Late Bulletins: Truck Bill Signed and Hike Approved
Texas moves to unload overweight trucks with on the spot requirements while a bill raises truck load limits. A boxing bout pairing Joe Louis with Lee Savold is set for June 12 in New York following Louis’s prior win. Gas tax changes are included in a state omnibus measure advancing through the legislature.
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Austinicri
Austin Shivers
Texas
Austin
House of Representatives
Allied Tanks Smash Deep Into Red Line
Four UN tank task forces pushed deep toward Seoul amid reports of massed Communist troops preparing a spring offensive. Tanks fought through enemy concentrations up to regiment size north and west of Seoul, linked with air support that inflicted heavy casualties.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
Pukham River
Uijongbir
Uijonbu
Munsan
Eighth Army
Pukhan
Rnlnnd
South Korea
Sun Spots Salesmanship at Real Estate Board Luncheon
Real Estate Board members will view a film on Salesmanship at the regular luncheon tomorrow at 7:90 p.m. Mrs Cuba Greer, secretary, announced. The group meets at Bumble Dining Room.
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Salesmanship Real Estate Board
Cuba Greer
Bumble Dining Room
Interurban Service Between Baytown and Highlands May Be Cut
A Texas Railroad Commission hearing is set for 10 am on March 23 in Houston about Beaumont Sour Lake and Western Railway petition to discontinue trains 6 and 33 between Bryan town and Highlands. The line, built by Harry Johnson, aided Highlands growth, but has faced repeated reductions since he sold the line.
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Baystown
Highlands
Texas Railroad Commission
Beaumont
Sour Lake
Harry 3c. Johnson
Local notes mix odd events and chatter around town
A jumble of town snippets mentions Sirs, Busby, a Brown WOO dog, Decker Drive VFW meeting, Macvanee Millican, raincoat at the Community House, talks of home ownership, Marion Thompson, a barometer in a window, and various locals like Joyce Ocker Bet Rob and Margie Hooper, all captured as a rough community roundup with unclear details.
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Busby
Brown- Woo
Cc Moravits
VFW
New Hall
Decker Drive
Beraldes
Macvanee Millican
Scranton
HS Folky
Marion Thompson
Texas
Joyce
Margie’ Hooper
Air Power Expanded as Eisenhower Elevates Third Air Force
General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced a vast expansion of the US Air Force in Britain to bolster Allied strength. The Third Division in the United Kingdom is elevated to Third Air Force, with the Seventh Aviation activation sending units to Britain to boost Western European air power. Major General Leon W. Johnson, Medal of Honor recipient, to command the Third Air Force, previously leading the Third Air Division since 1948.
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Paris
Tkid
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Aussie
Divn
United Kingdom
Third Air Force
Aivision
Europe
Eisenhowe
Leon W. Johnson
Johnson
Third Air Division
Ridgway Earns Credit For Victory In Korea
Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway is praised as the man chiefly responsible for the Allied Korea victory. Now in Tokyo he shifts from battlefield general to Far East pro consul, directing the postwar effort and coordinating with General Douglas MacArthur's successor.
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Harry Ferguson
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Ridgway
van Fleet
Far East
MacArthur
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Dai Teni
Heavy Fighting on Israeli Syrian Border Reported
TEL AVIV Israel reports heavy artillery and mortar fighting for a second day north of Lake Tiberias with about 20 Syrian troops counted. Israeli Colonel Moshe Perlman says troops hold positions to block Syrians from entering the UN demilitarized border area. Syria claims Israeli fire sparked clashes as troops and civilians repel what it calls aggression.
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Israel
d'Ai
Israeili
Lake Tinerius
Baghdad
Vadig
Lebanon
Syria
Narth
Moshe Perlman
Perlman
63 Letters Received In Sun Contest
Judges were at work determining the winner of the Baytown Sun Teacher of the Year contest from 63 letters received. Three other letters, five nominating Miss Rose Broch and one nominating Miss Davida Thompson, were received yesterday and are eligible because they carry May 1 past marks.
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Baytown Sun
Fivo
Rose Broch
Davida Thompson
Rae
Bounty Offered for Names of Texas Communists
The Antli- Communist Association of Texas proposes a $5,000 bounty for names of Texans who are Communists to prompt a test case against the state’s new Communist control law before the legislative session ends. Chairman Clyde Wantland urges quick action to expose bill weaknesses and push amendments this session. An avowed San Antonio Communist says he will not register and may seek Supreme Court review, claiming unconstitutionality. Texas officials say investigations are ongoing, with cooperation promised from Bexar and Hexar counties authorities.
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San Antonio
San Antonin
Price Daniel Evenly
Rngister
Cole
US Supreme Court
John Stanfor
AgwSt
Navy
University of Texas
Austin
David B. Irons
Hexar County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Bexar County
Ace Lee Hurler Injured Ending Season With Deep Arm Cut
Ace hurler Elliott of the Fodders FE baseball team suffered a deep cut to his pitching arm after pushing it through a school window during rough play. A fragment severed an artery, he bled heavily before hospital care. He was a star pitcher and top hitter, sidelining him for the season.
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Elliott
Lee
Biliote
Dies to Run for Senate in Texas 1952
Martin Dies, former head of the Un American Activities Committee, said he likely will seek the Senate in 1952. He expects Tom Connally and himself to be the main contenders, doubts Governor Shivers or W Lee O Daniel will run, and stresses running on principles and voter support over money. He prefers public service to being controlled by big campaign funds.
