Russian Named Berlin Mayor Sees U S as Real Food Source
Berlin mayor Dr Arthur Werner, appointed by Russia, says America will help feed Germany and recalls American corned beef and cocoa as ideal goods. He notes candy from American soldiers and Red Army aid but doubts U S rationing limits and cites fat shortages as Berlin's main need while food import sources shift zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fleischer
United Press
United States
Arthur Werner
Berlin
Werner
America
Germany
U. S
German Food Department
Fehrbelliner Platz
Stadthaus
Alexanderplatz
Food Department
Red Army
Brandenburg
Russia
Rain Damage Worsens Across Texas Towns
The storm delayed trains by an hour and a half but moved on, with a washout not serious. Abilene Athens and Sherman reported heavy rains, flooding highways and Santa Fe tracks. Red Cross evacuated about 500 black residents and provided meals, while 400 may need emergency housing. Army boats assisted evacuations from Camp Bowie. Crops suffered minor losses despite lingering showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Athens
Sherman
County
Red Cross
Timmins
Camp Bowie
City Auditorium
City Hall
Santa Fe Railway Station
Santa Fe
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande River
Jap Spies Fail To Locate MacArthur
Manila reports that twelve Japanese spies were caught in civilian clothes while entering the city to locate Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters after the capital's liberation. They were hanged in June by military authorities, with one Filipino also executed. A counter-intelligence corps arrested them as they entered Manila, and a military court condemned them on guilty pleas. One officer said the spies were not believed to have returned with any usable information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Douglas MacArth
Counter -Intelligence Corps
Race Trouble Flare After Girl Attacked in Elufaula
ELUFAULA Ala July 7 fighting between whites and negroes flared after a negro arrest earlier in the week on rape and drowning charges involving an 18 year old white girl. Three negroes were attacked by white bands. one was cut up badly. A curfew was set at 10 30 p m and no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elufaula
Ala
H. L. McCullochs
Brief notices from Lubbock and area include discharge and deaths
William H. Branum, son of J. M. Branum, discharged after six years in the Army with 29 months overseas and hospital treatment planned in Paris before reuniting with his wife. Marvin L. Sprayberry, 18 months, died in Lubbock General Hospital. graveside services at Old Emma cemetery near Ralls. Alton W. Morrison, 40, paid $50 fine for drunk driving. J A Carter reports theft of $29 billfold. S S Sales reports theft of a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Branum
J. M. Branum
Lubbock
Young Branum
Paris
Marvin L. Sprayberry
Julia Sprayberry
Ralls
Lubbock General Hospital
Old Emma
H. Hall
Alton W. Morrison
Morris
J. A. Carter
Levelland
S & S Sales Company
Broadway
Community clash ends in fatal stabbing
Fred Williams, 15, was fatally wounded when he tried to intervene in a fight between a Black man and his wife at Twenty-fifth Ave. E. A large pocket knife was used. Jessie Mae Stimpson was arrested in connection with the stabbing. L. C. Stimpson was treated for a chest knife injury. Police took statements from witnesses as tensions rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Twenty
Ave. E
Jessie Mae Stimpson
L. C. Stimpson
Chatman
Ave. A
Williams
Car Hits Underpass Abutment Injuring Two
Two men were injured when their car crashed into the north end of the Ave. H underpass center abutment around 11 30 p m Saturday night. John Pounds 48 of 162 Eighth suffered deep facial cuts and possible other injuries while driver C J Follis 50 of 1936 Texas Ave sustained head and arm injuries not believed serious. Pounds was bleeding heavily from windshield fragments. The pair were taken to Lubbock General Hospital by Plains and Rix ambulances after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ave. H
John Pounds
Lubbock General Hospital
C. J. Follis
Texas Ave
Pounds
Follis
Bill Bell
Plains and Rix
Fruits Vegetables Air Transport Trial In Cleveland
A Liberator bomber at Cleveland airport carried 18 500 pounds of fresh California picked fruit and vegetables in a three month trial by American Airlines. Produce loaded in Salinas California Wednesday noon should reach Cleveland by tonight for local dinner tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
California
Friay
Salinas
Calif
American Airlines, Inc
Eighth Air Force Announces Return of Bombers and Personnel
The Eighth Air Force disclosed that 1,912 heavy bombers have been flown back to the United States, about 80 percent of the peak force. Roughly half of the fighter personnel have been returned, with 41,000 by air and 32,000 by sea. Ten bases have been evacuated and handed to the RAF, with seven bases to return July 10 and five more July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
United States
Europe
RAF
Soldier AWOL Lived In Caves Two Years
Fort Sill authorities prepared to prosecute Missouri soldier Clifford Hart who lived in caves and ate herbs for two and a half years while AWOL from the Fort Sill replacement training center. He is recovering in a Poplar Bluff hospital from buckshot wounds inflicted by an FBI agent during his capture near there last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
