Savage Winds Hit Texas and Four Other States
Strong storms battered Texas again Saturday along with Oklahoma Arkansas and Mississippi causing at least 25 deaths and 159 injuries. Tornadoes struck Springtown Eastland Crowder and other towns while damage totaled in the hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Desdemona
Joe Merrill
Dallas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Associated Press
Anadoes
Louisiana
Springtown
Parker County
Texas Electric Service Company
Llano
Eastland
Tex
Fort Worth
Southmayor
Sherman
Crowder
McAlester
Okla
Jane Colbert
Guy Boatright
Muldrow
Westville
Arkansas Line
Western Germany talks planned by three powers
The United States Britain and France plan a three power foreign ministers meeting in Washington within about ten days to resolve issues hindering unification and economic growth in western Germany. They will discuss occupation statutes division of powers Berlin crisis frontier changes and German governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
WY Askington
State Department
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Belum
Luxembourg
Saar
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Berlin
Diplo
Lubbock Construction Posts Record Building Permits
Lubbock issued $726 410 in permits in a six day period ending Saturday and posted $1 002 029 for March making March the first 1949 month over a million dollars. The year total reached $2 163 348 as of mid March with 198 residence permits from Jan 1 to March 15 including 54 permits March 1 to March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Lloyd Ross
Snow Bock
Move on Tito Rumored in Russian Plot to Oust Tito
The London News of the World cites unconfirmed Rome reports that a “zero hour” may be near in a Soviet backed bid to topple Marshal Tito. Dispatches say Russia is sending war matériel into Albania to aid the effort.
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Tito
London
London News-of-the-World
Marshal Tito
Rome
Russia
Albania
Road Blocks Set Up In New Mexico For Suspects
A kidnapping chase spans New Mexico as two Texan brothers Horace and G K Beeman are sought for abducting Barbara Beeman and their two year old son in Ozona. Police traced the husband and boy from Carlsbad toward Albuquerque in a black 1941 Ford with Texas plates. Barbara Beeman intends to seek custody in divorce proceedings.
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The
Associated Press
Lbuquerque
N. M
Rozlocks
New Mexico
Ozona
Tex
Horace
G. K. Beeman
Brady
Barbara
Carlsbad
G. K
Striking Coal Miners Set to Return to Pits Monday
Pittsburgh reports striking coal miners plan to march back to the mines east of the Mississippi on Monday ending a two week memorial protest. The stoppage cost miners about 55.56 million dollars in wages. UMW leader John L. Lewis had led the action protesting the appointment of Dr James Boyd as director of the US Bureau of Mines and honoring miners killed in accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
John L. Lewis
UMW
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Rent Conferees Deadlock Over Increases in Rent Control
Angry Senate and House conferees deadlocked after seven hours of debate on rent control provisions. They extended controls 15 months to June 30, 1950 and aim to resolve how to handle rent increases, with a Monday meeting planned to push a compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate House
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
House
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Joint Committee
Joint
Ep. Spence
R-Ky
Monay
Solon
Flanders
R-Vt
Maybank
D-Sc
Hundreds Attend Levelland Meet
More than 1,000 farmers, ranchers and stockmen and their families gathered at Levelland junior high for the fifteenth annual stockholders meeting of the Lubbock Production Credit Association. They heard reports from directors, the secretary treasurer and president, re elected two directors and enjoyed a barbecue lunch. Hosts from Hockley county welcomed visitors from nine counties as the morning business session addressed the association’s finances and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Welsh
Avalanche-Journal
Levelland Junior High School
Lubbock Production Credit Association
Fred McGint
P. J. Marcom
Levelland
Hockley County
Texas Mental Institutions Crowded Beyond Reform
In 1919 at Rusk State Penitentiary an escape from a high wall drew few guards as a van of convicts moved past the gates. A temporary sign over the old structure read Rusk State Penitentiary Mental … Crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Porter
Rusk State Penitentiary
Texas
Rusk State
Pioneer Dickens County Resident Claimed In Elton Community
