War Food Administration raises ice cream quota for 1944 summer
On May 29 the War Food administration announced amendment No. 3 to WFO No. 8 permitting higher milk solids use in ice cream during June and July 1944. June quota rises to 85 percent and July to 75 percent of base, with richness cap up from 22 to 24 percent for both June and July. August returns to 22 percent and 65 percent base, aiding dairy processing amid manpower shortages and expected civilian output over 30 million gallons higher than last summer.
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War Food Administration
Peter F Murray
Areca
Murray
Four Injured In Traffic Mishaps
Four persons were hurt in seven traffic accidents Saturday with one seriously hurt. Alex Gant sustained possible brain concussion and back injuries after a parked car at 2109 East Avenue Co was struck by an army vehicle driven by a Black soldier. Amelia Acuña, 7, and Faddie Actina, 33, were injured on Sixteenth Street and Avenue J, including a cracked nose and head cuts. At Nineteenth Street, Victor Cade 89, and J F Richardson 49, collided. Cade’s car toppled the curb and struck a light pole. Additional noninjury wrecks occurred at Broad way and Avenue Q Thirteenth and J, Sixteenth and O 111-block Thirteenth Street, and Fichteenty and H.
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Alex Gant
Leroy Cooper
East Avenue Co
Gant
Amelia
Acuina
Faddie Actina
Lubbock
Sixteenth Street
Avenue J
Acuna
Victor L. Cade
J. F. Richardson
Nineteenth Street
Cade
Broadway
Avenue Q
Thirteenth
Thirteenth Street
Fichteent
Four Die in Kansas Farm Shooting Near Louisburg
Four persons were killed on a farm two miles southeast of Louisburg Kansas in a shooting. Police said Max Kettler shot his wife and her parents then killed himself after firing at two fleeing brothers Lloyd and Lloyd Faulkner.
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Kans
Lousburg
Wans
Tom Higgins
Elis DD
Faunaner
Georgia Kettier
Paeca
Max Kettler
R Kettler
Higgins
Kettler
A. m. Lloyd
Lloyd Faulkner
Truck Drivers Vote Strike Set For Weekend Action
AFI over the road drivers in 12 midwestern states plan a strike vote for next Saturday and Sunday. Dexter L. Lewis, director of the Central States Drivers Council, says 230 local IBU teams plan action after disputes with Midwest Operators Association over a seven cent hourly wage rise awarded by the War Labor Board. About 40,000 drivers would be affected.
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Chicago
AFI
Midwestern
Dexter L. Lewis
Central States
Tno
WIR
District of Columbia
Lewis
Soldier Disqualified For Overseas Duty
KEARNS Utah June 3 Major B H Levy announced that George R Collett Jr 27 of Kansas City Mo was convicted at Will Rogers Field Okla of injuring himself to avoid overseas duty and is disqualified for foreign service Collett labeled an anxiety case by the overseas replacement depot public relations office A court martial sentenced him to 10 years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge
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Kearns
Utah
M— Pfe
George R. Collett, Jr
Kansas City
Will Rogers Field
Okla
Kearns Overseas Replacement Depot Public Relations Office
Collett
Maj
B. H. Levy
Roosevelt versus Dewey pieced by Gallup poll snapshot
The survey shows civilian voters favor Republicans in most regions with Dewey leading by 54 percent or more in several areas while servicemen votes would nudge Roosevelt upward. Roosevelt trails today versus 1940 in multiple regions though still ahead in New England and Middle Atlantic. African bridesmen prayer line appears as an odd fragment.
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Armed Services
Roosevelt
Dewey
Willkie
Central
West Central
Mountain
Pacific Coast
New England
Middle Atlanta
Americans Surge Toward Rome From Alban Hills Drive
Allied forces push toward Rome as Germans retreat from the Alban hills and Valmontone. American troops seize peaks near the approaches, advance from southeast to within 14 miles of Rome, and attack Lanuvio Labico along the Via Casilina amid heavy fighting.
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Valmontone
Rome
Berlin
Free
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Itahan
Alban
Colli Laviah
Fifth Army
Alban Hills
Seacoast
Forties
Velletr
Velletri
Monte Castellacio
Lanuvie
Labico
Via Casilina
84 Finnish Firms On U S Blacklist
Washington June 3 The United States blacklisted 84 Finnish firms including two led by Helsinki cabinet members Foreign Minister Henrie Ramsay and Defense Minister Gen Rudolf Walden. The move aims to pressure Finland to break its alliance with Germany and imposes economic penalties during and after the war as the blacklist continues into the post war period.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Henrie Ramsay
Defense
Rudolf Walden
Most Rev Anthony J Schuler Dies at 74 in Denver
The Most Rev Anthony J Schuler former early Colararia silver mine worker and first Catholic bishop of El Paso and titular bishop of Arada died today in Denver at age 74.
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Schuler
Denver
Anthony J. Schuler
Colararia
el Paso
Arada
Red Cross Workers Named For Year
Looking Back on a successful year volunteers at Red Cross production rooms plan to meet wartime requests. Chairmen come from the past year with Mrs. R A Mills as production chairwoman and Mrs. F I Klett as co chairwoman. Others announced include Mrs. Roscoe Wilson and Mrs. Morley Jennings as surgical dressings co chairs and several department heads for sewing cutting packing supplies and knitting with various assistants and committee members.
