Martial law seals Slovakia as rebels, saboteurs surge
London dispatch reports martial law proclaimed across Slovakia as Red Army advances in Carpathians trigger panic among puppet authorities. Underground sources cite mutinies by German troops and Slovak forces amid fierce guerrilla clashes along the Polish border and calls for a broader uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris
United Press
London
Slovakia
Red Army
Carpathian
Jovak
Bratislava
Transocean
Italy
Romania
Cnlumny
Przemys
Stry
Poland
Ferdinand Carlos
Slaton Funeral Services Held for Lubbock Mayor Emeritus
Funeral services were held for former Lubbock mayor and Sinclair Refining distributor H. H. Slaton of Gaines county. Honorary pallbearers named from Lubbock Fort Worth and Waco included J. O. Jones and J. D. Hassell. Slaton died after a heart ailment suffered Friday at his office and warehouse. Born December 27 1889 near Chico Wise county he moved with family to Gaines county in 1906 and later resided in Seagraves and Inole before settling in Lubbock in 1928. He married Cora Hicks in 1913 and served three terms as mayor the longest tenure in that office. Survivors include his wife a daughter Georgia Anna a sister and several brothers and relatives from Seminole Seattle Las Vegas and Vallejo among others, with many out-of-town friends expected for the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
R. L. Holbert
Waco
W. R. Slaton
Gaines County
Cora Lee Hicks
D. E. Hicks
Midland
Seagraves
Inole
Rov Leasure
Maine
Aneice
Georgia Anna Slaton
Slaton
Twenty Seventh Street
Seminole
Harry N. Stone
Elizabeth Payne
Seattle
Wash
Wilbur
Las Vegas
N. M
Walter
Tohoka
Pat
Vallejo
Calif
QO. L. Slaton
First National Bank
John Slaton
Hereford
New Deal rural high school to register students and issue books
Supt. A Fauhion announced that students will register and receive books while buses will depart at noon to collect district pupils. Opening exercises start at 10 30 a clock Tuesday. The district seeks a social science teacher and a girls' coach. Capt Nina E V Donahue will visit to interview women for WAC medical technician roles with film showings of WAC work and wartime scenes.
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New Deal
Supt. A. Fauhion
Women's Army Corps
Nina E. V. Donahue
Officer Procurement Division
Headquarters
Eight Service Command
WAC
Capt. Donahue
Lubbock
Wacs
Donahue
N. T. Cellum
Fifteenth Street
Cpl
Jack T. Cellum
31St Field Artillery
Lost Batallion
Nike
Thailand
Mrs. Cellum
Louis B Cellum
New Guinea
County crop forecasts show mixed yields and near 6 million dollars from cotton
Crop reports project cotton at 64 000 bales minimum with average around 78 000 bales and prices near 17 cents per pound. Estimated county income from cotton totals about 6 825 000 dollars, with grain sorghums and other crops also discussed. Acreage and weather variability cited as major factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock County
Girls Dorms Filled For Fall At Texas Tech
Reservations have been made for all rooms in both women’s residence halls for the fall semester at Texas Technological College. Miss Verna Crump, manager of the halls, reports many names on the waiting list. Civilian men, mostly freshmen, are securing spaces in Sneed and West halls while Army Specialized Training Reserve students occupy the east wing of Sneed hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Technological College
Verna Crump
Sneed
West
Army Specialized Training Reserve Program
Sneed Hall
Mise Crump
Doctor Dizs at medical doctors Wested States and a staff Ho
A report states that a doctor aged about 60 died yesterday at a New York infirmary for women and children. The article mentions a medical staff member and references the Wested States. Further details are unclear from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizs
Medical Doctors
New York
Negroes Organize To Promote Voting In Texas
A statewide group named the Texas League of Democratic Voters formed in Dallas to boost turnout of 571000 eligible Black voters. Durham attorney says initial $10000 fund sought. organization headquartered in Dallas after a 150 leader meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dali
Durham
Dallas
Texas
Texas League of Democratic Voters
Large layoff follows B-24 cutback at North American Aviation
Dallas workers face 3689 layoffs next week as B-24 production tightens. North American Aviation division manager P H F Schwedes says the layoff list includes only hires after May 10, with B plant output continuing for some time and shutdown to occur progressively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
P—H F. Schwedes
North American Aviation, Inc
District Homemaking Teachers Set Session
Homemaking teachers from the district convene a two day conference at Texas Technological College. The event, sponsored by the state board for vocational education, runs Tuesday and Wednesday on campus with Miss Ruth Huely as guest speaker and Tech faculty members presenting on family and community topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board For Vocational Education
Texas Technological College
Margaret W. Weeks
Ruth Huely
Tech
Nina Lamb
Mable Deane Erwin
Lila Alfred Kinchen
Dean Weeks
Adventists Close Conference Here
Adventists wrap up the Texico conference with J W Turner urging faithfulness before Jesus. H T Elliott reports church reach in 400 countries and 840 languages, with over 1200 dollars for missions and 1000 more to fund evangelistic work. Mrs Donald J Lewis hosts Donna’s first birthday party with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Texico
St. John's Methodist Church
J. W. Turner
Southwestern Union Conference
Jesus
H. T. Elliott
Washington, D. C
Seventh-Day Adventists
R. R. Bietz
Clovis
Mr. Bietz
Donald J. Lewis
Twenty-first Street
Donna
Dixie McFachern
Judith
Mack Robertson
Mary Lynn Hart
Cathey Tipps
Jack McLarty
Mesdames
Donald Robertson
Douglas Lemme
Joseph Inglis
Attica
N. Y
D. R. McLarty
J. J. Tipps
President Speaks in Naval Yard on War Fronts and Alaska
President Roosevelt addresses sailors and workers from a destroyer gun mount in a Navy yard. He covers war fronts and security censorship, praises Hawaii as a major Pacific base, and speaks of Alaska and the Aleutians as a future veteran settlement opportunity.
