Midwestern farmers threaten to curb egg production over price drop
In St Louis on April 1 1944 farmers across Missouri and Illinois protested a 10 cent per dozen egg price fall. Hatcheries report a 40 to 67 percent drop in baby chick purchases as farmers consider not replenishing flocks. Farmers blame price ceilings and processing guarantees while foreseeing reduced eggs and poultry for next fall.
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St, Louis
Missouri
Sinnis
WFA
Edgar Fuess
Plainview
Oscar Krieger
Kirkood
John Maule
East St. Louis
Maule
Blood clot operation for Dumas girl at Hillcrest
Jolly Greenfield, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs J F E Greenfield of Dumas, underwent brain clot removal at Hillcrest Hospital in Waen and is reported doing fine. War Department awards Distinguishing Flying Cross to Army personnel including Lt Robert F Spikes and Lt Beachy A Barton.
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Jolly Greenfield
J. FE. Greenfield
Dumas
Baker School
Taibboeck
Hilcrest Hospital
Waen
The
War Department
Army
Twelfth Air Force
Robert F. Spikes
Slaton
Beachy A. Barton
Louisiana
John ©. Fly
Boston
George W. Barton
Twenty-first Street
Lottie Stamps
Thirty Second Street
Hobart
Kia
Rule Set Extends ODT Household Goods Truck Registration
The Office of Defense Transportation expands its registration rule to include over the road carriers of household goods. Richard E. Wood says household moves rise 100 percent over peace time. Carriers must register any lightly loaded trucks at district offices, with cancellation and clearance rules tied to shipments and loads.
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Office of Defense Transportation Regulation
Richard E. Wood
Division of Motor Transport
ODT
Mother Is Charged In Death Of Child
Mrs Louise Flack 28 mother of Delores Flack eight whose body was found in a locked basement apartment in San Francisco. Coroner says preliminary evidence shows starvation over weeks. Sleeping potion bottle found. toxologist analyzes organs. Father Marvin Flack whereabouts unknown. couple estranged.
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San Francisco
Louise Flack
Delores Flack
Kansas
Iola
J. J. Kingston
Kingston
Marvin Flack
Yukon Territory
New Fire Suppression Method Tested for Crashed Planes
In Jacksonville on April 1 the Army unveiled a rapid method to smother fires on crashed aircraft using a carbon dioxide blanket and high pressure water spray. A test dumped 1,000 gallons of gasoline on a discarded bomber. flames were halted within 15 seconds and fully extinguished in about two and a half minutes as two tank trucks delivered the suppressants.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Schedule From Lubbock Lodges This Week
Lubbock Commandery 60 hosts supper at 6 45 p m Monday and confers the Order of the Temple on six candidates. Yellowhouse lodge 841 confers Master Mason on three candidates at 6 p m Wednesday and holds a stated convocation at 7 30 p m Friday. Knights of Pythias meet at 8 p m Tuesday. Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan offers a supper at 8 p m Wednesday for members and wives at 1107 Avenue K.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Commandery
Order of the Temple
Yellowhouse Lodge 841
AFXAM
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Avenue K
USO Center Announces Weekly Social and Dance Schedule
Sans Souci Chaparritas and DFN social clubs hostesses welcome at 1211 Thirteenth Street for a 2 to 6 pm social. Week programs list Cracker Jills Square dances and Aero donnas formal events with nighly times, plus additional activities including music, bowling, art classes, luncheons, and golf meetups. A separate Negro center on East Avenue C hosts music, dinners, games, coffee, art classes, and a Saturday dance.
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Sans Souci
Chaparritas
DFN
USO
Thirteenth Street
LAWS
Tula Home Demonstration Club
Slaton Uso Club
Negro Center
East Avenue C
Germans Claim Heavy Toll Of Allied Ships
The German high command announced March losses including 22 Allied destroyers and escort craft, 28 merchant ships totaling 176000 tons, two submarines, and 12 torpedo boats sunk, with 131 more merchant ships damaged. A Berlin broadcast added 11 transports totaling 47000 tons sunk or damaged off the Algerian coast.
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London
High Command
Berlin
Algerian
Experiments On Potatoes Show Fertilizer Yields At Station
Lubbock area tests by D L Jones Jr at the station reveal optimal fertilizer mixes for Irish potatoes. Nitrogen boosts yields most, with 600 pounds of 8-12-4 giving 150 sacks per acre and 600 pounds of 4-12-4 yielding 134 sacks, while 4-0-4 underperforms. Potash and phosphoric acid also raise outputs. greatest net profit comes from 600 pounds of 8-12-4.
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Texas
D. L. Jones, Jr
Lubbock
Bliss Triumph
Jones
Po Aid K
Texan Station
Solon Urged To Come Out And Fight
Pi Vivien Kellems, a Westport war contractor, challenges Rep. Coffee to repeat on the record her charge that she is the sweetheart of a Nazi agent in Argentina. Kellems vows to name him in court and force accountability, saying Coffee must prove or face prison.
