The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 26, 1951 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE 2—THEBAYTQWN SUN, \Ut *»TH| IAYTOWN SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26,
—by Mai draft
i Idea So Old It's Nearly New
I US Fighting Men Trying Out Armor
SECRET AGENT X-?
OwsSnCIL WAS WEDGED BETWEEN “
THS BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR
i WHOEVER HACKED IMlB'TlM THERE STILL WAS LOW O'
INTO LOOKING LIKE A HOWOuT / AIR IN THE TU»I WHIN
OVERLOOKED THE PACT THAT J THE CAR WAS HAULED OUT
THE TIRE HAD A ItOW/T-WOOM & THE RESERVOIR - SO, A i
INNER TUBE! Y BLOWOUT DlDNt CAUSE J
. P7 the ’accident1! fJ ...
CONVINCED ^
-TO KEEP THE CAR'S SPEED JP UNTIL IT
CARRIED THE UNCONSCIOUS I '{tog ‘ ' '
SPEEDY CNER, THE wA
EMBANKMENT —
After
EXAMINING
SPEEDY'S
WRECKED
CONVERTIBLE,
PHIL MAKES
TWO \
STARTLING
DISCOVERIES
THAT THE
WHOLE
THING WAS
STAGED...
SsfftisS
. NEAT STOP I
THE KINGSFAlR
CLUE'
Glasses Serve A Vital Need
WI'VE FILLED DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A GENERATION
THOMAS JAMES FULCKIER
HOME FOB CHRISTMAS is
Private First Class Fulohler,
f>f Mr, ftnd Mrs.J. H. Fni-
thler of Busch Terrace. For the
past three months Fulchler hns
Been in Fort Lee, Virginia. He
I IN-CITIES OPTICAL CO.
I WOODS BLDO. PIAL MW I
Give Gtawe* For Christina*
BUDGET TERMS
PUR PERSONALIZED SERVICE
GIVES YOU STYLE A PERFECTION
the time
-bv Willard
MOON MULLINS
I'M LOOKIN' FOR
TOPSV'S DOCb,
UNCLS WILLIE.
SHE'S RUN
, AWAY,
THAT V
looks like 1
s topsvii f
vmi. Jo
Mrs. CoraBergsfrom
Riles Set roMornw
A group ft Cl* gird an mum aT their. Stile* preef armor.
^riltrii Press Correspondent ' ,
tREASHINGTpN—Armor—art idea A
9* aid that it il almost brand AML
IMAP her* "It the Fentagon- j ' f
emerge* a* the next big iSpTo . J||H
I cut down GI Joe'* battle casual- l
l tie* ahd offeet Ru**la’» masaed ,
i armies, raising the effectiveness ,
v 9i Uncle Sam’ fighting man.
.« Modern amor, made chiefly of
I. plastics, Is a far cry from the
- ■ «a»ber*ome tofs of the warrior ; f^BKpnfl
' tn the middle age*, but the object f
I* the same. It is simply to .pro- mJmWET*, rMBSTHM
1 Met the Vita) areas of the soldier’s JBJ s1'
' body from a high percentage of « JWk.
Buy from Vour Baytown M: rehuiit tv random blows which otherwise ' A .
------------------- would lay a fighting man low. <- 1 ^SMB FmJI
SAveral “styles” are undergoing \ jffnHf fdiSHt
Ilf I f II tests in Korea, and whlll "gad-
■KANIWAliSli Stt fi gets” and new weapons sent out miMKmMMiM
■VDiEU&KTI!I fill from here for trial often meet ffin| tlflH
Skepticism on the part of the
hard-bitten front line soldier, it is V |
. different with armor. He wonders W Jm HR m
r 1Adji'why he didn’t have a bullet-proof r IVI
f Ufrtw{ TLrst b - „.Y| /
\ Ifreft. aotton jacket, with pockets front ILJf ifm±£ •
£ W ||/:Vf »»d baik for bullet-proof panels f^| MUm
(Ft ^ ~ of laminated glass fiber and plaa- I J |ffl
Historians of warfare consider § f ■Iff
• dS ,» _ . K a dead ringer of the surcoat ill Wa
___l_ _ L _ worn in 1330-1376 by the famous If K MS
when couamn 22 ,dMM
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CONSOLIDATE YOl
SEE US TODAY FOR A
THAT WIM. RELIEVE Y!
