1950 Farm Outlook: Prices Expected to Drop
The Agricultural Economics Bureau predicts joblessness will rise and farm earnings drop next year. Farmers may see net income fall about 10 to 20 percent from 1948 levels as commodity prices ease. Livestock, dairy, poultry, fats, and feeds all trend lower. citrus orange prices decline, while hogs face the steepest cuts. See more on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossdon
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Departments
Deiment
Navy Plans 11 Percent Cut In Fleet By July 1
The Navy moves to mothball 35 warships and 42 auxiliaries as part of a planned 11 percent strength reduction by July 1 under Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. Five aircraft carriers, six cruisers, 14 destroyers, nine submarines, and one escort destroyer would be affected, with two submarines and one light carrier to be reactivated or commissioned to offset losses. The Atlantic fleet would shrink 12 percent and the Pacific nine, yet the U.S. fleet would remain the largest. The plan, announced after Johnson resisted early Navy recruitment, is tentative and subject to hearing on revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Ig Johnson
Army
Ruman
Congress
Air Force
Byrd
Hendora
Siboney
Barrokd
Kearsarge
Leyte
Louis BE. Dendeld
Naval Operations
Matthews
Denfeld
U. S
Baytown Guard Recruits For Two Month Drive
Baytown's Company E of the Texas National Guard launches a two month recruiting drive led by Lt Schoyen to reach 262 officers and men. The nationwide push aims for 60000 guards, with 353000 total National Guard members in August. Local meetings at Proett and Main invite Baytown youths ages 17 to 35 to enlist and recruit others, with prizes for top recruiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Tess National Guard
Ihoyen
Ansarnerd
Enant Sehoyen
H.C. Moran
Campany
Schoren
Ie Guard
Neasal Guard
Ueutenant Schoyen
Tourg
Proett
Main
Schoyen
National Guard
Halloween Haze and Local Notes From Town Desk
A fragmented column lists Halloween chatter and neighborhood updates. Mentions include FARY GODFREY returning from a camping trip toward Spokane, plans for hunting near Pecos, and attempts to recruit Dr. Herbert Duke for a weeklong trip. City Manager Middleton discusses traffic changes on Texas Avenue, while Baylor’s football victory over TCU appears in a large photo. References to local citizens Bob Jones, John Sylvester, W. G. Wilkins, and others pepper the page with light anecdotes and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey
Spokane
Frank Berry
Pecos
Herbert Duke
Hallowe'en
Howard
Middleton
Texas Avenue
Bob Jones
George “P
Nelson
Lloyd Zones
Baylor
TCU
John Sylvester
W. G
Bob Hatchell
Brother Elk
Felix
Red Baytown
Baytown considers new bus routes plan and annexation talk
City council hears a report on the practicality of proposed Baytown bus routes by Alexander's Tunnel Transit Company with a 7 36 p m meeting at city hall tomorrow. Annexation of new territory likely to be discussed after Humble Oil officials relay the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Ag Alexander
Tunnel Transit Company
C. D- Middleton
Ang Wi
Bayshore Bus Lines
H J. Davis
Hines Bm
Baker
Humble Oil and Refining Company- Davis
R. H. Pruett
J. A. Ward
Humble
Norther Drives Texas Temperatures Below 50 Degrees
A strong norther battered Texas dropping temperatures from 85 to 24 degrees in Dalhart and Amarillo as gusts of 59 mph swept from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast. Forecasters predicted a 40 degree fall tonight with a white frost potential, then a rebound by Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
United Press
Texas
Panhandle
U. S S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Amarillo
Big Spring
Marfa
Alphine
Wink
Guadalupe Pass
Midland
Chi- Gress
Wichita Falls
Dellas
Tyler
Brownsville
Leredo
Claredon
Check On German Nationalism Urged
A U S State Department official warned of a rebirth of German nationalism, urging the United States to promote democratic tendencies in Germany and push for admission into the free nations community. Speech delivered to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association as 300 delegates from 394 papers attended the SNPA convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Wenus Byrosde
Souther Newspaper Publishers Association
United States
Germany
Community of Free Nations
Byroade
SNPA
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Byrondeé
Hijackers Take 75 Dollars and Car From Houston Lot
Houston police investigated a parking lot theft after hijackers stole 75 dollars and a two tone blue Hudson sedan owned by Realtor H Barrett. The attendant Holman Taylor Simmons vanished. his absence was noticed at 5 am by relief worker Luther Butler. Wrecked scene found a coat and sweater in office and the cash register was empty. Tenet Frank Wetzel, manager, said Simmons was an old trusted employee who would not quit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Holman
Taylor Simmons
WSS
H. Barrett
Simmons
Luther Butler
Tenet
Frank Wetzel
Tot
Red Feather drive in Baytown tops $40,000 in pledges
Baytown campaign for seven Community Chest agencies reached $40,017 this morning toward a $59,898 goal. Three Humble Oil plants exceeded their targets, expanding the 300 per cent club to 23 departments, with new units in the propane plant treating general, main office timekeeping, and accounting. Baytown Elementary School added 13 staffers contributing $86 to reach 100 per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Houston Construction Workers Strike Over $80 Million Projects
About 3,000 AFL Construction and General Laborers Union members in Houston walked off jobs delaying some $80 million in projects. Key sites include Woolworth on Main, Sakowitz, the Galveston highway link, Consolidated Western steel, and A. Smith Sheffield plants. Officials warned up to 15,000 more workers could join. Federal mediator Willis Ray urged talks, while Mayor Holcombe floated mediation or a five-cent fare to bridge wage gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
United Press East
Texas Isbor
Woolworth
Main Street
Sakowitz Department Store
Skolane Super
Galvester
Consolidated Western Steel Plant
Smith-Sheffield Pipe
McPheeters
Willis Ray
Gulf Coast Construction Employers Council
Dalles
Ex Secretary Of State Stettinius Dies Suddenly
Former Secretary of State Edward R Stettinius Jr 49 died suddenly of a heart attack at his sister s home in Greenwich Conn He had left a $1000000 a year post with U S Steel to serve in government He was born Oct 22 1900 in Chicago and rose from a General Motors stockroom clerk to VP and head of the company s employee insurance program His death followed a morning attack with no funeral plans immediately announced
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Greenwich
Conn
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
US. Steel Corporation
Juan C. Tripps
Herola le Amgoss
Edward R. ‘Stettinius, Jr
Chicago
University of Virginia
Motors Corporation
General Motors
Hyatt Roller
Harrison
New Jersey
Stettint Vs. Negotiated
Barkley Weds Mrs Hadley in November Wedding
ST LOUIS October 31 The nation s No 1 couple Vice president Alben Barkley and Mrs Carleton Hadley plan a November 18 wedding. The 18 year old widow will become second lady of the land, with a bustling lead up as gowns and plans are set. The ceremony will be in St. Louis with residence likely in Paducah Kentucky where Barkley has a mansion. President Truman expected to attend.
