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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1946
Page
4
In central Missouri a statewide manhunt unfolds for a prolific arsonist blamed for fires at homes churches and businesses over three months. A single billfold with $160 and a cigaret case stands as the sole clue as investigators analyze fingerprints. Five buildings burned at Laredo causing $75 000 damage with total losses around $250 000.
Washington reports 4,095,000 workers in strikes through October 1946, with 400,000 coal miners adding to the total and lifting the record beyond the 1919 peak. First ten months show 102,525,000 man‑days lost, with December yet to come.
Police report a hand grenade attack at a city tavern killed one person and injured eleven others at midnight. Unidentified assailants were seen fleeing the scene as investigators search for motives and suspects.
Washington report notes Rep. Lawrence Smith of Wisconsin and Rep. Rankin of Mississippi clashing over Elliott Roosevelt. Smith urges revoking his passport after a Moscow speech. Rankin opposes a new inquiry, citing Un American Activities Committee scope and Roosevelt’s reserve status. Roosevelt denies critical foreign policy remarks.
In Bogota Colombia on November 30 the InterAmerican Press Congress adopted resolutions to protect press freedom. A key measure declared an attack on any newspaper in the hemisphere as an attack on the press as a whole. The body also said press is an institution with a social mission and cannot tolerate restrictions. Venezuela opposed a resolution distinguishing democratic from totalitarian press. Another resolution tied newsprint monopoly and unfair distribution to threats against press freedom. The congress planned to close that night and reiterated opposition to censorship and suppression of press freedom.
Viola Desmond, a 32 year old Black hairdresser in New Glasgow Nova Scotia, sues theater manager Henry McNeil claiming false arrest and imprisonment after she was moved downstairs despite holding a balcony ticket. The case, supported by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People, follows a November 7 incident and prior fines for tax differences on upstairs versus downstairs seats.
Rep Walter G Andrews asserts the House will conduct a quick survey of military manpower needs across waters before widening the draft. Southwestern Wyoming reportedly has about 195000 sheep in the region.
State police and New Mexico prison authorities continue the search for two inmates who fled the state penitentiary in Santa Fe by climbing a 24 foot wall. They used damp sheets as a rope and an iron hook to reach the top, leaving damp traces behind. Guards on adjacent towers did not spot the escape, and one inmate worked in the prison laundry. One man is identified as Leach, a prisoner described as having two counts of armed robbery.
The Duesseldorf denazification commission ordered the removal of Alfred Hugenberg from all offices and executive positions. This follows his status as a former German politician and industrialist. The ruling was announced today in Duesseldorf.
A 1946 report from Eddy county notes a man employed in the prison yard. The brief confirms his work duties and local employment context within the correctional facility.
Snyder votes to exit the Colorado River Municipal Water association, citing local underground water advantages and new wells. The council and a 16-member citizen committee approve the withdrawal days before Snyder’s $150,000 bond election, while offering aid to support a dam project on the Colorado River north of Colorado City.
In San Angelo Texas a car struck a concrete culvert and burst into flames. Alvin Royce Spann 16 died in the wreck Riley Willis Spann 18 suffered third degree burns and a broken leg Curtis Lee 20 the driver was not seriously injured.
W A McGlaun A C Martin A L Martin Giles Bowers Gay Mc Glaun R L Terry Lee T Stinson and Maurice Brownfield are named individuals in a readable fragment from a historical newspaper page.
North America accounts for roughly one twelfth of the global population yet consumes about half of the world’s lumber supply, underscoring a large regional demand for timber and construction materials.
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