Nevada tests produce brilliant mushroom cloud over Las Vegas
A distant test blast near Nevada’s Frenchman Flat created a brilliant, mushroom shaped atomic cloud visible over Las Vegas. Officials described the detonation as the most spectacular in the continental United States, with a long-lasting vapor plume and a brief flash seen from the resort city. No troops were involved in the test.
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Tnee
Bikini Island
Las Vegas
Nevada
United States
Ala- Mexico
Max Miller
Las
McClater
Fragmented notes on theft, officials, and local figures
A jumble of names, places, and numbers references theft charges, officials and community figures including Ferguson, Brinckerhoff, Felton, and Harris Coutts. Mentions Baytown Refinery progress, university activity, radio programs, and assorted briefs with sparse readable details.
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Harris Coutts
Templete
Thimuin
Felton
Baytown
Humble Employees Get Share of 5 Million Thrift Fund
Humble Oil and Refining Company and Humble Pipeline Line announce a further contribution of just over 5 million dollars to the company thrift fund. The allotment supports employees under the annual thrift plan effective since January 1938, with retirees and those on military leave during the period ending October 31 eligible for distributions. Weather notes forecast party cloudy skies in Baytown with a cool turn and possible showers tomorrow.
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Hambie Oil and Refining Company
Humble Oil and Humpie
Accoustts
Fesinto
Humble
Texas Ranger Chief Links Politics to Crime Tie Up
Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. told a police convention that enforcement agencies alone cannot curb organized crime. He called for a broader effort including public action, better laws, and data on underworld figures, while noting Texas is clean aside from scattered gambling fronts.
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Teer Polian
Tisal
Homer Garrison, Jr
Kefauver Committee
Texas
Texas Department of Public
Homer Garri
Department of Public Safety
1Earn de Garrison
Anon Ath
Sai Association of Chiefs
Refinery Oldsters Gain Liberalized Early Retirement Plan
Baytown refinery workers may retire earlier under a revised plan approved by Humble Oil and Refining Co at the request of the REF Executive Council. The change eases the nid 4932 annuity rules, widening eligibility for those aged 55 with 30 years or 66 with 20 years, and adds intermediate ages with staged percentages funded by the company.
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Baytown
Ty A. F. Oliphint
Nid
Oliphin
Chanse Rovers
Bond Frees Hall on Three Felony Theft Counts
Morris N Hall a Highlands building contractor and former Precinct 3 justice of the peace was freed on three 2500 bonds after being indicted on charges of defrauding two Houston widows and a retired Houston man of 8000 in real estate deals. Attorneys Dawgon and Hatten posted the bonds with the sheriff. Complainants are Helen Louise Riley Elizabeth R Freeman and Angelo D Mylton all of Houston. The district attorney said the case is not on the docket and won’t be for about three weeks.
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Morris N. Hall
Hall
Highlands
Precinct 3
Helen Louise Riley
Angelo D
Mylton
Houston
Paul. Maynard
Houston District. Attorney's
Radical classifieds promise daily life improvement
Baytonians praise The Sun Classified ads for radical daily living help. Want ads connect people with better jobs, dependable help, housing, and good deals in real estate, furniture, and autos. A. H. Lehoyen of 708 East Republic benefited financially. to place an ad call 202. Studebaker 1940 Champion offers carriage, paint, radio, overdrive, mechanics. See at 703 E Republic, phone 6484.
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Republic
Oilman Funds McKee to Attend Miami Convention
Police Chief H E McKee will attend the International Chiefs Convention in Miami as guest of Houston Oilman Jim West. Assistant Police Chief W R Montgomery said West phoned McKee from Miami to explain expenses will be covered. McKee said he has the money and time, and West arranged a plane and refund of fare. McKee will return to Baytown.
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Police
H.E. McKee
Miami
Florida
Houston
Jim West
W. R. Montgomery
West
AicKee
McKee
Pri
Mecites
Baytown Prider
Fighting Near Truce Site UN Troops Still Killing Reds
UN troops pressed advances on both Korean fronts near Panmunjom as fighting raged within sight of the truce talks. Allied forces broke through eastern defenses toward Kumsong and attacked Chozori while offensive actions continued near Yonchon and Punchbowl Valley amid sniper fire on aid stations and stretcher parties.
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Eighth Arm
SRS
Korea
Pabmunjom
United Nations
Easmy
Kumsong
Chozori
Yonchon
Pamamunjom
Punchbowl Valley
Yenggu
Kansong
Ceptain
John Benner
Arthur Pashin
Reds Stick To Demands in Korean Truce Talks
In Panmunjom the Communists refuse to yield saying only full acceptance of their terms will end the stalemate. UN chief negotiator Major General Henry L. Hodes reports six days of talks with no concessions or new proposals and warns the UN will stand firm with only minor refinements.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Henry L Hodes
Spat In Eye Tarred Tone In Ciros Scuffle
Hollywood actor Tone spitted into columnist Miss Muir’s eye during a scuffle at Ciro's night spot. Barbara Payton, Denny Morrison, and an unidentified woman joined the scene. Tone, hospitalized with concussion, was held after a sheriff’s substation inquiry.
