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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1949

Page

2

Missouri Governor Averts Impending Phone Strike

Missouri Governor Smith expresses confidence that a planned phone strike will be averted as health issues complicate mediation efforts. A six state governors conference in St Louis is the second mediation meeting this winter, following a similar October session that helped settle a Missouri Pacific railroad labor dispute. Labor leaders credited the governor last week for averting a Christmas strike by Southwestern Bell workers aimed at disrupting holiday business.

Smith St Louis Missouri Pacific Railroad Missouri Southwestern Bell

U S Officer Freed By Reds In Austria

Reds admit arrest of fliers after their disappearance on a routine training flight over Communist held territory. U S officials say consulate in Peiping closed since October and efforts continue to obtain information for release the two men Bender and Wilkes Smith were named as held in December.

Eimer Bender Chicago Cincinnati Wilkes C. Smith Low Beach California Peiping Des Tsingtas Octoben Ite

Pope Calls for Peace Amid Global Diplomatic Efforts

Vatican dispatch reports Pope included Czechoslovakia among nations urged by diplomats to pursue peace in international relations. The plea aims to avert repeating past horrors and memory of prior crises. separate domestic note records the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Cramer of Greens Heron, named Frigda Marie, born December 75 at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital.

Vatican Czechoslovakia Gaiscor

Flying Discs Not Real Finds Ruled By Air Force

Washington December 23 the Air Force said two year inquiry into flying saucer stories shows hoaxes or misinterpretations of normal objects. Project Saucer at Wright Field Ohio is abandoned as investigations show no evidence of extraterrestrial craft. Weather balloons birds aircraft and missiles explained as natural or conventional phenomena.

Washington Gei Air Force Wright Field Darton Ohio

Child Sees Lord's Will in Amputation Of Hand

Betty Lou Marbury a Brownsville girl, age unknown, prepared for amputation of her right hand at a Memphis hospital after prayers for saving the hand. Nurses report the procedure started around 7:15 am CST with two shots given before surgery. Her father Henry Clay Marberry stood by, showing emotion as Betty Lou was wheeled toward the operating room.

Memphis Fenn Betty Lou Marbury Todey Betty Lon Henry Clay Marbery Brownsville Tennessee Marbury BE Gibson I. Brackin Betty Leu

Figures Claim FDR Einstein Pasteur Shaped Modern World

The text argues FDR, Einstein, and Pasteur profoundly influenced the 20th century. It credit FDR with networks and policies, Einstein with physics and atomic theory, and Pasteur with germ theory driving vaccines and medicines.

Storm Strikes Pacific Coast. One Dead Reported

A Pacific coast storm caused a fatality near Reineeien British Columbia as WF Tenner rain and snow battered Stevens Pass and blocked the Cascades slides. An undetermined number of skiers were stranded but all were reported safe amid the weather chaos. The East posted record highs with New York at 27 degrees and Philadelphia and Easton also near peaks.

Reineeien British Columbia Tenner Stevens Pass Cascades New York Philadelpia Easton

Livestock Market Report Fort Worth Dec 28 1935

Cattle prices mixed as steers and yearlings hold steady while bulls rise. Slaughter steers 23.90 to 25.00, stockers 16.50 to 26.00, calves 15.00 to 23.50, and butcher hogs up about 25 to 50 cents from Tuesday with sows and pigs steady. Feeder pigs 13.90 to 16.00.

Fort Worth USDA

Abandoned Car Tied to Convicts Near Fort Worth

Police traced an abandoned car found on a east Fort Worth road to a stolen vehicle reported by T. F. Wilson of Huntsville. Three convicts remained at large, identified as Collins W. Mersdon 35 serving life for robbery, Thomas W. Tucker 38 who has a murder sentence, and Walter Thorp 30 with a robbery sentence under 25 years.

Pige 1 Fort Worth Timnitz Davenport T. F. Wilson Huntsville Collins W. Mersdon Thomas W Tucker Walter Thorp

Thief Steals Gear From Garage In Baytown Area

ELP Holder of 101% West Humble reported his garage was entered and cashes one game bag four boxes of 12 gauge shotgun shells a first aid kit hunting trousers underwear socks and duck hunting gear were taken. A hunter’s outfit was allegedly prepared for use with others supplying a jacket and gun.

