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Annexation
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Baytown 'Annexes'
foi, Money And Job Offered Newoomm Hike
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Price
Rina Around ftefinery
Ana Inclusion Of Part
By ROSALIE MYERS .., wai without a job. He hadnomon- provided a houne for the family. T‘
. . . and Henry Schmidt learned a Job. Just let me get a job and i ford to rent a larger house. The V ,
that when people here are In need take care of my wife and kids," house is piped for gas and wired Congressional Probe Is
' ;* TJr.a^dWUdo
.Schmidt he. a job. He has been <j_ B Hollln«h*ad con. ' P<>< "* ' l'*"!!/ 1
It Is "Christmas every day in Bay-
town."
he said.
Hardly had the Baytown
Sun
Then, cam. the offers of fumU PP^<
for lights.
1 «*«***?
r#iqK: Wffcet for iVKf la vwy nosa*,
■pll- v" ' '
■ Marine Unhurt As Cir C0|
Hits Electric Pole
i mM :<*»•*."■*&**.((
• "on Dicker Drive.teat night art
BMW convinced that “ft* Marines ara ‘
■■ tough,” Ag
| Jack D. Bhck, W, kott*«* ' A
tL.~. kacn 6 m folilftWlm.
m
L'fc^Atsss-S
Of Plant In Ordinance
In a secret meeting last offered’? hZ£. Carlmda™f gro" ^!en S^hm[dt had -the i°b »I^G. _B; HojMnffbwf OOP- pravqwrnWfr JVC ig
Seri,* Oitv oonn. ccries are bein*carried out to him (Prof) Sanders, manager of Cul- tnbuted a gasgrange, a heater and
S'ZZSflS&S rtr^rsr a “I *rZ»II™ *
fiWt.&«**&*«*»$ o^»?l= ~ - oaHSSS
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^average of ft a ton today to 3
amount "whiclT ■jMLV^reach f„7. 17 ,ndlc*tlon °* «•« caller»' i°b »> minutes'early today. , will play'santa o^Stmis^he The move drew immediatf M
S74 E ipSTSsSSrlHfts? R^ia£SS' J
rf*-
P.efining Company.
The «>uncil will pass on the ten .terseedhg AiVhart Drive.' They friending the Schmidts for- several faah contributed by“ Goose ’Seek 22jSPl5rmJSLSS *5?".^' H
Vioed ordinance at th« reeulnr were eating, sleeping and living days, and when the truck is too ^fachine and Weldina Works. Abe Efr?f^?,<1,.m.n*“lzed th* e*fect
vseo orainance ai me regular o r • * ..Mh. fh„ sihn,ie.
meeting Tuesday night at the City ther«^-seven of them, with hardly cold and Intolerable, the Schmidts BemeJ, Holloway Food Market, Dr. thf lnaiv,d'*al -onaumer.
Hail. room to stand between the bunks go over to the Caughman house. H. B. Naylpr, Allen Rice's Humble so,?e “otpr car manufacturer*
The ordinance passed on the bui)tln the truck for beds. Schmidt It is the Coughmans who have Service Station and Fred Dittm*n. Predic‘ed the Industry would*ab-
Baytown Profits High
As Humble Hits'90'
Stores Will
Stay Open
Until 8 PM.
JEUAL VIEW of Swift and Company's Sioux City, Iowa, packing plant where a terrifying explosion
_______| Ibi Mldw el >ie MlHbirMhB 1* and injaring tnore than-1» peftons. The blast tossed
■Mris and processed meat blocks away. Below firemen, plant workers and hastily-organised volun-
witii.
out raising prices. They agreed,
however, that it blocked any price
cuts at the present time. •
While the ultimate Impact, on the
economy still was a matter
study,.industry observers said the
new rates probably will bring aa
increase of apprbxlmateiy $8 ki
the cost of steel for an automobile,
60 cents for an office desk, $S for
a tractor, 27 cents for a kitchMt '
cabinet and four cents for a gar-
bags can.
