Butter up and cheese down in three-month outlook
Washington reports Civilian butter supplies will rise by 7 million pounds in the next quarter while cheese quotas shrink by 20 million pounds. Bourbon production remains halted as corn shifts to feed and war needs. OPA to price Atlantic salmon. storage stocks remain low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Greiner
United Press
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Money Thief Snatches Cash From Midway Theater Office
A man grabbed two money bags containing 45 dollars from the desk in the Midway theater office at 1805 Broadway and outran a theater employee after being spotted by Bud Cammack. Dorothy Cantrell had just moved the bags from the box office to the office for tallying. The thief, about 20 with a beard, disappeared after a chase through several blocks in the 900 block of Ave S following a prior sighting near the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Theater
Broadway
Joe Bryant
Dorothy Cantrell
Bud Cammack
Ave. S
Weather Quirks Continue Across Plains Regions
Gordon notes ongoing weather worries as June days bring shivers and a wa reading. Jones cites past June shivers, while Leon Guinn reports a slow drizzle that grew into a county wide shower. Santa Fe dispatcher's office at Slaton says no rain reports from South Plains, though conditions stay dry and cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Jones
Leon Guinn
Snyder
Santa Fe Dispatcher
Slaton
South Plains
Soldier Dies In Plane Crash En Route To Father’s Funeral
Pvt. Joe J. Capes Jr., 18, of Carrollton, dies with 16 others in a plane crash near Vicksburg Thursday night while being sent home from Camp Hood Texas to attend funeral services for his father. War department telegram confirms the death as the elder Capes had died Tuesday and his funeral was delayed for the son's arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Joe J. Capes Jr
Vicksburg
Texas
War Department
Capes
Camp Hood
Countywide Airport Bond Election Set for July 3
Harrison county commissioners set Tuesday July 3 for a countywide vote on a $350,000 airport bond issue. Bonds will mature within 20 years from issuance and bear interest not to exceed 2.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Harrison County Commissioners Court
Simpson to be honored at Fort Worth homecoming
General Simpson will be honored in a Fort Worth area homecoming event. The announcement came as Sen. D Tex and Rep. Lan ce ere were informed yesterday that Simpson, formerly commander of the army in its drive, is from Weather ut. The Washington report notes the ceremony will occur nearby with participation from the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Simpson
Ft. Worth
Washington
N. Simpson
Fort Worth
D-Tex
Lance
Jon
L-army
Methodist superintendent outlines four quarterly conferences
Dr. L N Lipscomb district superintendent announced a schedule for four quarterly conferences in the area. He will deliver a sermon before each meeting with times at Lake View Meadow charge 11 a.m. New Home 2 30 p.m. Wolfforth 4 30 p.m. and Ropes 8 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Lipscomb
Lake View
Meadow Charge
New Home
Wolfforth
Ropes
USS O'Hare Will Be Launched June Twenty Second
The destroyer USS O'Hare named for Lt Commander Edward H. O'Hare of St. Louis will launch in Orange on June 22. Mrs Selma A. O'Hare will sponsor the vessel. O'Hare earned the Medal of Honor for downing five Japanese bombers during a 1942 raid on the USS Saratoga and held multiple decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
America
Edward Henry O’hare
St. Louis
Navy
Selma A. O’hare
Flyer
O’hare
Pacific
Tarawa
Roosevelt
White House
Comdr
Missouri
Two Points Added to Lard and Oils in Ration
The Office of Price Administration announced a 12 point per pound ration for lard shortening and cooking oils effective 12:01 a m Sunday. The increase follows a dwindling civilian supply with further cuts to July September quotas. butter and margarine values unchanged. Industrial users may use fats and oils at 70 percent of 1942 usage in the third quarter, down from 80 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Purchase Plans For Cotton Announced
Washington reports the 1945 cotton purchase program will continue if Congress extends price stabilization. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said CCC will manage purchases similar to last year and begin July 1 selling stocks at 25 points above parity, raising government ask by about 1.50 per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Bankhead-Brown
Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jones
CCC
