Heavy Rains and Hail Hit South Plains Areas
Storms lashed the South Plains May 14 driving hail through Hale County and towns like Abernathy Ralls Slaton Lorenzo, with rain totals around 1.25 inches in Lubbock and heavy damage to windows wheat and alfalfa. Dust storms hit Morton Brownfield Lamesa Tahoka, while central districts reported scattered hail and localized property damage across several communities.
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Burg
Coats
Lorenzo
Lubbock
South Plains
Morton
Brownfield
Lamesa
Tahoka
Weather Bureau
Bath Falls
Ie West
Hale County
Abernathy
Hale
Fred Maller
Millers
Ralls
Santa Fe
Hamlin
Sweetwater
Idalou
Mat Idelou
Fetho
Becton
Halow
Eastsonia
Lorense
Lorenzo Hint
Hable Levelland
Oil Well Sparks South Plains Farm Talk and Moves
Hockley area resident Underwood discusses drilling an irrigation well on his 32,000 acre Spade ranch tract near Smyer. The well tests at 1,000 gallons per minute, while a new $10,000 seven room house rises on the site. Family ties include mother in law Beulah Burleson and son in law Weldon Tatum, with royalty sales totaling around $1,000 an acre.
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Spade Ranch
Underwood
Wells
Beulah Burleson
Bill Burleson
Smyer
Burleson
Underwoods
South Plains
O. K
Dawson County
Weldon Tatum
Geo. P. Livermore
Bosque County
Irecell
Acquilla
Fht
W.E. Fry
Levelland
John Tidwell
O'Donnell
California
W. FE. Johnson
M.D. Underwood, Jr
Fort Worth
South Plains Feels Pinch Of Growing Railway Strike
South Plains residents and the nation feel the pinch as a four day old railroad strike disrupts freight movement. Santa Fe agents report limited freight flow while passenger trains stay largely on schedule and several workers join the strike, with some supervision stepping in. The well site sees many visitors including landowners and oil men, with Gh Hopper resisting royalty offers and landowners watching drilling progress amid time delays.
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South Plains
Santa Fe
Lubbock
H.C. Pumphers
Still-Pickering
South Plans
Rail Strike Developments Prompt Ongoing Talks in Chicago
The strike mediators plan to stay in Chicago on call for further parleys as leaders decline comment on inspirations. Southern Railway wins Knoxville injunction restricting picketing after reported shootings at supervisory personnel. Service remains spotty but 42 passenger trains and all freight trains were operating.
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O'Neill
Chicago
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Johnsons welcome twins in West Texas hospital birth
Mr and Mrs CE Johnson announce the birth of a daughter weighing 4 pounds 14 ounces at a West Texas hospital on a recent Saturday. Mr and Mrs Wo Grimes of 619 Avenue welcomed a son weighing 6 pounds 9 ounces born on the same Saturday. The son was named Jerry Giend. Father employed by Anderson-Young Electric Company.
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CE. Johnson
Twenteleventh
West Texas Hospital
Wo. Grimes
Avenue
Jarry Giendithe
Anderson-Youne Electric Compan
Man Dies After Farm Knife Fight Near Shallowater
A 27 year old Black man Lessie Jordan died about 11 p m Saturday in Porter clinic hospital from multiple stab wounds after a contest on a farm near Shallowater. A suspect was being sought as witnesses described a fatal knife assault between two Black men who began quarrelling around 8 30 p m on M J Williams farm three miles south of Shallowater. A complaint charging the suspect was drawn up and to be filed with the justice of the peace.
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Lessie Jordan
Porter Clinic
Shallowater
M. J. Williams
Jordan
Mate
Sam
C.F. Lynn
Juster
Pact Aims to Preserve Freedom and Counter Communism
The ministers reaffirmed that the strength of the free world must not be used for aggression and pledged aid to France against Moscow backed forces in Indo China and Burma. They agreed to coordinate to prevent arms smuggling and to expose Communist imperialism. The talks noted rising Communist influence near Southeast Asia and urged support for new, independent states seeking peace.
