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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1949

Page

4

Colossians Verse Peace Be In Your Hearts

A brief Bible verse excerpt calls on readers to let the peace of God rule in their hearts and be thankful, referencing Colossians and a spiritual call to gratitude.

God

Letter pitch for Baytown Community Chest drive

A Baytown letter stresses the Community Chest to meet a goal of 59 598 dollars urging residents to donate. Henry Ford Jr chairman endorses community effort and private initiative as key to building better communities and supporting Red Feather services locally.

Baytown East Midwest Red Feathers Henry Ford UI Community Chests of America Community Chest inAmerica J. B. Rutter Henry Ford

Overcoming Background Fear to Reach Success

A motivational piece argues success comes from effort and mindset, not upbringing. It cites leaders like John Nance Garner and Abraham Lincoln, noting many rise from humble beginnings. It urges focusing forward, shedding guilt about background, and asserting the right to succeed.

Texas Laughs By Boyce House an Editor

An editor notes a magazine told an author who inquired about his manuscript that it was so bad it needed rewriting before disposal. Another epitaph quips about Captain Ephraim Daniels who died too early in May, stripping his winter flannels.

Captain Ephraim Deniels

The Baytown Sun Publication Note

The Baytown Sun published daily except Sunday by a company at Pearce and a T editor advertising manager office manager.

Pearce A T

Sun Slants By Fred Hartman And Fort Worth roundup

Texan readers get a collage of notes as Fred Hartman sails in from Dallas. A Colorado Springs clipping notes Texas led drivers on Pikes Peak registrations this year with 45 201 total vehicles 2617 from Texas. Texas outpaced Colorado 4617 cars far ahead of others while Baytown figures hint readers Texas vacationers topped the list. Also a Beltsville Whites turkey feature stirs Fort Worth Fat Stock Show publicity and a Harris County tax official Carl S Smith writes back praising editorial remarks. Farren Edwards.

Texas Fred Colorado Springs Colorado Pikes Peak Lawrie Tell Gate Glen Cove Thincis Kansas Baytown Turkey Boyce House Boyce Fort Worth Beltsville

Norristown Visit Reveals Women’s Readiness and Wry Speaker

Erich Brandeis recalls a Norristown talk where he notes the audience’s sharp eye for retouched images and praises local women for their intelligence and demeanor. He jokes about speaking skills and his own self image as a gargoyle and a dwarf, yet commends Norristown women as essential to America’s progress.

Fragmented snippets mix politics and ads in odd chatter

The piece strings together clipped phrases about Soviet praise before an election, loud New York railroad station speakers, a town named Wagin in New South Wales, a New York chemist claiming sawdust house building, and a vacuum sweeper’s potential popularity.

New South ‘Wales New York

Simple World War II GI Insurance form praised as monument

Henry McLemore lauds a plain one page GI insurance dividend application as the simplest, most humane bureaucratic document since Lincoln. He imagines a monument to its creator, likening Washington's red tape to carbon paper and urging a lasting memorial.

Little Entente nations and Washington’s VP clue set

Quick facts from a mixed text include the Little Entente member countries, author of John Brown's Body, definition of personal property, city location of Adelaide, Washington's VP, Chaucer obituary note, Battle of Agincourt summary, Johann Strauss Jr. arrival, pronunciation guide, and a biographical clue about a Preston born explorer poet of 1874 who moved to Canada on Vancouver Island.

Little Entente John Brown Adelaide George Washington Geoffrey Chaucer Agincourt France England Henry Wis Bowmen Johann Strauss, Jr Preston Canada Vancouver Island

Yukon Poet and World War II Ambulance Driver

Easy Knowledge fragment presents a Canadian banking figure sent to the Yukon, later a major post holder, then an ambulance driver in World War II. It mentions poems like The Spell of the Yukon and Ballads of a Cheechako, and notes residence in Monte Carlo. It asks who he is and references other celebrants and trivia.

