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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
6
A religious note cites John 1 9 about those who transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of Christ. It warns that those who remain in Christ’s teachings have the Father and the Son. The wording reflects devotional emphasis on doctrinal fidelity.
During the third week of October national Bible Week runs from the seventeenth to the twenty third. It emphasizes Christian principles amid rising crime, mental disorders, and moral ridicule. The piece laments societal trends and calls for renewed faith against a cynical material world.
Report discusses labor party pressure for election timing, wartime tax cuts, and plans to reduce excises. It notes atomic explosion detection by radiation devices and U S authorities' worldwide monitoring network. Also mentions potential corporate tax shifts to offset revenue, with no planned individual rate increase.
A Texas classroom tale shows a pupil correctly identifying George Washington as a soldier after the teacher asks if he was a sailor. The student points to a Delaware Crossing picture and notes a sailor would have sat down in the boat, revealing a humorous mispronunciation and learning moment.
A Minneapolis woman obtained a divorce after alleging her husband threw 72 eggs at her and missed all times. The court heard the unusual claim amid the proceedings.
A historical Baytown newspaper item notes the Che Baptown Sun published daily except Sunday by The Daily Sum Company in Baytown Texas. Mentions include personnel Robert Matherne Fred Hartman and office manager roles.
A Baytown Sun reader disputes a Crystal Bay flooding claim in Around Town. Henry McLemore defends the paper’s wording about water in Crystal Bay and criticizes local council moves to annex nearby areas, noting past sandbag battles and flood fears. The exchange reflects town anxieties over tide water, storms, and development.
A biased wartime column contrasts England’s hardships with Italy’s comforts. It lauds British endurance, criticizes leadership, and recalls personal experiences of Anglo American tension amid postwar scarcity and grief in London and Manchester.
A noisy collage of brainteasers and clues. It asks who first followed Jesus, a wordplay puzzle, presidential assassinations, Styx ferryman, Cortoran Saltery and Met Museum locations, plus birthday notices and a Shakespeare quote. It blends trivia with feigned sports and historical notes.
The column reflects on mortality and a New York syndicate colleague Basil Capgreil known as Cap. It honors his kindness, humor, and behind the scenes impact on editors and publishers. A personal tribute follows, contrasting Cap's gentleness with the inevitability of death and a light note on seasonal cranberry forecasts.
A collage of then current events notes Allied advances in Europe with reports of the Yanks closing on Aachen and Corinth while other items list injuries from a workshop accident at Missouri Pacific Station in Gease Creek and local civic notes from Baytown and Gonzales.
Hedda Hopper warns that the economic downturn may alter film memes with titles like The Best Years of Our Lives reissued as Nice Day and The Long Voyage Home renamed Ferry to Hoboken. Letter to Three Wives could become Memo while Gone with the Wind might be known as Pniist. An American merchant in Russia sent postcards noting Free Warsaw Free Prague and Free Budapest before a final Paris postmark reading Greetings from free Rabinowitz.
In Burbank at Thomas Edison Elementary seven sets of twins attend the school forming a record like scene. Only two are boys and officials cite the unusually high twin turnout. In nearby Glendale six sets of twins attend Belboa Elementary.
The University of Texas Student Employment Bureau reported 1185 applicants found work in September. The bureau placed 188 more students in part time work than in September 1948, and full-time jobs were obtained for 71 more students and graduates than last year.
Politicians and the White House watch the New York contest between John Foster Dulles and former Governor Lehman. Analysts say Dulles’ victory could boost Republicans in 1950 and 1952, while Lehman’s win would bolster Democrats and Truman’s administration. The race, tied to foreign policy contrasts and domestic policy, remains a key electoral indicator with New York’s large electoral votes.
Louis H. Laney, head of the service, says a new poison named Ros... will be used on western ranges including Taos and Colfax counties in Mexico. Meat dosed cannot be used during the season. Laney notes more wild turkeys and fewer other game in the area and claims eagles and other wildlife may be affected.
In a bridge column, Barclay discusses why top players may seek risky finesses to create extra entry to the dummy or dealer’s hand. It recalls a famous Goren hand, where precise timing and sequence turned into a striking win, with details of the ending play and winning cards.
Crossword puzzle clues listed with several misprints and garbled terms across numbers one through forty two including odd spellings and missing letters. Reads like a fragmented puzzle page with mis-typed entries and stray capitalized words from a newspaper section.
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