The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 26, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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The BAYTOWN STORY
IAYTOWN. TEXAS
Saturday, July 26, 1952
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
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East Harris Streaming To Polls King Farouk Alabaman Figured As
Moy Break mimeKeccd Abdicates, 'GoodBef To Keep
stir r“ sss rs fIm* Fnunt _____■„ i»--■
iuir ub.,,., tgypf ooutheners In Line .
I it hord-htodod thrift that
es some folks to take odvog.
of On unusual opportunity end
le nice things in life?
V ADLAI STEVENSON '
MjnufEIM'AB-RIOB—New Democratic standard-bearer for
.thundering ovation from convention delegates.
we'll help with the thrift -
2Vi% paid on savingi
T state elective positions * by son Crown Prince Ahmed
tt hen you vote in the Demo- By JOSEPH L. MYLER The delegates sat on their hands !laUd'1,001 to him and Queen
you on,f> PMge convention HALL, July 26 (IP when they heard that But hewXt Narriman last Jan. 17.
THATP1*KIMARV s?e*P lltUe guy in the blUe on to say that what concerned him It was expected that a re-
sis zss&speb
• .......... r----------Them.'T accept your nomination-.....that aod made Him stoD talkineX unld he become of age.
A .spot check of precinct boxes and vour Drosram " • mat ana maae mm stop talking a mh* ™ t{*
in Baytown at noon Saturday gave with thoseS' words Gov Ad m?Men- whll« they applauded. Ihe dJ-year-oW king pre-
sasnftvsM: waswrsH WJSSSWSKTaS
-as*. w„ c „ o,,.. „ a-tasyatSi-i**4 * r* “•Vr
precinct 101 said that the “Xond hear want,B* to from the back of the hail shouted, m°°n with 18-year-old Nar
story of City Hall was “full" ‘ (See Solemn-Page Two> .rimaff.
"We're having a bigger rush lhey resP°ndf'd with a tremend- r
on voting today than there has ««* »*« of cheers, taking to their _, ' . ■ ' _
been In mv 29 years of experi- "earts 'he man who never wanted ■ |e|i|M juu _ a — M — D^laAXl .
em-ejn this prednet,". Olive de- ^^dSKrhaftvol ■"11111(111 111171$ “01^7 .
H- -T. Hul'nie*. election judge in 10 r‘f?ht man. - ■■ R ■ ■ ■
precinct 100, was kept busy at Wil- And when finally he said that "in fl 1/01* I ^ MflliJ I AflHOl*
kenfeld's Furniture store, too. the staggering task you have wWI I %# llVTl bvUUvl
More than 500 voters had poured assigned me. I shpll always trv *
through the election mill there by 'to do justly and to'love mercy and By MERRfMAN SMITH. its'new ‘slave and nominee Gov
"°sn- u • walk humbly With my .Qcd."' CHICAGO, July 28 (ffl-President Adlai E. SteVenXt Ss
*“l Han..^county voters are The delegates who had-pust riomin- Truman peered into the smoky The 68-vear president, from out-
mos. interested in the races for a ted him for the presidency let glare of the spotlights early $atur- ward appearances, seemed more
district attorney, sheriff, county lo0ie and gave him their devotion day and proclaimed wistfully “the like a father than a fellow.politic-
commissioner. eight state repre- stlnt- : , end of an era" as he gave to the ian as .he shepherded the 5&year- ’
sen,a,uts and constable. *°W •those thousands Democratic party its new leader old Gov. Stevenson.down the’nar-
Canrlidatcs in the DA race arc of men and women out front that and presidential nominee. row runway to the oodium
John Bradshaw, WiHiam H. <Bil!> there is nothing but work~"hard, 500
Scott. .John Gaboon, Sam W. Da- implacable work”—ahead for “all
vis and C. D. iDjckt Little. of u*" This is the Twentieth Cen-
Candidatei in the race for shcr- tury. he said, “the bloodiest, most
iff of Harris County are Charley ,ufhul«nt age of thy Christian era."
