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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1947
Page
9
Maj. Ralph S. Johnston of West Roxbury mass will defend Col Edward J. Murray of Palo Alto California as an Eighth Army court opens Monday on charges tied to a piston incident involving the United States.
Fragments indicate discussion of a product named Mertox with unspecified effects and warnings. Text mentions malice, misery, relief timing, and a promise of payment for a signed endorsement that cannot be produced. The passage claims files are open to anyone and references supporters or employers unspecified.
Twelve men, veterans from Texas Technological College, will be sworn into the Naval Reserve this afternoon and later transferred to the Organized Naval Reserve division approved for Lubbock. Local recruiters, reports, and the expected pay scales outline the process as Lt. Gg Mason notes Lubbock’s suitability for an organized unit due to Tech’s veteran student body. Those sworn in include Dayton E. Simpson, Harold D. Mitchell, Daniel E. Alford, William Escobar, Isaac C. Enochs Jr., Yeats W. Causey, James D. Carmichael, Charles W. Burks, Herman R. Harvey, Terry W. Jr., Harry E. Arthur, and Lewis C. Franklin, all from Lubbock or Tech students.
F D Bostick, 65, of Slaton remained in critical condition Saturday with injuries from a Thursday night crash east of Posey between Lubbock and Slaton. He suffered a broken neck and was hospitalized at Mercy hospital in Slaton. His car swerved to avoid a trailer, struck the soft shoulder, overturned, and landed on its back about 75 feet from the road.
Partly burned wartime transcripts released in Frankfurt reveal Adolf Hitler telling Hermann Goering on January 10, 1945 that the American B 29 Superfortress poses great danger and undermines faith in V weapons. The notes show his anxiety about the enemy bomber, even as Europe braces for Allied armies. He criticizes outdated German fighters and laments misdirected wartime efforts.
A list of marriage license applicants from Lubbock and nearby areas is followed by a batch of building permits for private garages living quarters and frame residences. Several warranty deeds and land transfers are recorded for parcels in Burleson Osborn Wolfforth and surrounding districts along with a note on a seed cotton bale yielding vegetable oil cattle feed hulls and linters.
The speaker claims German planes would face a hail of fire and be ruthlessly mowed down. He argues America could win World War II with the B-29 bomber guiding strategic might and air superiority.
Boy and girl riders without safety certificates can take tests May 3 and 4 at Boy Scout headquarters. Scouts Sanders, Roscoe Wilson, and leaders oversee the sessions with First Baptist sponsors. Dozens of riders already qualified as tests near the bicycle races and parade.
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