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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1946
Page
9
A Gallup style survey shows most Americans favor reducing European immigration to pre war levels or lower. Voters prefer entrants from Scandinavia Holland England and Belgium with war veterans most likely to support cutbacks while college grads show more sympathy for limits.
Mrs J T Jones jr left Saturday for El Paso to join her husband M Sgt J T Jones jr who arrived at Tacoma from China January 3 He will be discharged at Fort Bliss after four years eleven months in the Army Mrs Jones works for the Lubbock Retail Merchants Association Sgt O L Breck has returned to Lowry Field after a visit with his parents Rodolfo Martines of Ozona facing immigration charges held in Abilene bond set at 1000 with hearing scheduled Monday
General Joseph W. Stilwell assigned to lead the Western Defense command with headquarters in San Francisco. He previously commanded the U S 10th Army on Okinawa and led forces in Burma in 1942. Maj Frank D Merrill, famed for Merrill's Marauders, also assigned to the Western Defense command.
Texas Tech's Campus Beautification committee discussed tentative expansion and landscaping plans to engage students and raise funds. A landscape architect must be hired and a joint meeting will decide next steps. Funds, supplies, and interim plans await endorsement and able resources.
Denver January 12 Rio Grande conductor Cc L Templeton says after 54 years in railroading he will retire to a small farm near Florence. The 68 year old passenger conductor between Denver and Pueblo treasures his railroad memories as he leaves the service.
Avalanche-Journal reports a humorous postwar housing club in Lubbock using the password You Gotta Place To Live Yet as a social device. Members and seekers recount attempts to secure rental housing amid a shortage, with references to veterans and the GI Bill.
Vic tor Schoffelmayer of Dallas says the athol tree or salt cedar grows abundantly in the Rio Grande valley and could supply much cellulose. A Houston paper mill will be asked to test a sample from the tree to assess its contents. The tree thrives in poor, salty soil with minimal care.
Livius Andronicus a Greek from Magna Graecia was brought to Rome as a slave in 209 B.C. He translated the Odyssey into Latin and later became a freedman teaching both Latin and Greek to others.
Manila Jan 12 A graves registration officer testified at the trial of Lt Gen Masaharu Homma that bodies from the Death March in 1942 are still being recovered. Among the recovered is Maj James N Vaughn, reportedly slain by Japanese guards, as Victoriano Alabado the Methodist minister aiding in the recovery described the grim task.
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