The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1953 Page: 1 of 10
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BAYTOWN, TEXAS
Tuesday, April 7, 1953
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE: 1302. Rv. Cmh Per Copy
GHOOLS TO ASK BOND ISSOE, TAX HIKE
te Votes To Decide Election
S Brighter-
os agree to return all
ING PRISONERS OF WAR
,r»oy HANSEN and wounded and predicted an ear- lies were ready to begin the pris-
Korea, April % ly armistice if the Allies show the oner swap within a week, but he
Communists agreed same good faith in discussing an did not believe the Communists _______ .. ___r_.......
L voluntary repatriation arm stice as ln working out the were set up to move that quickly. hght Tuesday morning, but
war prisoners, even present exchange. Daniel said the Communists ,if„ -
rnivd Nations demands. If the Reds are willing to apply showed a "very favorable" attitude tremendous majority of
'radio said "an early the same principle of voluntary re- to three major points They were: voters were expected to cast
be achieved." patriation to all prisoners of war, 1. Voluntary repatriation of all their ballots for a new ma-
-uiusts agreed to the the way will be cleared to resume sick and wounded priesoners. in- vrtr nnri throe rnnncilmei
i S even prisoners full-dress armistice talks leading to eluding those less seriously disabl- ^ an?u COUnctlmei
S disabilities. a possible end of the three-year-old ed. Under the Geneva convention, during the afternoon,
ijoucht up the ques- war. the latter could have been sent to Onlv 432 of Bavtown'
fi«imeeting Monday The United Nations truce team new imprisonment in a neutral na- Rmn t h x ,
nrsLmT w ann™,nced ^ Red agreement aft- tion. 6,000-plus voters had cas
Only 432
Ballots Cast
In Homing
By CHESTER BULGIER
Traffic to the polls was
it Tuesday, going be- announced —„ ..........
nmfva Convention cov- er morning and afternoon meetings 2. A “direct" exchange of pris- their ballots shortly befoi
__feturn which had with the Communists in this truce oners, that is. between the two noon at the city's five polling
FTsoal in the long truce village. It was the second day of sides and NOT through any third places, but on a "working day"
renewed talks. Another meeting nation. this cannot be considered an in-
> rsdio broadcast was will be held Wednesday. 3. No sick or wounded prisoner dication of a light vote,
inrward review of Mon- Rear Admiral John C: Daniel, would be forced to return to his In last year's record
* exchange of sick chief UN negotiator, said the A!- (See Truce—Page Two)
Spot* Reds Carry Wounded
Marine To UN Lines
Galveston
jl BOND, exalted
die Baytown Elks’
B, Mann, secretory
D. Ixmgnecker, lec-
t, were t« he in Gal-
- v night when the
Mainland city will install
>- 8f officer* for 19M-
uid Longneeker will
puiii lodge officers in
■ ceremonies.
Judin . , _______
wu sdded to pain for Ret j,jm
sun who paid a $16 fine
city vote,
when almost 3,000 ballots were
cast, only 478 votes had been re-
corded at noon.
All three of the candidates for
mayor were counting on a heavy
vote, but only R. H. (Red) Pruett
was making an organized last-
minute effort to get voters to the
polls.
Pruett said his friends would
start a concerted telephone cam-
Added Costs,
Space Needs
Are Reason
Property owner* In the
Baytown school district will
be asked this spring to ap-
prove a school building bond
issue and an increase in the
tax rate.
The date of the election
probably will be on or about
May 23.
The size of the bond issue
and the amount of the tax In-
crease still has not been deter-
mined.
But school trustees, In a meet-
ing Monday night, lined up 100
per cent behind a resolution which
stated that an increase in the tax
rate is necessary If the school
district is to continue its present
nrnerrom __i _
program.; The resolution also
stated that a bond issue is neces-
sary if the district is to expand
its facilities to meet the rapidly
rising enrollment.