YOUR WORRIES, AND P
YOUR PRECIOUS CR
^Utes of the Spanish conquista-
go fa ' |
Another eontlstt of several lay- ffHBMHr ' «
•n of nylon presaed together, with > -
plexiglass laminations. It covers Circa T200 AD— 1951 NG
the entire body snugly, and a
■ponta rubber lining absorbs the doughboy’s jaunty “inverted sau-
Impact of bullets. Comparison, cer” and now is a close-fitting
with the knight’s coat-of-mall in and much more highly protective
"4S!*«l^S?*bJcme0a com- he C8n use *i! tyPfS of ey«Picces
plot work of art, but the modern “hat” is being revamped,
version Is strictly functional and The flanges are being lifted, so
drto. It i|M tough, however that „„ without rtmoVing
It would have made a fighting ^ ....
IBAji rirtutty invincible “when ll- A new visor will be added
knighthood was in flower.” which is reminiscent of the A-
/it Wa Hew •ttlfr a# fIaHim ., ,iiL.Til.
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ASK TOR P. D. HOLLOWAY OR I
Spatial mtdkattd steam brings
DEEP-ACTION RELIEF from
coughs and stuffiness
coughs t>f children’s colds can
be relieved almost Instantly
with this home-proved treat*"
ment. . , two .heaping spoon-
fuls of Vicks VapoRub in. a
vaporizer or bowl of boiling
water as directed in package.
It’s easy,1 too! *. . ’/our little
one just breathes in the sooth-
ing steam. Every breath car-
ries VapoRub’srelief-brlnging
medications deep into troubled
throat ahd large bronchial
tubes. There thii wonderful,
treatment medicates and
soothes dry, irritated mem-
branes, torn away coughing,
helps restore normal bTektn-
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taeh
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lie. Cheek every
ring title «Ue!
r f- v-
nVE MEMBERS of the Turney family of Potomac Heights,\Md , are to various itagea of discomfort as they
recover gram an “assembly line” tonsUectomy in a Washington hospital. They are (from bottom) Wayne,
5; Donald, 12; Alice, 9; Gerald, 11, and Evelyn, 15. Their father,. Raymond Turney, admits he has been
putting olf removal of his own tonsils for two years. ; i (UiernaticmD
mous closed helmet, or • “armet,"
developed toward the close of the
Fifteenth Century by Sir Henry
Lee. ;*
Called “eye armor,” the thin
sheet of steel is-mounted in a
rubber-dust goggle frame, and
pierced with three slits giving good
visabillty. Mipe- detection units
have been trying it out in Korea.
The helmets are made of lam-
inated nylon, covered With alumf-:
num. In the tradition of the Uni-
ted States cavalry dating back
to wild west days, it can pinch-
hit as a water container or even
a saucepan if necessary.
botes" rather than really effective
fighting machine*. The modem
seiMcr keep* his agility.
feats IbdftAte that the armor
Will atop a .45 bullet at pointblank
range, and eliminate a high per-
sentage of casualties from email
•Was fir* 41 lung range and low-
only 1.37 to.
only IM to.
srrx'njrss
Raetain (above) haa bwn acquired
by the Cleveland Indians, who
• claimed him on waivers from thr
Washington Nats. Rwtelii, who
■W \ played for Hollywood last year.
jdMK , I originally came up to the^plratei
RfifeL L hit 12 home runs in 72 games. He
/» was returned to Frisco, recalled
■ arid then farmed to lndlanapoh.s..
’’HW and ihen b*ck to !!,e cmst !oop
where Washington picked him up
■ ’ on waiver*............, /International)
cm o¥
UU STARTS TOMORROW
MW FALL AND WiNTER PRI
totoelly tMl ffagfcents. Such
causes of battle casualties rate ex-
OBEY THE LAW. FROTGC1
DAMAGING'F[M A VCIAL
Is beHeatd that no bulletproof
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COME DEE THE NEW
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Pan Mun Jom for further conversations. With Winter rioting in on Korea, they have the
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 26, 1951, newspaper, December 26, 1951; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1042560/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.