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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
8
Texas health officials warn bubonic plague and typhus risk from rats and wild rodents in counties. They urge communities to intensify rat control as 64 typhus cases reported so far this year, down from 115 in the same period last year, with two rescarches for the week ending May 20.
At the Southeast Asia Conference final session delegates from the Philippines Australia India Pakistan Ceylon Indonesia and Thailand drafted a strong freedom of Asia statement. It reaffirms faith in the United Nations and signals no permanent organization now though diplomatic talks will continue through the DN. The document is to be formally approved at a public meeting tomorrow.
Highlands children entering school in September may attend a health check-up at Highlands School starting 8 30 am tomorrow. The event, run by FTA with Mrs M A Yankie as health chair, will have two doctors and a dentist providing shots and vaccinations. Parents should bring preschoolers and the mailed question sheets to be completed by doctors.
Lakeview Drive offers a modern four bedroom home with two baths, overlooks Burmell's Bay, priced at $8590.60 with easy financing through Bond. Car financing available and terms offered. See Bond.
Stephen Craze a Cincinnati writer and lecturer will speak on Atomic War or the Peace Plan From Heaven at 8 15 p m Wednesday in the Knights of Columbus Hall Baytown sponsors the San Jacinto Council of the Knights of Columbus admission is free Craze former publicity director and historian for the Pilgrim Virgin Fatima tour will explain the 1927 requests of Our Lady Fatima and discuss their relevance to U S peace He will outline a practical Baytown action plan a Fatima color movie will follow the lecture
Houston report says James A. Farley, former postmaster general and Coca Cola Export Corp. chairman, arrived for the dedication of a new Coca Cola plant and praised American business expansion into foreign markets. He credited the Marshall Plan for European economic aid and asserted that communism falters where living standards are high.
A Yale Plan Clinic to treat alcoholism opens Thursday in Dallas. It is the third such clinic in the nation, funded by the Yale Institute of Alcohol Studies in the Southwest, which runs a Fort Worth clinic and the original New Haven clinic. Dr. B. M. Jellinek will head the Dallas clinic.
John W. Langley a 25 year old senior medical student at the University of Texas and president of the student body died Sunday from polio. Langley from San Antonio was to receive his degree within days. bulbar polio struck three weeks earlier and he missed finals though the faculty planned to award the diploma in absentia.
PORTSMOUTH England the 2920 ton destroyer Broadsword steamed toward Norfolk Virginia today to take part in American naval exercises. News Review reported unofficially that it would test against flying saucers off the California coast amid shooting practice with US forces. A Mexican Supreme Court president Luis Catano Morilet was wounded at a Masonic dinner when a pistol he carried discharged accidentally possibly requiring amputation of his right arm.
Four former American servicemen were arrested in Manila on charges of heading an international forgery ring that altered United States treasury checks. Bail was set at 10.00 pesos ($5,000) each, with possible deportation to the United States for federal action. Arrested: James C. Hanley of Akron Ohio Charles C. Nissen of Las Vegas Nevada Carlos Moore Turner and Earl Mason. Hanley and Nissen were caught selling a raised treasury check for over $1,000 at a Mandy lunch room. Turner and Mason were named as the ring brains.
Anson Jones and Sam Houston Parent-Teacher Associations sponsor their annual summer roundup at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Sam Houston School on Causeway Road. The event provides a physical check up for preschool children entering school next September. Mothers of children in this age group are urged to bring their children. Mrs. Robert W. Chase is health chairman for Anson Jones P-TA and Mrs. George Yates is health chairman for Sam Houston P-TA.
Houston report says two Harris County deputy sheriffs A Shipley and C Driver were suspended indefinitely for conduct unbecoming officers after they were apprehended in a county car. The vehicle was recovered two and a half hours after a broadcast to other deputies.
Jeanne de Valois former French queen who died in 1595 was canonized by Pope Pius XE in St Peter’s Basilica witnessed by about 50,000. It is the fourth saint named in the 1950 holy year. Her feast day is February 15.
Atomic Energy Commissioner Gordon Dean called dire predictions about atomic and hydrogen bomb devastation sheer bunk. He spoke to reporters from the Blue Pencil Club of Ohio, downplaying visions of a world blown to bits and infernos Dante could not imagine.
Baylor University awarded senior William B Greiner his diploma after an emergency appendectomy caused him to miss graduation. President White and Registrar Trvec K Grent visited his hospital room yesterday to present the diploma.
Washington based report from the Bureau of Census notes substantial expansion in dollar volume and employment in Harris County during 1948. The preliminary figures show Harris County retail sales at 835.2 million dollars, up 278 percent from 1933, with the study also covering Dallas Wichita and Nueces counties.
Weekly parking meter report shows Baytown area deposits at 733 dollars with Goose Creek 537.21, old Baytown 171.73, and Elly area 30.06. Story mentions Oklahoma leopard incident and Calcutta tiger shoot, noting distraction from local meter totals.
Highlands Methodist Church men will view motion pictures of the Notre Dame football game at their monthly meeting this evening at 3 pan. Dinner will be served by church women. President W. E. Calilson. publicity chair Wallace Hunts. Reservations via Mrs A Bedinger at 31851.
Humble Oil employee and former Baytown resident G E Pridgen died yesterday afternoon in Kerrville after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 3 pm tomorrow in Thomaston. Pridgen worked in Baytown Refinery production for over 29 years. He is survived by a sister Mrs W T Pridgen of Grapeland and a brother George Pridgen of Beaumont.
United Auto Workers CIO threaten to strike Chrysler of Canada on June 5 after 58 percent of 4900 Local 195 members voted to walk out to press for higher pensions social security and contract improvements. Mae West to headline at Las Vegas theater restaurant casino once plans completed after Boston show ends.
Fragmented ad notes several used cars for sale including a Ford sedan near Brean on Wellisville Road with unknown year and price. Another listing mentions an 802-Ste Plymouth Special Delure with 10,000 actual miles and an offer to trade for an older model.
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