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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1947
Page
10
Reported by Harold Oliver press staff the article notes a March launch for state primaries across the United States. It discusses required majorities to nominate and highlights anticipated losses in Ohio Wisconsin and Wyoming. It mentions delegates, electoral votes and party dynamics shaping the 1940s primary landscape.
Four women who drove buses for a Pennsylvania company in 1941 recall their wartime service. The 25 dollar monthly wage and duties on routes are noted as part of the period’s transport labor.
Macon Georgia residents reported millions of green worms infesting yards and lawns. Bureau of entomology officials admitted they could not identify the species and noted no damage to vegetation yet.
County agents and grain elevator men estimated the 1946 spring wheat harvest would total about 12,000,000 bushels, valued at more than $22,000,000, about 4 percent below last year’s record crop. Floods and a spring freeze affected yields.
Detroit reports automobile industry struggles to meet peacetime demand as production lags. Factories have produced about 4.5 million cars in 25 months, leaving an estimated 1 to 1.0 million orders unfilled. Prices rise as buyers face long delivery times and limited steel.
A fragmented OCR item reports on a local abortion case with mentions of a court or official hearing. Specific names, dates, and locations are unreadable, but the piece centers on an official proceeding and the involved parties.
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