In announcing the prioe increase,
The new , hours will continue s- Steel President Benjamin
the refinery area. well over a million dollars. apiece. through Christmas Evs. Fairleu said the price adj
Most of the territory to be taken Th* *tock' cIoscd out a* ®0 yes’ The aharP rlae ln the value, of Most stores will observe Mon- Wer* necf8,ary. to..oltaet
in is south of thr refinery.-' ■£**; TSf »r December .46, as a holiday
first reading August 5 called for
the annexation of the whole Bay-
town Refinery, the government-
owned rubber plants operated by
Humble, the Genera! Tire and Rub-
ber Company plant, Wooster,
Browuwood and Crystal Bay Ad-
dition. .
Since then the ordinance has
been 'amended to exclude every- Baytown received its biggest Humble men estimate that about
thing but the non-productive area Christmas present yesterday when 200,000 shares of stock jre held by
In- Humble Oil and Refining Company Baytown citizens. Estimates place ^?B?MV^hS|h??,pins:na7 ***
-si- stock zoomed six points to an all- the averse holding, of Humble mamln« «ntil ®,rl,tW Baytown
dP- time high of 290 per share. employes at about 10 shares. Many „ „ y .b*fan ,tayin* °P*n
adjoining the refinery proper,
eluding the “tank farm" and r
dential areas, some Humble prop-
erty north of the refinery and a
strip which completely encirclM Baytown stockholders ranged up to many as several thousand shares
eluding the “tank farm" and resi-
dential areas, some Humble prop- «e mgo ui per *rmre. —e-v- — ----- ———----
erty north of the refinery and a Estimates of paper profits to other stockholders here own as 0 t'-™-
torn pry st the tangled wreckage.
-(International Soundphoto)
nr I Scouts HaveFiniest Year In Baytown
ie Out Of Every Four Girls In City.Has Joined
» ssxssrmmen
which enters the refinery from the Exchange. I-ast reports from en $60 in four days after .oil was . nfW..® Chairman Joseph. C O'Mahoney,
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ton Navigation District.
1 (HESTER Bl TXilER
I Us tremendous growth
ThV"final "'reading of the ordi- reached without being "split." Sev- points higher than the stock was end v'ith no paper being published
nance will be Tuesday night. oral times in the past when the quoted a month ago. The stock on Monday.
who have been organizing new joined the organization," Draeger Wooster, Brownwood and Crys- stock reached a high point the dropped to a 1949 low of 68*4 last
and troop* end finding new leaders,” he *aid- tal Bay have been excluded from company has declared a 100 per spring,
of the Girt Scout move- Wjd. “This is to be done by enlisting the original ordinance, but a separ- cent dividend, giving two shares The previous high point, estab-
in Baytown during th* past „„ , * _f . the active participation of more ate ordinance has been prepared for every one and bringing the lished in 1948, was 88. The 1948 low
”,,y sat aras sr ** “r ^
be willing to sponsor Girl The new ordinance, which also
mu.
He charged the increase' was
"completely unjustified," because
the Industry is operating “on an
extraordinarily high profit leWl*
He declared U. S. Steel was doing
E^A^aeger new^re-ejwted ten,ive course 7)f instruction dur- ^Uj‘
LttRit of the Bey town Girl *“* paat trw months and ie s^ut troops and to "serve ln a will include Lakewood Addition,
more to "injure the whole free en-
terprise system than all the crack-
pots have ever done."
I Association, said today.
carrying forward
work actively.,
thi* training troop committee capacity,“ he ex- will be brought up for a first read-
plained. lng at Tuesday's meeting.
Diys Choose Berry c
To Lead Campaign
Ike And Harry 'Friends' j. M B v.„ **** th.*
b£.«« .u'T"'!!" “• »»*« w PThn.'««,nj u>objectiv. u to I.. dV^’' S”" President Says So Through Spokesman 680 Now 0n •
1 17 belongs to the Girl ,VVHtann ba*“crease troop camping facilities, he ^ ‘ Melvin V. Berry, a veteran _
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Wends and always have been,". Berry was elected qhairnjan of Miih^nN ^
“Do? he object to Eisenhower tk? cempalgn starring committee at the price trend
Another Member of the commit-
tee, Senator John J. Sparkman, D,
Alabama, warned that the eteel
boost might be “the stimulus for
another round ,of price and wag*
lncreuee."
