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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
8
North Korean pursuit of two American soldiers turns into a comic escape tale as Gubenia and Bates stagger through hills and hammocks, dodge a large NK force, and finally stumble back to safety. A Treasury letter notes a tax shortage and a joking request for change in air mail stamps.
Korea era bond redemptions increase with inflation fears prompting cashouts. Treasury paid out 50.3 million more in June than new sales, with July figures showing sales at 317.59 million and redemptions at 367.89 million. May and June also show redemptions surpassing sales, signaling demand for ready cash to fund future purchases like cars and TVs.
Robert C. Miller profiles Marines in Korea as they train, deploy, and engage in battle. Troops display confidence, top equipment, and tough discipline, stressing ground control and rapid attacking strategy. Army skeptics respect their combat record and heritage from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima.
North Korean radio said Hungarian medical units and Bulgarian doctors arrived in Korea on July 22 to aid the Red armies, a military spokesman disclosed. The broadcast claimed a fund drive in Hungary Czechoslovakia Poland and Albania to aid bombing victims. A spokesman quipped if any female broadcasters existed they would be called Pyongyang Petunia. Springfield law bars rooster crowing before sunrise with a $200 fine.
Two American pilots flying unarmed observation T-6 planes strafed a North Korean tank and troop column with a .45 pistol, claiming to stop the enemy. The incident led Major General Partridge to order .30-caliber machine guns on liaison aircraft. Pilots Wa Pel and C F Brown reported engaging targets near Kamekton, northwest of Faesu, with Brown firing from the cockpit as Upell dived low to spot the column. The story notes possible retirement of the T-6 as liaison aircraft and previews a new, night-capable aircraft with blind-flying instruments and navigational radio for the Far East Command.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad says it will manufacture 15 all steel streamlined cabooses with desks for conductors and trainmen leather lounges refrigeration and electric lights while retaining the traditional hand-fired coal stove
Chicago report notes a tax rule requiring gentlemen farmers to prove intent to profit before deducting farming losses on federal income tax. The Commerce Clearing House explains that the IRS tests whether farming is for pleasure or profit, with ownership of country estates and stock breeding as indicators.
Looking Backward from The Sun reviews five years past headlines noting a dramatic atomic bomb claim, a presidential statement, and the death of Senator Hiram W. Johnson. It recalls a heat wave, Mont Belvieu damage, Goose Creek rat control, and local wedding, birth, and marriage notices amid wartime events.
City Manager C D Middleton released the week of August 3 report showing total parking meter intake at 778.46 dollars near the pre slump average. In Mid Baytown area slugs disrupted meters with six more slugs noted, raising concerns of meter tampering and theft.
Funeral services for Guy S Dunlap 59 of Houston were held Sunday afternoon after his death Friday in Palestine Survivors include his son Guy G Dunlap and granddaughter Patricia Jon Dunlap both of Baytown A separate Notre Dame note mentions a campus explosion with no injuries and a bystander report of near collisions involving fallback candidates.
Rates for one to 26 day classifications are shown with per word pricing. Ads must be ordered before 10 am on publication day and are cash with order. A weekly courtesy charge applies for phone orders until payment is received. Cards of banks, legal notices, lodge notices, page one readers, and in memoriam notices available on request. The paper limits liability to one incorrect insertion.
Personal items listed for hire and trade including floor sanders hand sanders and pollanerae offered by G. Williams in Greham contact Dial 6712 for details.
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