Bec Joins Baytown Family in Baytown Whitcomb Buys Maytag Agency
Whitcomb, a longtime Houston area worker, acquires Lesley’s Maytag store at 325 East Texas and plans to move the Whitcomb family to 212 Lakewood Drive. Joe Lesley builds friendships in Baytown as he settles into the Baytown operation and notes the Texas Gulf Coast as a bright spot.
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Bec
Baytown Family
Whitcomb
Maytag
Baytown
Ig Tecettio
Lessey
East Texas
Eerie
Tromp
Houston
Dallas
Brea
Berome & Maytag
Whitcom
Texas Gulf Coast
America
Mike
Donne Cannon
Lakewood Drive
Deranged talk on liners and air conditioning in wartime ships
A scrambled text discusses fixed liners and troop transports, citing the SS Independence, Constitution, and United States as major ships repurposed for World War II. It notes air conditioning claimed to reduce fatigue and seasickness, with engineers from Minneapolis Honesworth involved and a veteran quote about preferring ships to marching.
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United States
Ad E. L. Cockrai Maritime
Minneapolis-Honeswell
Memorial in Blood For Slain Soldier Hiavac
In a local tribute, neighbors plan a blood drive on October 25 to honor Corporal Hiavac who died in action in Horea. About 100 volunteers are expected to donate a pint each to send blood to his fellow soldiers, a gesture described as fitting by Stanler Debs.
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Fighbors
Hiavac
Horea
Hinvac
Har Stanler Debs
5 Year Old Scooter Case Sparks Impound Ruling
Police Judge John Sullivan fined 85 year old Ernest Defalgne for running a red light and ordered the motor scooter impounded until Defalgne can obtain alternate transportation. The incident reflects a local effort to regulate elderly mobility in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Green
Ebay
Wis
John Sullivan
Ernest Defalgne
Defalgne
Defalene
Campaign Chest Employees Exceed Goal At Center Drive
Community Chest Center workers pledge 140 percent of its goal marking 200 percent of last year’s drive. Donations come from Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center Girl Scout office public welfare offices and related departments amid the Chest drive at United Burd Drive.
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Embloyes
Community Chest Center
Girl Scout
Pit Health and Prooffi
State Department
Bation
Welfare League Oi Public Welfare
Gl is lust one of 36 sired by 1898 veteran at Indiantown Gap
One of the largest GE families on record may be that of a 36th Infantry Division trooper. Sergeant First Class Leon G. Wilson has 29 brothers and sisters. All are children of his father, a Spanish American War veteran who died in 1929 at 74. Fourteen are children of Sergeant Wilson's mother, the last of his father's five wives.
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Indiantown Gap
Sth Infantry Division
Cless Leon G. Wilson
Wilson
Bridge A Central Press Feature On The Weekend Question
A Bridge column by Shepard Barclay discusses frequent unusual plays such as repeated squeezes and marshalling a squeeze mechanism. It recounts a South North game where declarer used squeezes to defeat West, detailing card play and key sequences. The piece ends with a Weekend Question asking what is the greatest No Trump contract the declarer must safeguard against.
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Ope
Possibis
West
Dimmis
La Porte Retiree Boyle to Devote Time to Civil Defense
Frank Boyle longtime La Porte newspaperman and fire department veteran retires after 28 years with the La Porte Volunteer Fire Department on October 3. He served as president secretary-treasurer and police officer while volunteering with a 35 member force operating four vehicles. Boyle helped pioneer civilian defense work for the area and plans to focus on civil defense while remaining a local community figure.
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la Porte
Cowboy
Electric Company
Emplare
Voluntzeer Fis
Frank Bove
Texas A and M College
Porte
When
Dersen
Joharisensee
Guy Hamilton
Ralph Mount
J. N. Jénnson
Boyle
Korean Orphan Jimmy May Find Way to United States
A 13 year old Korean orphan nicknamed Jimmy who aided Marines at Inchon may be brought to the United States under two Senate bills waiving immigration laws. He helped spot snipers, served as interpreter, and was wounded. his parents died in Inchon during UN operations. The bills, introduced by Senator Hugh Huzler, move to the House.
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Washington
King Sing Nore
Jimmy
Inchon
United States
Senate
Esther Flanigan
United Nations
Hugh Huzler
Nebraska
Tragic Tailor Said to Deceive 150 Fiancees in Germany
In Hannover Felix Reinke, a tailor, told court he engaged formally with 150 women and promised 100 marriages. He claimed buying two bicycles and that many women paid him repeatedly while using the same scheme for new partners. He admitted juggling finances with the money. He received a 14 month sentence for fraud.
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Gannover
Germany
Felix Reinke
Bey
Heikne
2 Court
Mnsike
Neil Far
Prowlers Value Imported Linens Loss at Plaza Hotel
MESNEAPOLIS police report 24 prowlers missed 33300 worth of loot after seven showed no remorse for life. A theft involved a bundle from C F Politzer of Los Angeles near the Plaza Hotel, containing imported Italian table linens valued at 33469. The items were abandoned in a vacant lot and found by a passerby.
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Mesneapolis
C.F Politzer
Los Ageles
Plaza Hotel
Politzer
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