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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
4
A reader notes pervasive bus and streetcar ads shaping riders daily with music news and health slogans. Among vivid posters are milk advertisements stressing vitality, lemon water routines, and jaw dropping undertaker pitches offering cheap burial options beside liquor promos.
New York January timing reports Henry J. Kaiser plans a cheap car backed by a 44.4 million RFC loan with a 15 million guaranty. He puts up Kaiser Aluminum, Permanente Cement, and other holdings as collateral. The car likely targets about 1200 to 1500 dollars, with a 200 thousand name contest and a potential market next summer.
In Mexico City on January 19, Spanish Republican Ambassador Luis Niclpal D Oliver resigned his post as diplomatic representative of the Spanish Republican government in exile. Pablo De Trevolla confirmed the rumors and said President Alvaro De Albornoz accepted the resignation. The report notes De Olver’s departure amid ongoing, competitive auto industry ties and Kaiser-Frazer’s strategic shifts at Willow Run. Kaiser-Frazer had risen rapidly since 1935, building 12,000 cars by year’s end and expanding into steel, aluminum, cement, shipping, and other ventures before facing market challenges and product stagnation.
New York January 19 Cadillac prices for 1950 cars were cut by a total of 30 dollars to 211 dollars including the hydra-matic option. Don E Ahrens General sales manager said new models will range from 2615 to 4700 dollars. In Madison Wisconsin a new law requires fur garments to carry English names with tags to prevent rabbits from masquerading as seals.
Wealthy Cecil B. Morgen a 43 year old restaurateur in Los Angeles had his bid for divorce refused by Superior Judge Arthur Crum. Morgen admitted fathering a child with Phylis Monroe a 26 year old socialite from Wichita Falls while he believed his wife already had ivorced him. The judge granted Virginia Bliss Crum a separate maintenance allowance of 100 dollars monthly. Mrs Morgen accused her husband of adultery and produced a birth certificate showing he fathered a girl born last June with Miss Monroe who was named as a co respondent in the counter suit. Morgan denied adultery saying his wife divorced him in 1927 but she said she dismissed the first action before the decree became final.
Oklahoma City ministers warned they may raid strip-tease shows alongside bootlegging dens. Eight county clergy halted a Saturday operation, seizing 145 pints of whisky. Rev George Stone of Bethany urged actions against nightclubs, while Rev Thomas Eppler of Britton spoke of an army of whisky dating preachers to enforce the dry law.
The Mexican government moves to take immediate possession of nearly 2 million acres of border cattleland in Chihuahua on the New Mexico line. The supreme court orders settlement of the re expropriation case and gives current landowners seven weeks to answer.
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