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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1952
Page
1
Hollywood manager Arthur P. McMann writes to President Truman praising current maneuvers and pledging support for another term. The note cites past presidents and praises Truman while speculating on future film industry politics.
The La Porte Gaminity Church plans a corner box ceremony tomorrow to house a church directory for 1952 and a list of parish builders. Council members today consider 24 zoning proposals. Callahan of Joline Co. argues asbestos cement pipe saves 20 watts per foot and works well. Bayina Co-Operative Officers to announce results at 7 pm Monday stockholders meeting. FL Crawford, incumbent board president, will report on five years of activity. Forecast: frost risk tonight with 36 degree low. yesterday's high was 58.
Patterson walks Texas Avenue for sore eyes while Metinger and others speak over old stamping Eods in Austin. Cedar Bayou memories mix with basketball talk as Shine show ends tonight. A school teacher’s friends chuckle as a dog is kept down in 2 GE fields and a sack incident leads to 35 49 school claims.
The Houston office of the Internal Revenue Bureau appears free of corruption tied to other officials. Acting internal revenue obli teator F B Parsons said no similar actions to the Meyer case in Austin have been found anywhere, with probes spanning 30 offices including San Antonio Waco El Paso and Corpus Christi over five weeks. Parsons replaced Frank Schn ield after his resignation authority notes ongoing investigations remain in progress across the district.
British authorities retaliate for a mining incident by barring Egyptian food and oil trains from passing the Suez Canal Zone. The step targets only food and oil traffic though passenger service remains halted. The attack marked Egypt’s first major anti British act since January riots in Cairo. Detonations blew craters on track and wrecked oil train cars, with Egyptian terrorists suspected.
Contractor Farnsworth and Chambers reports the Baytown-La Porte Tunnel drainage at the La Porte entrance is complete and excavation of the entrance structure is nearing completion. Next, hydraulic embankment for open approaches and service loads to the tunnel will be built with an 18 month phase completion target, weather and steel delivery delays permitting a possible earlier finish.
United Press reports a near nationwide strike vote among 26 Local Units of the Oil Workers International Union CIO for a 25-cent per hour wage boost. Up to 15,000 Gulf Coast oil workers threaten to halt output, with 16,600 direct and many more indirect workers affected from Lake Charles to Corpus Christi. Federal mediators hold further talks as a walkout looms across Port Arthur, Port Lavaca, Rockdale and allied plants, while labor actions continue at Southland Paper in Lufkin and various construction sites in Texas.
The FBI announced the arrest of 10 former Ku Klux Klan members including the Fair Bluff police chief on charges of kidnapping and civil rights violations. They were arraigned before US Commissioner T. L. Hop in Washington. The case involves the abduction and flogging of Dorothy Martin and Ben Grainger of Fair Bluff after a violent incident on October 6.
Chicago Sun Times Syndicate presents Hi Neighbor by Olin Miller. A light column offering humorous anecdotes and casual reflections on everyday city life and social mores.
Austin dispatch reports Waco crime hearings proceeding in closed session before Rep. Meridith's House Crime Investigating Committee. Judge Oliver and five witnesses from Waco area push a probing focus on prostitution and related lawlessness, with officials cautioning secrecy and disputing broader accusations while noting no military complaints.
Washington records show former tax commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. earned commissions from firms including American Lithofold Corp and Sir Louis Printing after leaving government service. He reportedly sought work for Capital Distributing Co, a New York liquor firm, while under IRS scrutiny for tax matters.
Hollywood tale unfolds as Edward G. Robinson Jr. ejects from the family home after a quarrel with his star father. He and wife Frances Chisholm, 21, vow to make a life on $60 weekly income. He says money isn’t everything, while she asserts resolve despite the upheaval and strains with his mother. The young couple say the father warned him off the house and threatened police action if he returns, blaming the feud on his mother’s choices.
Two F 80 Shooting Stars collided in flight near Indian Springs Nevada yesterday. The body of Hightenant Coronel Monde Dale Hatcher of Cole-Tan Texas was recovered from wreckage. A spokesman at Nellis Air Force Base said there was a slim possibility the other pilot parachuted to safety. the second plane was not found.
Washington ICP reports the Agriculture Department plans action next week against more Dallas Commodity Credit Corporation workers charged with accepting gratuities. Names cited include Latham White and Harry J. Solomon, both fired for neglect of duty and conduct prejudicial to the service, with Stephen G. Benit Jr. resigning under investigation. The cases involve gifts such as shrimp kegs, Stetson hats, football game tickets, Bibles, and leather belts.
Southwest television fans expect their first title network shows in July with an emergency microwave hookup from Jackson Mississippi to bring live coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions to Dallas Houston and Oklahoma. Ed J Ernest of Southwestern Bell said the setup would ensure nationwide political events reach viewers.
Police accuse AWOL Air Force Private Alexander S. Fazzins, 20, and 13 year old Baytown youth Gerald Brockeiman of burglarizing Taytown Hardware Store and two service stations. A Remington rifle and several knives were recovered at Brockeiman’s home. Chief H. E. McKee announced charges.
La Porte watchers were urged to slow traffic between La Porte and Morgans Point ferry landing. Morgans Point City Council imposed a 20 mile per hour limit on all streets inside the town limits due to speeding to and from the ferry. Mayor T M Mattingly cited a high rate of speed and proposed roadside warning signs. The council also granted a water franchise to Arthur Bush and authorized engineers to survey street grades to improve drainage.
Two men from Baytown were seriously injured in a rainy highway accident on State Highway 146 between Dayton and Mont Belvieu. Donald Thaman, 26, and Hershel Meeks, 25, were rushed to San Jacinto Hospital after being struck by a car that skidded sideways toward them. Bobbitt, who arrived at the scene, said he and Thaman were returning from an oil field work near Wotaw in Hardin County.
C E Norris of Highlands named tax assessor collector by Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 1. Norris takes over from Edith Young who remains district treasurer. Delinquent payments have risen as the district records a 75 percent collection rate since the first. A $300000 bond issue funds and a new Sewage disposal project were approved for acceptance. Woteik named vice president, Brinson re-elected president, Stong secretary, Lostak assistant secretary.
The United Nations quickly rejected a Communist bid to name the Soviet Union as one of six neutral nations to supervise the Korean armistice at Panmunjom. UN officials cited Russia as a major supplier of war materiel to the Reds, while Poland and Czechoslovakia were accepted for the neutral commission. Moscow faced continued pressure as talks hinged on decisions in the Soviet capital.
United Nations forces and nine nations’ warships surged into Korean Communist lines and Wonsan harbor in a pair of concurrent offensives. Ground units struck through seven snowbound valleys in the western front and UN ships hammered Wonsan in the longest nonstop siege, while Fifth Air Force bombed rail lines and roads. Only three planes were lost in seven days as Major George A. Davis Jr. remains missing in action.
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