R. Nix. J. W. (Bill) Lambert and '* u~ '
C. V. 'Buster Kern. The Sun has
endorsed Kern for this position.
Four candidates are in the race
for county commissioner of Pre-
cinct Two They are H. A. May.
W. J. Pinipot. V. V. Ramsey and
JOHN,I K|»\«k^I^V • ^ '
dOH,\ -j. si AnKMAN did not want to give up his seat
RUNNING MATE - Can he hold 1” the Senate. Sparkman's choice
rebellious • South in Democratic apPar<-rW c$me in the houi'g
_ around cawn.
Party leaders figured him a good
bet to keen the South m the Demo-
crat!.-- column in the face of re-
current dissatisfaction with partv
policies there and despite a prom-
Back To Work'
Order Delayed By
Miners* Pay Rght
lisiana Governor
is Demo Platform
Dwight D. Eisenhower to shake
loose some of the “Solid South”
states.
President Truman, Stevenson,
Party Chairman Frank E. Me.
------------------ Kinney and a platoon of strata
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 26 (IPt— J1®1* Jhuddl,ed until 2:30 a.m. cst
wrangle over wages for 23 000 on th^tLeb^ly gme?m Xs£g
on ore miners delayed Saturday room in Convention Hall, the hide*
Stevenson's
Ex-Wife Will
Vote For Ike
me platform, registering FEPC and limited debate planks.”
PR «nth the national con- Debate limitation is aimed at
i shutting off Senate filibusters
fc wh«« trough which southern lawmakers
P ™0S* °p!egatlon won have blocked civil rights. legisla-
P#participate m the, cgn- tion. ' . -
klWay after refusing to "We in Louisiana believe in fair
mdtsr oath, said Louisiana tre3tment *° ali Americans and our
Hi-We unable to vote V?0* uthls statement.**
E.",.,, e vole Kennon said. However, we are
platform because of the unalterably opposed to unconstitu-
lOabble. tional and socialistic federal inter-
im ference in this or any other field."
- "Such socialistic type measures
Iff €?«| r» (1 mt arc repugnant to the right-thinking f0l'
III GPlpUEm democratic people of my state and
r » _ the nation,"
I He said the "pattern" set in the
Ct Nffie Forfeits convention by the "left wing ele-
»m™, r, . , , ment" of the party is now clear.
E? ir* produce nine has- He said the South is the last strong-
ir^rr*nts w * *hne Ma- hold of “.true democracy."
[~*lue softball ga.me that. <
for T:36 p.' m; SSt-
■** diamond one, Play-
WfwWwsr Frank James
*» w>day. The St. Mark’s*
» Second Baptist .gafne,
f CM“fd for 9 p. m, on
(one. will be played 8t 7:?,o
WASHINGTON, July 26 W-Sen.
Brian McMahon (D-Conn.) was re-
HU * , ported to be in critical condition
rWW>*l> °f Cros* m {hc Georgetown UhT-
szzub,ase or app!i
DALLAS, Jidy 26 6B—Texans 25JSl ttEL
•f r S fVbr7o„gmtUu?atoiv WatmTc^ofiand
frSea“?vhoXrTX t,0n 15 n0t the message ahead of time. ' thing I canheiphfm to^ wte "
other candidates for congressman m • a ■ ■ _ _ t r
w, Air Cleared Up But Housewives Still Mad
iiiS'/roves-V-a-*u® 0f p°l,ut;on Committee, Member Says
date does hot receive a majority 'The source of Friday's
of the total vote, blizaard that sprinkled liny .... „-nl-u „,c „CIUTClal0 ln u
The winners of the Democratic .-tlona of Baytown with black specks einct conventions Saturday
primaries are almost certain of had been cleared up Saturday and prove'reiriuUu.« filing for more
election, since only two candidates the air Was free of ashes, but funds for the health department
for major office, have ever carried many housewives were still angry.
