Stock Crash Was 25 Years Ago Market Peak Then Fell
Elmer C. Walzer recalls the 1929 stock crash that ended the Roaring Twenties boom. He notes Oct 24 1929 as the day the market collapsed, with vast selling, wiped-out fortunes, and broker suicides, then contrasts that era with 1954s more cautious, credit-limited market and evolved investor protections.
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Elmer C. Walzer
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Keith Funston
Exchange
Baytown Sun Newspaper Masthead and Rates
The Baytown Sun lists staff roles and office details with pricing for subscriptions and ads. It notes editors, advertising director, and office manager, plus monthly and multi month rates and that it is a second class matter under postal regulations.
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Ns Baytown Sun Inc
Pearse and Ashtal
Baytown
Fexnk
Fred Barinion
Syd & Gould
Benian Mae
Aimib
Baytown Teras
Asiaf
Biaren
Trade Car At Two Years This Is Advice Of Large Survey Firm
Detroit report cites Universal CIT Credit Corp study of 1,160 cars showing ideal trade time at two years due to rising upkeep after year two. Fifth year peak costs include tires, brakes, engine parts, and body work. by year four and five, wear across systems prompts heavy repairs or a new car.
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Rey W. Brune
Detroit
Jones
Universal Cit Credit Corp
Universal
Paris
Storm damage and outages across Texas from weekend weather
The storm knocked out power to thousands as Houston Lighting and Power crews repaired lines through the night. Trees and flooded cables caused outages in Lynchburg Brownwood and Lakewood while Baytown reported minor water damage. Portland saw six inches of rain in 30 minutes with a tornado-like wind event blamed for multiple incidents and seven deaths from a plane crash and traffic accidents. The Weather Service warned of more storms as a cool front moved in from Colorado and the region faced high temperatures earlier that day reaching 80 then dropping to 54.
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Light Company
Lynchburg
Highlands
Wooster
Brownwood
Lakewood
Oldand Avenue
Four Corners
Bay Area
Baytown
West Main
Scarborough
Texas Avenue
Mexico
Texas
Portland
Corpus Christi
Effie Anderson
Colorado
Panhandle
Mercury
Victim of Pasadena Plant Explosion Remains Critical
Nout M. Mullens of Highlands was critically burned in a plant transformer explosion Sunday at the Tenn Tex plant in Pasadena. He sustained first, second and third degree burns over most of his body and remains under treatment at Pasadena hospital.
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Nout M. Mullens
Highlands
Pasadeny
Mullens
Pasadena Hospital
Tors Maul Genders-Continued from Pare One
Galveston Tors dominate Lee with a 6-0 win in muddy conditions. Howard lead the defense while Rigden Alcala and List sparked the offense as Galveston held Lee below 40 rushing yards and produced crucial turnovers.
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Lee
G. F. Aisbrook
Ganders
Freddie Rigden
Earl Pairchid
Charley Alcala
Joe Frank Robbins
Galveston
Gary Herrington
Don Walker
Wayne Hollister
Walker
Tor
Holly
Engs
Evaristo
Gutierrez
Fairchild
Schaper
Howard
Sampson
Nyman
Jackson
Bivona
Torres
Elliot
Dunn
Mott
Pacheco
Neslon
A. Alcala
C. Alcala
Alsbrook
Leatherwood
Meyers
Rigden
Payne
Bonno
Denver
Paasés
Csere Zz
Bunes Seseere-Eesesavere
Yvesaers
Perererniersisy
Ates Ae
Lee Te Ooo
Jerree BO
Drug Store Workers To Return To School
Thirty five drug store salespeople and fountain employees from Baytown Highlands and Crosby will return to school Monday night to improve public service. Sponsored by the Credit Bureau of Greater Baytown, classes run at the Chamber of Commerce and Robert E. Lee high school study hall with Clark C. Cramer teaching.
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Baytown
Highlands
Crosby
Credit Bureau of
Greater Baytown
Chamber of Commerce
Robert E. Lee
Clark C. Cramer
University of Texas
Division of Extension
Cramer
Texas
Special Preview of Plymouth Cars Set Oct 28
A special preview of the redesigned 1955 Plymouth will be held for Houston area dealers on October 28 at Sam Houston Coliseum. Plymouth district manager R. A. Cowperthwaite announced that B. K. Steel will discuss new features developed over three years and Plymouth’s share of Chrysler Corporation's 20 million investment in model changes.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Deaters
Houston
Sam Houston Coliseum
R. A. Cowperthwaite
B. K. Steel
Salos
Plymouth Motor Corp
Chrysler Corporation
Two Heads Needed for TV Conductor Says Elliot Lawrence
Television conductor Elliot Lawrence says TV conductors juggle music scripts cameras lights and timing while keeping one ear on the director and the other on the performance. He notes the Red Buttons show requires constant monitoring of action and stage dynamics as well as sponsor and network interests. Bert Parks adds a new assistant to Stop the Music after a contestant from Italy wowed viewers. Viaganna Scoglio, a former file clerk, moves into TV work leveraging beauty and ad lib skills. Lights Jubilee to unite NBC ABC CBS and Dumont for Edison centennial tribute featuring Helen Hayes and others.
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Jack Gaver
New York
Elliot Lawrence
Lawrence
Red Bullins
NBC
Bert Parks
Abc-Tv
Viaganna Scoglio
Italy
Joe Cates
The
Powers-That-Be
ABC
CBS
Dumont
David 0. Selznick
Hollywood
Thomas A. Edison
Oklahoma Firm Asks Interior To Disregard Erroneous Bids
An Oklahoma City company Kerr-McGee seeks to have the Interior Department ignore more than 15 million dollars in erroneous bids for offshore gas leases on submerged Louisiana waters. The firm also requests return of about 3.7 million in deposits from bids submitted October 13, after earlier asking for all bids to be thrown out and new ones called.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Kerr-McGee
Interior Department
Louisiana
D. A. McGee
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Owned and Operated
Carl Trenckmann
Jee
Tors
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Charles Alcala
Nick List
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Don Browning
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Robert E, Lee
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Brown's Chicken Shack
Texas Ave
Helen Hayes
Joseph Cullen
Brandon de Wilde
Guy Madison
Thomas Mitchell
Walter Brennan
Oklahoma
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Robert ‘Merrill
Carol’ Haney
Mr. Peepers
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Wyoming Mail
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Brian Donlevy
Cron
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VOX News
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Jean Simmons
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