Senate Committee to Probe Gasoline Price Hikes
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an investigation into unlawful manipulations behind recent gasoline price increases. Chairman Pat McCarran said a $50 000 budget would fund the inquiry, with the plan moving to the Senate Rules Committee for approval. The probe may decide if price patterns reflect industry manipulation and whether new legislation is needed.
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Fashington
ULP
Senate Judiciary Committeday
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Jeph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Senate Rules Committee
Ete
McCarran
Reds Ousted From High Official Posts in Western Nations
United Press survey shows democratic governments in western nations have purged known Communists from top official posts. Communist influence in trade unions wanes. Belgium's Max OCrayns leads nuclear research staff but Belgium has no atomic program. General strikes by Communists fade, with labor groups turning against Communist unions.
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London
United Press
Frederick Joliot- Curie
France
Belgium
Max Ocrayns
Brussels University
Italy
Britain
Cotmmu
Keds
Laundryman shoots self in press box on TV
A 50 year old laundryman walked into a Houston park press box last night and fired a shot into his temple before a television camera. He died shortly after at a local hospital. Police investigation ongoing.
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Ston
Msford Twente
Houston Bese Park
Aation
Han Hils
Hoover says Forrestal did not seek Amerasia delay
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover denied that former Navy Secretary James Forrestal pressed him to delay arrests in the Amerasia theft case. The controversy centers on a May 28 1945 diary entry showing Forrestal intervened to avoid complicating UN sessions and U S Kremlin talks. Wardaman disputes Forrestal’s involvement and Congress heard contrasting claims.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Amerasia
James Forrestal
Senate
Truman
Forrestals
Justice Department
Forrestal
Navy
United Nations
GélHcate
Hoover
James K. Vardaman, Jr
United Press
Milwaukee
Tom ‘C Clark
Criminal’ Division
Tramen
Fecs
Wardaman
Federal Reserve Board
Giaryantry
Ameraster
Wes
Survivors Praise Lock-Tender Hero After Cruiser Plunges
In WICK PA three boaters survived a plunge over a 15 foot dam as a locktender, John Wolfenden 43, guided and saved others. Boat capsized during a midnight cruise leaving six aboard. four volunteers towed the cruiser to safety, but four lives were lost including Mrs Krieg 21, Mrs Fisher 29, and William Leahy 25.
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Wick
Fue Bera
John Woffen
Locktender Huilgett
Woffenden
Wolfenden
Wright
Krieg
John
William H. Fisher, Jr
Calhmont
William Leahy, Jr
Pittsburgh
Perambulatin' tourists and town notes from Billings to Houston
A fragmented local page mentions OUND TOWN Rozge Dabney heading to Lancaster Sylvanus and Claude Foster, with Baytown references and Fosters as friends. It notes a trip to Houston, a new pair of eyes, and various names like Jack Montgomery June Hen, Frances Pickle, Richard Futrell, Nap Ballard, Botkin, and Reggie mingling with softball chatter. A $1,060,000 bond is flagged amid busy chatter and community notes.
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Rozge Dabney
Lancaster
Sylvanus
Claude ‘Co Foster
Billings
Montana
Tsey
Baytown
Beuleh Mae Jack
Montgomery
Frances Pickle
Meridian
Richard G. Futrell
Postoffice
Hia
Sismaster Nap Ballard
Botkin
Bruce
MacArthur Strikes Back Over London Writer Criticism
Tokyo dispatches report General Douglas MacArthur naming London Times correspondent Frank Hawley persona non grata after a critique of Japan events. Almond conveyed MacArthur’s objections to two points in Hawley’s June 6 dispatch. Hawley has not been expelled or barred from filing, and no revocation of his Times cables.
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Tokyo
Frank Hawley
London Times
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Alvary D. F. Gascoigne
Edward Almond
Supreme Headquarters
Hawley
The
Times
Almond
Hewley
Property Owners Cleaning Up Lots in Baytown
Baytown's vacant lot issue eases as property owners join the Chamber of Commerce Clean-Up Campaign. City Sanitarian Odis Moennink reports letters urging mowing and notices of completed work, reducing need for mosquito control by addressing breeding sites.
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Baytown
Odis Moennink
Chamber of Commerce
Moennink
Drowned Man Sought After San Jacinto River Case
Emergency Corps joined Baytown searches for Ernest H. McKinley 28 who disappeared after diving across the San Jacinto River at Magnolia Gardens. Witnesses say undertow and flood currents hindered his return, two friends assisted, harboring a river with deep holes and strong undercurrent.
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Tha Baytown
Ernest H. McKinley
San Jacinto
Magnolia
Gardens
McKinley
Smagnolia Gardens
I. B. Wheeler
Jack Stead
Wheeler
Baytown
East Harris County
Magnolis Gardens
Wollen
McKinney
Wooden Leg Saves Life Jacket Rescue Tale
In Cleveland Ohio Amos McCarthy a man with a wooden leg slips into the Cuyahoga River while fishing Rescue crews toss a rope but McCarthy remains afloat thanks to his wooden leg a curious survival tale from the riverbank
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Cleveland
Ohio
Amos McCarthy
Cuyahoga
McCarthy
Kenneth Barry’s Boston Sweetheart Attends Last Rites
Kenneth Barry, an 18 year old from South Boston, drowned near Seabrook Friday night two days before his wedding to Miss Flaherty. Services were held at Cedarcrest Cemetery with Rev. M S Jordan officiating. burial directed by Home Pilaherty. Survivors include his parents, three sisters, a brother, and a grandmother. he was grandson of George W Leavins, Baytown organizer.
