Editorials Benson's First Big Problem Is New Wheat Pact
Negotiations open in Washington Friday on renewing the international wheat agreement as the 1949 pact nears its July 31 expiration. The piece outlines U S participation aims, price guarantees, quotas, and the Treasury subsidy, with criticism over insufficient guarantees. It notes political positions and the 1952 platforms’ silence on renewal. It also covers the aliens registration deadline and evolving immigration law under McCarran-Walter and related acts.
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Benson
Washington
United States
Senate
U.S
Truman
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Get Away From It All In Bermuda Then Return To Pigsties
A Bermuda Holiday turns into a news detour as Pan-Am arrives at Kindley Field and Castle Harbour hosts a weary traveler. The Royal Gazette reports on Manuel Da Costa and Selley’s lawsuit over Paget pigsties, odor disputes, and a Bermuda Supreme Court case testing nuisance claims.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Manuel da Costa
Kindley Field
Castle Harbour
Honolulu
Waterlet Inn
Southhampton
Royal Gazette
Sinsister
Mr. DaCosta
Mr. Selley
Supreme Court
Fr. Selley
Britain
Pigsties and golf clash with DaCosta versus Selley case
Mel Heimer writes of a sensational day in court with smells of pigsties noted by Mrs Seeley and a long civil action reference back to 1610 England. He describes golf at Mid Ocean against the wind, returning a dog with a newspaper, and predicts days of waiting for a decision while updating bookie plans and Lindy’s. He vows to cable Hamilton for the outcome.
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New Gazette
England
Bermuda
Swifty O’brien
Lindy’s
Hamilton
Looking at Life A Frosty Take on Civilization
The author recalls radio discussions by two college professors debating civilization and future history. He contrasts urban comforts like television and deep freezers with a severe Connecticut ice storm, arguing modern society grew soft while ancestors endured harsher conditions with resilience.
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New York City
Connecticut
Four Days Without Power In Isolated Home
A husband recalls a brutal winter episode when a TV blackout, wind, and freezing rain left his home dark and cold for four days. With no telephone or newspapers, the family cooked on a reserve oil burner and gathered wood for heat. Roads blocked by debris and icicles forced them to endure pioneer like isolation, hoping for sunshine and electricity.
Lyons Den poet visits Ezra Pound in jail amid high society chatter
In a vivid page of social and political notes, Lyons Den writer Thornson Wilder is among a handful allowed to visit Ezra Pound in jail. Eisenhower plans to push sale of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg. Danny Kaye sets a new Paramount English production with Norman Pangman. Mrs Rudolph Bing and her Met Opera director husband dine with Henry Luce. Bing’s former prima ballerina wife teases about Mrs Lice in Korea. Churchill tells Lovett of hearing aid idea after talk, Isme jokes about credit for the suggestion.
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Thornson Wilder
Ezra Pound
Eisenhower
Williamsburg
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Norman Pangma
England
Paramount
Rudolph Bing
Met
Opera House
Henry Luces
Bing
Lice
Korea
Mrs. Bing
Verse quote from 1 Timothy about Christ Jesus saving sinners
A Bible verse quotes Paul stating a faithful saying that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, with the speaker identifying as the chief of sinners. The line emphasizes repentance and salvation through Jesus.
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Christ Jesus
Timothy
Baytown Sun masthead and contact details
The Baytown Sun publishes its masthead listing at Pearce and Azhbel in Baytown Texas with Fred Hartman as editor and publisher Syd S Gould as advertising manager Beulah Mae Jackson as office manager Warren Edwards as managing editor and subscription rates shown for mail and armed services editions with terms payable in advance and post office filing details stating second class matter under the act of 1870 and national advertising representation in Atlanta Georgia.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and
Armed Services
Baytown
Texas
Postoffice
Versatile NYC Social Scene Ties to Film and Politics
Leonard Lyons notes Bette Davis attended a New York Critics party a day early while Amy Van derbilt promotes her etiquette book as Literary Guild lead for Jan-Feb. Vanderbilt lectured at the Cosmopolitan Club, joked about the servant chapter, and highlighted calm in high society.
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Bette Davis
New York Film Critics Circle
Amy Vanderbilt
Literary Guild
Miss Vanderbilt
Cosmopolitan Club
New York
Giovanni Martinelli
Eugene Conley
Met
Roosevelt
White House
Trumans
Margaret
Parable on Parade and Lawn Growth Rules
A reflective note contrasts reception of a parade with football rule makers who discarded the two platoon system. It mentions a new chemical claimed to slow grass growth reducing mowing. Grandpappy Jenkins jokes about his lawns being retarded at seed stage.
