Truman tours for votes in 1950 push after labor talks
President Truman launched a cross country 24 hour aerial tour from Grandview and Washington aimed at energizing labor and farmers while attacking GOP opposition. He visited his brother and sister in Missouri, then rode to Pittsburgh Des Moines and Kansas City as he prepared to press for party gains in Congress.
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GOP
Noview
Truman
Washington Today
Congress
Grandview
Cst
Mr. Truman
Feld
White House
J. Vivian 7An
Nome
Mary Truman
Bary H' Vaughan
Weshington
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Glascow, Mis E
Pittsbh
Des Mes
Mohe
Coltieton
Pea
Milwaukee
Whiting
Indiana
Tretman
Des Moines
Washington
Baytown Man Drowns During Fishing Trip on Day Lake
A Baytown area drowning occurred around 2:15 am when 27 year old Denton man, married to Baytown resident Miss Dorothy Bollin Allmon, drowned on Day Lake near Dayton while fishing on a boat with his wife and companions. Attempts to rescue by two good swimmers failed. the trio then attempted self-rescue. Funeral services will be held for the deceased, who left a wife and several relatives.
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Bate
Baytown
Denton Mas
Day Lake
Dayton
Ars RB. Allman
Stormer
Dorothy Bollin
Bob Herbert
Birs
Allmon
Herbert
Brvivors
Dora Mae Ailmon
Glenn E. Allmon
Arthur Young
Town Cavarretta Visits Houston Before Returning to City
The fragmentary notes mention OUND TOWN CAVARRETTA visiting Houston Bay before returning to the big city. Homer Mrn trembles from yesterday’s events while Clyde Spear Jerry Daniels test sales routines over coffee. Mrs. Marsh excited about her apartment. Pat Patterson fears refinery workers. Nettie Brown is insulted and rocks fly back. E Hildebrand family returns from hospital for a sinus issue. May hopes to attend school. a Smith family moment traces a son near Eastalo Stadium.
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Cavarretta
Houston
Bay
Big City
Homer Mrn
Clyde Spear
Jerry Daniels
Marshalbs
Alk
Pat Patterson
Nettie Brown
L. Hi
Odom Tragedy May Shift Air Race Site Again
Cleveland dispatch reports the Thompson Trophy crash that killed Bill Odom, a veteran flyer, wife, and infant son may force the National Air Races to move to another site. Race officials weighed injunctions and moved-elsewhere plans as Los Angeles Detroit and Chicago were eyed. Pilot error and over-control around pylons cited, with Cleland planning for next year.
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Cleveland
Bill Odom
National Air Races
Ben Franks
Odom
Bradley
Laird
Airs
Franklin
Rror
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chicago
Cock- Cleland
Roscoe Turner
Clelaad
Cleland
Prien
Wright
Ailton Reynolds
Thompson
Admits Two Blow Killing Private Tells of Officer Death
Private Charles E. Meloche confessed to killing Lt Edward L. Helmstetter after striking him with ice on a date night at Fort Bliss. Helmstetter, 27, was found in a residential driveway with a severe skull fracture and blood in the airway. Meloche said he did not realize he had killed the officer until seeing Helmstetter’s photo in the paper.
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Charles E. Meloche
Edward L. Helmstetter
Fort Bliss
John L. Homer
Meloch
Homer
Meloche
Helmstetter
Benjamin J. Sacrest
Four Die In Head On Crash Near Houston Labor Day
Four people died in a head on collision on a dark highway seven miles northeast of Houston. The victims include Daniel Green 27 and Peggy O Reilly 24 from Port Arthur and Bobby Mason 21 and June Hemphill 18 from Houston. Others in the two cars were seriously injured and hospitalized. Patrolmen said Green car veered off, somersaulted, and the crash occurred with no witnesses nearby.
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Houston
U P
Here
Harris County
Port Arthur
Daniel Leon Green
Peggy O'Reilly
Bobby Frank Mason
June Hope Hemphill
FR. E. Scholl
Leon Wilson
Green
Scholl
Mason
South
Texas
East Harris Sees Mishaps End Labor Day Weekend
East Harris County reported a rough Labor Day with several accidents. Cecil Howard Johnston, 32, Highlands schoolboy, was knocked from his bicycle by a Channelview woman near Crosby Lynchburg Road, suffering brain concussion and body bruises but listed as serious but not critical. He was treated at a Highlands physician’s office and later at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. The driver, Mrs. John E. Butler, said the boy swerved in front of the car. The Deans transported him. Baytown also reported injuries with M R Elizanda, 23, and Daniel Sandoval, 24, both injured in separate weekend crashes. Elizanda head injuries and cuts, Sandoval a broken leg. Both were hospitalized at San Jacinto Memorial and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston respectively.
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Baytown
Flast Barzis
Cecil Howard Johnston
Highlands
Channelview
Roy Johnston
East Houston Street
Butler
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
M. R. Elizanda
Daniel Sandoval
Busch ‘Terrace
Veterans Administration Hospital
Houston
East Harris
Baytown Building Permits Hit Record Low in August
Baytowns contractors saw a marked slump as building permits for August totaled 155 500 the lowest since records began in January Assistant inspector C B Hanratty reported the August figures show only 11 home permits totaling 89200 and commercial permits at 3050 two projects reflecting a continued downturn in construction activity across the city Kings Baytown area reaction to slowing building pace noted by local officials
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Baytown
Chester Bulgier Baytown
AMR
C.b.hanratty
Hanratty H Ad
Construction Permits Add Up to 2 3 Million in 1948
Olin Miller notes permits issued for garages apartments additions and repairs form the bulk of the total. June started with 167 900 in projects and July rose to 289 200. Major upcoming endeavors include a seven acre Market Street Road and West Texas shopping center a 900 000 Lee College plant and a Sears store in West Texas. August totals push the year to about 2 309 700 in estimated cost, nearly a million less than planned.
