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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1950

Page

2

Rookies Favored To Beat Sophs In Fresh Jinx Battle

New York reports odds favor last year’s rookies in a major league sophomore jinx clash. Don Newcombe and Roy Sievers lead the hot list, with notes on Bearden, Dark, Kazak, Garcia, Kellner, Kuzava, Coleman and others as the season’s early risk/reward candidates.

New York Don Newcombe Brooklyn Deigers Roy Sievers St. Louis Browns Durocher Newcombe Aniey Montreal Dodgers Stevers Browns Springfield Casey Stengel Joe DiMaggio St Louis Cardinals Chicago White Sox Eddie Kazak Cardinal India A’s Kuzava Akon Chicago Jerry Coleman Yanhefty Als Snuffy Stirnweiss Rook Johnny Grothy Detroit Tigers Wilie Jones Phillies Dick Eckos del Crandall Braves Mel Parnell Red. Sox Roy Campanella Vern Bickford Larry Deby Indians

City to curb paving costs with new eight inch line

City Manager C Darwin Middleton reports Texas Avenue to Market Street route will carry the new eight inch line as Baytown buys paving gear to reduce costs. Grantham shows the Multifoote paver as a strong purchase while an older model sits for sale at 8000 dollars, underscoring savings avenues.

Xage Texas Avenue Market Street Whiting Louisiana Grantham Texas City C. Darwin Middleton Deel Baytown

City to Change Drainage With Easement Negotiations Start

City Attorney Donoghue said the city began talks with Mrs. Bessie Triton for an easement on her property south of West Texas near Market Street Road and Decker Drive. Engineer Nelson estimated a 22 inch easement needed to straighten a drainage ditch and improve road drainage while Triton considers the proposal.

David F. Donoghue Bessie Triton West Texas Market Street Decker Drive D. Middleton Mars Triton Texas Hardware Company Donoghue Joel Nelson Welson Hardware

Trade names and entities listed in Baytown Sun clipping

A garbled inventory of company names and brands appears, including steel producers Armco and U S Steel, chemical firms Dow and Du Pont, automotive names Budd and Chrysler, energy firms Texaco and Gulf, retailers Sears and Woolworth, and many others. The fragment suggests a business directory or advertisement listing multiple corporate entities without coherent context.

Baytown L Steel Kirby Libby Liggett ‘and “Hivers Mack Trucks Dairy Nat Steel Ohio DU Penney's Inc Pure Oil Packard Motorrs Repab Steel St. Regis Paper Sea Pacif Stan OW Ind - Stan Oil N. I. ‘Sunray Tex Gulf Sul Texas Co Tex Gulf Prod Tidewater Corp Timken Bearing U.S. Steel Woolworth Inc May M Cotton

Meat Swindle and Horsemeat Scandal Unfolds

US attorneys and USDA officials discuss meat safety amid a growing scandal over horsemeat. Dallas federal reports delay charges until inspectors complete reviews. Texas law bans horsemeat sales with fines and jail terms. Meanwhile Judie Holloway, an 18 month old finalist in a national contest, advances toward a $3000 prize and a Hawaii trip. Baylor and Hollywood links noted in contours of the year 1950.

Frank Potter Dallas A. R. Miller Agriculture Department Washington O. W. Scher USDA Chicago Texas Judie, Holloway Gerald Holloway East Texas Little Judie Hawaii Bob Hope Inicille Ball Pete Westmooré Judie Baylor University Fannual Bussants Hollywood

Tunnel Worker Dies in Channel Mishap Near Galena

A 33 year old tunnel worker fell into the ship channel near Galena Miami and drowned yesterday before rescue crews could reach him. Other workers witnessed the incident and reported the footing loss to authorities.

Saouston Marcel Ther Miami Galena

Wardens Blow Up 30 000 Crows in Campaign

Wardens detonated a crow roost using a battery-fed device, killing about 30 000 crows in a mass bombing. Hopkins said the state commission plans a larger campaign in 1851 after this year’s success, though this is the last for 1950 as crows disperse to end their mating season.

Hopkins State Commission

NAM Officials Tour Refinery in Baytown Visit

National Association of Manufacturers leaders visited Baytown Refinery on Wednesday. NAM President Claude Putnam and Earl Bunting, former president, met Humble Oil and Refining Co. president Hines H. Baker. They are in Houston for the Southwest Business Conference. Putnam, from Marken Machine Co. of Keene New Hampshire, planned to address industry size and the American economy.

