Study to Be Quiet and Work with Your Hands
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
6
Truman to Create Special Commission on Migratory Farm Labor
President Truman intends to appoint a special commission to study migratory farm labor. The panel will evaluate the problem across agricultural states, where relief funds are exhausted and labor demand spikes during harvests. Mechanization and farm consolidation affect patterns, but seasonal needs still force workers to travel with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Looking At Life by Frick Brandeis
Opinion piece recounts late 19th century style anecdotes on debt, borrowing, and personal finance. It reflects on crime, temptation, and consequences through humorous reminiscences about money, theft, and a roadster repossession, ending with a note on saving and responsible living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
San Francisco
Sun Slants on District Pride and Road Work in Baytown
Fred Hartman comments on Goose Creek and Pasadena school size rankings, critique of local promotion, and the Port Commission selection favoring Warren Bellows over L. G. Sanders. He notes beautification efforts at Lamar campus, praise for campus improvements, and describes the Garth Road project in East Harris County with bond-financed paving progressing but a missing segment near the Crosby Road crossroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Barris County
Pasadera
Pasadena
Delf
L. G. Sanders
Port Commission
Harris County
Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
Sanders
Baytown
Tom Ball
Jesse Jones
Ross Sterling
Joe Hvans
Forrest McKinney
Joe Kilgore
Milton Helley
Cedar Bayou High School
Pruett
Lamar
Garth Road
Barbers Hill Crosby Road
East Harris County
Peter
Paul
Reed
Hospital stays and efficiency push prompt Hoover Commission
A fragment notes patient discharge times from Navy and Army hospitals at about 20 days and 19.6 days respectively after appendix removal. It contrasts private patient costs with taxpayer funded care and urges Congress to implement Hoover Commission recommendations to reduce government spending and improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Congress
Hoover Commission
Zaptown Sun Publisher Editor Advertising Manager
The Zaptown Sun lists the publisher editor and advertising manager roles with office contact details and staff listings. The brief notice identifies the publisher editor and advertising manager positions within the paper's management structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svevese
Success Secrets Wheeler The Hoover Vacuum Gleaner origin
The lazy janitor Murray Spangler invented a powered cleaning device, inspiring the Hoover Vacuum Gleaner. He teamed with harness maker W F Hoover to refine the product and train salesmen to market it to housewives, illustrating early entrepreneurial hustle and continuous product improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wheeler
3Furray Spangler
Spaggler
W. F. Hoover
Hoover
English Birds and Englishmen A Biting Satire
McLemore riffs on English bird watchers and privacy in a wry column from London. He lampoons Society pages and Daily Mail quotes while imagining birds spying on humans and mocking pompous English manners. The piece ends with a wish to cease the bird theme after a brief England visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. McLemore
London
England
Berkeley
Picesdilly
Birds ‘Anonymous
Sagland
Daily Mail
Scotland
Glanten Bird
Northumberland
Cornwall
English News- Pakers Acarcely
Lord Muffintrine
Bottleneck
President to veto basing point bill amid pressure
Washington dispatch reports President Truman plans to veto the bitterly debated basing point price fixing bill. Behind the scenes influence includes Rep. Patman urging the veto while small business groups back the act’s aim to curb big firms. Inside operations show officials lobbying for the measure, with questions about the President’s stance and possible political costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dispatch
Robert S. Allen
Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
Boi
Wright Patman
D. Tex
White House
Patman
Petmasz
Couery
Senate
Robinson-Patman
John W. Dargevel
National Association of Retail Druggists
George Burger
National Federation of Independent Business
Col. R. B. Rowe
U. S. Grocers Association
Roosevelt
Act
Joe O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Francis Walter
Pennsylvania
John D Clark
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Herbert Bergson
Murphy
McDonald
Bergson
Bob Wallace
Paul Douglas
Anti-Trust
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Commencement Talk Sparks Mockery at Blair High
An amused audience recalls Earl Wilson spoofing a 1950 Blair High School commencement. The scene features Superintendent T Xenophon Oompsh and Wilson delivering a satirical address about work and leisure, with heckling from graduates and others in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wilson
New York
Blair High School
T. Xenophon Oompsh
Dr. Oompah
Blah High School
Wilson
Ife
Lfe
Arthur Godfrey
Mad Anthony and other quick knowledge questions
Answers: 1 General called Mad Anthony is Major General Anthony Wayne. 2 Capital of Idaho is Boise. 3 Puppets worked by strings are marionettes. 4 Line after "Laugh and the world laughs with you" is: "Weep and you weep alone." Written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 5 The mouth of the great South American river is the Orinoco in Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Idaho
Venezuela
Anthel Wayne
Baise
Ella Wheler Wilcers
Have A Laugh A Little Funny Schoolroom Moment
A fragment from a Sunday school scene shows a boy asking about grace as adults try to explain. The child’s puzzled expression gives way to a simple, humorous exchange about a boy’s understanding and the family gathering nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerace
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