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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1945

Page

5

Keep The Bomb Secret Opinion Supports Churchill Idea

The editorial argues Americans will applaud Churchill's House of Commons speech praising the atomic bomb for saving lives and supporting Truman’s Potsdam plan. It urges keeping the bomb secret from other nations, rebuts radio critics, and claims strong public consensus in favor of secrecy and national defense.

Les Winston Churchill House of ‘Commons Japan Truman Potsdam Churchill Russia United States Avalanche-Journal Raymond Swing Seer Swing London Mussolini

Don’t fail To Vote Yes Tuesday in Lubbock

Citizens of Lubbock are urged to approve a $1,500,000 school bond on Tuesday to fund needed district improvements. With overcrowded buildings and a pupil growth of about 500 per year, voters are warned the city’s future as a good school town depends on this decision and the tax cost to property owners is framed as small.

Lubbock

Truman’s Presidential Prospects Amid 1946 Elections

President Truman is described as popular due to wartime leadership and postwar plans for full employment and reconversion. The piece notes his Potsdam success and cabinet reshuffle while predicting potential victory if he stays centrist. It also discusses looming congressional races and expected party dynamics in 1946.

Harry Truman Truman Horatio Alger Allee Congress

Atomic age ideas stir South union history in Clinton tale

Special correspondent recalls a 1930s Clinton Tennessee meeting hall where a Presbyterian minister urged workers to unionize. The piece links early anti union clashes to later changes in the South and posits atomic age transformation will reach Tennessee, urging readiness.

Thomas L. Stokes Ashington Clinton Tenn Knoxville

Reading Mail Lifts Spirits Amid World Turmoil

A weekday letter spree from Mrs Elizabeth Fox about kitchen plaster and from Mrs Durham about cabbage yields sauerkraut prospects, plus a poem by Judge Henry Roy Seelman decrying unfounded descent claims. Editor Charlie Guy invites a visit to Lubbock for a better steak than New York.

Wen Paul Kominack Deuce Elizabeth Fox Japan de Gaulle Bilbo Durham Henry Roy Seelman Crockett Texas Charlie Guy Avalanche Journal Lubbock Cow Country New York

Truman talks with Congress on Russia Far East role

Washington column recounts President Truman’s off the record talks with congressional allies about Russia. He claims Stalin seeks Port Arthur and the Manchurian rail line to it, and asserts no objection to Russian control as a solution. The piece also covers mutinies in the U.S. Army, naval alert near San Francisco, Marshall’s critique of Congress, and a Jackson County political tale about the Goats and Rabbits factions.

Washington Drew Pearson Truman Russia Far East Stalin Port Arthur Liaotung Peninsula South Manchurian U. S Cologne Calais England San Francisco U. S. Navy United Nations United States Navy MacArthur Marshall Congress George C. Marshall Japan Secretary of the Interior Ickes Germany Pacific Capitol Hill Hitler Moscow Jackson County Jim Pendergast Tom Pendergast Joseph B. Shannon Pendergast Shannon McCardle

Journey Home themes reveal soldier’s postwar view

Zelda Popkin’s The Journey Home follows Lt. Don Corbett returning to civilian life from war. He battles civilian attitudes, faces ticket scalpers and social friction, then discovers civilians can be heroic, offering insight into wartime perspectives and disillusionments.

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Congress Pay Question and Ethical Salary Duty

The item questions whether congressmen should be unpaid for duty absences and debates the ethics of salary for government officials. It also notes a sailor may have multiple sweethearts across ports and observes meteoric fame often fades quickly.

Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Across and Down

A compact listing of across and down clues for a crossword puzzle with multiple entries. Contains hints like Insigne of U S Army Division and other military terms, plus general vocabulary for various lengths and abbreviations.

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