Southwest Regional Conference on Adult Education
Adult education specialists from the United States gathered at the University of Texas for the 10th Southwest Regional Conference on Adult Education. Yo Clinic TOm Seale will conduct a choral feature with Ravert EL Lee as choir at the University of Foperaw. A Baytown group demonstrated singing types and will perform Saturday afternoon. Kilgore Road residents connected private lines to a new city water main, with springlike signs in the city. Ey line project completed by city crews on East James.
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Dell
Walter Rundeil
Lee Jlege
Ive Tates
University of Texas Ithe
Tor Tom Seale
Ravert EL Lee
University of Foperaway
Baytown
City Water Main
Scrappy City Notes Mixed Errors and Repairs
A jumble of local items shows town chatter about a Philadelphia lawyer, plan for a big road game, ladder safety hints, burglar alarms, and missing pets. Reports include calls, errands, and a high school choir pride, with stray names and casual scenes in brief notes.
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Ster Pickett
Rosenfeld
Philadelphia
Morse
Bob Barfield Paseuk
Sulis
Billwell
George
Jennings
Tom Bellin
Tom Crawford
Joe Re
Jake Kannatt
Jim Bond
Jsto
Aggies
Mallory
West Re
Reid
Tom
Ruling On Interurban Expected Next Month
Refinery workers and housewives who ride the Houston North Interurban won’t know until next month whether service will be cut. At a seven hour public hearing at City Hall witnesses for Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway Missouri Pacific defended their plan to eliminate schedules they say lose money. Highlands citizens and rail workers unions protest, while Examiner Charles Petet will present to the Texas Railroad Commission for a final ruling probably next month. The company seeks permission to cut three round trips daily from Hartown to Greens Bayou and to drop Saturday service on two round trips Baytown to Highlands. There are 14 weekday outbound and 11 inbound Baytown schedules. Company witnesses were J W Marshall and L D Lewis.
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Chester Bulgier
Houston
Charles Petet
Texas Railroad Commission
Petet
Hartown
Greens Bayou
Baytown
Highlands
Coady
J. W. Marshall
L. D. Lewis
Palmer Hutcheson
T. O. Arnold
Howring
Bootleg Ring Probe Pushed by Sheriff Bribe Claim
Amarillo reports the Howse Critic committee moved to charge PB Austin of Lubbock after a sheriff said a former Amarillo operator offered him 1500 dollars a month to allow five bootleggers in his county. The Texas House Crime Committee continued hearings in Amarillo with 42 witnesses. The probe targets a multimillion dollar bootleg ring said to operate in 30 dry West Texas counties.
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Amarillo
the Howse Critic Committee
Austen
Lubbock
Amahillo
Texas
House Crime Committee
West Texas
Dry
Crosby County
Roy Hil
Hillin
George Aaron
Aaron
Boatleg Ring
Apple Week in Baytown Kiwanis Apple Sale Boosts Youth Work
Baytown Kiwanis opened Apple Week with a box car of Washington reds for the annual sale to fund boys and girls programs. Club leaders head the campaign, with 793 boxes bought for the sale and profits supporting children’s activities. apples sell at $7 a box and ten cents each at various sites.
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Baytown
Washington
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Bragg Calloway
Thad Felton Motor Co
James Bond
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Hiriwanis Club
la Verne Fuller
Eralth Tosove
Too Many Low Bids For La Porte Trustees
La Porte trustees faced a delay in awarding a 3200,000 school construction contract as 12 bids were received but seven were nearly identical. The building and grounds committee will study the bids further and seek a final decision at the next meeting.
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la Portes Trustees
la Porte
J. H. Baker
Thorreeniar
Hijacking Revealed As Gypsy Trick At Baytown Carnival
Deputies searched a Gypsy camp near the Beaumont highway for a woman described as a beautiful brunet with large earrings accused of robbing Dr. P. S. Russell of 170 dollars at his Decker Drive store. Though the swindle was demonstrated, Jack Evans and the tribe returned the money after a self-proclaimed rescue, while another victim described a hypnotic nine-day blessing scheme. The carnival opened Sunday at the north edge of town, sponsored by the Baytown Volunteer Fire Department.
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Rosalie Myers
P. S. Russel
Decker Drive
Jack Evans
Highway 146
North City
Dr. Russell
Russell Hauor
Russell Package Store
M. M. Brown
Baytown
Frank Wings
W. L. Allison
Beaumont
Bennet
Evans
Ivy
Lawai
West Main traffic to reopen soon after tunnel work
Baytonians along West Main assured the street will not stay closed longer than needed as tunnel approach work proceeds. State highway engineer 8 P Gilbert met with City Manager Middleton and local business residents to discuss keeping at least one side open and rapid completion of the Spur 202 intersection. Gilbert warned the road cannot be closed without highway department approval and noted ditch work at Missouri and Spur 201. police later reported a separate raid for a robbery suspect’s ex wife Lola Estes Hill.
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West Main
P. Gilbert
Enginee
State Highway Department
C. D. Middleton
Lester Gallatin
Gulf Coast Hat Works
B. W. Reynolds
Maytag Agency
West Baytown
Goose Creek
Highway Department
Gilbert
Middleton
F. M. Kowis
Missouri
Cedar Bayou High to honor grid greats on homecoming night
Cedar Bayou High School celebrates homecoming with former and current Bruin football figures honored at 7:15 pm at Cedar Bayou Stadium. Cedar Bayou Bears clash Liberty Panthers at 7:30 pm, expected sellout crowd of 5,000. Coach Ernie Lawrence to be honored. dignitaries to escort guests to the 50 yard line. Page two coverage to follow.
