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WEATHER
•frtWN—Partly cloudy tonight and Sun-
thundershower*. Not much
M’ ,Mnprrature». Gentle to mod-
fb^ lly northeast and east winds.
(Hit Baptoiwt <5un
EAST HARRIS COUNTY'S
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VOL 31 NO- 71
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1949
FIVE CENTS A COPY,
Dl MINISHING STORM RAGES INTO GULF
Democrat Sees Tito Sends Troops To Yets To Get AidSavin^ Aid Budvef -
Budget Gut By
$1.8 Billions
Party Leador In Senate
However Oppose! Move
To Restrict Truman Action
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-
Fiume, Polo Areas In Applying For COMMUNITY CHEST GOAL
To Check Saboteurs Insurance Pay 1^9 SET $59,898
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 27.—(U.P.)—Reporta from Application Blank* Are
Trieste said today that Yugoslavia has moved troops into Available At Six Sources*
its Fiume and Pola areas in an apparent effort to curb any 0llt|:f,A porrm G!ven 1
Commform sabotage.
The Community Cheat ha* aet a generously last year that where
goal of )69,898 for lta 1949 fund needed, agency services were able
raising campaign.
This year’s goal is 10 per oent
less than the $88,000 raised in the
In operations this year which will
•nable them to continue services
at the same level but with a
A Trieste dispatch quoted official Italian sources there Baytown area veterans ap- 1948 campaign.
,Up) —"senate Democratic as saying that Yugsolav troops moved into strategic posi- plying for their National Budget requests for next year’s
leader Scott W. Lucas of Illi- tions in the northwest corner of the country after fire broke Service Life Insurance divi- activities totaled $88,898 but direc- ___________
believes that congress out Thursday in the big Romsa oil refinery at Fiume, third dends from the Veterans Ad- ^r* °f th* Ha*‘ smaller total fund.
Si lop about $1,800,000,000 largest refinery in Europe. ministration next week — County Conunun‘ty che,t ap' .......
off president Truman’s 1950 An official Yugoslav ann
, this vear. of * but **td It had been
that the senate extlnaul»hwl quickly. It aald the re-
Be said that tne senate flnpry R(faln was op,rat!nf ,t fu„
already has trimmed $800,- capacity.
400,QOO from budget esti- Trieste reported, however, that
nates in the bi,,s tbat have come billowing columns of dense smoke
tefore It He did not include cuts still covered the Flume area today.
h the $18,000,000,000 military spend- Reliable sources in the tnterna-
be bill now under debate. tlonal city said intense heat had
Lucas said in a statement yes- hampered all efforts to extinguish
fcrday that he is opposed to the the fire.
plM of Senator John L. McClellan Reports circulating In
! towrlte Into the military bill a said the fire was started by two Ti” . r V.' ^,..7 T7
provision ordering the president to hand grenades. They were rumored 1 nelr '-reaiTS YVITn inem
BIDOET AT A GLANCE
Baytown Welfare League
, _ .. . .. *10,7WJ0
to expand. I am aur. that those ^ gofn.oo
people will appreciate the fact that Girl Scouts 8^44.00
the agencies anticipate a savings Baytown Health league 10,82540
flrt‘ sn savings
An official Yugoslav announcement confirmed the report assured of plenty of assist- $4000 from thie year's operations
ance from veterans organiza- t0 reduce the drive quote to the
tions and service agencies 159898
uere The director* also accepted the
, ' ,, ,, 1 in l application of one additional ag-
Application blanks will be ency ■ for participation In 1980,
available at six sources In Bay- bringing the number of organiza-
town on Monday morning. tions combining their campaigns
The American Legion, the Vet- -
erans of Foreign Wars and the
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
are co-operating In setting up
™!*!! Newcomers Asked To Bring 0aflflo^e 0cnha^4° AsTei a Part'tlme «»*<* on-
street where workers will be on
School Registration
For New Students
Begins Wednesday
Members of the board preeent at
the meeting were President Law-
rence A. Hale, Cleveland, Gentry,
Lloyd T. Jones, Rev. Milton S.
Jordan, Robert Strickland, Q.
Glenn Barber, Chris Holzaepfel
and Roy Elms.
Recreation Council 1$,7SEM
Thrift Exchange 7,186.00
Veteran’s Service Center 2,800.00
Other Chest Service*
Community Chest Operation
4,258.00
$88,898.80
Less anticipated saving*
In 1940 operations
$88,89*80
Into this tingle effort to a total
of seven.
