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Avalanche-Journal (Newspaper) - October 15, 1950, Lubbock, Texas
Paie e in Lubbock out action on five Points urged education chief asks latin american problems Austin oct 14 state Edo action commission j w engr today was urged to study five special problems of education re later to to latin american relations in Texas Tom Sutherland executive Sec retry of the Good neighbor com said Texas would Bene fit from action on these problems 7 no attendance and closes of schools segregation problem segregation and otherwise inferior facilities for latin Amer ican children 3 preparation of Spanish speaking children for the English language 4 teaching of Spanish to English speaking children 5 teaching of Texas Sutherland said the customary of mexican american children from the school room ions been a retarding Factor in their preparation As useful Citi though the Gilm Raikin Law in Couras keeping children school by making slate Aid o schools dependent on attendance there is will the problem of schools that close Sutherland said refer ring to the closing of schools 10 allow Cotton picking he said such practice could prevent children of migratory nomadic Cotton picker from Ever attending school courts have forbidden segregation of latin american children but Many Texas schools Are at tended entirely or almost entirely by mexican americans Sutherland 1 observed unless equal facilities in class room space sanitation general a teacher training Are 1 riven these pupils they will continue to study under the Ion that they Are penalized for being he said he urged teaching of american children to read and write in Spanish before pushing them into English he said there Many cases of a retailed Bilindia Ulim in which the child does not think or speak coherently in either Sutherland charged that Texas children in the sixth Grade have been Given false ideas regarding to com history for Many years they arc taught sometimes by tech cars who Are not Only ignorant but frequently prejudiced that he Texas revolution was a conf if Between the Anglo americans ind mexicans who could not live o Sodher because of the incompatibility of Anglo Saxon and mexican i he said adding needless to say the impression has been riven that the mexicans i were the wrongful aggressors and the Anglo americans the rightful defenders and invincible spotlight stocks Vokk oct att Price Tad in a Jmst of today f Reite a mock Piadlo Cora corp it corp in til Tel clock 51 18 to s3 in 1 Stock list new took stocks ii7 Piti work stocks sales la ims Hlis in n 10 Ais til trl is 1soh 1m aia Woolen 34 Jans Eocaci cop 2 j t up 13 132 i Avo mis 94 Oftis 3s i 2 b can str Cora 80 5s Tont 3s Oil Del 10 76 5 1 is Seiph Fri Sporl Ulph 7 3fn in dec motors 2j4 51 Clov 10 residence casement corp City Southern air to Kan Tex Ward Bynum Lull Oil no an aviation 1ackard motor ran am airways Panhandle p u penury cd Plymouth Oil of put nil put Italo Corn or a Ornu bloc steel if Fra Roebuck Sinclair Oil ii Ocarr Trie stand Oij Ca stand stand Oil no Texas co pcs Gulf prod Tex Gulf such Tex Pac c and o to of water a Oil u s rubber u s steel West in Tel a 2 112 73 j 731 50 112 54 313 56 51 112 10 54 31j 56 4 f Wood and steel doors reinforcing steel mesh nails Metal lath Avenue h building material co 180 ave h dial 28053 14 40 4 9 7 65j 52 18 79s 14s Lubbock cattle report car tar the lib kick new York oct 14 Selling wave hits to and motors slightly Trad ing Light hedging against new crop movements Chicago unsettled by drop in soybeans general liquidation with other cereals steady steady Dow Jones averages open High Low close changes 30 kinds off 20 hrs off 15 util off 65 51j 44 75 it 41 39 j is i 51 44 18 85i 74j 85 371 32 50 40 24 fit 7li 461 85 i 74 39s 7i 22ji 37 32 50 39 39 new York curb by the associated press Ark Nat Oss a 9 11 Ali Ali service 10 b3i 84 Al Bond and so 38 20 20 i Wall Street setbacks Are suffered new York oct 14 and television shares suffered Sharp setback today in the Stock Market under Sellins the Retreat extended to much As a share at times before partial recovery Cut Back the next loss to around Al and s2 a share in those two divisions elsewhere losses were a few cents to about a share in sympathy with the decline the volume of business amounted to an estimated shares As compared with snares last saturday there were two factors responsible Tor the decline after the close of the Market yesterday the Federal Reserve Board announced new and stronger restrictions on instalment credit buy Liz the Board in creased the amount of the Down payment and Cut Bax the repayment time on a Lone list of Consumers include uni automobiles and television sets the