Returned Vets And Bombers At South Plains Army Airfield
South Plains Army Airfield hosts nine returning veterans from the South Plains area among its staff, with B 17s and gunners from the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces stationed to storage and possible reflight. Personnel placement favors former civilian roles, with office, mechanics, and radio work assigned as available.
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Jamie Hyatt
Avalanche-Journal
Whlee
South Plains
South Plains Army
Air Technical Services Command
Germany
SPAAF
Southwest
Union
Pacific
Price F. Brookshire
15Th Air Force
Italy
W. G. Brookshire
Post
Marvin L. Dickson
1712
Ave
F. Lubbock
Edocia Dickson
Eighth Air Force
England
Fines L. Johnson
Lamesa
New
Legion Post To Elect Officers Monday Nite
Annual election of Allen Bros. Post American Legion officers set for Monday night at 8 30 at the Legion home. Three candidates contend for commander H J Hendrix W M Ryan and Dr Lewis B Cooper. Other nominees cover vice presidents adjutant finance service chaplain historian and more with several Air Medal awards noted for listed airmen.
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Allen Bros. Post
American Legion
Legion
Ace
H. J. Hendrix
W. M. Ryan
Lewis B. Cooper
Troy Davidson
H. J. McCabe
McCabe
O. R. Sadler
Harold B. Golding
F. L. Rankin
F. C. Lebow
Lebow
Roy McEachern
C. A. Bestwick
Walter F. Smith
Jack M. Hall
Homer L. Pharr
H. I. Robinson
Damon C. Nichols
H. D. Woods
Hugh O. Cordell
C. M. Wallace
W. G. Doss, Davidson and
Lynn Shelton
Sewer Rats Reassigned Nazi Workers In Frankfurt Cleanup
Twenty six confirmed Nazis were pulled from regular offices in Frankfurt to clear a 25 mile sewer route under military government orders. By midday they were fired from desks and tasked with sewer work, reporting back at 8 am and enduring hard labor. They face bans from government education and industry roles but are not under arrest.
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Frankfurt
U.P
Germany
Hitler
Vacation In Your Backyard A Satirical Guide For Tough Times
Jeane Engle riffs on wartime travel bans, urging readers to simulate a vacation at home. The piece humorously suggests camping in the living room, packing food from nearby stores, and enduring insects and weather for a backdoor getaway. The narrator mocks government controls while urging practical, quirky preparations.
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Jeane Engle
Avalanche-Journal
ODT
OPA
Internal Revenue Collector
Armed Forces
Sam
America
Europe
Orient
South Plains
Mountains
Production Payments Mailed To Dairymen
Dairy production payments totaling $20,693.90 were mailed to 431 eligible applicants. One beef payment of $1,168 was included. Applications for April to June dairy payments are due by August 1, and beef applications for May 19 to June 30 are also requested. County committeemen will check in around August 1.
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Walter Y. Wells
Local Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Wells
Dallas Artist Mrs. Lennis Griggs Simon Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Lennis Griggs Simon, a Dallas artist, were held today. Her parents Col and Mrs. E Griggs were noted as Texas pioneers.
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Dallas
Lennis Griggs Simon
Simon
Col
E. Griggs
Texas
Strike to End Detroit Workers Return to Jobs
A Py-A spokesman for the United Rubber Workers CIO says 6,000 striking workers at the U S Rubber company will return to work on Monday ending the strike in Detroit.
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Detroit
United Rubber Workers of America
CIO
U. S. Rubber Company
Civilian meat supplies to return to prewar average in 1945
Washington reports civilian meat supplies will drop to the 1935-39 average this year for the first time since 1941, at about 16.245 billion pounds. Department data show growing purchasing power and expanded production kept civilian supplies near prewar levels despite wartime needs, with prior years showing higher consumption during the war and rationing pauses in 1944.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
Rent Questionnaire Sent To SAAF Men At Lubbock Field
A survey distributed through the SAAF public relations office targets all military personnel at Lubbock Army Airfield living in rented housing to gauge compliance with rent control. Between 1,000 and 2,000 questionnaires were sent, and about half returned, revealing unregistered dwellings and several found overcharges in the county.
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Lubbock Army Airfield
SAAF
Price Administration
Robert E. Key
Lubbock
Anti-aircraft Guns Fail Against High Flying WWI Plane
A WWI report notes anti-aircraft guns could not reach a plane flying at 3000 feet, highlighting early limitations of air defense as war progresses.
Anniversary of Guam Liberation Observed
Guam marked the first anniversary of the American return as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz hailed Guam as a powerful base in a radio address. Native communities observed liberation with music and speeches praising the end of Japanese occupation and the rebuilding effort.
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Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
World Jewish Congress cites Jews in Germany mistreatment
The World Jewish Congress filed charges with the Big Three in Potsdam claiming thousands of homeless Jews in occupied Germany are held as virtual prisoners and subjected to serious neglect. A telegram to Truman Churchill and Stalin urged immediate action after repeated representations reportedly failed to correct the situation.
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London
U.P
Germany
Potsdam
World Jewish Congress
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Congress
Tragedy as 12-year-old is killed under tractor
Gainesville July 21 Louis Fuhrmann 12 son of Mr and Mrs Henry S Fuhrmann Lindsay was killed yesterday when pinned beneath a tractor on his father s farm.
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Gainesville
Louis Fuhrmann
Henry S. Fuhrmann
Lindsay
General Patch Awarded Second Oak Leaf Cluster
General Alexander M Patch was awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal for his role in the liberation of France and Alsace and fighting on German soil. He now commands the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
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Washington
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
France
Reich
Patch
Alsace
Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Return to England Together
British officials announced that the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson will visit London within weeks. He abdicated in 1936 for the woman he loved, and this marks the first return trip for Simpson to England since their exile began.
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Washington
Duke of Windsor
England
London
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
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Hale Center
Tulsa
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Lee Andrew Nelson
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MT. Queen
Dial
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Plymouth Transportation
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