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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1950
Page
4
Minimum wage rises to 75 cents under new wage act
The Fair Labor Standards Act raises the minimum to 75 cents per hour today for wage earners and those paid monthly or by piece work. The change expands coverage, tightens child labor limits, and exempts some retail and service workers under 50 percent of business in a single state. About 23 million workers are covered, with 1.25 million set to move up to 75 cents. Apprentices may be paid less in certain cases to encourage training.
GIs In Business Postwar venture success rate noted
A regional summary reports that three years after VJ Day only one in twelve veteran entrepreneurs failed, compared with about one in three non veterans. Many GIs used war training or community needs, some expanding prewar businesses with government loans. Officials say 80 percent of loan requests were denied for lack of future prospects.
Daedalus Icarus Recalled in Modern Parallels
A column revisits Daedalus and Icarus, highlighting the labyrinth in Crete and the wax wings escapade, and draws parallels to modern invention and discovery while noting the myth’s enduring relevance across 4000 years. The writer cites myths, names, and places as framing devices for contemplation of progress and originality.
Baytown Daily Sun Publication Details Listed
Baytown Texas records show Daily Sun Company at Pearce and Ashbel publishing a weekly Sunday edition with office manager Beulah Mae Jackson. Subscription rates are listed by month and year and note advance payment and armed service mail provisions. National representation is credited and the newspaper is entered as second class matter at the Texas town post office under federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dailycexcept
Daily Sun Company
Pearce and
Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Robert, Matherne
Beulah Mae
Jackson
Evvees
Ereee
Wnational
Press _Exague
Congress
Powerhouse prose mocks sports writing code at New York concert
Fred Hartman reviews Jimmy Powers column on theater music and sports jargon. The piece lampoons sports writers, critics, and their jargon at a Lewisohn Stadium concert, noting Milstein’s violin, Debussy, and the clash of language with art. It parodies readers and critics, calling for interpreters for interpreters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Powers
Sports Eriter
New York Daily News
Daily Powers
Pal
Bob Bagar
City College
New York Philharmonic
Lewisohn Stadium
Duke
Nathan Milstein
Milstein
Achille Claude Debussy
Emily Genauer
Reine
Mercer Hubert
Pons
Melchior
Margere
Truman
Hugo
Schmaltz
Wall Street
Bazar
Metropolizer Opera
Bach
Miss Genauer
Signor Begar
Success Secrets: O F Merwin’s Erie Magnet Breakthrough
O F Merwin of Erie Pennsylvania created a permanent non electric magnet to clean grain in mills reducing cost and effort. His Erie Manufacturing Company posted a 1 250 000 sales volume last year and his device is used across the United States Canada and 52 foreign countries. At age 78 he remains optimistic about future growth and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Mervin
Erie
Pennsylvania
Mervin
X Merwin
Merwin
Nis Erie Manufacturing Company
United States
Canada
Will Rogers Pranks President Coolidge with Silent Name Gaffe
Have A Laugh recalls Will Rogers boasting of Indian blood and a playful wager with President Coolidge. Rogers aimed to make the president smile during introductions and delivered a deadpan line that left Coolidge solemn as Rogers asked for the correct name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Rogers
President Coolidge
Will
Society Editors Rebuttal and Tyler Writer Wins First Prize
A Tyler writer vents at society editors accusing them of vanity and sensationalism. He recalls past glamour days, mocks editors from distant cities, and reserves a prize of cat food for the best rebuttal. He laments shrinking social reporting and defends a nostalgic view of city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society
Tyler
Benry
Klemore
Labrado
Lapland
Galveston
Laurentians
Isic
Evanston
Rita
Ingrid
Beko
Ces
Trier
S Qnemorry
FBI
Dallas Su
Quiz Style Historical Qs From a Fragment
A messy OCR fragment poses questions on geography literature and language. It asks about La Paz as Bolivia’s capital and Darrie’s wife, defines alabester, requests completing a line, names Sinclair Lewis as creator of George F. Babbitt, and references historical dates and a Mirage optical phenomenon with hot air reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Darrie