Canadien Banking House Yukon Territory Davison Red Cross Yukon Lves Monte Carlo France

Five Years Ago Todays Headlines From The Era

Five years ago today headlines recount Soviet advances in Russia and civil war threats in France while Leyte forces capture towns and small islands. A petition seeks a Pelly dissolution election. Olive cites a Googe Creek Pelly consolidation plan. Lieutenant Carpenter, 20, reported missing, killed in September 2 plane crash. Sergeant Gentry completed 57 missions in 14 weeks and earned the medal plus oak leaf clusters. Goose Creek city commission accepts the resignation of city superintendent Grantham. Private First Class Herbert Chelette returns to Camp Pendleton after furlough with parents in Goose Creek entry notes.

Russia France Leyte Hofheinz Houston Temorrow Pelly Mrnicipal Corporation Maylor C. EL. Olive Googe Creek Fieyd B. Carpenter Assiatic Theatre of War War Department Mra Rb. Smith Commerce Willie B. Gentry Keesler Held Mississippi Gentry Goose Creek C. W. Grantham Herbert “D. ‘Chelette Unine Hia Pendleton C. D. Cheiette

Japs in Brazil Learn War Is Over

San Francisco October 25 Thousands of Japanese colonists in Brazil learned for the first time last month that the Pacific war was over and their homeland had been defeated. John T. Danaher assistant president said he visited Brazil to urge compassionate visits by about 300000 Japanese Brazilians to Japan. Some hostility rose among those who could not read Portuguese who believed the war continued. Da n her said they were convinced by M Kurita of the Japan Travel Bureau who read a speech quoting Premier Yoshida praising Americans and noting the occupation’s efforts to help Japan recover.

Rosa Te Shess H E John Nance Garner Andrew Johnson San Francisco Brazil John T. Danaher Danaher M. Kurita Japan Travel Bureau of Tokyo Shigeru Yoshida

Name Change Memo Sparks Hollywood Talk

WHIINEY BOLTON recalls a studio memo to rename Jennifer Jones after Bayid Selznick suggested Jenny Jones. A street scene on the East Side prompts a mom to curb a child’s request about an apple. A Nebraska law proposal makes discharging a firearm on a public highway a misdemeanor by fine or imprisonment.

Whiiney Bolton Holywood Bayid Selznick Phyllis Isley Walker Jenny Jones Jennifer Jones Nebraska

Contrast American Justice With That Of Soviet Russia

Americans can take pride in the demonstrated differences between the American and Russian court processes. Here the 11 Red conspiracy defendants, after a nine month trial, were permitted an exhaustive defense against the charges, by the defense using between two and three times more fire than the prosecution. Every right under the Constitution was preserved. This reflects American procedures within a trial of themselves on charges of criminal conspiracy.

Subigny Stekingus Supreme Court Weiss Waco News-Tynbune

Texas Voters Face 30 Constitutional Amendments

A Texas League of Women Voters brochure outlines thirty proposed amendments with nonpartisan explanations to encourage informed participation. The hospital districts amendment is described as permissive for local voter approval, while opponents warn of broad legislative taxing power and unclear limits for property owners or taxpayers.

Texas Texas League of Women Voters League

Mexican Gold Smuggling Flares Across Border

Mexicans report nearly 1000 pounds of gold smuggled into the United States each month from Mexico. The Ultimas Noticias says the cross border flow costs Mexico about 200000 dollars monthly in lost taxes. Smugglers buy from miners and smuggle gold mined in Chihuahua, selling at a profit of 3 to 5 dollars per ounce.

Mexico Cire United State Mexico Ultimar Ne]ticias Noticias Chihuahua

Barley On Bridge No See No Remember Wisdom of Pidgin English

A bridge puzzle and moral on memory and card sizing from a Barclay column. South opens with 2NT and North responds NT. The dealer is South with no vulnerability. The problem discusses timing and counting to avoid errors, referencing John Brown’s Winning Tricks and a hand where East recalls all cards played to infer the final trick.

John Brown George Coffin Belmont Mass Weat Hearts West Aso Heart HK

Daily Crossword Across LaAnepe 6

Across clues include Bristle like process apart and diminutive Priscilla while many entries mix archaic spellings and errors. Down clues cover hard silicates persevere and god of love among others with references to yesterday’s Anadolu Asia Minor and quaint abbreviations Pehaps mixed puzzle grid remains unreadable.

LaAnepe

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