This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1949
Page
2
A report notes renewed talk of a bus strike in Houston with key mediator involvement last month. Officials aim to avert trouble through dialogue and potential meeting with the mentor, hoping a peaceful outcome before Christmas.
The Jayceeettes implement a cash-gift drive via the bureau to reach more families in need. The program aims to let parents choose essentials and avoids mis delivering gifts, with civic clubs churches and individuals urged to donate cash for flexible purchases.
BERUIN December 10 reports Gerhard Eisler fugitive from U S justice and propaganda chief of the new German state was sharply reprimanded by Communist bosses. The Die Welt note says Eisler jumped bail and fled to avoid possible jail for perjury and was forbidden to make political statements in the future. Also pasted notices announce the adoption of Lidna Carel, born November 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs Knox of 1914 Wright Boulevard, and obituary Preston Bréckeen of Houston in a fatal auto crash south of Devine.
East Harris County voters push petitions to ban liquor and 3.2 beer. Leaders aim to trigger an election within 20 to 30 days, hoping for a January 31, 1954 deadline to align with existing poll tax receipts. Rev. S L S Jordan chairs the campaign’s Zimance committee and James L Hutson leads transportation. J McBryan notes the council voted to pursue 32 beer in the drive. About 15 pastors and several Laytown ministers back the effort.
George Gollum 23 a co defendant with fiancee Beulah Overell jailed on auto theft charge in Greenville He claimed to have bought the car in Savannah and did not know it was stolen He will face federal trial in February Bond set at 2500 and he refused to discuss his past full details remain unclear
Program rundown reads like a local broadcast schedule with morning devotions and daily religious segments. Names Deacon Massey and Earl Roesner appear among items on a small station list.
In Dallas officers pursued a 1500 pound bull that escaped at Swift and Company. After riders and four squads failed, a high powered rifle and armor piercing shot finally felled the animal. A Swift employee then killed it with a knife, but the bull staggered upright again before a final shot ended the chase.
Baytown veterans buying homes under new GI loan provisions must pay an earnest one percent of the loan to the broker, refundable at closing or if the deal falls through through no fault of the veteran. Realtors said the measure protects owners and agents from time and cost losses, with minimums $50 for a $5,000 loan and $50 for a $2,000 loan. New officers were installed for the Baytown Real Estate Board at the meeting, and veteran housing news dominated the session. A birth announcement rounds out the report with James Sydney Lee Eliott born December 9 to Mr and Mrs O L Ellicott.
Pvt James A Lawson of Aldosta Georgia found a curly haired infant abandoned in a luggage locker on a bus route from Paso Texas. The baby, wrapped in a ramn blanket with a nursing bottle nearby, was taken first to a hospital and then to the Harris County Emergency Home for Children where she was reported in good health.
Officials declined to confirm if Mitchell’s statement violated security as a Kiwanis Club meeting on November 28 suggested the next war would differ from World War I. The claim posits Russians would strike caves in the Southwest housing atomic stockpile and airfields for counterattacks. William Frye, defense spokesman, said he had no basis for Mitchell’s remarks and denied any access to atomic energy information during his service.
A congressional subcommittee cites alleged collusion between a Brazilian exporter and local dealers as driving up coffee prices for consumers. Witnesses show US imports in the first nine months of 1949 were about seven percent higher than the same period in 1948 while estimated US consumption declined by about five percent.
The Cedar Bayou Band Club will present a minstrel show at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Cedar Bayou School auditorium. Band Director A O Bailey acts as interlocutor with end men T Poston McNeil Lamar Jones and Wallace Tate. Admission is 25 cents with profits going to the band treasury.
The Junior Choir presents a Christmas cantata Ye Music of Bethlehem by Fred B. Holton at 7 20 p m Sunday in Grace Methodist Church directed by Mrs Paul H Black with Miss Jones Lesle accompanying Plans call for a live offering for the Methodist Home in Wecco The choir will perform Ring On Song The Song of The Morning To Bethlehem Draw Wear Let Heaven and Nature Sing etc Special penl will be given by Charles Crathirds Miss Wilburn Nancy Barker Curtiss Bow es Clarence Porter Meudine and Vaudine Beal and E C Baird.
Mrs W W Harris of Bay Ville went to Bryan last week after her father was hurt in an accident. Today she has two patients to care for rather than one as Howell of Bryan remains in concussion and Hermushends, who accompanied, are at the Bowell home in Bryan.
Senator Scott W. Lucas, veteran Democratic leader, braces for a hard re election battle as he contemplates a December 27 candidacy announcement and faces likely April primary opposition from Chicago corporation counsel Benjamin Adamowski. GOP nemesis Everett Dirksen looms as a strong rival, while party figures like Jake Arvey and Mayor Kennelly weigh in to back Lucas or back up allies in a bid to control the Illinois Senate.
The Baytown Area Girl Scouts will sing Christmas carols Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Baytown Community House. Mothers are invited. the event time corrects yesterday’s Sun report. Russ Atenne Watson, Girl Scout executive for Boytown, sold today.
W N Holzmenn of De Quincy Louisiana new assistant district superintendent of Missouri Pacific was honor guest and principal speaker at Mopac Boosters Christmas party at Grace Methodist Church. Chief Booster R L Sisson presided. program featured Brigadier sextet and group singing by Mrs J E Blackburn before about 120 Missouri Pacific employees and families.
Grover Edge has returned from Dallas where he attended the second annual school of instruction for service officers of veterans organizations. More than 200 service officers from Texas plus a few from nearby states attended. The school was sponsored by the Austin Veterans Affairs Committee with major support from the Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Disabled American Veterans.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.