Deadlock in Texas House over gasoline tax bill ends with adjournment
The Texas House broke a quorum deadlock on a bill to raise the gasoline tax from four to five cents a gallon by voting to adjourn to 10 am. A stalled dinner fund of $800 for members at a downtown hotel prompted by Rep. Marshall Bell and H A Wittliff of San Antonio highlighted the session. The House had previously voted 62 to 59 to kill the bill, amended to include a diesel tax boost, then 64 to 0 on a motion to table reconsideration.
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The
Associated Press
Ustin
Messare
Marshall Bell
San Antonio
Sell
H. A. Wittliff
Bell
House
Jack Love
Fort Worth
Nagoya Left Fiery Inferno By B-29 Pack
The Associated Press reports a record 500 B-29 bombers dropped 7,000,000 pounds of fire bombs on Nagoya, Japan, destroying large city sections. Some 5,500 airmen participated, with Tokyo and Washington noting few losses and bold carrier air activity continuing. Nagoya, 150 miles west of Tokyo, faced near one bomb per inhabitant as jelly gasoline bombs burned through targets in industry.
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James Lindsley
Associated Press
UAM
America
Japan
Nagoya
20Th Air Force
Washington
Radio Tokyo
Nippon
Marianas
Tokyo
Honshu
Discharge Points Void For Some
Paris reports that some American troops with high discharge scores are sent directly to the Pacific. Lt. Col. W. C. Hay says units assigned to the Japan war effort before May 12 remain in duty, while final discharge scores will be set after June 27 as rating cards are completed. Redeployment reviews will be conducted in major commands to determine discharge eligibility.
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Paris
Pacific
Japan
W. C. Hay
Hay
United States
War Department
Hays
Mailing Permits To Navy Men Tightened
Navy tightens overseas mail rules for periodicals effective July 1. Publishers may not mail newspapers to Navy personnel overseas unless a written subscription or renewal request is filed. The order, issued by the postmaster general at the Navy's request, aims to conserve shipping space and cut nonessential mail.
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Washington
Navy
Eisenhower Cracks Down On War Criminal Fraternizing
General Eisenhower ordered a sharp crackdown on senior U S officers for friendly treatment of captured Nazi and high German officials. He said past incidents showed faulty judgment and stressed compliance with long standing orders. No officer was named, but Goering’s deferential treatment at Kitzbuehel and a lunch with him were recalled as context.
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Eisenhower
Associated
Preas Lee
Germany
London Evening News
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
U. S. Seventh Army
Kitzbuehl
Austria
Associated Press
Luftwaffe
John E. Dahlquist
36Th
Robert J. Stack
Paris
Goering
Regional security talks near agreement with United Nations plan
Nine Latin American foreign ministers meeting with Secretary of State Stettinius reported broad accord on fitting a regional security system into a world organization. The plan would allow collective regional action to repel attack if the UN security council fails to secure a peaceful settlement, with final language coming later.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
San Francisco
Stettinius
World Organization
Security Council
Guillermo Bell
United States
Ogtaat
Chapultepec
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Uruguay
Venezuela
Bolivia
H R McKee Dies At Slaton Home
Hiram R. McKee 63 longtime Santa Fe railroad official and Slaton division superintendent died at his Slaton residence after illness. Funeral at Slaton Presbyterian Church with interment in Lubbock. Surviving wife two sons Captain John McKee and Bob McKee and daughter Mrs Richard Robbins. Born July 18 1881 in Bloomville Ohio.
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Slaton
Hiram R. McKee
Santa Fe Railway
Slaton Presbyterian Church
Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
McKee
Ohio
Bloomville
Santa Fe
Las Vegas
N. M
39Th Railroad Engineers Battalion
France
Raton
Dodge City
Kas
la Junta
Colo
New Mexico
M-K-T
Kansas
Great Northern
Minnesota
Union Pacific
Evanston
Wyo
John McKee
Army Air Forces
Africa
Bob McKee
Denver
Richard Robbins
Missing Pacific Lt Ray E Ramsey Was Tech Graduate
Lt Ray E Ramsey a B 29 pilot and former Texas Tech senior student reported missing in action in the Pacific since April 16. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M D Ramsey of Petersburg and his wife Zoe White a Tech home economics senior.
