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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1949
Page
1
A court plan in Minatai Florida delays ruling on segregation as Charles Hinkley 25 awaits an operation described as a prefrontal lobotomy to treat examinal tendencies. He is held on bad check charges since last May and is said to be the son of a wealthy New York family.
East Harris County voters, mostly women, will decide 10 constitutional amendments and a state board of education race. Local groups back female jury service while a KPRC broadcast promotes the cause. Polls open 9 am to 7 pm with Baytown banks closed for the election. precinct 99 box location and multiple school sites listed for voting.
The piece notes a vote test for President Truman's welfare program on November 7, as political battles loom from coast to coast. In New York, Senator John Foster faces a GOP challenge amid a broader rescheduling of congressional and city elections, with attention to foreign affairs debates.
Miss Margaret Hartman sister of Editor Fred Hartman of the Marlin ewtown Sun died at 3 pm Sunday in Torbett's Hospital Marlin after an illness of four years. She was 38 and survived by her mother Mrs. H W Hartman. Funeral services held at the Presbyterian Church at Marlin at 3 pm with Rev H Streeter and Rev W C Wright assisting. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. Miss Hartman had been in ill health for years and recently had major operations. Formerly a teacher in the Corpus Christi school system for several years. Survived by mother and brother.
Report from Prague describes Zapotocky declaring Czech uranium deposits ready for use amid Soviet ties. The speech energized the crowd with claims of mining near Jekymov and possible German labor involvement. He ties uranium to countering imperialist aims, prompting lengthy cheers.
Amarillo representative Blake Timmons challenged the Texas Liquor Control Board ruling that the Tuesday election for 10 constitutional amendments and a new state board of education is not a general election and taverns may stay open tomorrow. The board had defined it as non general, affecting liquor store hours.
Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky of Russia is appointed defense minister of Poland according to the Polish embassy in London. A Warsaw dispatch later confirmed the appointment, noting Rokossovsky is now in Warsaw. The move triggers foreign commentary on Soviet influence over Poland and questions about Poland’s defense leadership amid unrest.
Community wide Thanksgiving services will be held November 24 at the First Presbyterian Church. Arrangements were made at a Baytown Ministerial Alliance breakfast in the Humble Dining Room. Rev A I Jordan of Memorial Baptists Church will preside. Rev Clyde D Foltz of First Christian Church speaks. Other pastors attending include Rev Wayne Reese, Rev Milton Jordan, Rev J C Pulis, and Rev M E McPhail.
Two Baytonians, including a five year old girl, were seriously injured in separate automobile crashes on Sunday. William A. Thomas, 47, chief analyst at Humble Oil Baytown, is in critical condition with convulsions and multiple injuries. Martha Judith Sooy, 5, daughter of Eyard Sooy, suffered severe head and facial lacerations after being thrown through a windshield in a collision at Okishome and Aichí gam as the family headed to church. Others, including Mrs. Lacy and three Ingleside residents, sustained minor injuries. The incidents occurred near Rosenberg and Palacios as Thomas returned from company business.
London Nov 7 The absence of Premier Josef Stalin from Moscow’s Bolshevik revolution anniversary celebrations heightened debate on his health. He is nearing 70 next month and has warned Western visitors his stamina is not what it once was. His retreat at Sochi is rarely noted in Soviet press.
Moscow reports mark Soviet Union 32nd anniversary with Malenkov declaring atomic energy for industry only and warning the next war would topple capitalism. Massed troops in Red Square and a Bolshoi stage setting hosted Molotov, Voroshilov, and other politburo members as Malenkov asserted U S plans to use atomic power for war and blackmail while Russia seeks peaceful use.
Six servicemen parachuted safely from a disabled B 25 bomber near Milledgeville Georgia last night. Captain David W Wenger of Denver piloted the plane to 800 feet and steered it away from the town before he jumped. The craft crashed in a wooded area about 14 miles northwest of Milledgeville.
London reports the Labour left wing proposes reallocating defense costs on a fair shares basis. They advocate cuts to Britain’s military budget while pushing increases in other nations’ spending. Bevanites warn more austerity is needed despite the left’s stance.
The Siprame Court agreed to decide if state supported universities may segregate by race, with Herman Sweatt of Houston seeking admission to the all white University of Texas law school. The cases could reshape 47 states and the District of Columbia. Separately the court upheld $2,420,000 in contempt fines against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers tied to the 1946 coal strike, while not ruling on Taft Hartley act provisions.
Stella Komarek confessed her kidnap tale after the baby Stephi reportedly died when she dropped him while feeding. Coroner Preston Clark called the death accidental, and Komarek was released to her grieving husband amid police scrutiny of the hoax.
PORT ORCHARD Wash November. Abs. Margaret Pratt, who hired two youths to kill her husband, rejects his offer of twin beds and bail raise. In the jail visiting room, Margaret and her ex-soldier husband Wilford discuss their children and her new home as he asks to see her cell and vows to fix things after release.
In Whiteside County Judge Walter Stevens found Mrs. James Moughan insane after she admitted voices in her head urged her to kill her four children. She was committed to a state mental hospital hours after the attack. the children were expected to recover.
Film producer P. J. Arthus Rank warns of 9.38 million dollar loss this year as a government tax rate nears 40 percent. Rank says the British film industry cannot compete with Hollywood and may cease producing films near July unless tax relief is granted.
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