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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
2
Democratic Whip defends Congress saying it has done a swell job against Republican and anti civil rights pressure. He cites bipartisan block and retrograde votes and pledges continued effort to pass promised 1938 platform bills, urging the public to assess Republicans by their actions.
A Chicago AMA spokesman described a ten minute twilight period after apparent death where revival is possible. AMA records note a case of revival 19 minutes after death during an operation. The Kristoviak family, natives of a Brontane sheep ranch near Shelby, have lived there as displaced persons since arrival.
Congress backed a public housing bill and a 75 cent minimum wage while shelving the Brannan plan and opposing broad river valley authority. It approved government reorganization power for the president, rent control continuation, armed services unification, and pay raises for officials. Foreign policy saw bipartisan support for the Marshall Plan, NATO treaty ratification, and continued military aid.
The First Baptist Church hosts revival meetings this week and next with Dr. A Patterson of Beaumont preaching and Gordon Sears of Boston leading the singing. Services are at 10 am and 7 30 pm daily, and the public is invited to attend.
Calvin Pope Jackson longtime Dayton resident and former county commissioner died Tuesday. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church of Dayton with graveside rites at Magnolia Park Cemetery. He was born June 9, 1887, in Derkimster Prairie, Lib erty County, retired from active life in 1943, and held life membership in the Masons. Survived by wife Ocie, two daughters Claude Phillips Baytown and Jeanette Jackson Dayton, two sons Clyde Houston and Drew Jackson Dayton, three sisters Betty Moreyhon Gee Mattox Lucy Sill, two brothers MW Jackson Dayton and J A Jackson Baxter, five grandchildren.
A news summary notes the end of rent control in Texas with landlords celebrating. Amarillo leads, about two dozen towns had decontrol last spring and summer under local actions. Dallas among the four major metros reversed control. Houston Fort Worth and San Antonio faced new landlord freedom after seven years of federal control.
Fund drive totals show Red Feather pledges increasing to 15307 with several firms listed as 100 percent contributors from employees. Additional firms include Bay Broadcasting Company, Jones Barber Shop, G. C. Young Service Station and Bummer's Confection. Two more schools reached 160 percent under Walter Rundell, chairing the school drive, namely Lee College and San Jacinto Elementary School.
The messenger boy, Old son of Mr and Mrs J A Old, was thrown across the street against a brick grocery store wall about 30 or 40 feet from the collision point. A city patrol car was wrecked in a separate midnight collision in the 1200 block of Main with no injuries. Assistant Police Chief W R Montgomery said he backed from 1208 Main into the street. A 14 year old Einus boy drove into the patrol car rear. Another patrol car was damaged earlier this week when eight women drivers struck the rear fender near the police station.
Eyewitnesses described mountainside villages buried by floods washing adobe homes into mud and bamboo huts into wreckage. Waters swept toward the Pacific and Gulf coast plains as authorities feared hundreds perished with fewer than 500 bodies recovered. U S Caribbean Command planes from the Panama Canal surveyed the disaster area for relief priorities.
Fort Worth USDA livestock report shows cattle slow to steady with cuts in ranges for slaughter steers yearlings and cows. Feeder yearlings and steers meet solid demand while calves hogs and feeder pigs move with steady to mixed prices across grades and weights.
Funeral services for J. EL Gibbs 73 will be held in Corpus Christi at 4 pm Friday. Gibbs, father of Mrs. G EL Gunningham of 2105 New Jersey, died Wednesday after a nine year illness. His wife is hospitalized after a fall and hip fracture and underwent surgery yesterday. Mrs. Cunningham was summoned to Corpus Christi Monday and will stay for the funeral.
Baytown army reserve unit invites East Harris area reservists to a 7 20 p m meeting at the Chamber of Commerce offices to view the combat film Desert Victory about the African campaign in World War II. Members have just received three months pay totaling over 500 dollars.
Court records reveal that the former deputy, Jim Weiss, was denied bond amid ongoing proceedings. On page two, observers suggest potential delays in the Belton trial as defense strategy hints at a bid for freedom based on a pre-shooting scuffle between Mason and Smithwick.
Baytown Rotarians met at Grace Methodist Church for a noon session to see Follow Your Dollars Further, a 1929 Community Chest film. J B Rutter introduced the drive chairmen and Robert Herbert showed the picture as chest secretary. Visiting Rotarians included Seth M Bailey, Dr G C Waters, R A Wright, and Rev Clyde Foltz attended as a guest.
The Republican floor leader accuses Democrats of waste while praising the labor management act as beneficial to workers and unions. He criticizes civil rights efforts and defense disputes, urging President Truman to unify military action and enforce a coordinated national defense plan.
The union row over authority continues as Knight and the local committee clash over constitution limits. District Judge W M Holland orders a temporary restraining order to stop mass picketing and restricts activity to five pickets at Matheison plant and the Suburban Pasadena business office. Meanwhile global cultivation totals note about 15 billion acres.
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