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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1947
Page
3
In Lake Success New York June 21 delegates to the four power peace conference eyed progress toward East West relations amid stalemates on atomic controls disarmament and a global police force. Some said Marshall's European economic plan could influence Soviet positions.
The Japanese central meteorological observatory reported a slight earthquake in the Osaka and Nagoya regions early today with no damage observed.
In Beverly Hills Benjamin Bugsie Siegel a 41 year old gambler and former public enemy was shot dead while reading a newspaper in a home. Police Capt. William W. White said an unidentified gunman fired through an open window hitting Siegel multiple times. Allen Smiley a sports figure nearby witnessed the event. Siegel had been active in the local sporting world for about a decade and had previously been named public enemy by New York Governor Dewey when district attorney. He also testified before a New York grand jury investigating Louis Lepke Buchalter of Murder Inc.
In College Station Frederico R. Kranauer the 84th enrollees this week for Texas A M University summer cotton short course. His father C S Kranauer a Milan cotton broker attended the course in 1917. The group includes participants from Spain Czecho Slovakia Norway Mexico and nine states.
Terror strike on a Communist club near Trieste last night injures twelve people. Separate report states Mississippi aims to double its pre war tourist business to 240 million dollars in 1947 48.
Washington June 21 Senate filibusters of past were recalled as a small group began a marathon to block a vote on overriding Truman's Taft Hartley veto. The piece notes records for longest speeches by La Follette Smoot Huey Long and Ashhurst Hayden with dates spanning 1908 1915 and 1928 29 and cites proposed rule changes to limit debate.
Gov. Jester appoints Robert A. Hall to succeed Winter King as judge of Dallas County Criminal District Court No 1. Hall, an assistant attorney general, was among five attorneys recommended by the Dallas judiciary committee.
In Baltimore on June 21 Adele Roberts, 22, asked if her boyfriend would save her after deciding to jump in. Gallant Harris replied he would but admitted poor swimming. Both went under. Harris was saved by patrolmen with a rope while Adele's body was recovered half an hour later.
The article lists the ten top states for egg production Iowa Texas Ohio Minnesota Missouri Pennsylvania Illinois New York Wisconsin California. It notes that three-fourths of Americans must live in cities over 50 000 or in metropolitan areas surrounding such cities.
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