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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1954
Page
10
In Austin a March 30 guidance from State Civil Defense outlines tornado safety rules for urban and rural areas. It covers shelter choices, securing utilities, opening certain windows, and staying indoors away from crowds like gyms. Emphasizes radio updates and avoiding unnecessary calls to the Weather Bureau.
The column explains that indemnity only covers draftees en route to induction under orders. It advises contacting VA for annual premium details and dates, confirms Korea GI Bill eligibility for summer courses, and cautions veterans to review all contracts before signing home deals with GI loans.
Portland report states insects annually destroy enough timber in the Pacific Northwest to build 200000 five room houses. The Northwest Forest Pest Action Committee warns pests and disease waste about 2 billion board feet of timber yearly in Oregon and Washington. Fire did comparatively little damage in 1953 compared with insects and disease.
Dense jumble of crossword clues and partial fragments.includes across and down hints with misprints and broken terms. Appears as a syndicated puzzle page segment listing numbers, word lengths, and partial definitions for many entries across sports and geography themes.
Letter from William Bigley recounts his lineage from 1811, migration from South Carolina to Texas by 1835, and family tales including houseboats on the Cumberland and Mississippi, the 1911 Reelfoot Lake earthquake, early Nashville ties to Andrew Jackson, and a return visit to Nashville before resuming life in Texas. He recalls Patrick Bigley from Ireland, Indian conflicts, and land grants for 1812 service, ending with his wish to stay in Texas.
FBI describes Albert Elwood Holt as an extremely dangerous fugitive from Ohio, linked to an escape from Landen Prison Farm on Sept 28 1949 with an accomplice. Holt, born in Cleveland, has a life sentence for first degree murder, with aliases A E Keating James Meora and Red, and a 1951 complaint for fleeing Ohio to avoid confinement. Information should be reported to the nearest FBI office.
Hongkong reports a art treasure war with Communist and Nationalist factions vying for ancient paintings rare coins calligraphy and porcelain. Communists paid up to 125000 for collections and a refugee dealer sold items while another dealer held over 100000 ancient money pieces.
Wellington reports widespread use of aircraft in farming. In the year ending March 1, 1953 pilots from 84 companies logged 40,726 flight hours dropping 144,802 tons of superphosphate on 1,376,118 acres. Since 1950 farm aviation grew from five to 40 operators with over 160 aircraft on farm work, enabling top dressing, seeding, pest control, fencing material delivery, and crop spraying. The Furnas County meteorite is noted as the largest observed to fall, weighing at least a ton, on February 18, 1945.
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