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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
10
Iron Age reports two major items and a panic over cold rolled sheets as steel prices surge. Record-high scrap prices driven by shortages from last year’s melt and conversion boom push up costs while mills push premium rates for carbon forging and cold rolled sheet. Affected industries brace for limited supply and higher input costs.
Earl S. Barnett son of A and Mrs Earl S Barnett Jr of Trinity Bay was among nine students honored by Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette during the Presidents Day Review. A sophomore, he received the Dean Riehl Award as the best all around ROTC cadet and was appointed master sergeant.
Final returns from 60 constituencies in South Korea's Assembly election show President Syngman Rhee’s government losing support. Nonpartisan candidates, many liberal or middle of the road, won 37 of 210 seats. opposition Democratic Nationalist took nine while Government Party won five. Despite communist threats, voting was mostly peaceful with scattered violence.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in Washington that factory lay offs fell to 13 per 1000 in April, the lowest since October 1948, while hiring ran at 35 per 1000. The textile and apparel sectors showed seasonal slack, and voluntary quits stood at 13 per 2000, signaling workers finding better jobs.
Five years ago headlines recapped battles, missing fisherman on Old River, released POWs in Europe, insecticide trials, LSU graduate Warcille Busch, and travel notes. Also noted were farm labor disputes and a Texas growers group critique of the labor board. Local memories include a Sapulpa post office tale of a lost hat delivered to the Cafe with Green Seats.
Advertisment for Sun Pattern dressmaking patterns featuring light summer styles and simple sewing. Includes pattern No 2379 in multiple sizes with yardage details and price 25 cents for pattern plus extra postage. Order via Pattern Bureau The Baytown Sun Box 42 New York City station.
CAPETOWN South Africa Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts once prime minister is responding to pneumonia treatment physicians said today. Smuts who turned 28 May 24 has been bedridden on his Pretoria area farm since last weekend after a severe sciatica attack. Also noted 26.1 percent of 1948 income tax returns were incorrect.
Independent candidate Paul Maynard, 52, formally announced his bid for Harris County judge in the July 2 Democratic primary. Former assistant district attorney, Maynard handled about 200 cases a year before grand juries, pledging low cost administration, cooperation across county offices, and improved highway and justice services. He cites extensive civic ties in Houston and Georgia roots, and lists church, Masons, Shrine, Chamber of Commerce, and Farm and Ranch Club memberships. Maynard lives at 2918 Cleburne, Houston, and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927.
Tommy Smith 26 son of Mr and Mrs S Ray ET Smith of 507 San Jacinto Street received the Houston Harvard Club Merit Award as outstanding junior class member of Robert E. Lee High School. Principal R B Sparks and Dean Holly ArcLemore announced the selection and presented a bound copy of The Happy Profession by Sedgwick. The Harvard Club of Houston conducts the annual award with Harvard Clubs nationwide. One in five persons develops cancer.
Cornell student attempts worm training to turn in a maze. Psychology assistant John S Robinson notes that past experiments show worms can learn to choose a path, even with brain tissue removed. He plans tests using dirt, a passage, and a shock to gauge learning and future use.
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