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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1949
Page
2
The article projects continuing unemployment while farm and retail prices are set to fall further. It notes higher fruit and vegetable prices driven by market conditions, with cabbage onions and celery expected to rise through winter. Government price supports and foreign aid financing remain crucial for 1940s crop support and cotton exports.
Fire damaged the refrigeration unit at Pyle Grocery at West Mein and Market, origin in the refrigerator motor, owner J W Pyle said. Baytown volunteers responded, damage deemed negligible. A nearby car fire on West Defoe near North Ashbel caused wiring damage with no injuries.
Wallace Dunks, operator at the Humble service station at Four Corners, reported the burglary occurred over the weekend. Thieves smashed a plate glass window and carried off oil cans and seven inner tubes through the opening. Deputy Sheriff Ira Jones noted the break-in details.
Baytown area observes Girl Scout Week with an all-troop meeting at 5 pm in the Baytown Community House where three Houston girls Lila Luckie Pegsy Ives and Sally Belt will describe their Swedish camp experiences. Displays in Brunson Theatre lobby illustrate 30 Girl Scout laws.
Miss Betty Bemel of Baytown was elected to the University of Texas Student Assembly from the College of Fine Arts. A senior drama major, she is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Bemel, 101 East James, and active in Delta Phi Beta, Mortar Board, Curtain Club, and Radio House. Railway officers probe death of Car Inspector Roy B Alexander crushed by Santa Fe freight train with no apparent witnesses.
A Houston man is held here in connection with a beating of a refinery worker named Partin. Police pursued the suspect after a car chase through Decker Drive and Market Street, ramming Partin’s car before escaping. Authorities also questioned a companion over burglary tools found in the vehicle.
Gulf Coast Electric Company of Baytown joins thousands of appliance dealers in a $2,000,000 Crosley division contest by Avco Manufacturing. Local judges include Insurance Agent W. G. Wilson Judge Roscoe Zierlein and Teacher John Ellis. Participants may obtain entry blanks at Gulf Coast Electric, answering why a new Shelvedor refrigerator should be given. National entries go to Crosley headquarters for grand prize judging.
ST LOUIS Oct 31 UP Margaret Trumans concert appearance drew stronger reviews as critics called her a sincere artist with promise. She sang with more ease at last nights show with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra in Kiel Auditorium, dressed in a blue crepe gown to a near packed house. Notes say only 30 of 2563 seats were empty. The piece closes with a non sequitur about the George Washington Masonic Memorial grounds formerly owned by George Washington.
At 1 P.M Steck quotes the steel sector listing firms such as Armco Edison Beth Steel Anaconda Cop Calumet Celanese Chrysler Cities Service Dow and Eastman Kodak among others with percentage indicators and company abbreviations suggesting market talk and sector movements.
Former Senator Barkley and Mrs Hadley announced their marriage with a simple public note. Barkley’s daughter Mrs Max Truitt said she learned of the news recently and that honeymoon plans had not been decided. The couple, seen with social notables in Washington, are described in terms of fashion and music interest with no political disagreements reported.
Livestock notes from Fort Worth show cattle at 5500 head with slow sales and mixed grades. Slaughter steers and yearlings traded 17.00 to 22.00 with some to 25.00, cows 13.50 to 14.50, stockers 14.00 to 16.50. Hogs about 1000 head, butchers up 25 to 50 higher than Friday, sows steady to 50 higher, feeder pigs around 16 to 16.50. Demand recall item reports two Czechoslovak diplomats recalled by the United States.
Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr dies suddenly after a storied career. He led United States Steel to a landmark $450,000,000 program employing thousands, becoming chair in 1938 at age 37. Roosevelt lauded his industrial statesmanship and foreign policy influence.
Morris Frank, Houston building works executive and goodwill ambassador, will address the Methodist Men of St. Mark's Church Baytown at a 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting. Dinner at Humble Dining Room costs 1.25 per plate. reservations with John Bell by 6 p.m. Tuesday. President W. Buelow to preside. committee includes Lars Bremlett Preston Miler and Jerry Farrar. Special Grace Methodist male quartet to entertain.
Frances Humphries of Baytown a junior at East Texas State Teachers College Commerce has pledged the Les Choisites a campus women’s social organization. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gline B Humphries of Baytown and majors in English.
Representative John F Kennedy says Bernard Baruch and other prominent figures back an adequate civil defense program. He releases eight letters from Baruch noting discussions but criticizing meager preparation. Kennedy cites Truman letter and claims only one man worked full time on disaster relief planning, while National Security Resources Board officials dispute his claim.
Weather reports show a sharp drop as high winds caused brief power outages in several cities. Wichita Falls suffered the strongest gusts at 56 mph and two radio stations went off air for about an hour. Dallas readings fell from earlier highs to the mid thirties by late afternoon.
An Oregon university reference opens with Tinamette as the Northwest’s oldest higher education institution while a Chicago company promotes an invisible phoneto mold device Beltene offering a free brochure and home test option for those seeking discreet hearing aid solution.
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