Invasion of India seen as small Japanese action
Allied and British observers describe the Imphal region activity as a limited exchange with six Japanese divisions in Burma and no major invasion confirmed. British censorship in India limits reports while Allied HQ notes Assam troops hold advantage and quick lines of supply exist. Rev. A. P. Voth conducts revival in the city at the Christian Missionary Alliance church with nightly services and Sunday topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
New Delhi
Imphal
India
Burma-Assaam
Natorenal India Army
Tain
Chindwin
Burma
Assaam
Sewell
Akyrab
Arakan
Auchinlech
A. P. Voth
Mountain Lake
Minn
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Sixteenth Street
Avenue J
Trinity
Voth
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Uvalde
Lubbock
Liquor Case: Fort Sill Shipment Held by Missouri Firm
Oklahoma City March 24 A St Louis firm was left holding 295 cases of whiskey shipped to Fort Sill as the state drops further action in halting military zone shipments. The U S Supreme Court ruled the zone not part of Oklahoma, affecting prohibition enforcement. Yellow Transit Company seized 225 cases in 1942. counsel notes the deal closed in St Louis and may not be violative of federal statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Meigus House
Fort Sill
Randell S. Cribb
Cobb
Fred Squires
Evanston
Ill
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
U. S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Yellow Transit Ch
Squies
Former Chief Clerk Guilty of Embezzling Funds
Harold Sutcliffe former chief clerk at the New Alexica state penitentiary pleaded guilty to embezzling public funds including inmate deposits. Judge Wilhelm Barker sentenced Sutcliffe to one to ten years but suspended the sentence conditioned on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FF. N. M
Harold Sutcliffe
New Alexica State Penitentiary
Lack of Confidence Is Censorship Fault
New York, March 24. Henry Tayi, Scripps-Howard columnist, argued wartime censorship hid truth from ordinary Americans while Cifron Utley of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations urged that a large measure of truth exists. He said distrust permeates government news, creating two effects: restraint on news delivery and a climate favoring self reliance. Byron Proves defended censorship as legitimate in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Tayi
Scripps-Howard Ccalumnist
Saspi
Cifron Utley
Chicago Coouncil On
Americas
Taylor
Asi
Atles
Byron
Office of Censorship
New Mexican Found Guilty Of Extortion
A New Mexican man from Hot Springs is found guilty in district court of attempting to extort $2000 from Hilmer Fo from Hot Springs. The trial lasted about four minutes with the verdict delivered by the jury. The defendant was linked to a scheme involving a forged package and a planned breaching of a business arrangement. The case mentions the Nisbert Company and implied losses totaling $1,654.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Nest
Guily
Hilmer Fo
Zone 3 Rental Registration Closing Today
The first week of rental property registration ends at the area rent office on Avenue Q. About 3,900 landlords are expected to be registered by 5 pm after four days of activity. Robert F. Key is named area rent examiner effective March 15, and Charlie N. Sullivan becomes district rent attorney for Lubbock. Wal- Vane Wo Law succeeds in Big Spring. Hotel and rooming house registrations will start in early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue Q
Earl W. Heath
Heath
Robert F. Key
Lubbock Real Estate
New Bergstrom Field Commander Named
Austin reports Col. Sam Oasis will command Bergstrom Army Air Field replacing Col. Sailor who has led the base since November 1942. Oasis is a veteran of North Africa service and takes over duties immediately.
Lindbergh for President in Minneapolis
Gerald W. Smith and associates of the America First party advocate Charles A. Lindbergh for U S president in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Minneapolis
Gerald
W. Smwth
America First Party
Charles A. Fendbergh
United States
Post War Curb On Economy Is Urged
Washington March 24 two administration leaders urged Congress to keep stabilization controls beyond the war. Nelson and Eccles warned extended price and production limits are vital to maintain dollar value and public faith as peace ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald
Federal Reserve
Marriner S. Beeles
Congress
Nelson
Roosevelt
Eccles
Senate Banking Committee
Houston Boy Killed in Street Accident
Four year old Charles van Scheisner was killed yesterday when an automobile struck him as he played in the street before his Houston home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Upcharles
van Scheisner
Hangs Advises Draft Prospects At Local Club Luncheon
Major Frank E. Hangs of the 388th Army Specialized Training unit at Texas Tech spoke to the American Business club at the Hilton hotel. He stressed teamwork as essential in the armed forces and noted fewer officer candidate school quotas but opportunities in specialist training.
