Flag Day observations and local church program
The article describes Flag Day activities with community flags along Avenue and banks, noting involvement by Gary Day and others. Methodist Bible reinforcement and a Fire Department program are underway with community workers, led by Cox, chairman of local builders and enthusiasts. Senator Jacinto Me has been hospitalized in the northwest region.
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Gary
Congress
United States
EW. Cox
Methodist Bible Rein Pencement Cereke
the Church
Cox
Housien
Eate
Local Notes Spark Confusion At Town Meet
Fragmentary OCR reads as townsfolk gather for a community event amid stray lines about golf course sand traps, busman’s holiday, and a man named Benes. Some text hints at celebrations and a father’s day recital, with unclear names and places scattered through the garbled page.
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Gordon
Benes
Sanigtr Rogers
US May Ration Metals Clothing Controls Stated
Washington reports the government plans to place clothing under price control and, if needed, impose compulsory rationing of metals for military and civilian production. The action aims to curb costs and shift material distribution, with ceilings to cover most garments and a later impact on store pricing.
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Washington
Nations Production Authority
NPA
Ticai
Congressman Melvin Price Foresees Hydrogen Bomb Breakthrough
In a United Press interview Congressman Melvin Price, a member of the Atomic Energy and Armed Services committees, asserts confidence in building the hydrogen bomb. He cites the Eniwetok test as proof of progress, notes advances in fission weapon principles, and warns the H bomb will strengthen the free world with both strategic and tactical implications.
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Melvin Price
Winds
Enivwetok
United Press
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
Eniwetok
Isand
Los Alamos
Eniwetok Atoll
United States
Hniwetok
MacArthur draws crowds in Texas with bold Korea critique
General Douglas MacArthur spoke to 25 000 in Austin and thousands in Houston attacking Truman policy of limited war in Korea. He warned that the nation risks timidity if confronted by Soviet threats, asserting America must show strength. He later toured Texas cities, receiving gifts from local groups.
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D. Quigg
Houston
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
MacArthur
Rice Institute
Truman
Korea
Austin
Acec
Administration of
Houston Stadium
City Health
DOT
Shamrock Hotel
Oman Glenn McCarthy
Elks Clubs
Er. P. Bergdorf
Tee Elks
Mrs. MacArthur
Chandler to Get Ax Today Browns Boss Stays Quiet
Commissioner A S B Happy chop likely. Chandler faces forced resignation after six years as top baseball executive. Bill Veeck could take over the St. Louis Browns amid AL concerns over the club’s financial dead end. DeWitt denies sale. Veeck reportedly encouraged by owners to move in.
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Chandler
Bill Veeck
Browns
Miami Beach
Florida
Douglas MacArthur
Austin
St. Louis Browns
Bill DeWitt
Sal
Veeck
St Louis
Girl Feared Kidnapped in Grand Prairie Searches
GRAND PRAIRIE police and nine Dallas County sheriffs deputies searched overnight for Barbara Ruta Wooley 20 who has been missing since yesterday afternoon The sheriff office called the situation very bleak while Grand Prairie police avoided a definite kidnapping statement All bus and train stations in the city 14 miles west of Dallas were watched for clues including transportation hubs and transit lines.
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Grand Prairie
Itei— Haggard
Dallas County
Barbara Ruta Wooley
A. W. Wooler
The
Grand Prairie Banker
Dallas County Sheriffs Office
Dallas
Long Illness Fatal To O P Harper 74
O P Harper 74 of 101 East Cleveland died today at a Houston hospital after about seven weeks illness. He was associated with Harper Development Company. Survivors include his widow four sons WA Harper of Houston Donald Harper and Fin Bene Harper of St Louis two sons Ernest Harper of McLeasboro Illinois a daughter Mrs T A Hood of Fisher Minglis and a stepson Don O Connor of Baytown.
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O. P. Harper
East Cleveland
Houston
Harper, Development Company
Raytown
WA. Harper
Donald Harper
Fin- Bene Harper
St. Louis
Sours
Ernest Harper
Mc Leasboro
Illinois
Mrs
T. A. Hood
Fisher
Mlingis
Don O'Connor
Baytown
Ruling Appealed in Fifth Circuit over Texas City disaster damages
The government filed a 161 page brief appealing a Texas district court ruling ordering payment of 5246,000,606 damages for the 1943 Texas City disaster that killed 560 people. In New York, the Louis Savold heavyweight bout was postponed again for Madison Square Garden tomorrow night.
