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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1948
Page
11
A press survey of 200 companies shows varied gains with oil leading profits while food and distilling lagged. Railroads rose modestly, steel ranged from slight gains to over 100 percent, and executives noted rising wages and future investment plans.
Gov. Maw reports Gov. Dewey called the teacher lobby the most vicious in the nation during a Portsmouth conference. Warren defended the group as Dewey pressed for pay comparisons, amid heated remarks on teaching personnel and salaries. The incident followed DEWEY remarks at a Cleveland education convention. Thirty states ban interracial marriage.
Ethiopia threats to close borders and arm to the limit if Eritrea is placed under a United Nations trusteeship for Italy. Emperor Haile Selassie’s spokesman said Eritrea should be returned to Ethiopia, opposing Italian control of the land. Italian Ambassador Gallarati-Scotti urged a trusteeship over Eritrea Somaliland and Libya as deputies study a disposal report.
State and county officers intensified a search for three long term escapees from a WV prison. They climbed the wall with a rope ladder aided by children playing nearby. Guards did not shoot to avoid harming the youngsters. Holley Starcher 36 Otto Neff 37 face 15 year terms for kidnapping a Wheeling police officer. Mike Ables 36 holds a life term.
Mrs Alma Cummings of Waco reports ten years of severe gan Daiia like heart trouble and breathing difficulty. She describes chest pain, poor appetite, sour stomach, and constant fatigue improving only with a remedy she sought.
In Chicago on July 31 a youth attempted a $200 loan at Minute Loan. Cashier Rollie Fine required a co-signer. A well dressed friend returned, pulled a revolver, and the pair “borrowed” $5 before fleeing.
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