Union Denies Violence Talk in Houston Strike Negotiations
Union official Rp C Arlington denied threatening violence during Renke-Pillot strike talks in Houston. He said any a statement suggesting violence was a joke and stressed no personal issue with Pruett. The dispute centers on recognition of the Construction and General Laborers Union on the Texas Avenue and Market Street site where work is halted.
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Rp C. Arlington
Houston Iang Trades Council
Building Trades Council
Arlington
Texas Avenue
Market Street
Pruett
Pmett
Goivea
Enion
Tunnel Oil Truck Ban May Bring On Battle
Pasadena Tunnel ban on trucks carrying propane and petroleum could trigger a legal fight as independent trucking contractors organize. County officials and major refineries warn a court challenge may force tunnel access, risking insurance and safety controls already adopted.
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Pasadena
Phil Saybes
Sagas
Prokas
Eafely
Th Erazy
Houston
Humbie and Sinclair Refineries
Texas Rootor Transport Association
Britain Withdraws From Coal Steel Pool Plan
Paris reports talks on a western European coal and steel pooling scheme collapsed Saturday after six nations moved ahead without Britain. France Belgium the Netherlands Western Germany Luxembourg and Italy embraced a plan to pool production and create a binding high authority. A Paris conference aimed for June 15 to formalize the treaty. Britain said it could not accept the French terms or join the basis of the French blank proposal. The move reflects efforts to share sovereignty for common welfare among Western European nations.
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PARIS
Britain
France
Europe
Saday
Plen
Fre
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Lamsembourg Au
Italy
Robert Schuman
Excise Tax Cuts Face Truman Veto Warning
Washington report notes President Truman vows to veto any excise tax reduction causing substantial revenue loss. House Ways and Means Committee speeds revisions, balancing cuts totaling about 520 million with potential 700 million revenue gap. Proposals include halving taxes on furs cosmetics dolls and theater admissions and trimming cabaret levies. corporation tax rise debated.
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Truman
House
Weys and Means Committee
Igla
Treman
Congress
Trurgan
Petite Finks
Treasury
Around Town Notes and Local Sights in Perly Area
Community chatter covers AROUND TOWN items with ARLINTEELMAN washing diesel spills, Rutua Bergeron winning two city titles with officials, Darwin Middleton proposing an ordinance, and travel plans to Vancouver plus visits to Nacogdoches. Neighbors discuss missing photo, camp plans, and a lost baseball glove amid casual town life.
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Art Linteelman
Old Perly
Rutua Bergeron
Darwin Middleton
W. By Reber
Pacific Northwest
Jane
Vancouver
Louise
Alberta
Canada
Bil Wilson
T. T. Humphreys
Peggy
Kenneth
T. M. Nicholson
Pat
Bob
Nacogdoches
C. Maley
Mixon
Mike
Third Man In Constable Race Humphreys To Run On Golden Rule
J T Humphreys of Wooster enters Justice Precinct No 3 constable race as third candidate. A carpenter contractor with 24 years in and out of Beytown, he has lived in the area nine years with wife and three children. His platform centers on the Golden Rule and he pledges full dedication to office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Justice Precinct No
J. T. Humphreys
Wooster
Beytown
Mrs. Sarah Aleman Dies At Age Of 84
Mrs. Sarah White Aleman died at 8 18 am at her daughter's home 1195 Cherry Baytown after a 30 year widowhood she had lived in Baytown 24 years she is survived by one daughter seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren The Zamora family includes J R Moreno Thomas Charles Tito Zamora J Zamora of San Antonio Virgil Zamora of Fort Worth and Migue Zamora of Corpus Christi The death notice lists three great grandchildren Willie Moreno Alice and Rebecca Zamora All are from Baytown San Antonio Fort Worth Corpus Christi and San Antonio referenced in the obituary.
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Sarah White Aleman
J. F. Zamoras
Cherry
Paul A. Lee
San’ Antonio
Aleman
Baytown
J. R. Moreno
Crazy Cats Fight In Wooster Home Prompted Wakeful Night
Mrs Joe Dickson and her husband in Wooster woke at 4 20 am when two strange tom cats started a violent fight in the living room They chased the cats away with flashlights feet and fists The incident ended with the felines banished from the apartment in a hurry and the couple hoping the cats fight elsewhere in the future
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Mr. End
Joe Dickson
Wooster
Joe
Dickson
Funeral services for drowned Highlands teen held
Funeral services were held today at the Second Baptist Church in Highlands for Vernon Marshell 17 a Highlands High School graduate who died while fishing with his father on the San Jacinto River. The service was led by Rev Bit Baker and Rev CF Flournoy with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery. He reportedly fell from the boat as they attempted to start the outboard motor four miles north of Highlands near the pipeline crossing. Survived by his parents four brothers and two sisters. Pallbearers named.
