U.S. Stance on Geneva Protocol and Gas Warfare Debate
The 1925 Geneva protocol outlawing gas and bacteriological warfare faced U.S. resistance. The Chemical Warfare Service argued it harmed defense and lacked enforcement. The American Legion opposed it, aiding Senate inaction. A 1932 Disarmament Conference sought a broader ban, but Adolf Hitler’s rise derailed progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Service
American Legion
Legion
The
Senate
Geneva
Hitler
Germany
Foundation of God Stands Sure Verse Card
A brief devotional note cites Second Timothy 2 19 urging believers to depart from iniquity. The passage emphasizes God knowing His own and the firmness of His foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ
Innocentius Sakhnno Affair Sparks Soviet Critique
A Russian Fravde article attacks a construction engineer in Tula nicknamed LDS for keeping nine wives in three official classifications. Pauline Gudkova defends Sakhnno, helped by his boss, and the party re-admits him, stating private life is subordinate to plan. The piece mocks Soviet morals and contrasts East and West values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fravde
Tula
LDS
Ld.s
Communist Party
Sakhno
Pauline Gudkova
Innocentius
Imust
Sakano
Pauline
Pravde
Malik
Vishinski
Gromyko
Stelin
Success Secrets By Elmer Wheeler
Franklin Edison and the Wright Brothers are noted for observation and applied discovery. Avillis C Ware of Ware Chemical Co Chicago created Gasta a laundry additive to prevent static cling and improve fabric feel, stemming from noticing a unique reaction with polyamide. The piece urges keen observation and hints at a Denmark tale of a haunted Christianborg Castle with a coughing ghost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Edison
Wright Brothers
Avillis C. Ware
Ware Chemical Company
Chicago
Ware
Christianborg
Denmark
Quick Knowledge Quiz and Historic Bits
A playful bundle of trivia asks who yumyum peen-bo and press petti-sing are and quizzes a word ending ism for wanton destruction. It surveys Jael in the Bible, identifies the Coldstream Guards, and notes early co education in a religious denomination. It also lists dates, aviation feats, and a Saudi king’s rise with Mecca to Riyadh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jael
Coldstream Guards
Baytown Sun Publisher and staff listings and notices
The Baytown Sun shows its editor and publisher Syd S Goulds along with the advertising manager Beulah Mae Jackson and office manager Warren Edwards. It lists subscription rates for by mail and carrier and notes postal registration and historic notes about Hewes and birthday mentions for notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Texas Daily Press League
Baytown
Texas
Postoffice
Congress
New York Press Agent Irving Mansfield Rises in TV
Irving Mansfield once a Brooklyn born press agent now stands as a major figure in television. A profile by Richard Gehman notes Mansfield created four shows, earned large sums, and once proposed a Garbo appearance with a bold offer that nearly reshaped sponsor buyouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mel Beimer
Irving Mansfield
Irving Mandelbaum
Brooklyn
New Yorker
Irving
Richard Gehman
Godfrey
Sam Levenson
Gehman
America
Billy Rose
Irving Mans Zield
Valentina
Gerbo
Miss. Garbo
Schlee
Irvin
Schleer
Radio
Garbo
Mr. Gehman
Mansfield
States voting patterns in presidential elections across the 1900s
The article analyzes how many states aligned with national results since 1900, noting Idaho Missouri and Montana consistently voted with the nation since 1900 and mentioning Ohio Wyoming in 1896 1944 shifts. It also recalls Utah California Washington 1912 and Illinois West Virginia 1916 voting patterns and ends with humorous local items about a Kansan poultry farmer Zadok Dumkopf and Baltimore owls dive bombing pedestrians.
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Ohio
Wyoming
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
William J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Utah
Taft
California
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Wilnois
West Virginia
Charles E. Hughes
Ike workers recall love of Eisenhower and no expected rewards
Chicago July 142 workers who stumped for Ike say they did so out of affection for him not for appointments or jobs. Mary Ruth Johnson and Mae F Gavin describe their roles in the Eisenhower campaign research and outreach, noting private handshakes and belief in his character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman W. Nichols
Chicago
Ike
Court of St James
Normandy
Dwight Hisenhower
Mary Ruth Johnson
Arlington
Eisenhower Campaign Committee
Washington
Eisenhower
Mae. F. Gavin
Stop Me Smith and Sons Yankee Undertakers Retailers
A fragment describes SMITH AND SONS as a multifaceted New Hampshire business on a hill with roadside signs. It mentions an apparent undertaker operation and goods emporium, plus odd anecdotes about a starlet and a Bureau of Missing Persons case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith and Sons
New Hampshire
Undertakers
Jim* Henaghan
Janice Bule
Nan
Bureau of Missing Persons
Henahan
Tennessee
Noted gesture earns room and board for Mrs Gavin
Mrs Gavin says she did not receive pay for her actions but believes she helped the general get a benefit. She recalls, He waved at me and I waved back, and that was pay enough.
