State Library Official To Speak At Annual Session Here Monday
State Library official Mrs. Wilson will address the Lubbock Public Library Association annual meeting Monday night. She will discuss public library service in medium-sized cities and the progress toward a permanent building, following a film about library values. Four directors will be elected and dues may be paid at the meeting.
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State Library
Wilson
Lubbock
Temple
University of Texas
University of California At Berkeley
Texas State College For Women
University of Texas and
Loui State Library Extension Department
Public Library
Texas State Library
H. F. Godeke
Lubbock Public Library Association
J. A. Winslow
Godeke
Floyd Honey
Marion Key
A. F. Raser
Dean James G. Allen
Isabel Garrison
John Redwine
Shallowater
A. W. Young
Ate
Young
Ne. Rossers
Lynn County Stock Show Scheduled for March 13
Lynn County Livestock show set for March 13 with 35 calves and 100 hogs to be exhibited. County Agent Bill Griffin notes preparations for a new 100 by 100 foot show barn on two and a half acres in northeast Tohoka. Lynn County FFA and 4 H club members will compete for top honors.
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Lynn County
Bill Griffin
Tohoka
Lynn County Ffa
4-H Club
Reconsideration On Legality Of 1750 Divorces In Arkansas
A Little Rock attorney urged the state supreme court to revisit its ruling voiding Pulaski county domestic relations court and the 1750 divorces granted there. The court's decision found the act unconstitutional due to legislative appointment of Judge Mrs Hale, usurping executive authority. The case George Howell v Ruth Howell prompted the request.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County
Ruth
Supreme Court
George Howell
Ruth Howell
Pulaski Chancery Court
Hale
Bank Foiled by Guards at Chicago Bank
Guards quickly overpowered a bandit at the First National Bank in Chicago as he threatened a teller with a pistol just before closing. Marion Stevenson, 28, from Boise Idaho, was seized seconds after issuing the demand amid hundreds of customers. no one was hurt.
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Chicago
U.P
First National Bank
Marion Stevenson
Boise
Ida
Texas stores sales rise past 1946 record in December
The University of Texas bureau of business research reports 1947 Texas department and apparel stores sales up one percent from 1946. December sales rose with Plainview up 40 percent, Tyler 27 percent, and Lubbock 22 percent, leading Texas cities.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Texas Department and Apparel
Plainview
Tyler
Lubbock
Texas
Bell Telephone Announces Major Rate Increase
Cleburne January 24 local report notes Bell Telephone Company plans a rate hike of about 20 percent, affecting customers in the area.
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Cleburne
Bell ‘Telephone Company
Death verdict for Clayton Rushing in flatiron case
Jasper January 24 U S Clayton Rushing 26 faces the death penalty for the murder of his 12 year old half brother after a Jasper County jury recommended the sentence following a brief deliberation. He had also faced charges in the deaths of his father 71 and step mother 50 whose bodies were found in their farm home a month earlier. Rushing pleaded guilty at trial but the case proceeded to a capital jury. The formal sentence will be imposed by District Judge F P Adams next week.
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Jasper
U.S
Clayton Rushing
F. P. Adams
Jasper County
Rushing
Woman Charged With Treason Arrest Details Revealed
FBI arrested Gloria in St Louis after a long tale of a German exile and a planned escape. She described meeting Von Hyeburg in 1946 and adopting a shared identity, living in New York Brooklyn and Pittsburgh before settling in St. Louis where they were detained.
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ST. Louis
FBI
Gloria
von Hyeburg
Cer
New York
Boston
John Douchet
Somerset Hotel
New York City
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
San Antonio Watchmaker Builds World’s Only Reversing Timepiece
A San Antonio Texas watch maker claims to have produced the only watch in the world that runs backwards. The invention draws attention for reversing the usual flow of seconds and minutes, creating a novel timekeeping device.
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San Antonio, Texas
City Eyes $800 Monthly Revenue From Vending Machines
Officials estimate about 800 dollars in revenue per month from installing vending machines citywide. The plan aims to boost city income while providing convenient consumer access.
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Kelly Springfield
Motorola
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M. S. Craig
Morrow-Thomas Hardware Co
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