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Navy Yard
Navy
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
China
Philippines
Japan
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Allied Advances Battle for Caen Front Amid Stiff Resistance
Allied forces push near Caen and Mortain as Canadian and British units engage heavy German defenses. American moves south of Mortain meet stubborn opposition while reports suggest a broader push toward Paris remains unconfirmed. Field dispatches label German redeployments under von Kluge as a strategic gamble.
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Lakze
Orne River
Brettesville
Caen-Falaise
Conde
Chenedelle
Vire
St. Sylvain
Mortain
Lourdeval
Supreme Command
Paris
Seventh Army
le Mans
Caen
Gen
Guenther
von Kluge
Europe
Bombers Hit Japanese Bases Across Pacific Front
American air forces expanded operations in the Pacific as they bombed the Marianas, New Guinea, Formosa, the Philippines, and the China coast. British troops pushed into northeast India, capturing Taungni near Mogaung. Chinese forces retook Pingjiang in Hunan as Hengyang remained contested. U S planes raided Taiyuan, Shansi, and Hengyang area while Tokyo warned of future major raids.
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Southeast Asia
Marianas
New Guinea
Japan
India
Formosa
Philippines
China
Tiddim
Burma
Taungni
Mogaung
Tokyo
U. S
Volcano Islands
Saipan
7Th Aaf
Pingjiang
Hengyang
Hunan Province
Changsha
Hunan
Taiyuan
Shansi
Birth announcements from Levelland to Petersburg
congratulations to multiple families on births at area hospitals including St Marys and LAAF station hospital. listed are weights from 5 pounds 6 ounces to 8 pounds 10 ounces and times from 1:19 a m to 10:35 p m with fathers described as farmers or servicemen at Ft Bliss or LAAF.
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Levelland
St. Mary's Hospital
Titus
Henry Thomas Young
Route 1
Post
LAAF
Sgt. Young
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Friend E. Main
Avenue W
Laaf Station
Marvin Edwin Powell
Lubbock
R. M. Townsend
Petersburg
Lubbock General Hospital
Navy V-12 Students Scrub Own Clothes At Harvard
Navy V-12 trainees at Harvard disrupted laundry delays by installing two washing machines and stringing lines in Kirkland and Eliot courtyards. They now wash and dry their own clothes as delays stretch up to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Navy
Harvard University
Kirkland
Eliot
Texas Oil Output War Calls for Production Increase
On August 1 the railroad commission sent letters to sweet crude field operators asking how much their wells might increase production. The statewide proration hearing next Thursday will review potential increases as Texas aids the war effort. Jester notes this could be oil’s high-water mark for Texas in the war. The panel foresees growing demand for West Texas crude to the Pacific coast and supports a West Texas to coast pipeline as a key wartime supply factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
Pacific
Texas
Railroad Commission
Japan
Jester
West Texas
Pacific Coast
Olin Culberson
Fire wipes out block along Wildwood boardwalk
A block of oceanfront buildings in Wildwood New Jersey including the Strand theater and seven stores was destroyed by fire early today. The blaze swept a block long destroying multiple shops and theater property along the boardwalk.
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Wildwood
N. J
Oceanfront
Strand Motion Picture Theater
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Terxas Technological College
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T. D. Peel
26Th St
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20Th St
J. D. Lindsey
1820 Ave. M
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T. D. Buchanan
Hope H. Timmone
Glenn Woody
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Jack Adair
Hubert Stovall
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