the state except on the Democratic C. M. Floyd, a member of the . - . •„ - • -,
tiqket--Sam Houston', elected gov-. Co-operative Air Pollution Com- A
ernor as a Know-Nothing 1859, and" ™ittee, said Saturday he believes /“/ O/flCf \JT
(See|^ght Texas—Page Two • the group oah get into action more _ . . -
. ers walked out in Minnesota’s Me- son as they had for the President
sabi range. Their strike meant, that a*Ki then they all went home—ali
some steel plants must .close next that is but the President, the nom-
winter because of an ore shortage We and their adjutants. They bad %
when the Great Lakes freeze. work to do, canvassing thb Veep :
Even though the steel stffee-was , »
the longest and costliest: in the . „ fauver 'e<? 0r> the first „two
» .industry’s history, the rival fac- ,n Friday’s long
inv’^cc - oow acting ^chairman, said he has to fight air pollution arid to «ons showed a'spirit of friendli- risinj^M tfee^Kasd fitiia
kTneTks Witten law., when tt,^wage-policy com-
_ „ . . . 10 ap , tn™y8 *oot was traced to the-^ttee ratified the White House set ^?nQSn nsm& from 268 to
E resolutions calling for more boilerhouse stacks at the Baytown tlement which unofficially brought 324^:. Bds,®e“ also gained on the
funds tor tb* health department Refinery. , the strike to a close last TOurk- !5h°nd balH going from 288 to
' day. - ' ‘-294-. 1
Mother Of ’’ President MlSSSisSS ■&**-*■»■'****
t by appearing before the union com-
— Clt«. LI........ mittee. Startled board members
gave him a thunderous ovation.
Fairless handed CIO President
Philip Murray a box of cigars and:
Mcfdahon
'Critical'
have or- versity hositol here. ' : ■ '
Sir ^firit A hospital official, while refys-
*•» new eutflta will in* t0 dancribe the nature of Mc-
wt Crosby Fair plr. Mahon’s illness, said that the sen-
,#r Aug. *g. ator’s condition is ''unchanged.”
“Pf-Tanfnhr ^>T’ ^bMahea, McMahon’s
Harris d" r- - brother' "ep"tcd in
mj*j»55ta
^kdivingextobltten * «•**&• for the Democratic Republicans held precinct meet- ‘fey-are -riot- the.guilty parth
Niown flying Preachei
HurtkiAIrCradi -vit
* 1<sn « hdut1 with
I that it 'tt ti^ciI ^orrl*
’' • • Dtocon Jones «nd Mrs. C. D. Nelms, of 21 Mir- They do permit him to vote te “"T’ ^ collapsed
Ifc* puppies he wnuM *«>, was critically injured life Saturday’s primary and then vote »hout 8 p.m. Friday of a heart at- OTd died
£*.**«>•: And S Fridfty when his plane crashed in Tepublican in November’s general tack. hospital.
h1* looking for. takeoff at a,rice farm near Angle- election. Baker, a resident of Baytown -He lived
?kitten*. Uf * home jon ., ing to Bb
Bobbitt humin- • Rev. Mason wa« working with a A « - - ii i r j | ft W% I
}«p snsrjzs ™ ss 2 Suspects Nabbed In Sears Burglary
an exka„ , 8 loaded. and hie had difficulty in
W4av 18‘ UetUng it off the ground, relatives' Baytown police are holding two gave ehase.and called the . ”
C*"* into toufX.Nutta11 said. It was less than 300 feet off suspects In the burglary of the cab by radio.
'0Kn to clear the ground when it siiddenly Sear* Roebuck and.CO. Store at. 3 The two ears closed in on an
in town CrSfhed; ' ' , , , a.m. today. «,n
eance
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., July 26
ilPi—President Truman flew home
ter a rest Saturday, confident the
Democrats in their national con-
ticket" have picked a “waning
The Presklent and the first lady
were greeted at Fairfax airport by
a smail bht enthusiastic crowd as
Mr. Truman's DC-8 Independence
landed ,at 9:49 a.m.
