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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1948
Page
7
Washington officials report 205000 European war refugees will enter the United States over two years under the new law signed by President Truman. The plan includes 18 ships for transporting DPs to the United States and an acknowledgment that Jews face restrictive quotas under the amended immigration law.
Four men from Sonora and Corona were stranded on a Devils River hill 55 miles south of San Angelo after rising waters. An airplane dropped food and medical supplies to Earl Lomax Hollis Lambert Joe Lambert and J C McElhany. Two San Angelo men B C Sawyer and E J Beater were injured and hospitalized after the floodwaters trapped them on Devils River.
About 250 attendees watched the first of four planned Summer Playhouse performances at Senior High School auditorium. D. M. Howell directs the high school group in The Man from the Dark, while Jeff Justice leads the junior group in Fortune Is A Cowboy Back to School and Skin Deep. A second program is set for Tuesday July 6 with a third Friday July 9 When I Was Green.
The Rev. Paul Mason, ex San Antonio, is named assistant pastor in charge of finances at First Baptist Church. He will start immediately though not full time for weeks. He will lead fund raising for a new Broadway and Avenue W church plant costing over 1 million dollars, with construction to begin by early fall. Mason and wife have two children and live at 109 Vernon Avenue.
A. Mario Florentin of Caracas, Venezuela, announced the invention of a revolutionary device to aid teaching the blind. He said the device is a state reducing difficulties in teaching mathematics and spoke at the American Instructors of the Blind convention that ended Thursday in Austin.
Eual Dean Wylie, home on leave after boot camp at the San Diego Naval Training Station, left Saturday to report for assignment to a radio school. He may remain in San Diego or be sent to Corpus Christi. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. FE G. Wylie of 2430 Twenty-third, and a graduate of Lubbock High School.
Petroleum engineering Professor G. Hansen of the University of Texas has been named a petroleum consultant to the Republic of Colombia. The appointment announced in Austin on June 26 highlights ongoing international roles for UT faculty.
Chicago June 26 A Texan expert says a new no-fold diaper design, hourglass shaped with strategic gauze, will replace traditional square diapers. William H Korst, head of a major diaper service, reports rigid hospital tests and broader adoption as mothers and nurses praise its ease, comfort, and chic appearance.
The tropical fruit papaya served as hog feed in Cuba through recent years, reflecting agricultural practices and feed substitutions on the island.
Austin reports Mayor Oscar Holcombe of Houston filed a federal suit seeking recovery of 15000 dollars in alleged overpayment of income taxes. The Houston mayor's action is one of four similar suits. A second suit for 15000 dollars was filed by Mrs Mary Grey Holcombe of Houston.
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