Golans Divided On Aikn Bill 10 fix Authority In State Colleges
In Austin a Texas legislature start shows lines forming over University of Texas affairs with Sen A M Aiken sub proposing to divide authority between president and regents and set removal methods. Bills aim to curb faculty firing, while supporters differ. Other measures include tax relief for ice retailers, bank code fixes, and constitutional amendments expanding pensions and district reorganization.
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Second Semester Opens At Lubbock High School
Floyd Honey announces the second semester start at Lubbock High on Wednesday with about 31 mid term graduates. They will join the regular graduation on May 21 for diplomas and senior activities.
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Lubbock High School
Floyd Honey
New York Official Named Red Cross Pacific Islands Commissioner
Stanton Griffs of New York, a film company official, is appointed Red Cross commissioner for the Pacific islands with headquarters in Hawaii.
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4-H Club Boys Receive Awards
Lubbock county 4-H club boys received awards Saturday afternoon at the county 4-H achievement day in the county courthouse second floor courtroom. Special awards were presented by County Judge Walter Davies. Winners include Bill Tanner Idalou with a $200 scholarship to Texas agricultural colleges and 1944 county achievement. Billy Joe Evans Shallowater with the Thomas E Wilson medal for livestock demonstrations. and victory garden winners Bobby Joe Ashcraft Cooper Y F Snodgrass New Deal Troy Railsback Roosevelt Charles Mansell Frenship Horace A Durham Idalou J N Marks Idalou. Certificates pins and seven year pins were awarded to many outstanding club boys for war time production demonstrations. Bill Tanner spoke of his trip to the National 4-H Club congress in Chicago and his war bond sales in 1944. He has enlisted in the Merchant Marines and will go to the East Coast. Manuel W. Ayers announced 63 boys produced enough food in 1944 to feed a fighter, up from 37 in 1943.
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Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
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Merchant Marines
Manuel W. Ayers
Stangel Sparks Debate Over Grain Use At Texas Breeders Meet
At the twenty fifth annual Texas Certified Seed Breeders meeting in Dallas, W L Stangel of Lubbock warned that rising grain sorghum use in livestock feeding could endanger the corn belt. A Disney film extolling corn as best livestock feed followed the talk. Stangel quipped he was glad to speak first.
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Navajo Inmate Sam Chee Hangs Self In Jail
A Navajo man named Sam Chee died after allegedly hanging himself in Sandoval county jail. Officials said he hanged himself yesterday while under investigation for forging a $200 check. He resided on the Navajo reservation near Aztec, New Mexico.
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Commissions Offered Nurses In Area By Red Cross Leader
Mrs. Hilda Beaty of National Red Cross headquarters will interview area nurses at City hall Red Cross offices through Tuesday night to fill 20000 military nurse slots. Eligibility includes non essential classification no dependents under 14, nursing grads from 50 bed hospitals or with post graduate training in a 50 bed facility.
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Tech Fall Semester To End January 24
Texas Tech's fall semester ends January 24 with spring classes starting January 26 at 8 a.m. Registration runs January 24 to 25, and fees are accepted January 23 to 1. February 2 is the last day to register for the term with a late fee after January 29. Registrar W P Clement notes no enrollment prediction but mid term high school graduates may boost fresh man numbers. Last spring enrollment fell 242 to 1,454 from fall 1,696, with 308 more women than men in the first semester and 412 more women in the second.
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Jamestown Beads Used as Currency by Early Settlers
The first American Calgonists in Jamestown Virginia employed glass beads as a form of currency.
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Parrack Family Celebrates 63rd Wedding Anniversary in Lubbock
R C Parrack the last buffalo hunter of the South Plains and his wife Mary Arp Parrack observed their 63rd anniversary at a dinner party at their home 502 Ave S. Married January 8 1882 in Brown County. Parrack age 92 recalled buffalo hunting efforts including large hides and bone trade. Also notes Kiwanis Ladies Night program in Lubbock with Ben Wooten and Lt Richard Chamberlain.
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Rites Set Today For Meadow Woman 91
Funeral services for Mrs. Maranda Savage 91 will be held at Meadow Baptist church this afternoon likely 2 30 p.m. Burial is in Meadow cemetery. She died Friday night in Brownfield hospital after living with her daughter Annie Savage in Brownfield the last year and previously near Meadow for 30 years. Surviving are two daughters Carrie Taylor of Arizona Virgie Huffman of Giafton New Mexico and two grandchildren. There is still coal in the United States to last 3000 years.
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Dallas Deaths Due to Carbon Monoxide
Dr. Morton Mason, Dallas city toxicologist, said carbon monoxide caused the deaths of Sydney Evans 60 and his two sons Darrell 17 and Sydney Evans Jr. in Dallas on January 3. The elder Evans and Darrell lived in Blackwell Texas and were visiting at Sydney Evans Jr. home. The three were found after a neighbor reported unanswered knocks. signs of sedatives noted but not fatal. Will Fritz’s detectives continue the investigation. Justice of the Peace Tom King had not ruled.
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Anton People Present Bonuses To Oil Crew
Anton residents raise funds to buy suits for every member of the Jackson No. 1 oil crew praised for completing an official test yielding 342 barrels with oil near 0.32 gravity. J. B. Shields J. P. Jackson R. A. Hipps James Putty and W. Thiebaud given $50 each. Thiebaud shares gifts with Anton churches after declining a suit. Police earlier feared fatal gas suffocation in the burning incident.
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