Agriculture Department
Railroads Carrying More Wheat and Grains
The Office of Defense Transportation reported that U S railroads moved 20.8 percent more wheat and grain products in the week ending June 9 1945 than in the same week in 1944. Grain carloads reached 53 011 compared with 43 895 a year earlier marking the twelfth straight week of higher 1945 loadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Knight Awarded Medal of Honor Posthumously
Lt. Jack L. Knight of Mineral Wells received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions in Burma on February 2. Family and fellow soldiers from Mineral Wells attended the ceremony at Camp Wolters, where Knight’s brother Curtis spoke of the battle near Loi-Kang and Knight’s leadership. Curtis Knight, also a Silver Star recipient, described his brother's final bravely, as comrades recalled the fierce Burma campaign and Knight’s sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Wells
Jack L. Knight
Roy Anight
Millsap
Texas
Bruce Magruder
Infantry
Camp Wolters
Knight
Sgt
Curtis Knight
Burma
T. T. Owens
Paul Crawford
Mars
Loi-Kang
Curtis
Houston Couple Halts Gifts After Giving Millions
Oilman H. R. Cullen and his wife say they have given away all they can and face thousands of requests for aid. Cullen notes that fulfilling all offers would require billions, and he thanks supporters while explaining limits in a letter to the Houston Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
H. R. Cullen
Houston Post Today
New Car Production To Mean Little To Average Individual
George Romney states that limited new car production will mean little or nothing to the average person not in an essential occupation. He notes OPA will ration new cars to essential users and industry estimates prior to the war expect 10 to 12 million pent-up demand after the war. A tentative quota of 2 million cars is set for the first year of partial production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George Romney
Automotive Council For War Production
Romney
OPA
Curmudgeon Ickes Nearing Interior Department Exit
St Louis June 16 The Post Dispatch reports interior secretary Harold L Ickes will leave the cabinet within weeks despite his wish to stay in office after 12 years The resignation is expected to coincide with James F Byrnes becoming secretary of state replacing Edward R Stettinius Jr The Washington memo from Edward A Harris notes the anticipated cabinet shake up
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
ST. Louis
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Post-Dispatch
Edward A. Harris
Washington
White House
James F. Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Canning Sugar Quotas Cut In New Mexico
New Mexico housewives face a two thirds cut in home canning sugar quotas. The district Office of Price Administration in Albuquerque issued an order reducing the previous allotment of 15 pounds per person to five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
New Mexico
District Office of Price Administration
Back Home After 22 Months In German Prisoner Camps
Lt. Neil H. Wright Jr of Lubbock returns from 22 months as a POW after B-24/ bomber crashes and escape. He describes parachute fall from 16,000 feet, tree landing, two broken ribs, two days in hiding, and capture by German Wehrmacht. Liberated by Patton’s 14th Armored Division at Moosburg in Bavaria. Red Cross aid and camp morale noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil H. Wright, Jr
Malta
Lubbock
Wright
Jack Rogers
Lt. Rogers
Artie Hill
Ave X
Fort Worth
Wermacht
Farmer's Army
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Schweinfurt
Stalag Luft 3
Upper Silesia
Moorsburg
Lower Bavaria
14Th Armored Division
Patton
Third Army
Moosburg
Red Cross
Main Street
Lubbock Army Airfield
Ponca City
Okla
Plan to speed tax revisions to aid business recovery
Washington June 16 plans were laid to push through Congress a business-aid tax bill to free up about five billion dollars for reconversion. The measure, led by Rep Doughton and supported by Rep Knutson, would accelerate rebates, credits and refunds without changing overall tax rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis LE May
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Coughton
Wage Approved and Coal Prices Raised
Economic Stabilizer William H. Davis approved the anthracite wage agreement and set an average price increase of 75 cents per ton. The pact raises United Mine Workers wages by $1.374 per day for 68,000 workers and grants smaller gains for about 4,000 others. Domestic coal sizes rise $1 per ton and industrial sizes increase 25 to 50 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
