Doct ors rap rat control repeal ne Maker rtin Linked B-36 Probo rmation
Washington Sept 8 The peacetime navy flier testified plane maker A L Martin requested of the information hidden in an anonymous memorandum circulated among lawmakers The witness denied giving the panel the document The navy court was to determine who else had a hand in preparing the memo and the broad subject of the six engine long range bomber The session touched on carrier versus strategic air force roles and the B-36 program and included remarks by officials connected to the procurement inquiry.
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Hington
Navy
al. Martin
Jed
House
Air Force
Bo Worth
Dan A. Kimball
Armed Services Committee
Orth
Manuger
Baltimore
Day
Navy Air Force
Leroy C
Naval
fPlune Maker
Hometown Officers Hear Here at Meuthinney Event
Houston writer and expert on bets topics speaks at Herzis Com and Councilmen gathering in Humble. Subject expected to cover county farm district needs and the No 1 project. Baytown guests include Jock Saunders and Wesson Joy as officials plan banquet at Humble Dining Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mewhinney
Houston
Herzis Com
Courcilmen
Kimney
Baytown
C. D. Middleton
Gieton
J. A. Ward
Jock Saunders
Chain Commerce
Wesson Joy
Er Meyors
Ann Donoghue
Sanitation
Page
Survivors recall Galveston storm anniversary in town
Pund town residents mark the fourth anniversary of the great Galveston hurricane. Captain W E Wade recalls living through the storm. A Texas City blast survivor, now in wa, carries scars and visits Mrs Fail's ter. The report notes local names and small updates as neighbors catch up after the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
W. E. Wade
Nd Mariner
Texas City
Sears
Fall
Hutchison, Kansas
Fail
Mirs
Dan Shults
Cecil Burns
Florida
Lauland
B. J. Tapp
Michael Kirkpatrick Réehe
Michael
Jack Sam
Robert Kerr
Mitchell
J. Gabet
Brooks
Era
Larry Girl
Riar
1949 Cotton Crop Forecast Increased To 15 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department today forecast the 1949 cotton crop at 14,943,000 bales, up 136,090 from last month, based on Sept 1 conditions. It compares with 14,558,000 bales in 1942 and a 1938-47 average of 311,396,900 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Georgia
Jobless Rolls Drop To 3,489,000
Washington reports August employment up to 58,947,000 with 3,659,000 unemployed, a drop of 406,004 from July. The gains break seasonal trend, as employment rises 227,000 since July while unemployment retreats from the July peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Congressman Thomas to Visit Baytown and Houston
Congressman Albert Thomas arrives in Houston today for a week to 16 day stay and is expected to spend part of the visit in Baytown. He wrote Baytown friends that a short visit is better than none and will meet local residents during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert ‘Thomas
Houston
Baytown
British Seek Trade Help Not Loans in Mason Murder Probe
Missing witness Willie Chapa troubles grand jury probing radioman Bill Mason’s assassination in Jim Wells County. Witnesses Flores and Lola Messer testified as grand jury weighs indictment of ex-Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick over Rancho Allegro and alleged liquor law violations. Mason charged Rancho Allegro as a bawdy house. Chapa once served as police desk sergeant and bookkeeper for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Willie Chapa
Jim Wells County
W. H
Bill) Mason
Stokes Michenheimer
Chapa
Meichenheimer
Rancho Allegro
Mason
Sam Smithwich
Bicheimer
Bitera Flores
Smithwick
Jim
Michenheimer
Flores
Sant 2
Fendho
Rancho Allegra
Texas Rangers
Meson
Britain seeks five point trade concessions and aid
Washington dispatch reports Britain presented a five point plan at the Anglo American Canadian monetary conference to obtain dollar spending freedom under Marshall Plan dollars, access to strategic purchases in sterling areas, reduced synthetic rubber use, tariff and customs reforms, and reinterpreting loan terms to favor Western Europe. The plan was discussed as top officials led by Sir Stafford Cripps and Ernest Bevin push for immediate study, with Treasury Secretary John Snyder chairing talks and promising a progress statement at session end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
APF
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
United States
Sterlinig
Europe
Treasury
John W.snyder
Fear Of Gangland Vengeance Raised In Gambling Suit
In Austin, Attorney General Price Daniel pressed a case against Texas gamblers amid fears gangland vengeance could target state witnesses. A Western Union attorney contested Daniel’s handling of a witness, while Daniel asserted he faced no fear of anyone as witnesses detailed a bar and grill with gambling ties being raided. Additional testimonies followed as the hearing continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Sept
IUP
Galveston
Price Daniel
Texas
Western Union
Daniel
John W. Ailller
Dallas
Jack Roberts
Jackson
Bayshore Introduces Emergency Buses to Refineries Workers
Bayshore Bus Lines will start an emergency service at 6:05 p.m. tomorrow to shuttle refinery workers lacking cars. Route No 1 and Route No 2 cover two circuits with about 25 minutes per loop, stopping near workplaces and major streets including Marian Jones Park Main Miriam Pruett Nazro Oak and refinery. Service runs four daily departures with a 10 cent fare.
