Hopes Brighten For Return Of Railroads To Ownership
Washington reports growing hope the railroads will return to private ownership as the Shaw board weighs a new wage proposal from the operating unions. Terms suggest 11.25 to 13.3 cents an hour boosts replacing previous formulas, with a week of paid vacation and added straight time pay. The settlement with firemen enginemen conductors and switchmen closes the last barrier to government seizure ending as presidential sanction looms.
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Raymond Lahr
United Presse
Washington
Shaw Board
Roosevelt
War Department
Re House
White House
Stephen T. Early
Mr. Roosevelt
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railrroads
Pelley
House Interstate Commerce
Office of Economic Stabilization
Drunk driving charge and local notices reported
A collision near Lubbock involving Fred Wiese and S D Buck caused damage to both vehicles with Buck noting about 175 dollars in damage. Wiese pleaded guilty to drunk driving and paid 72.40 total including fines and costs and surrendered his license for six months. Local officials also noted a restaurant owner paid 23.40 in fines for sanitary code violations.
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Fred Wiese
Lorenzo
S. D. Buck
Fifth Street
Lubbock
Buck
State Highway Patrol
Wiese
H. L. Leva
Livestock Feed Urgently Needed in Texas Panhandle
U S Department of Agriculture reports urgent need for roughage and protein feed in Texas Panhandle as recent snows disrupt transport. Range feed across Texas on Jan 1 rated 78 percent, well below 20 year January average. cattle 76 percent, sheep 79. Weather caused cattle shrinkage in Panhandle. southeast Texas saw excess moisture while central areas held up before yesterday storm.
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Austin
Panhandle
Texas
Edwards Plateau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Central
South Texas
Social events and council meetings at South Plains Army Air Field
Civilian employees at SPAAF plan an informal dance on Feb 5 in the recreation hall from 8 30 p m to 12. no admission charge. Llano Estacado Camp and Hospital council meets Thursday at 2 p m at Lubbock Army Air Field. Red Cross rep W J Rother announced the council’s year of operation included furnishing day rooms. The 1944 program may include a books drive for all South Plains communities. Viborg, Finnish port founded by Sweden in 1293, captured by Russia in 1709.
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South Plains Army Airfield
Spaaf
Llano Estacado Camp and Hospital
Lubbock Army Air Field
W. J. Rother
American Red Cross
Army Air Fields
South Plains
Viborg
Sweden
Rickenbacker lauds Russians amid war remarks
Cant. Edward V. Rickenbacker praised the Russian people as the only all-out nation in the war while addressing 1,300 engineers in New York. He said he liked Russians but opposed American Reds, called Stalin a supernationalist, and noted Russia’s lack of essential industries. He had visited Russia on a War Department mission.
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New York
U.P
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Russia
Henry Stimson
Josef Stalin
Elimination of Nazi Influence Demanded
Dr. Enrique de Lozada, Bolivian government representative in Washington, said he would resign unless there is prompt action to eliminate all Nazi militaristic elements in his government. He warned that anyone opposing the United States and the United Nations betrays western hemisphere interests and urged guarantees. He spoke during a Free World Association meeting and invited a delegation to Bolivia to ensure democratic aims amid mine owner oppression.
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New York
Enrique de Lozada
Washington
United States
United Nations
Western Hemisphere
Fraser backs postwar revival of League or similar body
Prime Minister Fraser of New Zealand said he hoped for a postwar revival of the League of Nations or a similar body with real power. He argued such an organization should have enough authority to enforce its will. Our word coyot is a Spanish form of the Aztec Coyotl.
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Canberra
Australia
Fraser
New Zealand
League of Nations
Bomber to Be Named For Lt Billy Cely
Beaumont announces a war bond drive for the Fourth War Loan to fund a bomber named Billy Cely in honor of Lt William F. Cely the home town boy and pilot of the Flying Fortress Frenesi who returned from a major air battle over Germany.
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Billy Cely
Beaumont
W.P
William F
Billy) Cely
Cely
Flying Fortress
Frenesi
England
Germany
Marvel
Former Local Woman Minnie Ingram Dies in California
Minnie Ingram a former Lubbock resident died Thursday January 6 in a San Francisco hospital after two years with arthritis. Survivors include two sons Leon ard and Roy E Ingram both in the Army and a daughter Edna Mae Brennan of San Francisco. A sister in law Mrs May 1406 Avenue J is listed. Ingram formerly worked for Hemphill Wells store for several years.
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Minnie Ingram
Lubbock
San Francisco
Leonard
Roy E. Ingram
Myre
Edna Mae Brennan
May
Avenue J
Longest salmon run spans 2250 miles to Yukon River
Scientists record the longest salmon migration from the open sea to freshwater, tracing a 2250 mile ascent up the Yukon River to Caribou Crossing. The journey highlights remarkable endurance and navigational precision among Pacific salmon populations.
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Yukon River
Caribou Crossing
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Eldon Newton
Guthrie
King County
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Newton
Ricketts
Pvt
T. J. Nobles
Snyder
Earl F. Clinkenbeard
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Lockney
Mediterranean
Draughon’s Business College
Texas Avenue
Buell L. Boles
Civil Service Board of Examiners
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Hanna-Pope & Co
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Neote
Pack
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Iig
Beaumont Journal
Houston Post
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