Four Youths Enlist For Naval Service In West Texas
John Oldham of the Navy recruiting office reports four Lubbock youths age seventeen have enlisted since February 7. The group includes QO. C. Salmon, R. B. Biggers, B. S. Kale Jr, and P. W. Hood with several other enlistments listed from Lubbock area and West Texas towns such as Brownfield Crosbyton Lorenzo Hermleigh Plainview Truscott Quitman and Dimmitt.
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John Oldham
Navy Recruiting Office
Lubbock
Navy
QO. C. Salmon
J. S. Salmon
E. R. B. Biggers
Bigeers
Avenue M
B.S. Kale
Moshe Kale
Palestine
P. W. Hood
Gladys Beavers
N. College
J. R. Burnett
E. P. Burnett
Brownfield
J. W. Baker
S. C. Baker
J. W. Burrous
Annie Mae Burrous
Crosbyton
R. E. Lindsey
L. R. Lindsey
Anton
A. G. Mitchell
Anna G. Walker
Lorenzo
H. E. Herm
A. A. Herm
Hermleigh
West Texas
J.A. Hatch, Jr
J. A. Hatch
Plainview
James E. Muil
T. J. Mull
F. Carum
M. Carum
Truscott
Knox County
L. J. Williams
L. Williams
Dallas
Q. Riley
Quitman
A. A. Riley
Dimmitt
Hatch Suggests Early Platform Committee Meeting
Senator Carl A. Hatch proposes to Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Hannegan that the platform committee convene Monday of convention week, two days before the Democratic National Convention opens, noting historical references to ancient Rome.
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Washington
Carl A. Hatch
Robert Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Platform Committee
Lubbock County War Finance Chair Applauds Fourth War Loan Drive
Nell H. Wright thanks hundreds of men women and children for their patriotic cooperation in the Fourth War Loan campaign, saying no single group can be singled out and expressing deep appreciation on behalf of the county committee.
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the Avalanche
Lubbock County
County War Finance Committee
Nell H. Wright
GOPs Call Wallace Remark Hooey in Election Debate
Republican leaders dismissed Vice President Wallace's claim that war efforts would slow if Roosevelt is not re elected calling it hooey. Acting Minority Leader White criticized the remark and noted Wallace would need time to understand the presidency.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Senate
White iMee
Truk Blow Stirs Tokyo To New Fit Of Radio Jitters
SIMPSON outlines how the swift American air sea lunge at Truk unsettled Tokyo from London to Chungking. The strike targets a central Japanese defense hub with substantial carrier air power backing it, signaling readiness for major offensives from Pearl Harbor onward.
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Tokyo
Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
London
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Guam
China Sea
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Pacific
Admiral King
Europe
Japan
Voice
Marine Corps
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Pearl Harbor
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Committee To Visit North Texas Schools
A Senate committee investigating college operating costs plans a trip to North Texas campuses in March. Members will consider meetings with Texas A and M College directors in Fort Worth on March 11 and visit Texas State College for Women North Texas State Teachers College and other schools in the Fort Worth area and Denton. The panel aims to frame savings for a future college appropriation bill before the January 1945 session.
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Stephenville
Cub Airplanes Save At Least 12 Lives With Blood Run
Two Cub airplane pilots Lieutenants Paynee Lysne and Richard Blake ferried 300 pounds of blood to Anzio hospitals. They risked German flak and limited fuel, flying low over the sea to reach the field before dark. The blood saved twelve wounded soldiers and one flier recalled the perilous mercy mission.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Rapido River
Cub
Anzio
Rome
Paynee Lysne
North Dakota
Richard Blake
la Salle
Colorado
Lynne
North Dakota State
Mercy Mission
Dick Blake
Rubber Footwear Prices Rise Six Percent
The Office of Price Administration announced a six percent price increase for waterproof rubber footwear including rubber galoshes and boots. The higher cost will be offset by an expected improvement in wearing quality due to more synthetic and less reclaimed rubber.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wreck Victim Roland Fuchs Rites Pending
Funeral services for Roland S. Fuchs 26 Lovington N M are pending at Plains Funeral home after he was killed Friday morning when his car collided with a school bus near Monroe. Fuchs was visiting relatives in Abernathy and is survived by a wife a daughter seven brothers and two sisters. State patrol said no one else was injured and that driving conditions were bad.
