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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1950
Page
5
Washington reports a Treasury Department notice that $254,785,498 in large outdated bills have vanished. The old 3.12 by 7.42 inch notes, replaced over two decades ago, may be worth only their face value but could be turned into smaller currency. Treasury spokesmen note there is no law to compel redemption.
In San Antonio on March 29 Bis Louis Martinez a 46 year old mother of seven hanged herself from a mesquite tree. She believed her husband would be jailed for errors she made in their income tax. Martinez told investigators she feared prison because she forgot to pay part of the money. A verdict of death by own action was recorded yesterday.
Central Press presents a bridge analysis with Shepard Barclay on temporizing and pass resisting bids. The discussion centers on a hand where East must choose a safe return after a spade lead, weighing spades, diamonds, and majors, and ends with a critique of East’s heart return and the resulting contract. The piece illustrates how misjudged leads grant the declarer chances for finesses and a slam.
New York March 29 1950 an Army Safety officer urged that many motorists be trained before licensing and use horses instead of cars noting four miles per hour mind on a 90 mph vehicle causes many of the nations 35 million auto collisions last year Buck Donald S of the Safety Director spoke at a New York Safety Council meeting and called for stricter driving instruction. Also notices outline bids for motor graders and draglines with specifications and bid deadlines in city clerk offices.
MILWAUKEE March 29. B George Hauf 86 boarded a street car without his pants. Police who arrested him asked why he was riding around on a Tuesday morning without any pants. “Tuesday?” Heuf marveled. “I thought it was Monday.”
In Houston on March 29, two attorneys Felix Stenley and Russell Bonham sought employment for Paul Patton a former Air Force sergeant who attempted a bank robbery with a wooden hand grenade Patton said he resorted to the holdup Monday due to unemployment and hungry wife and three children. The attorneys posted a 2500 bond for Patton yesterday.
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