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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1948

Page

10

Former Red Spy Hames Links Currie to Secret Groups

A Sun Aug 1 148 report notes witness Miss Bentley testifying about the Perlo group and Remington’s links while under Senate scrutiny. She cites John Ant of CIO-PAC in charge before her contact. Remington claims wartime secrets matter involved Russians, but he denies wrongdoing.

Currie Underea Covenny Switte New Zee Perle Rosenb Rosenberg Foreign Administratio Senate Remington FBI Miss Bentley Columbia University New York City

Gown Sale and Soviet Rations Mentioned in Fragment

A fragmented OCR item references a gown sale and special Soviet rations. The readable text suggests a mixed notices snippet with cultural and wartime terms, but no clear event date or place is identifiable. The fragmentary nature limits precise identification.

Legal notices from Texas suits filed in diverse courts

Andrews Barshall National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company sues to set aside an award of the state industrial accident board. Kenseth Brown files against First National Bank of Lubbock in damages. Record includes references to Texas districts and official records.

Biaze of Texas Lee Alley Kenseth Brown First National Bank Lubbock

Fort Worth Daily Markets Livestock Summary

Fort Worth market notes for the week show cattle demand steady with best feeder tones. Feeder cattle remain firm with prices around 34.00 to 28.80 and slaughter classes steady. Corn No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow milo prices are noted around 2.20 to 2.21 per unit.

Fort Worth Sediam Er Po Yuma

At A Glance Chicago Market Snapshot

Wheat weak under hedging pressure. Corn very weak with new lows but strong crop prospects. Oats easy with some steadiness in late deliveries. Hogs nominally steady. Cattle nominally steady.

Chicago

Rain Spot Area Sees Warm Saturday With Thunder Forecast

A cool front moved in Friday morning dropping temperatures to 68 at dawn and rising to 90 by afternoon in the Lubbock area. A 34 mph gust at 5 37 pm marked a brief wind squall. The Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with possible thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and into Sunday.

Lubbock

Soviet Push for Danube Convention Signals Shift

Soviet deputy foreign minister Vishinsky said Russia and its allies plan a Danube convention of their own noting that the 1921 free navigation pact was abolished before World War II by Anglo French treaties with Romania Italy and Germany and that the old convention was superseded by Balkan peace treaty clauses.

Russia Vishinsky Foreign Minster Romania Italy Germany

Amarillo Advisor H G Lewis Killed in Pennsylvania Crash

H G Lewis 62 of Amarillo adviser to San Salvador and Colombia governments died after being struck by a car on a highway near Lewisburg Pennsylvania. He and his family were en route to Canada and had paused for a stroll after dark when the accident occurred.

Lewisburg H. G. Lewis Amarillo San Salvador Colombia Lewis United States Here Canada

Vaughan, Kerr Face Off in Lubbock County GOP Meeting

A split Republican gathering in Lubbock County, led by Vaughan, re elected Vaughan as county chairman by 73 to 7, with a rump convention forming under Temple and Camp. Delegates were named to the state convention, while disputes over accreditation and strategy dominated the session.

GOP Vaughan Superman Dewey Sam T. Camp Lubbock County J. Wright Kerr Voice of the People Vaughans Otto N. Rea Frank Swan J. H Temple Camp Kerr Rea Walter Howard Seon Temple Republican Party Waco John Vickers Lubbock

Canada Abolishes Special Austerity Excise Taxes

Canada announced the abolition of special austerity excise taxes effective midnight removing taxes up to 25 percent on a broad list of durable consumer goods. The move ends a currency conservation program put in place on November 17.

Canada Ottawa

Corpus Christi hardware store owner dies after 23 years

C B Nau, 67, longtime Corpus Christi hardware store owner and former chamber of commerce secretary at Cuero and Corsicana, and ex-president of the local chamber, died last night. The item notes aviation theory about lift and propulsion briefly after the obituary.

Corpus Christi C. B. Nau Chamber of Commerce Cuero Corsicana

Poll cites housing and civil rights as key 1948 issues

Gallup notes housing and civil rights dominate voters concerns as Truman seeks gains. About 10 percent remain undecided, many former nonvoters. Wallace’s convention may shift dynamics. Factors include Southern anti-Truman sentiment, ballot access, and Europe’s uncertain diplomacy shaping the race. The final poll precedes November 2 election.