World Conference stalls on charter amid rising hurdles
Officials report growing technical troubles as committees press to finalize a charter for a new United Nations. Discussions focus on future amendments, trusteeships, and withdrawal or expulsion of league members, while prospects for a closing plenary next Saturday fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
United Nations Organization
League
More Passenger Car Tires Are Scheduled
Washington June 16 The War Production Board announced that 800000 more passenger and motorcycle tires will be produced in the July September quarter than in the second quarter of 1945. Third quarter output for motorcycle and passenger tires will total 6000000, up from 5200000 in April May June, reflecting reduced demand for airplane and military combat tires during redeployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Production Board
Lubbock Youth Held Over Forgery and Disturbance Charges
A 15-year-old Lubbock resident was jailed Saturday in connection with forged checks totaling 200 to 300 dollars used at several stores including Hemphill-Wells and Sears. He faces a juvenile court hearing next week. Also, Dallas Young, 37, paid 500 dollars on liquor violations with three cases of whisky found at a hotel and a prior May 12 jail record. Two Hutson brothers, 37 and 30, remain jailed for disturbance after a Friday incident in northwest Lubbock. Pearl Gould, 33, and Emmet Lewis, a Negro, posted 500-dollar bonds on liquor charges. Gould faces two joint counts with Lewis. Three tires and wheels were stolen from a trailer at a county farm, with a 23-year-old Lubbock man arrested after appearing out of uniform at a public location. Provost marshal at Lubbock Army Airfield will report the offense to Camp Perrin authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
F. H. Bolen
Hemphill-Wells
Mark Halsey’s
Sears
Corcorran’s
Wards
Liquor Board
Dallas Young
Young
Sheriff’s Office
E. L
J. B. Hutson
Pearl Gould
Emmet Lewis
Lewis
W. S. Jacobs
Provost Marshall
Lubbock Army Airfield
Camp Perrin
Tex
Allied Air Strikes Hit Okinawa Area in Heavy Week
U S Navy and Marine aviation from Okinawa and the Third Fleet pounded airfields, barracks, radio stations, and harbors as British carriers and ships bombed Truk. Reports say 24 enemy ships were sunk or damaged off Honshu Korea and in the Yellow Sea, with several vessels destroyed south of Tokyo Bay and near Shikoku.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester W. Nimitz
Tactical Air Force
Okinawa
Navy
Adm
William F. Halsey
U. S. Third Fleet
Kyushu
Amami Group
Honshu
Korea
Yellow Sea
Asiatic
Fleet Airwing
Tokyo Bay
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
Shikoku
Truk
Guam
Caroline Islands
Pullman Space to Vanish for Civilians in War Move
Portland, June 16. Col J Monroe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation told railroad, shipping and business leaders that the army will take all Pullman cars for troops starting in August, leaving zero for civilians. The military already has half the cars, and the other half is to be seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
United States Army
Office of Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Leopold to Return Home Prompts Belgian Government Resignation
A Reuters dispatch from Brussels reports King Leopold will return to Belgium. Consequently the government of Premier Achille Van Acker tendered its resignation to Regent Prince Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Brussels
Leopold
Belgium
Achille van Acker
Prince Charles
Educator Dr Onidas Payne Jr Dies at 71
Dr Onidas Warren Payne Jr a longtime University of Texas English professor and noted author and literary collector died today after a heart attack in Austin. He was 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ustin
Onidas Warren Payne, Jr
University of Texas
Local Birth Announcements From Lubbock Area Hospitals
Congratulations to S/Sgt Troy Davis and wife of Lubbock on a 7 lb 10 oz son born 5 55 pm at St Marys hospital. Norman Ulmer and wife of 1419 Tenth on a 7 lb 6 oz son born 2 30 pm at Lubbock General hospital. Lt Clifton Smith and wife of Ralls on an 8 lb 2 oz daughter born 7 30 am at St Marys hospital. The father is overseas. Lt JG H W Austin and wife of 2007 Twenty first on a 6 lb 12 oz daughter born 5 41 am at Mr and Mrs Charlie Shepard route 2 on a 5 lb 10 oz daughter born 11 18 am at West Texas hospital. The father is a farmer. Wallace Hill and wife route 2 on an 8 lb 9 oz son born 5 40 am at West Texas hospital. The father is a farmer. Shelby Evans and husband of Ropesville on a daughter born 6 09 pm Friday at West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight
