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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1950
Page
6
The passage from Romans 5 1 proclaims justification by faith brings peace with God through Jesus Christ and appears as a brief devotional item in today’s edition.
Late this week or early next week the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors will set a date for a nationwide railroad strike. 200,000 members voted ten to one for walkout, but assurances say rail service will not be interrupted immediately. The act’s date is a procedural step to activate emergency provisions. The piece notes the act’s waning effectiveness, with past strikes, government seizures, and emergency boards, and urges modernization to prevent a total breakdown in labor management relations.
Sun Slants notes Theo Wilburn steps down as chamber of commerce fair chairman and Jake Kannarr takes over with months to plan. The chamber funds $600 for added manpower last year and has already held one meeting with several planned. Also mentions Senator Brewster red herring remark and a tall tale about a woodcutter and hoop snake. University of Texas item about Don McLeod leaving Wilson Supply after 23 years and moving to McLeod and McLeod with roles in tax office and local districts.
A Pittsburgh reader asks how to tell if one is happy and how to live for happiness. The writer notes the wide variance in views on happiness after examining many writings and finds value in an old appraisal.
A compact essay argues anger can drive positive change when aimed at the right targets. It cites Adler and Burns, notes happiness varies with mindset and values, and offers practical rules like waking refreshed, loving and being loved, and helping others to maximize life satisfaction.
The Baytown Sun is published daily except Sunday by The Daily Sun Company at Pearce and Ashbelt in Baytown Texas. Robert Matherne is listed, with Fred Hartman as publisher and Syd S Gould as editor. Advertising Manager Beulah Mae Jackson, Office Manager. Subscription rates are shown: per month 90c, 2.65 yearly, 75c for additional items. National representative Texas Daily Press League.
A brief slice of humor notes Henry Wheeler Shaw known as Josh Billings. It sketches his sharp sayings about language and wisdom with a remark on terse humor and a quip about twins. It also mentions Margaret Truman joining a phonograph record company and a playful suggestion by Zadek Dumbopf.
Years ago I rode to hounds in Virginia and feared the horse and the jump. Now on Florida’s Homosassa Springs a night hunt uses trucks to move the pack through flatwoods. Guides track a hot scent, five dogs are released as the rest join, and a coon tail at a tree ends with a guide tumbling from a mossy oak while tired hunters seek sleep.
A column recalls a Topeka born lawyer who rose to the Senate and vice presidency, noting his birth January 25 1866 Topeka practice 1581 and 80th Congress term. It also narrates a famed boxer from Helston England born June 4 1862 who climbed to middleweight then heavyweight titles, with a life ending in 1918.
Washington Feb 14 government internal revenue receipts fell by about 1.8 billion dollars in 1949, driven by a 12 percent drop in personal income tax, with total internal revenue at 40.5 billion. Personal income taxes slipped to 27.75 billion. corporate taxes rose to 11.51 billion as excise taxes declined.
A columnist argues about Dean Acheson quoting scripture to defend loyalty to convicted perjurers. The piece critiques his willingness to stand by a liar and questions whether his stance harms respect for law and constitutional authority. It frames Acheson as a public figure limited by duties of citizenship and national interest.
Lawton Oklahoma February 14 an all out search is ordered for Wanda McGuire Long a 4 year old former Lawton woman crippled by polio and possibly destitute heiress to 13000 dollars sought by her brother Earl McGuire to receive half her late father estate. Private agency leads the hunt.
The Duke of Windsor comments that everyone must work today while revealing that Duchess Wally has received several job offers in the fashion trade.
Barry Ferguson in Baytown Refining July 1924 becomes a director at a historic company milestone. Beatrice Si Masser deputy collector leads a license rush as Tri-Cities Ball organizers appoint W Strickler Goose Creek committee. Bartow treasurer H Frazier L P McGree chair committees. Lavonia Waid and others held positions in local society events.
The article demonstrates a corking Valentine of bridge called the smother play. It recounts a hand where South ruffs, discards, finesses, and ruffs again to force West into a single remaining guard, ending with South’s clever diamond and club maneuvers to secure the trick.
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