Train Derailment Kills Hobo Near Temple Texas
A Katy freight derailment south of Temple Texas killed a transient rider named William Thomas Little of Casper Wyoming. The crash injured two other transients including Bryan Hancock of St Louis and Gordon Thomas. One boxcar fell into the Little River. the derailment disrupted a long mainline section and sparked fire from ruptured tankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Mk&t
Here
Little River
William Thomas Little
Casper
Wyoming
H. &. Coaker
Smithville
Scott and White Hospital
O1 Temple
Jr. T. Baggett
Bryan Hancock
St. Louis
Gordon Thomas
Katy
Pasadena Line Strengthened For Mud Battle
The Pasadena Eagles prepare for a mud battle against the Robert E. Lee Ganders at 8 p.m. on Pasadena turf, with a heavy line and wet field giving Pasadena an advantage. Lee seeks revenge after last season’s 39 6 setback as Ganders work on new plays behind locked gates. Pasadena’s record shows one win, three losses, and two ties, while Lee is undefeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Lee
Dan Shults
Robert E. Lee Ganders
Pasadena
Gander
Sial Hancock
Stallwoerth
Ganders
Hagies
Pasaena
Baytown Scouts to stage mammoth annual circus parade
Baytown Scouts announce tomorrow's 22 hour circus parade through the business district starting at 10 a.m. from in front of the Texas Hard Company. Over 1000 Scouts will perform acts including clown and Indian pageantry, with the Robert E. Lee High Band starting the event. Proceeds aid the Quack Shack and youth activities. Baytown Jaycees finance the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oller Park
Gaytown
Bay 2 Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eyewn
Hermy Mammoth
Kein
A. C. Jackson
Pam
Ofer Park
Mer
Segct
Ge Baytown Junior Chamber Commerce
Witl
Texas Horde Company
West Texas
Baytown
En Tourigh
Robert E. Lee High
Sarry
Ftate
Uncle Sam
Q. Alexander
Gitnn Woods
Secouts
Filia Ferned
Order of the Arrow
Baytown Jaycees
Quack Shack
Circus
Incude
J. R
Fred Parker
M. C G. Rushing
Jim Arnold
George C. Adams
S. C. Brady
Law Hale
Unclear local notes mark town events and personal notices
A jumbled local page lists community names, birthdays, church activities, alumni clubs, and shop notes. Mentions include Baytown firms, Goldfield stores in Bay, St Johns church efforts, Baylor Homecoming, and Milton and Henry Geffen. Many fragments are unreadable or out of context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere
Mann
Parkins
Mann Frini
W.D. Hinson
Professor Gentry
McWilliams
Max Goldfield
Goldfield
Bay
Dub Rogers
Tk Braswell
J. Massingili
Don Shepherd
Bayerns Tech
St. John's
Baytown
Daileys' Circus to Halt Baytown Stop Saturday
Dailey Brothers Circus has traveled over 22,000 miles since April and arrives Baytown for two shows at 3 and 8 pm setting up at Highway 148 and East Texas. The act lineup features Emil Sweyer with 10 trained polar bears Captain Joe Howarth and man eating lions plus elephants horses ponies dogs and more. Doors open at 2 and 7 pm with reserve seats at Black's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailey Brothers Circus
Baytown
Gonzales
Canada
Port Arthur
Southern Pacific
Highway 148
East Texas
Dailey Brothers
Emil Sweyer
Joe Howarth
Black's
Cedar Bayou Homecoming Queen Crowned Tonight
Cedar Bayou High School will crown its Homecoming Queen at halftime during the Cedar Bayou versus Webster football game. Rain is not expected to dampen spirits as alumni celebrate the first annual homecoming with a 5 p.m. parade in Baytown and a 7:40 p.m. kickoff followed by a dance in the high school gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Bayou High School
Cedar Bayou
Webster
Baytown
Grand Jury Indicts Pasadena Strikers
Houston Oct 28 A Harris County grand jury indicted 22 persons for violation of the O Daniel labor law by mass picketing at the Mathieson Chemical plant in Pasadena. The case includes two indictments alleging assault to murder. Arthur Hajecate, once CIO Oil Workers official, was named among those indicted after defying orders from OWIU officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harris County
O'Daniel
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Pasadena
Arthur Hajecate
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Mathieson
Hajecate
Owiu International
Denver
SMU Refuses Discriminatory Endowment Request
SMU rejected a 35,000,000 endowment offer from oilman George W Armstrong Sr that demanded the university bar Jewish students from classes. Dr W W Baker, a Methodist minister and SMU board member, said Armstrong also proposed Lee be dismissed and threatened broader disassociation from Jews. Armstrong, a Fort Worth Mississippi planter, heads Texas Steel and Texasteel holdings with extensive oil land, while trustees conveyed the university’s firm stance against discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern University
WW. Harrison Baker
SMU
George W Armstrong, Sr
Fort Worth
Missisippi Amsmstrong
Jefferson Military College
Washington
Mississippi
Mane
Shou
Baker
Armstrong
Umphrey “Lee
Lee
University
Armistrong
Tycson
Temple Emanu-el
Dellas
Watcher
Natchez
Texas Steel Company
Texasteel Manufacturing Company
Mrs Waldrep Dies At Home Of Daughter
Frances Virginia Waldrep 92 died at 245 am today at the home of daughter Hattie Schieck 306 East Wright. She had lived in Baytown about 11 years after living near Livingston and Newton County. Funeral at 11 am Saturday at Trinity Tabernacle with Reverends Goree and Graham officiating. Burial Rice Cemetery near Lestco under Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. Pallbearers are six grandsons. Survived by two sons FLEB Waldrep Baytown H G Waldrep Spurger. four daughters Mrs Schieck Mrs Peart Cook Port Arthur Mrs Olive Coggins Mrs Virginia Bickerd Greens Bayou. 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Virginia Walkdren
Hattie Schieck
East Wright
Waldrep
Bartown
Newton County
Livingston
Baytown
Trinity Tabernacle
Clyde € Gore
Nabor Jest Sparks Quiet Online Row
A terse online exchange repeats a provocation about fools and mockery, with no clear resolution or credible context. The post centers on a dismissed prank and its reception among readers.
