Rationing fear blamed for heavy tire buying in Lubbock
A ten day tire buying rush left Lubbock dealers nearly sold out as customers feared rationing or prepared for winter. Montgomery Ward reports record tire demand while stockpiling crude rubber slows resupply. Car dealers note brisk pre-Christmas trade but scarce new cars to meet orders.
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Montgomery Ward
Tire
P. T. Glaznier
Piggly Wiggly Chain
Co. C. Chambers
Chambers- Fuller Kaiser-Fraser
Henry J
J. P. Watt
Lubbock Auto Co
Ford Agency
McCarthy Son-In-Law May Take Utility Job
George Pontikes, Glenn McCarthy’s son-in-law, may join a utility firm next week and plans to keep studying at Rice Institute. He aims to discuss part time or after school work with coach Jess Neely upon Neely’s return from the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco. Pontikes recently married Glenna Lee McCarthy on December 2 in Waco.
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Houston
George Pontikes
Glenn McCarthy
Jess Neely
Rice Institute
Neely
San Francisco
Pontikes
Glenna Lee McCarthy
Rice
Houston Power and Lighting Company
Glenna Lee
Waco
Communist Party Leader Attacks Truman Emergency Decree
New York December 30 William Z Foster party chairman denounced President Truman’s national emergency as a monstrous attack on liberties and a dangerous step toward Fascism He warned it could trigger a new world war and criticized rejecting peaceseeking proposals for Korea He spoke via a prepared release after the party barred press access to its convention.
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New York
National Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Truman
Po Foster
Communist Party
Canned Grapefruit Sections With Cherry Garnish
A winter first course cocktail uses canned grapefruit sections garnished with cherries. Serve the grapefruit well chilled.
Officers To Take Oaths Monday In Lubbock County
Lubbock county and precinct officers will be sworn in at 10 a m Monday in a brief ceremony at the new courthouse. County Judge Walter Davies will swear in by G V Pardue and then administer oaths to Roy Boyd James Denton Louie Moore Royal Furgeson T E May Dudley Brummett Grady Harris H B Bryan Travis D Shelton and David Burnett. The commissioner's court will name a replacement for surveyor elect Robert Miller and approve office bonds after a short business meeting.
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Lubbock
Walter Davies
G. V. Pardue
99Th District Court
Roy Boyd
James G. Denton
Louie Moore
Royal Furgeson
T. E. May
Dudley Brummett
Grady Harris
H. B. Bryan
Travis D. Shelton
David Burnett
Slaton
L. E. Boling
Charles Yates
Lester Harris
R. E. Short
J. H. Robbins
Newton Stokes
D. W. Robertson
C. E. Lynn
Robert Miller
Airmen Get New Two Man Barracks At Offutt Base
At Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha SAC announces a radical three story steel and glass barracks with private two man rooms replacing open bays. Korshoj Construction of Blair Nebraska is low bidder for the project costing under 1500 dollars per man versus about 2000 for old style housing. Lt Gen Curtiss E LeMay pushed the plan after a 3 million appropriation to replace a burned cavalry barracks.
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Omaha
Air Force
Korshoj Construction Company
Blair
Neb
Offutt Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Curtiss E. LeMay
Brain and Heart Mapped by Radar Waves
Scientists reveal brain and heart mapping with radar showing electrical waves in the brain with definite speeds and paths. Some waves span the entire brain while others stay within specific regions.
Four Million Aliens to Begin Registering Jan 1
Four million aliens in the United States will start annual registration on January 1 under the Internal Security Act of 1950. Aliens must report addresses within ten days, with specific exemptions for short-term entrants and certain students. Notices, forms, penalties, and procedures are outlined by ARMY Mackey and other officials.
