BLS counters labor cost of living claims in 1930s clash
The Bureau of Labor Statistics rejected Meany and Thomas figures asserting a 43.5 percent rise in living costs over three years and argued actual growth was about 23.4 percent. The exchange questioned data quality and representative samples while reaffirming the index as a national average.
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Joseph .A. Loftus
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Labor
Bureau
George Meany
R. J. Thomas
Meany- Thomas
Meany
Thomas
Russian Front Advances Reach Pskov and Porkhov as German Defenses Falter
Soviet forces push 400 miles along the front from Pskov through the Pripet marshes amid heavy German losses. In the Porkhov area 1,500 Germans killed and 150 communities seized while Russians crossed the Shelon river toward the Porkhov Chikhachevo highway. Hitler rushes to the front. von Kuechler reportedly imprisoned for disobedience.
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Ssan
Porkhov
Novoselye
Pskov
Moscow
Shelon
Chikhachevo
Algiers
Georg von Kuechler
Koenigsberg
Hitler
Marshal von Kuechler
Pripet
Harbold Named Commander of 80th Flying Training Wing
Col Borris B Harbold takes over the 80th Wing at San Marcos succeeding Col Joseph H Davidson reassigned to the 33rd Wing headquartered at Blackland Army Air Field Waco Davidson will oversee seven fields in his new 33rd Wing duties while Harbold directs navigation training across San Marcos Hondo Ellington Selman and Coral Gables as well as glider pilot training at Wichita Falls and Lubbock The 33rd Wing will include Altus Frederick Brooks Ellington Blackland Lubock and Pampe as twin engine pilot fields
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80Th
Borris B. Harbold
80Th Wing
San Marcos
Joseph H. Davidson
33Rd
Blackland Army Airfield
Waco
Col. Harbold
Army Airy Forces
Hondo
Ellington Fields
Texas
Selman Field
Coral Gables
Fla
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Davidson
Altus
Frederick
Okla
Brooks Field
Ellington Field
Pampe
Blackland
Lubock
Filers Downed at Sea Hail Rescue Lamp Upgrade
Survivors picked from the sea using a rubber raft now carry a small electric lamp rated at 1,500 candlepower to aid night rescues. The device improves visibility for search and rescue teams during dark operations at sea.
War Dept Promotes Lt Carl Prohl to Captain
Promotions announced for 1st Lt Carl Joshua Prohl of 2202 Eighteenth Street to the rank of Captain. Also noted, Garland Casey of 1908 Twenty Second Street, Lubbock High student, passed the Army Air Forces mental alertness test. Seabee W D Everett Jr of Snyder on leave after service in the Aleutians.
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War Department
Carl Joshua Prohl
Eighteenth Street
Garland Casey
Guy Casey
Twenty Second Street
Lubbock High School
Army Air Forces
Seabee
W. D. Everett, Jr
Snyder
The
Aleutians
Everett
Lubbock
Chaplin Pleads Innocent to Mann Act Charges in L A Case
Charlie Chaplin entered innocent pleas on two Mann Act counts in Los Angeles. Judge J F T OConner rejected defense demurrer to the grand jury indictments and quash motion. Trial set for March 21 at 9 30 am with prosecutors ready in ten days and defense seeking delay for witnesses and depositions. The case involves transporting 24 year old Joan Berry from Los Angeles to New York and back for immoral purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
U. S. Dist
J. F. T. O'Connor
Chaplin
U.S. Atty
Charles H. Carr
Evacuations, raids, and drafts frame Pacific front
Allied reports say Japan is evacuating personnel and ammunition from New Britain and New Ireland bases while Burkes raiders sink a transport carrying 400 evacuees. Rabaul fighters scarce as air raids cripple five dromes. Mountbatten advances toward Akyab. Philippines drafts expand to 16 to 60 year olds for farm labor. MacArthur warns of long, hard march home. The carrier Bennington is launched in New York as a second big carrier in three days.
