First Official Soap Box Derby Entries Hit National Record
Local excitement builds as entries near 250 for the first official Soap Box Derby to be staged in July with Tuesday as the deadline. Lubbock Exchange Club announces 42 sponsors and prize details for local winners including a gold watch, scholarships, and various national prizes.
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Lubbock Exchange Club
Hilton Hotel
Wayne Franklin
J. L. Franklin
Raymond Young
Hiram P. Smith
Allen
Roy Finley
Kuykendall Chevrolet Company
Texas Avenue
Nicholas Dreystadt
Akron
Natco
Chevrolet
C. F. Kettering
Collins and Aikman Co
Shell Oil Co
Grain and Feed Dealers elect new Texas leaders
Otto Dinwiddie of Hart was named president of the Texas Grain and Feed Dealers association succeeding G. H. Rogers. R. Tullis Cofer of Houston was elected first vice president, Joe Coffee of Amarillo second vice president, and G. E. Blewitt was reelected secretary treasurer. New directors include Porter Holmes White Deer Paul Berend Vincendae M. L. Martin and Ray Murrell Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Otto Dinwiddie
Hart Today
Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Associate
G. H. Rogers
R. Tullis Cofer
Houston
Joe Coffee
Amarillo
G. E. Blewitt
Porter Holmes
White Deer
Paul Berend
Vincend Ae
Fifth Column Mosquito Threat Joins Yellow Fever Warning
U S scientists warned at the International Congress on Tropical Medicine that the Aedes Aegypti mosquito could spark a yellow fever epidemic if introduced into the United States during war. Fred L. Soper urged nationwide eradication efforts while noting the insect’s presence in spring and summer across the southeast and its spread via vehicles by late summer. He cited insecticides and control as key to wipeout. Separately, Dr. Joseph D. Aronson touted the BCG tuberculosis vaccine as safe and effective, citing studies among American Indians showing reduced TB deaths among the vaccinated.
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Robert E. Geiger
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Fred L. Soper
Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Brazil
Bolivia
Neon
Joseph D. Aronson
University of Pennsylvania
Aronson
Truman pledge said not kept at Vermont GOP meet
US Rep Charles A Halleck accused President Truman of failing to keep a pledge to cooperate with Congress. He charged Truman and New Deal allies blocked major GOP aims, vetoed tax relief bills, and opposed Taft Hartley while urging economy in government. Vermont delegates to the June convention will be chosen.
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Montpelier
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Truman
Republican Congress
Halleck
Vermont
New Deal
Congress
Indiana Republican
Republican Party
Gibson
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Eskridge Completes Seventh Parachute Jump in Japan
Pfc. Charles Eskridge, 20, paratrooper from Lubbock Texas, completed his seventh jump at Camp Schimmelpfennig near Sendai with the Eighth Army. He joined the Army in 1947 at Lubbock and has trained at Fort Ord and Fort Benning before arriving in Yokohama in 1948 to serve with the parachute packs and repairs unit.
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Memorial Park
Lubbock National Bank
Wiley McLaughlin
National Cemetery Association
Texas Cemetery Association
McLaughlin
Charles Eskridge
Eighth Army
Sendad Honoshu
Japan
Lubbock
Texas
Camp Schimmelpfennig
Here
Pfc
Eskridge
Charlie Eskridge
Fort Ord
Calif
Fort Benning
Yokohama
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Tex
Avalanche-Journal
Sun
Walter G. Clayton
Aetna Life Ins. Co
Anderson Bros. Jewelers
Armstrong's Co. B. & H. Transfer & Storage Co., Inc
the Baker Company
Becknell- Wilkins Hardware Co
Bell Ice Cream& Milk Co
Bert Kahn's Health Club
Black Co
Lubbock, Texas
Wiley E
DIAL
Port Stampede
Giles Connell
Post
Garza
Association of Post Business
Phil Boucher
Post Dispatch
U. 5
Everett
Mass
INS
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Beacon
Moses Smith
Stephenson
Jack CO
1722 Avenue
Dernard Stephenson
Cec
Forrest
Bc’s.boy’s Club
Gene Autry
Everett Colborn
Madison Square Garden Rodeo
Texas Tech
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