Baytown Jaycees elect Cook to lead Operation Economy drive
Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce publicity chairman Cook was named statewide chairman for Operation Economy by the Texas Jaycee executive board. The effort promotes Hoover Commission findings on government economy and aims to educate voters statewide through talks, newspapers, and radio campaigns beginning November 15 in Baytown and across Texas.
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T. B
Cook
Able Publicity
Baytown
Texas
Ture
Congress
Jaycee
Baytown Jaycees
Queck Shack
R. S. Parr
Midland
Thad S. Fennema
G. V. Daniel
J. D. Saunders
Cliff D. Cooper
Alhambra
California
Cooper
Texas Jaycee
al Kirkpatrick
Jest
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Kidnap Story Hoax Ends With Accidental Death Ruling
District Attorney Arthur said the case is closed with the coroner's ruling of accidental death. Mrs Komerek admitted fabricating the kidnapping tale after the baby's body was found in a Millpond spillway near the home. Her husband stands by her as authorities conclude no charges will be filed.
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Everett Arthur Iaid
Komerek
Arthur
Two Baytonians Seriously Hurt in Highway 146 Crash
Two Baytonians were seriously hurt and Miss Hehn endured nervous shock after a head on collision on Highway 146 early Sunday. John Pat Garrett of Cedar Bayou and L Young of 214 Hast Sterlings drove separate cars home from the Goss McGonigie wedding. one driver reportedly fell asleep, causing the wreck. Both cars were completely demolished.
Vallone Murder Figure Dies of Heart Attack
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a 55 year old man, Pater M Duca, alleged ringleader of a Texas Sicilian group, died of a heart attack in his jail cell before transfer to a Philadelphia prison on murder related charges. He had faced accusations in a July 15 killing of Vincent Vallone and was being held on or awaiting parole status.
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Galveston
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Sherdff C. V. Kern
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Miesia Gang
Houston
Vincent Vallone
Negro Wants To End Texas U
The article discusses federal court authority over railroad strikes during Truman era disputes. It notes a Supreme Court non-decision on banning strikes by injunction and references a 1948 strike threat halted by Judge Goldsborough. Mediation failed. government had controlled railroads under WWI statutes, with unions pursuing wage settlement and related issues in court.
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Supreme Court
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Texas Colder Than North Dakota City
United Press reports Texas faced unusually cold conditions as a high from the Old South pushed into deep Southwest Texas. Lufkin recorded a 22 degree low while Bismarck, North Dakota hit 34. Other readings were above freezing with clear skies for a seventh straight day across the state.
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North Dakota
Lufkin
Piney Woods
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Mississippi
Louisiana
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Texarkena
Winkim
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Tyler
el Paso S
Marfa Salt Flat
Jane Powell Honeymoons With Ex-Pro Ice Skater
Screen star Jane Powell aged 26 honeymooned with former professional ice skater Geary Steffen Jr., 26, in Frollewood. Both married recently. Powell met Steffen three years ago when he taught her skating for a MGM picture. First marriages for each.
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Cpy
Jane Powell
Geary Steffen, Jr
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2Ife
Beverly
Church of the Good Shepherd
Ass Powell
Mero-Goldwyn-Mayer
Stock listings and corporate abbreviations per the market page
Partial OCR of stock prices and company names appears, listing numerous firms such as Allis Coal, Armco Steel, AT&T, American Woolen, Atlantic Coast, Beth Steel, Calumet and Hecla, Celanese, Chrysler, Cities Service, Con Edison, Dow, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, General Motors, Goodyear, Greyhound, Gulf Oil, Gulf States, Humble, Exxon, and Intl Nickel among others, with scattered percentage figures and unclear values. The fragmentary text suggests a market table or stock board from a historical newspaper page.
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Alleg Lnd Steel
Allis Coal i
Armop Steel
AT and T Amer Woolen
aAnatonda Cap Beth Steel
Buéd Co
Calumet and Fee
Celanese Corp
Chrysler Corp
Cities Service Con Pdison
Creole
Dow Eastman Koda
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound
Gulf
Interlake Iron Stock Ledger Fragment From Baytown Paper
Special to The Baytown Sun lists company names and percentages, including Libby, Mack Trucks, Packerd Motors, Tex Gulf Prod, Tidewater Corp, Timken Bearing, and December N O Cotton. It reads like a stock or commodity table with scattered figures and ticker-like entries.