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Kavieng
New Britain
New Ireland
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Rabaul
Navieng
Kukana
Tokyo
Burke
New Zealand
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Akyab
Burma
Philippines
Jose P. Laurel
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Bennington
New York
Soldier speaks on war and taxes in wartime analogy
A serviceman compares war to a ball game and the income tax battle. He says energy spent on fighting tax battles could drive the Anzio beachhead to Rome, noting life here is more complex than in combat zones yet simpler in some mundane ways.
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Anzio
Rome
Boyle
Wagstaff Seeks Congress Seat From 17th District
Abilene Feb 26 former Texas legislator and World War I veteran Robert M Wagstaff announced his bid for Congress from the 17th district He will challenge incumbent Sam Russell of Stephenville who has declared for a third term He is an Abilene civic leader and veteran of World War I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagstaff
Congress
Abilene
Robert M. Wagstaff
Texas
Sam Russel
Stephenville
Wall Street Edges Upward Amid Mixed Trading
Wall Street closed modestly higher with a slightly bullish tone as leaders drifted lower. The 60 stock average held at 81.4 for the week with a small advance, while total volume rose to 377,710 shares from 346,103 a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York and New Orleans Cotton Prices Drift Lower
Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans edged down amid weekend liquidation and hedge selling. March to December contracts closed several cents lower, with the middling 15 16ths grade averaging 20.90 cents per pound across 40 market days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Carrier Bennington Christened in New York Navy Yard
The 27,100 ton carrier Bennington was christened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Assistant Navy Secretary Artemus L. Gates credited floating airports with hindering Japanese advances and reducing the U boat threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bennington
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Retail trade spotty in New York week
Spotty retail trade in the week ended February 26 with country sales estimated 4 to 6 percent lower than a year earlier, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Market Summary From New York and Chicago Briefs
New York stocks show mixed gains with selected rail issues advancing. Bonds advance unevenly while cotton remains quiet. Chicago wheat holds steady as rye firm buys by commission houses. Hogs ease to as low as 13.75, cattle remain nominally steady.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City cattle and hog market report totals
Kansas City on February 26 reports cattle mixed with steers and heifers mostly steady to lower, top fat steers at 16.25, good and choice heifers 13.50 to 15.40, cows 11.50 to 12.00, stocker and feeder prices 11.50 to 14.28. Hogs 2,600 head, steady. good and choice 200 to 330 lbs 13.80 to 17.0, lighter hogs 12.50 to 13.40, sows 12.35 to 12.60. Sheep scarce. lambs 25 lower, some lower grades 10 to 15 lower, ewes 8.50 to 18.38, feeding lambs 12.50 to 13.35.
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Kansas City
Fort Worth
Port Worth
South Texas
Chicago Butter Eggs Chicago Feo 264 Butter Unchanged
Butter prices in Chicago hold steady with no change in the 264-cream market. Egg values remain flat as market tone stays firm and unchanged.
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Chicago
Rye prices slip after early gains in Chicago grain market
In Chicago rye futures rose early but selling trimmed gains as wheat and oats failed to follow. May rye around 1.263 4, May wheat near 1.70, barley steady. In Fort Worth wheat No. 1 hard 1.71 to 1.77. Sorghums No. 2 yellow milo 2.31-2.34 per 100 lb. kafir 2.29-2.32. oats No. 2 white 94 1/4-95. corn and barley at northern shipping points with ceilings plus freight.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Girl Debaters Win At Dallas Tourney
Lubbock High School girls Irene Crim and Jacquelyn Reynolds won the North Dallas High School Invitation Speech tournament debate over Sunset High School. They debated the affirmative on United States joining a restructured League of Nations with Crim a senior and Reynolds a junior, under coach J. W. Reed.
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Lubbock High School
Irene Crim
W. A. Lindsey
Avenue Q
Jacquelyn Reynolds
C. J. Reynolds
Ninth Street
Dallas
Sunset High School
North Dallas
Miss Crim
Miss Reynolds
J. W. Reed
Lubbock
Publican session highlights Texas and national figures
The speech by Hannegan and remarks by Ed Pauley Coke Stevenson Truman Blalock filled a dinner program with praise for Texas leadership. He lauded Governor Stevenson and noted widespread mentions of Texas figures for future presidential roles as Patman Johnson Sumners attended with party workers and officials.