National Association of Manufacturers Baytown NAM Claude 4. Putmem Earl Bunting Hines H. Baker Humble OF and Refining Company Putnam Bunting Houston Marken Machine Company Keene New Hampshire

Fire at Sandia Army Prison Kills Fourteen Inmates

An explosive blaze at the Sandia base eight year old mobile building traps fourteen Army prisoners. Colonel Hertford and an on scene board oversee the probe as rescuers treat smoke inhalation. Firefighters quell the flames in under twenty minutes with minimal exterior damage.

Bolster Kolster K. FL .Hertford Protess Kolster Sandia Albuquerque Atomic Energy Commission Armed Services Army Navy Air Force

Independent oil producers blasted by Tekod imports

Dallas March 9 Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association President Guy T Warren accused TEKOD importing firms and government zealots of threatening independence by pushing an import program that harms domestic oil. He warned heavy state taxes push the oil and gas industry into danger and urged action.

Dallas TEKOD Guy T. Warren Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association Warren F Warren

Livestock prices near Fort Worth show mixed steady trends

Livestock market report from Fort Worth notes cattle mostly steady with medium and good slaughter steers and yearlings at 21.00 to 26.00, some loads at 26.00, calves mostly steady with good and choice calves 23.50 to 26.00, hogs 25 to 40 lower than Wednesday, sows and pigs steady, feeder pigs 13.04 to 46.50, cattle and hogs in narrow price ranges across sizes and classes.

Fort Worth Mech USDA

Texas Gains Top Legal Talent In Tidelands Case

Texas Attorney General Price Daniel announced the state has engaged premier international law figures to back its tidelands ownership in the U S Supreme Court case. He filed a motion to reset the March 27 argument date to after May 1 and cited support from Roscoe Pound Joseph Walter Bingham Manley C Hudson and James William Moore.

Austin Boarch Price Daniel Texas Tidelands Supreme Court Daniel Roscoe Pound Joseph Walter Bingham Manley C. Hudson James William “Moore Pound Harvard Law School China Hudson World Court United Nations International Law Commission Bingham Stanford University Moore United States

Bendix Firm Loses In Anti-Trust Suit

A Texas court awarded the state 50 000 dollars in an antitrust case against Bendix Home Appliances Inc. Judge J Garris Gardner granted a permanent injunction end ing price fixing and restricted trade territories in Texas. The decision follows a 1950s filing by Attorney General Price Daniel in the 53rd District Court.

Austin Price Daniel 53Rd District Court Bendix Home Appliances, Inc J. Garris Gardner Bendix Texas Nsed

Woman Asphyxiated In Bed At Home

Houston March 9 Asphyxiation believed the death of Mrs Mildred Leis McAllister 33 found in a bed in her home yesterday William McAllister 43 said he returned from work and found the house tightly closed Two kerosene burners in the kitchen were on Hospital attendants said she had been dead several hours autopsy to be held

Houston Mildred Leis McAllister Wiliam McAllister McAllister

Taxicab Drivers End Two Day Strike In Houston

In Houston on March 9 a two day taxi strike ended as Local 394 Taxi Cab Drivers Union members voted to return to work. About 300 drivers from Yellow and Checker Cab companies had walked off Tuesday over an operational dispute with Carroll A. Bass, operator of the companies. At 4 pm all drivers were back on duty, with the restoration of service almost unanimous according to Harold Suber, local business agent.

Houston Taxi Cab Drivers Union AFL Carroll A. Bass Harold Suber

Child Hangs Self Playing Cowboy in Tulsa

Tulsa authorities said a five year old boy, Jackie Rumsey, hanged himself while playing cowboy with a rope at his grandmother Mrs. Ro r Baker's home. The boy reportedly fell from an outside staircase during play.

Tulsa Okla Jackie Rumsey Ror Baker

Celebrities Attend Grauman Funeral in Hollywood

Hollywood mourns Sid Grauman as Forest Lawn burial proceeds with honorary pallbearers including Jack Benny Leo Carrillo Bob Hope and Red Skelton among others. Chicago reports crime easing with metal manhole cover thefts down from 500 in 1948 to 125 in 1949.

Hollywood Sid Grauman Forest Lawn Jack Benny Leo Carrillo Bob DeMille Jimmy: Durante Bob Hope al Jolson Mickey Rooney Red Skelton Ciecago Chicago

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