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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1947
Page
5
Parity index rose four points to 235 percent of 1910 14 base, signaling farmers must spend more to maintain operations yet still enjoy higher inflation adjusted returns. Rice corn and tobacco prices illustrate the widening gap between current values and 1910 14 prices amid rising living costs and farm input expenses.
A fragmentary article notes a sternly embattled correspondent nicknamed Little Grandmother. It references August events, wartime rhetoric, and naval matters, with disjointed mentions of Truman and Portland Wisconsin as stray anchors amid chaotic prose.
A garbled report notes a costly fire affecting a system and infrastructure. It mentions substantial losses and a high price tag, implying significant damage and recovery costs. No clear entities or dates are extractable from the text.
A&M College Station reports sports news director Henry McElroy is told his employment ends Monday amid department shakeups. McElroy, who served in World War II with the Seabees, returned to the college in 1945 and has been in the sports news role since then.
The FCC renewed licenses for two San Antonio stations KONO and KMAC after hearings on their future plans. The commission found the outlets had not fully met broadcaster duties, and renewed licenses based on recent operations and proposed future plans.
An agent for the National Maritime Union in New Orleans stated the union will ignore and boycott the National Labor Relations Board’s Taft Hartley requirements. The claim referenced policies and actions to bypass the board’s authority.
Tech nological college will showcase prize livestock at the Panhandle South Plains Fair September 29 to October 4. Dean W L Stangel will oversee the display occupying a full section of the livestock barn with about 400 animals including Angus Hereford Jersey Holstein Friesian hogs sheep horses and mules. No animals will compete for prizes or trophies.
Texas retail stores posted a four percent gain in July, up about 20 million dollars from June. Durable goods led the increase while nondurable goods rose three percent. jewelry stores showed a decline in durable goods sales according to the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research.
Friendship circle of several OOF lodges on the South Plains will hold a Monday night meeting at 8 oclock at the Odd Fellows Hall twentieth and Ave K in Lubbock. The notice was given by Circle President Patel Tomlin with delegates from Levelland and Brownfield to attend.
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