The amount of the tax increase
to be asked depends on a number
of factors but indications now are
that the trustees will ask that the
tax rate be boosted 25 cents from
the present $1.25 to a maximum of
$1.50.
The maximum amount probably
would not be levied, however. The
present $1.25 tax rate was ap-
proved in 1918 when the rate
hSSSK.April savs™SSL -SssS5'" Actvvouia ruTun sj-KtsMTTJS
7 -up- Red Chinese troops Everything has been done for him b r R h» , «;m£imum tax rate. Although th.
Tuesday jumped the gun on high that was possible. We will allow vou Mfer* sa‘“ ne ", School Superintendent George The superintendent made no se- crease teachers salaries by $600 $1.26 maximum was approved hi
level negotiations for exchange of to come as far as the defilade "ot P'«nnc<f nny election day activ- Gentry and Trustee Mrs. Elmer cret of his disgust with the Har- across the board”to a $3,000 min- 1948. the full amount was not
sick and wounded Korean war pris- area without firing on you." ,.'r „ j . Gray were in Austin Tuesday as rls county delegation to the Legis- imum. levied until 1961.
oners. Thp wa<! broadcast a I fmished my campaign yester- legislators were to consider three iature. Goose Creek already pays that Superintendent George H. Gen-
niev carrieH a critically wound- three times ' ‘ da^’, he.,aid' and 1 ,had" 1 plan' bills of interest to teachers and .,R Bi], Elliott f the only one amount to its teachers, Gentry try pointed out that the amount
ed* American Ma^witbmM ™ ,! „ .. . »*d *» d° an/thmg else.” taxpayers of the Goose Creek In- wh„ £-3? -witch his vote when told Trustee M. W. Harper, but its of the tax increase depends on
vards hi* own lines Then thev Marines spotted the However, Myers said he expect- dependent School district. it , k pxnpdient” Gentrv de- PassaSe might mean a small in- what the state legislature does in
.y*"k ? wounded man.lying on ajtretch- ed a heavy vote to show this after- Thp hl„. „„ crease in salaries here. the current session. One bill now
ROLLING GAIT?—'The future looked -ark for Lucy when the little dachshund was struck by an
automobile and left with her hind legs paralyzed. But her master, a student at the University of
Chicago, fixed up a “wheelchair” for her. Now when Mrs. Virginia Kucky calls, Lucy comes half
walking and half rolling. ilntcmatlnal)
Educators Oppose School Bill
Act Would Put Burden On Baytown-Gentry
set up a temporary “neutral zone;’ er 56 vards from their outoost He a a nea y oie 10 snow mis aner- The bins concern increased dared. “Every one of the others crf*f€ m sai*arie8 here- me current session. One ml! now
and told his comrades to come and dutfhe^ hi. Z.S'fn^rhan^ Zl * *>/ ^her, of Texas. did,” * . *dded.
W ?T,,e,d«v for 71,0 woundcd Mariw’ 8 Puert0 radeS,
coart Tuesday f Rican, was placed In a graveyard One
rosary
and attempted to signal his com.
ity poli-
was on the job in the re-
n'e u-rsiiimio-h he ----ruco, miuuito in opaiusn 10 uie finery and said he had no plans
a lcan and Communist negotiators man and aske<, him if he cou!d f0r further campaigning.
home*of hiS son- Inr to Zn 'liw! Wallt' ‘T have been working hard for
J*. th isrht in nf wounded severe back and stomach several weeks on this, and if the
01 SlCk and W0Und*d wounds, the Marine pulled himself voters don’t come out now I don't
■cdical attention, be captivfs . over the ground. coUapsing twice think there's much you can do
k 1 Communists broadcast before he reached Allied protection, about tt,” he said,
tte fine and said he foij announcement to the UN As he staggered toward the wire Talton said he was sure there
3$fetter after returning lines: m "
:
Two school superintendents
from neighboring Cedar Bayou
and Crosby were also attending
the legislative session at Austin
Tuesday- Superintendents R. W.