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Missouri
Hadley
Trousseau
The
Wabash Railreed
Paducah
McKentu
Houston Man Held Here In Beating Of Refinery Worker
A Houston man formerly with Baytown is jailed on five traffic charges and a tentative assault to murder charge after allegedly wrecking a Humble Oil refinery worker’s car and bludgeoning him with an iron bar. Victim Lb. G. Partin, 35, in serious condition from a brain concussion at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. Police pursued the suspect from Baytown toward Channelview, charging speeding, reckless driving, resisting arrest and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Partin, attacked after rear and left-side collisions, said the assailant shouted that he fired him, later demanding payment for damages and forcing him to sign a check before Partin escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Baytown
Lb. G. Pertin
Humble Oil and Refining Company
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Partin
Market Street Road
West Main
Texas Avenue
Murray to purge Communists from CIO convention
CIO President Philip Murray vowed to remove all Communists from the CIO this week at Cleveland, saying the party serves the Soviet Union and promising to cleanse the union. He warned left wing officials and several CIO locals could be expelled as resolutions aimed at curbing pro Communist influence were outlined.
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Cleveland
Ohio
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Monrovia
Sante “Fe
Soviet
Russia
Communist’ Party
Frands
United Mine Workers of America
Steel‘workers Union
Goring
CTO
United Electrical Workers
Executive Board
Ater
Engineer Mangled Under Wheels Of SP Train
Houston October 31 A Southern Pacific engine foreman Clifton Holland age 60 was dragged and killed when he slipped from a moving freight car and failed to free himself. Witnesses say he grabbed a step to brace himself but slipped and was struck by the rear wheels. The coroner ruled accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Southern Pacific
Clifton Holland
Holland
Ohen
Thomas Maca
Endowment Refused and Small College Receives Gift
In NATCEDRZ Miss an appeals piece notes Jefferson Endowment, nearly broke after a refused large endowment tied to teaching white supremacy. Nathan J. Klein of Houston steps in with a $5000 gift to Jefferson College, pledged by June and to be used to sustain operations after years of financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natcedrz
Miss
Tedsy Camae
Jefferson
Bethlehem To Finance CIO Pension Plan
Bethlehem Steel and the CIO Steelworkers union reached a compromise to finance pensions through company funds with shared social insurance contributions. The deal, seen as a potential end to the 31 day steel strike, would set a sliding pension for retirement payments and a social program including death benefits while keeping employee contributions optional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
CIO
Philip Murray
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steelworkers
Murray
Steelworkers Union
Cleveland
Peale
Cedar Bayou Meet Set By Harris County Teachers Association
The Harris County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association will hold its annual Cedar Bayou High School auditorium meeting. Superintendent Ms Landruni g Branch presides with Ceder Bayeu superintendent assisting. Roy Beard, Hoston businessman and education candidate, will speak. Refreshments to follow. Baytown teachers and officials invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Texas State Teachers Association
Henston
Baytown
Pasadena
Galena Park
Cedar Bayou High School
Ms Landrunig Branch
Ide
Meena BW Bridge
Dent and
Ceder Bayeu
Cedar ‘Bayou Bign
Roy Beard
Hoston
Busines
Har
Akridge
Bay
104 More Killed In Colombia Riots
In Bogota Colombia on Oct 31 reports say renewed political fighting caused widespread destruction with clashes continuing into Friday. The unrest has led to numerous fatalities and chaotic scenes, signaling a grim escalation in the country’s civil strife.
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Colombia
Bogota
ALES
Lagest
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Iower
O. C. Stine
Bureau of Aeri- 2
Agriculture Departments
Cairo
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Norther
Peace Hope
Oscar Holcombe
Milearabe
Tnegnantis
National Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
By & Am
Houston-Galveston Maritime Association
I. E. Davies
Shippers’ Labor Committee
A J. Wilson
Barkley
Channelview
Nabor
Bethlehem
CIO Pension Plan
Cedar Bayou
County Unit of State Association
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