Wartime War Profiteering Probed by Committee
The Nierd committee praised American labor and industry for wartime performance while warning against misinterpretations that the war effort was corrupt. It said most actions were legal though not always in the public interest and outlined hearings resuming Sept. 1 focusing on Army shell quality and construction graft involving Col. Theodore Weman and hawaiian defense work.
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Ann Hicks
United Press
Washington
Nierd Committee Today
American Labor and Industry
Army
Theodore Weman
Hauwaiian
Armored Service To Be Operated Here
Armored Service, a motorized money and valuables delivery operation, announced by Harry F. Woody. Headquarters at the 1656 Broad way Fire Store of brother Glen Woody. Fully insured and bonded truck with bullet-proof equipment to operate mainly within the city with bank and police cooperation. On call service available alongside regular contracts.
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Lubbock
Harry F. Woody
Broadway
Glen Woody
Woody
Stork Keeps Visiting Couple for 22nd Time
MARKED TREE Arkansas August 3 X Rosa and Roosevelt Lacey a black couple near here have been married 21 years and received their 22nd visit from the stork a 10 pound boy. They have one set of twins and 20 other children with eleven at home and the others married and living with homes of their own in industries including automotive aircraft and shipbuilding.
Tire Repair Urgency Prompted by Experienced Vulcanizer
An expert vulcanizer is urged to repair tires immediately, emphasizing swift action and professional expertise to restore safe travel. The call stresses timely service by a seasoned technician to prevent further damage or delays.
Jester Rainey Schedules Set for Gubernatorial Runoff
Beauford H. Jester campaigns through Kaufman Greenville and Paris with 11 am 3 pm and 8 pm rallies and adds Thursday through Saturday stops in Mt Pleasant Atlanta Texarkana Clarksville Cooper Sulphur Springs Commerce Bonham Denison. Rainey to speak East Texas Nacogdoches Athens and Tyler with tentative midweek events.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Kaufman
Greenville
Paris
Jester
Mt. Pleasant
Atlanta
Texarkana
Clarksville
Cooper
Sulphur Springs
Commerce
Bonham
Denison
Dallas
Texas State Network
KRLD
Sudan grass seedings urged as emergency crop through August
Officials report Sudan grass may be planted as an emergency forage crop until August to bolster hay supplies. Extension agents advise timely seeding to optimize growth before the season ends.
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Sudan
Army Deserter Held In Postal Robberies
Elbert H. Nitchie a 23 year old army deserter from Buffalo Missouri admitted jailbreaks in three states and was arrested in Indiana after a two week chase for robbing two Indiana post offices. He said he escaped from the military guard house at Fort Wayne Michigan and later went to California before returning.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Elbert H. Nitchie
Buffalo
Indiana
Nitchie
Ft. Wayne
Mich
Russelville
New Orleans Pops Concert Ends Summer Series With Record Crowd
The New Orleans civic symphony orchestra closed its summer Pops series with the largest audience of the season. A man serving a 20 year sentence for impersonating an officer and desertion fled AWOL charges, fled to Buffalo, was arrested for robbing Post Office and Little Rock, Arkansas, and claimed guilt. He escaped again, saying he stole a car in Paris, Illinois, and traveled via Indiana.
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New Orleans
California
Buffalo
Little Rock
Ark
Nitchie
Paris
Ill
Indiana
Opal Wood Named Head of Tech Cafeteria in Opening
Miss Opal Wood of Lamesa is named cafeteria head for Texas Tech, overseeing the new campus cafe in the former Social Center as a lab for institutional management. The three meals daily program, doughnuts and coffee between meals aim for low prices for students and faculty.
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Opal Wood
Lamesa
Lubbock
Office of Price Administration
Texas Tech
Home Economics
Miss Wood
Tech
Texas State College For Women
Denton
OPA
Tech Social Center
Dean Weeks
Mayme Twyford
West Union
W. Va
Miss Weeks
Mozelle Craddock
Record citrus shipments hit 140,544 cars in 1944-45 season
The California-Arizona citrus industry reported a record total of 140,544 cars shipped during the 1944-45 season, marking a peak year for fruit transport across the region.
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California - Arizona
Avalanch Threat Of Closing To Face Ohio Bars
Ohio bars faced possible closure as enforcement loomed over a 58 year old law banning liquor sales within two miles of state and county fairs. The WCTU urged strict enforcement risking 3.2 beer sales near fairgrounds in Columbus Dayton and across Ohio.
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Columbus
State Department of Liquor Control
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ohio
WCTU
Dayton
Excessive heat blamed for fatal crash near Garden City
Near Garden City Dodge City Kan August 3 excessive heat was blamed for a tire blowout that sent a car off the highway killing Miss Lizzie Beasley 60 of Springer New Mexico and badly injuring Frank S Hayden 79 also of Springer Hayden survived with a broken leg and internal injuries while Beasley died at the scene 20 miles east of Garden City
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Ial
Dodge City
Kan
Lizzie Beasley
Springer
N. M
Frank S. Hayden
Garden City
Beasley
Hayden
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Ivan Bryant
Mgr
Joseph C. Williams
Bergstrom Field
Tex
Williams
Portland
Ore
Bergstrom Army Air Field
Rainey
Tech Cafeteria
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Wilson L. Dickson
Texas
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TEL
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Jewel
Service Watch
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Jewler
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