Akridge of Cedar Bayou and C.
O. Dusek of Crosby left for the
state eapitol early Tuesday
morning and were scheduled te
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fence, he began to smile and the would be a runoff election no mat- return late Tuesday night.
Mm III
V. MAY of Crosby was
'„-n hospital Tuesday
from a light stroke.
01 last week and
W hr will remain un-
fare indefinitely.
Kmjs.'S.-s Hbrtsrwr SSBRiatists
source of school revenue. The third bill In which the Bay- pr'f’e'lt level' A bond issue
He points out "the state has toniens have an interest is House coula a<ld ** much as six cents
many sources of income where Bill 672, introduced by Rep. Brad- more- . „ ■
schools have only one. If it comes shaw. It would give the beginning ? r?U.gh es .,!natw' th#
to a tax increase for teacher pay, teacher a $500 a year increase to *'*® bdB<* iaue will be in the
an unproportionate load would be $2,900, but lower the experience in- ",e, ^?r"<x’d *900,000. To pay
end gradually drop to a *"'* a eix-cent tax hike would
First Wounded Prisoners
Due Home Within 10 Days
“I.think a light vote will hurt jj,e school districts,
me more than either of the other
candidates, but I expect a lot, of
is House Bill 216, which would in- salary.
Texas Teachers Fight For Pay Increase
Pruett Mid fronklv that hp + . . ‘ " _
Meet
NTS of Cedar Bayou
yffl meet at 7:30 p.m. Army spokesman
in the high school to first group of si
tot tb<? remainder of S. prisoners from Korea can t) said. zorce 'tt H
ass tssszizzzMS j.waaic
'D—.utM ii,,,d that .H *S S^sTC'. X&'ZSZ'XZVZ
The House was not in session
Monday, and the Senate acted on
a number of relatively minor bills.
The House committee had three
bills, each calling for a pay raise,
nsive
Pruett said frankly that he .. iip- r inii /"* *i«
m,°chancesu*ht vote would hurt Three Bills Are Up For Study By House Committee
■Satisfied folks don’t ordinarily AUgTm Aprjl 7 _up_ Xexas Was appr0ved, 28 to 0. and goes and police pais second reading ^ , ,
* id to carry to the House. with what Willis called a ‘crip- the schools at the present stand-
« -— annual pay Sen. Doyle Willis. Fort Worth, pling” amendment. Willis proposed ard;
policies w)ii oe out in tui boost {0 the House Appropriations saw his bill to require city referen- the election be called if 25 per He said the district has its choice
rorce- mmmittM Tucadav dums on pay boosts for firemen See Teachers—Page Two)
Trustees agreed tbet a more
complete study of building needa
and their costs will have to be
made.
In opening the discuasion, Board
President A. R. Stark pointed out
that with the increasing enrollment
the revenue from the present Valu-
ation is not enough to maintain
! meeting last
Hn
v of the Memorial
li*M poles and strflo-
paint needs will be
and bids will be
the job.
tnuteej were told that
hive warned that
going up the Ufht
letting rusty. They
ip in 1946 and have
Psinled since,
i Wiser [
®wm McDonald.
: Aron, was a sadder
motorist Tuesday after
(id wT ‘
ttossitlg,
; driver
■j» inmt
ex" off election against Myers.
son‘ (See Election—Page Two)
Tri-City Cafe
encouraging
atelv. Hagerty said the White House
Developments at Panmunjom. had no information on exactly how
meanwhile, stirred optimism here many prisoners will be involved in
that the Communists’ ready agree- the exchange. I I I I I
ment to exchange of ailing and sick At the Defense Department, que- ./IIK(*hOY
prisoners would lead to early end rjes on the actual number of U.S, w unGWVA
of the Korean war. military men held prisoners by the * j y s
The White House hailed the Pan; Korean Reds received no definite f^QJ)Q\y / CIKGT)
Texas City
Suit Heard
WASHINGTON. April 7-UP-
County Says
It'll Secede
SUL_____Mi Ijp MB By TONY HILLERMAN
before it. Least expensive was Rep Justice Department attorneys were SANTA FE N M Apri' 7—UP—
Joe M! Kilgore s proiwsal for « I® ready to tell the Supreme Court Attorney General Richard Robin-
nt salary increase, with the Tuesday that the government son took offici3, of "serM.
of increasing the tax rate or in-
creasing the taxable valuation put
on property. “I prefer the former,”
he aaid.
