B-29 crashes on Ellington runway injuring fourteen
A B-29 air force bomber failed to land on a foggy Ellington AFB Burbank? Actually Ellington near Houston. It plowed 150 yards of dirt, smashing the bottom, landing gear and propellers damaged. Four aboard were seriously injured, ten suffered minor cuts. The routine training flight originated from Fairchild AFB near Spokane Washington with low visibility reported.
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Custon
James Hamill
Ellington
Fairchild Air Force Base
Spokane
Washington
Iis
Hamill
Ry Togpy
Highlands Rotary aims to light fields at elementary school
Sun Spots article notes Highlands Rotary Club plans to install light reflectors and wiring at the Wighlands Elementary School field, led by Ste Ramsey. The group aims to complete the project soon, with officers detailing progress during a council meeting. Deputy A. B. Callins reports total poll taxes collected nears 8300, ahead of previous year.
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Fay
Wighlands
Groymia
Highlands
Ste Ramsey
Rotary
A. B. Callins
Premier REIS leads France as youngest head of state
The Assembly approved REIS, a 30 year old political outsider allied with Communists and de Gaulle followers, to form a cabinet and begin work immediately. The government aims to draw from socialist, popular, and independent groups as it navigates a six year republic amid political tension and shifting party loyalties.
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Reis
Charles de Gaulle
Foeren
Republic
Ial Socialiats
Repub HS
Hospital Visiting Hour At San Jacinto Memorial
Traffic jam on Decker Drive near San Jacinto Memorial during visiting hours caused congestion. About 59 patients were hospitalized this week, with many vehicles parked around the building suggesting family visits or open houses in patient rooms.
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Decker Drive
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Jim Foley
Cary
Polio Strikes Crosby High Star Sharon Lord
Crosby High School senior Sharon Lord contracted polio last week and, doctors say, will recover with absolutely no after-effects. Parents report she is walking again and expected to be released from Hedgecreep Clinic in about 16 weeks.
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Sharon Lord
Crosby High School
W.C. Lord of
Sharon
Ias
San Jacinta Memorial Hospital
Hetgecrott
West Coast Storm Creates Floods and Evacuations
A fierce late winter storm lashed California causing floods and evacuations as roads flooded and mudslides blocked highways. A Marine plane crashed off Laguna Beach with two aboard. Maj Elmer K. Gilbert and Capt Erwin F. Ball were presumed dead. Five people died in the Los Angeles area, including Adolph S. Terrones of Santa Ana. Santa Ana River and floodwaters swamped the region while farmers in the southern valley welcomed above normal rain for the first time in years.
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Pacific Palisades
Pollywood
Arrowhead
Laguna Beach
Elmer K. Gilbert
Erwin F. Ball
Long Beach
San Fernando Valley
Guaqdin
Los Angeles
Ares
Adglph S. Terrones
Santa’ Ania
Santa Ans
Ox' Angeles
Ighehee
California
Nevada
Credit Union Elects Directors and Declares Dividend
Federal Credit Union approves a 42 percent dividend on investments and elects seven new directors including J C Alspsugh J Keating and R Padgett. Holdover directors include Jota T Henderson Bern S Love and E 3H Olives. Officers to be elected include William F Whites and Oliver. New supervisor committee members are asker Haynes Paul John and GH Shipley. Weldon F Williams named to credit committee. holdovers T J Prue and Der W Lucas.
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Federal Credit Union
Ualsa
Asker
Haynes
Paul John
GH. Shipley
Weldon F
Willams
T. J. Prue
der W. Lucas
Gould To Chicago Ad Mec Sessions Begin Monday
Syd Geula, Baytown Sea advertising manager, departs for Chicago for a three day Newspaper Advertising Executives Association meeting. The conference runs Monday through Wednesday with a dense program of ad problem discussions from all parts of the United States. Gould has been with The Baytown Sun since 1943 and serves as advertising director and vice president of the Sun’s parent corporation.
