National Water Demands Rise Across Industry and Farm
Washington sees growing strain from industrial and agricultural water use. Officials expect future presidential budgets to seek larger Interior Department funded desalting research as droughts and falling water tables intensify the shortage. An advisory weather committee reports by June on weather control feasibility.
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Washington
Interior Department
Interior
Douglas McKay
Great Plains
Anahuac Neighbors Share Film Reflections and News
The Sun News Desk notes Anahuac residents discuss The Last Command and its depiction of the Alamo. locals compare Davy Crockett portrayals, mention Baytown Anahuac ties, Trinity bridges shortening travel, and report Lions club lunch in Baytown with Floyd Williams family links.
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Baytown
Trinity
Anahuac
Raytown
Anahwac
Chambers County
Floyd Williams
Kathy Jo
Floyd
Chambers County Lions
Leos of
J. B
Jimbo) Wooldridge
T. Paul White
W. R K. Womack
George Berryman
Eugene T. Jenson
The New York Secondhand Garment World Explored
An ironic look at New Haven Yale thrifters Cambridge Harvard men and Manhattan Salvation Army stores. It follows Elizabeth Street New York as a bustling hub where used coats pants suits and other garments pass from donors to peddlers and dealers often ending far abroad while local actors like Fi buck Widder Joseph Keezer and the Used Clothing Dealers' Assn. pace the trade.
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ENW
York
New Haven
Yale
Matt
Fi'buck" Widder
Elm
High
Cambridge
Harvardian
Joseph Keezer
Manhattan
Salvation Army
Elizabeth Street
New York
Bombay
Abouisat Youseff
Mikeleh
Negroce
No. 9
London
Belgian Congo
India
Hong Kong
Bolikort Bros
Africa
Peddier
Warning on chain letters from a wary editor
A newspaper office rejects chain letters as a dead end for readers and writers. The writer recalls a mysterious anonymous "good luck prayer" and explains why he broke the chain, noting the impracticality of relaying such messages while acknowledging genuine goodwill. The passage cites a biblical verse about Jesus’ surrender, death, and resurrection from Mark 9:31.
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Tike
Jetter
Chain letter promise turns risky hook for luck seekers
The author reflects on a belief in luck and a chain letter promising a $33,000 return on a $3 investment. He admits the lure of copying the number 1148 and awaits events after four days. He recalls waiting 12 days near Yucca Flat, fearing a delayed blast and contemplating whether the chain letter could work without mailing it.
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Yucca
Baytown Sun staff and rates notice amid city listings
Baytown Sun details its weekday publication schedule and staff roles including editor Fred Hartman and advertising director. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, with monthly, quarterly, and yearly options, and notes its second class matter status at the Baytown post office.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbei
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd S. Gould
Bevian Mae Jackson
Mall
Armed Services
Postoffice
You're Telling Me! By William Ritt
An editorial column praising Eisenhower secretary choices and Weeks defense of dollar strength. It notes prosperity ahead by about $10.9 billion vs last year and references White House visitor totals and Democratic stance on renovations.
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William Ritt
Commerce
Weeks
Stcretary
Grace Stewart
Truman
Faeppaintsh
Eisenhower
New York
Jered Ainlen
Justice Department
Brownell
Stewart
Mullen
Joqwas
Anecdotes From Davy Crockett Diary For Hell In Harness
Anecdotes from Davy Crockett's diary while in Congress reveal he traveled by horse, stage, and steamboat from 1827. He describes early railroad travel from Baltimore to Frenchtown and Bordentown NJ, quoting remarks about horses and a humorous railroad incident, noting Crockett's health-motivated travel final years.
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Davy Crockett's
Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Davy Crockett
Congress
Colonel Crockett
Tennessee
Davy
Baltimore
Frenchtown
New York
Bordentown
Canton and Amboy
South Am~boy
Mystery of the smog solved by city leader report
City Manager C D Middleton announced the mystery of the smog has been solved. A chemiccal report cited hydrogen sulfide in the air that paused hundreds of houses in West Baytown. Council approved an ordinance by a six to one vote, led by Councilman R R Bergeron, to address the incident and prevent future harm.
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C.D. Middleton
West Baytown
Earncil
R. R. Bergeron
Notable figures and world trivia quiz highlights
Answers relate to Rudolph Valentino death year 1926, distance San Francisco to Melbourne about 9 000 nautical miles via South China Sea, Friday named for goddess Freya, World War I cemetery in Flanders fields Belgium, and president of the United Nations General Assembly. Also featured are profiles of Alfred P. Sloan and John Hoyt, plus birthday notices and misc trivia clues.
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Rudolph Valenting
Nantical Miles
San Francis
Melbourne
Australia
Flanders Field
United Nations General Assembly
Freya
Belgium
van Bleffens
Netherlands
Alfred TP. Sloan
John Hoyt
Washington Transit Seizure Pressures Exposed in 1950s Lobbying
Washington Merry-Go-Round reveals how lobbyists pressured the White House to sign a capital transit seizure bill before a strike crippled the capital. It details contributions by Capital Transit owner Louis Wolfson, Senate pressure, and White House delay before a last minute veto threat. The piece cites Senators Morse and Bridges, Chief aides, and DC officials in a tangled backroom effort surrounding the seizure bill and political influence.
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Washington
White House
Drew Pearson
District of Columbia
Capital Transit Company
Jong
Louis Wolfson
Florida
Capital Transit
Montgomery Ward
Wahsington
Congress
Sam Raburn
Ike
Walfson
Waller Warren
Wolfson
Wayne Morse
Ore
Senate District of Columbia
McNamara
Morse
Symington D
Borse
DC Committee
Pat McNamara
Michigan
Pat
David Charnay
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Sam Rayburn
Sam Spencer
Spencer
Sherman Adams
Oregon
Bridges
New Hammshire
Charnay
Bloise Tala Spencer
Washington Board of Trade
Capital ‘Transit
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Jim Bowie
Fort Anahuac
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Fess Parker
Arthur Hunnicut
Arthur Hunnicutt
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J. J. Jackson
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Fred A. Rodgers
Jetty Dale
Stanton Dalit
B. E. Rodgers
Abilene
Central Press
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Princeton
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