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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1947
Page
7
A fragmented report shows a committee hearing addressing oil shipments to Russia. Witnesses reference normal export levels and testy services, with unclear details on orders, regional delivery, and policy concerns amid worsening relations.
An explosion at a Tyler heater company furnace injures one worker. Details on the plant, cause, and the extent of injuries are not fully clear in the fragment. The incident highlights safety concerns at the new plant undergoing operations.
Intermittent picketing persisted Saturday at Luther Transfer and Storage Co and Armstrong Warehouse with about 200 drivers on strike a week for union recognition. A company spokesman said drivers picketed only a few hours daily while the union, Teamsters Local 323 AFL, seeks recognition as a bargaining agent.
Two young inmates fled Boonville state training school using a 25 passenger bus. The bus was found abandoned in a ditch near Columbia after one escapee, Southers 15, was arrested when he sought a tow at a garage. His partner Edward Kitson 16 remained missing as authorities recovered the wrecked vehicle on Highway 40 east of Columbia.
In New Orleans on June 21 a six foot 200 pound alligator wandered downtown. Police pursued as crowds watched a 30 minute struggle before lassoing and restraining the reptile. The SPCA later captured the animal and hailed it as the biggest ever caught in the city.
Shriners at the Zor Shrine introduce camel rides for children at Vilas Park 700 in Madison. From now until September, youngsters receive free rides every Sunday morning. In other news the United States counts about 4,750,000 commercial truck drivers.
Rain benefited crops in Lubbock county with 350000 acres of cotton in good stand and wheat yielding about 20 bushels per acre. About 3000 cotton acres were damaged by hail but recent rain should aid young cotton and feed sorghums are thriving. Potatoes sugar beets and vegetables progress well as labor calls go out from the Plainview tension service office for wheat belt harvesting assistance.
In Brownwood on June 21 the West Texas district reelected Rev. S. D. Doyle of Wichita Falls as superintendent. Sweetwater was chosen as the Aug 14 to 22 encampment site. Re elected were Rev. H. A. Tarkington of Brownwood as secretary treasurer and Rev. Henry Cutbirth of Wichita Falls as young people’s association president.
County agents report the Panhandle Plains 4,372,000 acres nearing harvest almost together with the southern wheat belt. Weather delays slowed ripening, and every available machine is busy. Extra trucks not attached to combines are less in demand. operators should contact county agents or the Plainview office for harvest guidance.
Premier Ahmed Ghavami announced a new Iranian cabinet expected to serve until the Majlis is organized in September. A separate note describes a spider builder that creates a silken diving bell underwater, carrying air and feeding on aquatic insects.
In a surprising find from the Arctic, researchers report a huge mastodon tooth about 500000 years old unearthed in a remote site. The discovery sheds light on prehistoric megafauna in cold regions.
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