Baytown Voters Hear First Tie Over Precinct Conventions
Baytown voters face a hearing on precinct conventions as the long standing practice of party grassroots selection is debated. For two decades the Democratic candidate era was preselected, while Republican conventions rarely influenced outcomes, amid Texas’s nonprimary delegate system shaping national guidance.
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Aubrey Banks Fang
Baytown
Sone
Texas
Exas
National Party
Gts
Meeting Places For Local Parties Listed
A fragmented OCR item lists Republican and Democrat meeting times and locations including Johnson and Johnson Crosby school Lamar school 2006 East Foyle 508 Denby 3310 Minnesota Cedar Bayon school San Jacinto Burnet and Highlands schools with times 4 p m and 7 p m at various venues such as City Hall and junior high facilities within Baytown Cedar Bayou and related districts.
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Johnson and Johnson Crosby
Lamar
East Foyle
Denby
Minnesota
Cedar Bayon
San Jacinto
Burnet
Democrats
Highlands
Crosby
Thad Felton
Wilkenfeld
City Hall
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Taft MacArthur Rally Tonight At City Hall
Baytown prepares for Taft MacArthur rally at 8 pm in City Hall auditorium. Coliin Campbell, rally chairman, invites voters and former Democrats to join the campaign amid taxes, waste, and corruption concerns. Taft forces target Baytown’s 12 local votes, predicting at least nine for the ticket.
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Taft MacArthur
City Hall
Coliin Campbell
Battown
Texas Republican
Campbell
Taft Forces
Baytown
Baytown Area
Tait Forses
Shivers Urges Texas Democrats to Back Uninstructed Delegation
Former Governor Shivers made a final plea at a Texas Democratic meeting urging citizens John and citizen to turnout for the convention. He attacked the Loyal Democrats faction as calculating and warned that only by broad participation can the state express its true majority view and influence the Chicago nominating process.
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Festen
CPI
Allan Shivgins
John Q. Zen
Tomor
Bae
Texas
Gene Precinct
John Ecitizen
Ings
Shivers
Chicago
National Party
Rationsi
Crosby messwoman admitted to Memorial Hospital Bahiston
Friends report Crosby messwoman is improving at Memorial Hospital in Bahiston and likely to stay about two more weeks. Jaycees planned TV appearance to discuss organization and projects with Clarke and Bynant interviewed by Lloyd Ekory on KRPRG TV at 7 pm.
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Dad News
Baytown
Jaycees
TV Tonight
Géhic Organization
Ed Clarke
New Daycee Presimt
A. S. Bynant
Lloyd Ekory
Krprg-Tv
Fragmented notes on campus events and people
A collage of brief, unreadable lines mentions feIL MORSE dropping around, Deering reforming dirt piles, Tree LaBorde, and a potential recall. Other items reference George Armstrong on Psychoemine, Sumner’s city escape, Dickie Rosenfeld learning about Motors, Buddy Bray’s tie info, Curly Hovard’s long distance call, Renee Sam Paine’s moment, Doc Spring, Miles after a college flag, Mrs. Fred O’Brien’s dress rehearsal, and May Week Brigadions with Linds Saxton family notes.
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Feil Morse
Deering
Sumner
Dickie Rosenfeld
Buddy Bray
Curly Hovard
Shy
Renee Sam Paine
Iim Middleton
Doc
H. Miles
Fred. O'Brien
Alvera Stin
McKewen
Evfee
Linds Saxton
Ike Forges Past Taft in Republican delegate race
United Press tabulation shows General Eisenhower ahead of Senator Taft in the drive to secure Republican convention delegates. The latest figures reflect six pro-Eisenhower delegates from Missouri and additional commitments, with Eisenhower at 273 and Taft at 286 in one tally, and Taft claiming 344 to 263 in another. Uncommitted delegates total 50 to 123 across compilations.
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Washington
Dwiger D Eisenhower
Robert A Taft
United Press
Missouri
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhowzer
David 5
Ingalls
Ike
UN Launches Biggest Air Attack In Korea
United Nations forces led a massive air assault on North Korea with 1,283 sorties, targeting Communist positions, roads, rails, and transport. Fighters, fighter-bombers, light bombers, and Superforts from Korea, Japan, and Okinawa conducted the operation in clear skies following a week of active air activity.
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Seoul
North Korea
Korea
Japan
Oknawa
Voters Set for Trustee Elections in Three Districts
Voters in Baytown Cedar Bayou and Crosby districts go to the polls tomorrow to elect six trustees with two vacancies each. Baytown lists four candidates including Hartman and Fintson. Cedar Bayou features Mangum Nuttall Burnside and Shoe. Crosby election centers on existing trustees and potential write-ins. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm with affidavits available for residency verification.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayo
Crosby
Harry F. Hartman
James Fintson
C. M. Gartman
Edward J. Sawberger Jr
Cedar Bayou
R W. Akridge
L. EL. S Krenek
Floyd
RemKes
Krenek
Crosby School
Baytonians Urged to Donate Blood for VA Hospital
Grover Edge, East Harris county service officer, leads a Baytown area blood donation program for the VA hospital in Houston. Donors can give at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital twice monthly after 5 pm, with Burton Battle and Janice Manteris coordinating hospital staff, aiming for a continuous supply of blood to improve patient care.
