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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1944
Page
5
In Brussels, Pierlot and Bernard Demany describe a grave Belgian stance amid British and Allied movements. Antwerp harbor reopens and resistance plans unfold as authorities urge unity while opposition seeks leverage before independence. Belgium faces food shortages and mounting fear as normalcy fades.
Four Detroit area Montgomery Ward & Co. stores faced a strike amid the Christmas rush. A CIO regional official said the action has the full authorization of the national union and could spread to other cities by Tuesday.
Fragmentary OCR text provides few readable facts for a compact news card. The line includes unclear names and phrases, offering no verifiable events, dates, places, or organizations to anchor a factual summary.
Associated Press reports a joint army navy assault on Iwo Jima on Pearl Harbor day marking the largest Liberator force in the central Pacific and the heaviest bomb tonnage flown in the theater. The mission included the longest uninterrupted fighter escort and extended Liberator activity over the target for about ninety minutes with navy spotters guiding cruiser and destroyer bombardments.
Dallas reporting indicates Texas and the Southwest show 10.5 million dollars in new ordnance contracts and 25 million dollars in new munition plant facilities with an anticipated need of 10,000 workers in six months. The War Production Board notes 6,000 dollars in contracts in Fort Worth Dallas area and Houston accounts for 13 million dollars, lifting regional ordnance production to 17.397 million at Dallas Fort Worth plants and 496.277 million for Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma. About 5,000 workers will be needed to staff expanded war plants in Louisiana and Texas once construction retools and assembly lines are ready, with 3,000 to 4,000 construction jobs statewide. If other plants were ready today, 10,000 more regional workers would be needed, though regional labor needs may be met with existing War Manpower Commission facilities.
The Goodfellows program continues on page seven, aiming to assist about 3,000 young people. It plans to mail holiday packages to each child containing ore, candy, and at least one toy, regardless of creed, to ensure a Merry Christmas.
Hearings are scheduled on proposed state and county road projects across several counties. The plan covers extending state highways 222 and 87, routes from U S 82 to 70, and from 16.8 miles west of Andrews to the New Mexico state line, plus designated county lateral roads in Andrews County.
Laird Creger, 28, a prominent motion picture character actor, died in Los Angeles after a heart attack this morning. He underwent an abdominal operation last Monday following a drastic weight loss of 100 pounds from his 300 pound frame.
unclear OCR reads Bond purchasers honored for Adelphi. Dec 9. Wreard 9 Donnell. The item mentions a pair and a bale, but details are fragmented and uncertain. No clear names, places, or events after OCR corruption.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Trout of Tokio welcome an 8 pound 5 ounce baby girl born at 9 01 am Saturday at Lubbock General hospital The father is a farmer Mr and Mrs Berlin Haught Route 5 Lubbock greet a 7 pound 10 ounce daughter born at 9 55 am Saturday at West Texas hospital The father is a farmer Mr and Mrs J H Burton of Idalou announce an 8 pound 15 ounce daughter born at 9 am Saturday at West Texas hospital The father is employed by a gun Mr and Mrs Alvis F Jennings of 1501 Ave D report a 7 pound daughter born at 10 40 am Saturday at the Porter Sistrand clinic residence The father is a truck driver
Ronald Gene Mason nine suffers a broken back after being hit crossing Ave G near Broadway about 5 30 Saturday afternoon. Police say driver Maxine Young twenty six of Whitece was the vehicle operator. Investigators Capt Lewis Kittrell and Earl Horton report the boy is son of A M Mason of 1612 Merritt Street.
Rep Mansfield declares he is not in China and warns against aiding China during war. He urges focusing on postwar maritime operations and European recovery, stressing opposition to any material support to China now. The remark aims to clarify misinterpreted newspaper references.
Lt. A. W. Rainey of the crime prevention bureau said a woman kept two children, ages two and one, as collateral for three hours over a $47 debt for watching them. The mother, wife of a serviceman, had been working in a war plant but was briefly unemployed. The children were returned after the widow promised payment as the mother pursued a new job.
Madrid papers led with Prime Minister Churchill’s House of Commons speech marked by large headlines and long radio quotations. The report notes his remarks praising Spain last May and ABC’s headline calling Churchill against Communist dictatorship.
London Times and Daily Herald assail Britain’s Greek intervention as Commons backs Churchill 279 to 30. Editorials challenge democratic aims in Greece and attack his rhetoric, while Telegraph defends policy amid mixed parliamentary turnout and wartime caution.
A north wind swept the South Plains as a cold wave moved in, bringing no rain or snow. Temperatures fell to the low twenties with 23 degrees at midnight, and the forecast called for continued cold, clear weather today and Monday. Light snow was noted only in Amarillo and eastern New Mexico per Santa Fe dispatch from Slaton last night, while the rest of the state faced heavier clouds and much colder conditions ahead.
The average ownership of life insurance per family in the United States has increased by about 25 percent over the past decade, reflecting greater awareness of financial safety nets. The trend signals broader coverage across households amid evolving economic concerns.
A mock trial of a Texas Tech student charged with bootlegging will be held at 8 PM Monday in a chemistry building room. The event, sponsored by the Pre Law International Relations club, is described as a preliminary for the spring trial. Judge Patti Hall of Lubbock will preside. Sgt Daniel J White, son of J A White of Spur, is listed wounded in action in Europe. Pvt Alfred J Storch, son of Mrs Marie Storch of Levelland, is wounded in action in the Mediterranean.
