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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1952
Page
1
The report cites Chinese Major General Hsieh Pang accusing Admiral Turner Joy of seeking a truce delegation. He says Allied military pressure could end the deadlock at Panmunjom. Communists charged the motion today in the stalled talks.
Disjointed notes report charges filed in Harrison by Houston men as a budget dispute unfolds. A 14 minute meeting of a supervising subcommittee is cited, with UN and Communist truce proposals sparring over airfield bans and prisoner exchanges amid a broader struggle for influence and authority.
Readable snippets show residents like Mrs Albert Nelson and Sonja Henie mentioned in social updates. References to Red Ramsey Baytown Betty Broyles and Adolph Hruby note events and local behavior. Captain Kadar’s departure from Japan to the United States and a planned April telephone book release are listed among brief town items.
Guthrie Oklahoma former slave Joan Trammel says he is 114 years old and will marry his fourth wife, 67-year-old Mattie Moore of Meridian. Freed from slavery in Car Springs Texas after the Geil War, Trammel came to Guthrie 49 years ago and has outlived three wives, hoping this to be his last marriage.
The United Nations Special Political Committee approved a three year 230 million plan to aid and resettle 403000 Palestinian Arab refugees. The US will provide one fifth of the fund. Canada abstained from the vote along with Argentina and the Soviet bloc. Israel protested by walking out as two young Jews were hanged in Baghdad for alleged Zionist activity.
The Sun’s ad format promises fast results for readers seeking work, goods, or services. A sample calls for a $802 ad writer and mentions a 1916 Dodge pickup for sale at $200, with contact at 321 East Republic. The tone imitates early 20th century classifieds and patter.
Dallas Texas Attorney General Price Daniel opened a bitter bid to unseat veteran US Senator Tom Connally promising a clean, nonpartisan campaign. He attacked the Truman administration over waste and corruption and pledged vigorous action against Truman’s nomination. Daniel outlined a platform of tax cuts, reduced federal spending, strong defense, a bipartisan foreign policy, and opposition to socialist measures including government-run health care and the Brannan farm plan. He aimed to restore tidelands to Texas and criticized the Supreme Court ruling on annexation.
A United Press report describes winter driving a heavy cold front into Texas and nearby states. Dust storms reduce visibility in parts of Oklahoma and Texas while temperatures fall sharply. Snow continues in the northern Plains as weather systems move east, with lists of affected states and potential federal actions noted.
Washington—A House Armed Services subcommittee pressed new evidence of waste in military buying and ordered public hearings soon. Chairman F Edward Reihert announced hearings after finishing work on universal military training and the chamber of horrors exhibit. Items cited include an Air Force blanket costing 14.15 and an Air Force barracks bag with price to be announced, adding to prior record of olive drab Army blankets 4.65 to 21.73 and gray GSA items. A separate Agriculture subcommittee probed a 2 million bale cotton forecast error impacting prices at harvest, with Wells of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics called for questioning.
Sergeant Dewey TL. Jones, en route home from Korea, will reunite with his wife in California. He learned she had moved with her parents to Huntington Beach, but by the time he boarded a plane for the East he telephoned home and learned she had arrived in California.
Washington reports bipartisan pledge to slash more than five billion dollars from the record peacetime 54 billion dollar budget submitted by President Truman. House appropriations chief Clarence Cannon chairs calls for deep cuts in military and federal spending though past practice shows gaps between promises and action. He notes war jitters fade as items in military budgets are scrutinized and hints at trimming foreign aid of about 10.5 billion dollars, with bipartisan talk of shaving four billion from that item.
Pro Truman Democrats brace a major clash in the Illinois Democratic primary to curb the Kefauver for president boom until Truman reveals his 1952 intentions. McMahon Kefauver and MacArthur entries loom, with MacArthur withdrawing after stating he acted without authorization.
The San Jacinto River bridge on Market Street Road will close at 9 am tomorrow for further repairs to the supports. County officials note past delays and say 60 feet long pilings will be driven to reinforce ten piers while traffic is rerouted via Morgans Point or into Houston through Highlands and Crosby. Barricades and an information sign will guide drivers around the span.
More than 300 people are expected to attend Baytown’s fourth birthday celebration at Robert Lea Cafeteria at 7 30 p m Thursday. Attorney Robert Strickland, president elect of the Chamber, will cut the birthday cake weighing about 70 pounds with four large candles. The banquet coincides with Chamber installation ceremonies for officers and directors including Floyd Higginbotham, N B Bateard, Dr H Davis and W T Busch among others.
Wil J. Van Landon, Houston urban expressway chief, urged double deck structures to cut right-of-way costs in congested metro areas during a symposium at the American Road Builders Association meeting. He cited the 41-mile Galveston to Houston freeway, slated to open July, with potential need for large land, noting one segment could cost about 16 million over four years. DeWitt C. Greer, state highway engineer, described Texas city state financing as a successful state city partnership for expressways.
Police chased a tipsy possum causing a moonshine scare through Maynards Li Er and Wee as authorities pursued the erratic animal. Cook said he aided the witnesses while the creature wandered off into the dusk, leaving improvised clues in the street.
City officials say recalling water and sewer tax bonds could save 11,400. Bond value listed as 31,000 with interest rate reductions expected to lower the total cost. No change in city income anticipated, per Middleton.
La Porte will see curbs and gutters built in the business district from Broadway to North A and South A Streets with a paving rate of 150 per front foot for property owners and city share covered. The council discussed expanding paving citywide and considered a temporary replacement for Police Chief Roberson, who was shot in November and is still recovering.
Helen Cilign Brantley, 1 year old niece of Houston oil heir Hugh Roy Cullen, faces charges linked to conspiracy over moving her to Bexar County and a legal fight over arrest and removal. Percy Foreman argues the action violated the niece’s constitutional rights as Houston detectives arrested the Brantleys at 4 20 am at Cullen’s San Antonio residence gate.
A partial OCR listing includes names and places such as Velma U Cantella Sears Barbuck Mrs Velasne Bell Main Or dier Refinery 406 Baldwin Oak Addition Elizabeth Ann Collin Rich lands SW BL Burchett Carpenters Tall Roy Flos General Tire C W Fayle Henke Pil Int Cedar Bayon Mrs Gladys Herbert Citizens W National Bank T Felton MeNsir Station Highlands and a Zone Office. The text mirrors a damaged tax or notice page with scattered individuals businesses and locales.
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