Area farmer groups plan talk with Congressman Mahon
Cong George Mahon is invited by W H Cunningham and the Texas Seed Breeders association to meet area farmer committees in January to press a federal crop insurance review for 1945 cotton. They cite about 500000 in losses per county in Mahon's district and question insurance coverage for insured growers who did not plant due to drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mahon
W. H. Cunningham
Littlefield
Texas Seed Breeders Association
Board of
Texas Certified Seed Growers
Janary
Cong. Mahon
Drouth
Cun Ingham
Ower
Mers
Sg. Mahon
Cunningham
P. Lamb
E. R. Duke
Avalance-Journal Publications
Pilot lands on busy Detroit street after engine failure
Detroit report says Lt. Kenneth E. Parks of 21 and Marine Sgt. Robert N. Clark, 20, made a emergency landing in a small monoplane on a crowded city street after stalling at 1000 feet. Parks described scanning for a clear space and bringing the plane down southward amid wary motorists and minor property contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Europe
Kenneth E. Parks
Robert N. Clark
Five Children Die in Christmas Home Fire in Bridgeport
Five children aged one to nine perished from suffocation when a fire swept their home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Carcare in Bridgeport Conn Officials said Christmas tree lights likely sparked the blaze. The dispatch notes an unrelated line about the tomato being a South American plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Samuel Carcare
J. E. Ward
Julian E. Ward
Merchant Marine Reserve
U. S. Navy Reserve
U. S. Lines
Austrllia
San Mateo
Calif
Auto Production Lags as Year Nears Close
DETROIT December 29 1945 The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports 75 000 passenger cars and 315 000 civilian trucks produced in 1945 despite wartime output. Alvan Macauley says if production barriers ease by June next year the industry could hit near 500 000 passenger units and over 100 000 trucks monthly. He calls for price restriction relief and stable labor relations to lift employment and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Alvan Macauley
Association
Macauley
United States
New Mexico Visitors Show Great Increase
New Mexico Tourist Bureau director Joseph A. Bursey reports a 100 percent rise in out-of-state cars entering the state on a November day compared with 1944. Four thousand five hundred seventeen cars carried 11,456 passengers from all states plus Mexico and Canada in a 24 hour period, with passenger totals up 103 percent from a year earlier. Texas led with 1,180 cars, followed by California with 1,094.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Joseph A. Bursey
New Mexico
Tourist Bureau
Union
Mexico
Canada
Bursey
Texas
California
Lone Star State
Ex-Convict GI May Receive Full Pardon
Fort Worth reports Maj. William T. Johnson says Tarrant County parole board endorsed a full pardon for an ex convict soldier awaiting citizenship restoration after honorable Navy discharge for nearly two and a half years of service including Pacific combat. He learned welding in the Navy and now works as a welder supporting his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.p
Tarrant County
William T. Johnson
Johnson
Local church talks and holiday updates in Lubbock
Capt E A Burgess chaplain at West Texas Army Recruiting Station speaks to three Lubbock assemblies today. He will address the Young People's Sunday School at 10 am and morning services at 11 am at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Tonight at 7 30 he preaches at Central Baptist Church. Buddies Crites to Tulane ROTC after Christmas, Seaman E V Crites returns from 13 months in the Pacific. Dudley Brummett, ex Lub bock man, works as Texas Supreme Court attorney after WWII service. Raymond L Jones, MMM 3e, back from the Southwest Pacific, enjoys the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Burgess
West Texas Army
Lubbock
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Tenth
Ave. O
Central Baptist Church
Capt. Burgess
Shreveport
Lubbock County
Fifth Sunday Singing Association
Henry W. Shipp
Dudley Brummett
Supreme Court of Texas At Austin
Germany
H. A. C. Brummett
Dickens
New Japan Women Form Party As War Ends
TOKYO Dec 29 new signs of change in Japan include the formal creation of the New Japan Women's party aiming to run candidates in the forthcoming election. The Social Democrats endorse equal rights for women while a government measure seeks to tax profits from the war. An imperial ordinance prepares penalties for breaches of MacArthur restricts on aviation instruction. Tokyo police report over 300 arrests in 24 hours for petty crimes as war veterans face homelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Welfare
Yokohama
War Crimes Commission
United States
New Japan Women’s Party
Social Democrats
Kyodo
Coast Guard Returns To Treasury Setup
President Truman ordered the Coast Guard back to the Treasury department starting January 1 after a Navy control since November 1941. Details set conditions for ongoing Navy-partnered operations including vessels facilities and personnel and continue air sea rescue weather stations and navigational aids under Navy direction for a mutually agreed period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Guard
Navy
Naval Service
Treasury
New Mexico Sets New Oil Production Mark
New Mexico expects 1945 oil production to reach about 40 million barrels, an all time high, per state geologist R R Spurrier. Last year produced about 39.5 million. In 11 months of 1945, 271 new oil and gas wells were brought in, totaling 4 300 producing wells mainly in Lea, Eddy and San Juan counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
R. R. Spurrier
New Mexico Oil Conservation Committee
Spurrier
Lea, Eddy and
San Juan Counies
Division Staff Officers Fail To Surrender War Material
Staff officers of a division at Shimono seki faced action for failure to surrender war material. Un surrendered gear included 27 airplane cann on and 12 000 rounds of ammunition. The note adds a comparison that most snowflakes and honey bee cells are six sided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimonoseki
Woman sues fair over horse incident ear loss
Mrs Louise Knepper and her husband Donald Knepper filed a $5000 damages suit against the state fair in Albuquerque accusing negligence for not providing a secure horse pen. A black stallion allegedly reared and struck her ear, tearing off part of it and her gold earring during October events. Construction of the White House began in 1792 and rebuilt after 1814 fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
Louise Knepper
Donald Knepper
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Avalanche Journal
Draughon's
Draughon
Investiogate
Draughon’s Business College
18Th St
Lubbock, Tex
Dial
Noel
New York
Noel Toy
Capt
Carleton Young
Hollywood
New York City Hall
Buddy Crites
T. E. Crites
Tulane University
New Orleans
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Crites
Seaman
E. V. Crites
Pacific
Dallas
Raymond L. Jones
MMM
Southwest Pacific
Robert F. Jones
North College Ave
Abilene
Camp Elliott
Homer Clifton
Waco
J. W. Bush
West of Lubbock
Leo Baggett
D. Allen Agency
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Zale
Just
Parker Fountain
Parker
White House
Luby’s
Enchildas Tamale Plate
Luby's Cafeteria
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