La Porte official rouses Highlands Rotary at luncheon
The La Porte district attorney’s office stirred a luncheon crowd from the Highlands Rotary Club at noon yesterday. A large, affable La Porte officer, repeatedly featured in county headlines, defended the legal freeness of the grand jury and said the law restricts prosecutions that the books deem illegal. He praised law enforcement agencies while noting they all have problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Thal
Sable Dale Richardson
la Porte
Highlands Rotary Club
Grand Jury
Possible hurricane off Galveston claims life of Thad Fenelon
Thad Fenelon Jr age, son of Mr and Mrs T P Fenelon Sr of Gresham, dies in Houston hospital after a polio illness. Services set for tomorrow at Paul A Lee Funeral Home with Rev Jor W officiating. Burial at Rest Cemetery. Fenelon was a University of Houston student, former Robert E Lee student, and DeMolars member. He had been in Houston since a sore throat and fever, with polio diagnosed by Sunday. He came to Baytown with his parents in 1947, graduating from Horace Mann and Robert E Lee. He planned to resume studies in engineering at University of Houston. He was employed by Humble Oil and Refining Co. in Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Fenelon, Jr
T. P. Fenelon, Sr
Gresham
Tam, Moring
Houston
Pital
Baytown
Smorrow
Paul A. Lee
Mls. Jor
Grace Methodist
Rest
Welvers
Kay
Kenneth
Enths
Fenelon
University of Housv
University Fusion
Ton
Biether
Humble Oil
Rea Tapany
Baytown Snippets Mix Of People And Daily Life
A fragmented Baytown clipping lists local names and scenes including Potter and Mrs Annie Atherton sharing coffee, Dot Hill preparing for Lufkin, a babysitting note, Mrs C K Scott shedding an old cast, Elsie Sheffield downtown routines, S E L Tanner at school, Bailey with a well trained pup, a jailer buying a shotgun, and Dr Ben Ammons facing a fine while local residents, including Gordon Lee Royston, celebrate birthdays and family events on TV news at 5:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Imazura
Potter
Annie Atherton
Dot Hill
Lufkin
C.K. Scott
Elsie Sheffield
S. EL Tanner
Colting School
Bailey
Tadlock
Ben Ammons
Pson
Young Baytown
Rlee-Tv
Little’ Gordon
Lee Royston
DR. Waugh
Baytown
Acheson Maps Policy on Greece and UN Role
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged Russia and Balkan allies to help end the Greek civil war in a major UN General Assembly policy address. He urged continuation of the UN Palestine Commission and urged the Soviets to join in renewed consultations for a settlement. The speech outlined U.S. support for a permanent Jerusalem regime, UN trusteeship over Italian Somaliland, Libyan independence, and expanded UN technical aid and Korea's UN commission.
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Acheson
P.S
Russia
Flushing
Dean Acheson Todey
Balkan
United Nations General Assembly
UK Security Council
Belgrade- Moscow
Marshal Tito
Premi Stilin
General Assembly
Sttalian Commission
Greece
Ussr
Balkan Commission
UN Assembly
Palestine
United States
Jerusalem
Palestine Commission
Libya
Ethiopia
Sudan
Italian Somaliland
My Reyuern
United Nations
Korea
UN Korean Commission
Fair Committees Appointed General Meeting Set For Tuesday
Organization of the Baytown Fair to be held November 1 32 and 13 began rolling today. Committees were appointed at a meeting in the Baytown Chamber of Commerce offices last night and members were instructed to meet within the week and report back at a general meeting on Tuesday September 21. The fair committee is composed of all members of the various committees with Chairman Theo Wilburn inviting anyone interested to attend the meeting at the chamber offices Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Theo Wilburn
T Psa
Chamber
George L. Keene
R. T. Kerr
WC. Swain
Ben F. Ammons
A . Terbutton
Syd Gould
RT. Kerr
L. D. Wilburn
F. A. Richardsor
Bert Roessner
Hugh Eshels
R. M. Minter
W. D. Weter
Ernest Sebesta
Midway
Chamber ‘Military Affairs Committee
Max Brown
T. A. James
Rufus Bonevent
Grover Edge
Time For Health Officer Vacancy Meeting Changed Time
Baytown officials moved the health officer vacancy meeting to 4 30 p m at City Hall to avoid a conflict with a San Jacinto Memorial staff meeting The city seeks a Baytown doctor to replace Dr Tom Reinke who resigned after a dispute with the council over tap control Tara City officials and advisory board members Dr Clyde Fuller Dr Wilani E Sharp Dr George D Bruce Dr H L B S Naylor and Lowell Lammers will attend The meeting was requested by physician board members and includes Mayor J A Ward and City Sanitarian Odis Muennink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Board of Health
CD. Middleton
San Jacinto Memorial
Tom Reinke
Tara
Midadieton
Odis ‘Muennink
Clyde. Fuller
Wilani E. Sharp
George
Hlbs Naylor
Lowell Lammers
Reinke
House Returns to Work As Senate Faces Heavy Agenda
Washington September 21 The U S House ended a month long recess and quickly increased workload for the Senate The chamber approved a small bill setting surplus import disposal procedures and sent three major appropriation measures to conference The 15 0 billion military spending bill the interior appropriation and a deficiency bill were pressed The House leader predicted the rest of the session may last two months or 50 days and potential action on social security expansion and a 150 0 806 Korean aid bill A Senate debate loomed over the role of the atomic bomb in Atlantic Pact defense and the arm bill moving forward despite questions about when where and by whom nuclear use would occur
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Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Rayburn
Congress
Europe
U. S. House
Paving Main Street in Highlands Underway
County equipment moved in as crews ready to pave Highlands Main Street. Plans, compiled by the Retail Merchants Association, call for curb and gutter options at a shared cost of 2.75 per front foot, with property owners covering waving materials. Ray Martin named paving committee chair, Clayton Dubose and B.A. Thigpen named members to push the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands
Tvorkmen
Main
Retail Merchants Association
B. A. Mayther
Enrners
Wein
Ray Martin
Clayton Dubose
BA. Thigpen Az
Grasby State
Mother's Attempted Double Tragedy In Houston Flat
Detectives report Mrs Harriet Potter attempted to kill herself and her three year old son Larry by filling their apartment with gas fumes in Houston. A violent explosion demolished walls and yard area as neighbors pulled Potter from the debris. Larry survived largely unharmed, cradled by heavy beams that shielded his crib. A scorched note on the kitchen table expressed despair about the mess and giving up.
