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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
4
AWASHINGTON Household tasks under heat stress can raise body heat like a 250 watt bulb. Tests by the Gas Appliance Manufacturer's Association show mopping, scrubbing, rug rolling and furniture moving in high temperatures generate notable BTU outputs per hour.
In Washington the president praised the United States government as cumbersome yet the most satisfactory in world history. Speaking to Boy Nation delegates in the White House rose garden, he urged high school leaders to learn how government runs and to prepare for future responsibility. He noted the three branches, called the constitution the greatest document of government, and reminded them that recall rights do not extend to the president.
Washington reports FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover is proposed as a Republican presidential candidate amid a grass roots push led by Representative Shafer of Michigan who urges rapid organization nationwide to back a Hoover bid. Centralia dispatch notes Southern Railway upgrades horns on some freight trains as part of noise control efforts.
In a North East West bridge problem, declarer South blunders by repeating a heart finesse. West returns a heart, locking dummy and preventing the diamond finesse win. The commentator notes the simple defensive idea of letting declarer win a finesse when possible and stresses careful timing of entries to the dummy to thwart the opponent's plan.
In a note resembling a classifieds teaser, a safety reform is described as moving the striking surface of book watches from inside to outside the cover to reduce danger. The snippet, labeled Sun Classified Ads, suggests consulting Dial 3392 for details.
Walter A Criss of Spencer West Virginia recovered his World War II canteen cup found in Korea carved with ten country names. He surrendered it in September 1947 at Fort Sill Oklahoma for not meeting regulations. He later saw the cup in another soldier's possession while in Morea.
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