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Galveston
UPI
Martin Dies
Congress
Senate
Tom Connally
US Senate
Texas
The
Un-American Activities Committee
Allan Shivers
W. Lee O'Daniel
Dies
School Candidates Face Test At Polls Here On Saturday
Interest in Saturdays school board election centers on two trustees seeking reelection and the possibility of the first woman serving on the board. I L Kelloge and Clifton Adams, Highlands residents, run alongside candidates including Mrs Elmer Gray and John Selensky who campaigns on standards and teacher salaries. Other candidates are C D Piacek and Edward J Sanberger Jr. Kellog and Adams have one term. both supported the building program and aligned with the majority.
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I L. Kelloge
Clifton Adams
Highlands
Elmer Gray
John Selensky
Teather
C. (Dutuh) Piacek
Edward J. Sanberger, Jr
Kellogr
Adams
Attorneys Back Little For DA Post
The Baytown Bar Association backed C. D. Little for Harris County district attorney and mailed a resolution to Governor Allan Shivers endorsing his appointment. Unanimous praise cited Little's reputation and success as first assistant to A. C. Winborn, with the DA post awaiting Shivers' action.
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C. D
Dick) Littl
Baytown Bar Association
Harris County
Allan Shivers
Lite
Aittorney
E. W. Bruce
Bar Association
Toay
Little
A. C. Winborn
Shivers
Winborn
Texas
Senate Would Take Oldsters Property Reforming Welfare Grants
The Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee favored raising welfare grant ceilings from 25 million to 45 million. It attached a provision allowing the Senate to place a lien on all real property including the homes of elderly recipients to recover funds, with proceeds restored to a fund supporting needy individuals.
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Austin
Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee
Senate
Crime Report Targets Start Hitting Back
Senate crime investigators branded a report as fantastic and exaggerated, while Ambassador O Dwyer and Florida Governor Fuller Warren fought back. Kefauver rejected the charge of bias, and a plan to translate findings into legislation was set for the coming weeks as the panel considers drafting changes and a new chief counsel. The report accused O Dwyer of condoning underworld activity during his New York mayoralty.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Fuller Warren
Florida
Estes H Kefauver
Tennessee
Warren
Kefauver
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
Odwyer
Mexico
Mexico City
Repullian
White House
Dean Acheson
Murder, Inc
New York
MacArthur testifies veto halted Joint Chiefs plan on China
General Douglas MacArthur testified before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee that he believes President Truman or George C. Marshall vetoed Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations to expand the war in the Far East toward Communist China. He said he supported four steps including easing naval and air operations against China and aiding Nationalist forces, and noted the plan was developed with his full agreement but he received no orders to implement it.
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Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Sazrtary
George C. Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Senate
Armed Services-Foreign Relations Committee
Joint Chiefs
Far East
North Korea
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of
Sieff
Congress
Formosa
Wake Island report labeled obsolete by general
Washington dispatch notes General Douglas MacArthur’s testimony on Korea. The administration’s Wake Island meeting report claims MacArthur saw low risk of a Chinese attack and predicted Korea would halt hostilities by Thanksgiving. MacArthur aide Whitney disputes recording and notes copies sent to Tokyo. Bradley explains Wake Island notes were based on Ber Nice Anderson longhand notes.
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Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
Bunker Hu
MacArthur
Truman
North
South Korea
New York
Lste
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Whitey Whitner
Tokyo
Joint Committee
Omar WN. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bernice Anderson
Philip Jessup
Drainage Needs Top City Costs At $500000
City Hall gauges drainage as a top necessity with a proposed bond issue covering about 500000 for storm sewers. H S Berlin, the consulting engineer, outlines seven drainage areas including Lake Minnesota, with costs totaling 462500 for construction plus 37500 in preliminary and engineering expenses.
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AL. Banks
Laytown
Baytown
H. S. Berlin
Minnesota
Minnesota Avenue
Huggins-Illinois
Huggins- Michigan
Dow Expands Texas Plants Amid 3100 Million Program
Dow Chemical Company announces a 50 million dollar expansion of Texas facilities to be completed in the next fiscal year beginning June 1 as part of a 3100 million company-wide plan including additions in California Midland Michigan and Granite City Illinois. President Leland I Dean and Chairman Earl W Bennett state most of the funds go to the Brazosport area Texas plants.
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Dow Chemical Company
Texas
Uc Company
California
Midland
Michigan
Granite City
Minois
Leland I. Dean
Earl W. Bennett
Brazosport
Labour Regime Takes Bea Churchill Raps Exports To Red China
In the Commons the Labor government faced heavy opposition on foreign policy as Churchill’s Conservatives urged Defense Minister Shinwell to resign over alleged wartime rubber shipments to Communist China and Russia. They backed Attlee on the dental and vision charge, but pressed for policy changes amid tense exchanges and shouts of resign.
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Churchill
Red
China
London
iPi
Clement Attlee
Commons
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Kalaya
Singapore
Chine
Russia
Emanuel Shinwell
Gov—T Eavernment
Briain
International Tuber
Chi
Shinwell
Labor
P. W. Fisher Rites Friday
Prince Washington Fisher, 53, a Baytown painter, died in a Houston hospital after several days of heart ailment treatment. He lived in Baytown about 28 years and suffered a heart attack at home 10 days before his death. Survived by daughter and son-in-law Mrs. A. E. Kaderli, a brother G. B. Fisher of Tyler, and a grandchild. Funeral services Friday at Earthman’s with Rev. Walter Gibbs of St. John’s Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Crest Cemetery.
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Baytown
Houston
Fisher
A. E. Kaderli
G. B. Fisher
Tyler
Earthmany
Walter Gibbs
P. St. John’s Methodist’ Church
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