It was certain the rest of th*
snd 17 Belongs » we uiri ,. M irwp cwmpmg racmii#*, ns _____ „f„ ^ f.w.j ___________ _ .. ___ Meivin v. Berry, a veteran em
«rwjfhrt^‘na1!on?' avert M“°ur' »«'ak»*« “ «» ‘ba
: m the'pest year Girl ScouU have ^ ?4^St?w?ch‘Ertl^ Dwight' D. Eisenhower Genera! Eisenhower are Rood of the East Harris dry campaign.
a^to^Spt UlTali. tKS -«;5Pod frifds gnd alway, hml «cnds and alway-s have been". Berry wg. ei'ected firman ef S^SSSSfe
I, total number of Brownies. .
“-(hate and Senior Scouts
waw OKU ijcuiKi I____i-. »>-u»ure -u »ujr iiuuji U) HU
7$ per cent In 1M9 te k ttonos Dreeaer oofnted A sPwtar committee Is now work- over the current $450,000 ithprove-
to!* 1 of .m. wtth ,nK on thfa Problem and we ^ “
bringing the total .to 40. Six
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ac^ssw vssKzrsz»ssszrr^:r,rfe -- j—«-««*» ;«.^^rs’i.1
»felt of the year.' , ... , Is tf> push 'he Senior Scout move- ntbnity.
i are now 358 Brownies, 128 **>• major objettives tor ment tnr oldfr s!rI| xhtr# t| now
ate Scouts and nine Sen- IWJs to contmue the expansion
? SZCotton lowers
jiid mo§t of the — . .. ____
t in membership and activities potentially available hnva (Ntop Girl Scoiita—Pafa t)
I be attributed to tht increasod ■ * ^ >
• of adult loaders who have ** • ■ ■
j,«, wee*. Sun Smiles On Shamrock
Support Controls
jt plght. he replied. . ..
“The general apparently was em- Eisenhower said in Font Worth *
barraased," Ross said in reference last night that he wu not a can- J- M. Bryan, recording seci
to earlier disptftchss from Key didst* and had “no political angle.", for the group, said <5 men wer*
West to th* general effect that " “ ‘ ** “ *■ "
Eisenhower was
Truman administration
Tin plate was reduced $8k0 a ton
while electrical steel took th* biy.
* st rise. $akO a ton.
A Westlnghouse Electric Corpo-
leral effect that "Does the president regard Eis- Present, representing 18 churches v.. /.^T
regarded by the enhower as a candidate?" Ross was 1“ the Baytown, Channelview, Me- wj|| not ^ 4We t0 dctermlnef ta*
ration as a 1952 asked. , Nair and Cedar Bayou areas. t£fect ot the . price *
lollSa -S "Bonn-WM thaftaport. were ^rh'T^Tlhe'^ 5515
-TBos# stories were souped up, mind, but the president Is not talk- heard on 12 of the IS petitions be- (See Jitters-Page S)
Ross said. “Ai far as I know no lng about it along these lines.” he w »i..... ^
Cedar Bayou
Mid thatrej
‘dSbi?u!Lii"!Sh?m Big Charity Bowl Game Tomorrow
I past year, increasing from *5 * f ’ ' *
9 to I Vot* In South
Backi Acreage Cuts
, . .. ln* about * al0"K thwe »"*•" Mg circulated and that signatures .
presidential intimates have dls- said. ^ .....: „ totaled 8jb
cussed Elsenhower with anybody."
Elsenhower, former army chief Elsenhower boom?”
