Western Blizzard Recalls 1949 Holiday Storms Across West
A massive blizzard swept the West on Jan 2 as holiday celebrations faded. The storm crossed the Canadian border into Montana and Wyoming, with eyeing cold waves and high winds expected to reach the Dakota rangelands. By Monday dawn, 201 deaths were recorded in the three day holiday period, including 174 in highway crashes, as safety officials warned of dangerous driving conditions across the nation.
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Chicago
Canadian
Montape
Wyoming
Dakota
DuPont
Tse
National Safety Counci
Sing Sing Penitentiary
Calhoun County Fir
Biarshall
Michigan
Covinston
Indiana
Assembly of God Church
Los Angeles
At Least 40 Texans Die In New Year's Violent Toll
United Press reports 40 Texans died in violent incidents over New Year weekend, with 20 traffic deaths, six in temper fires, and 14 other violence. The tally raises total violent deaths in Texas since December 23 to 167. A pea soup fog blamed for many crashes, including a fatal train collision near Waco. Names listed: Leonard B. Capps and family, Nathan Yarbrough. An oil stove fire near Rosenberg caused four more deaths.
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United Press
United Press-State Department of Public Safety
Texas
Waco
Sunder
Leonard B.capps
Fant Som
Leouanl, Jr
Fredie
Nathan Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Arms for Bases Plan To Keep Formosa Free
Washington January 2 President Truman asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to study a proposed arms for bases deal to deter a Chinese Communist bid to seize Formosa the last major stronghold of Chiang Kai shek The plan involves leasing premises for a year as part of the accord to bolster Nationalist defenses against invasion or coercion
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Formosa
Washington
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang Kei- Shen
United States
Baytown Outlook Mixed With Plans And Political Talk
Baytown residents face a crowded January with events planned and annual exoduses to the furniture mart. Local figures discuss New Year resolutions, school roll calls, and Pioneer Club directors. National issues include discussions on military aid, Western Pacific defense, and a potential defense plan tied to Roosevelt era policy.
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Baytown
L. G. Sanders
W. B. Rogts
Furniture Mart
Chicago
Baytown Sun
Ben Ammons
A. & Drew
D. Willams
Jap Bradshaw
Hugh Echols Jr
Port Lavaca
Louis van Meldert
Fay Bryant
Elbert E. Yount
Barrey L. Ward
New Pioneers
Cus
Son
Fenchy Boullion
al’ Taylor Ser
Jerry
Buddy
Theo Wilburn
Qastington
Katie B. Noland
Paris
Rds
Clark
Steed
Philosopher
Percy
Five Die After Taunts Over Disfigurement Trigger Massacre
Lorraine Knapp age 23 killed her mother Hazel Knapp and siblings Ernest 3 Fay 12 and Winifred — then apparently killed herself. Father John Knapp worked at Mountain Copper Mine while brothers George 16 and Jack 15 stayed with a neighbor. George and Jack said Lorraine had been brooding since returning from Dillon six weeks earlier and feared she was disfigured after taunts by younger siblings. A .22 single shot rifle was used. authorities planned no inquest.
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Butte
Mon
Lorraine Knapp
Lorraine
Hazel Knapp
Ernest
Wini
John Knapp
Mountain Can
George
Jack
Dillon
Montana
Knapp
Iing
Eirnest
Fay
Winifred
Dallas Man Foils Gunmen For 6th Time
Herbert The Cat Noble a noted gambler and frequent gangland target is expected to recover after a sixth life threatening ambush at his Oak Cliff home. His wife Mildred Noble was killed in November by a dynamite charge in an automobile as police noted an explosive blast nearby.
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Dallas
UPI
Herbert
Noble
Oak Cliff
Mildred Noble
Same Uniform For ALL U.S. Servicemen?
Senator Lester C. Hunt proposed unification by forcing all service members into the same game uniform, arguing it would deter future revolts and strengthen national defense. He warned against petty interservice feuds amid U.S. defenses facing foreign issues and criticized Navy Air Force clashes highlighted by last fall’s inquiry.
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Washington
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Hunt
Senate Armed Services Committee
West Point
Annapolis
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Air Force
Louis Berengéld
Navy
Naval Operations
Forrest P. Shermen
Senate
Denfeld
Joseph R. McCarthy
F. Wisconsin
Sherman
Congress
Wooster Water Election Tomorrow
Voters go to the polls to elect five two year terms on Macris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 2 and a water district tax assessor collector. Nine candidates compete for five seats incumbs Kerr Peterson Floyd. Incumbents Wolfe Russell seek re election. Balloting at David G. Burnet School from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. presiding judge Lee R. Tag. If Wooster annexation ordinance passes, Baytown City Council to act.
