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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
7
County records show 1,107 marriage licenses issued in 1944, down from 1,259 in 1943, a 152 license decrease. January 1944 saw 85 licenses, while January 1943 and January 1944 both peaked in their years with 104 and 133 licenses respectively.
Arthur Furby Fox, a youthful high school student, was killed today when the private airplane he rented at Beaumont Municipal Airport crashed shortly before noon. Investigations follow to determine cause.
North American Aviation in Kansas City will release several hundred workers due to revised B-25 bomber production schedules tied to a new high priority Lockheed fighter. The cut affects staff with under 12 weeks servicio while hiring for specialized skills continues. the revised plan lengthens production time but does not reduce overall B-25 output.
Government officials announced a wartime program to prioritize materials for essential low and medium priced clothes, aiming to boost availability for children and cut civilian clothing costs by about 500 million dollars annually. The plan, coordinated by WPB and OPA, would restrict high priced fashion production and roll back prices by six to seven percent.
A 42 year old Milwaukee mother Isaline Dunning Acosta and her two children were evacuated from Manila after hiding in the city hall for three months during the Japanese occupation. She described brutal torture inflicted by Japanese soldiers including nail extraction stabbing and hanging women upside down and burning them with gasoline. She condemned the Japanese as cruel and barbarous and called for annihilation.
The Sublime Society of Beef Steaks formed in London in 1735 by an actor. Its members gathered for dining on beefsteaks in a theater setting.
Luis Romo about 30 was found guilty by the 99th district court jury of assault with intent to murder Pilar Turrubiartez in Slaton on January 7. A three year prison sentence was recommended after a one hour and twenty five minute verdict.
W. M. Peck Jr., 73, a Fairfield native and longtime Corsicana business leader, died today. He was a prominent figure in local commerce for five decades and urged the public to buy a war bond today.
District Attorney J. Albert Woll announced the arrest of Italian immigrant Gaetano Polito 55 his wife Nellie 42 and their two sons Guy 19 and James 20 after agents found 6 000 000 counterfeit red ration points and counterfeit coupons worth 6 000 gallons of gasoline at their home. Mrs Polito said the sons Guy medically discharged from the Navy and James from the Army Air Corps. Woll warned the counterfeit would disrupt Chicago meat rationing if circulated.
A Belgian spinster testified she saw a German non commissioned officer kill eight captured American tankmen individually. A U S burial squad recovered the frozen bodies. On December 17 the same unit killed about 100 more Americans in an open field two miles away. The Waffen SS outfit blamed for these and other attacks operated across Belgium.
Clarence S. E. Holland of Houston, president and organizer of the Intracoastal Canal Association of Louisiana and Texas, died after a stroke in a Houston hospital. A 77 year old married man, he had previously served as president of the First Texas Joint Stock Land Bank, a government farm loan entity, and was born to a Kentucky newspaper editor.
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