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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1952
Page
5
A fugitive described as 43 with brown hair and brown eyes claims an English accent and two years of college. His listed jobs include taxicab driver and auditor. he bears four coiled serpent and English marine service insignia on his arms and uses aliases R. J. Jeeger and Royal G iia.
U S MARINES, Inc. August 25 reports Marine airman T Sgt Edward H Ablinsky of Cleveland chose five days of battle leave in Japan to fight with the First Marine regiment at Bunker and Siberia hills to honor his brother Robert killed last September. Navy photographer Myles E Vallejo notes Ablinsky arrived as the regiment was thrown into combat and earns praise from ground troops. The piece ends with a stray line about adult toad life.
Washington Aug 25 Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam urged housewives to boycott scarce items to curb high food prices. He blamed Congress Republicans and some Democrats for inflation, criticized ending price controls on produce, and warned of rising costs from ended credit controls. He urged Americans to reduce purchases of scarce goods as a protest.
Texas Beso standings show Dallas at 81, Fort Worth 79, Tulsa 71 with Shreveport, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Beaumont, Houston and others in the mix. American League and National League tables list New York, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Cincinnati, with recent games: New York 4 Detroit 2, Brooklyn 10 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 5 New York 3, Chicago 3 Boston 4, Philadelphia 0 14. Monday’s schedule awaits.
A compact league by league batting leaders list shows Fain of Philadelphia Mitchell of Cleveland and Woodling of Cleveland among AL leaders with high averages. In the NL Musial of St Louis Kluszewski of Cincinnati Lockman of New York Atwell of Chicago and Robinson of Brooklyn figure among top hitters. The article also notes home runs and runs batted in leaders, with selections such as Sauer, Kiner, Hodges and Berra listed, alongside pitching leaders Roe, Shantz, Raschi and Black. It also mentions Yuhas and Beer in the pitching notes and includes a brief remark on Milwaukee beer shipments to foreign posts for diplomatic personnel.
Palmer S. Mack, Long Island railroad superintendent, argues that new coach seats facing each other offer greater intimacy. He notes it hardly matters if one or four passengers are disturbed when a seat is vacated, asserting the essential point is the experience for riders and that annoyance persists regardless of seating arrangement.
Fort Wayne Indiana reports a tragic drowning as 1 year old Richard Lovell died in a bathtub while his mother prepared for a birthday party. The coroner noted death at 1 20 p.m., the exact hour and minute of the boy's birth. Salt in water cited as a contributing factor per early report.
GRIDLEY Calif Aug 25 Tyrone Shaeffer an eight year old baker in five months won a red ribbon in the Butte county fair baking contest entering a white layer cake that took second prize. Cairo Egypt Aug 25 Abolition of the fez as Egyptian dress will be studied by a government committee.
Senator Key says the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors will hold a hearing on September 30 at Army Engineers HQ Gravelly Point to review the recommendation that the government contribute no more than the $1,212,000 already paid to Oklahoma and Texas for a Willis Ferry bridge across Lake Texoma.
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