Steel industry back in turmoil as court weighs wage orders
In Washington the U S Court of Appeals split five to four against barring government wage controls while the Supreme Court acts on seizure cases. President Truman ponders price controls to curb the steel strike as Sawyer signals possible action to aid industry and end the dispute. Philip Murray rallies CIO members amid legal battles over federal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Il Evin Ashington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Commorce
Charles Sawyer
Nois
Truman
Ice Department
CIO
Witad
Philip Murray
Ngieiry
Snes Pderai
David
Pio
Su- Heme Cork
David A. Pitie
Women Plan Club For Company's Auxiliary
Spc Wright reports women members of a local company plan to form a women's auxiliary. A meeting at Grace Methodist Church in Baytown will feature a fellowship day with eight area churches represented. Sam Hastings will speak. Carver girls' quartet to entertain. Republican convention Precinct 190 not held. rescheduled at Ashhel Smith School auditorium at 4 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fixes National Guard
Ellowship
Wwomen
Socestani
Baytown
Sam Hastings
Town Council
Church Wofen
Carver Girls
Offection
Fasley
Ashhel Smith School
Around Town Vignettes Stir Community Notes
A garbled, names-heavy local recap lists residents and events from daily life. Individuals such as Ophelia, Tony Campos, Vir via Moreno, C K Brashier, J C Carroll, Usen Cox, Malon Whitley, Caick Ikter, C Hidle, Bill Mier, Gene Walden, George Gamer, George, Sue Powers, Premier Borten McCamy, and others appear in fragmented sentences. The piece hints at social visits, work routines, upcoming holidays, and local coffee shop activity in Baytown and Montgomery areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehal
Ophelia
Paes
Tony
J.C. Carroll
Usen Cox
Malon Whitley
Caick ‘Ikter
Hidle
Bill Mier
Gene Walden
George Gamer
George
Mand Sue Powers
Moyin
Borten McCamy
Worl Nest
Baytown
Fort F Montgomery
Mills Closed In Southwest Huge Furnaces Banked At Sheffield
Most of the Southwest steel mills completed orderly shutdowns as a federal court nullified Truman’s seizure, the strike spreading after the government took mills back. Union reps said mills in Texas and Oklahoma were picketed or about to be, led by 3,000 workers at Sheffield near Houston with furnaces banked on a speedup schedule.
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Sheffield
Houston - EE
Southwest
United Steemworkers
CSO
Truman
United States Circuit Court
Alphonse Gertenherd
Texas Okladistries of the Union
Gertenberd
Martin Burns
Housto
Sheffield Steel
Houston
Atom Test Set For Today Marines To Seize Area
LAS VEGAS Nevada The 28th atomic device from American scientists was slated to explode at Yucca Flat proving grounds with about 2150 Marines in foxholes nearby. The blast was to occur between 10 and 11 a.m. est weather permitting delaying two days due to rain. Marines would emerge and assault a pretend enemy armored division after the detonation to seize a mock objective in a staged nuclear exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Yucca Flat Proving Grounds
Nevada Test Site
United States
Hi Neighbor By Alan Miller Quiet critique of politicians and breath in public life
The writer argues that loud rhetoric masks weak judgment in politics. He notes that strong lungs often accompany weaker heads, a pointed jab at public figures and the performative side of leadership.
Yarbrough Announces VStM Candidacy for Governor
Late bulletin reports Ralph W. Far arkee Austin attorney fong al lied with Une liberal Temegratin forces. Today announced as candidate for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarbrough
Vstm
Ralph W
Tokyo Rioters Rampage During Independence Day Outburst
Communist led mobs in Tokyo roared through streets killing two and injuring over 500 including many Americans. Police detained 60 rioters in Tokyo and 68 elsewhere as crowds smashed cars, glass, and government offices near Meiji Park and Dai Ichi building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U P
Dai Ichi
Matthew B. Ridgway
Japan
Meiji Park
Mayer
U.S. Far East
Rioting in West Berlin on May Day clashes erupt
Tens of thousands of Communist youths breached the border into West Berlin clashing with police while 300000 rallied in East Berlin. West Berlin police and Allied troops mobilized. 31 arrests reported amid fears of a broader German unity struggle under Soviet terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
East
Wilhelm Piccio
West Germany
Pieck
German Democratic Republic
Theoty
Shell Plant Shuts Down At Houston
A wave of plant closures hits the Southwest as Phillips Borger butadiene plant and a Houston Shell refinery halt operations after wage talks collapse. The nationwide oil strike, led by a 22 union coalition, leaves only a few refineries running along the Gulf Coast while tens of thousands walk off, with Texas workers losing millions in weekly wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Co
Shell
Houston
Baytown Zimployes Federation
Baytown
Humble Oj and Refining Co
Stribs Ce
Houston-Gulf Coast
Humble
Daytown
Eastern States
Houston Ship Channel
Phillips Butadiene
CIO
Southwest
Theation-Wide
Texas
Pickers
Sinclair
Longview
American Liberty Oil Co
Mount Pleasant
Tex
Crown-Central
The
Texas Co
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Magnolia
Beaumont
Atantis
Portches
Pure Oil and Gulf
Republic
Pan-American
Texas City
Taylor and Sinclair
Corpus Christi
Ponca City
Okle
Johnon Gil
Cleveland
Oka
Tesas Co