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Wooster Ares
Macris County
David G. Burnet
Lee R. Tag
R. T. Kerr
T. B. Peterson
M. Floyd
L. E.orr
Mbe
Bramlett
He W. Flynt
Roy W. Walker
Andy Bargainer
Morris R. Morrow
Kerr Peterson
Floyd
R. A- Wolfe
I. W W. Russell
G. B. Massey
Baytown
Wooster
Good Deed Repaid After 22 Years In Birmingham
In Birmingham on January 2 1930 a longtime good deed returned. A boy once warmed and fed by city firemen 22 years earlier reappeared at city hall claiming to be that hungry youth. He revealed his identity James A Williams of Houston Texas owner of four restaurants and presented a plan to fund a camp and boathouse for city employees on the Coosa River with 500 dollars after giving 100 to officers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bcross
Bob. Nichols
Coosa River
Wal- Let
Nichols
James A
Bill
Williams
Houston
Texas
Get Past Roadblock Arkansas Convicts Shoot It Out
Little Rock January 2 UP three heavily armed convicts fled Tucker prison farm after killing a guard and wounding an officer. A long pursuit by HQ officers and dogs stalled by rain and fog as convicts hid in a 10 square mile area near Highways 67 and 70. The escape gang leader was James Perry Williams with others Jack Rheuark David Dyer and Otis Eaton.
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Little Rock
Ark
Woods
Tucker
Hensiee
H. R. Peterson
Arkansas State Police
Meronis
Brock
Lonoke County
Earl Jackson
Ken Bramley
Lonoke
Here
Jackson
James Perry Willams
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Jack Rheuark
Sapulps
Oklshome
David Dyer
Oklahoma City
Baytown Baby Derby Honors Walker’s Newborn in Dawn of 1950
Baytown Hospital reports D O Walker's son Wray Bernard Walker born at 2 s m Sunday weighing eight pounds eight ounces first baby of 1950 in the area. Darlene Ware daughter of Mr and Mrs William Ware born at 2 28 am weighing six pounds twelve ounces. Jeptha Long son of Mr and Mrs J D Long born at 2 35 am weighing six pounds one ounce. The race for 1950 baby title stirs local interest with prizes from Goldfield's Grocery McAdams Clothing San Jacinto Creamery and others.
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Wray
Bernard Walker
Baytown Hospital
D. OL Welker
Bolster
Darlene Ware
William M.ware
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Jeptha Dupree Long
J. D. Long
Schilling
Walker
Baytown
Goldfield's Grocery
McAdams Clothing
Birds Eye
J. C. Penney
Basinette
San Jacinto
Commerce Food Market
Celpepper -Furnitture
Simmons
MacArthur Backs Formosa Protection
General Douglas MacArthur opposes American recognition of Communist China and urges definite steps to defend Formosa from attack. He is expected to share views with the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff during their Far East visit in early February led by Omar N Bradley.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
China
U.S
Formosa
MacArthur
U. 5 S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Joil Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Bruman
Japan
New Year's Quiet In Baytown Police Report
Baytown police reported a quiet New Year weekend with about five minor accidents and several fights dispersed. Clinton Barnett, 41, suffered a fractured skull and cracked ribs in a three way crash near Spring Branch. his wife Margaret Barnett and James Spencer, both of Baytown, had minor injuries. Barnett remained in Jefferson Davis Hospital in guarded condition as fog limited travel and fumes from celebrations reduced speed.
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Baytown
McNeil
Clinton Barnett
Jefferson “Davis Hospital
Spring Branch
Margaret Barnett
James Spencer
BioNair
Jefferson Davis
Barnett
Vacation About Over For School Kids
Six thousand Baytown school youngsters wrap up Christmas break as classes resume tomorrow. Lee College students also return to classrooms for the first time since December 22, marking the end of the holiday period.
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Baytown
aTea
Lee College
U.S. Spending and Taxes Dominate Early Session
The 1950 election year Congress opens with focus on government spending and taxes, civil rights, and social security. Republicans push spending cuts while Treasury estimates suggest wartime taxes may drop, and officials anticipate budget battles across the House and Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Sbroad
Leutenants
Senate
House
Datte
White
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
New Sino Soviet Pact Tightens Manchuria Fate
London Jan 2 UP Chinese Communist Leader Mao Zedong will negotiate a revision of the Yalta era Sino Soviet treaty. Radio Moscow quoted Mao saying China moves to peaceful economic construction. Talks in Moscow include Sino Soviet credits and a Chinese trade deal, with Manchuria’s future a major hurdle. The 1945 agreement gave Moscow control over Manchurian railways and joint bases at Port Arthur and Dalien.
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London
Jal
Mai Tse
Tung
Yalta
Union
Chiang Hai-Shek
Radio Moscow
Mao
Tass
Moscow
China
Communist Party
Republic of China
Manchuria
Josef Statin
Winston Churchill
Franklin D
Port Arthur
Dairen
Retired Baytown Farmer Dies At 77
Solomson A Dutton aged 77 died at 2 am at his home 226 East DeFee Baytown after years as a farmer. He leaves wife daughter Mrs Martha Giesie of Baytown and sons Eass Dutton of Bartown and Dorris Dutton of Cove. Funeral 9:30 am Tuesday Hartiman Chapel Cedar Crest Cemetery with grandsons pallbearing.
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Solomson A. Dutton
East DeFee
Dutton
Baytown
Martha Giesie
Eass Dutton
Bartown
Dorris Dutton
Cove
Hartiman Chapel
Cedarcrest
Norwegian Pilot Blamed for Oslo Charter Crash
An investigation committee blamed the pilot for a charter plane crash near Oslo on November 20 that killed 34 people, including 23 children. Only one boy survived. The 29 children aboard were Jewish refugees from North Africa headed for Israel.
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Oslo
Norway
Air-Traffic Board
Africa
Israel
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