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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1949

Page

2

Gulf Coast Strike Averted As Longshoremen Reach Lift Pact

Gulf Coast resolves looming labor standoff as 19 000 AFL longshoremen leave docks from Brownsville to Lake Charles. An accord in Galveston grants stevedores an 185 per hour differential for two years while basic wage remains unchanged, prompting a return to work across ports. Houston transit talks continue with possible five cent jitney subsidy and mediation to avert a citywide bus shutdown.

AFL Brownsville Texas Lake Charles Louisiana Galveston Houston - Galveston Maritime Association J. R. Dunn Maritime Association Houston Gulf Coast Construction Employers Council Iate Willis Ray CIO Oscar Holstombe James O. Hubbard Houston Transit Company Carl A. McPeak State Cio Houster Shriners Lodge

Final Day Looms in $15,000 Chest Workers Drive

The drive to raise fifteen thousand dollars faced its final day as workers report shy totals and strained health and welfare service needs. Inspectors cite optimistic forecasts while departments in Humble Grand Refining and campus partners confirm participation, with insurance staff noting strong engagement.

Humble Grand Refining Company Texas Prudential Insurance Company Kerr Issurence Steele McDonald -Ageney

Fragmented Local News Clip on Motor Co and Melodies

The readable lines mention Desconte Meszey Motor Co and a segment about melodies and time. No clear events, places, or dates are discernible beyond brief references to music and a motor company.

Ore Desconte Meszey Motor Co

Colombia Fighting Reaches Peak in Arauca Attacks

Report from Arauca in northwest Colombia notes villagers attacked with casualties. Caldas River seen with bodies. 38 bogies recovered. Les Playes also hit though casualty details sparse. Liberal and Conservative leaders discuss possible peace plan ahead of November presidential elections. No agreement reached. plan to be debated in senate Wednesday.

Arauca Colombia Caldas Les Playes el Sido Senate

Livestock Market Report From Fort Worth Auction

Livestock prices across cattle hogs show slow demand with mixed grades. Cattle ranges list steers yearlings and cows steady to weak with bulls and stockers firm. medium and good stocker calves 18.00 to 23.00, high weights 22.50 to 26.00. Hogs and sows feature price falls and modest gains, with butcher hogs down to 25.50 and feeder pigs scarce. sow quotes around 15.00 to 16.00. A noted moral quotation by Froude closes the market summary.

Fort Worth

Stock Quotes Amid Markets At Midday Report

A fragmented listing shows several company names including Barr Interlake Front and UL Steel Kenn, Libby McN Liby, Liggett, Mack Trucks, Mid Con Pet Ohio, Penner's Inc, and Repab Steel. The notice appears to catalog stock bids and quotes around midday with several abbreviations and unclear fragments.

Hamble Barr Interlake Front UL Steel Kenn Libby Liggett and Mack Trucks Mid Ohio Penner Incure Pasif Stan OW J. Woolworth Tae Catton

Indo-Chinese Reds advance into Kwangtung towns

Reports say insurgent forces moved into Shicotang and Caetswan in southwest Kwangtung near Moncey, with no strength details given. Viet Nam gains partial independence under French oversight this year, as Bac Gai leads the Annamese government. Red movements prompt fear of warlord desertions in five southwestern provinces.

Seo Page Finst Ho Chi-Minh Shicotang Caetswan Kwangtung Moncey Viet Nam Amnion Bac Gai Annam

Electrical Workers Break From CIO Over Left Wing Ties

The note details a withdrawal of Electrical Workers from CIO influence with a $2,750,000 transfer to CIO treasury. Planned actions aim to oust and bar left-wing officers from the CIO national executive board, allow expulsion of unions aligned with Communist policy, and restrict future board seats. The text also mentions Chaos Hall planetarium in New York as the sixth built in America.

CIO Planetarium Chaos Hall America

Lively Death Retails Awaited From Arabia

The Homer area awaited word from Kuwait Oil Company about the death of Live- Ty a toolpusher killed Friday in an Arabia accident. His widow Mrs Lively had two sympathy messages but no details or plans for repatriation. Friends said no further company communication had arrived.

Homer Lively Familihy Kuwait O2 Company, Limited Live- Ty Arabia Lively Baytown Kuwait Compen Gulf Oil Company

Frost Grips Texas as Cold Front Spurs Freezes

The U S Weather Bureau Dallas forecast warmer temps later but this afternoon and tonight in East and West Texas while cold air lingers. Heavy frosts were observed at Austin and near Texarkana with Dallas and Beaumont lightly frosted. Lufkin fell to 23 degrees and Dalhart to 30s, Junction 31, Wink 32, with most overnight lows in the 50s.

U. S. Weather Bureau Dallas Texas Austin Texarkana Beaumont Lufkin Anay Dalhart Panhandle Junction Texarkena Salt Flat Wink Weather Bureau

Army to aid Baytown Open Fair Parade

The U S Army will assist the Baytown Open Fair with a giant parade and civic entertainment booths. A Gainesville Community Circus troupe and the Flyimg Marvels high trapeze act will join the event, enhancing the program with aerial performances and refreshments by local groups.

U.S. Army Baytown Gainesville

Red A-Bomb Claims and Atomic Weather Warning

Fragmented report notes a claimed accident involving a red A-bomb and low-grade trade materials. It mentions Ksusia with a “mag cent” source in Czechoslovakia near Count Silva Teruca estate, and Russia tunneling under German border seeking ore. A scientist warns ongoing helium gas halting could affect global weather. In St Louis, Mrs Hedley shops for a trousseau as Albent Berkley travels to Washington to speak. they wed November 18.

Ksusia Czechoslovakia Silva Teruca Seddy Russia Saxony Trousseau ST. Louis Carleton Hedley Albent Berkley Scent Washington Pennsylvania

Bethlehem Pact May End Steel And Coal Strikes

The steel strike erodes the economy as 380000 miners remain out and 4,160 idled in other sectors. Four major firms including Jones and Laughlin and Republic Steel study a Bethlehem settlement. Allegheny Ludlum halted after a 13,600 worker walkout. Automakers forecast drastic cuts with Chrysler shutting Friday and Ford, GM, and Nash planning similar suspensions mid November.

Bethlehem Jones and Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and Tube Republic Steel Allegheny Ludium Steel Company Allégheny Ludium Steel Corporation Allegheny Ludhim Truman Allegheny Ludhre Detroit Chrysler Ford General Motors Nash

Man Chained In Unheated Room 12 Years

A man held in a frigid room for twelve years was kept confined with no movement space. His brother explains reluctance to recommit him to a mental facility, citing the man will only eat meals cooked by his sister in law. Police detain the suspect for mental health evaluation at the county jail. Royalty to wed in Washington next January as the Marquess of Bridaven, cousin of King George VI, plans a quiet ceremony with American divorcee Mrs. Romania Pierce Simpson.

Garcia Domerloia Heelth Washington Marquess of 3Ri-Daven Britain George VI Romaina- Pierce Simpson

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