Mrs Alma Roanna Stark 53 of Dickens county died about 6 30 pm in her Elton home after long illness She lived in Elton and Afton areas since moving to Dickens county Her husband Raymond Stark survives with one son Joe W Stark who died in 1933 Funeral at 3 pm in the Methodist church at Afton Rev O D McDonald to officiate Burial in Afton cemetery under Chandler Funeral Home Spur Survivors include three Squires of Albuquerque New Mexico Robert Squires of Wyoming and Frank Squires of Dallas. Diamond Jubilee See Kings selection of beautiful diamonds adv
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SPUR
Alma Roanna Stark
Dickens County
Elton
Nation's Farm Outlook Predicts Strong 1949 Income
Agriculture officials foresee a high farm income in 1949 near the record levels of the past two years. Western belt optimism contrasts with caution as wheat acreage reaches a record, while corn and other crops may drop planting intentions to avoid overproduction and price slumps. Prices and yields will determine if 1949 remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Cotten
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Moderate Winds Limit Dust as South Plains Enjoys Quiet Weather
The South Plains area faced 28 mph winds with heavier gusts on Saturday, but forecasts show lighter weather today with under 20 mph winds from the west and northwest. Skies remain partly cloudy with no precipitation and a high near 65 degrees, with little change anticipated for Monday.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Storms Blast Wide Section Across Arkansas and Nearby States
A series of violent windstorms battered the south and southwest, sweeping through Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Saturday. Arkansas reports 16 dead and 79 or more injured, with Mississippi towns Belden and Centerville leveled and deaths and injuries across several states as the storm system moves east.
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Arkansas
Whelen Springs
Little Rock
Texarkana
England
Hazen
Newport
Pas Arkansas
Balch
Ark
Mississippi
Louisiana
Belden
Desdemona
Alvord
Seymour
Dallas
Benjamin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
Springtown
Eastland
Tex
Fort Worth
Earl Slate
Slate
Chil
Associated Press
Sttle Rock
Missippi
Warren
Crowder
England-Scott
Here
Little Lumber Mill
McCrory
England- Scott Vicinity
Pine Bluff
Balch-Beetleville
Jonesboro
McCrory Vicinity
Progress on Lubbock air terminal nears half completion
Work on Lubbock's new municipal airport terminal stands 51 percent complete by Civil Aeronautics Administration standards amid a near million dollar plan. Actual construction costs rise to about 420000 with a 210000 federal grant totaling 210000 expected. city seeks a 100719.61 grant payment as of Friday. The project, designed by O R Walker and James Atcherson, mandates W G McMillan to finish by October 25 or face 25 daily penalties.
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Lubbock
Municipal Airport
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Ed Colby
CAA
O. R. Walker
Walker
James Atcheson
W. G. McMillan
Canadian River Project Seen as Best Supply
The South Plains and southern Panhandle face water abundance prospects seen as among the nation’s best. Experts from the U S Reclamation Service and Texas Water Engineers cite underground reserves and a Canadian River dam as major sources. Estimates suggest at least 100 million acre feet lie in underground strata though precision is uncertain. Page 18.
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South Plains
H. I. Kiefer
Avalanche-Journal
Hose
Panhandle
United States
Sup
U. S. Reclamation Service
Texas State Board of “Water Engineers
Southern
Canadian River
Brook
Plainview
Six Injured In Auto Mishaps Near Lubbock
Six persons were injured in two automobile accidents within an hour early last night near Lubbock. The first wreck at Nineteenth street and Van Buren avenue involved J. D. Hassell Jr. and Johnny B. Franklin among others. The second crash on Slaton highway injured Bennye Brown. All were treated, Hassell and Franklin at Lubbock Memorial hospital with X rays and observation.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Slaton
Nineteenth Street
van Buren Avenue
Nineteenth and
van Buren
J. D. Hassell, Jr
Twenty-fourth Street
Hemphill-Wells Company
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Johnny B. Franklin
Ave. B
Ruby Mathis
East Ave
Slaten Highway
Bennye Brown
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Tulsa
Haywood
Rock Island Railroad
Miami
Fla
California
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Lubbock Construction
Levelland Meet
C. E. Hicks
Lee F. York
Credit Group
Texas Mental Institutions
Adv
Tupelo
Miss
Sam H. Leng
National Guard
Tapele
Chenterville
Bel-den
North Mississippi
Colley
Imea
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