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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1950
Page
4
Trustees of San Jacinto Memorial Hospital welcomed a 1950 two month report showing income nearly equal to expenses including depreciation. If daily load stays above 40 patients the hospital could break even, and at 45 to 50, profit would come easily. Any future profit would fund added services or lower Baytown rates.
Renovation of the old Pruett building at Texas and Ashbel helps create space for Max Altman's Man's Shop and Drew's, with Tuck Insurance expanding into a larger, modern corner. The project brings a brighter, updated service hub on the main business avenue.
A reader questions cheerful columns amid grim daily headlines, defending optimism and Pollyanna while noting roses have thorns. The writer rejects sugary naivety but upholds hope behind clouds, urging resilience and courage as society faces cynicism and decay.
An editorial reflects on sanctification through the offering of Jesus Christ once for all, citing Hebrews 10 10 to frame its message about salvation and spiritual renewal. The piece emphasizes faith, sacrifice, and enduring devotion as core Christian tenets.
The article traces St Patrick’s life from a captive youth in Ireland to bishop and missionary, noting his Confession and epistle, his role in Irish Christianity, and legends like the shamrock. It surveys Irish immigration shifts in the US from 1870 to 1940, and notes the US Ireland legation elevating to embassy while William O’Dwyer begins a second term as mayor of New York.
Douglas Lurton advocates timing as crucial for success arguing that a great idea fails if launched at the wrong moment. He cites logicking beneath surface reasons and asks how many people need the offering now. His Your Life magazine debuted in 1937 amid downturns and unrest, proving timely relevance can trump prevailing sentiment.
The Baytown Daily Sun lists ownership details at Pearce and Ashbel with publisher Fred Hartman and editor Syd Gould. Advertising and office staff are named, plus subscription rates about 90 cents for one month and multiyear options. military service members receive adjusted terms. National reps are Texas Daily Press League. paper is entered as second class in Baytown post office under Congress act of 1879.
Washington report shows President Truman backing a sweeping public power initiative. Magnuson bill seeks 22.09 million for Pacific Northwest projects. Interior Secretary Chapman faces Senate hearing on a disputed contract with Oklahoma utilities. A counter drive led by Purcell Smith pushes public opinion with editor letters highlighting government power expansion risks.
Editors react to Paul Robeson being chosen to discuss The Negro in Politics on Mrs Roosevelt’s radio show. Protests led to cancellation amid claims he would preach communism. Critics argue many Black Americans are true Americans upholding democratic values.
James A Farley remarks on Coca Cola sales bans in France describing the political shenanigans as the weirdest he has encountered.
Henry McLemore laments the enduring upper berth on trains from Florida to New York. He recalls Washington’s era, mocks ladder design, and recounts smoky, perilous, comic escapades of travelers waking, racing the porter, and tumbling into lower berths as the car rolls toward the next city.
The column by Dorothy Bilgallen reports Broadway star Melvyn Douglas and Helen Ga pagan Douglas on the brink of a friendly, high minded split amid Hollywood notes. Other items mention Jolson’s brother Harm, Fanny Brice’s son knitting for a September arrival, Hope Hampton in Europe, Truman and Acheson, a pricey mental clinic, Dorothy Kirsten’s divorce filing, and various showbiz misadventures across Hollywood Paris and New York.
A fragmentary OCR reads like a collage about eccentric manners and parrots, including a reference to an asylum conclave and a boast about Julius Caesar. It hints at a comic or satirical piece with eccentric characters and misquoted dialogue.
In mythology Cadmus planted dragon’s teeth and sowed a future army of warriors. The quiz asks about insulin treatment and the Rhine mouth country. It names historical figures like Douglas MacArthur and mentions events in Boston and Cobienz. It also lists birthdays and a vandal term with origins. The passage blends myths, history, and trivia with garbled text and unclear chronology.
A reminiscence recalls Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne bending football norms when a tiny squad faced a game with limited players. He told an opposing coach to reuse a bench repeatedly, while a player on Rockne’s sideline revealed he was actually on the other team’s bench. The anecdote blends football lore with scattered historical notes and unrelated fragments.
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