Solons Fear Rent Hike It Curbs Lapse
The Senate Banking committee warned that removing rent controls now would raise rents 25 to 100 percent, risking strikes and a wage price spiral. It urged passage of a 12 to 15 month extender with staged increases while warning of economic harm to millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Scions
House
Cain
R-Wash
Eastern Germany approves new constitution in Soviet zone
Berlin report says the 20 million in the Soviet zone and East Berlin backed by the Communist-led council unanimously approved a constitution for a separate German state within the Soviet orbit. It must still pass the 2,000 member people's congress before formal enactment. A rival to Bonn’s federal plan is outlined as currency changes loom in blockaded western Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
People’s Council
People’s Congress
Bonn
United States
Ladies 17 J Bulova at King Jewelry
A brief item notes a Bulova ladies watch priced at $33.75 from King Jewelry located at 1020 Broadway. The entry records a retail sale detail and store reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bulova
King Jewelry
Weather report for Lubbock area on partly cloudy day
Partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change. Slightly cooler Monday expected for the Lubbock vicinity with modest wind and no precipitation indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Record numbers enter South Plains Junior Fat Stock show
More than 400 boys from 60 plus communities in 29 West Texas and Eastern New Mexico counties converge at Lubbock Fairgrounds for the 16th annual Fat Stock show. Entries surpass 624 animals including 378 pigs 180 calves and 66 lambs with prize money and premiums estimated above market value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. I. Kiefer
Avalanche-Journal
Oys
Kentucky
Lubbock
South Plains
Fairgrounds
United States
West
Texas
New Mexico
George Bond
Chamber of Commerce
Homer E. Hunt
Dave Sherill
Dallas Man Killed as Gasoline Truck Hits Bridge
A Dallas truck driver, Jack Walton Burroughs, 27, died when his trailer overturned and burned after striking a concrete abutment near Guthrie. Passenger Arthur Ray Louton, 25, was thrown into a creek and left unconscious but is reported to be recovering in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Dallas
Jack Walton Burroughs
Burrough
Arthur Ray Louton
Domestic US site chosen for 3000-mile missile tests
A spokesman said the armed services selected a U S launch site for the 3000 mile guided missile testing range while another noted several possible U S ranges have been surveyed and final approval must come from Congress. The House Armed Services committee approved funds for a range at an undisclosed site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Ashington
Armed Services
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Australia
William L. Richardson
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Drive For Palsy Center Slated In Lubbock Campaign
West Texas Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center supporters plan a Monday kickoff at the Hilton hotel to fund a new treatment center for cerebral palsied children. Lubbock Rotary volunteers will begin solicitations after the 9 am meeting as donors already show strong early support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Dixon Avalanche
Journal
West Texas
Hilton Hotel
Lubbock
S. E. Cone
Increased acreage seen for 1949 U.S. crops
U.S. agriculture officials forecast record crop production possible this year as farmers plan broader plantings of cotton wheat and corn. An official report due Monday may reveal a record total acreage despite a 14 percent drop in farm prices over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Shutdown Spurs Coal Field Protests Across Eastern Mines
Pittsburgh reports mark of one week since the coal mine shutdown as John L. Lewis calls for a two week memorial and protest stoppage. Miners may return only after Senate action on Dr. James Boyd’s Bureau of Mines directorship while layoffs in coal hauling rise to 70,000 and Sharon Steel plans coke shortage curtailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate
James Boyd
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Lewis
Mississippi
Boyd
Sharon Steel Corp
Joint Defense Board Set Up Under Treaty
Atlantic alliance plans a common strategic defense plan to deter Russia. The high policy Atlantic council will form a defense committee under the security pact to integrate forces across Europe. The plan would map where and how West forces engage and aim to deter aggression while Spain and Germany remain outside the alliance for now. Meetings around April 1 will prepare foreign ministers from eight to twelve nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Ashington
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Atlantic Council
State Department
Europe
United States
Italy
Norway
Germany
Spain
Senate
Senate Pact Ratification Seen by Informal Poll
An informal Senate poll indicates an overwhelming majority will vote to ratify the North Atlantic security pact. Sen. Vandenberg calls for full public hearings on treaty terms and the proposed Western Europe rearmament program, estimated at up to 2 billion dollars in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Sen
Vandenberg
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Indian Legend Sets Crop Outlook For South Plains
The article notes a spring crop forecast tied to an old wind legend observed by local figures from Post and Lubbock. If sunrise wind shifts east or northeast bumper crops, north or northwest mean average, west south or southwest warn of a dry hot year. Judge Mullican and successors carry the legend into this week’s forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring
South Plains
J. I. Wilborn
Post
W. ©. Stevens
Lubbock
Clark M. Mullican
Wichita Falls
Mullican Lee
Truman program faces early Congress action after log jam
Administration leaders plan a Monday morning conference with the big four on Truman’s program after a prolonged log jam. The White House seeks a cautious path to enact as much as possible, while coalitions in both parties threaten to reshape or defeat key measures. The gag rule changes cited as killing civil rights bills heighten tensions as Congress awaits action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cation
Big Four
Barkley
Senate
Lucas D-Ii
House
Rayburn
McCormack
D-Mass
Truman
Congress
Soviets Attack Atlantic Pact in Broadside Broadcasts
Moscow denounced the Atlantic pact as a pretext for Anglo American aggression and world domination. Soviet radio and newspapers questioned terms while broadcasting the text to the Soviet public, calling it a war plan and urging skepticism among Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Smith
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
Associated Press
United States
Britain
Voice of America
BBC Radio
London Daily Herald
Red
Vladimir Lemin
Italy
Lamesan Plans To Test Ailing Jesse James Claim
Ninety year old Delaney of Lamesa heads to Austin to interview a man who claims to be Jesse James. He says he knew the outlaw and will ask questions only the real James could answer while a hospital resident prepares for a potential confrontation. Four men accompany Delaney seeking a buried treasure linked to the James gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Lamesa
Uncle Tom” Delaney
Oklahoma Territory
Austin
Jesse James
Delaney
James
Belle Starr
Jesse
Tom
Robert Ford
St. Joseph
Bob Dalton
James Gang
Zanesville
Ohio
John Trammel
Joplin
Roscoe James
Pueblo
Colo
Texas Overcrowded Mental Hospitals The Editor Notes
An editor's note surveys Texas mental institutions calling them among the nation’s worst. It describes crowded wards, guards instead of caregivers, and underfunded care with 15,000 patients for half that capacity. It highlights senility as a disease and the state’s failure to provide proper care or declare the elderly as sane for food and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universitezas
Texas
Xas
Austin
San Antonio
Terrell
Big Spring
Big Spring Hospital
Halle
Wichia Semena Matizenney
Need a New Watch trade at King's Jiry
A brief item notes a request for trading for a Bulova watch at King's Jiry, with Ade mentioned as a contact or participant in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Jiry
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Eastern
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KFYO
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Route 3
Hereford
Richard
Addison Hunter
Dimmitt
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Felix
Florida Va
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J. P. Porter
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