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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1949
Page
4
A biblical citation from Colossians 3 25 warns that those who do wrong will be punished without respect for persons. The phrasing emphasizes divine justice and accountability beyond human bias.
A Paris sourced comparison shows American workers need minutes to buy food while Soviet labor costs days. It argues free markets yield abundance, contrasted with rationed state stores in Russia. The piece praises American fairs, livestock shows, and the Baytown Fair as a symbol of prosperous, competitive agriculture.
The Senate floor featured a playful exchange between Texas Senator Tom Connally and Nebraska Senator Kenneth Wherry over China aid. Connally told a Texas lawyer tale and used bow wow phrases to illustrate his point while Wherry jeered. The stenographer kept a straight face throughout the odd moment.
In a hotel lobby, several lumbermen trade tall yarns about danger in the woods. One tale claims a wildcat charged a camp until water splashed by a quick thinker frightened it away. A listener swears to the truth, noting his habit of stroking whiskers confirms the encounter.
Baytown Texas daily Sun newspaper lists Pearce 2nd location and shows Yianager as office manager with Sunday edition omission.
SunSlants recalls mail from J B Hollaway and a European sojourn as a homeward note. Lynn Hodges Jr arrives at Alabama for pre med study in Tuscaloosa. Smiths, Conway turkeys, and Lufkin pride pepper this humorous column with anecdotes and local color.
A four day stopover in Eastern Canada yields praise for politeness in shops and helpful clerks, plus notes on Montmorency Falls and local handicrafts. The writer laments high U.S. prices, finds a coat at half the cost in Canada, and warns that Canada imposes a five percent hospite tax on meals, four percent on clothing, and forty cent cigarettes.
Five years ago today the paper reported on wartime fronts and a fatality. John Ike Kristynik, 71, died at 2 am at his Crosby home after 35 years as a dairyman and farmer. The item notes weather and military dispatches, including a department message to his parents Felix and Mrs. Le Blanc.
Adolf Hennere, a miner in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany, earns special honors for regularly surpassing his daily quota. Colleagues mock him publicly and privately, with one favored tale claiming he complained to a dentist after an overzealous tooth extraction. The dentist retorts that he too can exceed his quotas.
Second Lieutenant Swanner of Baytown serves as assistant operations officer with the 40th Military Police Service Battalion in the Ryukyus Command. He is the son of Mrs. Delt Spriggs of Baytown and a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. He was commissioned in Houston after an earlier Navy enlistment and work at the Shell Oil Refinery in Deer Park.
Terry D. King of Baytown, UT Austin junior in Arts and Sciences, elected to Scabbard and Blade, ROTC honorary military society. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Li King, member of MICA Independent Men's group.
A Dallas County representative warns readers against lobbyist influence on a November 8 vote. He cites a 350000 dollar slush fund and a high powered publicity agent, urging adoption of a constitutional amendment to allow a short off year meeting to prepare a two year budget and provide pay for legislators, arguing independence from special interests and better state budgeting.
Huntsville October 1 five Baytown students join Sam Houston State A Cappella Choir’s 52 members. Named Ella Lee Chapman Clara Fey Dorothy Leird Elsine McDonald and Jo Anna Thaman among newcomers. Ontario has about 3000 hockey teams.
Vice President Barkley spoke to an FBI academy class in St Louis on the resignation of Hoover era and political odds. He praised Hoover while noting uncertainties about the Dodgers and baseball race, saying he felt the era of the FBI head is a remarkable period.
Three representatives of the General Tire and Rubber plant in Baytown will attend the second annual Gulf Coast conference on industry health opening October at the Rice Hotel for a two day meeting. Roy Eis personnel manager KK xs safety engineer and D tom will attend. More than 200 are expected at the conference of nationally known authorities on public health at problems of industry health industrial wastes and sanitation. Dr James H Sterner of New York will give the keynote address. Dr Sterner is a representative of the atomic commission with atomic research dates back to the 1940s and includes projects related to the Bikini stem bomber.
Bridge insights differ from expert play as business and professional players apply unorthodox bidding and play. The article contrasts these tactics with standard methods and notes the surprising accuracy of unconventional approaches, referencing a deal where South misbids after North shows a strong hand and a heart suit.
An OCR fragment discusses bridge play by South and East, noting defense, discards, and card positions. It mentions a 71 score and various suits, with references to clubs and diamonds and potential misplays or strategic twists during the trick sequence. The text is garbled and partially illegible but centers on evaluating the defense and outcomes of specific card plays.
Crossword puzzle item lists numerous crossword clues and answers with scattered topics including music notes river names and zodiac figures. It appears as a mixed set of across and down hints with cryptic fragments and partial phrases from a crossword page.
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