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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1949
Page
7
Opal Dixon asks if readers support socialized medicine and higher taxes. Responses from Fort Worth area workers and residents span opposition citing Britain’s results to strong support for universal access, with concerns over taxes, government control, and hospital beds for those in need.
Western states endure one of history’s worst winters with 76 lives lost to blizzards and freezing. Storms imperil 119000 cattle and 134000 sheep valued at 19 million, with endangered herds reaching 2.725 million cattle and 2.825 million sheep. Crop and property damages plus relief funds push toward 190 million dollars. States declared emergency include Nevada Arizona Utah Colorado Wyoming South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Texas New Mexico Montana California. Page 6.
Jerry Bozeman 21 Roswell Daily Record advertising manager died at 9 15 Saturday after a gas explosion at his home the previous Sunday. He had been recovering from critical burns before a relapse today. He came to Roswell a year ago from Lake Charles Louisiana.
Ashland Pennsylvania police chief John Snyder after 24 years on night duty is reassigned to the day shift.
At Columbia crossroads a fire killed two children and left a mother and baby injured. Nine-year-old Laverne Finnerty carried siblings to safety after the farmhouse blaze began in unknown circumstances. Janet Finnerty and the baby survived while Larry and Eleanor perished.
The first serious influenza outbreaks this winter were reported today in Leipzig and Brandenburg, cities in the Russian occupation zone of Eastern Germany.
New Mexico A. and M. Aggies won the general livestock judging contest with 914 points. Oklahoma A. and M. placed second, followed by Michigan State and Colorado A. and M. High individual honors went to Richard Kelly of the winning team with Ralph Thomas and Robert Thompson also placing. Colorado A. and M. won cattle judging, Oklahoma A. and M. won sheep, New Mexico won hogs and quarter horses. Ralph Dalborn and Herman Wilson were noted individuals. Harold Dalborn received a special Hereford award.
CLEARFIELD Pa Jan 31 The father of nine children Clyde E Young 45 a brickyard worker beat his wife Emma 39 while she slept with a hammer then wounded himself with a 12 gauge shotgun He is dead the coroner said Mrs Young is unconscious in serious condition at Clearfield hospital
A major blaze in Houston yesterday caused about 400000 dollars in damages to the cotton and warehouses of the Ship Channel Compress company. No injuries were reported. Fire crews battled the flames through the night.
United Press vice president and Asia general manager Miles W Vaughn drowned when his sampan capsized in Tokyo Bay during a duck hunt. Maj. T. R. Haddock and three Japanese individuals also died. five bodies were recovered and identified. MacArthur ordered full search efforts with all available agencies.
Eight German women with reliable backgrounds are being sent to the United States by the U S military government to study American women and politics. The three month program begins in February with the aim of them returning home to spread the idea that American women monitor national affairs and speak out if they see trouble.
A grand reception in New York harbor will honor the French Gratitude train aboard the SS Magellan on Wednesday. Harbor craft and Air Force planes will salute, with 49 box cars of gifts from France to repay the Friendship food train aid. The parade to city hall features thousands of school children and a Paris New York radio greeting, followed by a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria for French Ambassador Henri Bennett.
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