Forces push through Alsace border amid Rhine front actions
Dispatch reports from Thoburn Fant and Robert C. Wilson describe Allied units penetrating the Palatinate near Wissembourg and Lauterbourg as the Seventh Army presses along a four-crossing front. German counterattacks center on the Bien forest and Maginot-line area while American and French forces advance west of the Roer and near Bitche, with heavy shelling along the Luxembourg-German border.
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Thoburn Fant
Robert C. Wilson
Associated Press
Wisabourg
Lauterbourg
Alsaa
Bavaran Palatinate
Westin Fornt
Siegfried Line
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Rhine
Saar Basin
Palatinate
Wissembourg
79Th
Lautern
Bien
Wisembourg
Bitche
Maginot
Alsace
Colmar
First Army
U. S. Seventh
Roer
83Rd Gn
Berzbuir
Moer
Fifth Armored
Monschau
Duren
War era notices and local crime and honors in Lubbock
A roundup of local items including a 17 year old jailed for theft of gloves, a man charged with malicious mischief against a police car, Capt George Simmons ill with meningitis and a Normandy veteran with decorations. Also reports of hunting fines, military promotions, UT honor roll entries, WAC interviews, wounded soldiers, and farm payments delayed.
Christmas season activities at Tech highlighted
Tech students and clubs host a series of holiday events including a lecture on Music and Art by Schmidt, a tea with Mrs Wilson as hostess, Tau Beta Sigma Christmas dinner, Gargoyle club Christmas party, Sock and Buskin Christmas program, home economics dinners and a buffet, Forum club caroling, Wrangler club dance, and a Twelfth Night party staged by the Home Economics club in early January.
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Schmidt
Larrea and Allied Arts
Roscoe Wilson
Tau My Beta Sigma
Tech Band
Lubbock
Gargoyle Club of Tech
Home Economics Mui
Wrangler Club
Tech
Milam Orphans Playhouse Repaired by Tech Students
A group of more than 20 Texas Tech students and theater members repaired the Milam Orphans Home property and prepared a doll installation on Saturday afternoon at the Management house. They plan to complete the project Monday. The effort includes purchases of dolls and two units of apparel for the orphans.
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Milam
Texas Tech
Atu Stu
President Signs Bill to Extend Pearl Harbor Court Actions
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending six months beyond December 7 1945 the deadline for starting court martial or other proceedings arising from Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Man Protests Arrest For Drunken Driving After Wild Spree
A 21 year old Foliet Texas man protested his drunken driving arrest after allegedly speeding through downtown and crashing into a parked car at Tenth and Ave K. Officers said he narrowly missed pedestrians and vehicles including those of Patrolmen Laws Patterson and Hudgens. The parked car owner was H T Cooper of 2011 Twenty eighth. The sheriff held a 38 year old Lubbock lumber worker who admitted ignoring select service rules for four years and had no registration card. An army officer sought police protection after a landlord threat and Green Acres residents reported eggs being thrown at cars.
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Foliet
Tex
Merchant Marine
Tenth
Ave. K
Tom Laws
B. J. Patterson
Glynn Hudgens
H. T. Cooper
Sheriff’s Office
Lubbock Lumber
Army
OPA
Lamesa
Green Acres Addition
Pacific, China fronts shift as Japanese air struggle and Chinese advances unfold
Allied reports describe Japanese air opposition light against carrier groups while Nimitz notes raids on Iwo Jima and Pacific islands. In China, Chinese forces push toward Hochih 95 miles from Liu Chow and threaten Hochih from multiple fronts. In Burma, remnants at Bhamo are to be liquidated as a Chinese thrust looms toward Burma Road.
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Carrier Task Force
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Palaus
Marshalls
Kwangsi
China
Kwangsi Province
Hochih
Liuchow
Hochiih
Chungking
Mindoro
Burma
Bhamo
LSU Students Call Investigation Into Campus Morality Rules
LSU student groups urged the Civil Liberties Union to examine campus ethics enforcement after claims that girls face punishment for kissing and that dorm life imposes moral restrictions. Miss Heller, a New York native raised in Havana, said she planned to move from her dormitory.
