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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1946
Page
2
A satirical poem notes the 1948 reconversion era with jumbled lines about strikes and shortages. It lampoons postwar labor actions from unions and a sense of dull, troubled times as Americans face coal food autos and energy limits. The piece mentions GM autos and AFL workers amid a bleak, humorous reflection.
Wayne Angel 17, son of Mrs. Viva Angel of 1513 Thirty-first, enlisted at Lubbock Army Recruiting Station after attending Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio. An oil field worker, he plans Army service as a career and requested assignment in the European theater of occupation with parental consent.
Grand jurors will report to Judge G W Pardue Monday for instruction and docket setup for the January term in the 99th district court. Burton S Burks is district attorney. Jurors include W O Rieger Emmett Kerr L D Stanford Richard Cook J A er Emory R C Pace Roy Moore N A Payne E W Criglar W J Roberts Franz Hettler H W Crews Clifford Young Sidney R Clark and C A Hubbard.
Plans for 22 district Jersey cattle shows across Texas were discussed as the Texas Jersey Cattle club concluded its two day meeting in Waco. Evans Rose of Waco was elected president and San Angelo was chosen for the next air meeting site. Stock is to be shown in Austin in September with winners entering the national Jersey show at Columbus Ohio and later at the Texas State Fair.
Posthumous awards of the Air Medal with three bronze and two Silver Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross are announced for 1st Lt. Oscar J. Boothe Spur and T/Sgt. Jim W. McDonald Tahoka. Col. Bordefort says decorations will be mailed since families could not attend the presentation.
A new clinic in Lubbock operated by Dr. Lawrence J. Laut opens Monday at Meade and Broadway. Dr. Laut, a Texas practitioner, brings three years of local experience and expanded facilities including X-ray and laboratory. Dr. McNeff, with a background in Kansas City and Los Angeles hospitals, joins for obstetrics and minor surgery.
Local shipping men warn berthing space may soon vanish as eight ships sit idle in port and at harbor island because steamship agencies cannot hire officers and seamen.
Frankfurt dispatch reports U S Army in Europe redeployment of infantry divisions now on or heading to the high seas including the 26th 29th 90th and 100th infantry divisions and the 80th armored division as part of postwar movement. The mission shifts place many elements in transit or awaiting shipment to Marseille areas as the units move toward redeployment.
James H. Cowan, son of Mrs. Lucy R. Cowan of Lubbock and a 1940 Texas Tech mechanical engineering graduate, was named Spur city manager to replace Truman Green who resigned to join Lubbock's engineering department. Green previously served as Spur mayor.
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida said he spent an hour with Generalissimo Stalin in Moscow and that Stalin doodled a lot while they talked. The report notes a curious aside about Stalin's drawing during the discussion.
Cowan, longtime manager for eight years, served as a major with the 289th Engineers of the U S Army before his discharge. He is the son of the late Judge Cowan of Spur.
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