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Kenneth’ Warner
Biday
Seabrook
Cedarcrest Cemetery
M.S. Jordan
Graco Methodist Church
Home
Pilaherty
Boston
Massachusetts
Beytown
Barry
Miss Flaherty
Berry
St. Ceder Bayou ‘Methodist Church
Fev. Jordan
Fileherty
Percy Lee Miller
Earl
Schmach
Gordon
Gilebert
Melvin Bersalou
Cleo Welch
Raymond Kilgore
E. M. Barry
Gloria Jean
Linda Hope Barry
Jeck Sawberger
Barry K. Barry
Baytown
Phesbe Phillips
San’ Antonio
George W. Leavins
Tall Florida lifeguard nets 27 pound channel bass pose
Daetona Beach Florida reports lifeguard Bill Chamberlain waded into rough surf yesterday and fought for 30 minutes to haul a 27 pound channel bass to shore. He earned a citation from the Istusk Walton Society, not the Red Cross, and walked away with bloodied hands.
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Daetona Beach
Fla
Dr Peck Combines Medicine and Navy Service Tonight
Baytonian TL Peck MD receives degree from Baylor University School of Medicine in Houston and will report to US Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida to intern for a year. He has balanced studies and navy service since graduating Robert E Lee High School and will continue both careers with his nurse wife and infant son Larry Temple Peck. He is due at Pensacola on June 30.
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TL. Peck
Dr. Peck
Baylor University School of Medicine
Houston
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Florida
Br Peck Hay
Navy
Robert Lee High School
T. T. Peck
Baytown
Itrom
Igh
Heat Soars As Baytown Sees Year’s High Temperature
Baytown basks in a scorching day with 92 degrees recorded yesterday, the year’s peak so far, as forecasts predict little relief for the next days. By late morning 11:50 am temps stood at 91 with clear skies signaling continued heat. beaches swelled with crowds from Roseland Park to Galveston while a single mishap involved a youth stepping on a tossed catfish. The Dallas Weather Bureau reported highs in the 90s statewide, though Guadeloupe and Guadalupe Pass noted upper 60s to mid-80s, as June readings trended upward and the Houston bureau noted yesterday’s 2 was well below June 11, 1902’s record 101.
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Baytown
Mercury
Roseland Park
Galveston
Houston
Gulf Coast
Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Dallas
Prasidio
Clarendon
Guadalani
Guadalupe
Weather Bureau
Senate Inquiry Links Black Hand to National Syndicate
A federal official testifies before Senate investigators that the Black Hand society runs a vast crime syndicate. Harry J. Anslinger, Kefauver, and other officials outline the network behind crime, vice, and narcotics, with ties alleged to Chicago gangs and enforcement roles.
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Black Hand
Senate Group
Washington
U.P. Va
Senate
Cret
Black Hand”society
A. Mation
Harry J. Anslinger
Nare
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Tishan
Chicago
Humble's Employes To Choose Between CIO and Federation
Four voting sites at Baytown Refinery set for this week as 4700 Humble employees cast ballots to decide between Baytown Employes Federation and CLG of Workers International Union or neither. If no clear majority, the outcome will determine representation in bargaining with Humble. Balloting runs Wednesday and Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm at five entrances.
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Baytown
Womey
Dockhouse
Old Bow
Eur SR
Baytown Employes Federation
CLG of
Workers
International Lnion
Penney's Penca Wins 1880 Terrapin Derby Grand Championship
The annual Baytown Terrapin Derby concluded with C Penney Company's Penca taking top honors after 29 terrapins competed in six heats. Pennega finished in 1 minute 53 seconds amid a slow track. Jaycees projected about $1000 from the derby with gate receipts around $1200.
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Jaycees
Penney
Jaycee Cou7ars
Baytown
C. Penney Company
McPherson
Roesner
Simmons Company
Houston Natural Gas Company
Acme Glass Company
Culpepper
Baytown Lumber Company
Safeway
McKee Pushes Sign Marking Local Traffic Accidents
Baytown police chief B. McKee seeks a triangle intersection sign at Decker Drive and Market with white lights. During accidents within city limits the light would swap to blue, then red if traffic totals warrant, to remind motorists to drive courteously.
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Baytown
B. McKee
Decker Drive
Market
McKee
Edy
Liberty Bell Replica Arrives in Baytown for Bond Drive
The replica Liberty Bell arrives in Baytown at 9 am Wednesday to dramatize the US Savings Bonds drive. Civic leaders will meet it at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital and escort it through Perry and Baytown to Citizens National Bank for exhibition as volunteers aim to sell Series Hbonds totaling 653,950,000.
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Baytown
James E. Sherwood
Independence Drive
San Jacinto Memorial’ Hospital
Old Perry
Old Baytown
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company En
Texas
Jordan Publicity Drive Plans For PR Campaign
A fragmented report outlines an effort by Jordan to act as chest PR manager and enlist others to boost publicity. The text signals a targeted public relations push with plans and involvement from multiple people and public relations figures.
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Jordan
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Imricker
U.S
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Tailors
Gale
Kenneth Barry
Baytonian
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Humble
CIO
Federation
Elec
CHO
Jaycee Golf & ‘Tournament
Independence
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