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LSU
The
Civil Liberties Union
Miss Heller
New York City
Havana
Ward seeks temporary injunction over violence at Royal Oak store
Ward Pay Scale petitions Wayne county circuit court for a temporary injunction against non striking employees amid threats and disturbances. Circuit Judge John V. Brennan defers ruling to study the petition as three Ward workers were injured in Royal Oak picket line incidents. Oakland County Judge Frank L. Doty grants a restraining order against CSO union pickets from interfering with Ward employees at the Royal Oak store.
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Page One
Wayne
Detroit
John V. Brennan
Oakland County
Frank L. Doty
United Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Employes
CSO
Furlough Rations Expanded for Dallas Service Members
Soldiers sailors and Marines on furlough or leave extensions will receive an extra gallon of gasoline per day, up to a total furlough allowance not to exceed 30 gallons, as announced by the Office of Price Administration in Dallas.
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Dallas
Office of Price Administration
ORA
Fifteen Year Old Post Youth Wins 4 H Trip to Chicago
Fifteen year old Joe Stokes of Post High School earned one of 19 trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, awarded by the Santa Fe Railroad. In his three years in 4-H he fed 920 pound steer, four 220 pound hogs, won a Poland-China gilt in a Sears contest, and received 100 baby chicks. He raised 30 acres of grain sorghums and five acres of cotton, helped as a War Emergency Cotton Insect Pest Reporter for Texas A&M Extension, and earned the Wilson meat animal award for outstanding meat animal demonstrations in Garza County. He also attended the district encampment at Ceta Glen and served as club president and secretary-treasurer. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J J Stokes.
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Post
Joe Stokes
Chicago
Texas Boys
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Joe
Sears
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Young Stokes
Garza County
J. J. Stokes
Social Security Tax Freeze Debate Acknowledged in Congress
Congress debates a bill deferring a statutory Social Security contribution increase. Doughton praises the President for recognizing broad support in Congress for the freeze as Roosevelt had previously endorsed a broader system. Discussion notes consideration of including farmers domestics and other groups outside the system.
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Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
API Plans 25th Annual Meeting in Chicago in November 1945
The American Petroleum Institute announced its 25th annual meeting will be held in Chicago in November 1945 with the exact date to be determined. The gathering was originally scheduled for last month but was called off at the request of the Office of Defense Transportation.
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API
New York
American Petroleum Institute
Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation
Eight Injured In Streamliner Wreck Near Memphis
Eight persons were injured in a collision of the Zephyr streamliner and two freight cars one mile south of Memphis. Three were seriously hurt: L. C. Dubuque 42 Amarillo M. S. Ridgeway 60 Denver and an unidentified soldier. Five others sustained minor injuries including Mrs. B L McCullough and her 12 year old daughter Helen Seattle Robert Gibson 11 Amarillo and Jimmie Lee Garrison 31 a senial WAC. The two freight cars fell into a creek while the Zephyr remained on track albeit badly damaged.
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Amarillo
Memphis
L. C. Dubuque
M. S. Ridgeway
Denver
B. L. McCullough
Helen
Seattle
Washington
Robert Gibson
Amareillo
Jimmie Lee Garrison
Building Permits in Lubbock Top $1 Million
Lubbock building permits surpassed one million dollars on Saturday totaling 1 006 130 40 with 607 932 76 dedicated to 84 new homes. Officials note material and labor shortages plus restrictions reduced activity but compare favors to other Texas cities.
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Lubbock
Texas
Oil Worker Fatally Injured in Keystone Field
Claire A. Dempsey aged 40 died after a heavy metal part from a drilling rig struck his head in the Keystone field. He wore a metal helmet but suffered a fatal concussion. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J H Dempsey of Texas City.
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Kermit, Tex
Claire A. Dempsey
Keystone Field
J. H. Dempsey
Texas City
Allied Troops Close On Strategic Faenza
Allied forces including British and Polish troops and tanks tightened around Faenza on the Po plain. They secured a foothold on a ridge west of the city while heavy fighting raged along much of the Italian front. Poles captured high ground near Pideura and Canadians widened a bridgehead over the Naviglio Canal northeast of Faenza as German assaults faltered.
