Rent control through the years and a new spelling joke
A retrospective on rent control from 1942 to 1951 tracks federal actions, local programs, and rent indices as communities adjust to wartime and postwar housing. The column notes ongoing extensions and decontrol trends, then pivots to a light aside about the Indian honorific Shri and a fashion trend in trumpet silhouettes.
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Truman
Congress
82Nd Congress
Baxstown
OPA
Central
Looking At Life and a Carnegie Medal Question
A writer reflects on saving a life yet doubting medal eligibility from the Carnegie Hero Fund. He recalls a reader’s letter that inspired him to keep trying at 22, and recalls a turbulent memory of love and Broadway, ending with a contemplation of a drastic action.
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Carnegie Hero Fund
New York
Sun Slants Column: Roach Hunt Tales From Baytown to Tibet
Sun Slants recounts Houston writer Homer Childers Jr detailing Jack Roach Sr and Thad Felton’s deer hunting exploits at the 141 Ranch near Segovia in Milvie County. The column covers Roach Sr’s controversial handling of a deer, Felton’s attempt to take a deer blind, and accompanying Hunts by Dr. Robert H. Johnson and Floyd Higginbotham with Baytown ties.
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Henteng
Houston Papers
Jack Roach
Thad Felton
Tides
Tibet
Roach
Africa
Aleutians
Canada
Cove
Homer Childers Jr
States
Old Country
Baytown
Inarae
Homer Childera
Houston
Segovia
Mimvie County
Luke Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Jack Roach Sr
Mr Roach
Mr. Roach
Mr. Roach Sr
Mr. Felton
Amelio Cardere
Mr. Rosch
Robert H. Johnson
Louisville
Sweden
Gordon L
West Texan
Farned
Kentucky
Fimatizy
Fragmented Irreverent Musings Spark Brief Debate
A chaotic jumble of dated phrases questions weather ages and modernization. The text references glaciers winters coal mines stage coaches and a college romance with a playful yet unclear local tone. It reads like a column of quirky queries and observations with no single coherent event.
Baytown Fan publication details and posting
The Baytown Fan notes publication data including offices and a publisher's name, pricing for subscriptions, and mail payment terms. It mentions Baytown Texas and post office status under federal law, reflecting standard newspaper boilerplate and entry as a second class matter.
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Baytown
Sun, Inc
Pearce
Ashberry
Texas
Stet
Ss Ae
Reviewing Stand on Glasses and Brains in Cinema
Henry McLemore argues Hollywood ignores the man who popularized spectacles as a sign of intellect. He cites Born Yesterday and stars like Griffith, Sennett, Theda Bara, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Pearl White, noting glasses signal brains while beauty dominates love plots. He recalls personal experiences with glamor lenses and dismisses nonglamorous plots, praising only Broderick Crawford’s work in Born Yesterday.
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Henry McLemore
Columbia Pictures
Griffith
Sennett
Theda Bera
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Beca
Broderick Crawford
Buffalo
Sever
Steuben
Libby
Ford
Montgomery Cut
Vivian Peck
P.S
Brother Crawford
Broderick
Washington Dispatch defense budget reshapes Korea era policy
Marshall submits a 545 billion dollar three year defense program to President Truman. The plan doubles the prior year outlay and shifts goals to quality forces with 18 Army divisions, 12 Navy carriers, more submarines and increased Air Force groups. Funding includes ongoing Korea war costs and potential further supplemental budgets as the budget moves to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 8
Allen Washington
Marshall
Truman
Os Budget Bureau
Congress
Korea
Shell
Bui Pentagon
Marshalls
Pentagon
Russia
Seoul
U.S
82Nd Airborne
Marshell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Simer
National Resources
Stuart Symington
Army
National Guard
Navy
Air Force
Dagmar sings fame on Broadway Open House tease
NEW YORK I met Dagmar, the new national sensation, at Toots Shor's. She waved me over and chatted about her rise from Huntington to Broadway showbiz and TV fame. Dagmar described her image, joked about wardrobe mishaps, and teased future movie and fashion interest while praise from TV writers and Jerry Lester’s program circulated.
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New York
Dagmar
Jean
Huntington
Wilson
Jennie Lewis
West Virginia
Jerry Lester
Hepatone Cassidy
Dag
Dagmars
Marie Wilson
Jim Konstentz
Philadel ‘Phie
Mr. Constant
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Shri
Shree
By Erich Brandeis
Ashoon
Fred Hartman
Higginbothars
Floyd Higginbotham
Columbus
Floyd
Higginbotham
William Ritt
Britain
Dispatch
Zadok Dumkopf
Kores
Tillie
Tapper
The
Baytown Fan
Washington Dispatch
Woodrow Wilson
Spain
Kremlin
Thomas
Carlyle
Anton Rubenstein
Coccanut Grove
Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Hilarite
Hilaritas
Hilarus
Hilaros
Rose Bempton
Metropolitan Opera
Jos Iturbi
Henry Picard
Volks of
Fanto
New
City
Harvard
H Rvy
Wiliam
Deri
Fob Injes
Mek
Pst Yam HL
Taft
the Progressive
Jantar
Union Fumes
Wesleyan College
Bone
Finessee
France
Singme Elect
Winona Lake
Patton
Rosie
Jack Landon Faum
Alphonso
Theado
Homer
Roosevelt Rodencare
Alfex
Broadway
Makelo
Jerry
Sne
Jean Batog
Lev
Danny
Olsen
Zhoes
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