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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1949
Page
2
Column continues on the imagined image of Truman as a GOP hopeful. Critics mock policy attacks as pretentious, noting advisers like James F. Byxon and Bernard Baruch influence Washington discourse.
Romanians seized a pistol from a military guard aboard a Romanian airliner and forced the pilot to fly to Belgrade. The flight from Bucharest landed with 15 passengers and five crew. Yugoslav guards surrounded the plane. asylum terms were not announced.
Weather permitting a search for a four place plane missing on a Fairbanks to Amarillo flight will begin today. Civil Air Patrol rescue chief Lt Col Howard Smith said landing strips across the state had not been checked yet and the plane might have landed safely last night.
Baytown VFW Post 12 received recognition for distinguished service from Harris County VFW Council officers at a Houston meeting. Rex V. Poston urged attention to Veterans Hospital patients, noting the need for electric razors, wheelchairs, radios, and TVs, and encouraged more citizen visits, especially at Christmas and New Year. Posts 2008, 4344 and 3542, all in Houston, were also cited for distinguished service.
Dial in at Band 221 or 921 for the Saturday morning lineup featuring Deacon’s round-up with farm news by Ean Boesner, De Gest Pioneers, and various devotional and music segments. Football fans are urged to join Arthur Marshall’s game updates and related broadcasts.
A Pasadena official urged the state to set long distance telephone rates. Mayor San Hoover said a special committee would press Harris County legislators for legislation to be ready for a January special session. The committee includes Hoover and several other city leaders from West University Place Deer Park Bellaire and Galena Park.
FRANKFURT Germany Dec 5 An AWOL American soldier and his German girlfriend with a baby lived in a camouflaged canvas tent in woods on Grafenwoehr reservation until caught by U S Military Police A German Forestry Service worker discovered the improvised shelter and alerted authorities Moffit Melborne C of Hominy Oklahoma disappeared from Bremervhaven last March while en route to the United States
Hutson takes the oath as school trustee as Voelcker outlines classroom daylighting and new prefabricated concrete slabs for Horace Mann Junior High. Plans for Tee College building near completion. Gentry notes bookkeeping reports required for state funding. Board approves five head operated adding machines costing 1291.50 and two pianos for Carver Schools. Landscaping plans for the new administration building proceed. Supreme Court settles Bell versus Meucci on telephone invention.
The judge stated the court must perform its duty with a non pleasant sentence, continuing a discussion about leniency for former GOP solon Thomas. Holtack noted the defendant had submitted several papers to justify a lighter punishment, citing his congressional record.
A first time reunion occurred in Baytown on a Wednesday when Bob Tanner of Hamburg Arkengas visited his sister Mss. W. J. Calpes on the Messey Tompkins Road. Sam Tanner, living in Bartown, joined the gathering reuniting with the eldest brother after 43 years. Other visiting family members included Bob Tanner’s wife and two married daughters.
Howard Lee, formerly bulk sales manager, to lead St. Perl's Lutheran Church congregation for the coming year. He succeeds J. T. Mgebroff as president. New officers include W. H. Keintschel as vice president Paul Hoglund secretary W. G. Mettke treasurer A A. Bolle financial secretary and E. H. Eschenburg custodian Members approved the 1950 budget and refreshments followed the congregational meeting.
The Girl Scouts of Troop 16 met at the school for a business session to outline a 2 to 5 p.m. December 15 Christmas party at Mrs. Or Chaplin's home. They worked on the second class badge and drew names for Christmas presents. Attendees included Harleen David, Kay Danks, Evelyn Stephan, Zucile Briggs, Lina Sue Busshart, Oleta Martin, Coleen Pierce, Claudette Robinson, Claudelle White, Linda Ray Prince, Margaret Ann Morgen, Grecie Marie Burek, Kethrynt Yendell, and several Mrs. Chaplin household members.
Livestock: cattle fully steady with a cleanup trade. Receipts mostly odds and ends of medium and lower grades. One load good fed steers 24.00. Yearlings scarce. Cows and bulls varied 10.06 24.00, 14.06 16.50 for bulls. Calves 18.50 low to 35.00 midrange. Hogs mostly steady 200 270. Sows 12.00 14.02. Feeder pigs 14.60 down.
In St Louis on December 15 1953 local telephony workers walk out with Brashear and CIO leadership hinting at wider action. Reports mention Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and other states potentially joining as the stoppage impacts industry. Brazil's exports to England are briefly noted in this fragmented text.
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