Lubbock Air Mail Growth Marks 30th Anniversary
Lubbock post office observed the 30th anniversary of air mail with figures showing growth in local and national air mail use and international reach. Dispatches number 15 daily with major routes to Fort Worth and Dallas, and Hawaii and Cuba reachable within 48 hours under typical conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Mail Service
Lubbock
Post Office Department
Fort Worth
Dallas
United States
Hawaii
Cuba
Airiice
Lubbock student wins Burlington Lines essay contest
Lola Beth Green of 2340 Nineteenth in Lubbock tops her district in the Burlington lines essay contest and earns a place among six winners for a 10 day all expense Colorado trip aboard the Texas Zephyr. The six will be honored on WBAP radio and share a program about the rail line’s 75 years of progress.
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Lola Beth Green
Lubbock
Burlington Lines
Colorado
Texas Zephyr
Miss Green
Robert L. Moyt
Fort Set Gens
Fort Worth
Denver
Texas
Green
Texas Technological College
Grace Philley
Abilene
Robert Garner
Lelia Lake
Amarillo
Betty Imane Offutt
Wichita Falls
Herbert. M. Jones
Dallas
Dal-Worth
Eugene McCluney
Pullman
Estes Park Village
Rocky Mountain National Park
Trail Ridge Road
Grand ‘Lake
Granby
Cf&i Steel
Pueblo
Sangres de Cristo Range
Trinidad
Oak Canyon
Mt. Capulin
Folsom
N. M
Whits Monday Superstition in Ireland Impacts Birthdays
In Ireland Whits Monday the seventh Sunday after Easter is considered unlucky especially for people born on that date. The superstition marks the day as inauspicious for births and brings a sense of misfortune to those born then.
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Ireland
Cattle Crossbreeding Study Aims at Heat Resistant Dairy Herd
USDA dairy cattle division reports experiments begun in 1946 to cross Brahman cattle from India with Jersey cows to produce heat tolerant offspring for Gulf Coast climates. Four Brahman head were imported to Beltsville Maryland. crosses with Jersey cows yield Red Sindhi Jersey progeny, with 16 crossbred calves at Beltsville and nine at Jeanerette Louisiana, plus a pure Red Sindhi bull calf. Studies examine heat humidity effects and heritability of heat tolerance, with multiple state stations participating.
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Dairy Cattle Division
Bureau of Dairy Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Gulf Coast
Bureau
India
Beltsville
Higl
Jeanerette
Jersey
Jeanerette Station
United States
Local Traffic Crashes and Fire Alarms Reported Saturday
Glenn Smith Jr 14 suffered cuts after his motor scooter collided with a car at Tenth and Avenue J. James P Way 3501 Avenue H received a ticket for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle after a crash with a fire truck at Fourteenth and Avenue G. Three fire alarms were answered late with minor incidents including a car fire at 308 Avenue H and a non fire alarm at 1407 Avenue F. No major damage reported from wiring incidents at 311 Twenty First Street and 1407 Avenue F. The Pacific Ocean remains the largest body of water among oceans and seas.
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Glenn Smith, Jr
Tenth
Ave. J
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
James P. Way
Ave. H
Fourteenth and
Ave. G
Way
Ave. F
No. 2
Crow and Queens Carnival crowns Henderson and McMillan
Harriet Henderson and Ronnie McMillan were crowned queen and king of the intermediate department carnival at First Methodist church. About 300 to 400 attendees sought to raise funds for a new church.
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Harriet Henderson
A. L. Henderson
Ronnie McMillan
F. A. McMillan
Intermediate Department
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lek
Kes
Europe
Canada
Mexico
Avalanche-Journal
Paul Aiken
Washington
Aiken
Robert J. Smith
Pioneer Air Lines, Inc
Houston
Stinson Cleaners
Labbcock’s Leading Cleaners and Furriers
Broadway
Lola B. Green
Pacific Ocean
Lubbock, (Tex
Avalanche
Sun
Soma
Sundstrand
A. B. Dick
Underwood
Skeeeeee
West Texas
Chambers
Shiplap
Red Coder Bureau
Aoubalt
Breen
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