Techs Eighth Annual Varsity Show Opens Monday Night
Texas Tech presents The Phenomena not by Weiler featuring a 110 person cast. The two hour ten minute show blends drama and specialty numbers with a 20 piece orchestra. Three performances run 8:15 p m Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at the Senior High School auditorium with ticket prices 150 and 100.
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Tech
Avalanche-Journal
Charles Stone
Weiler
Texas Technological College
George Ater
Mar
Sees
William M. Whyburn
Texas Tech
Waitress
Shirley Rattiseau
Quitzall
Pud Davidson
Profers
Pitfall
Roy Grimes
Ud’ Davidson
Perry
James Pinson
Corry
Otis Green
Victor Williams
Ted Crager
Paul Green
Terry Sanders
Joanne Crabtree
Edd Sides
Jack Crain
Don Sloan
Alice Joy Barron
Mus
Jimmy Carter
Hemphill-Wells and
Dunlap's Department
Abilene Man Hurt In Wreck Near Post
An Abilene man, Marvin David Berry, 32, suffered multiple fractures in a collision four miles north of Post on the Lubbock highway. His panel truck rolled and ended upright. he was hospitalized in Lubbock. Treated in Post were Albert Sparlin, 49, his wife, and their 10yearold daughter for minor injuries. Berry’s wife and the family’s 1941 Ford received minor damage.
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Abilene
Post
Lubbock
Marvin David Berry
Highway Patrol
Albert Sparlin
Spurlin
Berry
Lubbock ‘Memorial Hospital
Mason and ‘Company Funeral Home
Sam Fort
Condon Seeks Hearing on FBI Letter in Senate Row
Condon urged a full public analysis of an FBI letter amid un American Activities Committee disputes. He claimed Senator Thomas dramatized the matter and pressed for executive papers to remain confidential while President Truman supports disclosure to clarify loyalties. House Speaker Martin welcomed Condon's request as in the national interest but did not halt imminent congressional action.
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Condon
Bureau “of Standards
FBI
Thomas
SFBI
Martin
House
R-Mass
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Nixon
R-Calif
American Activities
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Soviet officer killed in gun battle near Perleberg
A Russian officer was killed and three soldiers were wounded in a clash between Soviet army defectors and regular troops near Perleberg in the Russian zone. The incident was reported by an American-controlled radio.
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Berlin
Perleberg
City Library Bond Plans Face Tax Rise And Site Costs
City officials study library bonds while 1948 tax rolls push assessed values past 60 million. Bond sales face 3.5 percent interest with possible 15 to 20 cent tax rate increase to retire debt and fund operations. Critics warn against delaying library until auditorium and coliseum bonds can be sold, which hinges on valuations reaching 75 to 80 million by 1950s.
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Harvey Austin x
Municipal Auditorium
City Commission
Lubbock
Auditorium Coliseum
Regional Historical Association Holds Annual Session Here
About 60 persons including 20 from out of town gathered at Texas Technological College for the West Texan Historical Association annual meeting. Sessions featured papers on regional history and several speakers including Tt. C. Crane J. R. Webb Dr. R. N. Richardson Mrs. Lee Kincaid and J. H. Williams. Officers were reelected and a noon luncheon hosted by Texas Tech members was held for visitors.
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Texas Technological College
West Texan Historical Association
Tt. C. Crane
Sweetwater
Association
West Texas
J. R. Webb
Albany
Richardson
R. N. Richardson
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Lee Kincaid
Ath City
J. H. Williams
Wichita
R. C. Crane
M. L. Crimmins
San Antonio
W. E. Brown
Hibernia Grace
Anson
S. 8. McKay
Lubbock
Madge M. Grba
W. C. Holden
Texas Tech
C. C. Rister
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Grace Bitner
San Angelo
W. H. Jobe
Lubbock Wins in Regional Competition Highlights
Lubbock and Sweetwater performers top multiple events in a state scholastic contest with winners in shorthand typewriting and mental arithmetic. Yolanda Chaires led Class AA shorthand with a perfect score. Nazs from Corpus Christi Amarillo and Longview claimed other top spots.
