes with spring approaching The Executive Council including Governor Frank Carlson asked for public suggestions to remove the birds that roost on the statehouse and leave marks on the sandstone building
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
State Capitol
Statehouse
Mark
Frank Carlson
Kansas Capitol
China Youths Flee Red Labor Conscription
In Taipeion February 28 the Nationalist Ministry of Defense said thousands of Chinese youths are fleeing mainland cities to dodge conscription into labor battalions bound for the Soviet Union. The ministry also cited a secret codicil in the Moscow Peiping treaty promising Russia a 3,000,000 man Chinese labor force. It reported the Kowangtsieh District seizure by the Reds and Nationalist guerrillas briefly retaking it before Reds reinforced.
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Taipey
Forreosa
Ministry of Defense
Soviet Union
Meo Tze-tung
Russia
Kowangtsieh
Kiangsi
Fukein
UP Serves New Clients In Japan
The United Press extends its Japanese teletype network to Osaka, linking the Osaka Mainichi and the English Mainichi as the newest nodes. This expansion follows the prior October setup of teletype facilities in Japan. MacArthur hailed the system as key to timely news in postwar Japan.
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Tokyo
United Press Today
Osaka
Mainichi
Japan
United Press
Douglas MacArthur
Pioneer Tavern-Owner Ma Goodwin Dies in San Angelo
Mrs. L. C. Goodwin known as Ma Goodwin longtime San Angelo tavern owner and West Texas pioneer died of heart disease at her home. The Goodwin Tavern was a local landmark with Ma seated in a rocker by the bar and using a cane as her own bouncer during her years running the establishment.
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San Angelo
Tex
L. C
Mia Goodwin
Goodwin
West Texas
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