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Wmain
Marian
Jones
Jonon Park
Main
Mein
Miriam
3Uriem
Pruett
Nazro
Wazro
Oak
East James
Third Street
Huunnicutt
Bunnicutt
Seventh
Texas
Mirlam
Osk
Oak and Main
Dam
Alf P
Pam
Park
Tones
Burglary at First Baptist Church Business Office
Baytown police seek a church burglar who broke into the First Baptist Church business office during lunch period and stole about $103 from Ruby Frazier’s desk. A drawer containing Sunday School funds also vanished, according to the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
First Baptist Church
Ruby Frazier
Edgar Roundtree
Dale Starts Rounding Up Marble Machines
Houston police constable Dale Richardson began mop-up operations on the citys marble machines. Downtown streets were crowded as Richardson commandeered a truck invaded a cafe and loaded one of the town machines aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dale Richardson
Richardson
Estranged Mate Kills Wife and Ends Life in Houston
A 32 year old engineer shot and killed his estranged wife, 25, in their Houston apartment then shot himself in the head. Neighbors alerted police after two shots woke them at about 1 am. Mrs Melvin Stebbins lay dead in bed with wounds to neck and eye while Robert Craig heard a third shot and detectives found a .38 revolver at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Sept
Melvin Tebbins
Stebbins
4& Hospital
Robert Craig
Baytown Plans Emergency Polio Fund Drive
Baytown citizens will be asked to contribute again to a US emergency campaign to fund polio treatment and research. Despite March of Dimes efforts, funds are short for 1948 needs. Wilton Roper, renamed chairman, urges local support with mail subscriptions to Polio Baytown Texas. Houston area leaders urge one week of rapid fundraising to aid 115 new cases and ongoing care for 50 patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
US Emergency Finance Campaign
Wilton Roper
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Texas
N. B. Ballard
Houstom
United States
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Houston
W. Stewart Borie
Harris County
National Foundtion
National Foundation
German Composer Richard Strauss Dies at 85
German composer Richard Strauss died at his home in Garmisch Partenkirchen at 85 after weeks with kidney failure and angina. Born in Munich, he studied early work, composed operas Der Rosenkavalier and Salome, tone poems and over 100 songs, and made two US visits as conductor, with his wife Pauline De Ahna at his side at death.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Richard Strauss
Strauss
Fohase
Munich
Franz Strauss
Richard
United States
New York Philharmosic
Philadelphia
Pauline de Ahna
Board Keeps Sixth Birthday Rule for Entrance
Baytown school trustees will not change the policy admitting only students aged six on or before September 2. Superintendent George E. Gentry cited overcrowded classrooms and state rules allowing exceptions only if crowded conditions do not exist. Enrollments show 2877 white and 358 Negro students in elementary grades, with some first grade classes exceeding 25 pupils. Plans include shifting students and possibly adding sections to ease crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Edwards
Baytown
George E. Gentry
Gentry
Lamar
Burnet
Ste Boni
Tunnel Work To Start In 10 Days
Baytown officials announce construction on the Houston Ship Channel tunnel will begin within 10 to 18 days with Brown and Root to perform preliminary digging. District Highway Engineer Jim Doreglas says a definite start date will be released after a meeting with Brown and Root officials. The Baytown Chamber of Commerce plans groundbreaking ceremonies.
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Baytown
Brown and Root Construction Company
Houston Ship Channel
Jim Doreglas
Houston
State Highway Department
Brown and Root
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Non-Red China Aid Plan Ties Funds to Truman Control
Senator Connally announced the administration backs a $75.9 million aid package to non Communist China with strict presidential control over use. The plan, a compromise to GOP pressure, would not specify military aid for anti-communists. Connally cited Admiral Badger’s testimony and criticized Chiang Kai-shek for alleged misappropriation of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Truman
Chiang
Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Administration
Oscar C. Badger
Asiatic
Chiang’ Kai-shek
Chins
Truman plan could be used if president sees need says Connally
Connally said the plan would draw no objections from the State Department and noted it could be used for this purpose if President Truman saw fit. It marked the first hint the administration might retreat from its stance to let dust settle in China before advancing new aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Connally
State Department
U. S
China
Physicians See Selfish Motive In City Action
In Chester Bay town physicians denounce city council move to repeal the rat control ordinance. Dr. Tom Reinke, unpaid health officer, resigned to City Manager C D Middietor, blaming politics and personal issues. WC Williams led the repeal and defended the measure as public health progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Baytown
Spa
Tom Reinke
C.D. Middieter
Councilsat
Williams
Hartis County
Reinke
Bud
Dre Reinke
Baytown Doctors
Reburial Rites For Sergeant Killed In War
Sergeant Bayliss killed in action in 1944 to be reburied at Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery after funeral services at 2 pm. Rev G Bouse to officiate, veterans groups to render military honors. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs W G Bayliss two brothers and two sisters. grandfather William Wright of Cedar Bayou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fimesly Saytise
Germany
Cedar Bayou
Lee Funeral Home
G. BR. Bouse
Bayliss
Cedar Bayou High School
W. G. Bayliss
William Frederick Bayliss
Robert Allen Bayliss
Baytown
F. EK. Hart
Clifton-by-the-Lea
W. P. Johnson
Texas City
William Wright
Cedar’ Bayou
Bermuda Endures Weak Hurricane Flurry
Bermuda reports a brief tropical event as winds reach 40 to 60 miles per hour, top gusts near 140 miles an hour elsewhere in the Atlantic. Scattered tree damage and power outages occur in several parishes with minimal casualties or structural impacts.
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Hamulufon
Bermuda
Atlantis
Hamilton
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James
Hunnicutt
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Dale
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Hinabor
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