United Nations Backs Embargo on Communist China and Korea
General Assembly votes 247 to 0 for a sweeping embargo against Communist China and Korea, with eight nations abstaining or absent. The measure follows early warnings from General Ridgway and faces counterarguments over empowerment and enforcement, as Egypt Indonesia Sweden Syria and others join in supporting further steps.
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Ridgway
Sig
Egypt
Indonesia
Sweden
Syria
Meeting actions and projects at city special session
The special meeting on a Tuesday at 7 30 p m covered SSCE financing and amendments with topics in Maint. Council discussed Baytown developments including a new Weingarten Store site on West and a contractor to complete the project. A traffic light installation at a major intersection was approved and street resurfacing plans were noted for Highlands and nearby areas.
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Weingarten
Baytown
Townsmen soak up summer as Sun tabs Texas event
The item blends locals in playful chatter about summer style and events. Paul Farkinson features in a Sun teletype style note while Watkins strides along Texas Avenue Bos King in Silver Gloves. McLemore is pictured with a vacation glow. Naomi Denham brightens Main Street with kerchiefs. Earl and Joe Tullos discuss a deal as A G Barber laughs while workers string a clothesline. Sam Devis shows an oil well and Fraschd drills operate nearby. Marvell visitors note nine drills active on Goose Field. H Emanuel adds finishing touches to her house for Joe’s Jenve arrival. A Miller shows off a diamond solitaire on her third finger.
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Paul Farkinson
Watkin
Texas
Bos King
McLemore
Alexander
Byard
Ceuile
Naomi
Aurmeé Denham
Earl
Joe Tullos
Marvell
H. Emanuel
Joe
Ship Collision Delays Wort On Tunnel
Two oil tankers collided at the Baytown LaPorte tunnel site delaying work. The Robert K. Hopkins ran aground after scraping the Nevada, which reached the Baytown Refinery. Neither vessel could drop anchor due to sunken tunnel tubes. The Hopkins carried 106 octane gasoline. both ships damaged with a davit broken on the Hopkins.
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Baytown-LaPorte
Robert KE. Hopkins
Nevada
Baytown
Hopkins
Ty Oil
Ugs
Brown and Root Grees No 2
War Balance Sheet For Week Roundup Of Good News And Bad
A weekly war balance sheet reports mixed developments United Nations lines in Korea hold firm despite fresh Communist attacks and UN forces may yield ground while Eighth Army stands strong. Embargo efforts against Red China gain momentum despite Russian delays as Iran situation grows tense. Eastern Europe sees anti Communist guerrillas in Albania signaling Balkan restlessness. Weather hampers UN air power in Korea with 26 hours of rain grounding planes. Russia reportedly has about 270 divisions, west of Moscow and near the Caspian area, signaling heavy threat to Middle East stability.
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Korea
Herve
Tokyo
Washington
US Eighth Army
United States
Red
China
Russia
Imerina
Iran
Eighth Army
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Caspian Sea
Middle East
Truman Statement Late Bulletins 11 Dead 50 Injured Train Wreck
Washington reports the White House said President Truman considered firing General Douglas MacArthur after his Formosa letter while senators questioned the MacArthur probe. A Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Railroad express rear-ended a standing passenger train killing 11 and injuring 59 as wreckage trapped victims.
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Senate
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Washington
White House
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Bryn Mawr Station
Burgh
Philadelphia
Pittsnatsh
Bryn Wre
Free X-ray Mobile Unit Ends Visit Tomorrow
The Baytown free chest X-ray unit, arranged by the Jaycees and Women’s Service League, concludes tomorrow at Culpepper’s Furniture Store from 10:06 am to 12 noon and 1 to 4 pm. By morning 6282 people had X-rayed, with officials aiming for 10,000, and the van noted fast result cards and strong employee participation.
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Tamarrowy
Dsy
Baylonians
Mobie Unin
Culpepper’s
Texas
Ashboles
Weingerten
Stere A
North Main
Ung
Genera Tira
Jaycees
Henke-Pillo
Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League
Baytown
Women's Service League
Odis Muennink
Earl Jones Rites Today
Funeral services for Earl Jones of Mont Belvieu were held at 2 p m Sunday at the Mont Belvieu Assembly of God Church. Burial followed in Mont Belvieu Cemetery. Survivors include his widow three sons Andrew and Lloyd Gigont and Carroll Gigont, a daughter Dorothy Connor, two brothers Albert and Jesse Jones, a sister Olive Wilson, and a sister Mrs Atlie Duhton with two grandsons.
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Earl Jones
Mont Belvieu
Assembly of God
M. A. Caney
James Farmer
Paul A. Lee
Jones
Wedness Gay
Linton
Stersons
Andrew
Lloyd Gigont
Highlands
Carroll Gigont
Dorothy Connor
Beeville
Albert
Jesse Jones
Olive Wilson
Baytown
Atlie Duhton
Lake Charles
Schools Need More Rooms Bond Issue May Ease Overcrowding
Baytown schools faced rising enrollments with 5262 students in 1830s and 160 entering this year. Superintendent George H. Gerry urges a $300000 bond to build more classrooms as births and first graders rise. Enrollment is expected to reach about 8561 in 1932-33 and 6755 the following year. He warns space is nearly full and some classes exceed 30 students.
