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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
8
Minerva California March 10 A calico cat with burned feet and fur walked out of a brick kiln after 36 hours at extreme heat. Dr William Orr, village veterinarian, called it a near miracle and credited a single worker with saving the animal. The cat, unnamed, is recovering with sedatives stimulants and fluids.
Dr G Walton Smith of the University of Misarai marine laboratory explains sea monster reports may be misidentified sea life or wreckage. He cites giant squid with 42 foot tentacles and 15 inch eyes, oarfish, and needle nosed garfish as examples found near American shores.
Oklahoma City March 10 Employers who want to import Mexican and other foreign farm labor will face a stricter policy this year from the U S Employment Security Bureau head Robert C Goodwin in Washington. He said the bureau has tightened its approval of workers from outside the United States noting a larger native labor supply and unemployment up by about 1.5 million since February last year. Employers must show they have definitely tried to hire American workers first.
Tyler reports a curious tale from March 12 in which a man named Tremble aimed to oust a skunk from a piano offered for sale. He bought the upright instrument, hauled it home to Malakoff, and discovered the skunk still inside, preventing departure.
Chicago notes Dr Lucinda de Lefivich Femplin derides fathers as indulgent and buck-passing. At a Central Lions Club gathering she urged better discipline and money management for daughters while criticizing fathers who coddle and poorly teach manners.
Army films from the Nuremburg trials will be shown at Horace Mann Junior High Auditorium in Baytown at 7 20 p m on Thursday March 23. Sponsored by the Baytown Business and Professional Women's Club the screening will be free to the public and hosted by Sergeant Jack Taylor. The U S Army Signal Corps footage includes top Nazi criminals such as Hess and Goering along with scenes of Nazi torture chambers and executions. A Highlands show is scheduled for March 22.
Baytown area World War I veterans who were prisoners of war are urged to seek federal compensation at one dollar per day for each day imprisoned. Colonel Oscar B. Abbott outlines filing forms WOC-601 for living servicemen and WCC-650 for dependents of deceased prisoners, with applications available from the Office of War Claims Commission in Washington.
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