Sgt
Crawford
Lt. Knight
Owens
Roy Jr
Billy Rowe
Glenda June Knight
Glenda Joyce
W. J. Graham
Olney
Vihies Knight Sons
Loyd W. Knight
Southwest Pacific
Herchel N. Knight
Pacific
Pvt
Roy C. Knight
Camp Hood
Troy Davis
Lubbock
St. Mary’s Hospital
Norman Ulmer
Lubbock General Hospital
Clifton Smith
Ralls
H. W. Austin
Charlie Shepard
Route 2
West Texas Hospital
Wallace Hill
Shelby Evans
Ropesville
Lt. Lynn Returns to Civilians After 34 Europe Missions
First Lt. Harold D. Lynn of Lubbock, navigator on a B 24, completed 34 missions in about two months and 20 days. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and three battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D. Lynn
Lubbock
Europe
London
Lynn
C. E. Lynn
Fifteenth
Air Corps
Munich
England
Brunswick
Eloise Hall
Monroe
Selmanfield
Don Jones
Lubbock Experiment Station
Agricultural Department of
Texas Tech
Soil Conservation Program
Eisenhower Returns to U S in Roosevelt Plane
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Paris for the United States aboard a private plane provided by Gen. George C. Marshall. The aircraft stopped briefly in the Azores then Bermuda for 24 hours rest before a planned arrival in Washington at 11 30 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U. S
Paris
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
President Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Bermuda
Azores
Washington
ICC suspends penalties on loaded tank car demurrage
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended heavy penalties on holding loaded tank cars at destination points. The action, announced by the regional Office of Defense Transportation, returns tank car demurrage to the level in effect before January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Regional
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Lingayen Gulf Extension Near Manila
The southernmost tip of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines lies roughly 100 air miles from Manila, indicating the gulf's proximity to the capital region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lingayen Gulf
The
Philippines
Manila
Texas senators named for coast land hearings in Washington
Lt. Gov. John Lee Smith named Senators Weaver Moore Jesse Martin and Allan Shivers to represent the Texas Senate before the House judiciary committee in hearings on federal and state ownership of coastal lands. Giles labeled the U S government a claim-jumper and urged prompt action on pending quit claim resolutions to settle tidewater and river bed titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John Lee Smith
Weaver Moore
Houston
Jesse Martin
Fort Worth
Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Texas Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Smith
Hatton W. Sumners
Senate
Washington
Giles
Bascom Giles
United States
Grover Sellers
California
Department of Justice
Pacific Western Oil Corporation
Texas
Congress
Harold Ickes
Tidewater
Union
Republic of Texas
J. R. Ingersoll
Haw Haw Jailed And Charged In London
London dispatch reports William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was charged at Bow Street police station after arriving from Brussels. Scotland Yard said only that he was arrested on arrival and will appear before magistrates on Monday June 18. A separate 12 Army Group dispatch noted a blackout on news of Joachim von Ribbentrop since his arrival in Frankfurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haw Haw
London
William Joyce
Haw-Haw
Bow Street
Scotland Yard
Joyce
Brussels
12Th Army Group Headquarters
Eisenhower
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Frankfurt-on-the-Main
Roxas to Oppose Osmena in November Presidential Race
Manila June 16 Senator Manuel A Roxas who resigned his Army post said in an exclusive AP interview he would run for the presidency in November He indicated he would oppose President Sergio Osmena and could not continue with current government policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Associated Press
Roxas
Pres
Sergio Osmena
Only 3 396 Auto Use Stamps Sold In Dallas
Dallas post office cashier Charles Watson reports only 3 396 federal auto use stamps sold as of yesterday. He notes last year nearly 90 000 had been sold before the July 1 deadline, suggesting reluctance to spend five dollars or reduced car sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
W.P
Charles Watson
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Avalanché-Journal
Soldier
O'Hare
Hero
Pullman Space
Gulf
Osmena
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