Witness to a Test at Eniwetok by Rep Melvin Price
Congressman Melvin Price describes viewing an atomic blast from Eniweto k Island with dense glasses. He recalls a sudden heat flare like opening an oven door followed by a bright fireball and a rising orange red cloud forming a roaring pillar of smoke.
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Melvin Price
Hinds
Eniwetok
United Press
Price
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
Enisveros Island
Llike
Fragmentary wartime testimony at Eniwstok blast incident
The fragment mentions an atomic blast at Eniwstok with a witness claiming presence and minimal details. It names Major Daie and his five year old son and references Mrs Shaver's parents. It notes personnel roles for Air Task Group 71 and a station at Eglin Air Force Base.
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Eniwstok
Daie
Fragmented notes on atom tests and air force careers
The fragmentary text references Task Force groups for atomic tests numbered 3.1 scientists 3.2 Navy, with cautions on sharing technical details. It mentions Shaver a 1931 Louisini graduate who served in the Eighth Air Force and was a POW in Germany 1932 34, plus Air Force training, and scattered items about swimming racing and local figures like Kath and Tara Yount, with vague mentions of stations in Ohio State and Camp Texas Shore.
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Navy
Shaver
Louis 3 Ini
Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Air Commando School
Montfast Line
Word War over oil storage tanks erupts in council
A heated dispute among Attorney Ervin Flowers and Councilmen E W Buelow and W D Reeves centered on G L Reaser oil tanks near Travis and Pine. Buelow urged relocation citing danger to nearby homes, while Flowers argued the site is the only feasible one and space constraints prevent moving the tanks. A special meeting was set for 6 p m to continue the debate under Railroad Commission rules and 150 foot setback exceptions.
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A. L. Banks
G. L. Reaser
Ervin Flowers
Reaser
E. W. Buelow
W.D. Reeves
Fone
Travis
Pine
Buelew
Reasor
Fiewers
Flowers
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Lawyer Wins Water Case But Councilmen Balk At Land Mixup
Attorney Robert Strickland won his water case before the City Council but a new battle looms over a land sale north of Schiling. Council authorized residents C. S. Barnett and Mrs. Dora Dodd to tap the city water line on Schiling while City Attorney George Chandler reviews legality of selling land by metes and bounds. Developers face subdivision ordinance issues and potential taxpayer costs for water and sewer. Key figures B. A. Stewart and C. J. Bailey attended but did not address the council. Bailey claimed Keystone Realty has property north of Schilling but says it is not in a subdivision and no new tracts were sold.
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Robert Strickland
Lorg
C. S. Barnett
Dora Dodd
Schiling
Schifling
George Chandler
B. A. Stewart
C. J. Bailey
Bailey
Keystone Realty Company
Schilling
Fire Station Debate Leaves Park Status Unchanged
Arguments over whether the park should host a fire station continued. Proponents led by Charles Peerson argued park protection would improve with a station there, while opponents including Mrs J. Al Snyder and others said the park would be ruined and another location could serve just as well. Councilman EB We Buelow read a report summarizing the discussion.
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Shoth
Charles’ Peerson
J. al Snyder
Wayland Spear
Steamship firms seek Taft-Hartley deadline to avert CIO walkouts
In New York the shipping industry urged President Truman to invoke the Taft Hartley Act to stop threatened walkouts by about 86 040 CIO maritime workers slated to begin at midnight. The appeal cites national defense needs as a basis for delaying labor action.
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New York
Truman
Wolkouts
CIO
War Balance Sheet For Week Roundup Of Good And Bad News
The United States advances in atomic weapon refinement and hydrogen bomb prospects. UN forces drive back the Communist triangle in Korea above the 38th parallel, with notable victories in rugged terrain. Red China and North Korea show no peace talks, rejecting UN overtures, while Iran crisis negotiations stall as Britons arrested and tribal resistance complicates nationalization efforts. UN supply dumps push Russian materiel toward Korea. a swift end to the Korean war hinges on Soviet aid cuts.
