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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
6
A reader fragment notes drivers walking out at storage firms amid a picketing dispute. The unclear text mentions a father owner named Mongesmas and references representation and termination of some workers. Local names and exact actions are obscured.
A Houston planing mill was destroyed by a fire causing an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. Investigators determined the blaze originated in an unspecified area of the mill and no injuries were reported. Fire crews battled the flames for hours before bringing it under control.
Dr J Ralph Grant pastor of First Baptist with Mrs Grant will join a Dallas group departing June 26 for New York and July 2 sail on the Queen Elizabeth to Southampton then visit seven European nations. They will tour mission fields and survey destruction and reconstruction needs before a Copenhagen conference of the Baptist World Alliance in late July with leaders Dr Roland Q Leavell and other delegates from more than 60 nations. The tour includes Cherbourg Paris Geneva Milan Florence Rome Venice Lugano Lausanne The Hague and Amsterdam before a return to New York August 14.
Buenos Aires reports James C. Bruce of National Dairy Products Corp has been named United States ambassador to Argentina to succeed George Mescersmith. Argentina approved the selection, paving the way for Truman to send Bruce to the Senate. Messersmith departs June 20 amid a wave of official press reaction.
A Texas ruling request questions whether state highway planning director Jack L. Gubbels can accept $23,250 from the Austin school board for a development survey while employed by the state. The issue hinges on a constitutional ban on paying a person for salary or compensation while holding another office. Cavness seeks Attorney General Price Daniel's opinion as state officials consider withholding Gubbels' pay if the double compensation is prohibited.
Twenty Franklin Life Insurance agents visited Lubbock for a two stop program at the country club and Tech stadium ro deo. K L Riggs agency manager presided with F J O'Brien from Springfield addressing the group at 4 p m and a dinner followed at 6 p m. Agents traveled from Pampa Borger Amarillo Canyon Hill leigh Lamesa and Plainview. Gubbels reported to the Austin school board after seven months work recommending 31 new school sites with School Board Chairman R W Bryan noting a $750 payment for each site recommended.
A chance meeting in a local boot shop leads to Miss Bettye Jewell Seay 18 of Tulsa being invited by Gene Autry to ride in the Madison Square Garden rodeo this fall. Seay a Texas Tech junior has ridden horses most of her life and is related to Mrs Roy Bass.
ATLANTA June 14 Three hours after his arrest on a sodomy charge Paul R Refoule was released on a 10000 bond He faces a grand jury Tuesday on the murder of his socialite wife Peggy The French artist denied the charges saying police wanted to arrest him for the murder and could not so they arrested him for something else He had submitted to two lie detector tests and previously was questioned by County Police Chief Neal Ellis for hours
An Interstate Commerce Commission filing in Washington on Monday seeks to merge three National Trailways members Santa Fe Trail Transportation Continental Bus System and Dixie Motor Coach into Transcontinental Bus System Inc with Dallas headquarters. The network covers more than 22000 route miles across 14 states employing about 3500 workers and using 974 vehicles.
M. E. Moore named president of a new company with headquarters in Dallas to oversee operations. The federal government provides about $36,000 annually to support National Guard infantry units, funding one weekly drill and 15 days of active training each year.
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