new rce lations effective monday Are a of those first imposed 18 in addition radio television issues had to contend with Selling resulting trom confusion Over the Federal communications commission edict starting color Tel Evision broadcasts using the Columbia broaden Slanc systems method most manufacturers oppose the method the Stum bling Block is the Public widespread re ported refusal to buy any sets until the color controversy is made a Little More Clear lower were general motors Chrysler Etu Debaker Hudson Admiral Emerson phileo badly Zenith Motorola lbs u s steel u s rubber j 1 Case Weston Shoush electric Kennicott Copper Southern railway Union Pacific stand Ard Oil Ikuji and of s Gyp Suin Cotton j vow Tork report i new York oct 14 us Ture experienced a wave of general sell int most of pressure Etc to increased move of new crop Cotton the decline in the Market encountered Vry Little opposition with Mill buying Len Ltd to the scale Down futures closed 85 to a Bale lower than the previous close open Holch Low close oct dec March May 35 july 3732 oct dec Chance pot off 35 Jeff orleax5 report new Orleans oct 14 futures declined Here today under weekend Lone liquidation and hedge sell inc closing prices were easy 52 to a Bale lower Holch today is tech Day at fair in Dallas Low close open oct dec most july average Price new Orleans oct 14 aver Price of old Gllnn spot Cotton at 10 desk rated Southern spot markets today was a Bale lower at cents Pound previous Day week month Ato year Ato average for the past 30 Murlat Days was Mledd Lonc total sales at the 10 markets Grain fort Worth report fort Worth oct 14 no 1 hard Corn no 2 White Oats no 2 White born hums no 2 yellow mlle per 100 ids Chicago report Chicago oct 14 i pronounced weakness developed in soybeans on the Board s Trade today the rest or the mar Ket eased Beans started out lower and extended their slump As Tradlec progressed demand came Only on re stiff orders on a scale Down a one time losses ranked to More than 5 cents perfect weather for harvesting the crop i the Midwest accounted for some of the Plaul Dalton similar weather was predicted for the weekend traders expected Larte receipts next week other cereals were unsettled by the soy bean break although not Losene As much ground Holland bought a cargo of Ameri can overnight wheat closed lower december Corn was hi1 lower de Era its 1353 head Market this week on Stacker Caule very Active to higher Bulu Strong to 75c nuther but ctr Cuttle still la Strong demand real calves up to common and medium Slaughter steers and to those carry ins sufficient fun us to Trade Rood to beet cows to Odd head up to canner and Cutter cots to u00 Alto Echt Shelly Down to and Twilow medium and Cood bulls to and common to Plaht Dairy tends 15 00 to Good fat Bull calves and Bull yearlings in a Ildr of prices from to Good and Choice Slaughter from to common and medium from to Good to Choice Sto Cicer steer calves from to outstand at 5teer calves up to Heifer mates to Helow the steers Good to Choice Quality Nocker Anco feeder steer yearly ass to the higher prices Betanc paid for the lightest and Best Quality offer incs Plain and feeders to Good of Allty Whit face rednecks and red steers to the lightest and bet offer less command lne the hath est prices for thu class a butt face Stock or cows from to Yonne cows quotable up to White face Stocker eos with calves of their sides to per pair depending on Quality and sire melted Breed cows and calves to per pair common and inferior pairs Down to rank culls still lower Kansas cite report Kansas City oct 14 pared last Friday Slaughter steers heifers i and sows unevenly steady to 50 lower i our loner from vol lips i calves St Cidy to Elk her stockers and Feer Jers steady to Strone Alrh Rood to Low Choice fed steers medium and Rood fed steers Eood and Low Choice fed heifers medium to Low Cood Short feds Cood Cor Omori and medium cows canners and cutters 17 so medium and Cood Stocken and Rood feeders 850 ids to medium and Rood heifers 23 Cood and Choice steer calves Hobs compared last Friday Lichts and butchers Hulcher practical top at close of Choice 210250 ibs Rood and Choice 200300 ibs Good and Choice 170190 ids sows around Hulcher at Sheen compared lost Friday lambs Hulcher ewes 2550 up Early Tood Aad Choice native lambs comparable at close Good and Choice 95 in clipped lambs with no 1 skins medium and Good Wool skins medium and Rood 102103 in yearly pcs others with no 3 skins late and Choice Slaughter ewes 00 common and medium Breed inc ewes slow limited movement Short food Mouth lots Kkt Worth report fort Worth oct 14 Jafor week cattle and calves lower Slaughter lambs 50 lower feeder lambs lower other