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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1950
Page
4
A concise religious note cites the Bible verse H Corinthians 5 19 about God being in Christ reconciling the world and not imputing trespasses, highlighting the ministry of reconciliation committed to believers.
The Sun endorses Mrs. Cuba Greer for Baytown city council in the April 29 runoff, praising her business savvy and fiscally prudent approach. Reeves is her opponent, with Sun editors criticizing his pamphlet and support for former critics of city governance. The paper urges Greer as the capable, dignified choice.
A Bridgeport Post reader laments dogs invading his yard and wrecking plants while neighbors dismiss his complaints. The piece blends mutual affection for pets with a humorous personal anecdote about a crocus bed, a friendly dog, and a misadventure involving a child’s underwear, ending with a light note on family life and house guests.
Sun Slants by Fred Hartman invites readers to attend christening ceremonies for two Baytown ferry boats the R. and Sterling and the Cone Johnson. The piece lauds R. S. Sterling and Cone Johnson for shaping Texas highways, discusses tunnel projects, and urges timely contract lettings to avoid delays, with Baytown pride and local political history highlighted.
Elmer Wheeler highlights Abbott Laboratories motto changing ideas changing ideals. President Reymond Horn notes two thirds of sales since 1940 come from products developed then. Abbott launched 36 drugs in 1942, 53 in 1948, 73 in 1949, tracing origins to founder Dr. L William Abbott who started with $5 ad and $15 orders, with last year’s sales surpassing $67 million.
The Baytown Sun published by The Daily Sun Company at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas lists Robert Matherne as publisher with Ered Hartman Syd Gould Beulah Mac Jackson as office manager. Subscription rates show month 8 cents, 2 months 2.65, 6 months 5, year 10, with 75 cents for armed service subscribers. all mail subscriptions payable in advance. National representative Texas. Entered at second class Baytown post office under Act of Congress of March 3 1878.
The column laments England’s crumbling colonial edge as West Indies cricket tours face a ban on rum at Southampton docks. It recalls Calypso and rum’s soothing power in Port of Spain, arguing a Calypso-rum mix could aid English cricket, though the author ends with a jab that the expected clash lacks focus.
The Federal Trade Commission will enact new Auto Pack rules to curb concealed auto loan charges, promising savings over 10 million dollars annually. The rules require itemized cost disclosures to buyers under penalty of prosecution. John A McCone named Undersecretary of Air, succeeding Arthur S Barrows who is resigning after vacation. Hoover signals readiness to resume famine relief efforts to feed starving millions.
Looking Backward Through Sun Files recalls events from five years ago including wartime fronts in Italy and political moves in Congress, plus a damaging fire in a Baytown area home and a liquor raid. Ten years prior, Norway’s mobilization efforts faltered, Roosevelt urged unity among American republics, and U.S. relief policy debated famine aid and grain distribution amid China relief talks.
An odd saga unfolds as a hen pecked husband, steering a rattling Oldsmobile, endures a tirade from his wife. A red light halts them and he cheekily suggests changing seats with her to let her drive, keeping the comic tension alive.
A fragmentary feature recounts Samuel Colt’s early idea of a revolving cylinder handgun on a ship bound for Calcutta, his initial struggles, and the revolver’s impact on the Texas Rangers, noting tests against Comanches and his evolving influence on Western dueling and lawmen in Texas.
A jumble of questions and notes from a newspaper page includes prompts about Old Testament prophets, wartime British leadership, U S presidents assassinated, Albert B. Chandler’s role before baseball commissioner, a state named for a French king, and historical dates. It also features language illustrations, quotes, and biographical blurbs with scattered names and dates.
Jumbled remarks mention Have A Laugh Jones and a friend, with phrases about someone slumping down early morning and a doctor being phoned. The text is garbled dialogue with unclear context or clear outcomes, lacking identifiable individuals or events.
Fragmented OCR text contains nonsensical quotes and figures. No coherent event or entities emerge to form a factual summary.
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