Lost Island Boy Reunited With Mother After Two Weeks
Leon Hodges, a 14 year old from San Leon, was found on Atkinson Black's Island near Morgans Point after living ashore with a friend Dallas Ward 17 for two weeks. They sailed from Bulkhead Island seeking lumber and a seafaring life as fishermen. Hodges was rescued by La Porte Bayshore Emergency Corps after signaling for help with a mirror. He was returned to his mother Rosa Vie Rimes.
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San Leon
Houston
Edy-naied
Leon Hodges
Jersey
la Porte-Bayshore
Hodges
Dallas Ward
Ward
Bulkhead
Dallas
Fuzzy
Black's
Leon
la Porte-Bayshore Emergency Corps
Art Simpson
Rosa Vie Rimes
Galveston’ Medical
Hear on Highway 73 bridge height and waterways rules
Officials held a hearing May 28 to discuss uprate of vertical clearance on bridges along Highway 73. The State Highway Department sought permission for a fixed 2 by 12 foot clearance but was refused, with industry reps and chamber of commerce leaders attending in Dallas to press navigable waterway concerns. The inquiry drew representatives from the Waterway Operators Association and other groups as well as local stakeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnnul
State High Department
Houston
Chland
Chamber of Com- United States Division
Dallas
Arthur
Asjon
Association of Amerwwe
Tidelands Bill Passed By House
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill giving five states title to submerged lands off their coasts, seeking billions in oil beneath California Texas and Louisiana waters. The vote was 248 to 88, a margin above the two thirds to overcome a presidential veto. The measure would overturn Supreme Court rulings and was a Senate House compromise previously passing 285 to 109 in the House and 50 to 35 in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Gulf
California
Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Senate
Measles Runs Close Second but Girl Wins
Laura Scrivener, a junior high student in Ardmore Oklahoma, received a four year perfect attendance certificate shortly before falling ill with measles. The award was presented at 10 30 am and she was sent home with the illness shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
Laura Scrivener
Reopen Talks In Gulf Coast Oil Strike
CIO Oilworkers union district director J Eric Brown expects an early settlement of a 15 day old strike across the Gulf Coast area after the Wage Stabilization Board set a 15 cent pay boost ceiling. Local leaders report limited offers of 12 to 16 cents. Shell union members at Houston may meet to decide future plans. Pan American Refining Texas City plans to reopen negotiations with mediators on a 25 cent proposition viewed as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Gulf Coast
CIO
J. Eric Brown
National Union Committee
Brown
Louisiana-Texas
E. M. Black
Shell Oi Co. P
Black
Harold Snow
Pan American Refining
Téxas ‘City
Snow
High Official Sees Settlement In 2 Days
Washington reports a high government official predicted most of the 90,000 striking oil workers will return to work within 40 hours. The Wage Stabilization Board ceiling is expected to shape quick signings, with unions cautiously optimistic yet wary of plant by plant bargaining. Federal mediators stand by to push broader settlements as talks resume across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
AFL
B. J. Schafer
CIO Oil Workers
Shell Oil Co
San Francisco
Socony
Vacuum Oil Co
New York
Iself
Nathan P. Feinslinger
Joyous Slips and Local Meetings Stir Raytown News
Fragmented notes show agents discussing budgets and contracts for city improvements. Local groups including Trinity Taber Women’s Missionary Union hold sales for church funds. Town figures like Lamb and Archert appear in scattered scenes as conference football chatter and social gatherings unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Taber- Women's Missionary Union
West Texas
Kidd
Str
Rob Fein
Fowler
RS Sr
Amarr
Lamb
Mullins
Archert
Jerry Oe
Armed convicts hunted as bus sighting sparks chase
Heavily armed posses scoured a Texas coastal region for two escapees who kidnapped eight hostages and attempted to steal an airplane after breaking from Ramsey prison. One suspect may have ridden a Missouri Pacific bus toward Houston, triggering a delayed chase due to miscommunication and misrouted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
W. 5. McGlasson Angelton
Texas
Ramsey
West Columbia
Here
Arbus Griver
Kassinger
Missouri-Pacific
Angleton
Robert Arthur Chick
Corpus’ Christi
Corpus Christi
Bay City
Chick
F.C. Massey
Massey
Burglars Shoot Way Out Police Trail Bandits Into Woods
Three burglars fled a Gainesville beer tavern after a gun battle near the Red River. Oklahoma Texas officers pursued across the river into wooded terrain, chasing a band of armed suspects. Bloodhounds and patrols from Oklahoma and Texas tracked the escape but the men vanished in darkness amid rough country.