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United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Moscow
China
North Korea
United Nations
Déan Acheson
Peiping
Tran
Russia
Advancing Allies Press 3 60 Mile Korean Front
Allied probing forces advanced along a 60 mile stretch of the Korean front seeking contact with retreating Chinese and threatening a potential new Red offensive. Western sectors saw Reds withdraw northward as UN pressure continued.
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Tokyo
Epi
Ody
Com
Reds
United Nations
Momentaria
Munsan-Korangpo
Imjin
Chupri
Kumsong
Fragmentary Snippet Echoes Old Sayings on Listening
A garbled OCR style fragment notes the old saying that children should be seen and not heard, then disrupts with unclear quotation marks and wording. The readable core discusses listening and visibility of children in past advice.
Johnson Defends Formosa Mission Clash With Chiefs
Former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told senators the Joint Chiefs faced outside political pressure and opposed his September 1949 plan for a US military mission to Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalists on Formosa. He said the Chiefs eventually supported the idea but President Truman overruled him.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs
Chiang Kai - Shek
Formosa
Dean Acheson
MacArthur
Joint’ Chiefs
Joint- Chiefs
George Goode Dies After Attack in Houston Area
George Goode aged 69 died after a reported attack and heart attack at his home in Houston area. He had lived in Baytown over 30 years and later moved to Houston. He worked in the house moving business for many years and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ford and another daughter, both of Houston, and other family members.
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Miter
Peter
Sing
Ohio State
E Mueanink
Scheborg
Yi -Zarden
George Per- Hortese
Scholsor
George Goode
Baytown
Houston
Goode
Ford
Nobody's Dicing Here Mr Manager
City Manager C C Middleton led a gambling raid on a private residence in Oak Addition last night but found only tired individuals and cigarette butts at a dice table with no money or dice. Middleton Sergeant Cleve Dickens and Patrolman Blair Mann reported no other occupants or evidence of gambling activity.
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C. C. Middleton
Middleton
Cleve Dickens
Blair Mann
Oak Addition
Grover C House Dies In Arkansas
Grover C House died in Berryville Arkansas, his brother Car House said burial plans follow from his Oklahoma home. The Tri City Cleaners in West Baytown are referenced in connection with his years of service.
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Grover C
Berryville
Arkansas
Henness Oklahoma
Tri-City
Baytown
Tideland Bill Aims to Return Oil Lands to States
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to give states title to tidelands and submerged oil lands for a set distance off their shores. President Truman reportedly vetoed a measure restoring title to the states after a White House conference with California official Edmund G. Brown. The bill would grant California and Louisiana three miles, Texas a 1034 mile Gulf strip, with lands beyond the limits reserved for the federal government.
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Washington
House ‘Judiciary
Truman
Gai- Herne
Tidelands
Edmund. G. Brown
California
William ¥. O’connor
Brown
White House
Subcommittee
Francis B. Walter
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Continental Shelf
Truman Plea For Economic Controls Fails To Move Congress
President Truman urged nationwide teamwork to sustain strong economic controls for two more years. Congress shows little sign of budging from its plan to draft its own curbs as the Defense Production Act nears expiration on June 20. Senate Banking committee report noted as the piece continues.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Holiday Hints When to Tip a Doorman
Holiday hints outline etiquette for tipping doormen, detailing when and how much to give during peak seasons. It notes factors like service quality, frequency of visits, and local norms to guide readers on appropriate gratuities.
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Holiday
MacArthur Demands End to Invisible Government at Alamo
General Douglas MacArthur urged Americans to end an invisible government based on propaganda and restore truthful, representative rule. Addressing about 35,000 at the Alamo in San Antonio, he condemned propaganda as a tool of totalitarianism and criticized Dean Acheson over Formosa testimony, alleging misrepresentation of government mood to shape opinion.
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San Antonio
Douglas MacArthur
Texas Alamo
MacArthur
the Alamo
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Senate
State Department
Formosa
United States
Formose
Pacific
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Tara Yount
Stewart
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Waior Tr A. Shaver
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