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Yolanda Chaires
Laredo
Frances Burke
Corpus Christ
Mary Todd
Amarillo
Evelyn Luehifing
New Braunfels
Betty Ann Beasley
Beeville
Betty Eldridge
White Oak
Lonview
Pegay Aker
Lamarque
Mary Lou Mayes
Anahuac
Magaret Parker
Bishop
Mary Louise Porter
Big Spring
Mary Eleanor Park
Longview
Connie Clark
Alderson
Nancy Ann Tate
Henrietti
Norma Jean Hatfield
Phillips
Geneva Wilson
Cameron
Gladys Krause
Schulenber
Nancy Jon Maria
Joy Millie Lee
Robert Goodman
Austin
el’ Paso
Morton Chandes
el Paso
James Dent
Plainview
Wesley Nail
Donna
LeRoy Miller
Dona
Rob Tinsley
Stamford
Thelma Ludwig
Texas City
Hubert Whitfield
Alice
Lubbock and
Sweetwater
Ito
Jack Alderson
Lubbock
Jack Scott
Secon
Coleen Baldwin
Paula Rae LeForge
Marble Falls
Seond
Neva Joyce Biddy
Paducal
Elba Jean Colburn
Tech president nominee adds new name to search list
The board consumed a lengthy briefing on candidates including Dr. Jim Dan Hill, a Texas native and 1946 major general, who has led the State Teachers College at Superior Wisconsin since 1941. Hill, born February 4 1897 in Leon county Texas, would visit Texas if invited.
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Tligh
Jim Dan Hill
State Teachers College
Superior
Wis
Thomson
Texas
Dr. Hill
Leon County
J. W. Walker
Plainview
Texas Club
Texas A. & M. Texas
A. & M. College
Navy
Baylor
University of Colorado
Blooming Grove
Tex
Gulf Coast
Military Academy
Gulfport
Miss
New Mexico School of Mines
Socorro
N. M
Michigan College of Mines
Houghton. Mich
River Fall
National Guard
32Nd
Wisconsin
Leipzig
Hill
Texas Navy
State Board of Control
College
Whyburn
O. B. Ratliff
Luobock
Charles Wooldridge
Dallas
Leon Ince
Houston
Robert B. Price
el Paso
Thompson
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Tech
Lubbock
R. H. Deitiker
J. R. Hulen
Amarillo
Ray Forbes
Y. E. Juge
Guy C. Victory
American Association of University Women
Women's
Clifford B. Jones
W.T. Gaston
Ratliff
Geo. P. Livermore
Lubbock Oil
Thomason
Membere Ratliff
Ince
Wooldridge Chansior Weymouth
Amar
Births at Lubbock Memorial Hospital Reported
In Lubbock Memorial Hospital notices a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Avena or Avena family with weight 10 ounces. Another baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Tey af 02 Ave at the hospital. Father listed as a farmer and piano teacher.
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Aptie Altura Company
Harvey Hann
Tubbock Fon
Poundn Wy. Oul
Raunhock’ Memorial
Lubbock Auto Company
Co Treadwell
Meik
Runhock Memorial Hospital
Baturda
Strike movements widen as CIO targets meat packing firms
The CIO Packinghouse Workers union plans to extend its strike affecting about 100000 meat packers. About 2500 CIO stockhandlers will quit in Chicago Sioux City Fargo South St. Paul Fort Worth Joseph Milwaukee to press for higher wages. Nine cent wage hike offered by the big four packers faces renewed talks after a limited strike impact.
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Leo Kotin
Ofs
UAW
CIO Packinghouse Workers Union
CIO
Chicago
Sioux City
Fargo
N. D
Washington
Swift and Company and Armour & Co
UPW
International ‘Ypographical
Corpus Christy Tex Callers Times
Rail Walkout Talks Resume Amid Split After Conference
In Chicago a joint session between rail unions and management failed to narrow differences over overtime and terminal pay. The emergency board had recommended overtime pay limits, yet unions press for night shifts and holiday rates while seeking pay for time in terminals before departures. The leaders warned a nationwide strike could occur if demands are not met.
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Chicago
Steelman
Farley
Factfinding Board
Industr
David B. Robertson
Johnston
Emergency Board
Reuther Says Shooting Had Professional Hit
Walter P. Reuther leader of the CIO United Auto Workers told reporters in Detroit that the April 20 shooting was a professional job by hired killers. He suggested clues may lead police to his would be assassin, stating somebody somewhere may talk someday.
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Reuther
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-United Auto Workers
Rev Bascom L Nance 79 Dies in Amarillo
Rev Bascom L Nance a 79 year old visitation evangelist for the Northwest Methodist conference died at his Amarillo home after a stroke. He had long served in church work including executive secretary of the conference Board of Christian Education and lived in Amarillo only recently. Services set for Monday at Tenth Street Methodist with burial in Tulsa. survivors include wife Artie Nance daughter Fay Neal of Los Angeles and five brothers.
