Jet B-47 surpasses 4000 mile range in new production
The Air Force has produced a B-47 jet bomber variant flying over 600 mph with an estimated range exceeding 4000 miles. Experts say the signature swept back wing and twin crews aid speed while defense relies on speed. altitude capabilities reach above 49,000 feet as orders for 80 more B models are planned.
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Mrngton
Orce
Seatle
Washington
Air Force
Curtis E. Lemay
Strategic Air Command
Boeing
Oil well fire roars in Elk City field in Oklahoma
A blowout at Hubbard No. 1 in the Elk City field last night sent fire hundreds of feet high as oil gushed from the well. Firefighters feared tank explosions but crews escaped unharmed. Authorities estimated the drill site value at $350,000 and said the blaze would not threaten nearby wells.
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City
Okla
Jan
Shell Oil
Hubbard No. 1
Elk City
Here
McKinney
Weil
Houston
Bran Awes
Hellmerick - Payne
Death notices for Humble Pipeline retiree and Baytown resident
Mrs Beave Vidrine 67 retired Pipeline Division Humble refinery died after pneumonia. Earthman Baytown services announced. Walter Henckell long-time Baytown resident 25 years to be buried in Southern Pine Cemetery in Humble. Survived by wife Mrs Metigrine, son Marcus Vidrine daughter Miss Mary Vidrine, brothers King and Curtis Vidrine of San Retired Pipeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beave Vidrine
Cha- Rey F. Walter Henckell
Baytown
Hawthorne
Heights
Marcus Vid
Mary Vidrine
King
Curtis Vidrine
San
Fragmented Bundle of Town Notes and Names
A jumbled local item list mentions Wilson, a missing horse, Steele McDonald seeking a publicity man, Mrs. Ardelis Songwriter, Wilkins aboard the USS, a Baytown letter, Joe Lee and others managing cooking duties, Farvey with a blue car, an accident involving a telephone pole, Elmer Gray’s optimism, the sleepy town news, Pol ice exchanges, and Mrs. Leigh Crabbe shopping. Readable fragments point to a column of casual notices and character sketches from a small town page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YA Oliver
Wilson
Steele McDonald Hanting
Ardelis
Wilkins
Baytown
Joe Lee
Wal- Farvey
Tima Parks
Elmer Gray
Foe
H. EB
McKee
Leigh Crabbe
Jaycee Banquet Approaches With 300 Expected Today
The Jaycee Founders Day Banquet, Bay town Junior Chamber’s biggest annual event, will name the “young man and old man of the year” for 1949. Judge Dan W. Jackson of the 129th district court in Boyston will speak on Youth Welfare. Attendees will tour the Quack Shack and entertainment includes George and Wayland Coohe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Beavers
Baytown
Bob Johnson
A S. Bynum
J. A. Hapsele
J. W.ainsworth
Byron Heney
Doug Stewart
Robert L. Gillette
George
Wayland Cohoe
EL Xf
Emmeline Renis
Houston Anti-cuberculosis League
Rev. M.S. Jordan
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
GOP Leaders Demand Far East Policy Briefing
Senators Knowland and Smith urged Defense Secretary Johnson and the service chiefs be called before committees to outline military plans to counter Communism in Asia. The hearing plans were blocked by the Democratic chairmen who said no such testimony was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Truman
China
Congress
Asia
William F. Knowland
California
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Defense
Louis Johnson
Chiefs of Staff
Dean Acheson
Far East
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Theational Press Club
Tom Connally
Texas
Formosa
United States
Fense Fine
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Connally
Knowland
Smith
Johnson
Two Water District Elections Shape with Local Upsets
Fifty six votes were cast across Highlands and Mont Belvieu Water districts. Highlands re-elected J. E. Wolcilk A. J. Lostak and HL Patton to the board. In Mont Belvieu the write-in A. G. Elsthe narrowly beat William C. Smith for a new seat, with Blythe and George Mills elected as other new members. holdovers include I. M. Brinson B. G. Strong Joe Matthews and M. E. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alarcrs
County Water Control and Improvement District
Highlands
Chambers County
WCID
Mont Belview
J. E. Wolcilk
A. J. Lostak
HL Patton
A. G. Elsthe
William C. Smith
Blythe
Smith
George Mills
Highlands Board
I. M. Brinson
B. G. Strong
Mont Belviex
Joe Matthews
M. BE. Smith
No Left Turns Off Texas Avenue Expedited Downtown Traffic
Police chief H E B McKee announced a five block no left turn zone in the core business district to speed traffic. City Manager C D Middleton described the plan as experimental and a traffic signal will be installed at Texas and Whiting. Signs will mark intersections at Whit ing Pruett Jones Gaillard and Ashbel. Left turns will be banned for traffic entering from side streets and at the Piggly Wiggly lot on West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Avenue
H. EB. McKee
McKee
C.D. Middleton
Middleton
Texas
Whiting
Melee
Pruett
Jones
Gaillard
Ashbel
Pair of killers captured after massacre of three children
INOSCIUSED Miss Jan 11 two desperadoes Turner Leon 38 and Wendell Whitt 24 were captured by a force of 25 state patrolmen and local officers led by L C Hicks and Sheriff Roy Braswell near Newport Mississippi. They surrendered without a fight after hours of pursuit. The capture thwarted a plan to offer pardons to prisoners in exchange for turning them in. The men were armed with high powered rifles and surrounded by neighbors in a wide area. A seven year old boy reportedly led police to the hiding place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inosciused
Miss
L. C G. Hicks
Roy Braswell
Attala County
Leon Turner
Messacre
Wendell Whitt
Turner
Whitt
Newport
Mississippi
Court Admits More Facts In Twin Killings
In Austin the Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a death sentence for Lee Everett Bunn in a double murder case and ruled a confession tied to one killing could be used in the trial for the other. The court also affirmed a death sentence for William Ray in a rape case, ruling on venue and judgment procedures amid procedural appeals and nunc pro tunc corrections. In New York, Dr Carl A L Binger testified it is okay to tell conventional white lies, while commenting on Whittaker Chambers as psychopathic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lee Everett Bunn
Bill Criner
Vonnie Pearl Bell
McClennan County
Bunn
Criner
Fom
William BR. Ray
Hart Worth
Ray
High Criminal Court
Navarro
Tarrant County
Texas
New York
Jan. T
Carl A. L. Binger
Binger
C. S
Thomas Furphy
Whittaker Chambers
Bandit Taken After Chase Wife, Baby Also In Stolen Car
In Houston around midnight a grocery store bandit and his wife with their two year old daughter fled in a stolen car after holding up Midget Road Market. Herlen C. Beckley admitted the robbery and four others, saying hunger drove him to steal after finding no food. The car crash ended the pursuit and no injuries occurred to the Beckley family.
