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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1947
Page
3
Delhi July 26 Progress in partition plans continues as Muslims begin moving from British India to Karachi. The transfer of power to Pakistan looms three weeks ahead with leaders working around the clock. Viceroy to administer the handover while conferences run long into the night.
Corpus Christi July 26 Aviation Midshipman R B Mason of Hagerstown Maryland fell from a plane when his safety belt unfastened during a routine aerobatic. His parachute carried him down safely and Lt Max Stone landed the craft and returned Mason unhurt to the naval air training base. Also noted: about 40 percent of Southern farms are operated by ten ants versus 25 percent in the North and 15 percent in the West.
Gordon Gaines a young baritone and Texas Tech alumnus will present a campus concert on Thursday night at 8 30 on the lawn south of the administration building as part of the Texas Technological College summer recreation program. He has sung in New York concerts oratorio and radio and appeared in Kreis ler's Rhapsody and Spring in Brazil on tour. Rev Charles E Fike will accompany Gaines.
Two Texas groups performed at the veterans hospital in Salt Lake City during a stopover on their Lions convention trip to San Francisco. The Bryan a capella choir and the Melody Maids of Beaumont appeared under sponsorship by Veterans' Programs, a national civic group that provides entertainment for ex servicemen.
Mrs. S. W. Smith 70, longtime Crosby county resident, died Friday night in Burlington Iowa where she visited a granddaughter. Pneumonia listed as cause. The couple celebrated their 50th anniversary last December. Body to be returned to Ralls for burial. Marr Funeral Home to handle services. Survived by husband and five children including Albert O. Smith and Mrs. E. W. Dean.
Pending in the House for consideration next year is a bill by Rep. Jack Z. Anderson to authorize special proceedings for importing foreign agricultural workers. It would extend provisions of the emergency farm labor supply program, permit INS admission of workers largely from Mexico when the Agriculture Secretary certifies need, and exempt them from the head tax and literacy tests.
The tribute notes the passing of a longtime resident with surviving family including Mrs. Tom Richmond of Ralls and Mrs. A. L. Wooley of San Antonio. The deceased is remembered alongside 29 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
In Lubbock Texas readers learn how azaleas reveal nutrient issues with yellowing leaves and poor growth. The note mentions iron and phosphorus deficiencies and nitrogen starvation causing ragged growth, dull leaves, and leaf drop as symptoms.
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