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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1950
Page
10
Chinese Reds declare open war on the old gang labor system amid a sweeping drive described with fragmented reports. The narrative references labor, regions, and authorities, hinting at nationwide labor reforms and political tension without clear dates or names.
Berlin reports that circus owner Harry Barlay and much of his menagerie fled to West Germany. Otto Bach, a partner in East Germany's largest circus, also escaped. The departures unsettle East German plans and threaten state control of remaining circus property. Authorities reportedly consider travel restrictions on East German artists and performers.
Reports describe West Indian barracudas with a taste for discarded slaughterhouse flesh attacking and sometimes killing bathers in coastal waters. The danger highlights need for caution for swimmers and beachgoers near polluted shorelines.
Hollywood April 23 The King Brothers reveal plans for The Syndicate a crime expose aiming to reveal the nationwide racketeering of bookmaking numbers and slots. They deny glamorizing crime and vow to show it as it is with millionaire mobsters fleecing the public.
Coy Neil Caraway ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Coy Caraway of Levelland died tonight at home. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Monday at First Methodist Church Levelland with Rev Jordan Grooms officiating. Interment in Levelland cemetery under George C Price Funeral Home. He is survived by two sisters Gloria Jean Caraway and Wanda Stanford both of Levelland and by paternal and maternal grandparents E J Caraway Claude Gallimore of Levelland.
In Austin on April 23 three Houston residents suffered serious injuries when an auto and a fire truck collided during a heavy rain storm. Firemen sustained minor injuries. Roy Martin Shannon 74 his wife Etta Shannon 58 and Miss Karel Shannon 19, all of Houston, were all in serious condition at a hospital.
A reader voices support for Radie Harris in protesting Marlon Brando's attire on Faye Emerson's night video program. The tone condemns Brando's dungarees and sweatshirt as an overstrained convention.
Funeral services for Hugh Gillis Watkins 78 longtime Dawson county resident will be held at 3 p m Monday at Higgenbotham Funeral Home chapel Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park with the Rev Jessie Davis officiating Watkins a native of Alabama and retired farmer died Saturday night after a several months illness He is survived by his wife Adna two daughters Mrs J F Thornton of Lamesa and Mrs Bill Cook of Hobbs New Mexico two sons Tom and Hubert Watkins both of Lamesa a sister Mrs Ella Fagan of Farmersville two brothers Will and Mack Watkins both of Nevada Texas and three grandchildren.
An error of 28 seconds per year means the Gregorian calendar will be one day out of sync with the astronomical year in 4900 A D. This gradual drift stems from the calendar reform of 1582 and the tropical year.
Chicago officials suspect an employee started a warehouse blaze that caused about 500000 dollars in damage at the North Pier Terminal Warehouse used by the Container Corporation of America. Fire Commissioner Michael Corrigan cited no details. investigators, led by Earle Downs, sought a list of company workers to check for records as arson. The waxed paper containers storage area burned amid rural crime increase context noting 8.5 percent national rise and 42 percent urban surge in 1949.
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