India Faces Grave Problems In Gaining Freedom
The British cabinet mission in India urges unity among Indian leaders as they draft interim governing arrangements for self-government. Jinnah seeks a separate Muslim state Pakistan while Hindu leaders want a unified India with local autonomy for Muslims. Famine threats loom over 400 million people amid deep social divisions and rising leftist sentiment among untouchables and tribal groups.
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James D. White
Associated Press
San Francisco
India
Attlee
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
China
Concho County Livestock Club Elects New President
The Concho County Livestock association reorganized after the war and elected Jack Canning, a prominent local ranchman, as president at a meeting held last night. The group had disbanded during the war and now resumes activity in Eden.
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Eden
Concho County
Police recover Dodge pickup stolen from Jayton resident
Officers George Hall and Charlie Street recovered the Dodge pickup stolen from C. G. Sherrod of Jayton. The vehicle was abandoned in the 1000 block of Eighth. Sherrod had offered a 25 dollar reward. Additional thefts reported include a four wheel Croft trailer valued at 150 dollars from West Texas Compress, two fog lights valued at 17 dollars from a car garaged at 1509 College, and a five shot revolver valued at 20 dollars from Elmer Whitley’s repair shop.
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George Hall
Charlie Street
C. G. Sherrod
Jayton
Sherrod
West Texas Compress Company
College
James W. Hodges, Jr
Elmer Whitley
Avenue E
Avenue H
James B. Anderson Returns to Civilian Life
James B. Anderson of Abernathy was discharged from the Navy at Camp Wallace on April 2. A former crew member of the USS Allies, which unloaded 1,200 tons of small boats in the war’s final 24 hours, the ship served in the Pacific after its 1943 October commissioning and visited Makin Majuro Engebi Eniwetok Kwajalein Tarawa Guam and Okinawa. Decommissioned at Baltimore February 20, Anderson had attended Texas Technological College after Abernathy High School class of 1942.
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Abernathy
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Camp Wallace
Anderson
Allies
Pacific
Makin
Majuro
Engebi
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Tarawa
Guam
Okinawa
Baltimore
Texas Technological College
Abernathy High School
New Speedy Plane Is Put Into Production
Fort Worth April 13 U P Mass production of The Rocket a two place personal airplane with a cruising speed of 185 miles an hour and a range of 1 000 miles began at the Johnson Aircraft Fort Worth plant after Civil Aeronautics Administration approval The plane first civilian personal plane licensed with retractable tricycle landing gear set a 226 mile an hour speed record on a Atlanta to New York flight Factory deposits total 4 000 000 dollars for the new ships which retail at 5 000 and production plans are stepped up.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Johnson Aircraft, Inc
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Atlanta
New York
Prison Terms Set for Burns and Fullbright
Noble Burns 21 of trailer town North Avenue H received three concurrent five year terms in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to forged instrument charges in two joint indictments with Joe Bob Fullbright. Fullbright 17 of Lubbock route 3 also received two concurrent five year terms plus a third five year sentence set aside earlier, both in the same matters. The two pleas came before Judge G W Pardue as a 99th district criminal court convenes Monday at 10.
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Noble Burns
North Avenue H
State Penitentiary
99Th District
Burns
Joe Bob Fullbright
G. W. Pardue
Dan Blair
72Nd District Court
Blair
Fullbright
Lubbock Route 3
Pardue
99Th Court
Two Fliers Drown As Plane Falls In Lake Altus
In Altus Oklahoma two men died when a light plane struck a power line and sank in Lake Altus ten to twelve feet deep at dusk. Victims are E. E. Hutchison a former Army flight instructor and Miles Thompson owner of an Altus appliance store. The craft was a Taylorcraft plane piloted by Thompson with Hutchison aboard for an aerial joyride. Tentative criminal hearing calendar listed with multiple defendants in various cases.
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Altus
Okla
Lake
E. E. Hutchison
Vernon
Tex
Chichasha
Fields
Miles Thompson
Barto Huff
Taylorcraft
Petitions circulate urging Governor Coke Stevenson to run
Petitions urging Texas Governor Coke Stevenson to seek re election were circulating in several areas including Austin. Stevenson, who has led the state since 1941, has not stated whether he will run again. Supporters argue he surpasses other candidates in meeting the office needs and pressure has grown in recent months.
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Coke R Stevenson
Avalanche- Journal
Austin
Tre-To-Fore
Sear
Texas
Wilbert Lee O’daniel
U. S. Senate
Stevenson
Kimble County
United States Seed Production Surpasses Two Hundred Million Pounds
The U S produces roughly 200 million pounds of vegetable table seed yearly for global crop plantings. This strong output supports international farming and market supply, reflecting a major agricultural sector influence.
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United States
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