Birthday tributes and bridge reminiscences in a jammed page
This item blends birthday congratulations for Willem Fuertwangier orchestra conductor and William Somerset Margham nevel ast 2nd playwright with a bridge column recounting an East West South North hand. It also poses trivia quizzes about performers and poets including an English stage glamour boy born 1588 and an American poet born 1788, plus a teaser on a Poe line and Sinclair Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willem Fuertwangier
William Somerset Margham
Nevelast
Ernst 3. Alexanderson
North
East
Harris County Balloting On 9 Million Bond Measures Saturday
Qualified voters in Harris County will vote on 9 million dollars in city and county bonds next Saturday. City issues 1.5 million for a police station and jail, while 7.5 million funds road and bridge projects across the county including nine million? roads and a bridge. Absentee ballots end Tuesday at 5 pm in the County Clerk’s office. Polls open 7 am and close 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
W. D. Miller
Civil Courts
Sey
Adgits
Washburn
Progmew
Resnitar
Farewell State and the South's Growing Industry
A Duke economist explains that Southern industrial growth mirrors national expansion, driven by rising southern purchasing power and wealth. The piece cites per capita income up 71 percent versus national, with manufacturing contributing 15 percent of income, and notes fears of a welfare state as a threat to freedom. There is a contrasting view from Clayton Rang in Gulfport warning of state dependency and future ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Ratchford
Duke University
Ratchford
South
Harewell
Clayton Rang
Mississippi
Tampa Eyepye Club
Gulfport
England
Britain
Amer
Tamnaik Times
Five Years Ago Todays Headlines and War Notes
Five years ago today reports mention Fadio stating feds push Germans across the Oder and reserves pulled from the West. Private Travis E. Smith Jr. is wounded in France on January 9. his wife has been notified by the War Department. The Knowles Knowles Knowles Knowles wedding is announced for January 2 in Arlington. Gardner underwent a Tuesday procedure at a hospital. Girl war staff sets up a Girl Scout association. Jesse H. Jones, fired from Commerce, awaits a successor to accept the keys of office and defends Henry A. Wallace’s fitness to run federal loan operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fadio
Oder
Travis E. Smith, Jr
France
War Department
Jacquelen Knowles
B C_ Voss
Arlington
W. Bf. Knowles
H. M. Gardner
Fouston Ennedy
Jesse H. Jones
Senate
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Business leader quotes on adapting to social change
K. T. Beller, president of Carosier Corporation, notes that success in business stream alone evidences industry’s great capacity to adjust to social change. The remark underscores corporate resilience amid evolving societal dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Beller
Carosier Corporation
Unclear historical note on Brewster captain and artifacts
A garbled OCR fragment references a Brewster native captain who sailed worldwide in a schooner, a bride who awaited him, and a cryptic message from Hong Kong. It mentions BIAXWELL PERKINS of Scribner's assisting Thomes W Gerald, with notes on people recounting the same story after decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care
Brewster
World
Hong
Arathusr
Biaxwell Perkins
Scribner's
Selor
Thomes W Gerald
Daily Crossword Clues Pack Across and Down
The page presents a dense list of crossword clues across and down with numbers and some broken words. Entries include tautog head cook river At cavity il narrow roadway ancient sick cook in fat perform laughter animal enclosure compass point coquettish discharge network club day coin pert indehiscent fruit seal hunting station part of to hint wine receptacle quiet earth see dexterous finishes main idea and shepherd dog natural elevations employ ruler of Tunis piece of work hallowed old times branch railroad ventilates not any sear frost ed short heircut abyss drop rumor crushing snake keel billed cuckoos swish of stern observe ornament a band for arm acoupie is morose woblemert lump of earth yesterday's electrified title aset
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Cavity
Rumor
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