The new agency will be the Vet-
eran’* Service Center which will
all government spending five to have been thrown by Comln-
j£|lO per cent below budget esti-
nates.
He said Truman himself didn't
vast the power to decide how gov-
ernment money should be spent
“He knows, as well as I do, that
tie founding fathers of this na-
tion declared that the congress
{should have the power of the
purse,’’ Lucas said. “We must not
larrender that power . . . through
i resolution which would give the
president a blank check to handle
u he might desire.
“This proposal for meat - axe Moscow,
iwnomy is utterly unconstitution-
|SL*
Other
incut*:
nvk PER
Hate
subcommittee Indicated ther sabotage,
two government agencies
REDS DEFY TITO
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 27
Ol— A Russian warship has
entered Yugoslavia twice in the
last two weeks and steamed
along the entire 200-ndle stretch
of the Danube River between Ro-
mania and Hungary, defiantly
Ignoring Yugoslav orders to halt.
Premature Baytown
Twins May Set Record
asssmars SBWvksls
iv to setting
Ruth Edgar,
cer to carry on the work abandon-
ed here by the Veterans Admlnls-
instructlons on registering for at- ‘ xh# staff at the Baytown office emer«ency problems, primarily well on the way to Setting a record in medical history.
*. if.ii-.M-. Karen and Ruth Edgar, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
tendacc at Baytown’s Junior and of th0 Amer,can Red Croe. hospitalization,
senior high schools in the Pruett Building, South Ash- The service center was formerly
\V<d nesday when*al l tenth, 11th and {** and Texas, also wUI ful out agency but^was d^KonUn-
nendent*1 School Distric^last *ycar The Insurance refund blanks are Action of the directors followed
have been asked to report to Rob- available and may be obtained by recommendations from the chest four pounds each.
_ ert E. Lee at 8:30 a.m., August 31. anF World War H veteran at the budget committee, which had
form asenta seeking the overthrow This registration is only for new- Baytown postoffice and aub-ste- worked over the various agency
lorm agents seeking tne overthrow . ■Bl.vtov,n an(j not tions, the chamber of commerce budgets for a two-week period.
of Marshal Titos government for students being promoted office, the Red Cross office and Members of this committee were
Its refusal to take dictation from JPW the home of Grover Edge, service George H. Gentry, chairman, Abe
Tri- new studenta should bring their officer, 8226 Wisconsin. Rosenzweig, and E. D. Cleveland.
Although the blanks will be avail- The board of directors also con-
able at the postoffices, no one will curred with the committees reo- ^ *ol* .
»eana in filling them In. from 17 national agencies for
w _________ Nel*°n MoElroy, manager of the funds in the 1980 budget be rejec-
<8tudenta transferlng cbamber of commerce, and Mrs. ted. Included in this group was
1 g Margaret Whitesides, secretary, the application of USO for $2,600.
will issue forms and assist in fill- Rejections were based on the
Len C. Edgar, were born more than three months prema-
turely and weighed hardly more than a pound at birth.
Given only one chance in 100 to live when they were born
on June 11, the babies are 11 weeks old today, and weigh
Hurricane May
Hit Mainland
Again Forecast
TKroe Killed, 58 Injured Af
Wind$ Cauie Multi-Million
Dollar* Worth Of Damage;
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 27. (IJ.PJ,
A multi-million dollar hurri«
cane that reportedly cost al
least three lives and 58 injur*
ies rumbled into the Gulf to*
day to> revitalize its ebbing
power for a possible new
strike at the United State*
mainland.
After a cross-country ram*
page through Florida last nighty
the mighty storm’s 130-mil* an
hour winds had subsided to about
70 MPH by 8 a.m. CST.
The weather bureau looated th#
BAYTOWN SAFE, HE SAYS
Don’t hoard up your window*,
The hurricane won’t hit Bay-
town.
V. S. Weatherman E. A. Par-
rel of Houston said today that
both Texas and Louisiana are
well out of the Florida hurri-
cane’s path of destruction.
The huricane Is entering the
Gulf, but Farrell predicted that
it will either Mow itself out be-
fore reaching land again or
sweep up Into Georgia.
