Hiss Is Sentenced To Five Years In Prison
A former State Department official and Carnegie Endowment president Whittaker Chambers case ends with Alger Hiss receiving five year terms on two perjury counts. Judge Henry W Goddard denied motions for a new trial and arrest and Hiss remains free on bond while appealing.
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Hiss
Sennee
Claude B_ Cross
Ride Goddard
Sen
Ifuss
Biam
Wiike
Marshall Ada Houston Conquests By FRED HARTSIAN
General George Marshall held a hour long interview at the Rice Hotel Houston focusing on the 1950 Red Cross drive and other public questions He refused to discuss China or atomic issues but addressed Western Europe currency and tariff problems as the Marshall Plan moves toward 1952 He noted Western Europe improves yet the next two years will be hardest and the plan remains the main effort
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Fred Hartsian Houston
George Catlett Marshall
Houston
Red Cross
Rice Hotel
China
Somegross
Europe
Minimum wage boosted for 1.4 million workers
The 75 cent minimum wage law, signed by President Truman, raises pay for about 1.4 million workers across interstate commerce. Employers face cost increases of around 900 million dollars annually as the reform tightens child labor, restricts homework, and clarifies overtime pay rules, with Maurice Tobin vowing 500 new investigators to enforce compliance.
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Washington
Sime
Labor Department
Beip
Shrine
Uruman
Maurice J. Tobin
Sround Town highlights town folk and quirky notes.
Local column mixes names and small events from LEITFANT, including police chief Montgomers sidelined by illness, neighbors discussing unseasonable weather, school missing student Star, and multiple residents facing mumps and health issues. Mentions rebuilt hall, Feltown Sun office, and eye store demolition.
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A. L. Jordan
Lucille Beard
Elizabeth Lonenecker
Lois Helen
le Thibodaux
Exappy Shelton
Jack Edterson
Jack
Swim- San
Feltown
West Texas Avenue
Rigi
GOP Tries Again To Get FEPC Action
Ten Republicans pushed a new tactic to force House action on the fair employment practices bill, but the effort was doomed to fail. They pressed for a calendar Wednesday session to test floor potential, aiming to move the FEPC from the rules committee, where it had stalled.
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Gop
Fepc Action
Washington
House
John Lesinski
Michigan
Labor Committee
FEPC
Kes
Adan Clayton Powell
New York
Franklin BD. Tidsbvele, Jr
Roosevelt
Congress
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Brien McHahon
Connecticut
New England Steel
Penfeld
Senate
Miral
Louis B. Denfeld
Oval
Henry A. Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Russia
Ifanbellen A
Incentive Tax Plan Seen Lifting Oil Prices Worldwide
Washington January 25 02 oilmen estimate Truman tax plan would lift consumer prices by at least 2.5 billion dollars. Independent Petroleum Association official says removing an agentive program would raise crude costs 50 to 100 percent and boost gasoline and heating oil prices. The group warns of lost incentive to drill new wells while Atlantic Refining researchers announce a new high pressure gas flooding method that could recover up to 90 percent of oil in reservoirs, aiming for field tests this year.
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Washington
Truman
Roland Rodman
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Redmar
Redman
Association
Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Atlantic
Lycurgus Leskaris
Petroleum
Carpenter's Son Dies Here After Surgery
Bailey William Reep, 18, son of Sam Reep, Baytown carpenter, died at 12:55 a m today after complications from an appendicitis operation. He had worked as art helper for Phenix Deiry on a delivery route and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1949. Survivors include his parents Bri and Mrs Reep and a brother James Lee Carpenter.
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Bailey William Reep
Sam Reep
Baytown
Phenix Deiry
Robert H. Lee Hieh
Mater the First Baptist Church
Bri
Reev
James Lee Carpenter
MacArthur Urges Outlawing War Amid Civilizational Threat
General Douglas MacArthur, approaching his birthday in Tokyo, argues a possible Third World War would end modern civilization. He advocates outlawing war, endorsing liberty Christianity and democracy, warning communism as the era's greatest threat, and plans to stay in service until the crisis is resolved. He was born January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Earnest Robbrecht
United Press
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Japan
MacArthur
Bouglas
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arthur
U. S
Arthur MacArthur
Philippines
Officials To Explain 1950 Rice Acreage
Dan Clinton county agricultural agent and Claude Jennings district manager will outline the 1950 rice acreage allotments for area rice farmers at 7 p.m. in the Baytown Chamber of Commerce offices. The meeting is expected to address reductions in acreage statewide and Harris County from last year’s plantings.
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Dan Clinton
Claude Jennings
Agricultural Conservation Program
Baytown
Hinabor Inn Road Race Draws Crowds
A vivid description notes crowds speeding to the inn down the road with heated vibes likening the path to heading to a fire. The colorful line captures local ambiance and a sense of frenzied traffic near a roadside gathering.