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Warrex Edwards
Baytown
Renis
George H. Gerry
Gerry
Gentry
Genny
Wonder Why A Dollar Buys Less, Yet Folks Spend More
A Sun Times Syndicate column ponders why shrinking purchasing power drives people to spend. The piece questions behavior and economic curiosity, noting how price erosion affects daily choices and consumer confidence.
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Chiesso Sun-Times Syndicate
Harris Land Valuation Up Forty Million Dollars
Tax Assessor-Collector Carl S. Smith announced a 40 million dollar increase in county land valuations. New construction accounts for about 25 million of the rise. Valuations along the Houston Ship Channel will also rise as part of a tax equalization program pursued for years. Two years ago downtown Houston valuations were reviewed, and last year focus was on oil properties.
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Carl S. Smith
Smith
Houston
Cnenne
Lee College Dr road work stalled awaiting right of way
County official Mey informed City Manager Middleton that the Robert E Lee Drive right of way from Causeway Road to Market Street remains unsettled delaying the new college building access. Bond funds from 1947 totaling 96000 were allocated for the drive and the project aims to open before the fall semester.
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Lee College
Hugh A. Mey
D. Middleton
Robert E. Lee
Causeway Road
West Main
Ihe
Procec Lee College Board of Trustee
Baytown
Mar
Ine
Middleton
Mat
Red Drive Threatens Two Allied Divisions
Chinese forces launched a massive eastern Korea assault driving toward two Allied divisions, American and South Korean, with Amelia Division retreating south in the rear guard. Allied armor rushed north to aid, as Reds breached lines, created a roadblock behind Hyon Hongchon, and pressed a 1,000,000-man offensive with heavy casualties on both sides.
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South
Inje
North Korea
Hyon-Hongchon
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chunchon
10Th Corps
Cough Up Or Go To Jail Lawyer Told
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ordered Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer and nine other officials to purge themselves of civil contempt by 3 p.m. next Thursday or face immediate imprisonment. They may present evidence of compliance at the hearing. if found inadequate, they will be jailed. The decision accompanies a 20 page opinion with 23 pages of findings of fact.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Dines
E- Stanley
Dollar
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Baytown to Weigh Opinion on United Drive Campaign
Baytown will be asked to express its view on a United Drive as area leaders meet in Houston to consider combining all Houston charity drives into a single campaign. W. Wesley Woods, president of the Community Chest board, says a Baytown meeting will be called soon to plan local participation with Thad Felton and other Chest directors.
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Baytown
W. Wesley Woods
The
Community Chest
Woods
Bayton
Houston
Thad Felton
Brass Callaway
Gordon Farned
Charles Caldwell
Chest
Roy Elms
Wands
United Fund
Hines H. Baker
Humbie Oil and Refining Company
Willam F. Hufsteter
General Motors
Detroit
Hufstader
Widow Sues for 202500 After Pipe Allegedly Drops
The widow of Austin Busch, Baytown Refinery employee, sues E G Blassingame owner of a truck for 202500. Busch was driving a farm tractor near Cedar Bayou to Chambers County when a pipe and debris allegedly struck him on April 19, lifting him 40 yards before the tractor hit a highway post.
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Galena Park
H. H. Hardy Construction Company
Hardy
Fort Worth
W. A. Combs
Combs, Brown and Brock
Farmer
Busch
Humble
Texas Needs Eleven Million Dollars
In Austin the 72nd Legislature was told that eleven million dollars in extra revenue must be added to a controversial tax program now before a joint House Senate conference committee. Without this funding Texas would miss the two year appropriations totaling about two hundred million dollars. Senator Rudolph Beinert and State Comptroller Robert Calvert described the new revenue estimate, as the panel met in a closed session to craft a tax package acceptable to a split Legislature.
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Austin
House Senate
Texas
House
Senate
Rudolph Beinert
Seguin
Robert 3S
Calvert
Fire on Delaware Pier Hurts Dozens at Pineland Crew
A fire at Pier 46 on Delaware Avenue damaged the Pineland, a 30 ton freighter from Leith Scotland, injuring more than 20 and prompting fears of sabotage. Up to 40 people were in hospitals as crews battled flames from oil stored on the pier. Navy officials joined police in investigating the blaze, which forced evacuations and left several missing among stevedores and onlookers.
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Pineland
Delaware River
Sohn Nielsen
US Navy
Mount Sinsi
Pier 46
Delaware Avenue
Washington Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cre Weamck
St Leith
Scotland
Cuba
Sunshine Eases Panhandle Flood Threat
Sunny conditions reduce rain threats across the Panhandle and South Plains today after prior heavy showers. Forecasters note seven inches of rain in some health watershed areas while heavier downpours were centered south of Vernon. risk remains as new storm systems approach.
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United “Press
Panhandle
Aten
Vernon
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