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New Orleans
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
York
Joe Louis
Lee Savold
Madison Square Garden
Truman Acheson Did About Face On Formosa Plan
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson testified before the Senate MacArthur committee that Secretary Acheson opposed sending a Formosa mission to assist Chiang Kai-Shek in 1948, while President Truman rejected it. Johnson said Acheson later supported using air and sea power to deter aggression in Asia, with MacArthur warning ground forces were needed. He added MacArthur’s forces in Japan were prepared for occupation, not combat.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
Dean Acheson
Truman
Formosa
Johnson
Acheson
State Department
Senate
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-Shek
Korea
Asia
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur Drives Texas Tour As President Bid Grows
Dallas dispatch reports a MacArthur presidential push gaining momentum in Texas with a four day speech tour. Ervin Hohensee, movement organizer from Washington, arrives to name a state chairman. MacArthur tells a press man his stance has not changed since San Francisco landing.
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Dallas
WURF
Texas
MacArthur
Austin
Ervin Hohensee
Washington
Houston
Hohensee
San Francisco
Sunken Submarine Affray Found After Channel Search
The British submarine Affray, lost with 75 men after diving south of the Isle of Wight on April 16, has been located in the English Channel. It lies in 206 feet of water about 50 miles southwest of the Isle of Wight, in Hard Deep near Cherbourg, after a lengthy search.
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London
English Channel
House of Commons
L .F Callaghan
Admiralty
Isle of
Isle of Wight
Deed May Stop Fire Station On Park In West Baytown
City Council may be blocked from building a fire station on the Kentucky park as the deed dated March 10 1927 requires the land be used exclusively for playground purposes or revert to Humble Oil and Refining Company. Proceedings note resistance from residents and support from volunteer firefighters for locating the station at the park despite traffic concerns near First Baptist Church and nearby schools.
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A. L. Banks
Kentucky
West Baytown
Louisiana
Georgia
Humble OW and Refining Company
Baytown Utilities Corporation
W. B. Dumas
H. E. Brunson
L. A. Lov
BE. W Buelow
RL H. Pruett
J. A. Snyder
Nebraska
E. R. Cone
Georgis
Couch
First Baptist Church
Shell Plans Huge Benzene Plant at Houston Refinery
Shelli Company announces a $12.4 million refinery project in Houston to produce over 19 million gallons of benzene annually from petroleum plus 88 million gallons of toluene concentrate for aviation gasoline. The facility, Shell Chemical Corporation marketed, will begin operation next year and is Shell’s second benzene plant after the California unit. The City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight to address petitions against building a fire station on a playground near San Jacinto School, with West Baytown residents signatures highlighted by PTA leaders.
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New York
Shelli Company
Houston
Shell Chemical Corporation
Shell
Petroleum
California
J.A. Ward
West Baytown
San Facinto School
J. A. Snyder
Wayland Spear
The
Late bulletins say Japan treaty agreement reached
London reports United States and British negotiators have reached complete agreement on a proposed draft of a peace treaty with Japan. In Washington, no break on car prices is noted as the federal agency updates automotive restrictions.
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London
United States
Papan
UN Forces Hit New Red Defense Line on Korean Front
United Nations troops clashed with a new Communist defense line on the Korean east central front amid heavy artillery fire. Westward, Reds retreated from Pyongyang area, while UN forces recaptured a hill north of the Hwacheon reservoir. Front dispatches hailed the seizure of the mountain rimmed plateau as Allied’s greatest tactical victory since China joined the war.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Yeaterday
Atreeth
Hwachon
al -Mén
Capwares Kumbwe
Eighth Army
South Khorea
Army Rules Halt Dallas Gun Salute For MacArthur
Army protocol prevented a 17 gun salute for General Douglas MacArthur at the Cotton Bowl crowd of about 70,600. An Army spokesman said salutes are not fired after sundown, so the battery was not used and the general would not receive the expected salute.
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Dallas
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Cotton Bowl
Korean War Battle Casualties Totals Updated
The Defense Department reports a total of 76,317 American battle casualties in the Korean War, up 1,365 from a week ago. Deaths reach 11,767 with 6,902 wounded and 10,211 still missing, plus 153 captured or returned to duty. Army and services totals broken down by branch.
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Washington
Defense Department
ARMY
Marine Corps
AIR Force
Old Soldiers Remember General Meets 82-Year-Old
Houston veteran Samuel HL McNeal, a Spanish American War soldier aged 82 from Los Angeles, met General Douglas MacArthur at Houston Veterans Administration Hospital. MacArthur spent about an hour with patients, clasping McNeal's hand and recalling days past, while tours noted completion of six floors but no top-floor visit to osteopathic wards.
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Houston
Douglas -MacArthur
Samuel HL McNeal
Administration
MccNeal
McNeal
Los Angeles
Phillippines
Arthur. MacArthur
MacArthur
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