Superintendent Gentry eatimate*
that it will take $138,000 more mon-
ey next year juat to operate the
schools as they are now.
Of this amount, $73,000 would be
(See Schools—Page Two)
munjom reports as “encouraging.” answer.
Allies Step Up Air Warfare
Rampaging Jets Down 10 Red MIGs
per cent salary increase, with the Tuesday that the government son )ook A»«cia! of A _ „*/ 40 I
spisssnawt rtary'XL'Ta; APr" 18 •*
Deadline On
School Race
SS&U SSZ.V&
i
money was taken.
F. R. Kiber, cafe owner, said counterpart of the bill by Sen
the burglars overlooked more ’ * "
Deadline on filing for a place
B, ROBERT UDICK eight rail bridges and a transform- >« around utldpi gg ^ KSf
SEOUL. April 7 -UP-Rampag- er_»tation near ^Chinnam,M. the port ^ c““nt^
s Li
11:30 a.m., Saturday, April 18.
hite claim.
iS* iiSi ^ ~ ^
*t DeFec at 11 p.m.
™ car lost.
• ■™ast’^d d"0i panel. a^' thdr ££ po^Uon from the Chinese for a the thejront bv Sen A j. R0ger, of Childress vessels ready for shipment. by the Spanish crown. . ^^"^ veting. ^ ^
*m ■ WomanSaysSheWasToldToKillColonel
Sergeant's Widow Claims Husband Ordered Her To Do It
• J O Monday n*Rht*
m * Two)
N Town
teDERFER explain-
« »« last name to
Winds . . . Helen C.
»«»wing a telephone
hu k el meets a lot of
p,7fn hearing about.
h5s a front row at a
checks in
■Ate rK or Colle*e sta-
deserts the
Vi jA,on Texas avenue
»irtW,‘hf “c°Untry” and
tfeTeSk t0° ■ • • N- h.
to0kl,i,Wan ln this re‘
4 &homa City, for a
h Callaway be-
*£h'y a*he c°mes
an !’*vislt •.. David
»Xith Arnold
h.i \ry ^out to get
• - Colleen
“ the handicraft of
Do You Love Crowds?
Uke to be pushed around? Like to
onTOkay - then you keep right on wandering and biiml
ShFoStogwho shop the “ad-way" know where to go-when to
go-t. f*t the ^t va^They "ed
s- *hdr reputat,°n* °n
WWewInMo know }t we are teUing tS
^ better «1. - for your
S ssasSKS”'
READERS DECIDE ARE BEST.
LARGE ADS TODAY
Bay shore Motors, Iw-
Tbad Feiton
Fuller's
J. C. Penney Co.
MEDIUM ADS TODAY
Arnett & Co.
3 Beall Brothers J
Willis Cobb Nash Co.
East Texae Theatres
Ferguson
Home I-ookers,
Ferguson Motors, inc.
ne Ixwkers, Inc.
SMALL ADS TODAY
Max Altman’s
Mike Kranssen
Gulf Coast Venetian Blind Co.
Higginbotham Motor Co. *
Howard Hardware
J-B Motor Co.
Three expiring terms will be
filled in the May election,
Incumbents A. R. Stark, now
board president, and M. W. Har-
per already have announced they
will run for re-election. The third
outgoing trustee, J. W. Pyle, said
he will not' be a candidate.