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Red Cross
R.A. Mills
F. I. Klett
Mills
Roscoe Wilson
Morley Jennings
R. EB. Garlin
W. B. Price
F. J. Parsons
John C. Oldham
C. P. Carlock
Paul Graham
H. T Luther
G. T. Nash
HO H. Holmes
Price
Lewis Sweet
Ford Benham
R. G. Files
Oldham
R. C. Harvey
T. C. Ingaram
G. J. Turner
Vernon Harris
KFYO Radio Schedule Highlights New Programs and Returns
KFYO outlines a busy lineup with Bible classes and church programs on Sundays and Thursdays. Weekday mornings feature The Breakfast Club and Breakfast at Sardi’s while Raymond Gram Swing returns Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. The schedule includes Mutual programs and a roster of entertainment and news shows throughout the week.
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Church of the Air
Sweet River
My True Story
Wreakfast At
Sardi’s
Gil Martwns
KFYO
Mutual Broadcasting System
Baake Carter
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Johnson Family
Lone Ranger
Pick
Pat
American Forum
Roseland Ballroom Orchestra
Horace Heidt
Larry Paige
Eddie Condon
Carnegie Hall
Walter Winchell
Curtlv's Tavern
Milton Berle
Arthur Godwin
Parker
Delay In Mail From Britain Explained
Washington reports from British and State department sources say mail delays from Great Britain are due to transportation problems and stricter pre invasion censorship of mail. Americans have sometimes received no letters for up to two weeks as censorship tightened while ordinary mail remained allowed.
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Washington
British
State Department
Great Britain
Office of Censorship
British Isles
Texas Tech Faculty Attend Austin Meeting on Social Welfare
Dr Archie Bahm associate professor of philosophy at Texas Tech will attend a Tuesday meeting in Austin of a newly appointed committee on social studies. The panel will make recommendations for the Texas Social Welfare program.
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Archie Bahm
Texas Technological College
Austin
Committee On Social Studies
Texas Social Welfare
Police Extend Probe Into Cafe Robberies
Police said they have strong leads in two cafe burglaries. Johnson’s at 1962 Texas Ave and Ellis’ at 1820 Avenue H were entered after hours. music boxes were opened with unknown takings at Johnson and about 20 dollars at Ellis. cigarettes and pennies were also stolen. Parking meters in blocks of Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Avenue K were robbed. Authorities suspect one group committed the incidents, and other theft cases, including a government allotment check, are being reviewed.
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Johnson’s
Texas Avenue
Ellis
Avenue H
Johnson Cafe
Ellis Cafe
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Avenue K
Wheat Harvest Faces Machinery Shortfall In Kansas
In Oklahoma the labor outlook is tight yet observers remain hopeful the wheat harvest will proceed as usual. Kansas farmers struggle to obtain combines as many machines moved to northern fields last year. Officials say manpower will determine how many railroad boxcars move wheat, with J Monroe Johnson noting that car supply depends on available labor.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Association of Railroads
Kansas City
million tax refunds issued by internal revenue
The Internal Revenue bureau said it has made more than 1,000,000 refunds since March 15 on 1943 individual income tax returns. It cautioned about roughly 17,000,000 people still due for refunds and that it will take several months to mail all checks. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Garbage Crews Walk Out Here
City officials knew little about the garbage department walkout with hints of a 410 per month raise. A special commission report on wages and hours of city employees is pending after a Saturday committee gathering chaired by Hub Joenes and J. Ray Dickey.
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Hub Joenes
J. Ray Dickey
W. Ribble
Mrs Roche Newton Dies Here Saturday
Mrs Roche Newton 57 pioneer resident of Lubbock died at home after weeks of illness. Last rites set for 4 pm at family residence 2208 Fifteenth Street with Elder J W Simpson officiating. Survived by husband Roche Newton two daughters Mrs Sam Ainsworth and Mrs Roxie Dobbs mother Mrs EB Buchanan Weatherford five sisters and one brother burial in Lubbock cemetery Sanders Funeral directing
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Roche Newton
Lubbock
Fifteenth Street
J. W Simpson
Newton
The
Newton Plumbing Co
Sam Ainsworth
Roxie Dobbs
House approves $3.92 billion fund bill for Lend-Lease UNRRA aid
The House passed a record vote of 280 to WY to finance lend-lease, the Foreign Economic Administration and UNRRA for the fiscal year starting July. The move comes after signals that Allied invasion in Western Europe may occur within days.
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Washington
Pee
Europe
House
Foreign Economic Administration
FPEA
United Nations Relief and Rehabittation Administration
UNRRA
Tom French Seeks Precinct Commissioner Post in Lubbock
A public notice proclaims Tom French a 42 year old native Texan and Lubbock area business man and farmer seeking precinct commissioner. He pledges to inspect roads after rains prioritize school bus routes and launch a plan to eradicate Johnson Grass to keep county roads free of the weed.
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Tom Frenes
Lubbock County
Texas
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Tom French
French
Nes
Schoos
South Plains
French Beleves
Ya Ail
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