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Houston
Eri
Herlen C. Beckley
Ben
Park Place Boulevard
Betty
Herlen
Carla Jean
Abs
Beckley
Wilford Simpson
Simpson
Lewis Orders Wildcat Strikers Back To Mines
Washington January 1 UP John L. Lewis directed striking coal miners to return to work next Monday. The order came as a telegram described as a suggestion to district presidents in nine states where spontaneous strikes had occurred. It urged transmission to idle members that production should resume.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United
John
Crippled Ship Bound For Shanghai From Hong Kong
Captain David Jones of the battered Isbrandtsen freighter Flying Arrow aims to slip past blockading Nationalist warships and reach Shanghai. Informants say the main risk is shellfire from the Wuling, a slow mine layer, but Flying Arrow’s speed may outpace the danger as crew members leave the ship amid the perilous voyage.
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Bong Kong
David Jones
Isbrandtsen
Flying Arrow
Tiska
Shanghai
Wuling
Jones
British election set for February 23
London announces general election date as Prime Minister Attlee fixes February 23 for voters to decide five more years of Socialism. Churchill rests in Madeira while Conservatives claim readiness. Campaign expected to be bitter with Labor touting social security and nationalization, following the 1945 wartime landslide.
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London
Clement Attlee
Attlee
George VI
Winston Churchill
Madeira Islands
Lord Woolten
Labor
Ifree
Europe
Japan
Viciow
Labor Party
Denfeld Ouster Probe Fades in Senate Action
Senate hesitation undermines Knowland’s bid for a full investigation of Admiral Louis Denfeld’s ouster as top Navy commander. Chairman Tydings opposes the inquiry inside the Armed Services Committee, while Knowland presses for discipline questions ahead of Admiral Forrest Sherman’s nomination. Page 2.
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Denfeld
Senate Committee
Washington
William F. Knowland
Senate
Louis HE. Denfeld
Millard* Tydings
Maryland
Armed Services’ Committees
House
Armed Services Committees
Knowland
California Republcan
Forrest P. Sherman
Denfelé
House Committee
Sherman
Congress
Homer-Ferguson
Michigan
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Judiciacy
Pet McCarran
Nevada
Senate Banking’ “Committee
Wet-Dry Vote Set For Mont Belvieu
The Chambers County Commissioners Court calls a wet-dry election for Mont Belvieu area on Tuesday January 31. Voters west of the Trinity River in Chambers County will decide if all intoxicating beverages are prohibited. The period coincides with the last day poll tax receipts are valid and marks the fourth such election in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont Belvies
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Justice Presinet Five
Chamber County
Chambers County
Trinity River
Mont Belvieu
Baytown
Second Buyer Not Protected From Claims
Texas Supreme Court rules an innocent purchaser of a used car is not protected from foreclosure by an out of state mortgage holder. The case involves a 1948 Studebaker bought in Georgia, mortgaged to the Bank of Atlanta, later moved to Houston, titled without notice, sold through several parties, and pursued by the bank for debt. The ruling discusses certificates of title, state law, and fraud prevention in innocent purchaser protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Supreme Court
Texas
Studebaker. Seddan
Bank of Atlanta
Georgia
Pextine’ Wes - Bees
John E Sharp
Decatur
W. Zis
Atlanta
Harris
Houston
Supr
Hide
Vale ‘Harris
Fulton County
P. and H. Motor Company
F. L. Fretz Motor Company
Fretz
C. E. Sweiven
Sweiven
Chari
Last Heir Of Houston Pioneer Dies
Last heir of a Houston pioneer dies in Houston area. Stella Scanian, 25 miles from here, found dead previously. The deceased, founder of a northern family business empire, owned downtown office, a two theatre building and several blocks. Requiem Mass to be sung Thursday at Plantation Church. Burial at Glenwood Cemetery with Most Rev C E Byrne presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouston
Familly
Huting
C. E. Byrne
Galveston
Model Turns Down Heir For Negro Singer In News
Lowell Mass reports the socially prominent mother of Mertha Braun says her 21 year old daughter rejected an inheritance of 500000 to elope with Negro nightclub singer Billy Daniels. Mrs Braun denies her son in law would be colored though Daniels is billed as negro in New York cast. marriage records list Daniels as negro.
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Lowell
Mass
Jan
Mertha “Braun
Billy Daniels
Cat
Daniels
New, York
Joseph Weskbarken
New
Jersey
Braun
New York
Cis
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Bund Town
Jaycee
Dan W. Jackson
Gop
Hinabor
Olin. Miller
Bandit
Chase
EL 3
Wildcat
Joy
Fern Chase
Los Angeles
Chambers
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