Texas Lost Battalion fate mirrors Pearl Harbor days
J Houston reports the Texas 36th Division veterans known as the Lost Battalion faced a brutal trajectory from Pearl Harbor to capture as POWs. The unit, largely from West and North Central Texas, sailed toward the Philippines, then to Java and Burma Siam captivity, enduring three and a half years as prisoners of war after serving in World War II beginnings.
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Houston
Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Servnoe
Texas
U.S.S. Republic
Philippines
Honolulu
Republic
Reublic
Surabaya
Java
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Siam
Moulmein
Tamarkan
Slaton Delays Pool Policy Over Mexican Labor Issue
Slaton officials and a ranchers committee defer a policy decision after a Labor Department order demanding non discrimination for pool use by Mexicans. Mayor Lemon calls federal pressure out and blackmail and a meeting with 31 ranchers and Rep. George Mahon is planned before any action. The pool will reopen after next season.
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Slaton
UPI
Labor Department
L. O. Lemon
Lemon
Lubbock
Tex
Avalanche-Journal
U. S
Childress Man Not Implicated in Cattle Rustling
Roy Green of Wichita Falls denies being the person linked to rustling in Childress County. The Wichita Falls resident, a former operator of Green's Grocery, is a Childress native with no ties to the cattle theft case.
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Childress
Roy Green
Wichita Falls
Childress County
Green
Police Warn Night Prowlers After Two Local Calls
Chief Alvis Maddox warned residents after two calls to addresses in Southwest Childress about night prowlers. He urged anyone on private property to knock and stay at the front door, adding residents should avoid yards and windows.
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Alvis Maddox
Childress
Maddox
Highway Patrol Holds Routine Meet in District HQ
Thirteen men meet with the Highway Patrol in the area for a routine gathering. Sgt. Dowdy, supervisor of this district, states the event is held at the headquarters.
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Dr. Dowdy
Sgt. Dowdy
AFL-CIO Opens Convention With Meany Reuther Clash
The AFL-CIO opens its fourth biennial convention with a public clash between George Meany and Walter Reuther over plans to settle disputes and organize campaigns. Reuther backs arbitration against Teamsters reentry while craft unions resist. David McDonald signals Steelworkers support for Reuther in potential floor fights.
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Afl-Cio
Meany-Reuther
Miami Beach
UPI
Teamsters
George Meany
Aflcio
Walter P. Reuther
Meany
Reuther
James R Hoffa
Afl-Cio Building Trades
David J . McDonald
Steelworkers
Federation
McDonald
Despondent rancher kills two at Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton Texas A rancher Leroy Cockrell 25 from Salado killed Marie Dunlap 20 a college senior and her mother Mrs Weldon Dunlap on the Presser Hall drive as students walked to class He then killed himself in front of the college crowd in a shocking murder suicide scene near the music building.
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Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton
Tex
Upid
Bell County
Ralph Jeffers
Leroy Cockrell
Marie Dunlap
Ior
Weldon Dunlap
Presser Hall
Wesherit
Cockrell
Salado
Dunlap
Marie
Page
Veterans recall Pearl Harbor memories ten years later
Childress County World War II veterans describe their memories of December 7 1941 with a mix of fear surprise and lingering impact. Paul Kelley then Navy submariner witnessed battleships at Pearl Harbor and recalls the Rising Sun planes and the chaos before serving until 1960. Continued on Page Three.
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Childress County
Pearl Harbor
Paul Kelley
FAA
Air Field
U. S. Navy
Kelly
U.S. Navy
Battleship Row
Navy
Missouri
Civil Defense Plan for Childress County Approved
The Civil Defense plan for the County and City of Childress was approved by the state office and announced from State Headquarters in Austin. The Commissioners Court and City Council approved the program with Jeff Henderson as County Civil Defense Director and Louis Sally as City Civil Defense Director after an investigation by Col. Jesse Ward. The program had been under scrutiny due to charges filed by Mayor Paul Ord before being resumed.
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Childress
Austin
Commissioners Court
Jeff Henderson
Louis Sally
Paul Ord
Jesse Ward
State Office
Cancer Society Postpones Literature Drive
The Cancer Society postpones its plan to distribute literature house to house this afternoon until Monday due to weather conditions.
