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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1947

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Achesons Testimony Spurs Soviet Protest at Moscow

Moscow voiced a protest through its foreign ministry over Undersecretary Dean Achesons Senate remarks that Russian policy is aggressive and expanding. Senate committee members quickly supported Acheson, saying his words reflected widely held views, while the embassy note urged careful handling of the dispute.

Associated Press ONDON Moscow Radio V. M. Molotov United States Moscow Dean Acheson Senate Acheson Solons Washington Senate Atomic Energy Committee Molotov Bedell Smith Soviet Union

Winners Named At Stock Show In Crosbyton

Winners announced at Crosbyton Livestock Show sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with 100+ entries. Grand champion calf shown by Royce Hinson of Calgary 4-H. reserve by Billy Roy Evitt of Ralls FFA. Hereford bull grand champion shown by W. D. Collier. hog grand champion led by Wayne Dale Harrell. Show judged by Jimmy Henson with Bill Kimbrough as superintendent. Winners to appear at Lubbock and Amarillo shows. Also first Hereford hog sale held at Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds.

Crosbyton Chamber of Commerce Royce Hinson Calgary Billy Roy Evitt Ralls Future Farmers of America Ralls Wayne Dale Harrell FFA W. D. Collier Cornelius Evitt Harrell Barrell Clay Davis C. H. Verett Jim Noble J. M. Fowler Laynie White Dean Davis Dale Simmons Calves—Evitt Clay Weems Clydene Head Billy Blankenship Guy N. Davis Marvin Tomme Ronald Smith Royce Henson Darwin Fowler Ross Henson Head Allen Smith Fowler O. H. Kemp Jimmy Hauser Ray C. Mowery Texas Technological College Lubbock Bill Kimbrough Crosby Amarillo Kimbrough Hereford Fairground Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds

Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Dies From Gunshot Wounds

Pauls Valley Oklahoma February 15 Deputy Sheriff Bill Paul aged 40 died today from a gunshot wound received Wednesday from J W Beasley 22 who also killed Deputy Sheriff Lon Pearson and critically wounded Clarence Mays 65 Beasley was hunted across southern and eastern Oklahoma and was fatally shot yesterday near Council Hill when an Oklahoma state highway patrolman opened fire after Beasley trapped himself in a hold up.

Pauls Valley Okla Bill Paul J. W. Beasley Lon Pearson Clarence Mays Beasley Oklahoma Council Hill

Power Blackout In Britain To Continue

London reports an indefinite blackout as Manchester manufacturers warn the industrial paralysis will last at least a second week. Coal supplies are being moved from Welsh and northeastern pits, but stocks remain well below the safety level and restrictions on electricity use may persist for months or years.

London Britain Manchester Guy Nott-Bower

Talmadge Is Upheld Again As Governor

Georgia court rules Talmadge valid as governor while criticizing his election by the legislature as out of step with modern practice. Judge Almand sustains the four year term, with appeals pending before the Georgia Supreme Court and related rulings from Hendrix and Porter awaiting review.

Associated Press Cdonough Herman Talmadge Georgia Bond Almand Walter Hendrix Talmadge Eugene Talmadge Hendrix M. E. Thompson Almand Georgia Supreme Court Executive Department Ellis Arnall Supreme Court Devereaux McClatchy Eugene Cook Thompson R. H. Daniel Hendry County Superior Court B. D. Murphy

Solons Studying School Aid Bills

The Texas Legislature debates two school aid bills as lawmakers clash over funding. House action blocked a fast-tracked hearing on a $55 per pupil allocation while Senate supporters moved a companion measure through education committee toward early floor action. A rule-busting push in the Senate may follow.

Dave Cheavens Associated Press Austin Tex Woodrow Bean el Paso House Appropriations Committee Senate Education Committee

New Trial Planned After Hung Jury In City Street Extension Suit

A Lubbock jury reported itself hopelessly hung after three hours in the mandatory injunction case styled City of Lubbock vs Franklin D. Brown and Charley Lockhart. Judge G W Pardue discharged the panel and said a new trial would be held this term. The action seeks to compel removal of buildings along a 70 foot wide strip claimed as a public street between Texas Ave and Ave H. The city contends the street was dedicated in 1891. the defense argues the town site boundary and chain of title defeat that claim.

