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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1946
Page
4
United Press reports a Chungking announcement that Nationalists and Communists agreed on procedures to end the civil war. Details are sparse, but the move followed Gen. George C. Marshall's arrival to urge peace. Conference set for Jan. 16 and Moscow Britainian accord cited.
Philadelphia Jan . A federal court approved a final decree approving the executory contract for the sale of Pullman sleeping car service by Pullman Inc to a combine of 43 railroads for 75000. The court followed December approval of the railroad group as best suited to operate the service amid bids from Otis Co Glore Forgan Co and Standard Steel Spring Co. Pullman Standard Manufacturing Co. would be retained if the sale complies with antitrust rulings.
Brownwood officials and the 36th Division association plan a three day reunion January 19 to 21 in Brownwood. Activities include a street parade memorial services at churches and dedication of the state park renamed for the 36th. Gov Stevenson will present the park as a memorial to the unit accepted by Maj. Gen. Fred L. Walker.
New York reports the Department of Agriculture plans to release 1.5 million bales from government stocks within 90 days, 650 000 on bid and 850 000 in a catalogue. Trading dampens as prices hover near 1.20 dollars per bale. January stabilization price stands at 23.62 cents per pound for middling 15 16 inch cotton at Memphis.
Otto Ohlendorf testified Himmler spent his last days in a Flensburg cottage, a craven wreck clutching a poison vial. The ex-SS chief sought deals to save himself, attempting to influence Western powers via Schellenberg while fearing Goering. He died May 23 1945 by potassium cyanide after capture.
Mrs. Joseph C. Govro, mother of a two headed baby that died, wrote from Birmingham England that she will join her husband in Festus Missouri in the United States as soon as she is recovered enough to travel. She sent a message through the United Press stating she is well and will carry on with her original plan to visit America.
Prices in Tennessee slipped about a dollar a base on the news and later retraced some losses as opinions split on the sale. Some expect offerings to ease the market and hedge futures, while others doubt the stocks hold enough mills want. Some say desirable CCC grades will be bought by mills and lower grades will go to foreign markets such as Germany and Japan under government recovery plans.
The pigment Vandyke Brown gets its name from the Dutch master who used the color with notable effect in his portraits and works.
Secretary of War Robert Patterson rejected reports that the War Department was studying a March 20 discharge deadline for two year service soldiers. He said the point system remains unchanged and V J Day remains the points date. A release outlining overseas discharge rules for the coming months is being prepared.
A busy beaver’s teeth prevent long idle work as they grow too long to eat. Gov. Lester C. Hunt is named Wyoming state chairman for the 1946 March of Dimes campaign.
The Mexican government informed the State Department there is no basis for claims that private American firms supplied arms to Mexican political factions. Ambassador Messersmith was notified in Mexico City that an investigation disproved Lombardo Toledano's December 16, 1945, allegation, and Mexico stated it did not endorse those statements.
In Honolulu on January 5 the Army said more than 100 million dollars worth of surplus and obsolete aircraft and spare parts in the mid Pacific may be destroyed. An Army spokesman told a Senate sub committee hearing that the obsolete planes and parts have absolutely no sales value.
A jail letter found in U S Marine J R Wrights possession requests the Tarran county jail be fumited and says inmates have no way to work or be heard. The missive is dated January 5 in Fort Worth and concerns inmate conditions.
Historians report that Native Americans did not brand their horses, contrasting with later practices of branding to mark ownership. The claim highlights variations in equine management and cultural norms across tribes and time periods.
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land will retire as chairman of the Maritime Commission and War Shipping administrator on January 15 to become president of the Air Transport Association. President Truman accepted Land's resignation with reluctance. Unnamed officials said Admiral William F. Halsey is expected to succeed Land as head of the Maritime Commission.
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