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Cedar Bayou High School
George Prentice
Bruin
Cedar Bayou Stadium
Cedar Bayou Bears
Liberty Panthers
Cedar Bayou
Ernie Lawrence
Lawrence
Bears
Marlin
Tex
Band
Army Anid Bugle Corps
RB. W. Akridge
Mem
Pretty Lanelle Mason Crowned Cedar Bayou Homecoming Queen
Cedar Bayou high school designates 17 year old Lanelle Mason as homecoming queen for Fridays festivities amid halftime ceremonies featuring a heart formation by band and drum corps. Attendants include duchesses Frances Martin Lanore Deckard and Linda Griffin.
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Cedar Bayou
Lanelle Mason
Bears
Liberty
Panthers
Buddy Bender
Bobby Muckelroy
Herbert Bishop
Duchesses
Frances Martin
Lanore Deckard
Linda Griffin
Ganders Tackle Ball High Tors In Isle City Rivalry
Lee Ganders meet Ball High Tors at Galveston Public School Stadium at 6 p.m. Friday in the 22nd gridiron clash since 1931. Lee holds 12 wins to Ball’s eight with one tie. Ball’s last win was 1949 in a district title year. Ball this season is 3-4, winless in two district starts. Julian Black quit this week. Vic Mondebiaz leads Ball’s offense with 75 carries for 477 yards.
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Dan Shults
Sam
Galveston
Lee Ganders
Ball High Tors
Lee
Ball
Ganders
Ball High
Tors
Orange Tigers
Orange
Julian Black
Tor
Vic Mondebiaz
Port Arthur
UN Forces Repel Snow Battle at Triangle and Sniper Ridge
In SEQUL Korea on Friday during the first snowstorm, United Nations forces repelled a Chinese attack between Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. Allied artillery and mortars forced a retreat about an hour later as Chinese moved to new positions. additional clashes occurred between Old Baldy and T-Bone hills with heavy snow reported in the central sector.
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Sequl
Korea
United Nation
Triangle Hol
Sniper Ridge
Triangle
Old Baldy
T-Bone Hills
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Diplomats Stunned by GOP Victory and Incoming Easing
Washington diplomats faced a paralysis at the State Department after the Republican victory as they awaited word from President elect Eisenhower and his aides. Officials prepared for a GOP housecleaning in January and debated the need for a liaison with the incoming administration to handle looming crises in the next ten weeks.
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Donald J. Gonzales
Washington
State Department
Pew
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dean Acheson
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Plays 18 Holes As Telegrams Delay Readiness
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower spent Friday at Augusta National Golf Club after a long layoff, answering congratulatory telegrams before resuming golf. He warmed up with Ed Dudley, hit drives of 230 yards, and practiced shots from the sand trap while photographers recorded stances. Dudley praised his sand play though cautioned about the drive, and club officials sought to limit guest numbers to speed his return.
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Merriman Smitil
Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Eisenhower
Ed Dudley
Dudle
Dudley
Pene
Eiienhower
Sam- Tay Snead
Eisenhower Golf Club
Eisenhower to Meet GOP Leaders on Legislative Plan
President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower plans to meet with Republican leaders in Congress around December 1 to discuss the GOP legislative program. Rep Joseph W Martin Jr says Eisenhower wants to discuss legislative problems with congressional leaders before the new session begins January 3. Republicans won narrow majorities in both houses as Eisenhower captured the presidency with a record vote.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Tran
United Press
Goy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Two Injured In Seven-Car Derailment Near La Porte
Two men from Sylvia Beach Motor Courts in La Porte were badly hurt when their car struck a derailed Southern Pacific freight near the Spencer Highway crossing in fog. Holland suffered a compound fracture and lacerations. Crather multiple injuries. Colson escaped injury. Spencer Highway closed until 7:30 am as crews cleared seven derailed cars. The injured men worked for S08 Oil Well Service Co and were returning from Pasadena.
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Holland
Crather
la Porte
Crothers
Art. Simpson
Pasadena Medical Center
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston
Sinclair Y
Pasadena
Orte
Colson
Halland
Spencer
Sentce Co
Hayss
Two Million Reds Parade Past Stalin in Moscow
In Moscow on November 7 1937 the Soviet Union staged a mass parade with about two million civilians and military units in Red Square honoring the Bolshevik revolution. Stalin watched from Lenin’s tomb as Timoshenko reviewed the march and denounced Western warmongers while pledging readiness to defend the Soviet Union’s interests. Molotov and Malenkov stood with other top party and government leaders atop the tomb.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Red Square
Stalin
Lenin
Semyon Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Timoshenko
Communist Party
Viacheslav M Molotov
Georgi M Malenkov
University of Texas student dies after poisoned cookie incident
In a Brie Texas incident a 27 year old University of Texas refugee student died after eating poisoned cookies in a UT laboratory. Officials cite a quarrel among lovers as the suspected cause. Washington reports President Truman may appoint a caretaker for the IRS until Eisenhower’s term begins. Shivers urges observance of November 27 as Texas Thanksgiving Day. Bakersfield earthquake kills two as a strong aftershock rattles cities.
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Austin
Heinz Berger
University of Texas
Han Shivers
Texas
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Kilgore Road
Wien
Catholic Peen
Wi ‘Esume
Ea Josesh
Schow
St B's School Fund
Bulletin
I'S Apple
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Lola Estes Hill
Floyd Hill
Bers
Thomas L. Oliphint
Cedar Bayou - Liberty
Teatro
Charlene Williams
Isle City
PA Jackets
Jackets
Beaumont Royal Purple
Snow
Volf
Ike
Ben Reynolds
GOP
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Eisenhower Sioner
John
Bakersfield
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