District Court City of Lubbock Franklin D. Brown Charley Lockhart G. W. Pardue Monay Nineteenth Texas Ave Ave. H

Plan to end rent controls and allow 10 percent rise

Senate support appeared likely for a Buck Buck proposal to lift all rental ceilings within 10 months and permit a general 10 percent increase. The plan shifts enforcement to federal courts and exempts new housing and hotel rooms from ceilings.

Edwin B. Harkinson Associated Press Washington Senate Wherry Neb Banking Congress Buck HST Taylor Idaho Truman Ppace Ieatne Mer White House OPA

Evans and Ewing file as school board ticket in Lubbock

Two prominent Lubbock men, William H. Evans and Dr. M M Ewing, filed as a ticket for the annual school trustee election set for April 5. They challenge incumbents Dr J T Hutchinson and Charles A Guy, filing through Max Tidmore and W B Rushing.

Lubbock William H. Evans M. M. Ewing J. T. Hutchinson Chas. A. Guy Evans-Ewing Max Tidmore W. B. Rushing Tidmore Rushing Evans Ewing Robt. H. Bean Graham High School Mexia High School Austin University of Texas Government Department Uvalde Uvalde High School Southwestern University Georgetown First Methodist Church Masonic Lodge The Lions Club Lubbock Bar Association Lubbock War Fund Lubbock County American Red Cross

Suspect confesses slaying of Texan during Mardi Gras

In New Orleans police report Curtis Ray Lloyd of Dorchester Texas confessed to killing Calvin Oscar Woos of Tyler Texas near Mineola Texas at 1 15 a m after hitchhiking a ride. Woos body was found in a Hawkins Texas pasture by a negro farmer. Lloyd said he shot Woos, stole his watch and papers, and drove Woos automobile to New Orleans after boarding in the victim’s car.

New Orleans Louis Dumaine Curtis Ray Lloyd Dorchester Tex Calvin Oscar Woos Tyler Tex Mineola Woos Hawkins Dumaine Voos

Services For Former Baptist Pastor In State Set Monday

Dr James T McNew 65 former pastor of several Texas Baptist churches died in Helena Arkansas where he led First Baptist of Tyler He also preached in Lufkin and other Texas cities Survived by wife and daughter Mrs La Prelle Stone of Stillwater Oklahoma Services planned Monday at 2 pm in Tyler Texas funeral home

Dallas James T. McNew Texas Helena Ark First Baptist Church Tyler Tex McNew Lufkin la Prelle Stone Stillwa Okla

Army Cancels Mysterious Alert For American Planes

In Frankfurt Germany the U S Army in Germany says it canceled an unexplained alert for 28 C 47 transport planes at Riem airfield near Munich. An Army spokesman said the mission was dropped on orders from Washington and that the alert served a planned purpose.

Frankfurt Germany United States Army Riem Munich Army George S. Eyster Washington

Miners End Sitdown Strike At Lansford Colliery

In Lansford Pennsylvania 13 miners ended a three day sitdown after Lehigh Navigation coal company pledged to pay wages deducted for days not worked. The 800 foot underground siege left workers dirty and weary but victorious on the pay dispute.

Lansford Lehigh Navigation Coal Company

Solons Hit Budget Slash Upset At Moscow and Beyond

Nine teen House Democrats protested a $6 billion budget cut warning it could hinder Secretary of State Marshall at Moscow and hinder disarmament efforts. Senator Vandenberg warned the cut may damage American prestige and Senate likely oppose the reduction as Bridges signaled delay and further hearings. A floor fight and possible reversal loom as the group presses for smaller cuts and continued scrutiny.