_ Mr. Truman was asked at once
Polio Strikes
Caldwell Boy
irioi ttv, — — Norwalk, "Loyal t^Mocrate” resumed Sat- Often; he pointed 'but, the of-
1 h1 b m ®tbln‘> Friday that the 4g-year-old urday tftcir so-far losing fight ter tender isn’t aware that something
* * senator was tn a critical condition «<#*** % slate' Party’s «ach- has gone wrong.
With only a, “80-50" chance of sur- inery, in precinct rfieetings which ‘
rival. ' - accompanied Saturday’s first De'm- Won committee
McMahon withdrew Thursday as oeratic primary: ' f' '
I7-J»wtl Svlovo
$35.75
75c a week
9HI
Paul Caldwell, 4 Mi -.year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs.-J. H. Caldwell of 'JSH
111 Lafayette Drive,' definitely has
pblio, physicians told his mother j
after completing tests at Hermann
hospital polio center.
The boy was taken to the hos-
pital Tuesday night and still is In
serious condition 'slthansk the™ «. mHK
Floyd added that thf air ppllu- Tearfully she phoned the Bav-
, ......J frequently- can be town Sun: “if you learn who is
PMHP °£ valu« to industries by proving -responsible for fhat black stuff
Republicans held precinct meet- tw nre riot tl«. guilty parties and flying around, let me know, i’ll
Rgi^PPa^^WkOriOa8pO|W|kri(uk((fr - make him wash every last dia-
Eisenhower Texans who said.they T"6 committee member, who is per hanging on mv clothesline.'’’
wcra~ Republicans at last May’s - •
precinct meetings before national A • a —»
Owner Of Awning Co. Dies
”s?<srsss‘,sur‘,! Heart Attack Fatal To G. W. Baker
Texas’ new election laws do not
..... permit a person to vote in a Demo- Goebel W. Baker, 50, owner of since .1940, had been ill about a
Revi E: L Mason, 45, former cratic primary add then attend a the Baker Blind and Awning Co. week/but his condition was not
Baytonian and-son-in-law of Mr. Republican precinct meeting. Eagt Texas die<j suddenly considered serious.’ He suddenly
and Mrs. C D, Nelms, of 21 Mir- They do permit him to vote in “ " " ' “ ’ ^ collapsed at his office last night
a hour late at • j
- ------- ; '
He lived in Houston before com-
ing to Baytown. For mgny years
- n | he was manager of a blind and
I awning company owned by his
, brother-in-law, C. Q, Alexander.
^ ■ but recently opened his own shop,
gave chase and called the police Funeral arrangements will be
“c«de by Paul U Lee funeral home
pon the arrival of relatives from
Iklahoma and west Texas. Baker’s
----- - - . ----------- ... ,'W. Baker of Fort
thartt was necessary to cut away c'reetean eruUina on West Texas Montgomery said. Lewis, Wash., on 30-day leave, left
large sections of it to remove-the ™*“l °bn, k ( thf One of the men was bleeding Baytown yesterday for Ardmore,
minister from the cockpit. ££ More wh« they heard the from c“ts ?" his handa’/nd nei h' 0k!a” ‘“visit relatives there. He
-Rev. Mason’s chest was crushed ^ *”ra j7n „ey n a “ er could give a satisfactory expla- was reached by phone late Friday
vnd he has serious head and neck -urgUr alarm go otr. ^ Batten of why they were parked night and is expected to arrive
njuries and nossible internal in- While one of the officers ran there at that hour. here Saturday afternoon.
~~7 jUrie, - gin, the store and the other circled Montgomery said no charges Survivors include his widow,
The minister Uved in Baytown the building in the car, a man ^ave beeJ1 filed, but the men are Mrs. Wilma Baker, 211 Mayhaw
and was employed at the Baytown kicked out the plate-glass door at being held for investigation. Both Drive in Lakewood: two sons, CpI.
them refinwy studying for the the westend ofth"/‘“reand!;a" Houston as their home ad- Baker and H. B. Baker of Bay-
Hf- ministry. He was a missionary to ‘He*Lfd f daa*hter, Mra W. D.