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Ray E. Ramsey
Texas Technological College
Pacific
War Department
Zoe White
Will J. White
Ramsey
M. D. Ramsey
Petersburg
Lt. Ramsey
Tech
De Valera to Speak in London Broadcast Tomorrow
Premier Eamon De Valera of Erie will broadcast tomorrow at 11 10 p m 4 10 p gy cetral war time after Churchill criticized his country’s wartime stand. A 17 piece Fireking Ovenware set priced at 2 00 appears in the Kings Adv.
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DE Valera
London
Eamon de Valera
Erie
Churchill
Kings
Coyote Eradication Uses Cyanide Land Mine Trap
Trappers in the Lubbock district use a cyanide gas land mine to kill coyotes. The device, buried in the ground with a bait trigger, detonates when a coyote pulls at it, delivering instant death. In the first three months of this year forty trappers took 2,325 coyotes across several Texas counties.
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Randall Abernathy
Avalanche
Lubbock
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
T. L. English
Big Lubbock
King, Childress
Collingsworth
Ector
Midland
Glasscock
Martin, Howard
Mitchell and
Nolan
Uncle Sam
Balete Pass Falls to U S Forces in Luzon Drive
General MacArthur reports Balete Pass, a key 75 foot defile in northern Luzon, seized after a month long mountain assault by the 25th and 37th Infantry divisions. Meanwhile on Mindanao the 24th division battles Japanese near Davao City as 32nd division flanks Villa Verde trail.
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Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Manila
Balete Pass
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Davao City
Cagayan Valley
James Hutcheson
25Th Division
Villa Verde
Santa Fe
City to Build New Electric Plant Unit Budget Hike Proposed
Authorization for a new City electric plant unit costing about 375000 was approved after a five hour City commission session. The site on Plainview Highway northeast of Lubbock will host initial two engines with potential enlargement to meet demand. Budget increases total 646895 for 1945 46. police and fire staffing and health parks and recreation also rise.
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City Commission
City Hall
Plainview Higway
Lubbock
Municipal Electric
Marlin R. Smith
Fire Department
Health Department
Parks Department
Tragedy at Levelland Senior Picnic Drowns Student
A Levelland High School senior outing at Buffalo Lakes ended in tragedy as Shirley Dean Roberts, 16, drowned after a five hour search, and Irvin Spitler, 17, was rescued after near drowning. Spitler remained at West Texas Hospital in satisfactory condition. The party of 58 included graduates, parents, and school officials.
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Levelland
Shirley Roberts
Levelland High School
Buffalo Lakes
Shirley Dean Roberts
Irvin Spitler
Roberts
East Lake
Spitler
West Texas Hospital
War Casualties Report From Official Releases
Official casualty releases list wounded and liberated personnel across Pacific and Europe theaters. Names include Pfc Ray McBride Hale Center and T4 John H Foust Morton with action in Europe and Pacific theater, plus Pvt Andrew J Curry Route 6 and Pvt Leo A Wenzel Brownfield listed as wounded in Pacific. Also noted is Pfc Alva G Marley and Pfc William A Whisenhunt Jr killed in action on Luzon with the 25th Division.
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Ray McBride
USMCR
Lum McBride
Hale Center
Pacific
John H. Foust
James E. Foust
Morton
Europe
Andrew J. Curry
Jewell E. Curry
Dane B. Dulin
Thelma Dulin
Shallowae
Elmer G. Gage
Mary G. Gage
Sudan
Leo A. Wenzel
Adolph D. Wenzel
Brownfield
Alva G. Marley
Liddy J. Marley
Lamesa
William A. Whisenhunt, Jr
William A. Whisenhunt
Meadow
Luzon
25Th Infantry
Whisenhunt
Captives Believed Related to Himmler Captured Near Brenner Pass
Two people possibly the wife and daughter of Heinrich Himmler were captured by U. S. troops in the Italian Tyrol near the Brenner Pass. The 88th Infantry division found them yesterday with minimal immediate details available.
