President Roosevelt Calls Knox Death War Casualty
President Roosevelt issued a White House statement calling Navy Secretary Frank Knox a war casualty and praising his defense work and vision of victory. Admiral King paid a terse tribute, saying well done to Knox and pledging to carry on with full military honors at Arlington. Rotary chapter selects Harris M. Cook of Canyon as 127th district governor with a career in education and Rotary service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
King
Ernest J. King
Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Arlington National Cemetery
Rotary
Harris M. Cook
Canyon
Rotary International
Mississippi
Cook
Texas
Mississippi A
M. College
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon Club
United Jewish Appeal Drive Planned Here
A United Jewish Appeal drive is to be completed at a 7 30 p m dinner program at a Hilton hotel hosted by Congregation Shaareth Israel. Samuel Weiner will assist in the drive, with Morris Levine as chair and a Lubbock-Hobbs committee listing A L Kornfeld George Finberg A Glassman Rabbi Isa dore Garsek Claude Grollman and Morris Antwers from Hobbs New Mexico. The UJA funds three major American groups aiding victims of Hitlerism since 1933 the American Palestine Appeal the National Refugee Service and the Joint Distribution Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Jewish Appeal
Hilton
Congregation Shaareth Israel
Samuel Weiner
Morris Levine
A. L. Kornfeld
George Finberg
A. ~. Glassman
Isadore Garsek
Claude Grollman
Lubbock
Morris Antwers
Hobbs
N. M
UJA
American Palestine Appeal
Palestine
National Refugee Service
America
Joint Distribution Committee
Bomb Removed After Navy Blimp Accident in Houma Golf Course
Aerial bomb dropped from a Navy blimp in Houma Louisiana was embedded in a local golf course. It has been removed and returned to the naval air station at Houma.
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New Orleans
Eighth Naval District Headquarters
Navy
Houma, la
Naval Air Station
Houma
Forrest Lumber Co Moves Headquarters to Lubbock
Forrest Lumber Co relocates its headquarters from Lamesa to 1306 Fourth Street Lubbock to centralize its eight South Plains yards. J Ben Cole manages the Lubbock yard. S L Forrest, president, and family now reside at 3119 Twentieth Street.
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Forrest Lumber Co
Lubbock
South Plains
Forrest Lumber Company
Lamesa
S. L. Forrest
Fourth Street
Mr. Forrest
Twentieth Street
Hector McKay
Slaton
Seminole
Andrews
Anton
Whiteface
Morton
J. Ben Cole
Southwest
Texas Lumbermen’s Association
National Association of Retail
Oil Fire Destroys Gulf Refining Storage in Knoxville
A spectacular blaze at Gulf Refining in Knoxville consumed about 300000 gallons of gasoline kerosene and fuel oil from midnight to dawn. Gulf agent A P Wright estimated total loss between 50000 and 75000 dollars with likely only the tanks saved.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Gulf Refining Company
A. P. Wright
Gulf Company
Submarine Spyrtis Presumed Lost Near London
The Admiralty announced that the submarine Spyrtis is overdue and presumed lost after being out of contact near London. No further details were released about the vessel or crew.
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London
Admiralty
Spyrtis
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Mr. Roosevelt
American Express
Hanna-Pope & Co
Vigny
Beau Catcher
Cartwright
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