When the girls weigh five pounds, the average weight for
rin girls at normal birth, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar will bring
.nas "u. «*«.
congressional develop- were sent to Pola, former Italian Junior high students who are
naval base taken over by Yugo- transferring Into the Goose C«—». , th ,
CENTERS— Chair- sis via under the Italian peace district for th* first Urn# also are
Clyde” R. Hoey, D„ North treaty, and coal mines in nearby being asked to report at 8:80 am.
of the senate “five per Arsia, presumably to prevent fur- Wednesday.
p.rm mem-
Vet* To Get—Page 2)
• pjn. From-9 untD 7:30 p.
«*o r -
from one local Junior high to the
Both Pola and Arsia are on the other also will report at this time.
stes & rvj ^nKrto0^ ss —
m« has figured prominently In southeast of Trieste Most Com- Junior High School,
k inquiry. He said he understood munlsts In the Trieste area are Registration of Robert E. Lee
ie internal revenue, bureau is known to side with the Comlnform students who went to school m
Ml Into Maragon’s Income tax against Tito. Baytown last year begins the fol-
iturns. Add a copy of Maragon’s Meanwhile, about 10 days ago, ac- lowing Wednesday, September 7,
HtiMotiy on his earnings, Hoey cording to persistent but absolutely when seniors will report at 8:30
lid, would be turned over to the unconfirmable reports, four planes a.m. .
atioe department for possible of unknown nationality flew Into Juniors will register at 12:48 p.m.
rendition for perjury. Maragon Yugoslavia from the direction of on September 7 and sophomore* at
id « chance to talk for himself Albania and bombed the Yugoslav 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September
but he passed It up on air force field near Pristina, only 8. Sophomores will spend the entire
wHtutional grounds. 22 air miles from th# Albanian day at school when they register.
EMPLOYMENT - Represen- border. R7gU,arJ,\ghtL!,"r SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 27. <CD-
These reports said on# Yugoslav students w ll ref**^^ at “e ,° Fourteen GTs found themselves
(See Tito Sends Troopa-Psge 2) (See School Registration—Page 2) today (n exalted pc,sjtions yjg
doughboy of World War I and the
footslogger of World War II never
dreamed of.
They comprised the first class
In a school offering a course ag-
ainst atomic defense.
The course Is being conducted
(UP)— have to make sure we get her out a(- y,e achool of aviation medicine
possible to avoid any at Randolph Air Foroe base by
storm center at that hour at et
point In the Gulf approximately 80
twin girls at” normaTbirth, Sir. and Mrs. Edgar wilT bring f116# north-northwest of Tampa,
them home from the Houston hospital where they are being* “ ™
cared for m an incubator. Physicians said they probably around 18 mile* an hour,
will have gained the required weight by October 1. it was virtually impossible to get
The babies, developing normally under the scientific care wore than fragmentary report# ot
specialists and nurses at the hospital, are growing hair stricken eatete begw
and fingernails and are assuming the features of babies at the overwhelming task of restor-
normal birth. No one except the parents and those attend- ing communication line* and open-
ing the babies have been allowed in the nursery to see them, JngNookndsd and washed out high-
and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar have been admitted only twice,
ways.
Senator
gpessard Holland, D,
lng them out at the chamber of chest’s policy that to be eligible according to Mrs. Jack M. Boyd, maternal grandmother Of Florida, said In Washington that
until for inclusion an agency irrast have the twins.
First Atomic,
Defense Class
Begins Study
a local board or advisory commit-
tee and must provide services loo-
ally.
Informed of th* action of th*
board of director*, J. E. Rutter,
1949 campaign chairman whose re-
The weight of the babies at birth is not known since they
were so tiny and undeveloped that any unnecessary handl-
ing was omitted. At two weeks they weighed a pound and
five ounces—the only babies bom so prematurely to live so
long, physicians said. Doctors told the parents there was
sponsibmty it is to raise the quota, little probability that they would survive.
.,d. .. . , , When the babies were weighed today, Mr. and Mrs.
ing te.°VticS^vteg.*f«m ,Endvgar’ wht°,^ivfetrP?I1s f™m 5* h0SPital every
this year’s operation, wa. the twins ‘are doing fine” and probably ,
The people of our area gave so can be brought home on October 1,
he has been advised of three death#
and 88 Injuries in Florida.
Huge Lake Okeechobee In south-
central Florida where 1800 died In
a 1928 hurricane registered a tilt
of 10.8 feet at the height of the
blow.
