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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1949
Page
4
Junkets for Congress and the public purse
The piece criticizes congressional junkets as expeditions funded by others, arguing they enable lawmakers to study foreign and domestic issues firsthand. It cites historical examples, quotes the Louisville Courier Journal, and notes that many members took trips abroad in 1947 and 1948 to inspect conditions, while leaders pledged money controls on junketeering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noy
Congress
Sarm
Janior
Junior
Louisville Courier Journal
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
State Department
Herter Committee
House
Hawaii
Alaska
Canal Zone
Europe
Rayburn
Washington
Irips
Shah of Persia visit sparks protocol tensions in Washington
Washington insiders discuss how a Tehran visit by the shah could have been framed to Americans. The shah and entourage sought prestige and faced airport reception snubs in London and Paris. President Truman solved tensions by dispatching his plane to escort the Persian ruler to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Ehe Snah
Iran
Persia
Omar Knayam
Shah
Ike
London
King George
Afghanistan
Paris
Teheran
Persis
Truman
Washington
Success Secrets By Elmer Wheeler
Helene and Johnny Foster of Sunset Tourist Court Cape Girardeau Missouri share their immigrant success story. They arrived in the 1920s with $22.60 and four children, built a four-cottage tourist court, own land and a thriving business, and praise American opportunity over communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene
Johnny Foster
Sunset
Hiway
Cape Girerdeau
Missouri
America
EES Ieee
Sam
Joe Stalin
Reading and thinking balance in modern media
A columnist argues readers must think for themselves after consuming newspapers radios or TV. He likens media to buildings and occupants to users, warning against letting propaganda prejudice or shallow dialogue hijack the mind and urging critical digestion of ideas.
Inside Information On Hunting and License Blues
Henry McLemore writes about Florida hunting licensing while poking fun at the rules booklet. He riffs on the limits and absurdities of game counts and warns of the banter between license fees and the list of protected species. The piece blends humor with a critique of bureaucratic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
State of
Florida
What Was Big Bertha And Other Newspaper Quiz Items
This magazine style page covers a mix of trivia and reader prompts. It asks Who or what was the Big Bertha, defines a diorama, and names the 30th wedding anniversary. It notes Abigail Adams and Franklin Pierce birthdays and cites World War II mining planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abisverus
Abigail Adams
United States
Franklin Pierce
Baylor Football Prediction From 1941 Thanksgiving Note
Baytown readers are reminded of a column predicting Baylor cannot beat Rice, citing Baylor’s history of must-win games since 1924 and a Chronicle tone. It argues Rice will win the Saturday game, notes long past upsets and “HAD to win” pressures, then flags a Linotype note from Dennis Underwood: the conclusions are wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylor
Houston
Baytown
Saust
Rice Owls
Rice
Valois
Baylor University
Baylor Bears
Bears
University of Texas Longhorns
Texas
Pearl Harbor
Longhorns
Longhorn
Texas Becks
Bruins
Noble Doss
Hepress
Frank Bridges
Morley Jennings
TCU
Arkansas
Texas A
SMU
Rayior
Cotton Palace
Waco
Bochey Kech
Jake Wilson
Owls
Berlors
Anybads
Adrian Burke
Linotype
Dennis Underwood
Baytown Ad Office Cited in Sun Company Listing
The Baytown Sun advertising office at Pearce and Ashbel in Baytown is listed under the Daily Sun Company. Advertising manager and office details are noted in this historical newspaper fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily” Sun Company
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Opening of the International Bridge and real estate firm ad tone
The piece recalls the opening of the first International Bridge at Niagara Falls nearly eighty years ago with grand oratory and a Conkling joke. It notes the Real Estate firm Wabb and Knapp touting its name in ads for the United Nations building project along the East River amid a press release claim of being well known enough to skip full contact details in metropolitan dailies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabb and Knapp
United Nations Building Project
East River
New York
Conkling and Butler Lock In a Philosophical Jibe
A Civil War era exchange between US Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York and Congressman Ben Butler turns on who are America’s greatest men. Butler quips that George Washington is among them, prompting Conkling to question why Washington was dragged into the debate. Massachusetts vali
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Conkling
New York
Ben Butler
Congress
Conkling
America
George
Washington
Yanks Rip Through Vosges Line Jamboree Slated Thursday
Five years ago today reports note a U S push in the Vosges front with a planned Thursday jamboree. Observances for Thanksgiving favored banks and rural carriers in the Tri Cities with most delaying until November 20 and the traditional fourth Thursday. Welfare drive chair Leon Trenchman announced receipts of 63 331 84 toward the campaign quota. Private James T Fielder returns home after 13 months overseas to visit mother Mrs Eiphany E Fielder. Dr George Wash elected president of Tri Cities Texas University Exes real estate dealers form temporary group Wiley Ferguson named temporary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vosges
Budapest
Tri-Cities
Roosevelt
Leon Trenchman
Welfare League
James’ T. Fielder
U. S. Army Engineers
Eiphany E. Fielder
West Gulf
George Wash
Tri-Ciies
Texas University
Exes
Real Eatity
Wiley “Oc. Ferguson
Fate Deals Luckiest Man In World With Tragic Loss
Danville Illinois November 22 Ora Stephens Sr who survived a 38000 volt electrical mishap in a salvage yard now faces double tragedy when his daughter Anna Marie 21 and his son Ora 17 or 18 were killed in a car crash while en route to the hospital to see him The accident occurred as they drove to visit him in hospital Toronto November 23 Acting Fire Chief Robert Gaston escaped a fatal chase when a demoted firefighter George Lee aimed a revolver twice but misfired both times The shooter then turned the gun on himself killing him The late Miss Emily P Bissell of Wilmington Delaware was credited as the mother of the American Christmas Seal who designed the first seal sale in the United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ora Stephens
Stephens
Anna Marie
Ora
Bears Charmed Life
Toronto
Robert ‘Gaston
George Lee
Lee
Seal
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmington
Delaware
Une
Lewis-Murray
Lewis
Cro
CIO
Delano Roosevelt
United States
Phillip Murrey
Murray
Roosevelt
Britain
Churchill
Hitler
Rudolph Hess
Scotland
Russia
U. S
Kearney
America
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Lewis Threw Down Gauntlet And Was Slapped In Face
A recounting of John L. Lewis clashing with Franklin D. Roosevelt and internal CIO power shifts. Safer, neutral wording notes Lewis’s threats to resign, the struggle with Philip Murray, and the convention at Atlantic City where Murray emerged as CIO president amid tensions and loyalty questions. The piece covers wartime context, loyalty to Roosevelt, and the evolving leadership dynamic within the CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
John E. Lewis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
CIO
Rooosevelt
Pauntlet
Roosevelt
Atlantic City
Steel
Phil Maerrar
Phil Murray - Este
Tom Gisler
de Steel
Murray
GIO
Lexis
Imi
Philip Murray
Philip Veray
CIC
Wa “Streight
Les
Washington
Ebot Murray
Thaca
Stes
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Leicestershire
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Saad
Edinburgh
Reed
Enthousiasmog
Edna Jaques
Bertha von Krupp
Pearl
Esther
Pirates
Lady Jane Grey
Sir Walter Scott
Dixie Skinner
Museum of Natural History
Radice
By Fred Hartman
Baytown Fun
Bennett
Boyce
Massachusetts
Daily Sun
Saul D. Alinsky
John L. Lewis
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Alinsky
United Mine Workers
Ate
Dewis
Bear
Murzes
San Francisco
John le Leay
Roosevalt
Roosevelt Lewis
Oedals
Lewi
Murrey
Paip Furrsy
Frider
UMW
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Bex
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