Kure And Kobe Show Devastating Naval Toll In Pacific War
Allied communique reports heavy losses for Japan with multiple ships damaged or sunk. Battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers from the Japanese fleet sustain extensive damage while merchant shipping suffers dozens of vessels destroyed or damaged. Allied raids disrupt rail hubs and transportation infrastructure as Nimitz notes extensive ground installation damage.
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Katsuragi
Hosho
Kaiyo
Aso
Fuji
Kobe
Nimitz
Hamamaatsu
B29 Victims Named and Japanese Industrial Centers
A report lists B-29 victims and identifies key Japanese munitions, transport, and industrial centers across Honshu Shikoku Kyushu from Uwajima to Kurume. It notes Uwajima and Ujinomiy a as the only locations bombed previously and mentions an OWT warning broadcast from 8 a.m. Guam time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honshu
Ichinomiya
Tsu
Ujiramada
Nagaoka
Nishinomiya
Aomori
Ogaki
Koriyama
Shikoku
Uwajima
Kyushu Kurume
Uwarmia
Jehinomiya
OWT
Guam
U. S
Lubbock Man Among Hospital Arrivals
Temple Texas July 27 The Belgium bulge battle surprised out? tfit. Monroe Stabeno of Taylor Texas a veteran of the 7th armor division said today. Stabeno was among 100 wounded Texas veterans from the bulge who arrived in a convoy from Europe at McCloskey General Hospital. His group had pulled out of Holland for a rest with passes issued for Paris for Christmas before the German push. The convoy included Sgt Walter L. Tucker El Paso Sgt Harvey Johnson Lubbock Sgt Francis M McBride Wichita Falls Sgt Charles S Croan Wichita Falls Cpl Lorenza Arnold Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Tucker
Fl Paso
Harvey C. Johnson
Lubbock
Francis J. M. McBride
Wichita Falls
Charles S. Croan
Lorenza Arnold
Tyler
Births for Don Shaeffer Family and Johnson Family
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Don Shaeffer of 2302 Tenth on the birth of a daughter weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces at 4 25 o clock Friday afternoon at Lubbock General hospital The father is overseas Mr and Mrs Foy L Johnson of 1515 Twenty seventh on the birth of a daughter weighing and pounds and ounces at 11 55 Friday may at St Marys hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Shaeffer
Lubbock General Hospital
Foy L. Johnson
St. Mary's Hospital
Nichols Rites For 15YearOld Miss Eleano r Nichols
Funeral services are set for 5 PM at Nazarene Church for Eleano r Ladell Nichols 15 daughter of Mrs Gladys G Dillard and Brant Nichols of Lubbock. She died Thursday night at West Texas hospital with Leona Forbes of Merkel leading assisted by Rev Albert Laing. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery under Plains Funeral home. A half brother Jerry Dillard is the only other survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Ladell Nichols
Gladys G. Dillard
Lubbock
Brant Nichols
Nazarene Church
Fourteenth
Ave. Q
West Texas
Leona Forbes
Merkel
Albert Laing
Memorial Park Cemetery
Plains Funeral Home
Jerry Dillard
Communist Party Reforms in United States
New York reports the Communist Party of the United States was re established during the Communist Political association convention’s second day. Earl Browder stood outside as a non delegate and did not vote while a dramatic session defended policies later rejected by the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party of the United States
Communist Political Association
Earl Browder
C.P A
Browder
Polisies
Communist Party
Polio Cases Hit New Texas Weekly Record
Sixty one new poliomyelitis cases in Texas for the week ended July 21 set a yearly record, raising total 418 for 1945. The health department warned attack rates may rise and urged strict vigilance, with cases reported in multiple counties including Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, Travis, Bexar, and Galveston.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Department
Bexar
Brazos
Burleson
Colorado
Dallas
Eastland
Ellis
Galveston
Grayson
Harris
Hidalgo
Hunt
Jefferson
Lamb
Medina
Montgomery
Neuces
Rusk
Tarrant
Travis
Upshur
Webb
Wilbarger
Wiliamson
West Texans Asked To Report On Meteor
Fort Worth July 27 Oscar Monnig an amateur astronomer requests West Texans who saw last night's brilliant meteor at 9 55 p m to notify him of its apparent course so it may be plotted He described the fireball as among the most brilliant he has witnessed and was in his yard when it appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Oscar Monnig
Monnig
Record National Income Predicted for 1945
The Commerce Department predicted higher payments to individuals and total national income in 1945. Individual payments and dividends could total about 158.0 billion dollars, up from 156.8 billion last year, with national income near 160.0 billion, slightly below 160.7 billion prior year. Consumer buying is expected to rise by about 3.4 billion to 10.0 billion dollars, reflecting increased civilian goods availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Funeral for 15monthold Craze held in Crosbyton
Body of Peggie Fern Craze 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs G W Craze of Wake Crosby County died Thursday in a Lubbock hospital and funeral services will be conducted in Crosbyton. Rix Funeral Home of Lubbock reported J B Parker 79 of 713 Ave C rushed to Lubbock General Hospital for a stroke treated and released. Alton Davis 39 of Crosbyton charged with forgery of a $90 check passed to a lumber company. his wife 33 held but no charge listed. They were arrested Thursday after DPS bulletins described them as wanted on indictments in Texas. A 12yearold son arrested with them was released to a relative.