West Humble Baytown Po

Thieves Snatch Wallet as Victim Fleees

Baytown resident Otis Sherman said two unarmed men approached him to change a $39 bill. He pulled out his wallet, they stabbed it and fled. Asked if he chased them, he replied he ran the other way and avoided police work.

Otis Shermen Baytown

Leaking Fumes Kill Four Members Of One Family

Four members of a New York family were found dead in their apartment from fumes released by two faulty refrigerators. The victims include Andrew Gszak, 33, his wife aged 22, and their two children Veronica and Andrew, ages 3 and 22. The incident occurred as they lay near their Christmas tree.

New York Andrew Gszak Veronica Andrew

Cultural musical course planned by Sidney J Palmer

Sidney Jewell Palmer offers a four month series of illustrated lectures on music to deepen understanding and appreciation. Lectures will run weekly, mornings or evenings by demand, aiming to be entertaining and instructional with a moderate monthly fee. Call 23153 or write Baytown A.

Sidney Jewell Palmer Baytown

Truman Heads to Washington After Christmas Leave

President Truman left Independence for Washington at 11 28 am CST after a five day Christmas break. His plane took off from Fairfax Airport Kansas City Kansas in 40 degree weather and was to land Lambert Field St Louis to pick up Secretary of the Treasury John W Surder before continuing to the capital, arriving around 7 pm CST. Mrs Bess Truman and Margaret did not accompany him, and Margaret planned a January 2 singing engagement in Syracuse New York.

Independence Truman Washington Hore Fairfax Airport Kansas City Kansas Lambert Field St. Louis John W. Surder Capital Bess Truman Mararet Truman Thatie Margeret Syracuse New Yerk Meithew Connelly Biz

Unclear Industry Listing From Baytown Sun Clipping

Fragmented OCR text shows a string of company names and entities including Steel firms, Tex Gulf operations, Tidewater, Libby Mex, Packard, St Regis Paper, Woolworth, and Timken Bearing among others. No coherent event or story is discernible from the readable fragments.

Atleg Lud Steel Alls Chal Emerad Pet Pescecees Veces Atmco Steel Atend T. Amer Woelens Gities Service Gon Edison Gulf of Gulf State Hous Oil Humble Oo Indi Bary Interleke I and L Steel Libby Mex Liggett and Myers Mack Trueks Rid Con Petant Dsies Packard Repah Steel St Regis Paper - Sou Pacific Steveane Sten Oi Ind Stan OF Sunray OF Tex Gulf St Texas Co Tex Gulf Tidewater Corp Timken Bearing UG S&s

Church Group II Rebuffed In Texas Segregation Case

The piece discusses a U S Supreme Court challenge to segregated schools in Texas. It notes January 30 argument date and calls for full disclosure of church practices in Texas to avoid a misread of council policy. The attorney general cites Tuttle on the Federal Council of Churches repenting segregation as unnecessary and contrary to gospel values.

Texas High Court Deniel Tuttle Council Tutte Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America

Violent Death Toll In Texas Mounts

Violent death toll in Texas rises with several fatalities reported. Dellas and young Vance deaths affected traffic counts in the past five days. Eight-month-old Gary Wayne Carter died after lung surgery attempts failed. he had swallowed a nut. William Ho Afigers, 52, of Nav Island, Nava ssis, died in Houston after apparent asphyxiation. body found in his apartment with a gas stove on and doors closed.

Vance Dellas St. al Tyler Gary Wayne Carter Miordar Houston William Ho Afigers

Pleasant Weather Across Texas Amid Mixed Temperatures

Pleasant weather greeted Texans from east to west with cold in the northwest easing. Early lows ranged from 16 at Salt Flats to 81 at Brownsville, while yesterday's highs spanned 49 at Dalhart to 74 at Laredo. The piece notes rising arms spending per capita from 1931 to the present year.

Salt Flats Brownsville Dalhart Laredo

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