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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
2
Continued from Pare 1 the bridge was closed and we were on an up grade. The engine halted on the trestle over the Kinnizinrick River. The two boys climbed down badly frightened. They prayed and thanked God for safety. Jordan said the ride was a whizzer and that they were glad to be alive.
New York January 7 The defense rested its case in the Alger Hiss trial after two days of testimony and a scheduled rebuttal by prosecutors. Defense lawyer B Cross announced the defense has concluded its evidence but may call one more witness if necessary. The last witness was Clark M Eichelberger director of the American Association for the United Nations. Chicago January 17 Condemned inmates prefer reading poetry in Cook County jail opting for poetry and stories about wide open spaces and fire. Women prisoners choose stories. Sun Classified Ads shown.
Ele F Veselka will conduct a training course for Cub Scout Leaders beginning at 7 36 p m tomorrow in the Knights of Columbus Hall with Cupmasters Den mothers and parents of Cubs invited to attend This meeting will be the first of a series of six training sessions Veselka said and times for the other meetings will be announced later Joe Barston district ce
Mont Belvieu plans a scout trip led by E Blackburn with at least 20 reservations. Costs estimated at 79 dollars per person with possible reductions if funds permit. reservations due February 2 to keep Jam bores Troop membership local.
Afternoon programming lists and show times for East Texas Theatre. Includes Transcrabling East Texas News, Curpeymer's News, Movieland, La Porte Reports, Musical Variety Show, News Cast, and a late evening Reel. Local items feature sports, farming notes, and daily broadcasts at 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.through 5:30 p.m.
The Baytown Education Association plans a meeting at Anson Jones Elementary School at 7338 pm today to debate federal aid to schools. Superintendent George H. Geis will speak against the program, with teachers presenting arguments and a radio serial segment to follow. committee chair Mrs Musick leads the program.
Special to The Baytown Sun reports Lee Band chooses new uniforms with a single change the left lapel features a red inset visible when worn buttoned or unbuttoned. one set of uniforms will be purchased with the school board funding the loan repayment through band activities Max Altman represents The Sei Freak Company in Baytown and Paine Srothers handles Redman's uniforms.
Livestock prices show cattle mostly 50 cents lower for slaughter cattle with bulls steady to strong while stockers hold around 18 to 23 dollars. Hog prices indicate steady to 25 cents lower. good and choice weights 160 to 260 pounds bring around 16 to 16.50. A son, Robert Neal Woods, was born January 11 at Baytown Hospital to Mr and Mrs S M Woods of Cedar Bayou.
In Las Vegas authorities said a warrant for Benny Binion, a Dallas gambler, has not yet been received from Dallas officials. Binion faced charges of keeping a policy game after raids in Dallas last month. an incorrectly issued warrant was sent to Las Vegas previously.
In Dundee Scotland on January 17 a boy admitted guilt to stealing a motor boat and sailing it solo to the middle of the North Sea, the theft charge resulting in a guilty plea.
County officials discussed Lee Drive a new 30 to 36 foot wide concrete street to run from Market and Decker south of the Lee College campus and past Carver School toward West Main near Causeway Road. Bids may total 150000 to 175000 with curbs and gutters to be built along the entire length. The plan relies on county equipment savings from other road projects and school district rights of way were approved. There were also notices granting March of Dimes drive containers to schools and parade permissions for the Baytown Shrine Club event.
NEW YORK JAN 17. William Dennison Duble, tears in his eyes, was sentenced to two years in prison for contriving a lottery scheme. The former secretary of the Cincinnati Clearing House also got one year for conspiracy, but that sentence was suspended. Dubie pleaded guilty to rigging Clearing House figures on orders of New York gamblers. He will serve his term at the New York City penitentiary on Rikers Island in the East River.
Davenport reports Mrs. Elnora Epperly of Rock Island Illinois is accused of setting Mercy Hospital fire. Attorney Charles Kaufman says someone is being shielded and Epperly is a scapegoat after 41 women died in the blaze. In Birmingham John Truitt of Houston was fined 106 dollars and costs and given 180 days suspended for selling indecent movies. related charges against his wife were not pressed.
A 114 page study led by John R. Steelman and endorsed by President Truman details operating firms able to buy rubber plants, locations for beta diene and styrene producing sites, and notes government production should cover up to 25 percent of national consumption. It warns future production levels may shift with world conditions and urges authority to set minimum production and consumption for national security.
Members of both parties expect a tight vote as atomic probe committee debates Wallace and the dairy price fight. The issue centers on repealing merger tax and opposing interstate shipment of oleo colored oleo. observers call the outcome a crucial test in the two week Senate plea fight.
A technical motion picture on vitamins will be shown at a nurses seminar at 7 39 p.m. Wednesday in San Jacinto Memorial Hospital Baytown. A representative from a well known drug firm will present the film in the hospital cafeteria and all Baytown professionals are invited to attend.
DUSSELDORF Germany Jan 17 Pe Gustav Krupp von Bohlen who headed the Krupp works and helped arm Germany died yesterday at a villa near Salzburg Austria He was 79 He fell ill after a stroke three days before a 1945 Nürnberg trial and had been in a coma since then His son Alfred Krupp was tried in his place under his guidance the plant built armaments for Germany in two wars and he had been in industrial leadership since 1943
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