Baytown Community Chest Drives Into High Gear This Week
The Baytown Community Chest campaign preparations reached a sprint with 250 volunteers set for training. Start date is October 18, with team captains Gene Bauer and Ray Martin assigned in the old Baytown area and special gifts division. J E Rutter as general chairman announced appointments and training meets for Humble Refinery and other plants to explain fund uses and services to solicitors.
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Baytown
High Zeer
Ben & Love
Humble
Wes
Girman
Gamble
Hugh MM. Stewart
Chest
General Tire
Rutter
AL W. Harper
W. Wesley Woods
Wilton Roper
Fennema
Nelson D. Stites
Victor Northcutt
Robert Gillette
T. R B. Kemplay
E. D. Cleveland
J. T. Peacock
D. D. Myers
Gene Bauer
Ray Martin
W. G. Wilson
Norman Hargrave
Duty Free Limit Raised to 200 for Returning Tourists
Washington reports the Senate voted to raise duty free merchandise for returning tourists by 100 to 200 dollars. The change amends a labor tax bill and affects visitors abroad over 46 hours, with a separate 300 cap for longer trips. Senator Maybank sponsored the amendment, boosting total exemption potential. The bill goes back to the house for conference.
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Washington
Weratches
United States
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
Maybank
23.3 Percent of U S Population Tied to Oil Pay
New York on September 19 the American Petroleum Institute reported 23.3 percent of Americans rely on oil for livelihood. The survey counts 1,880,009 oil industry workers and 915,000 related workers, totaling 22.3 percent of the population. Payroll for petroleum and related industries stands at 27.47 billion dollars, about 20.3 percent of national wages.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
United States
APT
Hard wood makes better coals than soft wood for campfires
The reader notes that hard wood burns longer and hotter, producing steadier coals for cooking and warmth. Softer woods tend to ash faster and flare briefly, making them less efficient for steady flames.
It Wasn't The 10 Cents Just Principle Of Thing
An Omaha cab driver charged an elderly woman 44 cents for a church ride, though she says it usually costs 35 cents. He offered a 10-cent refund at the company office if the meter was fast.
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Omaha
Rural roadway deaths exceed city totals in national study
A National Safety Council report finds rural motor vehicle deaths far higher than urban. It notes 23,500 rural fatalities last year versus 16,500 in cities and towns, with city pedestrian deaths also counted in the tally.
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National Safety Council
Patents in Rube Goldberg Style From Early U S Office
A Washington report mulls over quirky U S patents from 1889 to 1912 including a gum preservation locket, a multi tool clothes brush flask cup, a hammock seat tale, a coffin alarm device, a chicken eye protector, a combined grocer package grater slicer mouse trap, a waking device, a dimple producer tool and a tangled foot warmer all noted in dewy Patent Office files.
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U.S
Barmon W. Nichols
Washington
U. S. Patent Office
Communist Denies Revolution Aim in Party Trial
Foster, chairman of the Communist party, denies plans to overthrow the government by force. He asserts Americans will embrace Communism through peaceful global example, while claiming violence would come from American capitalism. He testified at a conspiracy trial deposition, dictating 293 pages across four sessions in Westchester County.
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York
Foster
Communist Party
Rede
Russia
United States
Aso
Westchester County
Boarders Admit Neat But Dishonest Conduct
In Milwaukee on September 19 Mrs Edna Frags recalls two ex boarders who were orderly in appearance yet dishonest. They cooked with her food while she was away, stealing 11 dollars in cash and 80 dollars as well as the food, though they left neatly stacked cans and washed dishes.
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Milwaugsde
Edna Frags
Frass
Waxahachie Segregation Injunction Suit Slated
Officials of the Waxahachie Independent School District will appear October 16 in Federal Judge William E. Atwell's Dallas court to answer a segregation injunction suit. Summons issued after a Thursday filing by six Negroes claiming unequal facilities for white and Negro pupils in district schools.
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Waxabachin
Wesehachie Independent
Wii- Hem E. Atwell
Dallas
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