But levies—built to withstand
almost any hurrioane since th#
1938 disaster—held firm and sue-
te Democrat—Page 2)
omon Facing pjan j0 Rajse Cow From Silo
urder Count Heifer Shied From Romance Into Pit
nconcerned
OSCEOLA, Wi#., Aug. 28.-
Farmer Everett Lampman
laced
Aug. 27. (HE)—A brunette two pairs of army combat boots on danfsr/
from Boston, charged Snoopy the Heifer today as he be-
wurdering a man who gave gan the task of raising her out of
Snoopy was nervous as a bride
^ ________ a the rescue plan was launched.
s ride in his automobile "an- the 12-foot deep pit where she has She bawled frequently and east
tailr2--—■“ tiuw-i!*—w«. fc.*
Peternn, 23. waived ex- T* boots were Intended to help to make sure the silage didn’t bury of 14 enlisted men will study the Dak
®8 trial last night when she Snoopy temp down the corn stalks her.
Lieutenant Colonel John M. Tal-
bot, chief of the department of
biophysics, and Major John E.
Pickering, assistant chief.
When the first class Is graduat-
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27. (EE)— A
handsome cowboy who walked into
a bit movie part woke up today
to find himself a new Sinatra.
“Shucks, girls never chased me
like this before," he panted after
a theater-full of swooning, scream-
ing women mobbed him. “I don’t
feel like a man; I feel like a pro-
Gee,
army engineers spokesman, said
casualties along the levee would
have been “two or three times” as
heavy aa the 1928 tragedy had the
bulwark not been built at its pres-
ent strength.
The weather bureau warned that
danger from the hurricane la fat
from passed and ordered warning
the audience shrieked when they He doesn’t have to act,” Direc- flags up from east of Carabelle,
saw him. tor Edwaln Marin said, dismissing Florida, to Cedar Keys. It said
The producer, Nat Holt, shrieked that problem. “Personalities are gajf'
too. He didn't have the find under what make movie tare.” *
seven-year contract, and he hardly Robertson is chaperoned among Forecasters predicted a con-
the movietown wolfesse* by a po- tlnued northwestward movement
lice dog the size of a B-29. It’s
Gals’ Sighs Make Cowboy Star Overnight
10 Minute Part As Jesse James Steals Damsels' Hearts
knew his name, ; l
When the moviegoers revived,
they scribbled raves
during the
twice as big as the dog that pro- swing to the
preview tect, victor Mature. th. i,
•resigned for th* roadside and other ensilage that Lampman
-I of Lewi# Patterson, a 84- had ready to dump into the silo.
•ow Brady real estate dealer. The theory was that Snoopy
*• "»• ordered held without would stay atop the pile of silage
-* *w grand jury action Sep- and rise 12 feet to the level of the
A 15-year-old Temple, 21-by-26-1nch silo door through i
study
use of film badges and special
Actually, It was the fact that she pocket meter# which show how
(See Plan To Raise—Page I) (See First Class—Page 2)
comment cards that ranged from
Dale Robertson appeared In two “Dale 1# a doll” and “Dale is a
scenes for 10 minutes in a movie dream” to “he stole the picture"
shown just once at a Long Beach, and 'make him the star."
California, preview. Every girl In
tects Victor Mature.
His family In Oklahoma City is
pleased with his success, he added.
“My mother asked me If I were
going to ride a horse in movies,’1
Ho aalH “ ’Vmi ahnnM hair* • <mnrl
day, with possibly a
north that would send
ber l.
i girl who was her compan- which she made a squeezing leap
«d a witness to the slaying and got herself trapped.
"*» as, a material witness. Lampman had two wagonloads of
Trial To Decide Conroe Pinball Fate
Amusement Or Gambling Being Weighed By Two Judges
silage ready to dump into the pit. CONROE, Aug. 27. (EE)—'This oil
field town’s most spectacular triad
Wtebly will be sent to » —-.....- - , . ..
reformatory. He estimated 12 wagonloads would
profanity that jolted police bfl needed to get Snoopy up to
^ Mrs. Peterson admitted ground level.
J TanXVso confessed an™'tee^r'1 thoroughly’Torde? tatooext weelT beforetwo judges
J* crimes during sorted wan- to push her through. "" lf™' n,nh“" maeh'
“ — Lampman was a little afraid that
the 650-pound Holstein might suf-
In years entered Its second day
today and was expected vto ron '‘ou™«
lr°m Massachusetts to
m TOWN
k BEN field and W. H.
team up for Four Cor-
^•..LD. Huggins play*
tor awhile . . . W. C.
