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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1950
Page
2
The article outlines proposed measures to curb inflation and conserve scarce resources, including tax hikes, installment buying limits, real estate credit controls, and price and wage ceilings. It notes Truman’s push for broader powers over rationing, raw materials, and wages, while Congress hesitates.
Reuters correspondent Symonds reported from Taejon as American forces abandoned the city after fighting near Taejon. He described empty streets and an ominous silence, with a convoy including Soviet teams and civilians retreating toward Pusan. Sergeant Jimmy Lipps said troops would stay as long as wounded awaited evacuation.
Finchampstead England residents of a nudist colony vow to catch a mysterious man who roams streets naked at night. A camp spokesman says the intruder is ruining their reputation and troubling passersby.
J. T. Rutherford of Odessa, state VFW commander, invited leaders of five veterans organizations to meet in Austin at the earliest date to coordinate manpower into a home defense force ready to act in emergencies amid troubled world conditions. The aim is a united front of Texas veterans to assist the governor and adjutant general if needed.
PAT BOND and ALLEN GENE RICE returned from Camp Stewart. MR and MRS ROBERT MATHERNE spent the weekend in Kerrville. MRS VAN DEXON went to Chicago after her father was injured in a fall. MIKE DIXON came back from Carey Selph's camp near Mount Ida Arkansas. MRS NORTHCUTTS and daughter ZONA PAUL vacationing in New Braunfels. W C MORRIS family returned from two weeks in Birmingham. LENND and FRED O HAGAN vacationing in Mexico. MR and MRS NELSON McELROY en route to Colorado. Molly will visit grandmother Mrs W C Wiese in Calvert. BR C HALTERS choose Garner Park, West Texas as vacation spot. Miss ANN HARRELL, recovering from major operation at Memorial Hospital Houston, is improving. her brother Jim Harrell flew from California to be with her. She teaches art at Horace Mann Junior High in Baytown. Mrs LaVerne Mattea and son CHARLES LYNN of Buffalo NY visiting Baytown at Neal Blenkenship's home. Mattea is former Miss LaVerne Blankenship.
A small frame house on Avon Street in Baytown Woods was damaged by fire Sunday afternoon. Firemen said a burning cigarette dropped from an ash tray igniting furniture. The residence, owned by Oscar Connor, was occupied by Laurine Palmer who was away at the time. Estimated damage was $500.
Texas rises to fifth largest state by population, trailing New York, Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois. The 1940 census shows Texas at over 7.5 million residents, with Ohio at about 7.5 million and California nearing Pennsylvania’s figure. Houston ranks fourteenth among U S cities, behind Milwaukee.
Eye witness account details a late night battle as North Korean forces attacked across a river. American defenders held a front line with mortars and artillery, repelling waves, then counter-attacked with tanks. Casualties included missing and dead fighters amid mud and rice paddies, with heroes and a major noted for charging a machine gun nest before being killed.
The Bartown Chapter of Disabled American Veterans will hold a regular business meeting at 80 p.m. tomorrow in the City Lat. C P Ridley adjutant announced. Maurice Jor is commander, Ray Bashrum is vice commander, and Mrs. Bess Shannon is service officer. We have 23 members now and invite all veterans to attend.
The body of Sergeant Alcide De Ros, 21, killed in a B 50 crash near Lebanon Ohio, was to be brought home today. Funeral services set for 10 am Tuesday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home with Rev John Ostien officiating. Military rites by VFW Post 12 and American Legion Tri Cities, firing squad from Texas National Guard Company B. Survivor list includes mother Mrs Mary Dendis Dusky and two sisters.
A dense historical stock ticker snapshot shows major corporations and abbreviations including Allied, Armco, AT&T, American Woolens, Celanese, Chrysler, Cities Service, Con Edison, Dow Chemical, Du Pont, General Electric, Goodyear, Gillette, General Motors, Mack Trucks, Nat Dairy, Penn, Packard, Tidewater, Timken, Woolworth, and others. Percent changes appear for several lines, including figures like 38 percent and 42 percent, with varied accuracy due to OCR errors.
Lee College announced the fall term opens on September 5 with registrations now being accepted. Dean Walter Rundell noted vocational IT courses require 12 or more students. Read on for listed courses and instructors, including basic grammar, drivers education, pipe fitting layout, blueprint reading, automotive electricity, welding, and more. Ninety five students registered Saturday as classes begin tomorrow.
Livestock Fort Worth market mixed cattle prices with good fed steers 29.00 to 30.25, medium large 25.00 to 25.60, common 21.00 to 24.00. Cows good 22.50 to 23.00, canners 12.00 to 19.50. Sausage bulls 18.00 to 24.95. Feeder steers 2250 to 28.00, loads 26.50 to 27.50. Bogs 1100. Butcher hogs steady to 25 higher than Friday. Pigs 24.25 to 20.00, sows 17.90 to 20.00, some over 500 lb to 16.50. Feeder pigs 15.00 to 23.00.
Six Baytown firefighters completed a course at Texas A and M Industrial Extension Service. Five firemen named Zatopek Taylor French Bailey Oteuba attended, plus Fire Marshal Bounds. City credit on fire insurance rate was announced as eight percent due to attendance.
Mrs Etta Maupin of 420 Bolster suffered a heart attack around noon and received emergency care at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital before transfer to Houston hospital by Paul A Lee ambulance.
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