American Educated Official in China Blasts Communists
Chen Li-Fu, a prominent American educated Chinese official, denounces the Communists as double-dealing and untrustworthy. He praises Gen. Marshall and Ambassador Stuart for their hard work but says Communists seek a political settlement only to gain time, and that Beijing could have crushed them before 1937 if it chose force.
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Chen
Shanghai
Spencer Moosa
Worthis
Dcme
Gen
Marshall
Stuart
Juart
Japan
Portland Maine: smallest U S city by area
Portland Maine sits on a peninsula less than a mile wide making it the smallest city in the United States by area. The compact core highlights a unique urban footprint with limited geographic space.
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Portland
United States
Lubbock JayCees Honored as Club of the Month
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce named club of the month in the August Lone Star JayCee magazine. State president John Mangrum announced during a brief visit with A. A. Hyde and John Ben Shepperd, as the group toured Plainview for a district meeting. The award cited health and sanitation efforts including distributing covered garbage barrels and an anti polio Jeep with DDT sprays to target flies and insects.
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Lubbock JayCees
Club
Lubbock
Lubbock Club
Shepperd
JayCees
Fighter Group To Be Stationed At Dallas
A P-51 Mustang fighter group will be headquartered at Hensley Field as the 136th fighter group of the air National Guard. Col. T. G. Castle will command, with three squadrons based in Texas at Hensley Houston and A and M College.
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Dallas
Hensley Field
Air National Guard
T. G. Castle
136Th
Castle
Texas
New Orleans
Hensley
Houston
A. and M. College
Parks to Host Field Days Across City Parks
City Recreation department closes for the week as field days are held at Wagner Carlisle Burns and Pioneer parks at the wading pool in Mackenzie State Park and at Booker T Washington park Carver Heights. Winners will be chosen by a point system with certificates for the champions in both locations.
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City Recreation Department
Randolph Billingsley
Wagner, Carlisle
Burns
Pioneer Parks
Wading Pool
Mackenzie State Park
Booker T. Washington Park
Carver Heights
Washington Park
Washington
Wagner
Carlisle
Pioneer
Zookeeper Keeps Unusual Pet Floogie the Dog at Fort Worth Zoo
Clyde Smith, Fort Worth Zoo attendant, shares his affection for Floogie a common dog with unusual status as a zookeeper’s pet. He notes she is affectionate lazy and not very bright and has even been bitten by snakes at the zoo.
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Smith
Floogie
Gas technology course reservations by two Texas officials
Carl J. Roberts and R. M. Curry of West Texas Gas Co. in Lubbock have reserved spots for the short course on gas technology at Texas A. and I college. The program runs August 27 to 29.
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Kingsville
Carl J. Roberts
R. M. Curry
West Texas Gas Co
Lubbock
Texas A. and I College
Statue of Liberty Recalled From Ft Wood Wall Remnants
The statue’s base mentions Fort Wood remnants from 1811 on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, recalling the historic site where Liberty stood before reforms in the harbor.
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Ft. Wood
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
Labor Day Gala Planned for Lubbock Parade and Dances
A revised Labor Day program in Lubbock includes a 10 AM parade by the AFL locals with floats, followed by a free barbecue at Mackenzie State Park. Two dances, a labor temple dance to Dave Collier and a nearly sold out Supper Club dinner dance, are planned as merchants close until 10:30 AM.
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Lubbock Building and Construction Trades Council Committee
Jim Lorimer
Bob Samson
G. A. Gafford
All American Federation of Labor Union
Lubbock
Mackenzie State Park
New Labor Temple
Ave. J
Dave Collier
Lubbock Vets Buy Surplus Vehicles in Fort Worth Sale
In Fort Worth on August 24 the first mail order sale of surplus used vehicles by the War Assets Administration drew 12 000 certified veterans to inspect and order cars jeeps and trucks from 16 camps. 457 of 648 vehicles were sold including 1942 Willys Jeep prices from 472 to 462 and 1943 Dodge Cargo truck at 703 dollars.
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Fort Worth
Veterans’ Division
War Assets Administration Office
William R. Morris, Jr
George A. Gray
Alanson D. Brown
Charlie W. Jennings
Weldon L. McDaniel
L. J. Lollis
Raymond L. Jones
Lubbock
E. H. DeBurd
Idalou
Morris
Gray
Brown
Jennings
McDaniel
Lollis
Jones
WAA
Evatt Leaves Paris for Australia Election Campaign
Dr. Herbert V. Evatt chief Australian delegate to the peace conference flew from Paris to Australia to join the campaign ahead of the September 28 election. He will participate in party activities and rally support among voters.
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Australia
Paris
Herbert V. Evatt
Air Today
Grand Marshal to Lead Parade in Local Festivities
Judge Walter Davies will serve as grand marshal for the upcoming parade. The community event plans to honor local heritage with marching bands and ceremonial flags along the route.
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Walter Davies
Dallas Liquor Store Shootings Claim Second Fatality
Dallas reports a second fatal liquor store shooting in two weeks. Julius Brenner, 34, died at Parkland hospital after naming the assailant as a Black man. A prior August 10 slaying near Brenner’s store remains unsolved, with a gun battle between Smoky Joe Smith and the suspect.
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Dallas
U.P
Julius Brenner
Parkland Hospital
Brenner
Harry Goldberg
Herman Pines
Brenner’s
Pines
Smoky Joe Smith
Smith
Will Fritz
D. K. Slagle Here On Emergency Furlough
Marine Cpl. Don K. Slagle arrives home on emergency furlough due to his mother’s serious heart illness. He flew from China to Pearl Harbor and San Francisco before heading to Corpus Christi to complete records and await discharge.
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Don K. Slagle
Hugh Slagle
China
U. S. Marines
Young Slagle
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Corpus Christi
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Associated Press
Firestone
Broadway Dial
Herbert L. Griffith
Kline A. Nall
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Zookeeper
Curtis V. Corre
B. PF. Goodrich
Labor Day Party
Maxine Correll
Crusader
Curtis Correll
Sidney Westbrook
Montgomery
Utl
Uc Pe
D. K. Slagle
Newsom Paint & Supply
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Crcelleney
Bulova
A. Princeton
THE
Victoria
Stulova
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