* “*• Africa for six years returning only chie‘ w- R- Montgorery said. Nothing was missing from the Ward of Austin. |
’’Ed recently to become pastor of a Nightwatchman John Gray, who store, and it was evident that the Also surviving are three slaters.
P°y church at Beaumont. He had been was making his rounds on West man had just entered the store Mrs. A. R. Rude of Odessa, Mrs.
a licensed pilot for-10 or 12 years, Texas! saw the man dash across when the burglar alarm sounded, C. Q, Alexander of Baytown and
__ and traveled by'plane in Africa, Albert Frants's Used car tot He Montgomery said. Mrs. R. E. Rude of Lockhart.
for comment on Gov. Adlai Stev-
enson's preference for Sen. John
Sparkman as the Illinois governor’s
tteke"8 ma<€ °n the presidentiai
The President’s instant and hap-
py reply was:
''There's not a better fellow for
toe )°b- He’s * peach."
Mr. Truman said the Democrats
m Chicago picked a “winning
ticket." and he added "that’s all ■ f ... . . ™
I care about.” His brother, he said, is a mem-
“The presidential nominee picks ber 01 th* CIO United Steel-
his own vice-president. I know I wooers and “hasn’t had much
ffWeSTSStf ^’^hewsntedtesee
, OCICKIES . , By Ken Reynolds
pe vveicome ^ S
no paralysis yet. His condition wax i
WASHINGTON, July 28 flfU reported as.-"somewhat improved'^
Benjamin Fairless, president and he entered the hospital. .
chairman of the board of U.S. The chi*d 1* the 26th case in this
Steel Carp”, said Saturday he ai‘y this year, and is the 38th for
didn’t visit his brother at Massii. East Hams county.
l^Ohte, during the SMay steel
BpHwinj
'opobr Emtrton
fortobl. Radio
$2995
teMbontriM
HOUSTON. Tex., July 26 6*-
Luke Hill, 32, who as news editor
of radio station KNUZ here had
covered ali phases of Houston's
„ w miMI . rnsrnnn ep,'d!mic of Saturday hjm-
■ W.- w’ It w"»W vwUIIIJ LICLIIwI self became a victim of the killing,
?•. ___- crippling disease. He died at 5 a.m.
v I SAN DIEGO, Tex., July 26 W— in Hodgecroft Clinic.
1 The two-man Texas Ranger force Only last week the popular an-
£^yfFv*f, . * I n> ar.ea was increased to six nouncer - newsmen announced on
igl^ / 0/ Saturday for election duty as Sher- one of his daily newscasts that his
aafe^4t«//vfS.-»y0tM B- Parr the “Duke of little daughter. Joan. 2. had be-
•” T&ViSlS (ZYW Duval, promised Duval county re- come ill from the disease
turn$ in the first Democratic pri- She was hospitalized at the clin-
, - '~,r xh&m mary would be announced imme- ic. Tuesday he joined her But
dia‘fly- while the Mtfle girl was expected
HI ftV \fj The county’s election returns, to recover from her bout with the
aBt J I mBL \ I fabled ter and wide, traditionally disease, her father’s was diacnosed
W, S. I have been kept under wraps until as bulbar type polio, almost al-
GS|Vr I an Official canvass by commission- ways fatal when contracted by
i *' Tni alVJ—- J ers. adults.
«i h D„ They have frequently determined Hill's death was the 23rd from
I picked it up in the Sun Want some close state-wide elections with the disease in Houston this year
Ad« -- it scares my mother-ln- their traditionally lopsided margins the year of Houston’s worst wlte
tew- of as high as 100 to L ’ outbreak in history. -
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 26, 1952, newspaper, July 26, 1952; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1042308/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.