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American Business Club
Hilton Hotel
Frank E. Hangs
388Th Army
Texas Technological College
Hangs
Engineer Corps
Bruce Craig
Bill Cauley
J. Ray Dickey
Local Lubbock Fur Sales Boom At Sweetbriar Shop
Local Lubbock store reports strong gains in fur sales over the past year. The Sweetbriar Shop promotes volume buying with savings ranging from fourteen to two on every fur purchase.
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Lubbock
Sweetbriar
WLB Decides Six Labor Disputes in Texas and Louisiana
The War Labor Board announced six decisions and directive orders in labor disputes. It denied a wage and classification raise for Oil Workers unions at Port Arthur and Port Neches plants and for Pure Oil in Port Neches. It sent the Pampa dispute back for bargaining within 30 days and urged a three cent hourly increase with exceptions. The Tyler Rodeo Oil case was not acted on and ordered collective bargaining within 15 days. The Louisiana Power and Light case with the AFL union upheld the existing contract and refused to reopen wages. A wage-rate schedule for boat crews was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fighth Regional War Labor Board
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Texas Company
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Texas
Pure Oil Company
Pampa
Columbia Carbon Company
Tripartite
Rodeo Oil and Gas Company
Tyler
Lotal
Ov Workers International Union Clo
Louisiana Power & Light Company of
New Orleans
Amalgamated Association of Street, Fleetric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
AFL
First SAAF Grad Missing In Action From 1942 Class
Capt. Robert E. Arnold of Buda Illinois the first cadet to earn SAAF wings from the Lubbock Army Air Field April 29 1942 has been reported missing in action since February 25. His mother Mrs James C Arnold received telegram notice from the War Department. Arnold wrote his mother the day before he was shot down that he commanded a bomber squadron. He later flew in Europe after serving as a transition instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Arnold
Buda
Ill
Lubbock Army
Arnold
James C. Arnold
War Department
Germany
Capt
SAAF
Wage dispute over Higgins Industries raises pay in 1943
Retrospective to September 17, 1943, the board ruled in a dispute between Higgins Industries of New Orleans and the International Seafarers Union AFL. The decision raised wage rates for several job classifications from 5 to 14 cents per hour.
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Troactive
Higgins Industries
New Orleans
International Seafarers Union
AFL
Fur Coat Excise Tax Hike Spurs March Sale
The excise tax on fur coats rises ten percent on April 1 prompting buyers to act during the March Fur Sale at the Sweetbriar Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetbriar
Olton Girl Named Tech Junior Queen
Lucille Melton of Olton was elected 1944 Junior queen of Texas Technological College at a Friday junior class election. The prom at the Tech gym featured C A Rogers and his orchestra, with Miss Melton presented by her date Troy Caldwell. Runners-up Francine Young Mary Wells Jackie Wilkison and Betty Herring served as attendants. Ted White announced the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Melton
Olton
Texas Technological College
Texas Tech
C. A. Rogers
Miss Melton
Troy Caldwell
Francine Young
Mary Wells
Jackie Wil
Woman Cleared in Husband Killing by Grand Jury
A grand jury returned a no bill exonerating Ruth Stacy 23 in the fatal shooting of her husband Lee Roy Stacy 36. Officers quoted Stacy saying she was slapped twice and her 65 year old father knocked down after his death a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalla
Ruth Stacy
Lee Roy Stacy
Fogs Clear by Morning, Weather Men Say
Weather men report most fogs lift between 8 and 10 a.m. as visibility improves and conditions brighten across regions.
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Horsheim Shoes
Are
Florsheims
Westfield
Liquor House
Ft. Sill
Abell Sanatorium
Broadway Lubbock
Fes
Devised Physician
Bmineral Wells
Tex
Glen Rose
Tacroad
Batan Nis Bert Ng Company
Hat Endy Dius
Silver Grill Cafe
H. A. Moore
Missouri
Loew Drug Co
the Baker CO. Printing and Office Supplies
14Th St. and
Ave. J
Dial
Harry J. Smith
Optometrist
Aets Service
Crédit Jewelers
WLB
Saaf Grad
Tech
Lubbock Medical Clinic
Osteopathy
General Medicine
DR. E. M Whitacre
Myrick
F. W. Zachary
O. K. Rubber Welders Brown Tire CO
Avenue H
Lubbock National Bank
Vita-Water
South Plains
Lit
Broadway
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