Veterans find new jobs in Lubbock area during June
M W Waldron of the U S Employment Service reports June placements in Lubbock include three World War II and three World War I veterans in essential jobs. In May and since July 1 1943 a total of about 340 veterans have been aided, with many not seeking their previous positions. The program cooperates with local committees and business leaders to tailor jobs, while disabled veterans receive aid through the Veterans Administration and local American Legion sponsorship.
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Lubbock
B. Sherrod
Waldron
Civil Service Commission
A. C. Lamp
Veterans’ Administration
Allen Bros. American Legion Post
Brenham Marks 100th Anniversary With Simple Celebrations
Brenham Texas observes its centennial this week, with a modest July 13 fair and band concert to start the program. Washington County residents are expected to attend as the town traces its origins to 1844 and notes census and population milestones.
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Brenham
Tex
Core Delly
Richard Fox
Fragmented text on diplomacy and government commitments
The readable segments discuss foreign affairs and a government’s meeting with Ezequiel and a note on commitments. Names and clear events are incomplete, yielding a vague outline of diplomatic talk and supposed timelines.
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Entina
Gentine Gove H
Janaiey
Navy recruiting shifts to local post office for women
Wave recruiter Gladys Tip of Dallas will run a Navy recruiting office on the post office’s second floor until July 22 to interview women for enlistment. Appointments after 5 PM will be taken, and sworn-in recruits may be processed locally. Also in town this week is Ens. Frances Sparks of Dallas. Pvt. Odis L. Hackney of Fort Bliss visits his wife and infant daughter at 2111 Twenty-fifth Street. Mrs. N. L. Ball at 1924 Sixteenth Street recovers from surgery. Sgt. and Mrs. W. W. Gammill and children of San Antonio visit Mrs. Gammill’s mother at 2305 Eighth Street for two weeks. Sgt. Gammill may be reassigned to Hot Springs, Ark., on August 1. Funeral services Saturday for John David Peters, 66, Lubbock rancher and farmer, were held at the family home with local pastors officiating. burial followed in Lubbock Cemetery.
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WAVE
Gladys Tippet
Sp(R)3c
Dallas
Navy
Broadway
Ens
Frances Sparks
Pvt
Odis L. Hackney
Fort Bliss
W. W. Gammill
San Antonio
Gammill
Gussie Gammill
Eighth Street
Sgt. Gammill
West Texas
Hot Springs
Ark
John David Peters
Lubbock
Fourteenth Street
H. Robinson
First Methodist Church
L. N. Lipscomb
Peters
Lubbock Cemetery
Soviet envoy calls report on Republicans unfounded
Soviet Ambassador Constantine Oumansky denied an Excesior interview claiming he called Spanish Republicans allies. He said the piece was 100 percent fabrications. He recounted meeting Republican refugees, saying he offered thanks for a message and did not discuss politics or state chiefs.
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Oumansky
Mexico City
Constantine Oumansky
FPC Head Favored For Another Term
A Senate subcommittee voted 3 to 2 to recommend a second five year term for Leland Olds, chairman of the Federal Power Commission. The panel, along party lines, will forward the report after further information in one case is filed. Olds denied communist ties and any employment by Daily Worker.
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Washington
Senate
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Tunnell
D-Del
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
FPC
Olds
Johnson
D-Cole
Wagner
D-Ny
Hawkes
Moore
Okla
American Labor Party
Daily Worker
Agriculturist Wannamaker Dies In Washington
John Skottowe Wannamaker 75 prominent southern agriculturist and former president of the American Cotton Growers Association died Friday in St Matthews D C Funeral services will be held here this afternoon. Buy A War Bond.
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ST. Matthews
D. C
U.P
John Skottowe Wannamaker
American Cotton Growers’ Association
Southern Agriculturist
Convention splits threaten party unity in key states
A July 8 dispatch notes Democratic delegates in Texas and Mississippi warned they may not back the party’s nominees if the convention adopts positions on zero or other issues. The report recalls Harris’s past Civil War ties and his eventual reinstatement after indicating acceptance of the convention’s decision, and recounts his opposition to McClellan’s nomination.
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Harris
Deepee
Texas
Mississippi
Zeto
Coness
Andrew Johnson
McClellan
Chicago
Boy Climbing Tree Accident Highlights Convention Debate
Dallas July 8 a six year old boy clinging in a tree led to an accident paralleling a prior case as the convention faced issues of attendance and affiliation with Horatio Seymour presiding. Charles W Carrigan urged Harris’s reinstatement after defending a prior stance on political morality. Bears are known to suffer from arthritis.
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Charles W. Carrigan
Pennsylvania
Harris
Horatio Seymeent
New York
Seymour
Carrigan
Rationing Denied by Washington Officials
Recurring reports of clazre tee ont today were emphatically denied by both the Office of Interpretation and the War Food Admin as no action was planned. An official said rationing has not been considered and would require a recommendation to the War Production Board to direct any OPA rationing programs.
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Washington
Office of Asnintetation
Officul Wble
OPA
Former Governor Sam Jones bows out of Senate race
In a prepared statement released today in Lake Charles Louisiana former Governor Sam Jones said he will not run for United States senator. The report notes a side unrelated cooking tip about using leftover mashed potatoes to make soup with water milk onion celery and final milk to taste.
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Lake Charles
Sam Jones
United States
Sunk In Pacific Grantin in Pacific salvage effort described
A damaged report details the 13,000-ton vessel Grant sunk on a submerged reef near its destination. The WEA notes no lives lost as salvage work proceeds to reclaim supplies and quinine. The ship sat trapped for days while the crew battled a tropical storm and nearby vessels aided in keeping the Grant from drifting toward enemy lines.
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Grant
Pacific
WEA
Vince Meied
Viney Coveres Vors
Reteset Kent
Ofge
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U.S. Employment Service
N. L. Ball
Sixeenth Street
West Texas Hospital
Montebourg
D.A
Pasadena Courts
Peacetime Annual
A. L. Turner & CO
Realtors
W. Beauregard San Angelo, Texas
Dial
Crosby
Ne Aiarman
New Guinea
Fosterfield
Victoria
Jones
Hilton Hotel
Imperiale Russe
Lynette
Skylark
Armands
Wentmore
Ken
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