Editorials: Beware and Abstain from Drink and Food
A brief editorial cites a biblical passage from Judges 13 4 urging caution against wine and unclean food. The fragment hints at religious instruction urging personal abstinence as a moral guideline.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
8
Defeats and Victories Across American Wars
The passage surveys American military outcomes from the Revolutionary War through World War II. It notes notable defeats such as Bull Run, Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, Petersburg, and Cold Harbor, and contrasts them with key victories like New Orleans and Yorktown, emphasizing final outcomes over isolated losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Richmond
Second Bull Run
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Chickamauga
Petersburg
Cold Harbor
Shenandoah Valley
Detroit
Niagara
Lake Champlain
Buffalo
Canada
Washington
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Brandywine
Germantown
Savannah
Augusta
Charleston
Camden
Yorktown
Baytown Census Quip on Population Figures
The piece recalls Baytown as Harris County’s largest town outside Houston with a 1950 population near 22,922, despite attempts to reach 23,000. It notes Houston’s 593,600 and Harris County’s 801,169, and ends with a forward-looking quip about 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Echols Jr
Baytown
Harris County
Houston
West
Texas
Clifford
M. Bond
Chamber of Commerce
George F. Findlay
Mortality Misread: Auto Deaths Mask Murders and Crises
A critical rostrum argues thirty five thousand murder and personal crisis cases go uncounted, misattributed as auto deaths. It blames human nature and reckless driving for rising road fatalities, urging sharper honesty and public caution.
Baytown Sun salutes Paul A. Lee Funeral Home 20th anniversary
Fred Hartman reflects on the Paul A. Lee Funeral Home’s 20th anniversary and its growth from Goose Creek to Baytown, noting the Lee family’s hard work and the long ties with The Baytown Sun. He previews the enlarged quarters and thanks the Lees while sharing labor perspectives from Paul Sparks and others on wage debates affecting El Paso and highway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Lee
Pau A. Lee
Westheimer Funeral Home
Houston
Goose Creek
Tri-Cities
Baytown
The
Bayiow
Sun
Lees
Lee
Paul G. Lee
Paul C. Sparks
Texas State’ Federation of Labor
Austin
Highway
el Paso
Paul
el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Ashburn
Paso Council
Government printing costs and Hoover Commission urged reforms
The piece notes the government printing office in Washington costs 50 million annually as the world’s largest printer, while 389 other bureaus run printing or duplicating plants at an additional 25.66 million. It urges Congress to implement the Hoover Commission recommendations to reduce costs and improve efficiency with Baytown representatives named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover Commission
Baytown
Tom Coneally
Lyndon Johnson
U. S. Senate
Albert Thomas
House of Representatives
Daily Sun Company Gazette Notice at Baytown Texas
Publication imprint shows Daily Sun Company at Pearce and Ashbel in Baytown Texas. Details list Robert Matherme as editor and Fred Bartmanerateerseee as publisher with office manager, advertising, and subscription rates. Subscriptions are prepaid. national representative is Texas Daily Press. second class mailing at Baytown post office under act of March 3, 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sun Company
Pearce
Ashbel-In
Raytown
Tesas
Robert Matherme
Fred. Bartmanerateerseee
Armed ‘Service
Texas ‘Daily Press
League
Baytown
Texas
Postoffice
Congress
Water clutter and royal tension in Brussels bits
Henry Mclemore reports in Brussels on drinking water habits with fizz preference, art by Antonie Wiertz, dry fountains from wartime looting, and a polarized public mood over King Leopold III, with street scenes of cafes and crowds reacting to royal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
Brussels
Belgium
Europe
United States
Antonie Wiertz
Jong
Leopold
Washington Dispatch: Only Two UN Members Offer Any Troop Aid
The article states that only Pakistan and Nationalist China have offered ground troops for South Korea. It covers comments from Omar Bradley and Dulles to the Senate Armed Services Committee, noting reluctance to deploy Chinese Nationalist forces while welcoming other UN offers. It also mentions a potential international police force and a Potsdam Conference incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. Allen
United Nations
South Korea
Pakistan
China
Omar Bradley
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Foster‘Dulles
State Department
Bradley
Formosa
Dulles
Korea
Koreas
Kerea
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stalin
Russia
George’ Marshall
Japan
Broadway cop’s tale of Ava Gardner and a staged test
Patrolman Barney Duhan recounts chasing a party invitation dream and a photo taken at 607th Avenue. He recalls a flickering memory of Ava Gardner as an intelligent face guiding a misdirected career. A chance line as talent scout leads to a possible screen test offer from a photographer's assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney
Dubham
Girh
Duhan
Upper Broadway
Walso
Middle West
Barney Duhan
Loew's Inc
Broadway
607Th Avenue
Naim
Ava Gardner
Oj Avenue
Laura
Aras
Beatrice
Ava Rush
Atlantic
Lar
Ava
Barney Dukes
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Mgae
Loew's
Worth- Carolina
Fragmented 1920s radio notes mingle with quirky local tales
Jumbled OCR pieces mention a program featuring a tune titled Tre Indian Love Cat, a host’s quips about a vanishing age, and various stray quotes about teachers, delinquents, seashell collectors, and a revival. A family report references a neighbor’s problem child and a woman selling shells amid odd remarks about homeland and a roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Porter Bells
Ed Lstener
Duffy
Paul
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By Erich Brandeis
National Safety Council
Fred. Hartman
Mr. Lee
Baytown Sun
Amerrca Firest
SC McCh
Helf
M. Wiertz
Lfe
Central Press
Thomas G. Masaryk
William _ Knowland
California
Edward Thye
Minnesota
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Dilies
Security Council
Ferguson
Senate
Armied “Services Committee
Verne Mudge
Ing
Pacific
Napoleon Bonsparte
Mudge
Pentagon
Justice Department
San Antonio
Bat
Rufus DeWitt King
Miami smail-Ioan
San Antonis
William Makepeace Thackeray
Douglas Corrigan
Dublin
Ireland
Queen Macie of Romeniz
Franklin Delsno Roosevelt
Laurance Housman
Playright
Red ‘Skelton
Maurice Chevalier
Harriet Hillard
Benjamin Franklin
Jd. Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Laurens
Great Britain
Yes Wasshington
Supreme Court
Paris
Scnaves
Indiana
Valesting
Leila
Alfred. de. Musset
Frederic Caepin
Poser
Courage
Queena Cox
King's College
Calclumbia University
John Jay
Puder ‘Ted
George Sand
Alon Broadway
Eal Wilson
Munich
Matra
Tate
Amed
Bea
Schenck
MGA
Hiim
Ang Ee
Mgar
By Bennett
York
Paci
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