U S Turns To Arctic Areas
The United States plans a second Arctic winter of troop training and new ice capable naval ships. Army will begin joint Arctic exercises in Alaska November 1 with infantry and troop carrier aircraft. Navy seeks submarines and ice capable surface ships, including an Arctic picket sub. Experts say air transportable troops are needed to move in frozen Arctic conditions.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Polar Cap
Army
Alaska
Jacob L. Devers
Navy
Congress
Arctic
Frigid
Bir
Local Youth Places In Literary Event
Jack Alderson of Lubbock High School won second place in number sense mathematics at the state Interscholastic League meet in Austin. Other regional entrants earned honors including Tom Fotheringham Amarillo second in boys declamation Virginia Shannon Amarillo first in shorthand White Deer High School fourth in one act play contest with The Severed Cord Guibert Dickens White Deer best actor and part of the all star cast with Emilene Rapstine of White Deer.
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Jack Alderson
Lubbock
Austin
Associated Press
Tom Fotheringham
Amarillo
Virginia Shannon
White Deer High School
Guibert Dickens
White Deer
Dickens
Emilene Rapstine
Italian Labor Groups Stage Walkouts To Protest Slayings
In Rome and across Italy, the Leftist General Confederation of Labor led nationwide strikes to protest the May Day massacre of Sicilian farmers and workers. Strikes varied from a half hour in Milan to nearly a full day elsewhere, with essential services operating and restaurants remaining open. A mass rally at the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome condemned the bloodshed and called for an end to violence.
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Talian
Rome
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
Milan
Ars
Basilica of
Maxentius
Special 16pe Calif dinnerware offer at £5.00
Calcutta shop King's at 1020 Edwy advertises a special 16 piece California dinnerware set priced at five pounds.
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Calif
King’s
Embassy
Expansion Of Water Supply Pushed Here By City Officials
Water shortages are likely in Lubbock during the approaching summer but a larger supply is expected by 1948 as city officials push expansions. Wells added about 2,000,000 gallons daily, bringing total near 11,000,000 with demand often 7,000,000 to 14,000,000 on hot days. Even with shortages, a 4,000,000 gallon reserve stays ready for fires. The $1.3 million 1945 bond issue underpins the plan. most funds have been allocated and features a long term solution.
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Lubbock
C. A. Bestwick
Homer Hunter
Hunter
Lubbock Investors Buy Abilene Camp Land Complex
Lubbock men J D Jenkins R B Musick and Robt E Maxey purchase 2600 acres at Camp Barkeley from Abilene trustees for 250000. Cash 100000 paid, 150000 due in two years. 38 quartermaster buildings to be sold for salvage and 32 large warehouses plus trackage to support industrial use. other smaller structures sold intact or dismantled.
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City of
Abilene
J. D. Jenkins
R. B. Musick
Robt. E. Maxey
Lubbock
Citizens of
C. W. Gill
Henry James
Malcolm Meek
Maxey
Santa Fe
Jenkins
Jenkins Jewelry Company
Musick
Armed civilians attack Bolivian arsenal at La Paz
An armed band of civilians attacked an army arsenal in La Paz today. Two attackers were wounded before the attack was repelled. Nine assailants were arrested as authorities described the incident.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Two Men Die as Plane Crashes North of Austin
Two men die when an AT-6 trainer crashed on a farm north of Austin after taking off from Georgetown and University airport. Pilot J W Cryer, 22, of Austin and student J D Thompson of Georgetown were burned beyond recognition as the plane struck a plowed field and exploded sending flames high into the air. University officials identified the plane as owned by Bill Shipp of Georgetown.
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Austin
J. W. Cryer
J. D. Thompson
Georgetown
University Airport
Cryer
University
Bill Shipp
Mammoth bones relinquished to Texas Tech museum
Three men Stanley Palmer F M Palmer and J F Miller signed a release giving up any claim to a mammoth skeleton found on the D C Reed farm in Hockley county. Reed donated the bones to the West Texas Museum at Texas Tech. Dr W C Holden praised the finders for their careful uncovering and integrity.
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Bob Weddle
Avalanche-Journal
D. C. Reed Farm
Hockley County
West Texas Museum
Texas Technological College
Stanley Palmer
F. M. Palmer
J. F. Miller
Crenshaw, Dupree and
Milam
D. C. Reed
Reed
Palmer
W. C. Holden
Tech
Holden
Drive for lower prices urged by wholesalers chief
White House endorses a campaign led by Joseph Kolodny head of the National Association of Wholesalers to cut prices at all levels. President Truman backs the effort saying it shows a strong response to the price reduction plea and urges firms to cut costs and sustain production.
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Associated Press
Ashington
National Association of Wholesalers
White House
Truman
Joseph Solodny
Association
Kolodny
Prison riot at Fort Leavenworth ends with surrender
Army quelled a race riot in the Fort Leavenworth disciplinary block. One prisoner killed. five guards and six prisoners injured. White prisoners, 514, capitulated after an ultimatum. 213 black prisoners surrendered earlier. Tear gas used. blocks damaged. plan for court martial.