U.P
Missouri
Clifford Hart
Poplar Bluff
FBI
Heroism Awards To Be Given At SAAF Saturday
Several posthumous heroism honors will be presented at a Saturday parade at Lubbock Army Air Field. Recipients include 2nd Lt. Ray E. Dickson Jr and Sgt. William R. Scott with Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross awards, plus Air Medals for Tech Sgt. Elbert D. Scott and Lt. Ray E. Ramsey missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAAF
South Plains
Lubbock Army Air Field
Gertrude H. Dickson
Snar
Ray E. Dickson
R. E. Dickson
Spur
Dickson
80Th Infantry Division
Scott
William Rfr. Scott
Lubbock
Aspermont
Elbert D. Scott
Europe
Dorothy Zoe Ramsey
Floydada Route 4
Ramsey
Ray E. Ramsey
Pacific Islands
Japan
Bomb Damage Spread Over 126 Square Miles in Japan Run
Reconnaissance photos show five square miles of new ruin in five more cities. Bombed areas cover 126 square miles across 25 industrial centers including Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama and Nagoya. Additional damage assessments pending for several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Hitachi
Sukegawa
Nippon Oil
Kudamatsu
Honshu
Himeji
Kure
Kumamoto
Ube
Kochi
Shikoku
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yokohama
Osaka
Kawasaki
Kobe
Hamamatsu
Kagoshima
Shizuoka
Yanks Deny Belgian King Held Prisoner
The Allied command in Brussels denied La Libre Belgique’s claim that King Leopold II was held prisoner by U S troops in Austria. It said any detention order would be unauthorized. Premier Van Acker then flew to Austria for talks with Leopold seeking abdication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Supreme Allied Headquarters
la Libre
Belgium
Leopold II
Austria
U. S
Achille van Acker
St. Wolfgang
Leopold
Veterans Return to Texas Furlough at Fort Hood
About 450 Texas members of the 104th Timber Wolves arrived in San Antonio from Camp Wheeler New Jersey by a 15 car train for a 30 day furlough at Dodd Field before redeployment to the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Fects
104Th
Dty Timper Wolves
Camp Wimner
N. J
Doddield
Pacific Front
Government Seeks Full Control of Cotton Linters Crop
Washington July 7 government plans to seize the entire cotton linters crop for military needs. The War Production Board told a House agriculture subcommittee that linters are used in munitions, fire cords, bedding and upholstery. A July 14 WPB appeal decision will rule on the order, which producers fear could end their industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Washington
War Production Board
House Agriculture
WPB
Linters Industry
Ous
Arthur Mosby
Memphis
Tenn
American Cotton Jtirters Association
Iaven
Poage
D-Texas
Edgar Pearson
WPB Chemicals Division
Army Ordnance
Priority Assistance Promised Farmers
The WPB announced urgent help for farmers with weather damage to farm machinery. Victims of floods and wind storms may apply for material preference ratings on form WPR-541 with their county A A agency committee, then to the WPB field office for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
Prolific Watermelon Grower Sets Yard Record
In Rockport Texas on July 7, J. H. Howell reports an untended watermelon vine yielded nine melons at once totaling 372 pounds. The heaviest weighed 50 pounds and the lightest 26 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Tex
J. H. Howell
Howell
Traffic Fatalities Decrease In Texas
Traffic fatalities for the year to date show a three percent drop from last year, with May 1945 down two percent from May 1944. For the first five months, 471 persons were killed in traffic accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Southerner Proposes FEPC Compromise to Bide Time
A southern House leader floated a temporary FEPC compromise to keep the Fair Employment Practice Committee alive as a temporary agency. The plan would supply a token fund of up to 200 000 to operate while blocking moves to make FEPC permanent, amid a $752 million wartime appropriation impasse and a $599 000 budget estimate for FEPC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fair Employment Practice Committee
House
FEPC
Budet
Rioting Flares After Child Fatally Hurt
Rioting erupted in Lattaquie after a French military vehicle struck a child, triggering clashes between French soldiers and civilians. A British account tallies 19 dead and 45 wounded, while a French statement lists 23 dead. British patrols controlled the seacoast town at night and remained on duty the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beyrouth
Lattaquie
Seacoast
Service Family Aid Bill Expands Dependents Abroad
Rep Fulton introduces a bill allowing civilian dependents of overseas servicemen to join them anywhere in the world except where incompatible with military needs. The proposal aims to broaden support for military families amid overseas assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Family Aid
Washington
Rep
Fulton
Year Four Forty Three Event Involving Injuries
A historical report notes 2073 people injured in the year 443, contrasting with 1989 injuries the previous year, indicating a rise in incidents and impact on the community.