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Gainesville
UIP
Red River
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
Texas
Austin
Cooke County
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
O. L. Rogers
Rogers
Huntsville
Jess Brewer
T and T
Scott Farm
Love County
Okla
Four Missing After Tanker Gasoline Blast in Canal
A coastwise tanker loader carrying 700000 gallons of high octane gasoline exploded and caught fire after a collision with the freighter Barbara Sykes in the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. Four crewmen of the 20 aboard the F. L. Hayes were missing and six were injured while diving overboard. The Barbara Lykes moved to Delaware Bay with its bow damaged and no injuries reported aboard. Captain Roger Sears said the Barbara Lykes rammed the Hayes in the port side, cutting a hole in the No. 7 gasoline line. The fuel leaked and a series of explosions followed as men jumped overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Cal
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
F. L. Hayes
Barbara Sykes
Delaware Bay
Protestant Catholic Bible Debate Draws 5000 In Stillwater
Crowds pack Stillwater Oklahoma as 14 states attend a Catholic priest and a Protestant minister debate authority of the Bible. Eldred Stevens argues the New Testament is the supreme authority while Rev. Eric Beevers contends the Scriptures come from the church. The crowd overflows as debates move from campus to St Francis Church with another turnout expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Stevens
St.Francis
Oklahoma
Apostolic Church of Christ
Nation wide steel walkout threatened by CIO
The CIO United Steelworkers threaten a nationwide strike within two weeks if the Wage Stabilization Board’s 26 cent an hour raise stands. Delegates at the convention warned workers would quit mills, while officials Barkley and Tobin urged support for a union victory in the dispute. The Supreme Court may rule on President Truman’s seizure of steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
CIO
United
Wage Stabilization Board
Supreme Court
Truman
Duset Ee
Eobeat Sen. Hubert
H- Humphrey
Dminn
CID
Joseph A. Beirne
Alben W.barkley
Theste Makers
Maurice Jtobin
Washingto
BEF Deliberates Pay Ceiling Impact With Humble Oil
BEF weighs 15 cent wage cap effects on Baytown workers in talks with Humble Oil and Refining Co. D M Gillespie says no company reply yet on a 20 cent per hour demand. Humble’s best offer remains a 3.4 percent across the board. BEF aligns with CIO AFL and independent unions in pushing wage increases for oil workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Edwards
Baytown
BEF
Sil
Gillespie
Humble Oil
BEE Executive Council
Uni
Washington
WSB
Humble
Kirkley
BEF News and Views
Press Monthly
Pedorastion
CIO
AFL
Independent’ Workers
Truman Rips Critics of Farm Policy and Plans Campaign
President Truman harshly attacked opponents of Democratic farm policies as "plain and hokum" and pledged a personal, extensive campaign for the 1952 Democratic nominee. He recalled his 1946 tour, forecast a big Democratic victory, and said he will campaign on the party platform, including returning to the farm after leaving office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Uid
Ane
Agriculture, Department
Grandview
9 Year Old Girl Believes In Early Start
A nine year old girl from Lakewood NY sent a letter with her photo to Third Infantry Korea MP Sgt Eugene R Edwards of Morristown NJ asking for more letters from the people back home. She wrote I don't have much experience writing to men but I like to try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Infantry
Korea
Eugene R. Edwards
Morristown
Shome
Lakewood
Clark Rejects Pledges Concessions In POW Release Case
General Mark W. Clark repudiated concessions claimed by Brig. Gen. Charles Colson over Dodd’s release from Kose island. He said Colson acted beyond authority and that the promises had no validity, noting the move was Communist propaganda. US officers reported Reds controlled the island enclosures and guards entered only if they felt brave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Mark W.clark
Francis T. Dodd
Kose Island
Clark
Supreme
United Nations
Far East
Charles Colson
Colson
Dodd
Rose
Koje Island Chief Declares No Negotiations With POWs
Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner takes command at Koje Island prison camps and vows strict handling of the 79,200 prisoners. He says POWs do not negotiate and will be governed by the Geneva convention with firm discipline, after Gen Calson was removed over concessions to captors.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
Haydon L. Boatner
Charles Calson
Mark Clark
Clark
Calson
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Boater
Heartbreak Ridge
Rose
Tig Panmunjom
Meeting Set With Federal Conciliator at Baytown Refinery
Baytown Refinery machinists union and management plan a Tuesday meeting with a federal conciliator to settle a wage dispute. The International Association of Machinists Lodge 1051 authorized a 25 cent hourly wage increase, with a wage opening clause allowing negotiations any time. The union represents about 300 to 450 workers, with current average wages around $210 per hour for all classes.
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Aubrey Banks
Baytown
A . A. T. Adams
International Association of Machinists
Lodge 1051
Adams
Machinisis
Iddge
Beytown
AFL- Union Lodge
Paris Pittenger Seeks Timbuktu Mystery by Travel Plan
Paris Pittenger plans a trip by plane train and oxcart to Timbuktu to answer a lifelong question about what happens there on Saturday nights. He has long wondered what they do in Timbuktu and intends to find out.
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Paris
Pittenger
Timbuctu
Lea
Timbuctur
Auto Hits Small Boy in Mont Belvieu
In Mont Belvieu at about 11 30 am a car struck a boy who darted into the road. Witnesses say the vehicle driven by J T Stevens could not miss him as the boy walked with his mother Mrs H C Blackburn. The child suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage and was taken to Liltie Duke hospital. Stevens remained at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Blackburn
Mont Bervieu
J.T. Stevens
Liltie-Duke-hospital
H.C. Blackburn
Sa Monet Betvieu
Airs
Blackburn
Rey
Horeczy Heads School Courts Group In New Year
Dr J Pei Horeczy named president of the School Courts Civic Association after replacing outgoing president WY Bowerman at a meeting in Cedar Rapids. Also reelected were Miller as treasurer and several holdover directors including Raymond and Bork.
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J. Pei Horeczy
Book Courts Civic
WY Bowerman
Horeczy
Cedar E Miller
Raymond
S. Ae
Bork
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Ound Town
Texas Prison System
Robert
Arthur Chick
George Theodoron
Washington Monument
Farmers of America
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Hinabor
Hicaxo Son-Times Syndicate
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