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Interlake Iron
Saceaes
Libby Mon
Mack Trucks
Awe DH Mid Con Pet
Nat Dairy
Nat Steel
Eves Sth
Packerd Motors
Repab Steel
St. Regis Peper
Sou Pacific
Stan of
Ind
Stan OU Ntl
Sunray Gil
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Tidewater Corp
Timken
Welfare State Vote Test in 1950 Elections
A tip off on the 1950 congressional elections suggests a Republican victory would boost a party racked by disputes. Lehman’s win would signal support for Truman’s welfare state in industrial areas, while a Dulles path or weak central leadership could reshuffle party prestige and strategy. Mayor O'Dwyer faces Morris and Marcantonio in a pivotal New York City race amid strong Communist alignment from the American Labor party.
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Lehmen
Mr. Truman
Lebran
Democratic Party
Dulles
Lehman
Red
New York Senate
New York
William O'Dwyer
Newboldy Morris
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Communist Party
New York City
Twenty four Frisco freight cars derail in Missouri wreck
Twenty four of twenty five southbound Frisco freight cars derailed on a curve near the Arkansas line about 5 30 am. no casualties were reported though most derailed cars caught ice and burned. a broken rail caused the accident according to Rey Hawkins. the line between here and Holiene Missouri was closed for about two hours while trains were reassigned. booster fire trucks from Caruthersville fought the blaze. the freight train carried automobiles tractors and bicycles.
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Frisco
St Louis
Livestock Market Report from Fort Worth Nov 7
Livestock auction shows cattle 5000 head with varying trends. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly steady, bulls weak to 50, stockers and feeders strong. Beef cows 13.50-26.00, canners 9.00-12.50, feeders 19.50-21.50 for good stocker yearlings, calves 27.50-2100, weighing over 550 lbs 22.00-23.60, stocker calves 18.00-23.00, hogs steady to 25 lower than Friday with good and choice 200-270 lbs at 27.00-50, other weights 16.05-75, sows 15.00-16.0. Feeder pigs 15.00 down.
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Fort Worte
USDA
Eerry Seles
Methodist Laymen To Attend Sub-District Meet
About 150 Methodist Laymen of the Hast Harris sub-district will attend a 7 p.m. dinner meeting at Grace Methodist Church. The session will be led by W. G. Wilson, sub-district associate lay leader, and Dee Walker of Texas City, Galveston district lay reader.
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Hast Harris
Grace Methodist Church
W. G
Bill) Wilson
Dee .Walker
Texas City
Galveston
Russian Named To Polish Defense Post
Soviet leader Rokossovsky, famed for the Moscow and Stalingrad fights and the late World War II push to the west, was loaned to Poland at President Bierut's request. British officials recalled his Warsaw front command during 1944’s uprising as Moscow and party authorities appoint him to a Polish defense role.
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Poland
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Warsaty
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Warsaw
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iRolan Zynilerski
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Russia
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Crash Injuries Fatal To Ambulance Driver
Houston report says a Villareal Funeral Home driver Joe TL Deleon aged 22 died when an ambulance collided with a Houston Trafsit Company bus during an emergency run on October 24. Five others were injured, none seriously. A second item from Austin notes a man blamed domino stampede for head injuries after a diving mishap.
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Joe TL
Deleon
Villareal Funeral Home
Houston Trafsit Company
Wife Of 3-35 Gunner Killed In Car Wreck
In Fort Worth the wife of a B 36 gunner died when a car crash shattered a bridge rail on White Settlement Road. Airs Dorothy Mcininch was pinned under the wreckage. Her husband Sergeant Austin V Melninch 24 was critically injured with fractures to hip pelvis and leg. Sergeant Willis TL Chapman 26 suffered a dislocated hip and other injuries.
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Carswell
Airs
Dorothy Mcininch
White Settlement Road
Farmers Branch
Austin V. Melninch
Willis TL Chapman
Two Latinos Die After Street Knife Fight
Houston November 7 two Latino youths died after a street brawl in which both slashed each other with long bladed knives. Stozia Torres aged 20 was stabbed eight times and Armando Toronado 18 was knifed once in the chest. Both died within hours despite hospital treatment. A murder charge had been filed against Coronado before the suspect fled. Witnesses said the men had argued for several weeks prior to the fight.
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Stozia Torres
Armando Toronado
S Hospital
Coronado
Witusses
Baptist Sunday School Attendance Up Eight Percent This Year
Baptist Sunday schools across the area report an eight percent rise in attendance over last year’s Sunday. Training Union shows about five percent growth. Twenty eight additions were recorded among churches listed, with totals including Baytown First Sunday Training School and multiple churches such as Orion, Central Memorial, Temple, Wooster, Cedar Bayou, Channelview, Highlands First and Highlands Second. Attendance figures reflect last Sunday.
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Baptist
Training Union
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