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Vernon Marshell
Highlands
Hubert E. Lee High School
San Jacinto River
Second Baptist Church
Ingst Head
T. E. Marshall
Richard
Bobby
T. E. ‘Marshall Jr
James Marshall
Denver
Colorado
Fred Chardier
Mervin’ Edvards
Billy Starkey
Cuy Cauthen
Bill Kimball
Steven Wilson
Robert ‘Teel
Allen Mercer
Eight Japs Convicted by U S Court in Tokyo Attack
An American military court in Tokyo convicted eight Japanese for attacking five U S soldiers during a May Day rally. Sentences ranged from five to ten years, led by Kaneiji Onishi who drew ten years. Others received seven years or five years.
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Tokyo
U.P
Kaneiji Onishi
Goichi Sodeyama
Minoru, Maeda
Oxishi
William G. Clark
Ena
Les Jap
Six Baytown Area Crash Victims Remain Serious
Six victims from a Baytown area crash remain in serious condition as some have returned home. O D Waddell, injured May 23, stayed critically ill at Houston Veterans Hospital. E R Everitt, with a broken leg, is reported doing well at the same hospital. Others, including S S Didriksen Sr A J Odom and Jane Didriksen, 6, remain hospitalized at San Jacinto Memorial after Wednesday night collision at Highway 1f and Cedar Bayou Road. Beck of Beaumont, driver of the second car, also remains hospitalized with a serious head injury and faces assault by automobile and failure to stop charges.
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O. D. Waddell
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Everitt
Waddell
S. Didriksen
A. J. Odom
Jane Didriksen
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Cedar Bayou Road
Gary Odom
Joy Jeanette Odom
S. Didriksen, Jr
Beck
Beaumont
Didriksen
Odom
Texaco Port Arthur Strike Demands Escalate
Knight warns Texaco workers plan to widen the strike. He says the demands will include a closed shop and company-wide layoffs to end the stoppage begun April 4. The initial offer was rejected.
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Knight
Telegraphers Union Ends 33 Day Strike Against United Press
Union members of Division 47 ratified a memorandum settling their 33 day strike against United Press. The Federal Mediation Service announced the agreement. Strikers to be rehired starting 12:01 a.m. Sunday. the company will maintain current operations and wage increase of 2.21 dollars per week with added contract clarifications.
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NEW York
U.P
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
AFL
United Press
J. R. Mandelbaum
Federal Mediation Service
CTU
United’ Press
U S Guns May Soon Shoot Atomic Shells
Washington reports indicate the United States is pursuing atomic artillery shells to strengthen Western defenses in the Cold War. A Defense Department official predicted eventual production and noted scientists would develop atomic warheads for guided missiles. The controversy centered on a televised interview and advance copies of related broadcasts.
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Washington
United States
Russia
High Defense Department of
Defense Department
Collins
Water Stands 3 Feet Deep in Galveston
A cloudburst dumped 34 inches of rain on Galveston Island in about eight hours causing floodwater up to three feet. Streets were absorbed, many businesses sustained damage to structures, and the resort district faced impacts despite hurricane resistant constructions.
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Galveston
Galveston Island
Mauna Loa eruption drives lava river toward sea
HONOLULU two mile wide river of molten lava from Mauna Loa eruption pours toward the sea forcing residents of coastal villages to flee. Police and Red Cross aid refugees gathered at Kona. Some homes destroyed as lava splits into two streams, blocking highways and crossing the island.
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Mauna Loa
Honolulu
Kona
Red Cross
Eoth
Methodist Ministers Named New Faces in Highlands Cedar Bayou
Appointments announced by Bishop A Frank Smith at the Texas Annual Conference in Houston show Baytown ministers reassigned. New pastors take charge in Highlands and Cedar Bayou: Rev Al S Jordan Grace Methodist, Rev Wayne McCleskey St Mark's, Rev Archie Fleming St John’s. Rev G R Slouse Cedar Bayou Methodist, Rev James H Jones Highlands Methodist. John W Mills and others named replacements.
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Baytown
Highlands
Cedar Beyou
AL S&s. Jordan
Grace Methodist
Wayne McCleskey
St Mark's
Archie Fleming
St. John's
John W. Mills
Cedar Bayou
A. Frank Smith
Texas
La Marque Citizens Demand Action on Gambling
La Marque residents pressed Governor Avan Shivers to curb rampant gambling described as a warm bandits problem. Nellie Brodersen, anti vice league secretary, reported the concern and urged stronger enforcement by the Texas Rangers. The governor signaled that national gambling syndicates would be opposed by Texan authorities.
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LA Marque
Avan
Texas
Rangers
Nellie Bi ‘Broders A
la” Marque
Mire Broderson
Shivers May
Esas
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U.S. Air Force Base
Greenland
Newfoundland Base Command
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Arctic
OSAF
London
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U.S
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Wor
Dren
Sammie Lee
Hom Humphreys
Sarah Aleman
Baytown Area
Texaco
Port. Arthur
Texas Company
Telegraphers Union
istInch
Highlands, Bayou
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