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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1948

Page

6

Two Seek Mayor Post In Lubbock City Election

Absentee balloting starts Wednesday April 2 for the bi bi annual city election to be held April 6 In Lubbock. Mayor C A Bestwick and W H Rodgers head the mayoral race with other commissioners unopposed. Five charter amendments cover residency rules payroll checks city limits expansion and recovery of damages.

Lavenia Williams C. A. Bestwick W. H. Rodgers Buffalo Lakes E. K. Hofstedler, Jr Clarence Whiteside

Supply in Radio and Rubber Industries Surpasses Demand

New York report finds rubber manufacturers backing radio makers as the second major industry to have supply exceed demand. Resulting unemployment or shorter work weeks, fiercer competition, new products, and lower prices follow this shift in postwar markets.

New York

European Nations Form Study Group In Paris Summit

In Paris 16 Western nations meet to form a permanent European organization with Monday talks. German western-zone leaders likely sit with Western allies to study European economic problems. Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg join under Brussels pact for ongoing military economic political and cultural coordination.

Paris United States Congress Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Brussels

Mental Hygiene Association Meets in El Paso

Local attendees include Dr. Agnes True of Texas Tech, Miss Lannie Callan, Miss Grace Padley of Lubbock High, with sessions presided by True on the executive committee. George Heath and Ross Ayers accompanied Padley as visiting officials at the Texas Mental Hygiene Association meeting hosted in El Paso.

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Wage Growth Since Taft Era Marked by High Prices

Washington remembers the Labor Department birthday noting weekly wages rose from 11 dollars in 1913 to about 52 dollars now. Real purchasing power climbed 100 percent, despite price increases, as the department tracked earnings through wars and booms with bureaus on statistics and standards and agencies like the National Labor Relations Board.

Washington U.P Taft Labor Department Cabinet Office Capitol Woodrow Wilson Wiliam B. Wilson Pennsylvania United Mine Workers James J. Davis Stepl, Iron and Tin Employes Union Harding Coolidge Hoover Davis William N. Doak North Carolina Frances Perkins New York Lewis B. Schwellenbach National Laborations Board Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service National Mediation Board

Yan Arrested in Arkansas On Charge Of Theft Of Wheat

Faulkner County sheriff says Walter Hamilton 26 was arrested in Conway on a Perryton Texas warrant charging theft of 8000 dollars worth of wheat. Hamilton had been in Conway for three weeks and was arrested yesterday. he will be returned to Perryton by Texas officers.

Yan Arkansas Conway Ark Faulkner County Jack Castleberry Walter Hamilton Perryton Ochiltree County Tex Hamilton Castleberry Texas

Services To Be Conducted Here Monday For M. S. Goodpasture

Funeral services for M S Goodpasture 84 of Lubbock will be at 3 pm Monday at Broadway Church of Christ with Sanders Funeral Home directing. He died Friday in Lubbock Memorial Hospital after a fall fracture. Survivors include his wife four sons four daughters sixteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

M. S. Goodpasture Lubbock Lubbock Memorial Hospital Broadway Church of Christ Sanders Funeral Home Goodpasture Miles Clay County Tennessee Lubbock County William Wayne B. Goodpasture Vernon J. H Levelland Winsome Goodpasture Newton Stokes Ethel Hamilton Curtis Bond San Leandro Calif

Lights go out during Wallace rally at LSU

At LSU in Baton Rouge last night the lights went out in the Wallace for president rally. Dr Mitchell Franklin Tulane law professor and state chairman read part of his speech by flashlight as the power failed during the event.

Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Henry A. Wallace Mitchell Franklin Tulane University

Horace G Sanders Dies Here Saturday

Horace G Sanders 59 a Slaton grocer since 1923 died about 315 am Saturday in Lubbock Memorial hospital after two years illness He lived previously in Post Throckmorton Young and Burleson counties Funeral at 3 pm today Slaton Methodist church burial Englewood cemetery Williams Funeral home survivors include wife two daughters three sons nine grandchildren four sisters five brothers active pallbearers named The article also mentions a separate incident at an adjacent building with lights out suspected prank by Irving Broussard Lafay ette LSA student leader

Horace G. Sanders Slaton Lubbock Memorial Hospital Slaton Methodist Church Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Post Fannin County Throckmorton Young County Burburnett George S. Lemon Lubbock E.G. Abington Williamsfield Ariz Courtney Sanders Morton Greeley Sanders Long Branch N. J Malcolm Sanders Texas Technological College Otis Cannon J. C. Smith Eldon Smith Leon Walston J. S. Edwards, Jr Joe Teague

Oil Workers Plan To Take Hard Way In Talks

PORT ARTHUR March 13 UP CIO Oil Workers today decided to take the hard way if negotiations fail to win wage increases for Texas Co. union employees. President O A Knight of Fort Worth announced the decision to Sabine area union members. The workers seek a 30 cent hourly raise as delegates from 16 Texas Co. OWIU locals study unified contract revision demands and a plan for a nationwide mobilization.

Port Arthur CIO Oil Texas Co CIO Oil Workers International Union O. A. Knight of Fort Worth Sabine Area Texas Co. Owiu

Explosion at Humble Oil plant rattles Baytown workers

Calm returned to Baytown after an explosion at the Humble Oil and Refining Co plant. About 100 workers fled the area as a new refinery unit blew, then many returned to assist firefighters. Residents feared a Texas City like disaster, with authorities investigating the blast cause and solvent exposures.

Baytown Humble Oil & Refining Co Ing Texas D. H. Pitts OWIU Texas Co

Mrs Steen Describes Long-Running Back and Leg Pain

Mrs Steen reports five years of fatigue and a tired condition with back and leg pains that hinder daily work and include spells or episodes of dizziness or izzy spells, indicating ongoing health struggles.

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