Rural schools seek teachers as openings near
Lubbock rural and independent schools prepare to open with several positions unfilled. Principals and coaches needed at Roosevelt Shallowater New Deal and other campuses. Low salaries and bus-driving supplements curb hiring, while higher pay proposals await the next legislature.
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Lubbock
Roy Boyd
New Deal
A. L. Faubian
Lubbock and Slaton
Shallowster
Posey
Estacado
Roosevelt
Idalon
Frenship
Cooper
Shallowater
Boyd
Ihaho
State Teachers’ Association
Doctor Tests Island Children Before Tonsil Surgery
Washington August 12 A resourceful American medical mission returning from the Pribilof islands checked patients feet for dirt before tonsil operations. Dr William A Morgan an ear nose throat specialist observed volcanic ash on 104 children’s feet and found no complications beyond occasional bleeding. The foot inspection became standard procedure and the children’s habit of sliding down a hill on their britches indicated robust hearts.
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Washington
Pribilof Islands
William A. Morgan
Primary Flying Schools To Continue Operations
The War Department announced that civilian operated Army primary flying schools at Uvaldez and Brady Texas and Chickasha and El Reno Oklahoma will continue to operate. It confirmed that schools at Corsicana Bonham Coleman and Ballinger Texas will close on September 11. No announcement yet on reports about only 15 primary schools remaining in operation nationwide.
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Washington
Uvaldez
Brady
Texas
Chickasha
el Reno
Okla
War Department
Army
Corsicana
Bonham
Coleman
Ballinger
United States
Ready Rolls Gone Smokers Seek Roll-Your-Own in Lubbock
Smokers in Lubbock shift to roll your own tobacco as cigarets vanish from shelves. A telephone survey shows near zero cigarets in town with stores delivering about half the usual supply. Some customers hoard by buying one or two packages per visit while many stores limit purchases.
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Lubbock
Refinery Explosions Trigger Brush Fire Near Newhall
Explosions at the Newhall Refining Co. ignited two crude oil tanks and a brush fire forcing evacuation of over 20 families. Two workers, William Breckenridge and James Taylor, were hospitalized with facial injuries. Flames rose 2000 feet high. fire crews beat the blaze back within 100 feet of additional tanks. Authorities suspect fumes from a broken naphtha line ignited by a bunsen burner.
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Newhall
Calif
Newhall Refining Co
William Breckenridge
James Taylor
San Fernando
Newhall Hospital
Breckenridge
Pierre Daries
County Forestry Department
Ronald A. Hewitt
California Highway Patrol
August pension checks mailed for state aid program
The department of public welfare mailed August old age assistance checks to 171,991 people at a cost of $3,718,369.26. The average payment was $21.62, up from $21.35 last month, while aid to dependent children went to 10,647 families for 23,216 children with an average $20.95 and total $223,022.00. A five cent drop in the average payment from the prior month is noted. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Austin
Department of Public Welfare
Lumber Ban Enforced. Judge Warns War Material Key
In Sherman on August 12 Judge Randolph Bryant ruled WPB restrictions on civilian lumber use must be enforced. He stated the court would use its full power to prevent lumber from being diverted for mercenary or minor purposes harming the war effort. The hearing followed a nolo contendere plea resulting in a $1500 fine for Sam R. Hill Lumber Co. of Tyler on nine counts.
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Sherman
Randolph Bryant
War Production Board
Bryant
Ghost Voice Heckles Berlin News Cast During Broadcast
A silent, masked intruder interrupted a Berlin overseas radio news cast in London on August 12. The ghost heckler claimed Allied forces advanced and challenged Russian and British reports, shouted unity against Hitler, and questioned reception as the announcer concluded. The event disrupted pauses in the broadcast.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
University Plan Arouses Texans
President Homer P. Rainey of the University of Texas reports a flood of letters calls and clippings over his expanded university plan including removal of the Galveston medical branch. He says the main criticism is that move but responses elsewhere are favorable and Texans want a first rate medical program. Board of regents chair John H. Bickett notes recommendations are among many from the regents and no action may come before thorough study.
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Austin
U.P
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Galveston
Texas
More WACs Added To Recruiting Staff
In support of the Army drive to enlist eligible women in the Women's Army Corps several new WACs joined the local recruiting office. Lt. Julia A. Antonelli leads the station with Pvt. Lorraine Adams Pvt. Mildred Burdette Cpl. Roberta Waite and Sgt. Helen R. Cunnison assisting. The canvass will cover every city in the Lubbock district from the post office building second floor.
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Army
Women's Army Corps
WaCs
WAC
Julia A. Antonelli
AAF
Austin
Lorraine Adams
South Plains Army
Mildred Burdette
Fort. Oglethorpe
Hot And Dry Weather Damages Range Feeds
In Austin on August 12, the USDA reported July range feeds declined more than usual due to hot dry weather and a developing stock water shortage. Cattle condition stood at 83 percent of normal on August 1, 1 point below the 20 year average and 2 points below the July 1 read. Texas sheep were 81 percent, four points below the 20 year average.
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Austin
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
War Materials Inquiry Slated in Senate Session
Senate committee to probe war materials scarcity and civilian production impact. Mead says military opposition to civilian use, Nelson and Clay to testify on suppressed supply summary. Noted need for heavy artillery and bombs, with 50 000 to 200 000 workers required, a small portion of the workforce.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Senate
Truman
D-Mo
Donald M. Nelson
Lucius D. Clay
War Production Board
Victor L. Bassie
Irving Kaplan
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Arne A
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Rainey
War Materials Inquiry
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Broadway
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Garters
Batiste
Lac
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Texas Ranger
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