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Bascom L. Nance
Northwe Methodist Conference
Amarillo
Phoenix
Arizona
Nance
Tenth Street
Conference Board of Christian Education
Hom
Bickley
Artie Nance
Fay Neal
Los Angeles
Calif
Truce Halts Fighting. Jewish Officials to Confer Tomorrow
Palestine truce holds as Jewish troops receive orders at 1 p.m. A Jewish conference with the high commissioner is planned tomorrow morning. Cunningham pressed the United States French and Belgian consuls general for cooperation with the UN Truce Commission. Egyptian volunteers reported advancing about 30 miles into Palestine and aiding Arab defenses near Rafa and Gaza.
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Palestine
Cunningham
United States
Special
United Nations Truce Commission
Truce Commission
Jericho
Cairo
Egypt
Southern Front
Holy Land
Iraq
Suweidan
Rafa
Farouk
Jerusalem
Falajja
Gaza
Tel Aviv
Economy Threatened by Rail Walkout Affects Food and Freight
The article warns a possible rail walkout could devastate supply chains with crops such as lemons lettuce potatoes and broccoli at risk. Alabama farmers mobilize trucks for a 3 million dollar potato crop while Georgia poultry and cabbage sectors face feed shortages and disruption.
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California
Baldwin County
Alabama
Georgia
Star
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
National Retail Grocers Association
Burglaries, arrests ink Lamesa crime report details
Lamesa burglary continued as a safe and filing cabinet were pried open in Huff's office on the second floor of the old Lamesa National Bank building. About $5,000, largely in trust funds, vanished. Huff sustained the entire loss. Nearby police reported routine cases including assaults and traffic violations with several arrests and ongoing investigations.
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Matt
Avalanche Journal
Huff
Lamesa Four
Dawson Torney
Lamesa National Bank
Buddy Bragg
Tohoka
Lubbock
Hernandez
Frank McCrummen
Wilson R. Wagoner
Buddy Carroll
Carroll
Benjamin L. Cummings
Arold Levelland
D. R. McAllister
Ave. W
Bill Woodell
Ave. F
Eclipse Observed Along Path From Malaya To Aleutians
A rare annular solar eclipse was seen by Japanese and American scientists as clouds cleared briefly.Observers along a 000 mile-wide path from Malaya to the Aleutians captured photographs of the event amid changing weather.
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Tokyo
Malaya
Aleutian Islands
Plane crash at LaGuardia injures crew member
Pan American Constellation on a routine training flight crash landed at LaGuardia field due to a cockpit fire injuring one crewman. Police reported the forced landing occurred early, details sparse.
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New York
la Guardia Field
Minor clashes in Manchuria hiss of coming Communist offensive
The report notes minor clashes in Manchuria on Sunday May 9 as observers await a prolonged Communist offensive. Also mentioned are new refrigerator accessories including a nonstick divider for ice cube trays and a plastic stain free vegetable tray with a hinged lid.
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Peiping
Manchuria
Emergency strike to trigger full equipment use and ramped airline service
Airlines plan 800 extra planes and additional flights to meet demand during the emergency. Auto industry spokesmen in Detroit warn factories may shut in 2 to 10 days due to supply and storage shortages. Steel sector could see blast furnaces idled within 36 hours after quarter loads of continue arrive.
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Detroit
Am bury pastor to lead brides service closing Family Week
Dr C A Ridhley pastor of Am bury Methodist church announces a Brides service honoring about 200 couples married by him during five years with the church. The event, at Guaren, caps National Family week observances as the church presents gifts to the couples.
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C. A. Ridhley
Ambury Methodist Church
Deep Water Test Could Tap New Water Source
The commission backs a summer deep water test to explore a potential new water supply for the High and South Plains. While the odds favor no discovery, the effort could be worth millions if successful and would still yield value by proving deep water unfeasible. E K Hufstetler Jr leads the push with broad public support and proposes mineral testing of encountered strata.
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High
South Plains
E. K. Hufstedler, Jr
Commission
Stassen Urges Ban on Communists as Subversive Force
Stassen decries communists in the United States as subversive, calls for outlawing the party, and says stopping infiltration could help halt World War II. Taft argues free thought is protected unless violence is advocated. Dewey campaigns in Oregon while avoiding a joint appearance with Stassen. An Idaho note recalls 1860s pay controversy in a 90,000 square mile territory.
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United States
Moscow
Taft
Dewey
Oregon
Stassen
Idaho Territory
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Lunbock Memorial Hospi
Pullen Upholatering Company
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Kyle Spiller
Jacksboro
W. T. Gaston
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O. K. Anderson Sign Company
Fred R. Kelly
West Texas Hospital
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