Truman Henry A. Wallace Congress Wallace Europe Russia

Services To Be Held Today For Homer Shipley In Sundown

Funeral services for Homer Shipley 35 of Sundown who died in a car crash near Levelland will be at 1 30 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church Sundown Rev A C Hardin to officiate Burial at Levelland Cemetery under Plains Funeral Home Levelland Survivors include wife six children two stepchildren parents siblings and a sister

Sundown Homer Shipley Levelland First Baptist Church A. C. Hardin Levelland Cemetery Plains Funeral Home Audrey Nadine Austin Aubrey Lee Henry Beaumont Carol Lane Lena Faye Homer Jean Novella Horton Melvin Horton A. H. Shipley Snyder Jeff Wesley Portland Ore E. E. Wilson

Democratic delegates chosen for Fort Worth convention

Local Democratic groups across Lubbock Terry and Crosby counties select uninstructed delegates to the Fort Worth convention. Terry County endorses direct presidential election and Taft-Hartley support while rejecting Truman instruction. Crosby County votes uninstructed, rejecting the Jester measure and Dixiecrat slate.

Terry County DEMOS Brownfield Specia Fort Worth Truman Texas Crosby Crosbyton Crosby County Dixiecrats Roy Terrell Ernest Joiner Tim Lyle Henry Kirksey D. E. Mitchell Fred Robb Foster Pearson

One Person Killed Two Hurt in Texarkana Jeep Crash

Texarkana July 31. A Jeep collided with a peach truck near here early today killing Nolan Chauncy 21 of Wink and injuring two passengers John W. Johnson and Joe Mac Bennett both of Ashdown Arkansas. The truck driver L F Bonura of Beaumont was unharmed.

Texarkana Here Toay Nolan Chauncy Wink John W. Johnson Joe Mac Bennett Ashdown Ark L. F. Bonura Beaumont

Lubbock residents plan trips and legal actions noted

Andrews Dell Marshall of Lubbock files suit to overturn a July 12 award by the industrial accident board and seeks 25 dollars weekly for 401 weeks for an October injury as a concrete worker. Defendant: National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Co. Four Lubbock civic leaders depart for a fishing trip to Wrights ranch Creed Colorado. Former Blanco Burnet county residents to hold annual reunion August 8 at Mackenzie State Park. Jim Hampton 11, treated for a compound arm fracture after a bicycle crash on East Eighteenth Street.

Andrews Dell Marshall Lubbock Industrial Accident Board National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company Marshall Smith, Cunningham and Boling Wright Creed, Colo J. M. Lewis First Presbyterian Church Marlin R. Smith, Jr Earl Collins Neil H. Wright Blanco and Burnet Counties South Plains Mackenzie State Park Jim Hampton Lubbock Memorial Hospital

Funeral rites set for Brownfield airman Wade K Hill

First Lt Wade K Hill killed in a 1944 Italy plane crash will have funeral services at 5 p m Tuesday in First Methodist church Brownfield with Rev H W Hanks officiating. Burial with Veterans of Foreign Wars honors follows Terry defense post will oversee the services and Hill’s survivors include his mother a son three sisters and four brothers. نقل

Brownfield Specia Wade K. Hill Italy First Methodist Church H. W. Hanks Snyder Methodist Church Terry Veterans of Foreign Wars Young Hill Nocona Texas Tech Air Corps Africa India Sicily B. J. Hill Wade Eugene Hill Lubbock Bernice Huckaby Browid Ruth Aker Kathleen Garcia Salina Calif Harold Hill Dale Hill Kenneth Hill Gene Hill Houston Brownfield Funeral Home

Air Power Display At Presidential Air Show

The article describes a wartime air show with 1000 planes, a Truman-Dewey encounter, and remarks on peace and U.N. as a dispute settlement instrument. It cites Dewey praising the air terminal built by New York, New Jersey and NYC, and notes a large reviewing stand and military might on display.

Whit House Emil Mr. Truman United Nations Kenis Truman Dewey New York New Jersey New York City

Truman Returns to Independence After New York Stop

President Truman motored to Independence after arriving at Fairfax airport in Kansas at 7 50 p m CST. He was greeted by Mrs Truman their daughter Margaret and Mayor Roger Sermon of Independence and several hundred residents. Earlier he participated in the dedication of Idlewild New York Citys new municipal airport.

Washington Truman Independence Fairfax Kans Margaret Roger Sermon Idlewild New York City New Municipal

Local notice fragment links families and places

Fragmentary OCR text mentions Mr. and Mrs. Max BatEdge of 3013 Aver Ouse and scenes of 328 Sarees at Marys Pel. The readable portion notes a couple and addresses but lacks clear event or dates for a complete summary.

Emt Mere II Mostering Mra Max Batedge Aver Ouse ‘Arin el Geen Sie Areres Sieectera Eoerance

Talks With Molotov Pressures Against Western Powers

In the temperate zone birds shed two molts a year. The report notes Molotov talks and other forms of pressure aimed at Western powers.

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