Baytown Hosts 31 High School Bands For Region Contests
Baytown will host Saturday region five interscholastic contests with 31 bands and two orchestras from McArthur Junior High and South Park High School. Over 2000 students and hundreds of adults will attend the all-day event, judged by notable directors from San Antonio to Tyler.
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Baytown
McArthur Junior High
South Park High School
Beau
Bartown
Rebert E Lee
Horace Mann
Bsrkett
Robert Hi. Lee
Robert Ellee
Fred & Parker
Strangements
Burkett
Gander Gazette
Rober E. Lee
Tex
Bend
B. A. Chossche
Vocational and Technical High School
San Antonio
Harold Fischer
East Texas
Leon Brown
North Texas
State College
Dentz
Reymond JT. Bynum
McHarry. College
Abilene
Francis G
Cameron High School
Ford Lane
Acheson reshuffles Far East staff in State Department
Secretary of State Dean Acheson dismissed W Walton Butterworth as assistant secretary for the Far East and reassigned him to focus on Japanese issues including a peace treaty. Dean Rusk will replace him. Butterworth’s firing drew Republican criticism while Rusk earned bipartisan support. Philip Jessup remains in the department amid McCarthy’s calls.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
Far Eastern
W. Walton Butterworth
Far East
Deen Ruste
Arthur B. Vandenberg
Michigan
Butterworth
Orient
Rusk
Philip Jessup
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Jessup
U. S
At-Laree
Columbia University
Atlantic Pact Chiefs Map Defense Plan for West
In The Hague March 28 the 12 Atlantic Pact staff chiefs discussed a master defense plan for Europe and the Mediterranean. The United States would lead with strategic bombing. Britain and France would handle anti-aircraft and fighter defense. France and other continental members would provide ground forces. General Omar Bradley chaired the meeting. defense ministers will finalize the plan, aiming for arms unification and country-specific implementation within the overall concept.
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Hague
Netherlands
West
Europe
Mediterranean
Britain
France
USS
Omer Bradley
Washington
Chiefs of Staff
Furn
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Louis Johnson
Target Drones Revealed From U T Lab Flying Disc Feared
Secret target drones described as ultra fast and secretive were developed at the University of Texas defense research lab. The announcement noted new drone designs for testing guided missiles and referenced sensational talk of flying saucers while stressing the information was cleared with the military.
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U-T
Sustin
University of Texas Sci Tasis
Ice Defense Research Labora
Henry J. Taylor
Dallas
Taylor
Se Army Air Force
Gaid
Air Force
M. J. Thompson
Defense Research Laboratory
Research and Development Board
Thompson
Een Diego
California
Ryen Aeronautical Company
Paul Boner
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Washington
National Military Establishment
Texas Opens Tidelands Battle in Supreme Court
Washington March 28 Texas Attorney General Price Daniel argued in person that Texas owns submerged oil lands off its coast. The 1937 California decision cited by the federal side raised questions of state versus federal rights. Louisiana and Texas officials urged the court to recognize state ownership and avoid federal claims.
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Washington
Ap— Price Daniel
Texas
Supreme Court
Daniel
Justice Department
Supreme
Aid Fonisinne
Philip B. Perlman
California
United States
Bolivar E.kenin, Jr
Louiziana
Leander Perez
New Orleans
Cullen R. Liskow
Lake Charles
Perez
Congress
Es ‘Perez
Louisiana
Stanc
Lisken
Felix Frankfurter
U S Envoy Believed Dead In Plane Crash
Ottawa based U S ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt and four or five others perished in a charter Transport plane crash shortly after takeoff from Ottawa Airport en route to Washington A lone survivor a crew member was reported The ambassador who had held key postings from Moscow to Prague faced a perilous career amid wartime and early Cold War tensions.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.P.1
United States
Laurence A. Steinhardt
United States State Department
Washington
Edward Inclded Aliner
Marcel A. Belanger
Deparbment
Archibald
Ballinger
Corn=well
Ontario
Ottewa
Steinhardt
Foreign Service
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Russia
Aioscow
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Amitiney
Prague
Baytown Social and Local News Highlights
Baytown residents show busy social life with planned events and community updates. Local names including Bud Wale Gayland Watson and families appear in society notes, while commissions and home projects are mentioned alongside upcoming schedules and quarterly payments.
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Powin Atteberre
Sward
Baytown
Eo Tannich
W. G
Bud) Wale
Gayland Watson
Tien
Bastonians
Bayfra Cocial Register
Sirell Zermmers
Rey
Mar‘mi
Tewel Angleton
Bryant Gousey
J.D. Giddings
Mirae
Mina-Tuck
Randy Brannon
Eula’ Potter
el Hinson
David Burke
Bob
Panhandle Begging For Rain in Dust Storm Weather
Farmers and ranchers in the arid Panhandle and western Oklahoma faced a third day of dust as forecasts warned winds up to 30 to 40 miles per hour. The U S Weather Bureau in Dallas predicted gusts to blow dust into the area, stirring new clouds and reducing visibility.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
US. Weather Bureau
Dallas
Cedar Bayou Native Dies In Houston
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Emily Bradford of Sheldon were set for 2 p.m. at Houston with burial in Masonic Cemetery at Cedar Bayou. A Cedar Bayou native and longtime Sheldon resident, she died at a Houston hospital Monday afternoon. Survivors include three daughters and two sons. Pallbearers named. Dust storms swept the Texas Panhandle and neighboring states with a 50 mph gust damaging a barn near Gatesville and a fatality reported. Blizzards and dust storms vexed the Midwest and southern plains as a spring storm moved across the region.
