Christmas Mail Push Urged By Ballard At Baytown
Post Office head Ballard urges residents and employees to treat Christmas mail as everyone’s business. He outlines mailing deadlines for parcel post and cards, stresses early preparation, and advises checking lists and return addresses to avoid delays during the peak season.
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Post Office
Sties
Ballard
Yutetide
Baytown
Air Parcel Post
Air Mail
Verybody
Fire at Hunt hospital kills one injures another
Torn through a Hunt National Mental Hospital building during a Thanksgiving week incident, a fire killed one woman and wounded another. Snowy conditions move into Texas and the Midwest as a blizzard threatens the region.
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Geon
Huntnatate Mental Hospital
Sailors Arrival Sparks Thanksgiving Home Surprise
In Providence Navy man endrugsr Jr. returned from duty to surprise his family on Thanksgiving. A mother and son stood by as the sailor walked in for breakfast.
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Endrugs JR
Navy
Providence
T. A. Andrus Sr
Town 3L Browns Take Mexico-Way Hit
Local notes from Austin and Colorado indicate a lively scene with figures like Boddy, Castleman, Robison, and Laughlin in various lively tasks and social happenings. A mix of sports, visits, and daily events shows a bustling community week ahead with plans, travel, and local interests.
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Mexico
Ted Dittmans
Austin
Boddy
Colorado
Weather Here Cold Gloomy For Holiday
Baytown stayed cold and overcast as a breezy northeast chill persisted. Forecasters expect mainly cloudy skies with a possible shower tonight and Friday, a low near 38, and lingering cool winds, while yesterday’s low was 42 and little warming occurred.
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Baytown
Texas Panhandle
Annual Democracy Speech Contest Slated Sunday
The sixth annual Voice of Democracy speech contest for Baytown high school students will be held Sunday under Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce supervision led by Vice President Max Goldfield. Winners advance to state and national contests with prizes including college scholarships and a TV or radio-phonograph.
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Voice of Democracy
Baytown
KREL
Washington, D.C
Eisenhower Enjoys Thanksgiving With Grandchildren
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower relaxed with his grandchildren on Thanksgiving at his New York residence. While the family holiday provided cheer, he faced a heavy schedule of engagements ahead, including a planned trip to the Korean front. Mamie Eisenhower attended, along with Mrs. Elvira Doud, while John Eisenhower remained on duty in Korea.
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H. D. Quigg
New York
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Mamie
Elvira Doud
Denver
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
John Eisenhower
Korea
Mass roundup in Seoul targets Eisenhower visit
Korean police round up hundreds amid fears of assassination plots during President Eisenhower’s Korea visit. At least 400 detained for alleged security risks, many held incommunicado. Civilian disappearances reported as curfew violations surge, with crowded cells and no charges listed.
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Seoul
Korea
Dwight
D.eisenhower
Eisenhower
Saytonians Give Thanks and Pray For Peace Service
Crowded First Presbyterian Church hosts Saytonians for a Thanksgiving service led by Rev. James F. Jackson of Cedac Bayou Methodist Church. The Baytown Ministerial Alliance sponsored the event as Baytown pauses for holiday activities.
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First Presbyterian Church
Baytown
First Presbyterians Church
James F. Jackson
Cedac Bayou
Santa Parade Steps Off With Reindeer Drawn Sleigh
La Porte opens its annual Christmas parade at 10 a.m. featuring Santa in a sleigh pulled by real reindeer. The herd owned by Grady Carothers of Goldthwaite travels from the Far North, flown to Texas and rounded up by Eskimos before appearing in the city parade.
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la Porte Main St
St. Nick's
George Prentice la Porte
Grady Carothers
Goldthwaite
Tex
Carothers
Texas Ranch
Pants Claus
Tess Amazng
Red Thanksgiving Attack Shatters Front Near Kumhus Ridge
South Korean troops repelled a Chinese assault on the central front near Bloody Shiper Ridge north of Kumhus, in dawn fighting that saw the Chinese surge from caves and tunnels. ROK forces claimed heavy casualties for the attackers in repeated rifle and grenade clashes as U S and South Korean troops shared a Thanksgiving Day meal.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Turkey
Shiper_ Ridge
Kumhus
Roks
Peace Formula Nears Vote At UN With Broad Support
At the United Nations Political Committee India’s compromise Korean peace plan neared a vote with expectations of overwhelming passage in the 60 nation body. U S officials refused comment but sources indicated Acheson signaled support if a Danish amendment was included. Observers noted Russia and China opposed the plan while deliberations continued among Ukraine Australia Canada and other delegations.
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India
Dean
Acheson
Acheson Himelf
United States
Andrei ¥. Vishinskys
Russia
China
João Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Ukraine
Australia
Canada
Britain
U. S
Washington
Gift Spotter Advertises Easy Home Shopping
A lively classified note promotes the Gift Spotter as a convenient tool for selecting gifts from home. It claims time and energy savings, ease of use, and a stress free experience for Ruth while exploring the directory.
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Brutsery
Ruth
Thanksgiving News Lighter Side Briefs Across Cities
A New York report cites Gustave Kopezcel’s joyous Thanksgiving after a judge reduced his 1944 robbery sentence for being mistakenly listed as a second offender. Albany notes painter J H Guide scraped a house’s side by mistake, paying $10 in city court damages. Other brief items cover a Korean War veteran receiving a Thanksgiving dinner, a Detroit drunk driving case with dental tale, a Tennessee jail menu, and Toronto’s Nativity scene inquiry rejected by the city hall board.
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New York
Gustave Kopezcel
Kopezcel
Secon
Ropezcel
Jndze Lois Goldstein
Sever-Pownd Turrey
Albany
J. H. Guide
Delmer
Pier son charged in tavern murder with $10000 bond set
Clyde Pierson 49 is charged with the murder of tavern owner George Hoppe after Hoppe was shot three times Tuesday night at Club 25 on Old Main. Pierson posted $10,000 bond after about 20 hours in jail and awaits whether his examining trial will stay in Zierlein's court or go to Harris County Grand Jury. Pierson, ill with tuberculosis, was held in the women’s quarters for health reasons and did not speak to police. Hoppe’s body lies at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. relatives arrived from Egg Harbor N J as funeral arrangements are pending.
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Clyde Pierson
George Hoppe
Justice of the Peace
Rostoe Zierlein
Baytown
Dick) Little
Pierson
Hoppe
Old
Main
R. B. Dishman
Zierlein
Harris County
Little
Paul A
N- 5
Houston
Wss
Mess Sergeants Of 20 Nations Cook Gi Dinner
Thanksgiving meals were served along the 153 mile front from Seoul to Pusan as mess sergeants from 20 nations prepared turkey dressing and pies for U S Army troops, with non Americans and wounded in hospitals also fed. Eisenhower stood in New York while Gen James Van Pleet visited a front battalion he led two decades earlier.
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Seoul
Kores
United Nations
U. S. Army
Pusan
Gawn
No Man’s Land
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
James A. van Pleet
Judge Hears "Worst" Traffic Violation Case
Magistrate John McM presides in New York over a complex traffic case described as the worst violation. The proceeding involves multiple infractions and a lengthy sentence, highlighting the severity of the proceedings and the judge's stance on reckless driving.
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New
York
John McM
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