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AL Dopking
Associated Press
Ort
Henry C. Triesler
Fort Leavenworth
Triesler
Graeme Parks
Waco
Texas
Fifth Army
Chicago
Col. Parks
W. A
Government Offers End Phone Strike With Wage Package
Federal conciliators proposed a $5.14 weekly wage package to settle the 27 day nationwide telephone strike, targeting 20 000 long distance workers of the Bell System. AT&T officials signaled opposition though details remained confidential.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Dring
Conciliation Service
At&t
Long Lines Division
Soviets Oppose Police Program in UN Plan
The Big Five military staff committee reports that the Soviet Union opposed more than a third of 41 general principles for a global police force. France backed Russia in three cases. the United States Britain and China agreed on most points. The Security Council will take up the debate as Russia calls for base rights and rapid withdrawal of forces after missions.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
France
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Governor OKs Leasing Land At Texas Tech Armory Site
Gov Beauford H Jeser signed a bill authorizing Texas Tech to lease up to three acres to the U S government for an armory and related military buildings. The measure facilitates space for a new Naval Reserve unit in Lubbock pending officer appointments from the Eighth Naval District.
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Board of Dirselors
Texas Technological College
U. S
Austin
Beauford H. Jeser
Associated Press
U S and Soviet Clash over Jewish Representation
The United States and Russia argued over Jewish representation in the United Nations Palestine debate. After a four hour wrangle in the General Assembly, the issue remained undecided with US backing the steering committee plan and Russia backing a Polish resolution to allow the official Jewish agency to participate.
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New York
United States
Russia
United Nations
Eleven Die As Costa Rica Passenger Plane Crashes
A Taca Lockheed passenger plane crashed three miles from Nicoya airport after takeoff, killing eleven people. The nine passengers were unnamed. crew identified as Pilot March and Co-Pilot Aued.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Taca
Nicoya
March
Aued
Treason Charge Sought Over Army in Communist May Day Parade
Rep. J Parnell Thomas charged that Army officers and men joined a Communist May Day parade in New York. Secretary Patterson said Hodges is investigating and no current Army members were found in uniform. Thomas offered photos to identify marchers and called for court martials and ousters of those involved.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Ashington
Rep
J. Parnell Thomas
New York
House Committee of un-American Activities
Patterson
Communist Party
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Army
Organized Reserve
Thomas
Hodges
Taok
Communist Party of the United States
Temperature hits new high 96 for year on Saturday
South Plains weather defied the calendar with a 96 degree high for the year at the municipal airport. The day opened at 48 and forecasters expected a fair, cooler day Monday with little change. Wink reported 98 as the state high while Amarillo and Pampa reached 92.
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South Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Municipal
Wink
Associated Press
Amarillo
Pampa
Aleman Urges UN to Maintain World Peace
President Miguel Aleman addressed the United Nations Assembly in New York urging the UN to check the wars and build a universal community free from insecurity ignorance poverty and hunger. He stressed international cooperation as essential to prevent a new global conflict and achieve true lasting peace.
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New York
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
United Nations Assembly
United Nations
Aleman
Two Men Die in Plane Crash Near San Antonio
San Antonio May 3 two men were killed when a light training plane piloted by John R Goggins 24 and carrying Gale French 29 crashed in a field seven miles southeast of San Antonio witnesses said the craft appeared to be in trouble before nose-diving near Brookfield Army airfield
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San Antonio
John R. Goggins
Gale French
Army
Brookfield
McAllen Businessman Wounded In Suspected Burglar Attack
Gordon Baxter, a McAllen businessman, was hospitalized with stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. Officers say a burglar was inside the house when Baxter and his wife returned from a downtown trip.
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Mcallen
Gordon Baxter
Baxter
Traffic deaths rise in Lubbock district amid 1947 trends
State Highway Patrol data for April show 23 fatalities in the first four months of 1947 in a 21 county district led by Lubbock with one city case. Officials warn the death toll could set a new record if the trend continues, citing carelessness as a primary cause.
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Lubbock
State Highway Patrol
South Plains
Ed Posey
Set
E. L. Stroud
Walkout Of Bus Drivers Averted In Texas Region
A possible driver strike in Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma by 55 of 60 Coach es Inc drivers was narrowly avoided late last night after a tentative wage agreement was reached with the union. Terms to be announced after a 48 hour contract drafting period with signing likely Monday.
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Texas, New Mexico
Oklahoma Coaches, Inc
Lubbock
Jess Levens
Hurley Carpenter
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
Weather Forecast for Lubbock and Vicinity
Fair today and Monday with no important temperature changes. Not quite as hot today in the Lubbock area, and Monday shows similar mild conditions.
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Lubbock
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