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Peggie Fern Craze
G. W. Craze
Wake
Crosby County
Lubbock
Crosbyton
Rix Funeral Home
J. B. Parker
Ave. C
Lubbock General Hospital
Plains
Alton Davis
D. W. Robertson
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Lubbock Firm Lands Roswell Housing Contract
Fort Worth reports Joseph H. Gaylord says a 175 unit Roswell housing project contract was awarded to J I Leftwich Co of Lubbock. Total cost about 458000 includes demolition site work and utilities. frame dwellings moved from Pando Colorado. The Pando project has been terminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Joseph H. Gaylord
Federal Housing
Roswell
J. l. Leftwich Company
Lubbock
Pando
Colorado
Gaylord
Fort Worth Man Missing Over Gulf Flight
Lt. Jack Fry, 26, of Fort Worth, is missing after a gunnery training flight over the Gulf of Mexico. Col. Donald Meade says Fry’s opened parachute was found washed ashore by a search party, indicating he may have landed at sea.
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Fort Worth
Gulf
Winfield
Kan
Jack Fry
Ft. Worth
Gulf of Mexico
Donald Meade
Strotherfield
Britain Considers Potsdam Agenda After Cabinet Meet
The British cabinet signals priorities for wartime policy including Japan defeat, Germany occupation, world security league support, elections in liberated countries, and elimination of fascism. It vows aid to Europe, removal of trade barriers, and speaks with a strong popular mandate. The outgoing cabinet meets to discuss postwar influence as Labour prepares a leadership handover and Harold Laski leads a party committee meeting. A closing note advises monthly radiator maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Security League
Europe
House of Commons
Britain
Labor Party
Harold Laski
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Morning Avalanche
Kure
R. E. Busch
D.C
Abell Sanatoria
Broadway Labboca
Milling Sanatorium
Ifuneral Wells
Tex
Glen Rose Texas
C. F
Bible
Vernice Ford
Lindsey Theater
Plains Clinic
West Texas Clinic
The
County Medical Society
Central Pipe & Supply
Nebeh
Lu Wachee
Sally Ann
Baldridge Bakery
West Texans
Meteor
Texas Avenue
Cook’s Paints
Paul Graham
B.M.A
Snider Business
Wen's
Kance CO
20Th Street
MATS
Lubbock Sheet Metal
Dia
Stanley Plumbing Co
Harry J. Smith
Optometrist
Lester's Credit Jewelers
Lubbock, Texas
Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Japan
Germany
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Adv
Weiteer Cad Fey
Pioneer
19Th St
Kelner
Satan
Heaven
Earth
Weldon B. Meers
Bill Mead
Mr. Meers
the Grace Church
the Coming
Lord
16Th Street
Avenue N
DR. Anderson
Optometric Office
J. C. Anderson
Wm M. Cauley
Juanita Bennett
Maurine Wells
David Jarratt, Optician
Anderson Bros. Jewelers
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
J.T. Krueger
M. D
J. H. Stiles
M.D
F.A.C.S
H. E. Mast
J. T. Hutchinson
Ben B. Hutchinson
E. M. Blake
M. C. Overton
Arthur Jenkins
Obstetrics
O. R. Hand, M. D
W. H. Gordon
R. H. McCarty
J P Lattimore
G. S. Smith
J. D Donaldson
M D
A. G. Barsh
Wayne Reeser
Armed Forces
Clifford E. Hunt
J. H L. Felton
Pathological Laboratory
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