Pilot Comes Home To Tell Bedtime Stories
Medford airman from the fifth air force base in Japan returns from Korean missions to share bedtime tales with his wife Eleanor and two daughters. The family lives in a modern suburban setting near the base as the war effort continues. He describes heat, weather, and pilots’ daily routines while reaffirming commitment to fly missions despite strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
SUN
Igmén
Japan
Holmes L Smell
Medford
Eleanor
Caralyz
Natalie
New York
Small
Tilk
Livestock prices in Fort Worth market report
Livestock section from Fort Worth shows cattle steady with 1400 head noted. Good fed steers and yearlings at 23.50 to 27.50. Slaughter calves 25.00 to 29.50, stocker calves 25.00 to 30.00. hogs steady with good class barrows 24.00 to 25. Sows 16.02 to 20.00. Calves 450. Feeder pigs 20.00 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
USDA
Rear Admiral Kimmel Suffers Heart Attack
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel retired commander in chief of the US combined fleets at Pearl Harbor time suffered a heart attack at his home Friday night. He was reported in satisfactory condition at the submarine base district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW _ LONDON
Conn
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Fishing Tales From Highlands And Galveston Trip
HN Adams recounts a minnow driven perch catch near Pickett's Bayou with Gregory and others, while others report bass at Highlands Reservoir and goggle eye at Lake Darton. A Galveston Cavilear trip yielded 27 kings and 12 snapper, with several other species and a shore-side bait shop note on frozen shrimp supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HN. Adams
AL Gregory
Gregory
Gannon
Decker Drive
Pickett's Bayou
Adams
Eitch Gregory
Houston Adams
Highlands
Bess
Kont
Robinson
Delman Weiser
Baytown
Day Lake
Darton
J. E Crawford
Alysom
Main Street
Highlands Hias
Bill Clerton
Pat Anderson
Pete Petrie
Warren Epling
Tom Veenstra
CG. F. Center
Cavilear
Galveston
Warsaw
Doug Lowe
A. ©. Hutchison
Careful driving urged in safety message
Fragmented public safety note emphasizes patient driving and attentive behavior near playgrounds. It cautions drivers to obey signals, supervise children, and keep control of vehicles at all times to prevent accidents.
AlaskaPremier General Kepner Heads Armed Forces
Anchorage Alaska PiLieu tenant General William E Kepner veteran of atom bomb tests at Bikini and Eniwetok 1946 1948 took over as commander in chief of Alaska armed forces succeeding Lt General Nathan F Twining. He will oversee Army Navy and Air Force in Alaska and urged no hysteria over alerts saying civilian plans are precautionary. He declined comment on overall military situation or the Korean War impact. Kepner served in both world wars and led the Eighth Fighter Force in Europe in World War I and the Eighth Air Force in Great Britain in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
William E. Kepner
Stock Quotes Roundup for Major Firms and Commodities
A sprawling OCR read lists numerous stocks and commodities with fragmented spellings. Names include AT and T, Amerada Petroleum, Armco Steel, Amoco, Chrysler, Dow, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, General Motors, Goodyear, Humble, Libby, Mack Trucks, Nat Steel, Penney's, Pure Oil, Texaco, Tex Gulf, Tidewater, Timken, U S Steel, and Woolworth. The text appears as a garbled ledger of quotes and company mentions with partial percentage figures and inconsistent spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allez Lud Steel
Allis Chal
Amerad Pet
Armco Steel
Amer Woolens Erissesssesenes
Amaconda
Beth Steel
Anseseseee Sth Budd Co
Sevenreces
Celane
Penney’s Inc
Sses- Packard Motors
Hepth Steel
St. Regis Paper
Sou Pacific
Stan Oi
Ind - Stan of
Esseseseese
Sonray
Tex Gul Sul
Texes Co
Eeee
Tex Gulf Prod
Tidewater Corp
Timken ‘Bearing
UW. S. Steel
Creversteces
Woolworth Ing
Son Of Dr. Jones Jr Stricken With Polio
Word received here that Jake Jones, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones Jr of San Antonio, was stricken with polio. His mother said he has been sent home from a hospital and doctors expect no permanent disability. The child had the paralytic form, struck about mid last month. Dr. Jones interns at Robert B. Green Hospital in San Antonio and graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Jones
W. T. Jones
San Antonio
University of Texas Medical School
Galveston
Port Of Houston Director Speaks To Rotary Club
General W. F. Heavey, manager of the Port of Houston, told Baytown Rotarians that the port cannot keep up with larger ships. He noted current depth of 34 feet and a dredged channel to 26 feet, and outlined a 975 acre disposal area near Lost Lake to store up to 30 million cubic yards of material for about 40 years. Heavey spoke at Grace Methodist Church and was introduced by Prof Sanders.
