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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1950
Page
2
Auditor notes city permanent assets at 2.93 million after depreciation 59 thousand. park valued 3130,893.83. streets and roadways 938,167.62. cash on hand 29,337.44. accounts receivable 2,529,899. Taxes receivable 96,935.26. Liabilities total 1,848,319.50. surplus 1,081,4,253 as of end of fiscal 1943.
May 73 deadline for college bids described with a plan to begin weighin the next 60 days. The school board approved an easement for county drainage ditches, presented by GB. Scott, county drainage superintendent, and trustees approved funds for a delegate and sponsor of the Robert E. Tee High School Student Council to attend the National Student Council convention in Denver in June.
Brigadiers public preview scheduled for Friday at Memarisi Stadium after rainout. No admission charge. Dorothy Miellery named company commander, Wilman Britt drum major. Royalties of echelons drills include Marine formations and diamond wheels. Ball at Lee Gymnasium to inaugurate new officers on Sunday.
Funeral services for 78 year old Harry Graves a former Channelview resident were held at 11 am today at Burkley Cemetery in Woodville with Rev A L Harper presiding Burial under Hartiman s direction Graves a retired Baytown refinery worker recently moved to Cleveland after long Channelview residence died Monday at 12 45 pm at his Cleveland home Surviving are his wife Lela Graves of Cleveland five sons Perry Elmer Pat and B E Graves all of Channelview and Roy Graves of Cleveland three daughters Mrs W G McAnnally of Channelview Mrs R N Snell of Romayor and Mrs N G Young of Beaumont Also a brother Bolton Graves of Romayor and a sister Mrs Flora Schwantze of Popular Grove Arkansas and 11 grandchildren
A tornado swept rural Rusk County early today causing heavy property damage with no deaths reported and one man seriously injured. Chapm an community near Henderson to Carthage endured the worst damage with a cotton gin store and the Methodist Church destroyed as the twister struck around midnight.
Voters go to Cedar Bayou High School 7 a m to 7 p m for a school trustees election as part of a Baytown area vote day that includes Goose Creek and Crosby districts. Elections also planned for Barris County Fresh Water Supply District No 8 at Wooster and Justice Precinct Five in West Chambers County with dry beer measure on the ballot. Goose Creek candidates include George B Bower A R Starr Theo Wilburn and others with incumbents Wilburn Stark and Pyle seeking re election.
Budenz, now a Foréhem University teacher, defends Lattimore against charges of Communist activity. The committee has relied on Budenz as a key witness, but others named by him dispute his testimony saying Lattimore’s alleged Soviet ties remain unproven and contested after months of inquiry.
A progress report on the Baytown Le Porte Tunnel was presented by Willem H Bruce, detailing tube fabrication at Orange. The first steel tube is 200 percent complete and due for launch within a week, with a second at 40 percent. Tubes will be shipped to Baytown monthly, and the project aims for completion by late 1951 with future contracts for bridges and access-road paving.
A heavy vote was recorded today in primary elections in Florida Alabama Ohio and Indiana. The four states tested President Truman's domestic and foreign policy strength while Western voters nominated congressional and state candidates. Sunny weather favored Florida and Ohio voters though Alabama Indiana faced cloudy skies and rain. Initial reports indicate about 2 350 000 votes will be cast for party nominees for three Senate seats 49 House seats and two governorships.
Baytown couple Mr and Mrs P T Humphreys of East Humble sold a duplex at 505 Miriam Street to Mr and Mrs Harold T Rolen Tor for 5000 dollars. Boilen, a City of Baytown Street Department employee, bought it as an investment. Lee Bond Realty Co and realtor Clifford M L Bond handled the sale.
The Welfare Committee and Trustees discuss sick leave build up as protection against calamity and permit leaves for education travel health study or maternity for teachers with three years in the district. One year contracts limit long leaves and reemployment chances. World War I veterans who taught should receive salary credit for years served. Restoring 1846-47 year to tenure on the salary scale is debated to fund salary increases.
Oilman Glenn McCarthy disposed of about eight square miles for 2 million dollars in Harris County the largest single land deal in county history. David G. Binilii and Company Inc plans a Westmoreland subdivision after transfer of capital stock to the Brisk organization. The 4099 acre area lies southwest of downtown Houston from Richmond to Alief Road.
Shirley Mae France arrives by plane and heads to Lake Texoma to train for a second attempt at the English Channel this summer. Texoma Sports Club president Gerald McCarthy says she will stay at least two weeks at the Texas-Oklahoma border resort aided by her father, her longtime trainer, who once ordered her to exit cold water when three miles from England.
In Tokyo on May 2 Gen. Douglas MacArthur urged the Japanese government to outlaw communism, calling it a graver threat than World War I war lords who once plunged Japan into disaster. He said the war lords pretended to serve national interests, while the Communists sought to subjugate Japan to others, notably Soviet Russia.
Billy Har Owens, 20, of Mont Belvieu, suffered severe bruising after a collision with Iverson Smith of Elton, Louisiana, and two hitchhikers near Cedar Bayou Road and Highway 129. Owens lost consciousness at the scene and was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment. Fellow passenger Joseph Trehin, 22, also from Mont Belvieu, escaped injury. Smith and the hitchhikers were uninjured.
New York reports the hit musical South Pacific won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for drama, becoming the second musical to earn the award and one of Broadway’s biggest financial successes. The work derives from James A. Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific. Also honored are Chicago Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch for public service journalism exposing Winds Newsmen on the state payroll.
In Tennessee an aging sick man shot Miss Mattie Shead, 76, set fire to her home, and killed himself. Li Semillon, 73, a roomer, also died in the blaze near Ek, McLennan County. only Miss Shead’s small white dog survived.
The Texas State Board of Pardons and Paroles heard five supporters seek commutation of William R. Ray's death sentence to life imprisonment for the rape of a Fort Worth schoolgirl. The hearing questioned certainty of guilt while board chair Smoot Schmid noted no doubt exists the man committed the offense.
In Palestine Texas a five year old girl remained in critical condition after a car crash that killed her mother Mrs R E Gandy about 40 of Longview. The collision occurred 12 miles northeast of Palestine yesterday after the car she drove struck a truck. The truck driver was injured.
Fort Worth livestock prices show active cattle steady to higher on steers and cows with medium slaughter steers at 23 to 26.50 and beef cows 18 to 21. Hogs traded higher early with sow and feeder pig gains. calves strong with many good slaughter calves 27 to 29 and odd head to 29. The report notes 450 lb yearlings and various stocker prices, plus a stray line about a June 14 Philadelphia city celebration of Flag Day inns pubs and schools.
CHICAGO AP reports ay Brocka a 22 year old wife and mother became the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in poetry for a novel in verse. She said she could find time to write and has pursued poetry since age nine while supporting her family with part time work.
The Decker Duive Assembly hosts a youth revival with services at 7 30 p m nightly Evangelist Johnny McDuff leads the revival with Re F Blanseet as pastor
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