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Houston
Memphis
Tenn
Veterans Administration
Grover Edge
East
Harris County
Edge
Burton Battle
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Janice Manteris
Baytown
Runs Might Cut Supplies At Stations
Baytown and Humble service stations report no actual gasoline shortage. Managers fear runs may create artificial scarcity, while talks of refinery strikes prompt concerns about picketing and legal injunctions.
Gas Rationing Seen If Gulf Strike Persists
An official of Sinclair Refining Co said gasoline rationing could start within the week at Sinclair stations if the Gulf Coast oil workers strike remains unresolved. In Washington, Rep. Lindley Beckworth announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Texas senator in the July primary.
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Sinclair Refining Co
Texas
Sinclair
Gulf Coast
Beckworth
Washington
ACP
Lindley Beckworth
World balance sheet for week of hot and cold wars summary
The item reviews global cold and hot war developments. May Day celebrations ran with limited fireworks outside Tokyo where clashes occurred. Tokyo deaths and injuries cited. In Europe demonstrations were orderly in Paris and Rome, with 10,000 East Berlin militants confronting police. Yugoslavia warned it would raise its army to 2,000,000 if attacked, while not joining the Atlantic Pact. South Africa passed tense parliamentary debate on court power over laws amid Malan’s campaign against Jim Crow. Western Europe jitters rose as Soviet troops and air forces conducted maneuvers near Berlin, and an Air France flight was struck by a MiG, injuring three. Calls grew for a four power talk on a peace treaty for Germany, echoed by British Labor. Premier Tito pledged Yugoslavia’s stance if attacked, seeking peaceful alignment.
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Paris
Rome
East Berlin
West’ Berlin
Matthew B. Ridgway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Ridgway
Alfred M. Gruenther
United States
Yugoslav Communist Party
Mint
Russia
Marahal-Tito
Yugoslavia
Daniel F. Maian
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Malan
Western Europe
East Germany
Berlin
West Germany
Air France
Frankfurt
Germany
CIOs Threaten Oil Strike Cut Flow To Korea
Denver report says CIO Oil Workers threaten to cut gasoline and oil shipments from California to Korea as war pressures, with California exempt from national strike. Violence reports surface as Phillips and Shell refineries shut, reducing Gulf Coast capacity to two major plants.
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Denver
U.P
California
Charles Armin
CIO Oil Workers Union
T. 3. Robinson
Allied Co. Co
Tyler
Houston Gulf Coast Area
BEF Proposes New Wage Hike for Humble Co
BEF executive council presented a 20 cent per hour wage increase effective April 1 plus five cents per hour catch up pay in a lump sum for February 16 to April 1 at the Baytown Refinery. Company negotiators will consider the offer as plant manager Gordon Farned declines to predict a reply timeline.
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Baytown
Gordon Farned
Latins Plan Cinco de Mayo Fiesta in Baytown
Baytown Latin Americans gear for Cinco de Mayo celebrations marking the 9th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. Rima Herrera named queen with Amelia Castro, Andrea Venegas, and Concepcion Ponce as court. events include a midnight Mexican movie, dances, and a coronation at Mexican Recreation Hall. Weather calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and mild winds.
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Baytown
Cinco de Mayo
Puebla
Ignacio Zaragosa
Mexico
Napoleon
U.S
Maximilian of Austria
Benito Juarez
George Washington
Bay Theater
Rima Herrera
Amelia Castro
Andrea Venegas
Concepcion Ponce
Rima
Bay
Houston
John J. Herrera
Lost Plane Found: 50 Feared Dead in Brazil Crash
In Belem a Pan American Stratocruiser crash site on a jungle hillside is being searched after a three day crash. Fifty passengers and crew, including Americans, are feared dead. The fire wreckage covers a quarter mile ridge as a US Air Force medical team surveyed the area before returning to Belem.
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Belem
Brazil
Pan American Airways
AJIL
Us.s. Air Force
Maj
Richard Olney
Ramey Field
Puerto Rico
Industry Seizure Prompts Quick Court Ruling Request
Washington dispatch reports Philip Murray ordered 650000 steel workers to return to government work after Truman seized the industry. The industry and government appealed Pine’s ruling to the Supreme Court, seeking to decide if the president has unlimited power to seize. Murray to meet Truman and steel leaders in the White House, while Burns orders two-state district back to work. Government optimism on a settlement plus a wage rise proposal and price offer loom.
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Philip Murray
CIO
Truman
Supreme Court
High Court
David A. Pine
Pine
Houston
Martin Burns
United Steelworkers
CSO
Hi ‘Two-State
Phillip Murray
Murray
Big Six
White House
David 4
Piné
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Wage
Sawer
Humble Head Hines Baker to Speak at Baytown Club Meet
Hines H. Baker president of Humble Oil and Refining Company will be principal speaker at the annual joint meeting of Baytown service clubs. Kiwanis hosts dinner at Robert E Lee cafeteria on Thursday May 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are 2.75 with advance reservations required due to limited seating. Other entertainment announced soon.
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Bines H. Baker
Humble O#% and Refining Company
Baytown
Robert EL Lée
Kiwanis
Baker
Ben E. Wilson
Rotary
Lions
Je L. Fuller
Milson
James Ee ‘Sherwrood
Bill Wilhelm
Jim Bond
R. Je van Deventer
Kiwanitas
Vic. Knowles
Rotary Club
A. M. Tarburton
J. Bryant Stratton
H. M.johnson
Lion
R. L. Gillette
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