Yanks Pound Japs in Fukien and Kiangsi Areas
Chinese troops clash with Japanese near Changpu and Kanhsien as air and ground actions continue across Fukien province and Kiangsi. Chiang Kai-shek predicts decisive stage this year while British forces curb Japanese positions around the Sittang and Moulmein areas.
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Fukien
Changpu
Amoy
Philippines
Kanhsien
Kiangsi
U. S
Pingjiang
Chennankwan
South Guard Pass
Indo-China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
Sittang River
Pegu
Southeast Asia Command
Moulmein
Salween River
Malay Peninsula
Texan Soldier Gets Life For London Shooting Case
Pvt Ben Herbert Sutherland of Houston was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of shooting a London police officer in the foot and committing multiple offenses. He deserted before D day, escaped a military escort, stole a car, threatened people with a pistol, and possessed stolen jewelry worth $100. He enlisted in Oklahoma City in 1942 and planned to marry a Serandon girl tomorrow.
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London
Ben Herbert Sutherland
Houston
Sutherland
Oklahoma City
Serandon
Pilot Survives Crash Near Dallas Field
An Air Transport command pilot from the Fourth Ferrying group Memphis Tennessee crashed in a single engine fighter near Mansfield Tarrant County today. Injuries were reported slight and a car from Love Field was sent to Dallas to transport him.
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Dallas
Air Transport Command
Memphis
Bishop Selecman and Mrs Mason Wed in Pasadena
Dr Charles Claude Selecman seventy a bishop of the Methodist church and Mrs Pierre D Mason sixty one of Hollywood were married in Pasadena California at noon The ceremony was officiated by Dr Albert Edward Day They will reside in Dallas where he serves as bishop The couple formerly widowed previously married and tied the knot in a quiet ceremony before traveling to Santa Barbara for a brief honeymoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Charles Claude Selecman
Council of Bishops of the
Methodist Church
Pierre D. Mason
Hollywood
Albert Edward Day
First Methodist Church
Selecman
Dallas
Selseman
Mason
Mabel J. White
Harrisonville
Santa Barbara
Trinity Methods Church of
Los Angeles
Southern Methodist University At
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Two Transports Bring 765 Men From Europe
Two transports the Benjamin Huntington and the Eleazer Wheelock returned with 765 army personnel from Europe. The Huntington carried 383 men including the 14th Chemical company and the 187th Signal Repair company along with released prisoners of war. The Wheelock held 382 men including the 634th M. P. Escort Guard company and the 8th Tank Destroyer Group headquarters group. All troops proceeded to Camp Shanks New York for processing and furloughs. A Lubbock, Texas, captain A D Brown of the M P Escort Guard company was among the group docking in New York and expects leave upon relocation to Fort Sam Houston. He had been overseas 12 months.
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New York
Benjamin Huntington
Eleazer Wheelock
Europe
14Th Chemical Company
187Th Signal Repair Company
Cleader Wheelock
M. P
F Group
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Lubbock
A. D. Brown
Wheat Poisoning Hits Texas Cattle in 30 Counties
A Texas A and M Extension survey shows 8,000 cattle valued at 607,300 lost to wheat poisoning during the last wheat grazing season across 30 counties. Hansford led with 1,500 head and Porter county reported 1,000 losses. Amarillo secretary A P Bralley noted other counties Ochiltree Sherman Floyd also affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
Hansford County
Porter County
A. P. Bralley
Amarillo
Ochiltree
Sherman
Floyd
Privateers Sink Ships and Destroy Gasoline Dump
At Saishuto Island near Korea two Privateer planes from Fleet Air Wing One destroyed a gasoline dump and sank two ships totaling 3 000 tons. A plane was damaged by the explosion and another Japanese Val dive bomber was shot down. Lt. T. F. Pierce of Taylor Texas participated in the strike.
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Okinawa
Saishuto
Korea
Fleet Air Wing
T. F. Pierce
Taylor, Tex
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Texas Avenue
Kansas City
Kan
Charles W. Smith
Smith
Navy
American Legion
Southerner
J. D. Hofstedler Truck CO
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Tex Phons
GMC
San Francisco
Pi— Janan
Nippon
Dome News Agency
FCC
Bishop Selecman
Mrs. Mason
Rue Ee Eae Iene
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