Statements recounted to detectives include baby tossed from car and kidnapping claims, with a fire in the couple’s room under investigation. Lieut. Mims, a Rice Institute graduate in 1943, serves in the Navy in the Pacific. his wife, also a Rice Institute graduate, was married there.
Crosbyton cases set for trial in Judge Dan Blair’s 72nd district court with charges including a taking involving a Jayton man and a young Crosbyton girl. A similar slate opens Monday. forgery counts also listed. A Lubbock grand jury is to convene at 10 a.m. Monday in Judge J. E. Vickers’ 99th district court.
Secretary Forrestal endorses military peening to train for universal readiness. He claims the airplane and robot plane could dry up the Atlantic and Pacific oceans or have dried up the Hagligh channel, praising the committee’s work.
President Milton S Eisenhower of Kansas State College, brother of the general, said today that if one year of compulsory military training is required for high school graduates it seems self evident that far fewer American boys would go to college. He added the change would arrive when more education is badly needed.
Four Latin American cotton pickers returning from Mississippi were killed in a collision of two trucks fifteen miles west of Victoria on the Houston highway late last night. A fifth person was seriously injured and a baby was among the dead. identities were not yet established.
Allied reports describe intense fighting across Saarlautern Dillingen and Bischwiller as 90th and 95th divisions repel German counterattacks. An intact 100 foot bridge across the Moder is seized near Bischwiller while Seventh Army advances toward Haguenau and Niederbronn. Further west the Seventh penetrates the Eifel pass near Bitche. French forces close on Colmar from Bonhomme and Thann fights continue near Mulhouse as Ninth Army drives Germans from the Roer region.
Cairo reports two men accused of assassinating Lord Moyne British minister in the Middle East will face an Egyptian court martial likely before year’s end. Five civilians will hear the case amid claims the suspects declared themselves part of an extreme Jewish nationalist group opposing Moyne’s Palestine policy.
Texarkana dealer W. L. Curtner, 30, was fatally shot in a residential area after posing as a seller. The assailant robbed him of 600 dollars and tossed him from his car, then escaped in a taxi. Bowie County Sheriff Monroe P. Watts stated the killer posed as a prospective buyer.
M. E. Lavassar a trucker and farmer and D B Pitts a teacher at Athens High School were hunting near Brownsboro Texas when Lavassar accidentally discharged a shotgun wounding himself critically Pitts ran four miles to seek help and eventually got Lavassar to a hospital where he collapsed and died A heart attack killed Mrs Lavassar moments later The tragedy occurred amid wartime bond drive urging readers to Buy A War Bond TODAY.
High school football standout Montgon Tittle Archer Marshall is set to report for training December 23 after accepting an invitation to the South squad. The incoming player, a Ced freshman, is eyed for early contributions in the SCRE game at fame.
Caldwell Texas December 9 7 J Moorman former Jacksonville High School coach began duties today as athletic director for Caldwell schools Moorman has coaching experience at Rockdale Brenham and Jacksonville moving to Caldwell to lead district athletics.
Coach H. O. Ritz quotes Crisler saying Michigan will play Army, 1944's No. 1 team, in New York on October 13. The Navy, ranked No. 4 this season, will be in Baltimore on November 10 for a key region clash.
Killeen advances to the Class A Region 8 schoolboy football final after a 40 to 13 win over Fredericksburg on Thursday night. Gatesville had captured its district championship last week.
Ralph Rothstrom SMU halfback today signed a contract to play with the Cleveland Rams of the National Professional Football League. Local sports notes highlight a move linking a Southern Methodist University star to the NFL franchise as part of the league’s player acquisitions.
Willys Overland Motors in Toledo announces mass production of jet propelled robotic bombs, the U S answer to the V 1 buzz bomb. Charles Sorensen reports the aircraft division, led by president Te Sotenner, is the principal supplier with facilities installed and operations underway sixty days after contract receipt.
Texas November construction awards reached 8,979,466 with war projects at 1,807,175. The Houston firm won the month's largest contract, a 1,200,000 carbon black plant. Buy A Wet Bond TODAY.
A Pravda commentator characterizes White's Charged as a critique of Soviet workers and independence. The piece asserts Russian industry lacks its own techniques and imitates American methods, describing the fascist kitchen metaphor and condemning ignorance and hidden anger.
The Reader’s Digest quotes White noting a marked difference between inmates in the Soviet Union and the Kansas state penitentiary. He cites conditions as similar in food and clothing, but warns that a Kansas inmate voicing discontent could be at risk from informers while the Soviet system suppresses competition and punishes dissent, leading to inefficiency and dreary mediocrity under a vast bureaucracy.
Rationing details indicate four red stamps A through Z8 and AS through S5 remain valid indefinitely for meats and fats with no further validation until December 31. Processed foods stamps A8 through Z8 AS through Z5 and A2 B2 stay valid indefinitely with validation paused until January 1. Sugar stamps 30 through 34 are good indefinitely for five pounds and stamp 40 for five pounds for home canning through February 28, 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 2 and 3 remain valid indefinitely.
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