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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1947
Page
1
A House vote and Senate conference edge toward shaping wage and hours policy as discussions reference the 1946 Supreme Court ruling on nonproductive pay and the broader push to curb chaos and confusion. The article also describes the Pennsylvania Sunrise Special derailment incident with multiple injuries and the OPA budget cuts affecting agency operations.
Denver dispatch notes a Colorado award recommendation for a contract at Camp Carson. The bid totaling 785 521 85 was recommended for approval against a government estimate of 007 656 32.
Reported bitter disagreement between Anglo American and Soviet military governments surfaces before the foreign ministers council meeting. Parties accuse each other of asserting control over zones and seizing industrial property, signaling heightened tension ahead of the diplomatic talks.
A blaze in a dwelling caused by an elderly woman igniting her cotton padded robe with an electric heater led to a fatal fire. Before firefighters arrived, the husband renewed the scene and revealed the cause, clarifying the mystery surrounding the burning.
A sharp temperature drop from 66 at 2 30 p m to 37 at 8 30 p m followed by a morning low in the 20s marked a frigid spell for Friday night as Amarillo and other Panhandle locales reported snow flurries. Northerly winds and small craft warnings extended along the Gulf coast with 25 to 35 mph gusts.
Augale, a San Angelo resident aged 60, died at St Marys hospital from injuries suffered in a Tuesday two car collision on the Lubbock Slaton highway near Posey. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Cox Ventura Funeral Home. Survivors include his son, four grandchildren, and seven sisters. Three Slaton men were injured and remained hospitalized in Lubbock Memorial.
President Truman will deliver a major address in Waco Texas next Thursday. Secretary Ross said the speech will be about 25 minutes long and occur when the president returns from a trip to Mexico. The event is set for 12:00 p.m. CST at Baylor University.
Two men were killed and an unknown number injured when the main engine on the SS Ben Fi t exploded during a downriver trial near Oak Point Louisiana. The vessel is a merchant motor ship reported by the Coast Guard.
The 40 nation World Bank elected John J Tee of New York as president amid a delay in starting operations. McCloy named Robert L G of New York as vice president. Truman nominated Eugene Bick Jr of New York as U.S. chief on the bank's board, Emilio G Pete Co McCloy a wartime secretary of war nominee.
The State Highway Department reminded owners of vehicles with out of state 1946 license plates to apply for Texas registration. E. J. Amey said last year's plates from 21 states have already expired. The notice was issued in Austin on February 28.
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