Md the missus down from
.ffjte a vacation visit with
teeghter and a host of Bay-
reiMds . . . wilbur Scott Is
. «ng nicely from a recent
h.T“* operation, but he has
tthat k .causing him
double right now . . .
Morse postcards • from
Kill ii!°a that new car
‘V, offing, but the va-
LiSht;oot still going
,U» after yesterday’s travels
fcl^on counting the days
ST*r 1 when he takes
““ •tep . . . Al Mitchell seen
“ie sights of home town
month’s vacation from
Ca • • ’ Pete O’Sulli-
(*,^ convertible is the exact
!,ter “Wlce Manteris yellow
WjJ • ' Aubry Banks picks
- ju? early in the a.m. . . .
„ about to become an
"7 SHSTC ex-student ac-
w the Migsus , , . Freddie
, wsted over tonight's bat-
's Monday for6"4 MuCkelroy
tsvnie.
•Pearl
focate during the operation.
“Tlio sltoffA lofa e\f a Inf r\t
decide
ine situation.
Cflmaxing yesterday’s court ses- “
slon, Dan Lynch, manager of the The ^ brought by
tism." In the manner of the oomph
girl, he will now be advertised as
the “M-mm” boy.
"wasn’t supposed to pay off” li more, then 16 on the next and that^y/’^be^n*g^uTed”^
A packed courtroom of 250 peo- 21 a few shots later,
pie, 100 of whom attended a pray- “Something Is wrong with this
- meeting before moving to the machine,” Lynch declared.
, , , l?. watch proceedings A company mechanic examined
at the injunction fight which will jt and said it had been tampered
The picture’s press agent hadn’t j»* said. “ 'You should have a good
heard of Robertson either, but he horse, son,’ she said. TU send out
rapidly discovered that .the secret y°urB- ”
of his success Is “mass magne-
guess I just have a lot af relatives
in Long Beach.”
Bolivian Military
Elements In Revolt
the storm into northwest Florid*
(See Huricane—Page 2)
San Antonio
Gets Shower
From Rocks
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 27.—(E.B*»
A gang of vandals traveling in at
least two cars if not more show1-
... , _ T LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 27.—<ttE>— ered San Antonio business em
Robertson got the part of Jesse Disgjdent army elements and pol- tablishments with rocks early to-
James in The PWing Pla’n,s itical extremists revolted today In day shattering more than 50 plate
the local pinball mach- decJde whether marble boards stay with" “to make itVy off in™m!rt.'’ h^ wu three Provinces of southern Bolivia, glass windows and many smallte
in cafes here, sat through the day’s ^ne mor“ were order. XvaSon hereIrom hU fami7y“ a ^ernment communique an- windows.______ .....4. „
i (.mu ____t.____________j A.. nounced.
ed hauled Into court by District
Dewitt judges! Ernest Coker and B. W.
from the silo top;” he said. "We’ll 48 free games from the device that manent /l^morarv restrainlnr mechanic said they were
Both the downtown and outlying
vandaS
ranch near Oklahoma City and the The commun;que sajd the revolt areas were targets for the
secretary swooned. bad been put down in Oruro Prov- who hurled rocks with deadly ao-
Hi3 previous acting experience <nce, whose borders lie only 80 curacy, Police said only th# east
manent a temporary restraining -‘oiav” ' consisted solely of an Oklahoma macg south of La Paz, but indl- side of the city escaped the rocR
Aw .aflier testified th.t Sff.* SXd.^ljfpJS 3
No
Surratt’s seizing of 200 pinball te- his mach!nes have never before
bles in Montgomery County. given free games or paid off in
Lynch’s appearance was a high- money,
point in a day of wrangling over Sheriff Surratt said before the
whether the boards are amusement start of the trial that she oan
or gambling devices.
State’s Attorney
Matt
questioned the witness
boards that pay off.
"The machines are strictly
un
_ . produce 30 witnesses to prove they
Davl? pay off.
about
Burned Lineman's
Condition Critical
residences were believed hit
A few parked automobiles also!
beating at the hands of
for
amusement,” Lynch replied, "They
aren’t supposed to give any free
games.’’
“Did you know that'a teen-age
boy hit a feature for $34 and that DECATUR, Aug. 27.
