Moves To Avert Factory Crisis As Coal Shortage Mounts
The Austin Motor Car Co plans to close due to fuel shortages, risking 1,000,000 jobs as Britain faces coal constraints. Officials say 1,000 cars weekly for export rely on coal. Birmingham factories urged five day weeks on staggered hours to conserve fuel amid plans to nationalize coal mines from Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rcin
London
Britain
Austin Motor Car Co
Ministry of Fuel
Pees Gaitskell
Fuel Ministry
Ces
Austin
R. A. M. Diment
Birmingham
Midlands
Arthur
Horner
The
Union of Mine
Texas Tech Awarded Surplus Equipment
Texas Tech received six lots of furniture and five lots of typewriters under a federal surplus program. The Public Interest Division of War Assets Administration announced a 95 percent discount on furniture and 40 percent on typewriters, with distribution from former OPA offices in Pampa Lubbock Brownfield Lamesa Spur and Littlefield. Other institutions including West Texas State Teachers College Canyon and Dallas area schools also shared awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort. Worth
Texas Tech
Tne
Texas
Ing
Duncan D. Myers
Public Interest Division
War “Assets Administration
Federal Works Agency
Tech
OPA
Pampa
Lubbock
Brownfield
Lamesa
Spur
Littlefield
West Texas
Teachers College At
Canyon
Calles
Ayns
McKee
Cisco Junior College
Texas Christian University
Pecos area hospital birth and local notices
A 7 pound 3 ounce son arrived at Pecos hospital early Saturday morning to Mr and Mrs Jimmy Day Jr. The infant and mother Evelyn Cooper are reported well. Community notes mention Walter Price elected president with G R Kennedy as first vice president and Ray Chapman as second vice president. William C Slagle to visit from Great Lakes on two week naval radar training leave. invitations extended to Gordon family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Jimmy ‘Day
J. W. Day
Evelyn Cooper
Texas
Jan
Walter. Price
Pre Dent
Ray Chapman
Thord
Dockray
Wes Wright Brock
Spikesds
William C. Slagle
W. M. Slagle
Bobby
U. S. Naval Training
Great Lakes
Ill
Angleton Woman Killed in Three-Car Accident
Mrs. Lois Ralph, 26, of Angleton, died in a three car crash in Houston after her car hit a bus and then a telephone pole. She was thrown into the road and struck by a third vehicle as she attempted to rise, witnesses and police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dec
Lois Ralph
Angleton
Ralph
Mice Reproduction Rates Reported in Study
A report notes that mice beginning at six months can bear about nine young, with pregnancies occurring three to twelve times per year. The figures reflect average offspring per litter and breeding frequency in older lab stock.
Funeral planned for Texas A and M engineering VP J T L McNew
J T L McNew vice president for engineering at Texas A and M died in Houston after a cerebral hemorrhage. Services will be held at the A and M YMCA chapel in College Station with burial in the new college cemetery. Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs Little a son J T L McNew Jr and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
J. T. L. McNew
Engineering
Texas A. & M. Colge
A. & M. Collge
New
College
W. H. Andrews
McNew
Houston
American
Society of Civil . Engineers
Texas
Mexico
Louisiana
Department of Civengineering
Byengine
China- Burma-India
U. S. Army Engineer ‘Corps
Grass as a storable crop for long term use
Grass serves as a staple that stores well in stacks and remains usable for many years, allowing farmers to draw on reserves during lean periods or when timely grazing is scarce. The passage highlights grass as a reliable, long lasting feed resource.
Troop 89 Organized at Roaring Springs
Roaring Springs announces the formation of Boy Scout Troop 89 with 27 boys registered. James P. Moss of the Lions Club will be scoutmaster with Joe Melton Thacker as assistant. Both veterans served in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roaring Springs
Lions Club
James P. Moss
Joe
Melton Thacker
Pacific
Moss
Bronze Palm
Lubbock
Thacker
Ave
Paul Enloe
Mike Hoyle
Henry Tesgue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Avalanche Journal
Sam
Mark Halsey
Servisoft
OFT Water Service
Zie
Tee
Earl Dietering
Gordon
Ave. x
Money
Beck
DeWitts
C. M. Neel
Optometrist
Broadway
DRA
Hollywood
Mollywood
Duncan Coffee Company
J. B. Patterson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!