Price Control Urged Across West Texas District
We urge renewed price control as wartime shifts to peace production loom. Officials in the Dallas Office of Price Administration must be intelligent, public minded, and subject to scrutiny. Public trust in Lub bock El Paso and West Texas districts is questioned. Congressman Mahon should note the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubbock
South Plains
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Dallas
Washington High Command
Lubbock
el Paso
West Texas
George Mahon
Should we abandon synthetic rubber after victory?
The piece argues preserving the wartime synthetic rubber industry. It warns against junking it once Malaya and the Dutch East Indies are liberated and natural rubber returns. It cites Goodyear chair P W Litchfield and contrasts U S bargaining leverage with Britain and the Netherlands. It cautions against repeating prewar dependence on natural rubber.
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Malaya
Dutch East Indies
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Comany
Litchfield
America
United States
U. S
Lubbock Morning Avalanche Publication Details
Historical note from the Lubbock Morning Avalanche describing its independent democratic stance, publishing schedule, and affiliations with the Lubbock Evening Journal. Mentions staff roles Parker and Rathlif and general strip of press associations and postal details from 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Lubbock Evening Journal
Lubbock Aveedeurnal
Avalanche Journal Publishing Co. Inc
Texas Avenue
Lubbock
Texas
Aun
Associated Preas
Texas Daily Press
Cialias
Prout
Chas W Ratliff
S. Texas
Death's Bright Diamonds by Lionel Mosher
Nick Trent confides to Inspector Marks about the Calavestri case and delivers the amulet. A treacherous plot links the five million Osfermann collection to Calavestri while Joubert is found dead after a plane tampering and graphite fouling the distributor. Nick considers fleeing to The Ledges with Pat as danger closes in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Trent
Marks
Calavestri
Booker
Osfermann
Poland
Nick
Charley
Joubert
Cuddy Naylor
London
Pat
Claridge
Ostermann
Warsaw
Liverpool
America
Pax
New World
Charlie
Policy Outlined For Vet Preference In War Vehicle Licenses
N F Nelson district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation announced a policy on veterans world war II certificate of war necessity for operating commercial motor vehicles. Veterans who operated a cab before service remain eligible for a new cab certificate. truck holders need not prove wartime necessity. Applications are handled locally and transfers of cab rights require veteran status for the new operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Nelson
Office of Defense Transportation
Nelson
ODT
U Boats Surrender in Liquefied News May Reports
In Londonderry Sir Max Horton said 30 to 35 U boats surrendered to British forces. He put total German submarines afloat at 50 to 70. In Paris Allied authorities announced mass reprint of pre Nazi schoolbooks is ready for German schools once reopening is permitted.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Max Horton
Britain
Paris
Allied
Buy A War Bond TODAY
A wartime column urges readers to support veterans by allowing returning soldiers to resume ordinary life. It emphasizes the desire to forget combat and return to farms, stores, and everyday chores, asking readers not to press heroes for stories or praise.
Shades Of Henderson Defects in OPA Spark Shortages
The piece argues that shortages in beef pork and sugar stem from past OPA mistakes under Leon Henderson. It cites sugar price denials, reduced production, and meat-packers’ financial losses, predicting a strained American diet for a year while reforms arrive. It also covers draft numbers and postwar manpower shifts, with notes on merchant shipping and ore carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Tucker
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
OPA
Congress
Anderson Committee
Agriculture and War Food Administration
Germany
United States Army
Selective Service
Japan
Monroe Doctrine and Yalta Debts Hamper UN Conference
Special correspondent Thomas L. Stokes reports that latent commitments from the Monroe Doctrine and Chapultepec pact, plus Yalta legacies, impede the United Nations conference in San Francisco. The US faces regional blocs, veto power issues, and trustee-ship limits tied to Argentina and Latin American ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
Francisco
United Nations
United States
Chapultepec
Dumbarton Oaks
Security Council
Security Organization
Yalta
Russia
Great Britain
China
France
Roosevelt
Film on Juvenile Delinquency Shown to Juniors
Junior Chamber of Commerce members viewed the film As a Twig is Bent at a Monday luncheon in the Hilton hotel under program chairman Eldon Rawlings. Jack Thomas moved to donate $10 for prizes at the Lubbock Boy's Club boxing finals and announced the Yancee softball game at 7 p.m. versus the Tech athletic club near the Men's dorm. A nominating committee proposed officers for next year with elections set for the first June meeting and listed candidates for president to treasurer and board members including J D Core Coran Joe Stanley Jeff Steele Curtis Cheaney George N Atkinson Jack Thomas and others plus Glenn Woody as an automatic board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Corecorran
Joe Stanley
Jeff Steele
Curtis Cheaney
George N. Atkinson
Jack Thomas
Gordon Sanders
Ralph Wyatt
Cliff Cummings
Virgil Rowland
W. L. Jones
C. Hamilton
Frank Bando
Eldon Rawlings
Walter Switzer
Ray Blackwell
Glenn Woody
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Ascasiatey ‘Press
United O America
The
Republic
Robert Ripley
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
WASPS
Langford
Boston Tar Baby
Mexico
Kid Savage
Anewer
Kelly
Ringling Bros
Famous Clown
Cage
Lionel Mosher
NEA Service, Inc
Erich Brandeis
Mrs. Brush
Louis Pettit
Woman's Journal
Danbury
Mr. Benson
Old Jim Crack
Tommy
Brandeis
Shades of Henderson
Uncle Sam
Europe
Albert Leman
D-day
Pacific
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
New York
Admiral Doenitz
New England
Hampton Roads
Virginia
West Virginia
South America
Venezuela
Galbraith
Argentina
Hull
Churchill
Stalin
G.H.Q
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