Denfeld Ouster Signals Major U.S. Navy Shakeup
Pentagon sources forecast a broad reshuffle at the top of the U S Navy following Admiral Louis E Denfelds removal as chief of naval operations. A successor and several deputy chiefs may be named, with Forrest P Sherman as leading contender. Denfeld may resign or take new duties as the unification clash with the army and air force continues to ripple through civilian and military leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Anavyr
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Derifield
Matthews
Sherman
Truman
Denfield
Army
Air Force
Dedfield
Congress
Maurice S. Sheehs
Catholic University
Sheehy
Denfields
The
Denrfield
No Houston Bus Strike Seen Before Wednesday Night
Houston Oct 28 A potential city wide bus strike by CIO drivers and mechanics appears unlikely before midnight Wednesday as 2100 Houston Transit workers vote. Despite expected support for a walkout, a majority favored delaying the strike per a suggestion to put public welfare first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
CIO
Houston Transit Company
Carl A. McPeeak
Tom Needham
Tom Willier
Sherwood Named Kiwanis President for 1950 Term
James E. Sherwood was elected president of the Kiwanis Club of Baytown for 1950 at the annual meeting in the Baytown Community House. Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick and Sammie McPhail were named vice presidents, replacing Bill Grant and Jake Rutter, with Perry Britton becoming treasurer. Sherwood is noted for statewide Kiwanis leadership and prior service as treasurer and board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Sherwood
Kiwanis Club
Baytown
W. G
Bill” Wilson
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Sammie McPhail
Nosts
Bill Grant
Jake Rutter
Perry Britton
Roy Lawrence
Kiwanis
F. D.’ McDonald
Sherwood
Freeway Work Delayed On Houston to Galveston Route
Houston to Galveston freeway, a 3 million per mile project, will not be completed until late 1952 or early 1953 due to cash shortages. District Engineer Douglas cited federal appropriations delays as the reason, though much basic work is done. The project lacks timely federal matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Galveston
Highway Department
Douglas
Pasjor
Father of Baytown Woman Dies in Haskell
Paxton Ti, father of Mrs. Ben Ammons of Baytown, died at 2 50 am today in Haskell after a brief illness from a heart attack suffered a few days ago. Survivors include his wife and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
Ben Ammons
Baytown
Haskell
Baytown Chest Drive Reaches $37,342 in 1945 Campaign
Baytown Community Chest totals 37,342 toward a 59,898 goal as the 11th drive period nears extension. Gene Oliver, campaign chair at Humble Oil SR-10's Butadiene plant, reports 16 departments meet quotas and SR-10 aims 10 percent by Monday with outside firms like Culpepper Furniture and Allen Rice Service Station joining the 100 percent group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Gene Oliver
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Oliver
Culpepter, Furniture Company
Alien Rice Service Station
Nay- Jox's
No Gulf Coast Dock Strike Until New Yorker Says So
New York Oct 28 Jos eph P Ryan president of the International Longshoremen s Association AFL said last night there would be no strike of Gulf Coast dock workers until he says so He did not commit to a date and spoke by phone with Frank Yeager president of the Gulf Coast district who reported that longshoremen refused to accept the contract at Hast Coast ports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph P. ‘Ryan
International Longshen's
AFL
Gulf Coast Dock
Ryan
Frank Yeager
Gulf Coast District
The
Jongshorem
Sai
Air France Constellation Crash No Survivors Reported
Air France said a search party reached the wreck atop Mt Algarya on Santa Maria Azores but reported no survivors from the Constellation crash. The airliner carrying 87 aboard including Marcel Cerdan and Ginette Neveu disappeared after leaving Orly and radioing Santa Maria. Rescue efforts followed amid fire and smoke, with initial sighting of wreckage and uncertain survivor reports later refuted.
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BAETS
Air France
Santa Maria
Azores
New York
Marcel Cerdan
Mt. Algatvia
St. Michael Island
Constellation
Orly Field
Paris
Santa Maria Field
Mt. Algervia
Wisne
Isslands
Court Sets GOP Solon's Trial Date
Federal Judge Holtzoff set November 7 for the trial of Representative J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey on charges of taking salary kickbacks from congressional employees. Thomas sought a postponement due to ill health, but the request was denied after independent medical examinations.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzogs
Gay
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Thomas
Holtzoff
Holizoff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Notale
U. S
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Texas
Lirade
Oy Scout Circus
Mound Town
Ralph Walkers
Itd
Baylor
Henry Geffen
California
Milton
Lillie
Daileys' Circus
Grand Jury
Columbia
S. C
Willie Tolbert
South Carolina
HI Nabor
By Olin. Miller
U.S. Navy
Warne McCleskey
Dudley Myers
Don, Robinson
Mark
Lee Shermwood
Houston-Galveston
New Yorker
France
Gop Solon
Baytown Sun
Robert £. Lee
Dan. Shults
Crosby
Liberty
Barbers Hill
Dayton
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