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Rome
Faenza
Celle
Pideura
Naviglio Canal
Crop Insurance Bill Heads to White House
The Senate completed action on a revived federal crop insurance program now slated for the White House. The broader bill covers insurance for wheat cotton and other crops and includes a 30 million dollar fund to boost flax production to ease a linseed oil shortage with incentive payments for farmers who participate.
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Washington
Senate
White House
SGT and Mrs Ben nett Welcome Daughter in St Marys
Sgt and Mrs Luther A. Bennet of Shallowater welcomed a daughter born at 6 58 a m Saturday in St Marys hospital weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces The father is serving overseas in France PMID: 0
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Luther A. Bennett
Shallowater
St. Mary’s Hospital
France
Texan Finds New Way To Capture Japanese
Tech Sgt. Claude Varnell of Texas earned a Bronze Star for heroic action on Morotai. Assigned to silence an enemy sniper, he and his squad encountered a sniper at a tree base. He hurled his rifle to disable the shooter and then carried the prisoner back to his lines.
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Dixie Division
Morotai
Claude Varnell
Lucy Varnell
Afton
Tex
Varnell
Man shoots wife after complaint of facial sneers in York
York Pennsylvania police cite Williams saying he shot Mrs William Hoffman after tiring of her facial expressions. Quiggle, 61, held on assault and battery charges. Mrs Hoffman's condition reported as satisfactory at York hospital after buckshot wound while she hung laundry in her yard.
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York, Pa
Nelson Shultz
Williams
William Hoffman
York Hospital
Police Chief Urges Merchants to Guard Checks This Season
Police Chief Donir Reeder warns merchants to beware check frauders during the holiday rush. He urges staff to question strangers, require identification, and initial checks. Merchants should note how a check was identified and know their endorser to fix responsibility.
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Donir
Reeder
Riots Prompt 6 P.M. Curfew in Catania Sicily
Rome dispatch reports a 6 p.m. curfew imposed in Catania after renewed demonstrations against conscription. Il Tempo cites 11 wounded by police on Friday as crowds attacked with stones and grenades. Thursday riot left one dead and several public buildings set ablaze.
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Rome
Catania
Il Tempo
Texan Heads Club President Jamieson Elected 1945
Edward Jamieson of Washington, a core respondent for the Houston Chronicle and other papers, tonight was elected president of the National Press Club for 1945. He succeeded Sam O Neal of the Chicago Sun and was unopposed.
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TEXAN
Washington
Edward Jamieson
Washington Core
Houston Chronicle
National Press Club
Sam O'Neal
Chicago Sun
Jamieson
Food Outlets Dominate U.S. Retail Landscape
A national estimate shows about one in three retail locations operate as a food outlet, highlighting the strong presence of dining formats within shopping areas. The trend reflects consumer demand for quick meals alongside merchandise.
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United States
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Syrian Marbut
James William McMahon
George A. Simmons, Jr
Lubbock Cotton Oil Company
War Department
Simmons
Tank Corps
Normandy
Broadway
George III
Mary Sue
Chasser Lake
Baileyboro
R. J. Klump
Muleshoe
Pic
Jack W. Boone
O. C. Boone
Ave. N
Boone
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps Office
Lubbock Army Airfield
Edward Hofgesang
East Orange
N. J
George W. Shook
Mount Kisco
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LAAF
Robert F. Gasaway
John A. Weeks
Albion
O. D. Raifsnyder
Ave. M
Canada
Fannie Raifsnyder
Hilton Hotel
Billie Kizziar
Hotel
Billie Jo Archer
Lubbock General Hospital
Matador
University of Texas
College of Engineering
Rollin McCoy
Abernathy
Carl Thomas Hester
James Thomas Carter
Plainview
Charles N. Simmons
Fredrick Arthur Simons
Seagraves
Mediterranean
Pfc
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James E. Cope
Elwood C. Bogard
Claude E. Bogard
Melvin E. Harvey
Camp Lee
Camp Beale
Calif
Pvt
Harvey
Civil Service
Robert C. Elliott
Stalag 17-B
L. E. Parsons
Elliott
Walter Y. Wells
Lubbock County Agricultural Conservation Association
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Pacific
Grossman
Grollmans
Pomona
Coneve
Pomons
Pomona Pump Company
Joshua Wendy "Tron Works
Ra A
Lowe & Cowan, Inc
Roswell
New Mexico
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