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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1946
Page
3
A Texas farmers relief statement notes drought reduced crops and shows that only a quarter of available bank credit is being used. It highlights strong farm finances, ample liquidity, and continued support for conservation, savings bonds, and youth programs along with postwar inflation defense.
The MPI report notes Trieste’s peaceful daylit streets belie growing violence as pro Italian and pro Yugoslav factions clash amid Allied occupation. The scene around the Riva del Mandraccho and Piazza del Unita highlights a city famed for cuisine and cosmopolitan charm now torn by political strain and sporadic riots.
The National Catholic Welfare Conference announced that Courte nay Savage of Chicago, its overseas relief reporter, died suddenly in a Rome hotel room last night of a heart attack. He was 56 and served as a writer of radio scripts and movie scenarios sent abroad to cover relief activities.
Lubbock lodge No. 609 of the International Order of Odd Fellows bought the former Seventh Day Adventists church site at Twentieth and Avenue K for a permanent lodge home. The frame and stucco building, about 42 by 40 feet, will need no major remodeling. Adventists pastor Douglas C. Marchus said his group has leased a building at Eighth and Avenue Q for services and will build a church at Fifteenth and Avenue X. Participants at the transfer in George R. Bean's office included N. R. Dower, O. J. Bell, Marchus, and lodge members J. F. Richardson, C. C. Jones, D. E. Sellers, and J. G. Wadsworth.
President Truman dined on fish from his four mile offshore Bermuda cruise aboard Manana II. He caught three fish during his first angling outing in 14 months, including a three pound red hind a four pound schoolmaster and a 6½ pound rockfish.
W. J. Robertson was unanimously elected to serve another term as president of the Levelland Rodeo Association. Vice President Homer Johnson was also renamed to continue in his current office.
Six year old Tommy Lee Gaskin of Bay City died after being hit by a truck in Houston. Police Investigator R D Brown reported the fatal accident occurred last night.
The city health department confirmed Mary Fetzer, a two year old resident, as Houston's 30th polio case of the year.
In Taronga Park Sydney a giant floral clock uses 100000 growing plants to display time. The clock showcases an elaborate horticultural display as visitors tour the park on a sunny Sunday in August 1946.
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