Fighth Army Sets World Radio Telephoning Record in Japan
In Yokohama on April 1 the U S Eighth Army signal group announced a new world record for radio telephone communication. The test linked Sapporo in Hokkaido to Kokura in Kyushu over 1 200 miles with no landlines, using 22 relay points and line of sight radio links. Equipment, staffing, and mountain terrain impacted operations as teams maintained continuous service across Japan. Three race horses arriving by plane in Brazil are noted in the report.
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Yokohama
Japan
U. S
Eighth Army Signal Section
Paul L. Neal
de Leon
Tex
Eighth Army Signal Officer
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Kokura
J. E. Gonseth, Jr
McHenry
Seventh Infantry Division
Eighth Army
Nathaniel L. Mower
Atlanta
24Th Infantry Division
Signal Corps
Education Chief to Address South Plains Dinner
Dr. J. W. Edgar state commissioner of education to speak at 7 20 p m Tuesday dinner for South Plains school administrators teachers and officials at the Lubbock hotel about 100 reservations noted by County Superintendent Roy Boyd. He will also attend a luncheon at Texas Tech and speak at Plains High School dedication Monday night. Edgar has headed Austin Orange Victoria and Miranda City schools prior to his current post. E H Boulter of Lubbock serves on the state board of education from the 19th district.
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J. W. Edgar
South Plains
Lubbock
Roy Boyd
Edgar
Texas Technological College
the Plains High School
Austin
Orange
Victoria
Miranda City
E. H. Boulter
State Board of Education
Eagle Lake Solon Enters Race For Agriculture Commissioner
Rep C S McLellan of Eagle Lake announced his candidacy for Texas agriculture commissioner seeking to succeed incumbent J E McDonald in his 11th term. McLellan 50 has served five terms in the state legislature and backed rural road programs plus a recent push to tax natural gas. Rep R E Peppy Blount of Big Spring said he would not enter the race.
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Big Spring
Wreckage Shown To Students As Safety Lesson At Oberlin High
About 80 Oberlin High School students in Elyria Ohio witnessed a wrecked 1941 sedan to learn road safety after a fatal crash caused by a dangerous juvenile game known as chicken. Two died and six were hospitalized in the incident on a dry road in good weather.
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Elyria
Oberlin High School
Carl Finegan
Oberlin
Ray Warren
Marvin Bittner
Jean Marie Presnell
Donald
Viola Presnell
Banquet honors Mexican doctor after February dining拒
Dr. Jose Benutto of Littlefield Texas, refused service at a San Angelo restaurant on February 9, attended a public dinner in his honor attended by 25 civic leaders. Publisher Houston Harte hosted at the city’s largest hotel to show the incident was not typical of San Angelo. Governor Shivers praised the gesture and Latin American friendship, while Benutto expressed no ill will and called discrimination a book word.
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San Angelo
Jose Benutto
Mexico
Benutto
Littlefield
Tex
Jack Kelly
Harte
Allan Shivers
Texas
United States
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Brazil
Eagle Lake
Solon
Donald Simms
Young Bittner
Home Furniture Shop
Texas Ave
DIAL
J. S Scitern
Philco
Han
R.F. Stege
Smith's
Si. Goo
Smith’s Dry Goods Co
Broadway
Oxen
Aere
Wway Lamp
Nousenoss Appliances
Penny Extra
Edler Furniture
F. Stege
Armstrong “Pupply Company
John E. Richer
Neville G. Penrose
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas
Claude Meadows
Latin-America
New York
Notre Dame
New York University
Lattimore
Stephenson
Jack CO
Texas Avenue
Lubbock, Texas
Durward Stephenson
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