Transit car aid for hard of hearing patent filed
Maico Company, Inc. of Minneapolis filed a U S patent for a tiny wearable hearing device called the transit car. It uses three germanium transistors, has no tubes or heavy batteries, and promises about twenty years of use with high amplification. Experts note germanium’s long elusive practical potential and describe rugged, shock resistant performance.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
U. S. Patel
Maico ‘Company, Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
L. A.watson
Watson
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Historic trivia and birth anniversaries highlighted in grade-school column
A mixed page of quick knowledge prompts and birthday notes features questions about Captain James Cook naming the Hawaiian islands, the Cradle of Liberty building in Boston, the Mad Monk, and dawn goddess in Roman myth, plus notes on Mozart Dodgson Rasputin and Bela Lugosi. The column blends dates, awards, and biographical clues with terse trivia and a birthday pledge.
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Boston
Mass
Dawn& F
Another Cold Blast Coming to Baytown Charter City
Five years ago today Baytown was named official by charter adoption. James Theodore Williams became the first baby born in the new city to Theodore R. Williams and wife. Cove District Clerk J W Mills declined appointment as county court at law judge after judge Allie Peyton resigned. Grady Tuck Jr and wife announced twins, a boy and a girl at 222 West Gulf. CPL James Palmer Bailey, in service since 1941, wrote from Alaska, and Aviation Cadet William B Dumas of Ellington Field visited his mother.
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New City
James Theodore Williams
Baytown
Theodore R. Williams
Cove
J. W. Mills
Commissioners Court
Allie
Peyton
Grady Tuck, Jr
West Gulf
Cpl
James Palmer. Bailey
Alaska
William B. Dumas
Ellington Field
Blanche Dumas
Waterfront graft probe says Johnson suppressed report
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports that Sen. Lyndon Johnson hushed up a waterfront crime probe linked to New York and New Jersey racketeering. It says Johnson fired investigators and claimed the matter was outside his jurisdiction while Dewey’s commission looked into it. The piece cites a second suppression tied to a General Motors profits probe.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Drew Pearson Washingto
New York-New Jersey
Delvey
Capitol Hill
Texas
Senate
Johnson
Jersey City
John Kenny
Anthony Strolic
New York
Phil Regan
Kenny
New Jersey
Chicago
Dewey's
Crime Commission
Downey Rice
George Martin
Democratic
Senater
General Motors
Army
Jersey Cin
Claremont
Dotk
Army Engineers
Claremont Pier
Ihereld
Dade Brothers Inc
Claremont Terennal
Dade Brot
Seyret
Armed Services
Dade Brothers
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Argentina
U.S. Treasury
Correia
Selley
Mel Heimer
E. Jgst
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LYONS
Wenston Churchill
Bob Lovett
Isme
Churchill
Lovett
The
Baytown Sun
Leonard Lyons
Marilyn Monroe
Aristotle Onassis
Monte Carlo
Palace Theater
Jolson
el Morocco
Anne Baxter
Miss Baxter
Tke
Thomas Way Thacher
Charles E. Wilson
Thacher
Hoover
Wall St
William Bitt
Central Press
James Cook
Hawaiian Islands
Philip Duffield Stong
Medier
Mesler
Amadeus Mozart
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Alice In Wonderland
Canadian Great Western Railway
Germany
George Patton
Lae Ss
Hungary
Hollywood
Rue Morgue
U.S_ ‘Coast Guard
Don
Sandringham
Osborne
Royal Naval Colleges
Dartmouth
Jutland
Privy Council
Ulster
Kenya
Uganda
Sudan
Australia
New Zealand
Samuel Johnson
Faneni
Hall
Gregory Efimovich Rasputin
Russia
Aurora
Bela, Lugosi
King George VI
Sun
Willie
Rolloall
Underworld
John Denoia
Johnny
Duke
Celebri
Frankie Costello
Joe Acton
Longy Zwillman
Anthogy Tetasia
Willie Morenti
Dominic
Bas Strodo
Tony Benick
Tees
Budtig
Kefauver
Can Dade Brothers
Togues
Te Brothers
HHWG
Iake
Ina
Dede Brothers
Keerer
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