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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1946
Page
2
DEWITT MacKENZIE reports from China amid a war with Japan and a collapsing economy. Inflation and famine devastate rural areas, driving starvation, deprivation, and even banditry as the Communists and Nationalists clash. General Chou En-lai denies Moscow connections, while observers debate red aid and Moscow links.
Dr. Roger Burgess of the University of Texas Veterans Administration advisory center clarified two GI Bill questions for graduate students. Full benefits apply to those writing a graduate thesis, and registration can be approved in absentia. Students conducting research away from Austin may also receive all benefits.
The Lubbock ISD equalization board will begin hearings Monday on property valuations. The county city board sessions start the following Monday. Notices invited owners to appear and show cause why valuations should not rise. School board members include W. C. Wood J. E. Maisen G. R. Kennedy.
Hollywood photographer Bruce Bailey says producer David O. Selznick punched his camera and then Bailey punched back in a short duel at the Mocambo nightclub. Bailey, filming film icons including Shirley Temple, described Selznick’s assault and a rapid exchange before bystanders intervened.
Police in West Point Mississippi report a theft of a telephone from a vacated apartment. The incident occurred on July 20 and is described as unusual by local authorities.
Charles McClellan 16 of Tahoka shows gradual improvement nine months after a butane explosion burns on his face left shoulder back and arms. He leaves for limited times in a wheelchair attends films and family gatherings while continuing treatment awaiting full recovery.
In Saigon on July 20 authorities report France filed an approximate provisional reparations claim totaling about 2 billion dollars against Japan for Far East war damages. The submission to the Far Eastern Commission in Washington asks for immediate advances including railway transport and cotton goods to revive Indochina's economy.
The Terrell, July 20 reports veteran journalist Harry Galbraith, aged 77, a longtime newspaper man, died today in the city. He built a career in local presses and served as a guiding figure in regional journalism.
In years with abundant sunshine deer antlers reach greater size and mass. The study links longer photoperiods and plentiful forage to amplified bone growth and trophy rack development in mature males.
Two thousand nine students began the second summer term registration at Texas Technological College on Saturday afternoon. Monday marks the final day to register with a late fee in effect, and most students had completed registration by paying fees. REVERSE WAR BRIDE STORY DAYTON OH W.P.
Kit the elephant was absolved of all blame in the death of trainer George Branch Laferty 40 of San Diego after a freak accident aboard a circus train near Afton Oklahoma. Fellow worker Gordon Emmett Hall 41 of Dallas survived a broken leg and injuries. The tragedy occurred when Kit’s trunk swung outward as the train curved, striking a cot where the men sat. A third man, unnamed, vanished with the horses during the incident.
Captain Homer E. Thompson, former Garza county agent, arrived in Seattle aboard the Marine Devil and will proceed to San Antonio for discharge. He has served in Korea in the military government for the past year. His wife Lilly Maye Morris remains in Vernon with his parents in Lubbock.
Mrs Irene Lafferty learned of the accident only after arriving in Joplin. Circus officials said Kit would likely proceed with her act in Joplin tonight, following the show must go on tradition.
A political rally will be held Monday at 8 PM in Lorenzo with candidates for county district and state offices and gubernatorial representatives speaking. Roy Terrell will preside, and Lorenzo Lions Club sponsors the event. The rally is downtown on the principal street with seating for older persons.
Canton Ohio officials proclaimed a public emergency and began disposing of four days worth of garbage after a city workers strike involving 225 sanitation staff including 32 garbage truck drivers.
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