Baytown Sees A Busy Summer Ahead In 1950
Editorial notes a bustling Baytown in summer 1950 with Sears and Lee College projects. It highlights ongoing construction, new housing, waterworks work, Humble service stations, a road from Cove to Cedar Bayou, and a multi million dollar Humble lab project opening by fall. It forecasts arrival of tunnel tubes and urges updates for readers.
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Baytown
Sears
Lee College
Pruells
City Waterworks Extension
Market Street
Texas
Baytown- le Porte
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Farnsworth and Chambers Construction Company
Cove
Cedar Bayou
Wooster
Looking At Life By Erich Brandeis
A columnist urges readers to curb temper and petty anger by keeping notes of annoyances. He recalls a near miss with an aggressive driver, later learning the driver was severely injured in an accident, underscoring restraint over blame.
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Acer
Hanover County
Virginia
Kentucky
Mrs Sterling Christens Ferry Boat in Galveston Scene
Sun Slants By Fred Hartman notes Mrs R S Sterling in a high profile christening of the Sterling II ferry between Galveston and Bolivar. The piece describes the event at Todd Shipyards, the convoy of VIPs including Senator Jimmy Phillips, and the debate over ferry tolls and service free options.
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Galveston
Sterling
Cone Johnson
Bolivar
Todd Shipyards
Todd
Highway Commission
Texas
Southwest
State Highway Department
Dndsy Phillips
Jimmy Phillips
Boliver
Lke
Phillips
Ateast
How I Raised Myself to Sell by Frank Bettger Secret
Bettger recounts how being fired for laziness launched his drive to success. He details starting at Chester for 525 a month, then rising to New Haven and eventually the St. Louis Cardinals before switching to selling after an arm injury. His key lesson: force yourself to act enthusiastic and you’ll become enthusiastic, boosting earnings dramatically.
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Frank Bettger
Troe
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Frank
Efe
Chester Pennsylvania
Danny Feehan
Bettger
New Haven
Connecticut
St. Louis Cardinals
Verse of walking in the light fellowship and cleansing
A Bible verse from John urges walking in the light to have fellowship and describes the blood of Jesus Christ cleansing believers from all sin.
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Jesus
Christ
John
Reviewing Stand All Our Fish Do Reside In Such Funny Places
Henry McLemore humorously recalls his fishing misadventure in Homosassa Springs Florida. He lampoons the idea of fishing as glamorous, notes the awkward habitats fish inhabit, and details a morning spent in a rowboat with family while debating costs, box lunches, and oddities of the sport.
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Henry McLemore
Homosassa Springs
Florda
Noone
Wormean Mackwell
Davey Tree Surgeon Hospital
Mama
Jett
Sister
Stanley Taylor
Rent Control extension looks likely in Congress
Washington dispatch reports rent control has a good chance of a six month extension in Congress. President Truman seeks a full year, but aides anticipate a compromise to year end. Senate hearings open Monday with governors calling for continued regulation amid Republican and Democratic support and opposition.
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Congress
House Banking Committee
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Senate
Chester Bowies
Connecticut
Alfred Drisec
New Jersey
Adlai Stevenson
Irving Ives
New York
Allen Frear
Delaware
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
John Sparkman
Alabama
Russell Long
Louisiana
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Glen Taylor
Hisho
Ralph Flanders
Vermont
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Willis Robertson
Virginia
John Bricker
Ohio
Homer Capehart
Indiana
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Committee For Favorable Action
Senate Democratic
Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Democratic
Francia Myers
Pennsylvania
Looking Backward FIVE YEARS AGO Headline Montage
Five years ago soviet and allied leaders pursued Berlin issues while Tri Cities youths returned from a swimming party after a crash. two Wagner family members faced casualties in Germany with one killed and another missing. The era also saw Jaycees Derby ticket sales and local civic notes amid war-time headlines.
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Berlin
Tri-Cities
Pete Wagner
Jake Wagner
Ignac Wagner
Germany
Marion Wagner
Sam Wagner
The
Jaycees
Groucho Marx Hot Again As Fourth Fame Comes News
New York Daily items recount Groucho Marx amid Jolson chatter at Lindy’s. He jokes about his age and fame across vaudeville Broadway Hollywood and radio, while fans press for autographs and a Cincinnati man claims a Marx brother in town.
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New York
al Jolson
Lindy’s
Groucho Marx
Nathan Kramer
Jolson
Grouch
Somme Ein
Dr Agsin
Groucho
Palace
Hollywood
Cincinnati
Marx
Leah
Leo Lindy
Leo
Napoleon
Gummo
Senat
Magnuson
Tony 6m
Simert
Betty O
Wood
En Ohfo Zal
Larting
WPIXC
Fred Robbins Seribe
Ray Maley
Stella Adier
Juliason
England
Bear Sing
Astor and
Colony
Exio Finn
Sally Violinsky
Huda Chesters
Have A Laugh A SWEDE in ear biting trial
A strange courtroom exchange unfolds as the prosecutor cites a Swede witness in a biting case. The defense questions the witness, who denies seeing the defendant bite the ear, prompting the judge to seek a clear answer on the stand.
Father of the Tennessee Valley Authority named
The text asks who has been called the father of the Tennessee Valley Authority, mentions questions about a U S coin, Alaska's potential statehood rank, and which two Great Lakes Niagara River connects. It includes dated historical snippets and trivia style prompts.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
United States
Alaska
Great Lakes
Niagara River
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