Ex-Constable To Plead
Insane In Twin Killing
Carey N. Spence, 34, lineman who
was severely burned Friday when
ha hame in contact with a high
voltage line at the Baytown refin-
ery of the Humble Oil and Refin-
........| ... (EE)—The at- Company, is in erlticai condi-
ss sreijs: “:
couldn’t win again?” Davis asked, sanity hearing in Wise County
“No” Lynch said. court today, contending his client
The witness was asked to play was not mentally responsible for
the double-slaying of a farm couple
near Bridegport,
Arwine, a former constable, was
charged with shooting Mr. and . , _ , .
Mrs. J. E. Mash to death at their ™ntact with a ™lt u"e wbich
farm last Tuesday. He surrendered th® was repairing after the e ec-
peacefully Wednesday afternoon Weal storm early Friday morning,
after evading armed possemen for
26 hours.
Nolen Sewell, Arwine’s attorney,
said an affidavit signed by one or
grid-warfare.
ambles through
0riSgL*»5 convertible...
« W„y. carrtes home a
be * *ur which turns
MRS. ALICE C, RAMSTETTER, 69, organist in a Central Citjv Colo-
rado, church, is beckoned back to jail by Sheriff Kenneth McKenzie.
Mrs. Ramstetter, in jail for refusing to make hail after being ar-
-ested for possessing a slot machine, is allowed by the sheriff to eat
meals In her own restaurant. (International)
one of two machines which had
been brought into court.
He put a nickel in one. On his
second play, he won two free
games. On the third shot, he won
U.S. Admiral To Visit
Franco While On Cruise
MADRID, Spain, Aug. 27. —(EE)— more of hls client’*’children would
Admiral Richard L. Connolly, com- accompany the petition,
mander In chief of the U. S. naval . K a county court jury ruled that
forces in the Eastern Atlantic'and Amine was insane when he shot
Mediterranean, will pay a formal *he couple to deAth, he would not
visit to Generalissimo Francisco stand trial on the charges.
Franco next month, it was learned -r— _
today. SHIVERS HOPES FOR BEST
Informed sources said the audl* AUSTIN, Aug. 27. (HE)—Governor
ence will take place at Franco’s Allan Shivers today expressed
Pazos De Meiras summer residence confidence that the Lone Star Gas
near El Ferrol while four Ameri- Company and its Dallas employes
can warships are visiting Spanish could reach “an amicable accord
ports. through negotiations.’*
Cochabamba arid Santa Cruz prov
ir.ces, the former 80 miles east of
La Paz.
The government blamed the up- to°k
rising on “evil military men, co- the rocky-happy vandals,
operating with the (extreme right- A traffic officer Who got on the
wing) national revolutionary move- trail of one car said he lost It
ment and the Revolutionary Work- when the speed got around VJQ
ers’ Party/’ miles an hour and the fleeing
Several persons were reported vandals were taking corners on
killed and wounded in the fight- two wheels,
ing, but there was no authoritative A hitchhiker on the Austin high*
estimate of the casualties. <>ee San Antonlo-Page 2)
Fort Worth Drug Two Texans Held
Raid Nets Arrests As Drug Thieves
- FORT WORTH, Aug. 27. CCEl-Po- JOPIfN* Mo- Aug. 37. (LE)-Two'
He was injured when he came in lice todaV confiscated three pounds ke" wanted ^rT both
Spence had a “very bad night”
and hls wife was called to his bed-
side about 3 a.m. today, but by
morning he was resting better,
HI NABOR
co race cnarge#
ties from St,
By Olin Miller
They sty the
world's several
billion years
old, which \f$ r
nearly as old
as I feel some
mornings before
breakfast,
irsrsjsri i* tttfizssrsiz'
world markets, and arrested two of stealing narcoties
men John’s Hospital last J
Captain R. H. Burks, city police gas. Th* . .
plainsclothes division, dezeribed men were Identified as Harold
the catch as ‘‘the largest marl- Pannell, and Ernest G. Bland, both
juanh seizure I can remember In 35 both of Dallas.
Fort Worth.” vr«» identified as the I
He said the arrests may have
nipped a new influx of th* narco- of'the men seised her in the
tic which has been slowly foreed Pital pharmacy anrf the other*
off the market here recently. near \ •* doorway with a
The marijuana, only partly cured, wrapped in brown paper.
- - - She at first refused to fell
where narcotics were kept but
was confiscated by police radio
patrolmen, who stopped at a subur-
ban intersection to invi
cab parked near
ally told them.
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 71, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 27, 1949, newspaper, August 27, 1949; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1100246/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.