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Carl B. Bauman
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
Immigration and Naturalization Offices
Post Office
Argyle Mackey
Mackey
House Appropriations
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mackay
Fire Damages Roof At Vacant Idalou Road House
A fire at 1630 Idalou road around 9 p m damaged part of the roof of a vacant house. Investigators blamed faulty wiring for the blaze. In other brief items seven men were arrested in the 700 block of Seventeenth Street Saturday for gambling related offenses. A. A. Tipton 40 was jailed on outstanding fines. A Slaton man 26 faced liquor violation charges after a prior fine. William Kaiser a Texas Tech instructor had an oil painting The Railroad Yards accepted by the Texas Fine Arts association and to tour the state. Harold Dale Allen Jr two weeks old died in Baylor hospital Dallas and was buried in Hillcrest Mausoleum after surgery to aid swallowing. his parents Mr. and Mrs. H Dale Allen of 2228 Nineteenth returned to Lubbock.
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Idalou Road
A. A
Andy) Tipton
Slaton
Justice Court
William Kaiser
Texas Tech
Texas Fine .Rts Association
Col Kes
Harold Dale Allen, Jr
H. Dale Allen
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Hillcrest
Allen
Lubbock
Stanley Marcus named president of Neiman Marcus Co
Dallas report Stanley Marcus is named president of Neiman Marcus Co to succeed his late father Bert Marcus Sr who died December 11. Carrie Neiman co founder and board chair was elected a vice president to succeed Mrs. Neiman.
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Dallas
Stanley Marcus
Neiman-Marcus Co Company
Bert Marcus
Carrie Neiman
S Sorok
Premdent
Neiman
Fire Chief Seeks Elevator Upgrade in City Hall
Syracuse report notes Fire Chief William J. Connelly wants an elevator for public safety and efficiency. He contrasts fire personnel using a sliding pole with the public's access, urging the city to fund the project.
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Syracuse
N.Y
William J. Connelly
Plane Bearing Walker's Body Refuels At Anchorage Base
An Air Force Constellation carrying Lieut. Gen. Walton H. Walker landed at Anchorage before dawn to refuel en route to Pittsburgh. Mrs. Walker and the general's son Capt. Sam Walker accompanied the body for burial in Arlington. The craft also carried the general's six month old puppy. The flight came non stop from Tokyo with a Philadelphia stop possible if weather allows.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force Constellation
Walton H. Walker
Pittsburgh
Army
Air Force
New Trouble Far West Is Hinted
Berlin dispatch reports East German informants say Stalin ordered intensified disruptive actions by satellite leaders against Western rearmament. Ulbricht, returning from Moscow, outlined Kremlin instructions including expansion of the East German police and 1000 Soviet officers arriving to train new units. The informants say Moscow will not engage in direct military action but insists on preserving Soviet policy in Germany and Eastern aims at Bonn.
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Richard S. Weil
INS
Berlin
Stalin
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
Ulbricht
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Polittburo
Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Bonn
Teenagers from Denver Held After Post Office Robbery Shootout
In Yellville Arkansas three teens from Denver including 15 year old Juanda Bowen were wounded and captured after a gun battle with sheriff’s deputies following a raid on a post office and a store at Three Brothers. Suspects Clarence Wallace and David Coffman, both 18, face charges.
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Yellville
Ark
U.P
Colorado
Ozark Mountain
Juanda Bowen
Ernest Gentry
Clarence Wallace
David Coffman
Denver
Gentry
Three Brothers, Ark
Mountain
New Mexico trip foiled by teenage robbery tale
Sheriff reports Miss Bowen and two youths, after a Denver crime, headed south toward New Mexico to marry Wallace. They shot at a pursuing officer, wrecked a windshield, ran uphill firing. Officers fired back. Bowen wounded, youths surrendered. weapons found in car. car reported stolen. Charges to be robbery with firearms or attempted murder.
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Gentry
Littleton
Colo
Censor Cuts Part Of New Years Message By President Of Korea
Seven lines from President Syngman Rhee New Year address were deleted by Allied censor for a misquote of Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. The remainder urged confidence in victory and unification of Korea.
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New Years
Korea
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Rhee
Korean Republic
Republic of
South Korea
Austrian Chief Dies at 80 in Vienna
Dr. Karl Renner president of Austria died early today at age eighty in Vienna. The death was announced by government press chief Dr. Fritz Meznik.
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Vienna
Karl Renner
Austria
Fritz Meznik
False plane crash report from burning farm house
Evansville Ind December 30 A burning farm house and a low circling airplane sparked a false report that the plane had crashed.
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Evansville
Ind
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