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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1949
Page
4
A Bible verse from Romans 1 16 proclaims the gospel as the power of God unto salvation to every believer. The text emphasizes that salvation is offered first to the Jew and then to the Greek, reflecting early Christian outreach.
A concise survey of how the right to strike evolved from early protections to later limits. It traces key federal laws including the railway labor act, Smith Connally act, and Taft-Hartley act, plus court rulings up to 1947. It notes state bans in public utilities and government employee prohibitions, ending with a Holmesian view on inherent rights versus job-specific duties.
Erich Brandeis recalls lunch with journalists and explains his Pollyanna view comes from thousands of letters. Most express kindness, hope, and gratitude, including two powerful notes from Pennsylvania and North Carolina about loss and marriage.
Exich Brandeis columnist Fred Hartman argues for the vitality of big cities and the challenges of a newspaper career. He recalls his own path from Oakland to San Francisco and New York, highlighting dreams, fame, and the tough, game-like nature of journalism.
Henry McLemore recalls a IRS notice from 1941, describing a desk drawer slip from the Collector of Internal Revenue demanding back taxes. He contrasts political symbols with a sense of bureaucratic reach and accountability, noting the money claim and year.
Answers include 1. The Bal lade of East and West meets at the meeting of East and West. 2. Australia is the smallest continent. 3. Sturm und Drang means storm and stress. 4. A reasonable mistake constitutes a defense. Real name of Billy the Kid is William H. Bonney. Birthday greetings to Gio vanni Martinelli Constance Bennett Joan Fontaine.
In Enterprise Alabama a weevil memorial marks a shift from cotton to peanuts after the pest destroyed profits. Farmers formed a cooperative, pivoted to peanut cultivation and processing, fueling new industries and local prosperity. The piece also notes a silent film era comedian born in New Orleans who worked with Chaplin and Sennett, died in 1940. A Revolutionary hero born in Chester County is referenced.
A quotation asserts Christian education as the hope of civilization facing Statism. It denounces Statism for denying human dignity and subjugating individuals to the state, attributed to Lenic pvetch, president Pettizrew Welch, inc.
A collage of 1944 era items from Leyte to a Baytown football game. Injuries from an automobile accident on Blarket Street Road. family birthdays. soldiers arriving at Camp Wolters for basic training. a Baytown minister moving to Oklahoma. Texas traffic toll and September death counts are reported as well.
The speaker jokes about Senor J. Haiy Falloff and growing a moustache as he recounts receiving a $31 tax bill he believes the government should have forgiven. He recalls wartime memories, censored letters, and frustrated hopes that debt would be forgotten, while pleading for relief and understanding.
Here is a humorous exchange from a Texas clothing store where the proprietor admits a loss on a suit to sell more by volume. The piece notes farmers tired of hunting rabbits and a quip about National Refrigeration Week not affecting a sweater.
Che Baptown Sun notes daily publication except Sundays by The Daily Sur Company in Baytown Texas. It lists staff including publisher Robert Matherne editor Fred Hartman and advertising manager Syd Gould, with office manager Beulah Mae J. and subscription rates. Subscriptions run 80 cents monthly or $10 annually, with rates for six months and two months specified. Military service members receive 75 cents monthly.
A contract player falls for a platinum blonde while in Hollywood and ends up marrying after placing a notice in a Los Angeles gazette seeking a savior to extricate him from peril. A post wedding note remarks the bride carried four roses and the anecdote ties to Jules Leventhal noted for Broadway road shows and a frugal expense sheet on cigars for a coach and professor.
Texas voters will decide on ten proposed amendments to the state constitution. The Texas League of Women Voters published a neutral brochure explaining each amendment to encourage participation. The booklet covers county civil service for counties over 75 000 population and presents arguments for and against tenets of tenure and bureaucratic control.
San Antonio department stores posted an 11 percent gain for the week ended October 15 versus last year, lifting district averages by 2 percent. Houston declined 8 percent, Fort Worth 3, and Dallas 1. Over four weeks, San Antonio rose 3 percent while district sales fell 4 percent overall due to Houston down 11 percent, Fort Worth 5, and Dallas 3.
Triangle of bridge strategy explains how to support a partner by early establishment of long suits and protecting reentries. A North South deal illustrates misplay when East fails to cover honors, allowing declarer to force nine tricks. The article then ponders a four week end question on testing new card play habits.
Crossword puzzle clues and fragmented entries listed in a jumbled, OCR style line. Numerous garbled items mix numbers, foreign words, abbreviations, and potential across and down hints with inconsistent capitalization and punctuation, resembling a historical puzzle page fragment.
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