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Whollite House
Hannegan
Ed Pauley
Los Angeles
National Committee
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Harry S. Truman
D-Mo
Col
Myron C. Blalock
Marshall
Wright Patman
Lyndon Johnson
Hatton Sumners
Anl
Jesse Jones
Tom Connally
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
United States
Bombing Blitz Pushes Allied Air Power Past Fifty Percent
The U S Air Forces report heavy German losses as Allied bombing raids in Germany continue. Total tonnage climbs to 9 425 with 4 900 sorties in a week plus 69 bombers and eight fighters lost. Germany loses 641 aircraft in six days as Stuttgart Fuerth Augsburg and Regensburg come under daylight assault.
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Eighth U. S. Air Force
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Stuttgart
Fuerth
Augsburg
Regensburg
U. S
Eighth
15Th
Grace Line Awards Medals For Bravery
Grace Line has awarded fourteen gold medals for bravery in action and feats of navigation and seamanship to officers and crew aboard ships serving the War Shipping Administration. The honors acknowledge exceptional courage and skill shown at sea amid wartime operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grace Line
War Shipping Administration
Youth Held For Armed Robbery
A 16 year old Lub bock youth, son of a late deputy sheriff, was paroled to his attorney after being held in the county jail on an armed robbery charge. He admitted robbing W. O. Worley at his home on Tenth street and stealing about $8 to $10, with $300 reportedly hidden. The gunman attempted to flee as Worley’s son Jack identified him. police arrested him at his mother’s home. He also admitted involvement in a separate robbery at the Lawrimore service station on Feb. 17.
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Lubbock
Aubrey Fawyer
W. O. Worley
Worley
Tenth Street
Fawner
Jack
Rachel
Charles Street
Dee Brogden
John W. Wilson
City County
Cap Moore
Lawrimore
Eighth Street
College Avenue
Tech Band From Texas Tech To Play Today
The Matador band from Texas Tech will perform the first spring concert this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Texas Tech gymnasium. About 80 members will play marches overtures waltzes and concert pieces including Valor and Victory Mirella and Star Spangled Banner. Admission is free and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech
D. C. Wiley
Valor and Victory
J. DeForest Cline
Gounod
Frank Simmons
Flier Killed In Crash Near Fort Worth
Lt. Bernard R. Miller 23 died when his Army dive bomber crashed on a hillside six miles northwest of Fort Worth during bailout at too low altitude. He was the son of Mr and Mrs G H Miller of Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
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Fort Worth
Bernard R. Miller
G. H. Miller
Bethlchem
Mercury completes a sun orbit in 88 days
Mercury makes a full revolution around the sun in eighty eight days marking the shortest orbital period among planets. The rapid orbit reflects its close proximity to the sun and distinct orbital dynamics within the solar system.
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Mercury
Local Birth Notices From Lubbock Area Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gernie Cooper Levelland on a 5 lb 2 oz son born Friday night at Lubbock General. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marquis route 5 Lubbock welcome a 6 lb 13 oz daughter born Friday night at St Mary's. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Holland 1623 Seventh Street welcome a 9 lb 9 oz daughter born Saturday morning at West Texas hospital. father is a mechanic.
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Gernie Cooper
Levelland
Lubbock General Hospital
Ernest Marquis
Route 5
Lubbock
St. Mary's Hospital
C. E. Holland
Seventh Street
West Texas Hospital
Houston Steel Strike Hearing Before War Labor Board
Union officials testifying at a War Labor Board hearing blamed the WLB for the Sheffield Steel plant stoppage while a company spokesman cited wage grievances and the union’s failure to secure higher pay. Larry Bench said 1,700 workers walked out amid rising disillusionment as issues moved between regional and national boards. The panel was led by Wales Madden with Houston and Dallas members.
