Texas Officers Hunt Two Escaped Convicts After Third Captured
South Texas officers scour the lowlands for two convicts who slipped from Huntsville prison farms, one a murder convict, while another had already been recaptured. In Houston, James Buren Little and James Mitchell fled a water tank hideout after a theft and robbery past. Little was captured after a high-speed chase, Mitchell remained at large with bloodhounds on Buffalo Bayou.
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Houston
South Texas
Texas
Huntsville
Guy Brantley
Port Arthur
Bowie County
Texarkana
Retrieve Farm
Angleton
Brantley
J. G. Roberts
Texas Rangers
Harris County
Central Farm No.2
Sugar Land
James Buren Little
Houston City Hmnts
James Mitchell
Little
Mitchell
Buffalo Bayou
Houston Board Bans Textbook Over Capitalism Definition
In Ruston on October 25 the Houston school board banned a civics textbook after a paragraph on capitalism drew controversy. Superintendent Moréland ordered a temporary class shift while a substitute book was rushed in. Explanations cited an insidious definition of capitalism. the board acted amid petitions from members and concern over a nationalistic framing.
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Ruston
Civics Books
Oregon State University
Frank Abbott Aingruder
Louisien
Sting
Zmuston
W. E. Moréland
St Toor
Exring Werlein
United States
Houston
Baytown News Briefs and Local Snippets
Baytown area notes include routine errands and social updates. Mentions of subscriptions, a plan for school buildings, a Memorial Stadium debate, and local voices in weather and travel reports. Readers: Olive-Lynn Dudley, Sylvia Goss, Claire Thach, and others provide bits on city life and events.
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Daniel
M. Bacon
Pell
Gardner
Gerfee
Pisses
New Heo
Sronderang
Memorial Stadium
Virdine
Raytown Falks
Austinite
Sylvia Goss
Olive-Lynn Dudley
28 New Classrooms On School Must List
Baytown schools face rising enrollment and must build 28 additional classrooms, with six more at Lamar Elementary. Superintendent George H. Gentry outlined conservative needs to trustees, including two new cafeterias and permanent rooms for music, woodworking and vocational agriculture at Robert E Lee High School. Gentry noted current funds of about 150000 and urged immediate action to relieve overcrowding before considering bond elections.
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Baytown
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Robert E Lee High School
Cerver High School
A. R. Stark
II L. Melloge
Lamar Elementary
Lamar
Theo Wilburn
Hatey Aarimandis
Owever
Tecommendation
Alamo
Sam _ Houston
Sea Gentry
Farmer Shoots Nine in Barroom Rampage and Suicide
Waterford Sich October 30 farmer Joseph Runyon 57 wounded nine patrons in two bar rooms and killed himself amid a bid to create excitement following a run of bad luck. Police said Runyon claimed if he felt he would die he might as well take a few with him.
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Waterford
Sich
Joseph Runyon
Stanley Zurowski
Runyon
Camden
New Jersey
Howard Unruh
Helen Kalman
Run- Fan
Dale Palm
Pont Hiac
Michigan
Hospitsl
Revolt Inside British Labor Attacks Austerity Plan
In London a Labor Party revolt challenged the austerity program aiming to shift cuts from housing and social services to defense including abolition of conscription. Four Labor MPs urged a new economic policy and major defense cuts while most Laborites backed the government in a vote on the program.
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London
Labor Party
Rank and
Commons
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Labor‘party
Consolidated Fund Service
Zor- Fi
Commonwealth
Ellis Smith
Harold Davie
Thomas Brown
Emrys Hughes
Attlee
Labor
Labor Round-Up Forces Cancellation of 600 Trains
The nation’s railroads canceled over 600 trains as coal and steel strikes deepen economic damage. CIO steelworkers gain support. President Truman may intervene as talks stall. About 2,000,000 workers affected. James W. Girard criticizes U S Steel for opposing industry benefits. See Railroads-Page 2.
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United Press
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
CIO
Cleveland
Ohio
Cyrus Ching
Washington
White House
Truman
Enal
Itcra the Cio
Resignation of San Jacinto Hospital Administrator Accepted
Dickey resigns as administrator of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. The board accepted the resignation submitted in January and effective November 3 he is relieved of duties to settle personal affairs. Louise Wilkenson, dietitian since January, to act as administrator until further notice. Kilgore announced the board president.
Cedar Bayou Homecoming Grid Tilt With Webster To Be Highlight
Cedar Bayou High School celebrates its first Homecoming Day with a parade through Goose Creek’s business district at 5 p.m. featuring the band and pep squad, homecoming queen candidates, and ex-students. The football game Cedar Berou vs Webster starts at 7:80 p.m. with a halftime queen reveal and a dance afterward for exes and guests. Cedar Bayou Ex-Students Association, about 75 members strong, will host the events and issue membership cards for exes.