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Lovington
N. M
Monroe
Plains Funeral Home
Fuchs
Abernathy
Eva Laverne Fuchs
A. J. Fox
E. H. Fuchs
Rudolph Fuchs
Camp Lee
Herman Fuchs
Avenger
A. J. Fuchs
Lubbock
Plains Clinic
New Deal Rural
E. L. Foster
Difficulties Cited In Heavy Oil Demands
At the Texas oil proration hearing operators said they face reduced movement capacity and refinery shutdowns. March nominations drop 49,978 barrels daily from February’s 2,096,972. Refugio field asks lifting shutdowns. Hastings output cut 10,000 barrels in March with April need. Pan American cites 15,000 barrel decline in Hastings and refinery tube stoppages from higher salt content. Other fields named include Hasings Southwest Texas Hawkins Wood County and Yates West Texas.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Raybourne Thompson
Refugio
Dist
Nelson Jones
Humble Oil Co
Hastings
No return from the Maloelap mission alters squadron resolve
PVT Bud Nelson reports a Mitchell bomber crew over Maloelap facing brutal anti aircraft fire and a missing plane. Lt Lucian A Gray and S/Sgt Jack Sullivan led the lead plane as four 500 pound bombs waited. The plane on the right flank crashed in a spectacular explosion, leaving a burning mass.
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Bud Nelson
Army Air Force
Associated Press
7Th Army Air Force
Central Pacific
Maloelap
Lucian A. Gray
Nespelem
Wash
Jack Sullivan
San Antonio
Tex
Mitchell
Cab Driver Sentenced For Theft Of Tires
Tilton Pinkett, 23, a taxicab driver, received six months in county jail on each of two theft charges for taking automobile tires from M. A. Sanders on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23. The sentences run concurrently. Arrest was by Chief Deputy Cap Moore and Deputy F. R. Land. two tires were found on Pinkett's car.
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E. Marbut
G. V. Pardue
Pinkett
Plainview
M. A. Sanders
Cap Moore
F. R. Land
Pinkert
Titche dies founder of Dallas department store
Edward Titche founder of the Titche Goettinger Department Store in Dallas died early today. He was born August 6, 1866, in Winnsboro Louisiana.
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Edward Titche
Dallas
Titche- Goettinger
Winnsboro
Man Free On Bond Charged With Armed Robbery
John Tee Clements, free on appeal bond from a death sentence in a 1942 Corpus Christi murder, was charged with armed robbery after allegedly stealing a taxi and forcing the driver out at gunpoint Wednesday night in Houston.
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Houston
John
Tee) Clements
Clements
Corpus Christi
Sarath Letts
Governor designates February 25 as day of prayer
Governor Coke R. Stevenson proclaimed February 25 as a day of prayer urging Christians to pause for five minutes at 11 a.m. across the state. The UPI report notes the call for a focused moment of reflection in Austin.
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Austin
UPI
Coke R. Stevenson
The Making of Powder from Alcohol
A historical note states that producing half a pound of smokeless powder needs one pint of alcohol as a key ingredient in the process.
Wallace Louthan elected Texas Dairy vice president
Wallace Louthan of Plainview was chosen vice president of the Texas Dairy Products association in a poll taken at meetings in Plainview Fort Worth and San Antonio. K. M. Renner of Lubbock was named a director. First Lt. Harvey Randall Keeney, instructor, was killed in a crash near Corpus Christi while piloting a Cuddihy field training plane. Freelan Grace spoke at the American Business club luncheon at the Hilton hotel discussing draft questions. A recent action targets emergency price control act violators in Dallas court.
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Plainview
Texas Dairy Products Association
Fort Worth
San Antonio
K. M. Renner
Lubbock
Harvey Randall Keeney
Harvey Russell Keeney
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
American Business Club
Hilton Hotel
Freelan Grace
Selective Service Board No. 1
Grace
Henry Buell
H. B. Bryan
Hungarian Nobel Winner Reports Blood Element Causing Hemophilia
Bern dispatch says Prof. A Szent Gyorgyi has identified a new element in human blood linked to hemophilia, an inherited bleeding tendency. The discovery reported by Morgan Tidningen adds a potential scientific breakthrough in blood chemistry and genetic disorders.
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Stockholm
Morgan Tidningen
Bern
A. Szent-Gyorgi
Amherst Youth Held On Federal Charge
Amherst youth Jack Wright aged about 19 was held by U S Marshals in Lubbock after arrest by Littlefield police on a federal charge. He allegedly possessed loose gasoline ration coupons and offered to repair a Mexican cotton picker’s truck for $4, later coaching a note for $30. Bail set at 250 dollars.
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Amherst
Lubbock
Littlefield
United States
Marshall C. E. Luce
Wright
United States District Court For
Texas
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