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WW. F. Heavey
Port of
Houston
Baytown
Heavey
Gulf
Nort
Lost Lake
Band Prepares For Chicago Trip After Intensive Practice
The band readies for a Chicago trip with two weeks of extended daily practice since May school closure. A performance on the Robert E. Lee campus and a Texas Avenue parade Wednesday mark a farewell to Baytown, highlighting months of dedicated work and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EB. Lee
Texas Avenue
Baytown
Hisuley
Cyclist Injured In Market Street Crash With Ticket
Myron Sicko, 2409 West Bain, suffered a broken leg and multiple injuries when his motorcycle struck the rear of a car driven by Mrs. Ruby Ivy Casey, 2417 Oak, on Market Street. He received a ticket for following too close. Casey was unhurt. Sicko was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
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Market Street
Myron Sicko
West Bain
Ruby Ivy Casey
Oak
Sicko
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Paul A. Lee
Casey
Baytown People Take Vacations Across States
Baytown residents plan or return from travels with Fred McCarroll of Texas Hastern Transmission Company heading to Chicago with the Robert E. Lee Band and visits to Lensing Michigan and Springfield Missouri. The Witetams family returns from a 10 day New Braunfels trip. Other locals include sports announcer Byard Sooy away two weeks with family, Jack A. Hester and kin back from Mate gordo cottage, and L W Mallory family home from Arkansas operations.
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Fred McCarroll
Texas Hastern Transmission Company
Robert E. Lee
McCarroll
Lensing
Michigan
Springfield
Missouri
Duel in Mineola Alley Ends With One Officer Dead
In Mineola Texas two officers, Constable Will Whittle and Acting Police Chief Wesley Taylor, exchanged shots after a dispute over a minor traffic matter. Whittle, 65, died from five bullets. Taylor, 55, was critically wounded with a back bullet above the hip. Both used 38 caliber revolvers and the motive arose from an hour earlier auto incident. Witnesses describe a brief quarrel outside the justice of the peace office, then a deadly duel at close range. Whittle left a widow. Taylor has a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola Alley
Bogneola
Texas
Will Whittle
Justice of the Peace
Wesley Taylor
C. M. Barnett
Barnett
Sys
Justice of A Peace
Whittle
Taylor
City Manager Leaves For Indiana Vacation
G D Middleton departed for a vacation in Indiana and appointed Finance Director A V Barber as city manager in his absence. Middleton left emergency contact numbers and travel route, while Barber prepared a revenue and expense list for council budget hearings with a date yet to be set.
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G. D. Middleton
A. V. Barber
Middleton
Indiana
Barber
Oberlin Institute Elects First Coeducational College
Oberlin Institute in Oberlin Ohio is recorded as the first coeducational college in the United States in 1533. The altitude record for an American single stage rocket stands at 1034 miles. About three miles of laundry seven lines by the average housewife annually equivalent to 16 000 feet.
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Northrop
Hewthorne
Cal
Oberlin Institute
Oberlin
Ohio
United State
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States
E_ Gulf
Bayou Care Are
Brinks
By K. L. Fregio
Baytown Sun
Dr. Jones, Jr
Port of Houston
Rotary Club
Chicago
New Breunfels
B. B. Witetams
John and
Mar
Alabama
Byard Sooy
KREL
Jack A. Hester
Mategorda
L. W. Mallory
Arkansas
John T. Porter, M
West DeFee
R.el
Oldsmobile
Sweepa Firet
Pan-American
Grif
Portland
Oregon
Fred Dittman
Obile
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