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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1944

Page

2

American airmen study war orientation training in nation

Fort Worth July 15 The United States Army Air Forces explain pilots and crews learn war orientation to guide killing in combat. Training uses documentary films and history books to reveal Axis plans and the meaning of freedom won through hard struggle.

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Paducah Gunner Returns After 50 B-25 Missions

S/Sgt. Gilbert Perry of Paducah has completed a 50 mission tour as a tail gunner on a B-25 Mitchell of the 12th Air Force in the Mediterranean theater. He earned the Air Medal with five clusters and the theater ribbon with bronze stars for Sicily and Italy. Perry served on two named aircraft and survived combat including a July 4, 1943 engagement near Malta. He will report July 20 in Greenville, South Carolina, for aerial engineer instructor duties.

Gilbert Perry Walter Perry Paducah Roaring Springs Perry 12Th Air Force Mediterranean Sicily Italy Malta Sgt. Perry Porky Focke-Walls North Africa Bulgaria Pres Albania Yugoslavia Sgt Greenville S. C

Cotton Consumption Declines in June Census Report

The Census bureau states cotton consumed in June reached 805,735 bales of lint and 118,831 bales of linters. For May this year 918,433 lint and 97,334 linters were used, with eleven months ending June 30 totaling 9,217,903 lint and 1,228,572 linters, down from the previous year's 10,260,214 lint and 1,194,296 linters.

Washington Census Bureau

Cover Girl Contest Winners Named by Hub Cine Club

Lubbock amateur photographers held a Cover Girl contest sending 15 portraits to Sgt. Julius Chandler in New Guinea. Betty Jane Morton won with 138 votes, followed by Belle Freeman with 108. Other winners included Mrs Gertie Mayer, Mrs Oleta Comer, Gene Cooper, and Larue Hall with sponsor ties to local firms.

Hub Cine Club Lubbock Julius Chandler New Guinea Betty Jane Morton Miss Morton R. B. Morton Twenty-third Street Southwestern Public Service Company Avalanche Journal Belle Freeman Freeman West Texas Gas Company Gertie B. Mayer Slaton Shelton Typewriter Service Oleta Comer Twenty-fifth Street Cloverlake Creamery Gene Cooper Thirteenth Street Sears, Roebuck Co Larue Hall Grace Furniture Company

Lynn County Farmers Plan Johnson Grass Eradication Drive

Lynn county farmers schedule a Johnson grass eradication drive for July 17 22 following a July 8 meeting with 30 farmers. County Agent Robert L. Stone outlines multiple methods including kerosene sprays calium chlorate and summer fallowing while County Commissioners pledge cooperation. He will mail full guidance to farmers. Earl Vestal Jr a Quanah resident visits relatives in the county.

Lynn County Lynn County Commissioners Court Robert L. Stone Stone Tone

Funeral for Spur Woman Set Today

Mrs Leroy Williams 33 of Spur died Saturday in Lubbock General Hospital where she had been for 10 days. Funeral services set for today under Robinson Funeral Home Jayton with Rix Funeral Home transporting the body. Survived by husband three children parents and two brothers.

Leroy Williams Spur Lubbock General Hospital Rix Funeral Home Robinson Funeral Home Jayton

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