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Syd Geula
Baytown Sea
Chicago
Advertising “Exectives Association
United States
Tke
Geld
Gould
Sun
Baytown Sun. Int
War Balance Sheet For Week Roundup Of Good And Bad News
A weekly balance sheet reports good and bad war news. Churchill urges Western unity and steel aid, French forces hold Hoa Kinh against Indo China rebels, and a UN study foresees rising global production. Bad notes include stalled Panmunjom talks, UK US policy strains, Russian UN criticisms, and Draper named roving ambassador to supervise European aid programs.
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Winston Churchill
Congress
Britain
United States
Asia
Churchill
Indo-China
Hoa Kinh
Hanoi
Thdo-China
Black River
United Nations
James W. Angell
Columbia University
Panmunjom
North Korea
Gaurebite
Japan
China
Bares 3
Andrei Vishinsiky
Vishinsky
Draper
New York
Truman
Aig Progrem
French Fire Bomb Trains Hit Indo China Supply Line
Paris dispatch says French planes bombed a human supply train moving 159,000 to 200,000 Chinese coolies carrying ammunition food and medicine toward Hoa Binh. The communique claims the move was an easy target for napalm strikes amid heavy enemy pressure near Hoa Binh and the colonial highway.
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Hanoi
Opern
Indo-China
Hea Binh
Man Wants Wife To Sound Him In Hell
A Dallas man faces jail after stating he wants his wife kept from church and plans to restrain her from going. He told Judge Bill he beat her because she insisted on church attendance and he would send her to hell by keeping her away from worship.
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Weife
Dallas
Brant
Texas
Coco
Bill
Reds Press Prisoner Issue During Armistice Talks
UN officials accused the Communists of holding about 50,000 war prisoners and an unspecified number of civilian detainees after an armistice while promising to release 116,000 prisoners after truce. Allied pilots intercepted MiGs in MiG Alley and FAC bombed forward lines. UN forces reported air and ground actions, with supplies moved and raids limited along the east coast as talks bogged down.
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Punmunjom
Korea
Ibri
United Nations
Frigey
R. BE. Libby
Yurang
Kaesong
Meia
Judge Can't Remember His Own License Expiry
ENID. Municipal Judge Doug McKeever reprimanded his old friend Dr Fred Entrilen for letting his driver's license expire. The judge joked about renewal dates, then accompanied Entrilen to highway patrol headquarters to retake the examination. His own license had expired last July.
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Enid
Doug, McKeever
Fred Entrilen
McKeever
Entrilcon
Highway Patrol
Texas Jewish Leader To Speak Here At Jaycee Dinner
Dr. Robert J. Kahn, rabbi of Temple Emanu El in Houston, will headline the Annual Jaycee Distinguish Service Award Dinner. A Texas leader, he has served as army chaplain, hospital chaplain, and adviser to Veterans programs. He has led Temple Emanu El to a notable new building and is active in many rabbinic and civic groups. Baytonians know him from speeches at Vaccalaureate services for Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College.
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Helen Vaveretta
Dor
Lee
Pean Anderson
Tezll
Hinda Groner
Pat Smith
Barfield
Ems
Lustity Serbo
Mets
Mites Watkins
Doe Ludka
Lai
Texas
Abbi Kahn
Robert J. Kahn
Zak
Jaycee
Pow
Kahn
Temple
Emanu
Elin Houston
Towa
Houston
Hebrew Union. College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Union College
Texas Department of the American Legion
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ellington Field
Kallah of Texas Rabbis
Central Conference of American Rabbis
The
Bay Scouts
Traveler's Aid
Emaenu
Last Galveston Shipyard Closes
Galveston’s Kane Ship Building Corporation shut down operations at 12:01 am as workers walked off the job triggering a strike. The action leaves the city’s last operating shipyard idle with about 1,500 workers outside Kane and 30 AFL Metal Trades Council members from eight smaller yards joining the walkout over wage differences and union demands.
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Galveston -R
Galveston
Kane Shipbuilding Corporation
Nice
Ace
Strixehouns
Kane Empinges
Keone
Shipbuilding Corporation
AFL Metal Trades Council
Band Green Isle Jailbird Mayor Contested
A chaotic scene outside the county jail followed the release of Cartwright after three days confinement. Supporters rioted downtown, praising Her stright while a large contingent gathered to honor the freed man amid shouted chants and tense crowding.