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Mary Emily Bradford
Sheldon
Houston
Masonic Cemetery
Cedar Bayou
Bradford
Mary Harper
Inez Brickman
Ester Lu
Samuel
Waynesboro
Mississippi
Douglas Bradford
Dickinson
Will
Prentiss Wright
Max Conrad
Rufur Os' Good
Hugent Dennis
Olive Meain
South Plains
Texas
Gatesville
Bee Smith
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Calcutta Under Martial Law After Communal Riots
Martial law tightened across seven Calcutta districts after Hindu Muslim clashes left at least 16 dead. Troops and police firing kept rioting from cooling, with Howrah suburb and river districts placed under military control as censorship limited details of the unrest.
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Calcutta
Calucutts
West
Bengal
Howrah
Fire Put Out Under Shipload Of Dynamite
Panama City dispatch reports the Graceries steamer Santa Rite arrived at Balboa harbor with a smoldering fire under her cargo of 211 tons of explosives and nitramen in 4250 dynamite and 3450 nitramen cases. Firefighters extinguished the flames and unloading was deemed unnecessary as the cargo remained on board during the west coast bound voyage. The fire occurred about 200 miles from Balboa yesterday while the ship was in the slip marked by the smoke and urgency of a danger zone.
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Panama City
Graceries
Santas Rite
Balboa
Santa “Rite
South America
Balhow
Senators threaten lawsuits over McCarthy charges
Haldore Hanson vowed to sue Senator Joseph R. McCarthy if immunity is removed after McCarthy accused a State Department aide of being pro Communist. Hanson testified to a Senate subcommittee he has never been a Communist and would seek legal action at the earliest moment if charges are repeated without immunity.
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McCarthy
Washington
Haldore Hanson
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Hanson
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthny
Wisconsin Republican
Gwen J. Lattimore
Lattimore
En Reese
Senate
Wholesale Grocers Open Branch Here
The Schumacher Company announces a new Cash and Carry branch at 205 North WaIt in Baytown with Rob Hayes as manager. The facility will stock groceries produce drugs paper variety and sundry items and operate 6 am to 4 pm weekdays and 6 am to 1 pm Saturdays. The Baytown project links with local Chamber cooperation and joins offices in Houston Beaumont and more.
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Schumacher Company
North Wiait
Baytown
C A. Perlitz
Perlitz
Rob Hayes
la Grange
Bards County
Berlitz
A . Perlitz
Cammerce
Schumacher
Texas
Houston
Beaumont
Bryan
Victoria
Austin
Corpus Christi
Galveston
McAllen
Partitz
Long Illness Takes Life of Frank Helmer
Frank C. Helmer a Channelview businessman died after a long illness at 9 20 am Monday He lived in Crosby and Baytown during his career and is survived by his wife Lila three sons Paul Rey and Dean all of Anderson two sisters Mrs Wick Morina of Houston and others Burial is set at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Anderson with services at 3 PM today at Nevasota deductions not included
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Fimnersi
Frank C. Helmer
Bistown
Channelview
Nevasota
OddFellows
Anderson
Helmer
Crosby
Baytown
Hving
Monas
Wick J. Morina
Houston
Grady
Finn S
Morris Dillard
Bill DeBrohl
Marion EB. Thomas
Dolly Boone
County Will Give Memorial for Charity Hospital Aid
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital discusses funding plan to care for indigent patients locally rather than sending them to Houston. Hospital trustees and county officials, including Auditor Harry L. Washburn, consider a 2 to 1 city county match with a $5000 cap, aiming to ease travel for residents and provide immediate medical attention.
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San Jacinto
May
Pital
Decker ‘Drive
Harry L. Washburn
Memorial Hospital
Houston
Commissioners Court
Baytown
Mey
Washburn
Robert Matherne
Heould
4000 Troops Annihilated On Beaches On Hainan Island
Taipei dispatch reports Nationalist forces claim to have smashed a major Communist landing on Hainan Island. The 4000-red troops ashore were reportedly annihilated after a 47 hour battle. others manned the coast and inland areas. Red naval units and junks were said to be engaged offshore near Mahieu Bay and Hoshow.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Hainan
Redoe
Mahieu Bay
Lin
Yosak
Hoshow
Hein An
Women Still Collect Life Insurance
Washington reports that 1948 death data show white women average life expectancy 65.5 years, higher than men in the same group. Public Health Service notes white women live longer than white men, with men at about 58.1 years and women at 62.5.
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Washington
Cestimetes
Public “Health Service
Baytown Aims to Name Crepe Myrtle City Official Flower
Garden club members in Baytown push to adopt crepe myrtle as the official flower. They urge residents to plant the red bloom along roadsides and around public buildings and urge county to favor crepe myrtle landscaping near Decker Drive.
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Baytown
Garden Club
Gulf Coast
Decker Drive
Sack Furbee
Galveston
Harris County
Federation of Garden
Qubs
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Acheson
Atlantic Pact
Tidelands
Panhandle
Texas Area
Chicago
Midwest
Lake
Bu Bee
Aleutian
Berkeley
Calif
University of
Aleutiain Island
Moura
Frank Helmer
Hiss
Robert Bednasek
Iowa
Margaret “Gee Gee" Jackson
Bedrasekk
Hospital
Sat
Count Wooster
M. A. Fores
Wfooster Garden Club
Wooster
Federation
Texas-Market-Decker
Ini
Harris
Market
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