Van Deventer Father Dies in Beaumont
R L Van Deventer retired lumberman and Baytown Britton Cravens manager died at 9 30 am Tuesday after sudden illness. He lived near Bassmay and was rushed to a Beaumont hospital where he died. Funeral at his Bassmay home Thursday at 2 30 pm. Survivors include three sons KR L Baytown Ray La Porte and V J Van Deventer Ousten, and two daughters Mrs W Bridges and Mrs J E Pickens, Beaumont.
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R. E. van Deventer
Limberman
van Deventer
Britton-Cravens Lumber Company
Baytown
Kirby Lumber Company
Bassmay
Beaumont
Bessmay
Kr, L
Ray van' ‘Deventer
la Porte
V. J. van Deventer
Ousten
W.&. Bridges
J. E. Pickens
Labor unions rally in Baytown area for polio drive
Organized labor in Harris County mobilizes for the March of Dimes campaign with each union member urged to contribute 1 and a half dollars. About 86,000 union members are in the county as Baytown Pasadena and other ship channel towns join civic groups in backing the effort. Jayceeettes run telephone drives while Tack Taylor presents an Army film on the polio battle to Baytown Horace Mann and Ashbel Smith students.
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Baytown
Wilton Ropece
Coalition Committee of Representatives of
Organized Labor
Harris County
Hiarris County
Roper
J. Marr
Jayceeettes
Hest Herris
Tack
Taylor
Horace ‘Mann
Ashbel Smith
Tayior
Hunt Detroit Gang For Boston Robbery
Cleveland detectives hunt Detroit's Purple Gang for links to the Brink's Boston robbery. They raided an east side house near Central Police Station, finding Grey twill uniforms, green friction tape, and burglar tools. Sam Norbert and Edgar Heath were being sought for questioning in connection with the Boston crime. Norbert had ties to a Detroit restaurant robbery. Heath tied to a Cleveland case.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tuk
Ldetroit
Purple Gang
Brink's
Boston
Central Police Station
Brinks
Brink's Incorporated
Sam Norbert
Detroit
Edgar Heath
Ther
Morrison Wins New Orleans Mayoralty in Landslide Victory
Handsome Delesseps S Morrison reelected mayor of New Orleans beating Charles Zaio by 112,062 to 58,520. Morrison swept five of seven council seats in the primary and claimed district attorney, criminal sheriff, civil sheriff, coroner and civil court clerk posts. Voter turnout featured 207,590 metro-white registration amid a noisy slate of 29 offices. Morrison alleges Governor Long influenced a new seven member council to bolster Long power in districts.
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New Orleans
Delesseps S. Morrison
Earl K.long
Mission Council
Charles Zai
Albin
Cabb
Morrison
Cold Wave Follows Two Blizzards
CHICAGO Jan 3 A cold wave swept down from Canada after twin blizzards halted trains and closed schools across the Midwest and West. Mercury sank well below zero in the northern tier from the Great Lakes to the Rockies. The chill moderated as it moved southward and unseasonable warmth, strong in Chicago Milwaukee Philadelphia and St Louis yesterday, was kept near the ground by cloud cover. In the West the cold reached Northern California and San Francisco reported traces of frozen precipitation.
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Chicago
Canada
Midwest
Gerat Lakes
Rockies
Billwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
California
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
Union Strikes After 24 Hour Chrysler Talks Falter
UAW workers across multiple states walk out after 24 hours of failed 10-cent welfare package talks with Chrysler Corp. Reuther decries firm stance as 89,000 workers and suppliers join picket lines. Company offered pensions but opposed trust fund. demands include 10-cent raise, health and pension benefits, with protests and soup kitchens forming at sites.
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Chrysler Corporation
SIG United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
UAW
Sompany
Genuuinel
Ats
Reuther
Tuck Attorneys Seek New Trial For Murder Conviction
Percy Foreman and Ervin ers filed a motion for a new trial for Elton Lucy Bartown Tuck, convicted of Mrs Gertrude Beytown Beles death in 1927. They argued before the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, and a ruling could take months while Tuck remains jailed in Houston County awaiting the appeal result.
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Percy Foreman
Erviners
Elton
Lucy Bartown
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Tuck
Gertrude
Mickey) Joell
Beytown Beles
Caurt of Criminal Appeals
Houston
Line Farms Backed for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Post
AUSTIN Jan 25 The line of farming candidates grows with James B. Griffin of Mission and J C White of Midwestern University entering the race to succeed J B McDonald as Texas agriculture commissioner. Griffin, 32, allied with McDonald in 1948 but vows to stay in the contest after McDonald said he will not seek reelection. White, 25, heads the university’s agriculture department and will begin campaign activities February 1 after taking leave. McDonald, 68, thanked supporters and noted his long service in the legislature beginning in 1920.
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Austen
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
J. B. McDonald
James B. Griffin
Griffin
McDonald
Rio Grande Valley
McDonald's
Joh C. White
Midwestern University
Agriculture Department
Wichita Falls
Texas
Bilis
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Slim
Los Angeles
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Robert E. Lee
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Baytown Jonship
Lions International
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Laskaris
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Hinabor
Olin Miller
R.L. van Deventer
Marc of Dimes
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