Education group warns U S schools in greatest crisis
The National Education Association calls for more than doubling public education spending and a 5 percent national income allocation for education. It cites teacher exodus, lagging prep for a changing world, and urges universal compulsory attendance laws and expanded adult education to counter illiteracy.
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Washington
Publee Willard E. Givens
NEA
Givens
America
Inc
John L. Lewis
New City Directory Compilation Underway in Lubbock
Fred H. Blase of Hudspeth Directory Company says the 1947 Lubbock city directory will be ready for the printer by late January. A canvassing staff will survey the city in three weeks, leaving postcards where no one is home for residents to mail back. The book will be larger than wartime editions, reintroducing metropolitan area names and using double column pages for names.
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Lubbock
Fred H. Blase
Hudspeth Directory Company
Ave. K
Blase
Clemency Refused for Mississippi Teenagers in Death Penalty Case
Governor Fielding L Wright stated in a press conference that he would not grant further clemency to two teenage Negroes sentenced to death in the electric chair for the killing of a white man. The youths, aged about 15, had been interviewed by the governor at Woodville jail after a trip from Jackson, with attorney W D Coleman planning to appeal to the U S Supreme Court if clemency was denied.
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Miss
Fielding L. Wright
Ee Miles
Woodville
W. D. Coleman
Natchez
Coleman
United States Supreme Court
McClellan Elected Head of Lubbock Camera Club
McClellan was elected Staerant of the Lubbock Camera club for 1947 at a Friday night meeting held at 1719 Broadway. Fred Litton Jr., treasurer, and D L Browder, caretaker, announced the club's first traveling salon from Grand Rapids Michigan. The salon will be open to the public for several days at Reeves and is arranged through the Photography Society of America with which the local group is affiliated.
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Camera Club
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Lubbock
Broadway
Vis
Fred Litton, Jr
D. L. Browder
Oe Club
Grand Rapids, Mich
Reeves
Throughography Society of America
Man Injured By Fan Belt Of Auto Near Posey
J M Shafer of northeast of Posey suffered severe injuries to the tips of three fingers and a thumb when his hand was caught in a fan belt of a car. He was treated at Lubbock Memorial Hospital and returned home after ambulance transport and recovery.
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J. M. Shafer
Posey
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Plains
Navy Tug Fitted for Ronne Antarctic Expedition
Beaumont January 4. A sea going tug to transport Commander Finn Ronne's Antarctic research expedition was being outfitted. The vessel will sail from Beaumont between January 15 and 20 with 21 crew members to endure polar conditions as the American Antarctic Association sponsors the trip.
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U.P
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Finn Ronne
Antarctic
American Antarctic Association
Port of Beaumont Ship Heads South for Polar Expedition
Navy tug outfitted at Beaumont carries 1200 tons of provisions for an 18 month Antarctic trek led by Commander Ronne. The mission aims to study polar conditions from a military angle with experiments in cosmic rays electronics and polar magnetism on Palmer Land.
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Texas
Rome
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Ronne
Palmer Land
Byrd
Annual Twelfth Night program by Home Economics club
The Home Economics club at Texas Technological College will present its annual Twelfth Night program at 7 o'clock Tuesday night in annex 6 of the home economics building. Mrs. Carrie Hoffman is pro am chairman with Miss Mabel Ain as faculty sponsor. Cast includes Margaret Hudson Elizabeth Shaw Joanne Miller Sarah Sexton Doris Erwin Thelma Zimmerman Evelyn Johnson Ann Bates and Betty Price. The event is open to all members and visitors.
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Home Economics Club
Texas Technological College
Annex
Carrie Hoffman
Mabel A In
Margaret Hudson
Elizabeth Shaw
Joanne Miller
Sarah Sexton
Doris Erwin
Thelma Zimmerman
Evelyn Johnson
Ann Bates
Betty Price
Couple Dead In Texas Shooting
BALLINGER Texas Jan 4 J Audice Reese a veteran post office employee and his wife were found dead in their home Justice of the Peace Whit Patterson held an inquest finding Reese killed his wife and then took his own life Melvin Patterson a fellow post office worker found the bodies Sheriff Lee Moreland said Mrs Reese lay across the bed foot while Reese lay on the back porch an empty pistol shell was found near her and a pistol with an empty shell near him The couple in their early 60s are survived by two sons Burton Stephenville and Frank Houston
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Annual Aviation Show Set by Air Day in Texas Inc
Harlingen reports formation of Air Day in Texas Inc a non profit to sponsor an annual aviation show following a September event. The group aims for October 24 25 26 with John VanCronkhite as general manager and W Vernon Walsh as president. Directors include RK Kroeger Hawthorne Phillips and Sid Berley. Kroeger to resign as Harlingen mayor due to duties.
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Air Day In Texas, Inc
John VanCronkhite
W. Vernon Walsh
Rio Grande’ Valley Fliers Association
van Cronkhite
RK. J. Kroeger
Hawthorne Phillips
Sid Berley
Kroege
Advertising Leaders To Meet In Houston
An estimated 600 persons are expected to attend the second postwar convention of the tenth district of the Advertising of America in Houston January 16 to 18. J. H. Grant, general chairman, said the three day program targets organized advertising and related professions across Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Texas.
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U.P
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Advertising of America
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Grant
Four-day Medan battle ends after Indonesian attacks repulsed
A Netherlands spokesman said the four day battle in Medan Sumatra ended as small Indonesian attacks were repulsed. The general military situation in Indonesia improved with only minor brushes reported on other fronts.
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