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The
Cancer Society
China accuses India of expansion by force at Sino-Indian border
Peiping denounces Indian policy as dangerous expansion by force and warns China will not be cowed by threats. Foreign Ministry says India repeatedly violates border areas while Nehru is accused of anti China campaign and poor moral courage. New China agency relayed protest note and editorial attacks.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
India
Peiping
Foreign Ministry
Jawaharlal Nehru
Tored
Peiping People’s Daily
Nehru
Light Snow in Texas With More Predicted
Light snow fell in Childress and Lubbock with forecasters predicting intermittent snow or rain across the South Plains through tonight. Snow was reported in El Paso Wink, as Laredo saw a light shower and Houston drizzle amid a high pressure ridge over the state.
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United Press International
Lubbock
South Plains
el Paso
Oat Wink
Texas
Laredo
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
South Texas
Childress Jaycees Plan Keep Christmas In Christmas
The Childress Jaycees announced a new Christmas project a Keep CHRIST IN CHRIST mas chain letter will be mailed to friends and relatives. Rev Tom Norman urged using Christmas not X mas or Yuletide in cards letters and ads. Werner Best reported on the Christmas tree sale. Student guests were Donnie Anderson Truett Ball and Glen Beal with Ted Kyle and Roy Rennolds attending as guests.
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Childress Jaycees
Childress Club
Tom Norman
Th Club
Werner Best
Jaycee
Donnie Anderson Truett Ball
Glen Beal
Ted Kyle
Quanah
Roy Rennolds
Childress
Murder Charges Filed Against Two In Paducah Slayings
Paducah residents Melton Putney and Susio Perez were charged with murder with malice in two Sunday slayings. Putney, 30, arraigned with $5,000 bond after a signed confession for Harriet Sanders’s shooting death. Perez, 15, charged in Guadalupe Tobar’s stabbing death after a downtown street fight. Both held in Cottle County jail following lie detector based confessions.
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Paducah
Melton Putney
Justice of Peace
M. M. Parker
Elmer Clark
Clark
Putney
Harriet Sanders
Susio Perez
John Perez
Guadalupe Tobar
Perez
Roy Neal Parks
Cottle County
Lubbock
Truman defends atomic bomb decision on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Former president Harry S. Truman told United Press International the tears over the atomic bombs should have been shed at Pearl Harbor. He said the bombs saved hundreds of thousands of American lives and ended the war, noting the Arizona wreck and 1,100 youths beneath it as context.
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Independence
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Pearlarbor
Japan
United Press International
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Truman
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
White House
Start Drilling Of Oil Test This Weekend
Drilling of the wildcat south of Childress is to start this weekend with equipment erected at the site. The test, named the O P Leonard Rhea No. 1, targets 6500 feet, possibly 7500 feet, per Vance Shaffer of O P Leonard Oil Co. Shaffer notes spudding will use existing drilling gear. No details on the fifth producer southeast of Kirkland were released. O P Leonard has three producing wells. British American has one.
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Childress
O. P. Leonard- Rhea
Vance Shaffer
O. P. Leonard Oil Company
O. P. Leonard Drilling Company
Kirkland
Shaffer
QO. P. Leonard
Katanga clashes halt U N airlift as Globemaster is hit
Katanga forces fired on a United States Air Force Globemaster as it approached Elisabethville, starting a fire but the plane landed safely. The U N airlift was paused for the moment while civilian DC3 and DC4 transports continued delivering supplies. U N and Katanga forces fought near Elisabethville amid escalating hostilities.
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United Press International
UPI
Katanga
United States Air Force
Globemaster
United States
United Nations
Leopoldville
U.N. Tropp
Susie the Fort Worth & Denver Shop Cat Keeps Perimeter
Susie the cinnamon and white shop cat at Fort Worth and Denver’s Chil dress shops has patrolled yard tracks eight years. She greets workers at noon, joins Charlie Stillwell for lunch, and prompts wives to share treats for her litters. She knows every spike, tie, and mouse nook and helps sustain feline talent for future shop control.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Susie
No Man’s Land
Charlie Stillwell
Sue
Avenue A. S. W
Charlie
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Hoffa Meany
Polly Laningham
Red China
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