ATLANTA, Dec. 16. (UR)- Cotton of staff, is now preside of Col- "I’m ^ '
iTass-SRssssi Rittwilrti Lose
^now active in Gift Scout HOUSTON, ^Dec.. \8 ^t^Uta^dln^^ta^ta* *E * ^ growers across the nation have ac- umbia University in New York any boom. Tm Jest tailing the facta of Justica pr*c,nct *•
KIMMi more ar* now receiv- ■“""X weather iPfMd wer South per-plate dinner ta the Emerald cepted rigid government acreage City. He has made recent speeches as I know them.1
I heal training and will take Texas today, providing the weath- Room, proceeds -of which went to quotas on their 1950 crops bv a critical of what he called “the il- Ross also announced that Mr. lit* l un • m-ii j
»tawp» by the end of the year. 0mm wtft good news tor sponsors charity. ' WU ot nearly nine to one. Tons lusion -of security." Truman wm have a apecMW Hltch-|flK(6r Killed
Rnal Foothold
____w__ _ .......- .- . ------wr-w- ,v„ earn assiw ij <Umw »w y,,w , , ,uallrn ^ *vvu»»vj. etWNMS waca hftVR ft SpOCi&l (lib*
-^ growth of Girl Scouting of the first Shamrock Charity All proceeds from the game also Supported th* plan heavily. These speeches were regarded In lnet meeting at 10 a m. on Decern- . . • . jj. ,
»k t healthy one and will be Bowl football game, en* of the taw wm be' distributed among three Formers In 10 states ballbted administration quarters as crltcal be-22 in Washington to bring hip Oil GdlVCStOIl NlQnWBV
■wrt,* Drwger ;fMftAjpM^J^ilt«hati$y Insmntlans — The Dmnon In yesterdays referendum. Their of the Truman program and foi- department heado up to date on the WHUfiWJ
Its keep right on growing. lwWIieii
TAIPEH. Formosa, Dec. I*. (UB—
The .governor of th* last
mainland province under l
a list control was reported
1 charity Institutions__The Damon___ . _________________ _ ^ ________________ ^ ______
**-■*- - *"«—*'*' —«* *he depart- lowetj the pattern of other critical budget and the state of the union HOUSTON Dee 18 (UP) *'
right to statements by James F. Byrnes, message. • , - was killeS" ^.aiwttto
my here* former secretary of state. " ^he preeident will, leave here injured last night as 1
st year. Rom, meeting here with report- December 20 and fly from Wash- hm,.,) On- ttm-Gjivestoi
r*i^W~7^g^aai«iMiia:|aggXiBtgB3g5*^Jg!^3;* TmMtatMAHHH
i£n*M>“**r* kgH»amw%we«iy sLS 3S22J*2fi2 a=SiA*iyii»»
nlfa fthw All.i^n**«a -a. _____ .... ^ nf (wtM/m
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• Hmldcnt handed put laurels MeOaitiy; pits theH
.“Btal workers ipectal Conference king acveland Browns
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In return, th*
These speeche* were regarded in lnet meeting at 10 a m. on Deoem-
un oaivesion nignw^—3
HOUSTON, Deg. 16 (T.P)--One man
was killed and another seriously is...
H S anJ' inS^eriousI? uJ**''* *°M 0W 10 ** Cot^% J
gyaasfii^ amta Sw-
Stwang province,
suas; *.»»t svst^m^sz^s■** "«t-*“?
u to tb* P-R. kM bm b,t, two wctln, - lhl‘k- " yt.'lfSIPSSt ftwmbltna^-ta-w-*
, 69. of H6ifflP|1||(|Mjd|8^^k<t. week.; ■»’e|j
Mumps VjtfWIHi Christmas
TOWN
The AH-dtars apparently decided prioes are kept high.
* rtually all return* In, an
utc„h, ^ .......wi(„ a
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rLSTSfsassasJrsJZnSi —a, t—c—.o~~w»m.ii
he chow . Dave Traaht Fidler will give a one-hour show T. A. Tltt
Kids By Scores Missing Classes K? —
Ma, th*
saM Bptan died la- last night
A. Tittle, the former Lou-
l- » M«x <« ]Jr SSlkl SX SK C SiS'-’ES Two From Area
Dan was to he jumbo gate prises In* worked out as th* star punter.'v » Wff* f \l wW
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Scores of Baytown Udi today The average time missed from stMtiy.^ /■(
had begun their, Christmas iraca^ fchoel because of th* mumps la Frank Duane Delahcle,. II of id
tkma early. But they weren’t too about) tyo weeks. t. . . a Houston, driver of th# truck, said is
happy about It - they had the NoiLwere adults immune from he Was traveling toward Houston
mumps * the .wsease. A large number of at a
Mumps, that.old childhood'dis- parent* have* caught the mump* men
ease which puffs your jowl* out from their children. car.