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Bollewood
Franshot Tone
Ciro
Tone
Flarabel Muir
Diepunes
Barbara Payton
Ciro’s
Miss Muir
Denny Morrison
Morrison
Sheriff's Denuries
Hollywood Sheriff's
Tom Neal
Payton
Neel
Lofton Trial Starts Today at Hanston Court
Lofton faces trial starting at 7 p.m. in Hanston before Judge Allen Peden on a charge brought by Bartown auto dealer J. B. Hollaway alleging beating. Attorneys spent the morning selecting a jury. A second charge of false imprisonment names Lofton.
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Dudge Allen Peden
Cour
Hanston
J. B. Hollaway
Bartown Auro
Lofton
Lefton
Hindering Gambling Seen Futile by Anonymous Voice
A Sun Times Syndicate opinion snippet argues that stopping gambling is ineffective while fools hold money, reflecting a casual stance on vice and wealth. The brief quotes a skeptical line attributed to an unidentified commentator.
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Chiesda Sun-Times Syndicate
Indiana Man Has Democrat Post Cinched
Washington reports President Truman plans to name Indianapolis banker Frank E. McKinney as Democratic National Chairman. Party chairman William M. Boyle Jr. said he will resign due to health and nominate McKinney tomorrow. Truman’s endorsement is said to secure McKinney’s election. McKinney confirmed agreement to accept the post in Indianapolis.
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Washington -Iti
Truman
Indianapolis
Far East French Official Murdered in Terrorist Plot
Jean de Raymond the French High Commissioner to Cambodia was stabbed to death in his sleep in Phnom Penh. Officials said the slaying was politically motivated and connected to Vietminh rebels after a house servant was identified as the killer. The murder comes after regional killings of South Indo-China officials and another major explosion that injured and killed French sailors near Saigon.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Cambeoea
Jean de Raymond
France
Cambodia
Noroasiouk
GeRaymond
DeRaymond
Charlies Chanson
South Viet Nam
Lap Trhsnh
Crai
Here
Real Bosses of Ko Reds to Soviets Revealed
First complete United Nations report on North Korea identifies Russian-trained cabinet vice-ministers operating behind a front of local citizens. UNCURE prepared the study for presentation to the General Assembly in Paris next month, using captured documents and refugee interviews. See Heal Bosses-Page Two.
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Ftoryko-Icm
United Nations
North
Kores
EN Commission On Unification and Rehabilitation of
Uncure
General Assembly
Paris
Churchill to Dispatch New Division to Middle East
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged to defend the empire and sent the Third Infantry Division to the Middle East amid Egypt's bid to oust the British from the Suez Canal. The move strengthens the Canal Zone defense as forces move from Cyprus and Egypt, with carriers Illustrious and others ready to assist.
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London
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Illustrious
Middle East
Necesary
Britain
Egypt
Churchill
Mid-East
Anthony Egen
Wrence
Paris
Fiery Moslem Volunteers Gather Arms in Egypt
Cairo reports reveal volunteer battalions organized by the Militant Moslem Brotherhood under Aziz Ali El Masry Pasha, collecting arms on the black market as Interior Minister Fuad Shaq El-Din warns government will not act unless laws are broken. Abdullah El Tel, linked to Jordan, is noted as returning to anti British effort. Cairo diplomats seek a unified approach at the United Nations and May explore a four power Middle East defense plan. Egyptian canal zone resistance grows with lighthouse keepers striking and a stone attack on a British woman and child reported at Abbaza bridge.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.P
Fuad Shaq El-Din
Brotherhood
Aziz Ali el Masry Pasha
Arab Cairg
1LRI
Abdullah Ei ‘Yel
Jordan
Arab Legiod
Liberation Battalions
el Tel
Amman
Abdullah of
Fuad
Paris
Middle East
United States
Britain
France
Turkey
London
War Office
Abbaza Bridge
Suez Canal Zone
Collision and blast at Tolla Harbor injures many
Coast Guard reports 17 mariners either dead or missing after a collision near Buffalo where the tug Dauntless pushed the Moran ia barge loaded with 2 596 000 gallons of gasoline into the steamer Penobscot. Fire and explosion ensued with three known dead and a fourth missing. 23 seamen escaped. The Penobscot towed to drydock. Black Rock Ship Canal closed to prevent fuel hazard.
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Tolla Harbor
Buffala
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Morania
Dauntless
Penoscot
Buffalo
Furi
Guard
Penobscot
American Shipbuilding Company
Black Rock Ship Canal
Niagara River
Barre
Dauntigss
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Exmond Lewis
Gmeranics
Bruce Jr
Ad Town
Ema
Sherp
Arthur Stil Ae
Comer
eIhe
Belen Meson
Joy Paw
Eramtary
Bobby
Gloria
Teddy
Major Willers Clark
Hal Mark Clark
Andrews Field
Maryland
Clark
US Army Field Forces
Vatican
Underworld
Oldsters
Reds
Hinabor
Indiana
Far East
Canal Zone
Matthew Ridgway
EMRS
Ridgway
Ridgways
Marichi Orions
Tokyo
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