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Houston
War Labor Board
Sheffield Steel
WLB
Larry Bench
United Steel Workers (Cio
Eighth
National Labor Board
George Rice
Wales Madden
Amarillo
Walter van Wart
R. E. Curtis
Dallas
Production of Vital Armor Plate Halted
DETROIT Feb 26 6000 Great Lakes Steel Corp workers at Ecorse idle in a strike over short handed crews and unpaid overtime. CIO official Thomas Shane urged an impartial umpire to rule on the discharge that precipitated the walkout while a company spokesman called the request a subterfuge and said the contract requires an umpire only without stoppage of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Ecorse
Thomas Shane
District 29
United States Workers of America
CIO
Shane
Corporation
Argentine government reshuffles top foreign and naval posts
In Buenos Aires Gen. Edelmiro Farrell’s government named Gen. Diego Luis Pistarini acting foreign minister and Gen. Juan Pistarini as acting Navy minister. The move marks the first time an Army man leads the naval portfolio and follows Admiral Benito Sugo’s resignation after President Ramirez delegated power to Farrell. U.S. recognition of the regime was in question amid Ramirez’s resignation.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Diego Luis Mason
Juan Pistarini
Pistarini
Benito Suego
Pedro Ramirez
Farrell
Washington
Ramirez
United States
Court light crashes in 53rd District chamber
A large chandelier in the 53rd District courtroom in Austin collapsed during yesterday’s session after overheating. No injuries were reported as no one was seated beneath the fixture.
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Austin
53Rd District
The Safest Place To Be In Bed Accidents Report
Accident statisticians report the safest place is in bed noting lower injury risk at home. This quip frames safety advice with a humorous perspective on everyday hazards. The piece emphasizes home as a secure setting for avoiding injuries.
Former Lubbock Man Takes His Own Life
Paul Reed, 37, previously linked to the Avalanche Journal circulation department, was found dead Friday in a San Francisco rooming house. Gas from an unlit heater caused death by self action. a note to his landlady and a letter to his former wife were found. Reed’s parents live in Joplin, Missouri, and burial is expected there midweek.
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Paul Reed
Avalanche Journal
San Francisco
Associated Press
Andrew P. Hasten
Reed
Myrtis Reed
Joplin
Court Test Sought On Soldier Voting
Washington February 26. Senator Hatch announced plans to push a federal absentee ballot bill to a Supreme Court test quickly to settle military voting methods before the election. He conferred with Attorney General Biddle and will present the plan to Senate and House colleagues as lawmakers seek a service voting law balancing federal ballot advocates and states rights forces.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Hatch
D-Nm
Biddle
Senate
House
Funeral set today for Seagraves man
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 o'clock in the First Methodist church for A. L. Hill 61 who died Friday in a Gaines county hospital He had lived in Gaines county since 1917 Burial will be in Seminole cemetery Singleton Funeral home directing Survivors include wife two sons Gordon in the Navy at San Diego Everett of Flippen Ark a daughter Mrs C T Wescott of Seminole mother Mrs R C Riley of Seminole four brothers two sisters and five grandchildren
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Seminole
A. L. Hill
Gaines County
Ed Tharpe
R. P. Kelly
Lyn Lemon
H. B. Stubblefield
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Gordon
Navy
San Diego
Everett
Flippen
Ark
C. T. Wescott
R. C. Riley
Elmer
Lester
Eunice
N. M
Edgar
Childress
Lonnie
Lola May
Abilene
Gene Dalmont
Hobbs
Trucks Released to Civilians Under War Ration Plan
The War Production Board announced 1568 vehicles released for civilian use and government exemption permits between February 13 and 19. The mix included 258 light trucks 680 medium trucks 267 heavy trucks plus 343 trailers and 20 third axle attachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Production Board
Nazi press hints at Albanian withdrawal from Albania
The Tirana radio, cited by U S government monitors, quoted new prefect Qasim Mullehi saying Germans might pull forces out of Albania for military reasons. The report appeared in New York on February 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tirana
U. S
Qasim Mullehi
Albania
Wichita Falls Youth Drowns While Fishing
Jerry Adkison aged 13 drowned in the Wichita river near the city limits while on a fishing trip. He lost his footing while wading. his father is H. B. Adkison a local mattress maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Jerry Adkison
Wichita River
H. B. Adkison
Property Taken Over on Pacific Coast by U S Custodian
The United States alien property custodian reported that by mid 1943 his agency had seized about 29 million dollars in alien properties in Pacific coast states, with roughly 27 million dollars held in Japanese owned assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Pacific Coast States
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