Quotations on Patience and Poetry by Famous Thinkers
A compact collage of quotes from Plato Shakespeare Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson Paul Chatfield Joseph Joubert Frederick Robertson Joseph DeMais and Bulwer Lytton on patience virtue poetry and the power of slow effort. The collection links patience with strength, endurance, and meaningful expression across classic voices.
You're Telling Me Coe Os Sagem By William
A fragmented oddball column notes a phrase filled diary like chatter about an Australian pigeon race and opinions on birds and brains. It hints at a quirky, humorous tone with clipped remarks and stray musings about Eskimos talking birds and vocal phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Baytown Refinery Disaster and Era-wide Moves
Five years ago today Baytown refinery workers including Cerl H. Frey and 8. W. Wunsch were killed and Ed J. Daniels injured in an explosion. The CIO began a membership drive among Baytown refinery workers while a planned $5,750,000 dam project to supply water to war industries was announced near Huffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayton
Cerl_H. Frey
8. W. Wunsch
Ed J. Daniels
Baytown
CIO
Air
Claude ‘Birge
Highlands
Moss Hill
Liberty
Ace
San ‘Tacinto
Huffman
Victor Bouldin
San’ Jacinto Conservation and
Red Gray and City Roller Vandalism Near Lamar Campus
The piece recalls Red Gray and a city roller damaged by vandals on the Lamar campus area. A tire and wheel unit used after the war is left idle as thieves sliced tires with a sharp blade. City workers suffer delays while repairs and recovery lag, and police patrols are on the lookout for the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Renny
C. W
Red) Gray
Lamar
Joe SE Eng
Bauzhi
Prokis Red
Jers
Red Grantham
Betzey
Ty Trols
The Orphaned Fatherland and the Iron Curtain Orphans
A wartime travelogue recounts postwar Germany from Frankfurt Airport to Nuremberg, detailing visa hurdles and Nazi remnants, plus a camp housing 4,500 displaced youths from Iron Curtain nations. The author notes the grim conditions, lack of opportunity, and calls for medical support and potential emigration to alleviation.
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U.S
By Erich Brandeis
Innocentius Dimitriyevich Sakhnno
Yakov Melik
Egzin
Security Council
Russia
Elmer Wheeler
William Wordsworth
Bastilie
Jules, Mazarin
Louis Xtit and
Xiv
Howard Hughes
A. Central Press Feature
Harvarl-Berlin
Berlin
Najd
Hejaz
Saudi Arabia
Ten
Islam
Mecca
Riyadh
Tran
Persian Gulf
Ehe
Baytown Sun
i—Hewes
Milwaukee
Wis
Merrill, Wis
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Irving Stone
Claude Harmon
Sisera
Oliver Cromwell
Elv
Kalfenborn
King Thn Seud
Greta Garbo
Africa
George Schlee
Czews
Lemon
Garbo i
Bill Paley
Miss Garbo
Kansan
Zadok Dumkopf
Baltimore
Denver
By Bennett Cerf
Plato
Ralph W. Emerson
Paul Chatfield
Joseph Joubert
Frederick W. Robertson
Joseph DeMaistre
Gene Ahern
Robin
Uni
Pinky
Jose
Eyary
Eskimos
Sun
BY Fred Hes
Lyons
Leonard
Rhine
Koblenz
Srankfurt
Adolf Hitler
Weimar Republic
Stalingrad
Omaha Beach
New Alamein
Frankfurt
Passau
Bavaria
John J. Macoptigh
McCoy
Wasington
Abe Lastfogel
Beverly Hib Ury
Erom Biunich
Nuremberg
Belts
Iron Curtain
Kazan
Indor
U.S Army
Air Force
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