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Free World
Russia
France
Acheson
Ho Chi-Minh
Bao Dar
Mongst
Indo-China
Burma
Moscow
HST Criticizes Isolationists In Tariff Debate
President Truman assails isolationists who cloak opposition to European recovery in terms like cooperation yet oppose costs. He says critics claim to back freedom but balk at spending 1.5 percent of national income to aid Europe and defend free nations, while urging reduced imports and worsened living standards.
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Europe
Fens
Thornton Murder Continues From Page One Trial
Testimony recounts a confrontation ending with a gun in Thornton case. Johnson describes grabbing a nickel plated 48 Colt pistol found later in Conge City. Prosecutor and defense clash over firearm handling as witnesses recount the fatal room scene and subsequent questions of intent.
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Texas
Diana
Johnson
Jonson
Storms Hit State Rake Across Texas and Louisiana
Severe storms brought deadly lightning in Alexandria Louisiana killing Dewey Foote of Cheneyville. Abilene saw a windstorm that unroofed buildings and toppled poles while hail battered Waco and Alto. Dallas river levels rose toward a crest and power outages occurred as rain and wind disrupted communications statewide.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Dewey Foote
Cheneyville
Abilene
Angelina County
Suspect in Hold Up Flees From Cab Station
Officers seek a suspect described as about 20, 5 feet 10 inches, 145 pounds with brown hair and a bandage over the right eye. He rode with Robert Sisson of the Veterans Administration, demanded to go to the traffic circle south of Lubbock on the Tohoka highway, and warned, Drive on and take Highway 84. The incident occurred after half the taken funds came from fares and the rest from two men. Police and sheriff officials led the investigation with multiple theft reports, including a $130 loss of a recording machine from the Texas Tech administration building.
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Robert Sisson
Veterans’ Administration
Lubbock
Tohoka Highway
C. B. Qualia
Texas Tech
Slaton Man Fatally Shot After Public Safety Incident
A Slaton man was killed in an apparent public safety confrontation in a car rear area. A Black suspect fired birdshot, fatally wounding him in the face as his wife screamed. The suspect fled. a taxi driver witnessed the event but did not identify the shooter. Funeral arrangements for Riggs were pending. he leaves seven children and a wife.
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Riges
Pharr
Francis Carnes
Willie Bo Jones
Biggs
Riggs
Williams Funeral
Slaton
Wayne
Jeanita
W. A. Gwendolyn
Donnie Roy
Caral Sue
Tommie Glen
Ranger Pioneer Dies Ranger
uPi-V reports V Cooper Sr aged 81, a pioneer ranger resident, died in a local hospital. A trial timeline is noted with testimony and defense plans, stating two or three more witnesses to call and rebuttal witnesses to four or five.
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Ranger
uPi
V. V Cooper, Sr
Pioneer
Air Force
Amarillo
Johnson
County Retail Trade Boom in 1948 Report
County census data show total preliminary retail sales of 115.7 million in 1948 with 8 708 paid employees across trades. Lubbock and Slaton areas added substantial wholesale and service sales, while automotive, apparel, grocery and general merchandise sectors posted strong year figures. Final statewide figures arrive in a future bulletin.
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Lubbock
Staton
State of Texas
Slaton
Lubbock County
Apparel
Judge and Mrs Olsen visit daughter for Mothers Day birthday
Judge G C Olsen of Kermit and Mrs Olsen travel to see daughter Mrs M B Mizzell of 1903 Fifteenth as they plan a double celebration for Mothers Day and Mrs Mizzell's birthday. The visit coincides with a family gathering this weekend.
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G. C. Olsen
Kermit
M. RB. Mizzell
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Begumme
Fobeen
Peter
Seyton
Littlefield
RYO Hale
Apia
Tia Hamlin
Etic Shewer Abernathy Revere
Plainview
Hockley
3. C. Hopper
Hopper
A. H. Cook
East Hockley County
Roy G. Lawson
W. A. Day
J. S. Corder
H. §. Cole
J. W. Skinner
Pact
HST
Dallas
Trinity
Waco
Slaton Highway
Lumpkins
Warren
Gilbert Newton
George Eubank
Newton
Pete Hubbard
L. W. Forrester
Slaton Man
L. Coleman
East Twenty-fifth Street
Seventeenth and
Ave. A
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
First Federal
First Federal Savings E- Loan Association
Feyepoce
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