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Toronto
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Rep. Coffee
Congress
Argentina
Washington
V-12 Applicants To Be Examined Here In Lubbock
Navy officials announce a V-12 exam event in Lubbock on April 10 with 40 West Texas candidates already notified. Lt. Ralph Binnion will lead the Dallas office team at the Hilton hotel for 8 am physicals and interviews. On April 11 and 12, the group will interview direct naval reserve commission applicants, prioritizing college or engineering degrees.
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Navy
Lubbock
Ralph Binnion
Dallas
Naval Reserve
Lt. Binnion
Postal Receipts Rise in First Quarter of 1944
Postmaster Amos H. Howard reports Lubbock postal receipts for the first quarter ending March 31, 1944 rose 4,563.95 over the same period last year while March totals fell 2,778.77 from the prior year. Monthly receipts reached 28,417.89 and quarterly 91,450.35, with last year figures 31,196.66 and 86,886.40. The month shows about a nine percent drop, while the quarter shows a five percent increase.
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Lubbock
Amos H. Howard
Howard
Goolsby Joins Georgia Senate Primary Fight
Georgia Senator Wal ter F. George gains a challenger in the July 4 Democratic primary as John W. Goolsby qualifies after paying a 500 dollar fee to the state party. Former Governor Eugene Talmadge ends his candidacy hours before the primary qualifying deadline. Also noted is the death of Havana publisher Dr Jose Ignacio Rivero at age 49.
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Atlanta
John W. Goolsby
Georgia
United States
Walter F. George
Goolsby
Democratic Executive Committee
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
George
Havana
Jose Ignacio Rivero
Diario de la Marina
Gaines Election on Alcohol Sales in Gaines County
Special interest rises ahead of next Saturday's vote on whether beer and wine sales remain legal in Gaines County. The March 13 call followed a 300 sign petition. wets claim drinking and accidents will rise if dry, while dry advocates warn of bootlegging and youths gaining access to taverns.
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Gaines County
Gaines County Commissioners Court
Judson Roach
Gaines
Terry
Dental leader Dr. C Victor Vignes dies at 76
Dr. C Victor Vignes aged 76 former ASA president and dean emeritus of Loyola University School of Dentistry died in New Orleans. He served as a leading figure in American dentistry and Loyola's dental program.
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Dental Authority
New Orleans
C. Victor Vignes
The
American Dental Association
Loyola University of the South School of Dentistry
Woman Recruiting Officer to Visit Lubbock
Lt. Clara A. Frederick USMC WR will visit the Marine recruiting office Tuesday through Thursday to interview women for the Marine Corps Women's Reserve. She is accompanied by S/Sgt. Vernon Larson of El Paso. Larson will transfer here around April 8 replacing Sgt. Lee W. Baker, who goes to the U S Navy hospital in San Diego.
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L. W. Bobb
West Texas
Womens Army Corps
Newport
Ark
Blackland Army Airfield
Waco
Fort Worth
Majors Field
Greenville
Perrin Field
Sherman
Love Field
Dallas
Ellington Field
Houston
Waco Army Air Field
Selman Field
Monroe
Harding Field
Baton Rouge
Elser
Alexandria
Clovis
Army Air Field
Alamogordia
N.M. Army Air Field
Enid
Okla
Will Rodgers
Tinker Fields
Oklahoma City
Brooks Kelly
Randolph Fields
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Foster Field
Victoria
Goodfellow
San Angelo Army Air Fields
San Angelo
Harlingen
Hondo
Moore Field
Mission
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Big Spring Army Airfield
Lubbock and
South Plains Army Air Fields
Midland Army Air Base
Biggs Field
el Paso
Dalhart and
Pyote
Clara A. Frederick
USMC
Marine Corps Procurement District
Lubbock
Marine Recruiting Office
Charles G. Baker
Frederick
Vernon Larson
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Solon Seeks Rexford Tugwell Removal as Puerto Rico Governor
Representative McGehee of Mississippi urged President to remove Rexford Guy Tugwell as Puerto Rico governor. He condemned Puerto Rico governance as oppressive and said conditions rival colonial exploitation. The demand came during a subcommittee investigation into Puerto Rico.
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Solon
Rexford
Tugwell
Washington
Puerto Rico
McGehee
D-Miss
Rexford Guy Tugwell
McGhee
Laval orders French prefects to ready underground fighters by April 15
Reports from Vichy state Pierre Laval instructed prefects nationwide to complete preparations for underground partisan fighting by April 15, signaling belief the western front may open then. The dispatch frames the move as an orderly ramping up of resistance in advance of possible hostilities.
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Madrid
Vichy
Pierre Laval
France
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