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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1946
Page
4
Preparations for the 1946-47 Lubbock public schools term include preschool examinations Aug 26-30 for entering first graders. A faculty meeting is set for Aug 31, with a general meeting Sept 2. enrollment for transfers Sept 2 and classwork starting Sept 3. Textbooks issued Sept 2-3. students must bring birth certificates.
Twelve hundred young Britons from diverse jobs answered a Temperance League survey on why they drink. The main motives cited are toasting at weddings loneliness not wishing to be different and I like the company.
An explosion aboard the 15,000 ton tanker Diamond Island anchored in Portland harbor killed First Officer Avid Stemburg, 23, of South Charleston, Ohio, and injured three others. The incident occurred today in Portland, Maine.
A Lub bock manufacturing firm, Welderz French Generator Co., called the fifth largest acetylene generator maker in the U S, plans new buildings at Twenty eighth and Ave G doubling space to 16000 square feet. The plant, moved from Amarillo in 1944, employs about 25 workers and serves 15 states plus export markets in the Orient, South America, and Africa.
The Soviet government paper Izvestia lauded H. G. Wells as a brilliant writer and anti-Fascist. Vladimirov Rogov quoted Soviet readers as deeply grieved by the English writer’s death and praised Wells for concern over humanity’s future.
Airman Robert Weaver asserts food shortage is a myth after surviving in Burma on local fare. He hawks exotic dishes from sea purslane to sand shark and armadillo to show people can eat well anywhere despite prejudice. Weaver urges acceptance of unconventional foods to avert famine.
The report lists edible items like wild yams and sea pipes as salad, and Sapadilla as a pear like fruit used with chicle. Green coconut juice is preferred over coconut milk for jungle travelers due to lower nausea risk while cautioning against bitter or soapy tastes and color clues for poison. Monkeys are labeled repulsive by a sergeant and advised to stay away from zoo types.
Plans by Alex McDonald of the South Plains Scout council call for a swimming meet August 26 at 6 30 p m at the Lubbock Country Club pool. Scouts from 20 counties will compete in dashes diving relays and underwater swimming with district preliminaries leading to the city event. K N Clapp the council commissioner will supervise the meet.
Georgetown Aug 17 Daniel Baker college in Brownwood will merge with Southwestern University effective Sept 1 President J N R Score announced after meetings with Daniel Baker officials and Brownwood civic leaders Additions to the faculty and curriculum revisions to align Daniel Baker courses with Southwestern will be announced before the fall semester opening Sept 12
The Swing In club junior board outlines a bingo party Friday night at the USO and two post term events. Kenneth Cawthorn presides as the group seeks donations from businessmen Tuesday through Thursday to cover initial operating costs. A mass meeting is set for Sept 3 to organize the club and a Sept 6 back to school dance is planned. Membership open to teens 14 to 19 with cards available at the USC building and dues of 25 cents for six months.
A Burlington Trailways bus and a light sedan collided head on two miles south of Cedar City Utah early today. Collins Russell 21 of St George was the driver of the sedan and was killed. Six others were injured in the crash authorities said.
Hsu Liang-Wang, former foreign minister and later ambassador to Japan in Wang Ching-wei's puppet government, was condemned to death by the Hopei supreme court yesterday.
Cline Paden, minister of the Main Street Church of Christ in Brownfield, will resign soon to pursue a special training course at Abilene Christian College. He plans to go to Italy as a missionary upon completion of his studies.
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