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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1948

Page

10

Livestock Fat on Mash at Virginia Bourbon Farm

Sunset Hills VA on 7100 acres hosts A Smith Bowman and family operating a small whisky mill feeding 450 cattle 250 hogs 50 horses with wet mash. Cattle milk and beef gains rise while horses grow frisky. Two hired leak-hunters inspect barrel aging. post office and railroad town serve daily mail. Police reports in New Zealand note rising murders burglary and fraud but fewer car thefts.

Harman W. Nichols United Press Sunset Hills A. Smith Bowman A. Smith, Jr E. Delong Keusn Bowmans Teeming Washinton D. C George Washington Tract Old Dominion Railroad Dominion Claude Yount Harry Elrod Jim Powell New Zealand

1800 Families Receive Christmas Packages From Goodfellows

More than 1,800 needy families in Lubbock received Christmas packages from the Goodfellows with about 4,000 children helped. Approximately 1,000 cars lined up at the distribution center as volunteers and Boy Scouts delivered two to three packages per car and checks totaled over $4,000, pushing the value well above $5,000.

Lubbock Goodfellows Goodfellow

Oregon City uses parental penalties to curb juvenile crime

Baker Oregon officials tout a reverse cycle ordinance imposing fines up to 200 dollars and 100 days in jail on parents for their minors delinquency. Police Chief Guy Church claims a 90 percent drop in child crime, while critics warn such penalties may drive cases underground and neglect broader family and welfare needs.

Byron C. Brinton INS Baker Ore Oregon M. McKim Guy Church Church Charles E. Baird Baird

Argentina Settles Quiz Prize Ruckus

The government bans prizes beyond postal savings bank certificates, postal savings stamps, school books or school equipment. Quiz prize items are restricted to these sane prizes to curb free publicity by manufacturers and avoid brainwork for directors.

Buenos

Galveston Man Gears Fresh Watermelon for Christmas

Galveston resident L. C. Smith found a 60-pound watermelon for Christmas after planting a watermelon seed last August. He said few people can have watermelon on Christmas and he did not expect this result.

Galveston L. C

Venezuela approves land expropriation for agrarian reform

The government in Venezuela authorizes land expropriation and redistribution to advance agrarian reform. The move targets redistributing land to support agricultural development and rural equity.

Venezuela

75 Guests Flee As Fire Sweeps Harmony Hotel

In Cohoes New York on Christmas morning a fire swept the Harmony hotel forcing 75 guests to flee in near zero cold. Five residents jumped from windows to fire nets and ladders carried 15 more to safety. Seven were injured none seriously. A 62 year old woman Mary Bosd suffered a back injury from a second floor jump. Firemen battled with four degree weather, control achieved after five hours.

Cohoes N. Y Harmony Hotel Mary Bosd Albany

Texas Child Fools Doctors Observes Second Christmas

Three year old Bobby Cobb son of Mr and Mrs R B Cobb suffering a grave abdominal ailment enjoyed his second Christmas after fooling doctors who doubted his chance to live. He had his first Christmas on Thanksgiving day and recently underwent surgery and extensive x rays at Parkland hospital Dallas before being returned to Longview Texas. His mother says a Dallas physician now gives him a very good chance to live and he has drawn support from hundreds of letters and gifts.

Longview Bobby Cobb Bobby R. B. Cobb Parkland Hospital Dallas Loneview

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