Baytown Auditors Move to Fix Nonexistent City Records
Baytown officials hired Haner and Dossey to audit two years of city finances after an outside report labeled the general accounting records as non-existent. Keron E. Dossey Jr was brought in to survey the books, with changes needing council approval and starting October 3, 1949. He will begin work Monday under conditions set by the council.
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Aytown
de Houston
Haner and Dossey
Baytown
Keron E. Dossey, Jr
Ossey
Hous-et
Trotter
Zek
Teil
Cost of widening West Main Street estimate
West Main Street widening between Causeway Road and the Baytown area carries an estimated cost of 98 800 dollars. City officials discussed funding options with County Commissioner Hugh A May offering county labor for both West and South Main if materials are supplied by the city. A revised materials estimate will be delivered next week.
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West Main Street
Fire City Council
West Main
Causeway Road
Old Pelly
Baytown
E. S. Berlin
Felé
Couny
Hugh A. May
West
South Main
Berlin
WD. Reeves
Rufus Bergeron
Armed Forces Told To Build Up Strength
B Hershey told congressional leaders that the Defense program aims to reinforce United States forces. He said selective service remains authorized and voluntary enlistment will be accepted as part of bolstering units to be moved to Korea.
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B. Hershey
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Baytown approves additions and bulldozer purchase
Baytown City Council approved a $94,848 purchase of a new TD-2 bulldozer from Browning Ferris Machinery, to be delivered in three days, and granted final approval for two housing additions Lawndell and Millydale No 5. The meeting also amended street lead limits, muffler codes for oil field machinery, and appointed Mrs. P Mendenhall as deputy treasurer.
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Uty
Baytown
Browning-Ferris Machy Company
Rufus Bergeron
Lawndell
Milbydale No. 5
P. Mendenhall
Drilling On Four New Wells All Set
Baytown officials approved permits to drill four wells. Grace Oil gets a Bowie Street extension well 165 ft from street and 63 ft from a residence. Production Service Corpora tion to drill 345 ft from Bowie extension and 135 ft from the nearest house. Amelia Airhart Number One permit moves 400 ft east, near a tunnel approach from Highway 146, 63 ft from the right of way.
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Baytown
Grace Oil Company
Bowie Street
Production Service Corporation
Bowie
I ‘Duction Service
Pelly
West Main
Amelia Airhart
City Fathers Double Up To Catch Up
City officials in Baytown held two meetings at City Hall last night led by Mayor J. A. Ward. An unofficial session ran in City Manager C. D. Middleton's office until 12:30 a.m. before returning to regular session. the meeting ended at 1 a.m.
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Baytown
J. A. Ward
C.D. “Middleton
Trains Return as Switchmen End Strike on Four Lines
In Chicago AFL Switchmen's Union ended a 12 day strike on the Chicago Great Western Great Northern Denver and Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific enabling train operations to resume. Rock Island remained strikebound as union keeps 40 hour week demand and pay cuts unresolved while parallel routes cited by union spokesmen fail to ease shipping needs.
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Switchman’s Union
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Rock Island
Switchmen’s
Arthur Glover
Chicago Great Western
Great Northern
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific Lines
Truman
Western Pacific
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Kansas
Rock Is
Truman seeks extra $260 million for atomic weapons program
President Truman asked Congress for an additional 260 million dollars for atomic weapons work including hydrogen bombs. He said funds would expand plants and facilities for producing explosives or fuel, aligning with the January 1950 directive to advance all forms of atomic weapons and related power reactor uses.
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UPI
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Truman
Buying Splurge Continues In Some Cities
A United Press survey shows most Americans won t panic into hoarding amid war scares yet some cities report shopping runs. Autos, tires, sugar and nylon stocked up, with dealers noting extra refrigerators and ranges and housewives buying more sugar than usual as war worries ease in some regions.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Texas
Austin
Texarkana
Dallas
Houston
Detroit
United ‘Press
Governor's Youngsters Ill As Virus Suspected
The two sons of Governor Allan Shivers and Mrs. Shivers were slightly improved but remain acutely ill. Mrs. Shivers said John Shary, 10, and Allan Jr., are believed to have a virus infection. The governor canceled engagements and rushed to his Rio Grande valley home where the children and others have been ill. Doctors have not confirmed a diagnosis but favor a virus illness.
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Allan Shivers
Shivers
John Shary
Allan
Rio Grande’ Valley
US Won't Use Sunday Punch In Korea
Foreign desk analysis by Harry Ferguson notes debate over using the atom bomb in Korea. Public figures question whether Truman would unleash such power, calling it an act of desperation and admission of strategic bankruptcy if employed.
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Harry Ferguson
Fred. Schwartz
New York
Truman
Fred “Schwartz
North Korea
White House
Joseph L. Myler
United Press
Washington
Fred Savanes
UNTLED traces of war report near front lines
Ambiguous dispatch notes fighting around South Korea with forces advancing nine miles northwest and reports of emergencies at a hospital bridgehead. No clear date or unit names given.
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Sisug
South
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