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Baytown WWII memory: Humble BOW toluene and rationing tales
A Baytown memoir recalls the Baytown Ordinance Works producing toluene for TNT and synthetic rubber, 100 octane aviation gasoline, and wartime rationing. It traces early toluene shipments, local exhibits at the Baytown Historical Museum, and personal memories of residents and their families during the war.
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Humble
Baytown
Larson and Porter
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Bow
Pearl Harbor
M.L
Doug’ Snyder
Texas
Sara Snyder
Kraft Foods
Parkway
Wooster
Arthur Godfrey
Exxon Mobil
Bailey
The
Bay Area Historical Society