"Star a fat" man's and' makes tta ; 'V ' r v'
■Mri|fism^AjVaMNr
I«k Saunders telling some Jibes In an appearaiio* iait alght'tMi l’nldwln, the rugged’Arkansas C. . fl_ /*
^I tale* ... Dal Grigg in MeCartky's swank Shamrock end,.limped around In a eweatsuit. i Of f Of/0 '
»b°ut a friend . . . Bud
T telling about that new
JritoW on his boat t . .
kin* showing his Cedar
^ howjfs done. '
'town today
happy with
sight-of a dill pickle * painful . ggfUBua,. . ..Wiki
experience, has, reached naar-ept- PQnhCMOlB S 5 I i
m
Goodfellow Packing To Start
>uit Go Into Bags 3^^- «■
“ s“S s.wsjsrs
Mi
.nTho_ grand-.
demte stages In Baytown.
Superintendent of Schools George
J«fr*e>,V5rtKBBptto*t Recovered And ’
10.00 «U out, I
Etortf Hospital in higher than usual, but that he had
* two youngsters no records to show how much of BERRTTON, Dec. 18. - (UP}- A
l ' it to due to Jthe mumps. burglary charge was filed today it’s
latest victims of But mothers would assure you against Lloyd Edwin Roberts, 24- ~
that mumps to responsible for most year-old former private detective, cnai
14-month- of th* youngsters being nut of who admitted pulling the Texaa it* i
Mat- school. - Panhandle1* blfcgest jewel theft.
■■ A spot check of the elementary
schools revealed that in on* room
v. i¥&'.
attendants r*- with the mump*. Other classes had Roberts’ arrest,
to h* similar record?
rte".rS‘ offKm S^vw
victim to
WM
£SsjS'a3
demolished bis car. * • .
jSlack received a small scratch WjJJ
en his node. ■ "
"I don't see how he came --- rll
that car alive," IJeputy Sheriff M. appr,
M.' Brown said after Investigating. nece^
HUck said he Wfci blinded by cl0*eg
the lights of an oncoming car and gjVjnJ
tan off the pavement, losing con- Ret-J
trol when the wheel* struck the ajjy
sett shoulders of th* road.* kansal
*ry gun Classified Ads. Phone 2-400 ^pp[ l
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Excepficftial Buys !T a431
g bedroom home, lot 150x200, sandy j-and .
•soil large.
ventilation, inlaid linoleum (ktten In
ventilation, inlaid linoleum 'kitch-• m
en and bath). Natufai fire place, were
lots of cabinets. Cement floor m | Kpre»
garage and washhouse. t her o:
4 rooms and bath, natural fire ]e9S t
place, trees and shrunk. 1 acre san- In
dy soil, now vacant. Small down j natioi
Eot 200x113 next to canal on Deck-
er Drive. Name down payment. .
5 rooms, hardwood floors, trees,
shrubs, garage and storage house.
On highway, lot 97x406.
I lots, 160x200, large trees, sandy
sell. All for $1,000,00. Small down
payment.
5 room home, double floors, inlaid
linoleum in kitchen, bath and hall.
Cement walk and front porch.
B room home, corner lot, large oak
trees, sandy soil, storage house and
haveeement
linoleum in kitchen and bath, 2
bedrooms, cement porch,
g bedroom G.L home. Pay small
equity.and take up OX notes.
. S bedroom, G.I. home, 2*4 acres
' land, attic ventilation. Get a G.I.
loan or pay equity and move in.
plant .
ton t|
year.
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