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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1950
Page
7
Austin on January 14 reports a 10 day state quarantine against Mexican evils was enacted. The measure, signed by Walter T. Wckay head of the quarantine division of the Texas Sanitation Department, marks the first such restriction on a foreign war entity by Texas.
R. J. Moat received word of the birth of Bliss Leslie Alison Mosk earner in Chicago's Augustania Hospital on January 12 weighing seven and a half pounds. Grandfather Moak celebrated the news with joy as an oil well a short distance away blew out, a coincidence the family joked about. The tale closes with a quirky note about a submarine depth sighting from an airplane in calm air.
The Baytown Real Estate Board seeks to add La Porte to its territory after a luncheon meeting. Secretary C A Bord said the new tunnel just completed makes La Porte a logical partner, with negotiations under way. Wat Pace Jr urged ethics in real estate and exposing shady deals. The board backed a three county petition asking Army engineers to survey Trinity River for industrial water supply to Liberty, Chambers and Harris counties. President Woodruff will appoint a rep to a regional water project meeting next week. visitors included Mrs Braden, Mrs Shannon and Roy Long.
Lawton Oklahoma reports a bathless Saturday as city crews shut down two principal mains from Lake Lawtonka to install fittings in a new storage er. In other lines, a string of US city items notes thefts receptions court orders and oddities from Los Angeles Hollywood Chicago Sycamore and Sheriff Anderson in Sycamore Illinois.
Washington January 14 Representative Wright Patman of Texas urges coinage of a one half bit piece and a one bit piece to curb rising soft drink prices. He argues a half dime would force vending machines to raise prices by a tiny amount and save consumers millions annually. He claims manufacturers would accept a six and one quarter cent value for each half bit if produced mechanically.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Walker 73 of Highlands will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow in Cleveland She died at 8 a m yesterday in a Conroe hospital Her home was in Tarkington Prairie but she had been in ill health for several years and had been living with a daughter Mrs L Welch in Highlands Two of her sons Elvin and Elmer Walker also live in Highlands Survived by husband Joe Walker of Tarkington Prairie Burial will be in Willis
Mack B Hargrave sales manager Hemphill Pontiac Company returned from Pontiac Sales Management Training Program at General Motors Institute Houston. The clinic focused on customer satisfaction by equipping sales facilities to handle expected high volume for the 1958 Pontiac model. Annapolis is noted as Maryland capital lacking regular rail service, relying on buses and electric cars.
A concise notice for a warehouse or moving service identified as Hasty Transfer Company with a listed phone number 223 and a street or address fragment 170-tte unclear in the OCR text. The readable portion signals a local business entry rather than a full article.
A listing of small property sales in Highlands Texas includes a 1 0x100 corner lot near a school with good terms a 50x160 lot at 515 El Adove and a Maryland Street two room house with two slots priced at 6500 dollars Terms include a two room house on two acres three miles out priced at 200 dollars.
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