Associated Press Washington House State Marshall Moscow Vandenberg R-Mich Senate Bridges R-N. H Appropriations Committee House Democrats Appropriations and Ways and Means House Budget Committee Buck Marshall Truman Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Henry T. Kimbro Dies at 76 a Lubbock Civic Leader

Henry T. Kimbro 76 a pioneer Lubbock resident died at 12 20 pm Saturday in Lubbock Memorial hospital from injuries after a fall downstairs at his home 1402 Avenue M He had long served as a civic leader aiding the building of Lubbock first substantial school and helped raise funds for Texas Tech He was cashier of First National Bank after moving from Taylor in 1908 and later worked in real estate and grain. Burial will be beside his wife with arrangements not announced locally.

Henry T. Kimbro Lubbock Lubbock Memorial Hospital Avenue M Taylor Rix Funeral Home Kimbro Lubock Tech Lubbock Independent First National Bank Texas Technological College

Youth Threatens To Blow Up Bank In Midtown Robbery Plot

Detroit police capture 21 year old Henry G. Benson minutes after he handed a bank executive a hold up note. Benson, an amateur chemist, carried two vials of nitroglycerine and admitted creating the explosive mixture, held without charge for investigation of armed robbery.

The Associated Press Detroit James Maher Henry G. Benson Benson

Truman to End War Emergency For Most Laws

President Truman plans to declare the national emergency ended before July 31 and send a message to Congress within two weeks seeking permanent extension of necessary wartime laws. The move would end the full emergency while maintaining 250 plus laws tied to war duration.

Sterling F. Green Associated Press Ashington Truman Congress White House Europe Coast Guard

Organizer Of Columbians Group Sentenced In Georgia Court

Homer L. Loomis Jr organizer and secretary of the anti Jewish anti Negro Columbians Inc was convicted of incitement to riot in Fulton County Superior Court Judge Clark Edwards Jr sentenced him to 12 months in a public works camp Loomis calmly faced the verdict His father Homer L Loomis Sr an admiralty attorney from New York announced an appeal and bond was set at 2000

Atlanta Homer L. Loomis, Jr Homer L. Loomis Admiralty Attorney New York

Truman visits Missouri mother after hip fracture

President Truman flies from Washington to Grandview Missouri to check on his 94 year old mother Mrs Martha E Truman after a hip fracture. Br Gen Wallace Graham reports she may be up and about in six weeks. He plans to return to Washington by 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Ernest B. Vacarro Associated Press Grandview, Mo Truman Washington White House Tomorow Martha E. Truman Wallace Graham Kansas Pont-House Muehlebach Graham

Fifty Feared- Dead In Crash In Colombia

A missing Avianca DC-4 with 50 aboard reportedly crashed into Tablazo peak NW of Bogota. Peasants saw the plane strike the 7000 foot summit and explode. US citizens among crew and passengers were identified though full details remained uncertain.

Colombia Associated Press Ogota United States Bogota Avianca Airlines Barranquilla Kenneth Newton Poe Roy Keye Carl Hubman J. K. Hufendick H. B. Burton Campbell el Tiempo Burton Tropical Oil Hubman Hufendick Texas Petroleum Bogata Oopaa Subachoque U. S Poe Ker

Labor curbs seen in major wage and union rules reform

Rep Landis says nine labor law changes, including limits on strikes and picketing, will win House Labor Committee approval. Hartley notes rising union racketeering complaints. NAM pushes bans on closed shops and industry-wide bargaining. Proposals include stricter injunction use and penalties for contract violations.

Associated Press Washington Rep. Landis R-Ind House Labor Committee Hartley R-Nj AFL International Longshoremen's Association New York Hoboken N. J Landis National Association of Manufacturers Ira Mosher NAM Senate Labor Committee

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George Marshall Tom Connally Dtex Marshall Reds U.S David Lilienthal U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Sen. McKellar D-Tenn Russia U.S.S.R U.S.A J. Bulova King’s Jewelry KFYO Avalanche-Journal Station DR. M. M. Ewing William H, Evans Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force China U. 5. Army Missouri Aureau Municipal Weather Bureau
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