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Houston
Sept
Harriet
Tokyo Rose Treason Trial Nears Verdict This Week
San Francisco dispatch details the Tokyo Rose treason trial of Iva Toguri D Aquino after 53 days of testimony. Prosecutors and defense near final summaries as jurors, six men and six women, face two opposite versions of her wartime Radio Tokyo broadcasts and alleged eight covert acts intended to lower U S morale.
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United States
Iva Toguti Daguine
Tokyo Rose
San Francisco
Tokyo
Rose
U. S
Iva Toguri D’aquino
University ‘of California
Tom de Wolfe
Stoicism. Co
Michael’ J. Roche
Prcovet
Tokyo Rose case highlights defense on nine counts
Prosecution called 51 witnesses including Japanese officials and Radio Tokyo staff. American troops, FBI agents, and reporters listened to Zero Hour. Defense argues Mrs D Aquino allied with POWs who wrote scripts aiding the Allied effort. Collins cites 25 witnesses and 19 depositions to show she was one of many broadcasters using Tokyo Rose and that she helped prisoners by delivering food and materials under duress. She is Portuguese citizen by marriage to Felipe D Aquino.
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Pacific
Radio Tokyo
FBI
Army
D’aquino
Collins
Diz. Aquing
Tokyo
Rose
Truman Asks Six Day Extension Of Strike Truce
President Truman requests a six day extension of the steel strike truce as talks continue. Cyrus Ching and mediation officials may announce tomorrow whether a new extension is agreed. The White House notes the necessity of a settlement for national interest. In coal news, United Mine Workers press southern operators for back welfare fund payments before contract talks resume. Ford says progress on pension talks but no final agreement yet.
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Washington
Truman
CSP
Philp “Murray
Cio Steelworkers Union
Fed
Eral
Cyrus
Ching
Ty Weide
Trumen
Pruman
White House
Bluefield
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern
John S. Gunes
UMW
Union Welfare Fund
Ike
Ford
United Auto
School Board Sets Special Meeting on Music Policy
George H. Gentry, superintendent, called a special board of trustees meeting for 7 30 p m next Monday to discuss a Bayt rule about private music teachers and pupil music during school hours. Faculty and principals complained the practice caused disruption and teachers urged advance notice in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Gentry
Bayt
Baltimore plane maker testifies in B-36 memo case
The court nearing its end heard Worth declare that he gathered seven items from Martin at a Baltimore meeting and prepared a compilation of facts and rumors for his own use and for Senator Millard and Senator Tydings. He said his understanding was to provide material for a broader information set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Martin
Martin
House Armed Services Committee
Worth
Baltimore
Sanford B. D. Wood
Werth
Pydings
Storm Centers 150 Miles Out in Mexican Gulf
Houston September 24officers warned boat owners along the coast to keep vessels in port as squalls churned the Gulf 150 miles southeast of Galveston and 300 miles south of New Orleans though official advisories reported no storm center yet forming. Weather officials noted bands showed little movement and no circulation evidence.
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Mexican Gulf
Houston
Gulf
Galveston
Stevens
Jews To Ushers In New Year Services To Continue Two Days
Beytown Jews will usher in the New Year or Rosh Hashana with services at Knesseth Israel Synagogue, Rabbi Lemuel Schwartz announced. Services will continue through the next two days ending at dusk Sunday. Rosh Hashana marks the start of a ten day penitential period leading to Yom Kippur, observances noted as the birthday of humanity. Rabbi Schwartz explained the services provide a break between the ordinary days with prayers at 7: p.m. Friday and at 8: a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Beytown
Knesseth Israel
Lemuel, Schwartz
Raph Schwartz
Fire Causes 1400 Damage at Highlands Apartment
Highlands Fire Chief Tim Collins reports a garage apartment on Clear Lake Road was damaged by a 4:30 pm blaze yesterday. The upstairs unit occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wilson likely started from an electric refrigerator. Ground floor residents Mr. and Mrs. J Anthony also suffered damage from fire or water exposure. No injuries reported.
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Clear Lake Road
Highlands
Tim Collins
Leroy Wilson
Widow Clings to Dead Husband Four Months in Bed
A widow keeps her late husband’s body in their bed for four months after his death on September 21 from apnea, according to sparse OCR notes. The fragment mentions bereavement and a long period of contact with the deceased.
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Texas
W. Cox
State
J. C. Kannarr
S Howard Lee
Gould
Ibra Yount
T. W. Lyons
T. Manning
Thad Fennema
David
Arnett
J. A. Hale
W. C. Swain
S. T. Weaver
James Sherwood
Perry Britton
H. E. McKee
Brown
Dan Clinton
Briscoe
U.S. House
Tot
Japan
Los Angeles
Pearl Harbor
Aiiect
Eroops
Wayne MM. Collins
U.S
Hinabor
Navy
Court Aaeiin
Martin Linked
Sour Bend
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