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Cedar Bayou High School
Bayou
Cedar Garou Ex-Students Association
Cedar Berou
Webster
Old
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Bessie Mae Busch
Cedar Bayou Hish
Busch
W. T. Busch
Ex-Students Association
Pioneer Club Hails Free Enterprise Growth at Banquet
D G Harris vice president of Humble Oil lauds free enterprise and Humble’s growth from a minor industry to a global giant. He notes 19 000 Humble employees in over 2000 job classifications and traces oil industry development from early days to modern research. He credits progressiveness and hard drive for success and praises long-time workers.
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Chester Buolgier
Humble Pioneer
D. G. Harris
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Parris
Humble
Ranger
America
Harris
Harold, Halsey
Robert Carter
Barney Ward
Ti Lea
Harald Halsey
Jaddsby Apenda
Trappen
Three More City Officials Attend Texas Municipalities Meet
Five Bigtown officials including City Manager C D Mindhe City Attorney David Donoghue Building Inspector JT Peacock and Building Permit Clerk C E Hantalty joined the Galveston convention of the League of Texas Municipalities. The four day event brings together city officials from across the state for sessions on department specific topics.
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C.D. Mindhe
Ton
Finance
A. V. Barber
Galveston
League of Texas
David’ Donoghue
Peacock
C.E. ‘Hantalty
Bigtown
Record rainfall soaks city amid October deluge
October rainfall soars past record levels with more than twenty seven inches. Baytown residents recall a wet month as a deep norther drops temperatures from 80 to 58. Houston reports 16.95 inches for October making it the wettest month since 1878. Texas-wide rainfall tied to three deaths and potential Trinity River crest near 38 feet in Dallas.
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Baytown
Phoenix
Arizona
Houston
Weathr Bureau
United Press
Texas
Panhandle
Trinity River
Dallas
Big Spring
el Paso
San Antonis
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Guadalupe Pass
Salt Flats
Marta
Gulf Coast
Brownsvilla
Laredo
City-Humble Talk Results Awaited
Baytown city fathers weighed Humble Oil annexation aims as Councilmen R H Pruett and H I Davis met Humble officials to craft a plan. They seek enough Humble property to yield taxes, with $250 000 yearly figure cited as a possible target though debated. Outcomes on Wooster Brownwood and Crystal Bar hinges on today’s talks.
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Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
R. H. Pruett
H. I. Davis
Pruett
J. A. Ward
Dr. Devis
Hines E. Beker
Humble
Harry W. Ferguson
Wooster
Brownwood
Crystal Bar
Wife Turns Death Card And Is Killed In NJ
Rancocas Heights New Jersey October 25 A 24 year old divorcee Doris M Streaker died from a self described card of death a bullet wound to the heart A taxi driver Norman Allowary thirty five a father of seven shot her then killed himself Police found the bodies near her bed The ace of spades was found under the woman Zelier Zelier noted Streaker had recently been arrested and was ordered released on a peace bench by County Judge Lester A Dronk
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Rancocas Heights
N. J
Doris M. Streaker
Norman Allowary
States Rightist Wins College To Teach His Ideal
Jefferson Military College in Natchez Miss agreed to endowments exceeding 50 million to teach white supremacy and states rights. Judge George Armstrong donated the funds to Washington and Adams counties holdings, with oil rights and vast acreage. The school must disseminate constitutional principles and Anglo-Saxon supremacy while barring Communists and nonwhite instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rightist
Natchez
Miss
Jefferson Military College
George Armstrong
Washington
Mississippi
Sea States
Army to release 30,000 draft soldiers nine months early
Army Secretary Gordon Gray announced at the National Guard Association that starting December 1, postwar draft law GY soldiers will shorten service to 12 months instead of 21. About 24,909 inductees and 1,000 volunteers affected, as cutbacks aim to trim the defense budget while preserving combat units at current levels.
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Montgomery
Ala
Army
Gordon Gray
Gray
National Guard Association
Amy
Navy
Air Force
Ge Se
Defese
Baytown Community Chest Campaign Reaches New Totals
Downtown firms and several Baytown organizations raise contributions for the Community Chest. Total reported $29,296.91 with 166 percent participation across seven schools. Firms include Citizens National Bank and Just Company, Goodrich Livertown Store, and J. C. Penney Company, plus over-the-top updates from Humble refinery staff.
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Firma
Baytown
Citizens Naonal Bank and Just Company
Goodrich Livertown
J. C. Penney Company
Empiore
Humble
Oil Movements Division General Office
Doiri
Lonley Heart Romeo Faces Life Sentence in Murder Case
In a town’s first murder in years, the jury deliberated over the strangling of Lottie Fisk Mahurin. Circuit Judge Norwin D Houser granted Mahurin’s attorneys 20 days to file a motion for a new trial and delayed the sentence for that period as spectators, including sleeping children, watched.
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Stel Genevieves Mo
Dckota
Iam
Mshurin
Steta
Lottie Fisk Mahurin
Norwin D- Houser
Mahurin
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