Farm to Market Road 408 Completed in Lubbock County
Lubbock county’s FM 408 project, first completed in Texas and among the nation’s initial farm to market road wins, connects from the Crosbyton highway near Idalou northward to meet Petersburg Tuco highway. The program expects $900 million nationwide over three postwar years, with half funded by the federal Public Roads Administration and half by the state.
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Lubbock County
D. C. Greer
Texa
Randall and
Army Counties
Texas
Hale 4
Petersburg
View
Dickens County
Cottle County
Ant
Greer
Highway Department
Ral
South Plains
Panache
Mara
Hunt resigns as Lubbock Memorial hospital superintendent
C E Hunt, who led Lubbock Memorial hospital since 1919, resigns effective July 1 after 27 years. J O Bush Jr of Ada Okla named successor, moving from Valley View hospital where he led for three years. Bush brings prior posts in Oklahoma hospitals and is to relocate with his four children.
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C. E. Hunt
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
J. C. Bush
J. O
Joe) Bush, Jr
Ada
Okla
Hunt
Lubbock Sanitarium
The
Texas State Hospital Association
Northwest Texas Hospital Association
Group Hospitals, Inc
Bush
Lubbock
Valley View
Bone and Joint Hospital
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Hospital Association
Promotion for Billy S Avent to corporal in Italy
Billy S Avent from 100 N. 3rd Street Slaton has been promoted to corporal. He serves at a Fifth Army base in Italy as a code communications technician with the Army Service Forces. Avent, a Slaton High School graduate, entered service June 1945 and arrived overseas June 1945. His wife is Mrs. S Avent of Slaton.
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Leghorn
Italy
Billy S. Vent
N. 3Rd Street
Sla
Army Service Force
The
S. Air Corps
Navy
S. Avent
Slaton
Avent
Ee. Slaton High School
K Avent
Prowler Breaks Into Homes Stirs Local Fear
Local residents report a prowler who breaks into homes in the southwest section and targets sleeping girls toes during toe twitching episodes. Police investigate as neighborhood reports describe a pattern of intrusions and unsettling behavior.
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Miami
Fla
Vio
Socorro Grants Funds for City Street Paving Plan
Socorro officials said the Federal Works agency advanced 7700 to prepare plans and specs for street improvements. The project, estimated at 184500, includes grading paving curbs gutters and sidewalks in the city.
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Socorro
N. M
U.P
Federal Works Agency
Washington
Braniff Airways Renamed Braniff International Airways
Braniff Airways is renamed Braniff International Airways. The new insignia spans the Americas after the Civil Aeronautics Board granted 7,719 miles of international routes to Braniff in Mexico Cuba Panama and South America. The fleet serves 32 domestic cities and will reach ten foreign nations in Latin America. Bobby Ray Doss of 207 Paris is in Army training at Amarillo Army Airfield after leaving Doss Sheet and Metal Works to enlist.
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Braniff Airways
Braniff Interntional Airways
Americas
Bobby Ray Doss
Paris
Amarillo Army Airfield
W. G Doss
Doss Sheet and Metal Works
Local Boy Graduates From U Tennessee College Of Medicine
Robert Mullin son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Mullin graduates from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis. He completed high school at Lubbock Senior High in 1940, earned a BA at Texas Tech technological college, and was in Phi Chi and pre medical societies. He is commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U S Army Medical Corps and will begin a residency at Montreal General Hospital in Montreal Canada.
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College of Medicine
University of Tennessee
Memphis
Robert Mullin
Bruce Mulin
Mullin
Lubbock Senior High School
Texas Technological College Fom
Tech
College Club
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Phi Chi
Medical Corps
U.S. Army
Montreal General Hospital
Montreal
Canada
Johnston Seeks Vote for County Tax Assessor-Collector
J B Johnston a World War II veteran and long time Lubbock county teacher announces his candidacy for tax assessor-collector. He emphasizes public service readiness and urges voters to evaluate his character and qualifications given the short campaign window. He pledges prompt efficient courteous service and asks taxpayers to hire him as an employee they would recommend later.
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J. B. Johnston
Lubbock
Slaton
Armed Services
Lubbock County
Texas Technological College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beach Closed At Albuquerque Municipal Lake
City Sanitarian Dr. J. W. Schroeder announced the municipal beach would close indefinitely after water samples showed bacteria. The action, approved by three city commissioners, keeps the artificial lake shut until the health department authorizes reopening.
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Albuquerque
N. M
J. W. Schroeder
Health Department
Campaign plea for votes and influence within term of office
The fragment requests the recipient consider it a personal appeal for support and influence during the campaign and term of office. It emphasizes the speaker’s hope to meet, while acknowledging possible absence. The text implies ongoing political effort and personal outreach.
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Avalanche-Journal
Co. E. Hunt
Joe) Bush. Jr
Ada Rotary Club
Jo Anne
Texas Tech
Bob
Tom
Janie
KTEEN
Jerusalem
Gs Ical
Dead Sea
Plant
Holy Land
U. of Tennessee College of Medicine
J.B. Johnston
Amarillo
Pioneer Air Lines
San Angelo
Abilene
Austin
Houston
Flight Daily
Ligne
Southwestern Public Service Company
U. S
California
Louisiana
Stephen Foster
Winthrop Jrs
Fellas
Dad
Winthor Shoes
Cones Berks Shoe Store
White
June Bride
Atees
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