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Market Street Road
West Texas
Lee College
Sears, Roebuck: ‘and Company
Weat
Texas
Algo
East Harris Lends Water Rescue for Chambers County Rice
East Harris today arranged a 1000 acre feet water loan from Highlands Reservoir to save West Chambers County rice fields facing saltwater intrusion. San Jacinto River District and Southern Canal waterway partners, with Humble Oil, pivoted to supply fresh water after Trinity water attempts failed. The district called the volume small but vital as saltwater intrusion recurs yearly when fresh water drops.
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East Harris
Chambers County
Highlands
West Chambers County
San Jacinto River
Old River
Trinity Water
Humble Oil and Defining Company
San Jacinta
Flash Fire Burns Two Refinery Men at Baytown Plant
A 5 am flash fire at Humble OW and Refining in Baytown badly burned two refinery workers. William D. Sley, 41, of Houston, suffered third degree burns over most of his body and was listed in extremely critical condition. Harold D. Odneal, 31, of Stewart Heights, was in a less critical state. The fire occurred while repairing a still in Battery D after a leak. both men were treated at the refinery ward and taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.
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Baytown
Humble OW and Refining Company
William D. Sley
Houston
Harold D. Odneal
Stewart Heights
Phicians
Battery D
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
D C Hines Lumberman Dies At Home In Baytown
D C Hines 62 a Baytown lumberman died at 7 20 am Sunday at his home 160 High Street after a long illness Funeral services were at Grace Methodist Church Monday officiated by Rev M S Jordan with Rev Erwin Jackson and Rev J M Jordan assisting He was a charter member and longtime steward of Grace Methodist Church Survivors include his wife Mrs Be fie Hines two daughters Mrs T B Allen and Mrs Louise Hines a brother Ed Hines of Glendora California He managed the local lumberyard started in 1918 and later worked with other Baytown firms Burial was at Cedarcrest Cemetery
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Collin Hines
Bartown
High Street
Grace Methodist Church
M. S. Jordan
Erwin Jackson
Texas City Methodist Church
J. M. Jordan
Huntsville District
Concord
BE Fie Hines
T. B. Allen
Louise Hines
Baytown
Ed Hines
Glendora
California
Vacation Ends for Baytown School Children 1949-50 Term
Baytown area school age youngsters resume activity as teachers hold meetings for the 1949-50 opening. Registration at junior and senior high schools starts tomorrow with classes Friday. elementary pupils report briefly at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow and full classes begin Thursday. Detectives in Houston investigated a 30-year-old man who claimed to know too much about Texarkana in a phantom trail case.
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Baytown
Houston
Texarkana
Labor Day Toll Records Shatter Over 500 Dead Nationwide
United Press reports over Labor Day weekend more than 500 people killed in all accidents, the worst toll for the holiday in U S history. Highway deaths numbered 381 with drownings 37, air crashes 22, and other causes 30, far above prior records. Texas saw 21 violent deaths, with two in a Gulf of Mexico plant crash and two train accidents.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Pasadena Ferry Operator Drowns In Channel Crash
Oliver Jacobs Graff, 57, a Pasadena ferry operator, drowned when his boat struck a tugboat near the Pasadena tunnel site. Dozens of officers and volunteers joined the U. S. Coast Guard in a search after the ferry’s safety rail knocked into the pilot’s seat, as the tug Lavins towed empty barges.
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Houston
Pasadena
Sita
17. S. Coast Guard
Oliver Jacobs Graff
Lavins
Fire knocks out Baytown police radio station
A fire at Baytown police radio station at 4 am cut communications with the state. Supervisors said dispatchers would be unable to contact the state or receive calls until repairs restore the line. The incident disrupted police operations and left units unable to broadcast or receive incoming radio traffic.
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Baytown
Humble Accountant S J Philpot Dies At 61
S J Philpot 61 longtime accountant at the Baytown refinery died suddenly at his Cloverleaf home Monday night He is survived by his wife Tula and four children Funeral arrangements will be announced by Paul A Lee Funeral Home.
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S. J. Philpot
Baytown
Cloverleaf
Paul A. Lee Finneral Tiome
Tula Philpot
Camden Gunman Surrenders After Mass Shooting
A 27 year old war veteran opened fire in a Camden residential area killing 12 and wounding 3 before cornered by police with tear gas. He surrendered at his apartment after a 20 minute rampage that left five men five women and two boys dead and three injured including a boy man and woman.
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Camden
Sowerd Unrub
Philadelphia
Unruk
River Road
Flower
Ward
Mayhen
Unruh
Cohen
Clark Hoover
Dnrith
Hoove
Madeline Harris
Wet Hills
Barriending
Cheries Bene
Edward Joson
Ghroot
soHd Ene
Garek
Bermuda Warned Of New Hurricane
Bermuda was advised to take hurricane precautions as a third big blow drifted toward the British island with winds of 90 miles per hour or higher. At 3 am EST the Weather Bureau placed the center about 390 miles south southwest of Bermuda. The storm moved slowly, four to five miles per hour, gaining power. By 5 am the forecast kept Bermuda in hurricane precautions as the system seemed to move north northeastward, possibly missing the U.S. mainland, yet still about 200 miles east of Florida today.
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Miami
Flei
Bermuda
The
Weather Bureau
Spermeda
Atlantic
United States
Florida
Buses For Humble Men Seen Bayshore Lines Likely To Aid
Baytown workers without suitable transport faced a second day without municipal bus service. Arrangements were being made with Bayshore Bus Lines Inc to provide regular service by a company that operated six buses on local streets.
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Bayshore Lines
Baytown
Bayshore,Bus, Lines, Inc
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