sheep steady Butcher How Leher sows 2550 higher feeder plus unchanged Slamih tar steers and yearly pcs 2039 heifers beef cows canners and cutters 1118 bulls Slaughter calves Stocker calves 2030 stole or 2028 feeder steer it Stocker cows 1825 Slaughter lambs 2328 Yearline Wethers 5022 died ewes 1316 died Wethers 1519 feeder lambs 2328 feeder pc Arlliss Down late sales Butcher hogs sows feeder piss Down Toda Jis Texas tech Day at state fair of Texas in Dallas and hundreds of tech Stu dents Are expected to enter the Gates of that exposition to take in the sights and View the colleges own Silver anniversary exhibit in the agriculture building flocks of the tech sans who journeyed to fort word sat urday for the tech Texas Christian University football game will go on to Dallas to Day for the fair techs own Booth features a giant simulated birthday cake commemorating the colleges 25th birthday flanked on All sides by exhibits of the facilities offered students of the College opera Star Rise Stevens to present concert Here monday metropolitan oper Star Rise Stevens will present a concert in the Lubbock High school Audi orium monday night at 8 p m Texas technological College Stu dents will be admitted upon presentation of their activity fee receipts and townspeople will be charged and with tickets sold Only at the door according to r a Mills of the tech artists course committee sponsors of the concert miss Stevens Star of opera con Cert radio and motion pictures has also played in various movies students attend College oct 14 among Seminole students attend ing colleges this fall Are Jeanne Whitaker Hardin Simmons University Wilma Daugherty Mit Chell Caffey Donald Mansfield and Ronald Mansfield Abilene i Christian College Carolyn Kay Morris Bonnie Louise Brown Mary Loyce Webb sue Jean Webb i and Robbie sue Richardson Texas state College for women her greatest Success was in the role of Carmen at the metro Politan opera House during the 194546 season Abilene Man seriously Hurt in trocar crash in Dallas Dallas oct 14 a Smith 58 of Abilene was seriously injured this afternoon in a two car collision in the Oak Cliff Sec Tion Here Smith suffered a severe head injury when the door of the car in which he was Riding jarred open after the two cars collided and Smith fell to the pavement no one else was injured Smith was Riding in a car driven by o r Hendricks 61 of Dallas wed like to help you own your Home real estate Loans payments made locally Nad Enman Complete insurance i loan service meeting is set Brownfield oct 14 a quarterly meeting of the brother Hood of the Brownfield Baptist association will be held at tuesday oct 24 in the Baptist Church at Wilson either g h Nelson or his Law partner George Mccleskey of Lubbock will be guest speaker the program will also include music and refreshments will be served Cember Oats were lower december 81vi81 Rye was 2ust lower december soybeans were 4 to 5 cents lower november and lard was 18 to 30 cents a Hundred pounds lower november you Park easily t Bank on tour Way to your Way Back Home completely washable gabardine in Brave colors Friendly from the first from the beginning the sign of friendliness and from the be ginning of american state Bank the sign of friendliness has been the american state signature from the first Day it opened those Glass doors for business american state has been a Friend to Ali and ifs Friendly from the first minute you open an account or just drop in to look things Over american state Bank off inv Jack j w Longston vice president Harmon Jenkins Priow r w Monley cashier j m Birdwell assistant cashier Frank Stuart auit Tont Cash dec Dir Don e b Collim e k Herf Tedter Harold e Humphries Hormon Jenkins j w Tong Iton Homer g Maxey Robert e Maxey Joe n Nijjar Jock Payne Lubbock Texas 1401 Avenue q phone 20161 member Federal Deposit insurance corporation deposits now insured up to Vanheusen b Beo t m Van gab sport shirts its a powwow of Van Heuson gabardine sport shirts in pastel Colon every ones completely washable just use soap and water and your Van gab slays Colo right size right its a new Low Price too for the always popular California logo Model shown Here smart with or without a tie four models in All with famous Van Heusen Newman Finup for action or relaxation this fall see our Van gabs Small enough fo0 i Large enough for permanent glom we at Avi t Corcorran s offer you suits and topcoats 100 Wool suits designed to you Cut Foxtail ored to artiest worsted tweeds gabardine flan Nels i fixes 33 to 50 shorts Longs regulars 3950 to no charge for alterations 100 Wool topcoats the Lakeit the Newett in mens aware topcoats coverts 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