Business Upbeat Yet Strike Threat Looms For Fall
Washington reports August employment rose to a new high for 199,390,000 jobs while unemployment fell to 3.59 million. Secretary Charles Sawyer and adviser Dr. Hawin G. Nourse warned strikes in steel, autos, and coal could derail the recovery, despite signs the recession may be ending. Incomes dipped from June to July, with both farm and wage sectors contributing to reduced personal income.
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Truman
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Trucks Restricted for GH Rigs Permit Requirement
City council approved an ordinance restricting heavily loaded trucks heading to OTL rigs on residential Bay Town streets. Vehicles exceeding 5000 pounds gross must obtain a permit from the Public Works Superintendent, with fines up to 100 dollars per offense for violations and liability for street damage. The rule takes effect in 36 days and covers listed streets and states.
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Cownell
Old Bay
Missouri
Alabama
Utah
Florida
Maryland
Carolina
Wee Jersey
Kentucky
Huggins
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Eutirc
Granthsm
Gunmen Miss Shelton Gang Target in Fairfield Ambush
Fairfield police investigate an ambush that wounded 34 year old "Little Earl" Shelton as he arrived at his home. bullets from a potential sub machine gun, 45 caliber shell casings found nearby link to past Shelton gang attacks including the deaths of Big Earl Shelton last May. The Shelton clan has suffered multiple targeted shootings since October 1947 with two uncles killed previously.
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Shelton Gang
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Big Earl Shelton
Farmers’ Club
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Realtors Hear Loan Officers VA To Remain Top Real Estate Group
More than forty Bartown Real Estate Board members and guests heard BR. F. Andrews regional director VA loan guaranty division and B. D. Tucker FHA head discuss their agencies. Andrews cited VA loans totaling over 3 million dollars and more than 4 billion in guaranty obligations, noting $144,000 in GI loans in the Houston region since 1946 with few repossessions. He urged stricter appraisals and penalties for shoddy workmanship. Tucker reviewed FHA’s self support via mutual mortgage insurance fees and $20 million surplus, noting over 200 million in Houston loans since inception and a low loss rate, with 1,000+ applications monthly and delays of about seven weeks. The meeting, led by Frank Braswell, was at the Humble Dining Room with several guests introduced.
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Federal Housing Administration
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Joen Guaranty
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Tucker
Treasury
FHA
Baytown
Al-Tex Home Finance Corporation
Humble Dining Room
Brooklyn Youth Mistakenly Rides Through Soviet Zone
Sidney Schwartz a 22 year old Brooklyn youth pedaled 95 miles through the Soviet zone west of Vienna on a peasant trip from Linz to Vienna without realizing the danger. He later read Stars and Stripes reporting an American missing and went to the U S army provost marshal to explain. Military officials confirmed his account and closed the case. An aviation note states arriving aircraft have right of way over departures.
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10 Year Old Girl Hurt in Collision on Market Street
A Baytown girl, 10, was the sole injury in a morning collision on San Jacinto River Bridge. She, Bille Louise Hamilton, was treated at Baytown Hospital for bruises and shock after the car she rode in rear- collided another driven by M. E. Cozi of Lamar Courts. Cozi and his wife held a five month old daughter Linde Diane. Deputies said Cozi slowed suddenly and the Hamilton vehicle could not stop in time.
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Divorces Third Less in 1948 Than In 1949
New York report cites Metropolitan Life Insurance Company figures showing about 420000 divorces in 1948 compared with 626000 the year before. Highest rates appeared in Nevada Florida Idaho Texas Arizona Arkansas. lowest in eastern states from Vermont to Delaware and in North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Nevada
Florida
Idaho
Texas
Old Wehome
Arizona
Arkansas
Vermont
Delaware
South Carolina
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Wisconsin
Body Of Woman Found Dead Sent To Corpus
The body of Mrs. Velma Bennett Johnson, 43, who died aboard two tender at the Baytown docks early Friday, was sent by Paul O. Lee Funeral Home to Corpus Christi for burial Monday. Mrs. Johnson died of a heart attack while visiting aboard ship with her husband, Chief Engineer Howard B. Johnson. Woodrow Wilson issued the first Mother's Day proclamation.
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Classified Radio and Electrical Repair Service Ad
Classified note for Southern Radio and Electric Company offering repair services. Mentions address 253 Blarke Street in Bigtown Vatic with contact and service scope.
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