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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1951
Page
3
Saturday opening at 116 West Texas Avenue promises prizes from the Sale Factory Outlet Inc. A tacky woman will receive a set of speeds from the store as first prize. Two six month supplies of shoes and a house choice are also offered as prizes in this unusual self service event.
The Turn Style shoe store on Texas Avenue introduces a self service layout with ten upholstered divans and two four deck turnstiles displaying shoes all in one size per station. It carries 42 brands and over 3000 pairs. owners are G. W. Tarpley and John Wilson. Wilson, 34, Baytown newcomer, and Tarpley, 35, Brownfield native, lead the venture with Navy and Army backgrounds respectively. They reside at 403 East De Fee and 38 West Cleveland, belong to local churches, and have two and one child respectively.
Two Baytown students pursue bachelor degrees at North Texas State College Commencement set for 8 p m August 24 in the new men s gymnasium Dr Ben H Wooten Dallas chairman NTCS Board of Regents to speak Clark A McLemore seeks bachelor of arts with a speech major Mrs Lucille McLemore Waddell seeks bachelor of science in library service She already holds a bachelor s degree
Reports from the mainland claim official graft and bribery spread to Hong Kong Macao and major cities Canton and Shanghai while the early post conquest period was cleaner. The article notes a lingering “outstretched itching palm” of officials as corruption grows again amid the regime.
Austin Texas needs an estimated 41630 additional pickers to harvest the cotton crop due to continuing drought and poor prospects in many areas. Henry Leblanc of the Texas Employment Commission notes shortages in poor yield districts while higher wages attract workers from other regions. He cites Cameron and Jim Wells County as examples with low yields and high delivered prices, and cites northward migration from the Lower Rio Grande Valley as a factor. About 2,600,100 Americans suffer from diabetes.
An anecdote recalls the Society for the Genesee banquet in Rochester where early settlers who moved to Manhattan prospered and honored Louis Wiley of The New York Times. Wiley dictated three letters to his secretary one inviting, one accepting, and one thanking himself for a swift response. The secretary sighs at the twist in the tale.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin reported that an intruder broke into his office last week and stole about 20,000 pieces of correspondence. He said no secret letters were taken and called the incident disturbing and annoying.
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