Draft Extension Seen Men 18 30 Must Register
Portland reports that General Hershey predicted Congress will extend the draft law for three years beyond June and require all men aged 18 to 30 to register. He said selection will be decided by Congress in a national emergency, with drafting powers returning if needed. He noted no drafts since 1949 and warned voluntary enlistment may not sustain armed forces.
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Portland
Ore
Slator
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Seryce
Congressill
Heniey
Congress
Hershey
Ife
Weingarten Stores Anniversary Expands in Baytown Area
Weingarten marks eight years in Baytown with two local stores and plans new Baytown site. The Southeast Texas firm has 35 Houston area stores and eight Baytown years. Founded by Morris Weingarten, the chain operates in Baytown alongside Houston Freeport Orange Port Arthur and Beaumont with plans for Texas City and Pasadena.
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Weingarten
Baytown
Minnesota
Texas
Greater Houston
Weingartens
4 Grenader
Turnham
Morris Weingarten
Joe Weingarten
J. Weingarten, Inc
Abe Weingarten
Bay“town
Houston
Freeport
Orange
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Texas City
Pasadena
Cabdriver autograph scene with Robert Young in New York
Washington dispatch recalls actor Robert Young and wife Betty riding to Penn Station in a Cort Theatre cab. Young shows a cabbie autograph from another Robert Young and promises to exchange photos. He worries about prewritten NBC scripts and a delayed public appearance while explaining past transcription mishaps.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Betty
Cort Theatre
New York
Penn Station
Robert Young
Hackman
Bob
Stork Club
NBC
NASA
Army unit tragedy at Camp Hood leaves birds dead
A clipped WWII era report notes an armored vehicle incident at Camp Hood. The craft failed, its blade broke, and the aircraft and 12 birds crashed around 500 feet from the ground, burning on impact. Damage details are incomplete due to fragmented text.
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Camp Hood
Paley
Bate
Wildcat Gusher Spouts Defiance As Cap Try Fails
TYLER March 16 A wildcat well spouted air and gas in defiance of attempts to cap it. Six hours earlier a first cap leaked. The Texas Railroad Commission urged caution as spectators crowded near the 8000-foot well U.S. observers reported a two-ton crown block dislodgement and a fiery flash when a valve burst. Ed Stanley advised the gas was non toxic and not dangerous. Local families within 500 feet were evacuated and Rice School kept students away until the danger passed.
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Tyler
Texas
John Jehe
Houston
Tyjer
Rice
Ed Stanley
Texas Railroad Commission
Kilgore
Gordon Satterwhite Joins Baytown Law Firm
Roy Long, Baytown attorney, announced Gordon Satterwhite joined his general practice. Formerly at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery, Satterwhite is TE Satterwhite’s brother and will work from the Mike Katribe Building on Market Street. He is married with one child and lives on Michigan Street. NEW ORLEANS March 16. Edward Jennings described pigeons in a high cote and a baby chicken among cooing birds.
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Roy Long
Baytown
Gordon Satterwhite
Setterwhite
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Doc) Satterwhite
Long
Satterwhite
Mike’Katribe
Market Street
Old Baytown
Michigan Street
New Orleans
Edward Jennings
Sometich Cain
Cote i
Jennings
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Elizabeth Kier
Crist's
DIAL
Decker
Zie
Bachey
Bewley’s
Blue Ribbon
Adolphus Rice
Buz
Lery
Ted
Joel Weingarten
Abs Weingarten
Dot
Cash
Mcadams
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