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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
6
Chrysler Corporation sets a production record and pledges rapid conversion to war product. Keller tells newsmen the industry supports industrial preparedness and can move as fast as military demands dictate. He hopes the Korean War won’t trigger wartime controls. Try Sun Classified Ads Dial 33502.
Detroit Chrysler reported a new all time high for car production last month led by luxury models Saratoga New Yorker Imperial Town and Country Crown Imperial. June output rose over 10 percent from the prior high month September 1959 as dealer demand surged and orders piled up.
DETROIT and CLOQUET Minn A Detroit Nash Motors report shows July first ten days deliveries up 72.8 percent year over year with 6532 cars vs 3784 last year. Wash Motors total 106209 through July 10 compared with 74421 last year an increase of 42.8 percent. In Minnesota a jury split fault in an auto collision awarded Edmund R Ludes 140.50 and Lillian Menny and her 15 year old son Allen 123.55.
Akron dedicates a memorial to Harvey Firestone for the fifty year anniversary of The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. The bronze seated statue by James Earle Fraser stands at the memorial’s center, amid a terraced landscape and 25 acres, with sculpted panels and inscriptions celebrating Firestone and industry.
Hudson postwar sales records fell last week with 4769 Hudsons delivered to dealers, a 40 percent rise from the prior year. For the first half of July sales reached 7809, up 35 percent from 1949, while dealer inventories were tight and end-of-period stocks 41 percent below last year. Executive N EK VanDerzee cited Monobilt safety, roominess, comfort, and longevity as key demand drivers.
LONG BEACH Calif. Paul Bl Spearman Jr. 24 was cited for driving without a license failing to yield to a pedestrian and disobeying traffic signals after his car struck two teenage girls. Spearman told officers he was en route to get his license when the alleged violations occurred.
The National Petroleum Council said there will be no change in the quantity or quality of civilian gasoline under the present military situation. It warned that things will get tough if there is all-out war.
Director Frank James announced a summer schedule for seven recreation centers sponsored by the Recreation Council. Centers at Carver and Highlands will be open 8 AM to 7 PM Monday through Friday, while the other five centers operate 2 PM to unspecified closing time. New center directors are listed and handicraft displays are set for 3 PM Friday at all play centers. Attendance last week and total for seven weeks are noted.
Roy M. Webb a 55 year old Nesh body plant worker who signed a Communist inspired peace petition was beaten and dumped to the pavement by four Husky plant coworkers on the buildings fourth floor. Webb was taken to hospital in poor condition. The incident followed a wave of expulsions of three petition signers by plant workers. CIO United Auto Workers stewards were instructed to prevent violence and protect workers rights to participate or abstain, with UAW President Walter Reuther ordering union leaders to uphold democratic processes.
FORT WORTH. More than 25 percent of the wind erosion areas in Texas and Oklahoma will be protected next fall by heavy planting of wind resistant crops. Regional Director Louis Merrill of the Farmers Soil Conservation Service said good moisture conditions aid farmers in their fight. Grain sorghums and sudans planted will total 3,238,600 acres more than last year, raising total plantings to 7,611,000 acres in wind erosion areas. Rainfall has been encouraging for sorghum growth and weeds cover bare land from last winter’s blowing season, aiding erosion reduction.
Constable Wyatte S. Busch thanked supporters for votes in the primary and urged voters to back him in the August 26 run-off. He said he’d continue efficient and honest law enforcement and serve Pre cinct 3. Busch had 3317 votes, short of a majority by 49.
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