The only other candidate so far
„ . is Raymond L. Heinrich, chemical
jH _ . ... ...... . ■ did no* ssy whether she told engineer at the Baytown Refin-
heavy' piece of timber Inside'the TiTesdly that she“did”it'tocause her Her attorney, William Church, ^otdy to JohnTo™ w^o used S
kitchen. The bar had been re- husband commanded her to before was asked whether she was trying to t*. chairman of the committee ! th scho°I board ln 1949'
moved and the door broken open. he died to say that medical negligence kill- Church said she hTd S
A panel was cut out of a looted The matron said the sergeant's ed her husband. ing since her husband’s death, eight
^1
SKrS'SS
^ a a“‘«k a key rail line, destroying counter-attacked late ^esdav and <acke(J
* hw ation 20 boxcars and ripping up rails on the battle was still raging at last Kjber sajd he is piKj.!ed
the Sinuiju-Namsidong route ^fthe front fhf tJTSS SAN ANT0NI°' Af>ril her husband in * hospital “wU1 Johnson and lhe ^ A™ed
Other groups Of dive-bombers hit alo g tn int0 the place. The back doo. master sergeant’s widow, who shot come out now it’s enough to curl Forces committee.”
through which entrance was gain- doWn u Col Fraftcls w Wils^ now ■ «s enougn to curl
ed, is locked and barred by a Monday night, told a matron in jail 'oul "air‘
I
A panel was cut out or a locaeo The matron said the ser
door between the kitchen and cafe wjdow Mrs Muriel Van Fieet_ 44t ..It was
aection. All the money boxes from said her dyfog husband told her: he said. "I
the tune selectors were left in the <• ‘The doctor murdered me. Take murdered 1
kitchen. care of him.’ ”
Time To Celebrate-
It's ‘New Beer's Eve'
Air Force Base hospital, where
Mrs. Van Fleet’s husband,
Laurence, died eight months ago.
Records at the hospital said he
MILWAUKEE, Wis„ April 7-UP died of lung cancer.
—It’s a beer-lover’s holiday Tues- Wilson was in critical condition
day the 20th anniversary of "new Tuesday. Mrs. Van Fleet shot at
beer’a eve.” him four times in his home Mon-
At one minute past midnight day night with a .25 caliber pistol.
April 7, 1933, ”3.2’’ beer went on Two bullets missed. One grazed his
sale legally in 21 states and the Dis- head and lhe fourth went into his
trict of Columbia after the long, upper right chest,
parched rears brought on by the "I never intended to kill him.”
18th Amendment. Mrs. Van Fleet said. “I wanted
For millions of persons wallow- him to live and suffer like my hus-
ing in the mire of a major depres- band suffered.”
sion the return of the brew was the She spoke of a “raw deal” but
first good news in months, and they would not tell about it. But she
celebrated it in noisy, jovial style, said the story of what happened to
more than negligence,” months ago last Sunday. He said
believe she charges they Brooke Army hospital and Lack-
lered her husband, neglect and land hospital "know the whole
several other things. She, has al- story." But Army and Air Force
Wilson, whom she shot, is chief ready fold her story to Sen. Lyndon authorities would not comment,
of medical services at Lackland
QUICKIES . . By Ken Reynolds
April 19-25 Baytown Beautiful Week
April 19-36 will be officially known a* the Baytown Beautiful
Campaign and the slogan tor the week will be "Put Your Heart in
Baytown.”
Dr. Ben F. Ammons, chairman of the campaign and president of
the Baytown Beautiful Association, said reports from committee
chairmen on activities planned for the week were given at a meet-
ing Monday night at the Harris County Federal Havings and loan
building.
“We are asking for whole-hearted co-operation from all of the
citizens of Baytown and East Harris county in this effort,” Dr.
Ammons said. He pointed out that much co-operation had been
promised from industries and businesses during the week, and to
achieve success each resident should assume a personal responsi-
bility.
, you said in your Sun Want
Ad ’ll ard hitting
that hard enough?”
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 7, 1953, newspaper, April 7, 1953; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1042509/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.