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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1951
Page
3
A wartime era study notes a population decline on farms since 1947 despite modern farming advances. Soil conservation, machinery, better planting, and crop research offset labor losses while cotton area drops show yields holding steady. A Wisconsin survey links farm exodus to rising living standards for those remaining.
Police say Mauldin, 22, of Leon i Fansin County and Billy man, 24, of Gainesville, were arrested after a 2:20 am shooting killed a woman. Hickwen's body reportedly had four wounds and the husband, with their infant present, led to the scene. Authorities at headquarters await further statements.
Washington report on a remote Brazilian village shows contempt for city folks despite adopting some urban ways. Women use makeup, farmers protest middlemen profits, and villagers take pride in a local term that translates to Rubes. The unnamed Cruz Das Almas village near Sao Paulo houses a few hundred residents in an 18 month study led by Donald Pierson and Brazilian assistants.
Fort Worth police captured a three foot alligator found on a front lawn cooling under a water sprinkler. The reptile, identified as one previously captured at Eagle Lake and later escaped from a pet, was donated to the Fort Worth Zoo by the owner’s mother after police confirmed the capture.
Fort Worth patrolman Jack Comer challenged a young Black suspect with a membership card from The Crime Prevention Club of America after catching him prowling a used car lot. The incident describes the card as the suspect's identification.
Visiting hours are listed for patients at San Jacinto Memorial including W. L. Mathews, Mrs ELM Clark, Mrs Lester Holmes, Mrs James T Lemineck, Mrs Louis Hrabina, Gordon R Morris, Mrs Liz Bell Huffman, Zelma Jane Tyree, Mrs George C Fuller, Mrs Henry R Reichle, Mrs Clarence V Boehme, Sally K Cole, Aliss Lillie Organ and John Caldwell.
Stanford Kentucky EPA era Miss America figure former title holder Mrs Joseph Murp Jr aged 26 trails in a four candidate Democratic nomination race for the House of Representatives. She ranks fourth with 96 votes as counting resumes after a halt Saturday. Incumbent Ai G Thompson leads with 288, E C Mullins 233, Cabell Francis 210. She vows not to concede.
Cairo reports Foreign Minister Ssigh El Din Bey told Parlement Egypt will not support Britain in a world war and will denounce the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty allowing British troops in the Suez Canal Zone. The pact also covers joint Sudan administration. In Galveston a discarded infant case yields no leads as officers search for the unidentified baby found last Friday.
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