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Sor Hebert
Cartwright
Cannty
Izzoner Wold
Brazilians urge looking ahead to avoid falling behind
Baytown Sun readers learn how classified ads help find, fill, and hire quickly. Mrs Josephine Ashwood of 2 East Jack is cited as an example of prompt results after placing a want ad. A listing at Lafayette Dr includes a two bedroom unfurnished house and a contact number 4766 for details.
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Baytown Sun
Classifica
Josephine Ashwood
East
Jack
Lafayette DR
Informatt
No More Millionaires Need Apply Ad Claimed in Times of India
In Bombay a Times of India advertisement titled Indian Invitation sought a charming 17 year old girl from a Hindu family to marry a multimillionaire. The notice, labeled prepare to apply, appears as a stark social alert reflecting arranged marriage dynamics and class expectations.
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Bombay
India
Times of India
Jyox
Warning of swift punishment for truce trickery in Korea
Washington reports a general agreement to warn China that any major violation of cease-fire terms would trigger swift retaliation beyond Korea. Officials say a harsh penalty for double-cross could include air strikes on railways and power plants in Red China, a tightened Allied naval blockade, and a new major ground offensive in Korea.
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Washington
China
Rem
Ching
Sorea
Panmunjom
Lo. I. Aled
Red China
Korea
Churchill presses for US aid to defend Suez Canal Zone
In a joint address, Winston Churchill urges American troops to help defend the Suez Canal Zone amid mixed reactions from the Truman administration and Congress. He presses for swift Allied retaliation against Red China and a stronger Atlantic Pact framework while meeting with President Truman and addressing lawmakers.
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Washington
Winston
Churchill
Suez Canal
Cean
Congress
Gress
Atlantic Pact
Bripatrisan
Thak
Ersuade’ Angraté
United States
Times Raps Churchill Aid Pledge and Suez Control
London editors split over Churchill’s pledge to join the US if Korea violates the armistice. The Times warned against assuming a wider war with China from his Formosa remarks, while Britain’s papers praised his call for international control of Suez Canal defenses. General Bradley commented on MacArthur with the line about fighting the wrong war with the wrong enemy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Suez Canal
Times
Churchill
Formolsa
Farrest
China
Omar’ Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Egypt Threatens UN Action Amid State Of Emergency Proclaimed
Egypt threatens to seek United Nations action and invoke mutual defense amid a nationwide state of emergency proclaimed at dawn in response to Churchill's appeal for allied troops in the Suez Zone. Egypt cites risks to Middle East security as Britain, France, and Turkey move forces.
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Egypt
Paris
Security Council
France
Turkey
Suez Canal Zone
Winston Churchill
Salah ‘el Din-Pashi
Churchill
Canal Zone
Churchills
United Nations
Salah Et Din
Middle East
William Wilson 81 Dies After Illness in Baytown Hospital
William N. Wilson Sr died at Baytown hospital after a long illness. A retired farmer, he came to Baytown in October to live with his son O. R. Wilson at 120 Lafay ette Drive. Funeral services set for Saturday at Blair near Timpson with Eathman Funeral Home.
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William N. Wilson
FBT
Baytown
O. R. Wilson
LaFayette Drive
Blair
Timpson
Eathman
Local Names Repeated in Tax Pay List
The fragment lists individuals and businesses including Mrs Lefayne Bell, Cy Baldwin, Elizabeth Ann Collin, H Burchett, Mrs E D Geveland, Roy Elms, Mrs O W Foyle, and Weingarten’s among others tied to refinery offices, drug stores, banks, and general listings in Highlands area.
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Lefayne Bell
Cy Baldwin
Gak
Elzabeth Ann Collin
Highlands
H Burchett
Carpenters
Hal. Bir
E D Geveland
Leggett Drug Store
Roy Elms
General Tire
W. Foyle
Henke Pillot
Cedar Bayon
Gladys Berbert
Citizens National Bank
Weingartens
EF. Felton
McNait
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Merning of Council
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Hollywood
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Ieei
Pacific Coast
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Ens Angeles
Phil
Newsom
William IS
Sinanju
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