Tulsa
Deep Rock
Cushing
Tide Water
Drumt
Okla
Phillipe
Kensan City
Kan
Methodists Seek End to Race Bias at Conference
A church committee approved a report calling for an official push to eliminate racial discrimination in the Methodist Church. The plan proposes a commission to work toward ultimate elimination and asks the 1952 General Conference to approve. The report also urges dropping the word Methodist from the Federation for Social Action and warns of possible removal from the New York City building if members resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
IERI
Methodist Church
General Conference
The
Methdist Federation For Social Action
Methodist
New York City
Theeneral Conference
Quiet Baytown School Board Election Seen as Very Quiet
Baytonians head to the polls Saturday for one of the quietest school board races in recent history. Four trustees vie for two seats on Goose Creek Independent School District. no candidate has raised issues or issued campaign statements. Polling places vary by precinct with locations at Thad Felton Ford Agency, Studebaker Agency, City Hall, Baytown Junior High, San Jacinto Elementary, David G. Burnet, England, and other sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytonians
Goose Creek Independent School District Board of Trustees
James T. Hutson
Harry F. Hartman
D.f. Gartman
Edward J. Sanbverger Jr
J. Rodger Read
David G. Burnet
Lee R. Tag
Enghlands
FL P. Noland
Soviet Union Parades Might In Red Square
Soviet Premier Stalin reviewed Russia's military and air might at a May Day parade in Red Square. About 100000 spectators cheered as MiG-15 jets and Tupolev bombers flashed overhead. Diplomats, the diplomatic corps, and ambassadors attended, with Marshal Govorov delivering the massed troops address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
USPP
Toser
Stalin
Russia
Polithoren
Lenin
Red Square
Supreme Soviet
Wassily Stalin
Boeiaver
Tushinog Girport
Walfayres Fugk- Cumming Jr
Alvary Gascoigne
Leonor Govorov
Jack Ross Named New Texas Secretary of State
Austin reports Jack Ross a 46 year old lawyer and former Hidalgo County district attorney was appointed secretary of state by Governor Allan Shivers to replace John Ben Shepperd who left to run for attorney general. Ross’ appointment signals a shift from loyalty based appointments toward a career official in state government.
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Austin
Jack Ross
Hinalgo County
Texas
Rags
Yoakum
Edinburg
Department of State
Hidalgo County
Texas Department of State
Shepnerd
Gladewater
Shivers
Travel Ban Shocks U S Citizens Abroad
Washington imposes a broad travel ban on American citizens to all Curtain countries unless explicitly approved by the State Department. The order signals a sweeping foreign travel restriction affecting multiple nations and raises questions about compliance and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Brigadiers of Robert E. Lee High Celebrate May Baskets Week
Brigadiers Week at Robert E. Lee High School features May baskets presented to friends, a parents' party, meetings for new members, officer installations, and tributes to the corps spirit. Today 154 baskets were handed out as the group nears its 1930 beginnings and evolution from a pep squad to a marching unit with maroon uniforms and drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Robert B. Lee Lee High School
Margaret Elms
Hazel Evans
Serps
Lee Hi-Lites
Louise Pridgen
Oil strike drains supplies as talks stall
Denver dispatch reports the national oil workers strike entering a second day with slim hope for a settlement. Negotiations focus on union demands and company offers as thousands of workers across refineries halt production. California largely exempt. gasoline lines grow as dealers warn of shortages. Esso Standards Baton Rouge and Humble Oil Baytown not affected due to non AFL-CIO affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
California
Keres
Wasle
Indiana
Paul Leicester
Association of Petroleum Dealers
Hammond
Schearer
Sinclair
Texas, Co
Gutt
Sacony-Vacuuum
Shell
Cushing
Ola
Esso Standards
Baton Rouge
Hamble Oil
Baytown
AFL
CIO
Our Eleanor Judged Tops In Talent Contest At Brunson Theater
Eleanor Grigg won the Star of Tomorrow title at the Brunson Theater talent contest and advanced with six finalists to represent the area in Beaumont on May 14 and 15. Beverly Friend of Sugar Land earned runner-up honors. judges included Mary Beth McDonald, Robert Hammitt, and Jack Hessy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Grigg
Star of Tomorrow
Adnprs
Brunson Theater
East Téras
Beaumont
Hollywood Toy
Burris Mill and Elevator Co
Capitol
Republic Pictures
Beverly Friend
Sugar-land
Grigg
Elgin
Robson
Jack Hessy
KRMUZ
Houston
Miss McDonald's
Meyer Bras
Taightcrust Doughboys
Grunson
Miss Friend
Galena Park Mayor Philpot enters race for County Commissioner
Mayor William J. Philpot announces candidacy for Precinct No. 2 County Commissioner in the July primaries. He has lived in Galena Park since 1940 and previously served as mayor, with a long record in city and fraternal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J
Bill) Pnilpot
Galena Park
Pre
Philpot
Gatena Park
Maror
Kentucky
Philpothe
Gelens Park Lodge
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GIO Steel Workers
Vailip Murray
National Tube Co
Sterl
McKeesport
By Alan Miller
Ken Reynolis
Gail
FIRST
Soviet Union
Miton- Ruth, Whitaker
Asal Devis
Robert E. Lee
Stancil Norton
Carmel Boudreaux
Eleanor
May
Galena
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