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U. S
Brenner Pass
Heinrich Himmler
Italian
Tyrol
88Th Infantry
Rubble Cleared From Streets Of Berlin
Moscow radio reports main streets of Berlin cleared of rubble and around the clock traffic is allowed. Sub way sections are to resume operation by May 25 according to the broadcast.
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Berlin
London
Moscow Radio
War costs U S over eighty six billion in 1944 says Ayers
Brig. Gen. Leonard P. Ayers told Cleveland today that war was the world’s biggest business for five years and cost the United States more than 86 billion dollars in 1944.
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Cleveland
United States
Leonard P. Ayers
WFA Offers 8000 Pounds Loose Cotton in Dallas Bid
The War Food Administration opened bids for 8000 pounds of loose unbaled cotton at the Lubbock cotton classing office. Representative F W Underwood said the cotton is an accumulation from 1944 samples. Bids close May 21.
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Dallas
War Food Administration
Lubbock
F. W. Underwood
WEA Office of Supply
Electra tops Seventh War Loan with 225000 pledge
Electra oversubscribed its Seventh War Loan quota by pledging 225000 in bond purchases on May 14. The town rallied support with local residents and businesses contributing to the effort.
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Electra
Two Firemen Killed In Dallas Collision
In Dallas on May 14 two Dallas fire department members died in a crash when two pieces of fire equipment collided. Chief F E McCarthy was critically injured, and Amil Hahnl 49 died at the scene along with driver Jack Sullivan. Several others were hurt including cafe customer R H Robbins and two more firefighters.
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Roberts
Lubbock Fire Department
Levelland Department
H. B. Johnson
Moore
Dallas
Dallas Fire Department
Jack Sullivan
F. E. McCarthy
Amil Hahnl
McCarthy
L. G. Rupe
R. H. Robbins
John Dees
Leo Fox
H. L. Mayfield
Lehella Stinson
AP Disciplinary Action Over Premature Germany Surrender Story
Supreme Headquarters disciplined Edward Kennedy of the Associated Press for breach of confidence by publishing Germany's surrender terms before authorization. Morton P. Gudebrod also faced disaccreditation and was ordered home though given a May 17 extension. Robert Bunnelle was reinstated.
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Daris
Supreme Headquarters
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press Today
Germany
United States
Morton P. Gudebrod
Associated Press
Frank Allen, Jr
Gudebrod
Robert Bunnelle
United Kingdom
Bunnelle
London
Kennedy
Allen
Okinawa Inch by Inch Push Seizes Yonabaru Airfield
Allied forces on Okinawa report Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley 96th division capturing Yonabaru airfield after a 2400 yard eastward advance toward Shuri. Sixth Army’s Maj. Lemuel Shepherd Jr. remains on the north bank of the Asato river as Japanese resistance persists with artillery and air attacks.
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Okinawa
Yonabaru
Shuri
Naha
AL Dopking
Associated Press
UAM
Ueper
Ning
U. S
Oki
Naha Aird
Ryukyu
Nimitz
Cone
Ieakhill On
Doolittle Leaves Eighth Air Force for Pacific Assignment
General James H. Doolittle relinquished command of the U S Eighth Air Force as he returns to Washington for a new assignment. He led the first air raid on Tokyo on April 18 1942 and his future role in the Pacific war is anticipated. Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner succeeds him, taking over as deputy commander of the Eighth Air Force.
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London
James H. Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
Theacific
U. S. Army
Washington
Doolittle
Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Air Force
William E. Kepner
Besseen
Second Air Division
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Hantser
Weather summary for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with slightly cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday in the South Plains and Pecos river regions. Warmth returns in the Panhandle and eastward by Wednesday afternoon. New Mexico冷 partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with scattered light showers north and east Tuesday and southeast Tuesday night, warmer by Wednesday northeast.
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West Texas
South Plains
Pecos River
Panhandle
New Mexico
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Willis Spitler
Elmer Moore
Euel Palmer
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