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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1948

Page

9

Amarillo to be wheat harvest labor capital in June

Amarillo will be the wheat harvest labor capital of America in June and part of July per the Texas Employment Commission. The city will act as its control center with 40 local offices reporting daily to coordinate labor and equipment needs among wheat counties nationwide. Final plans are to be set at a May 19 conference in Big Spring.

Austin Amarillo America Texas Employment Commission Panhandle City Texas Wich Cabra Geobraska Dakotas Canada Big Spring Ion Acres Ford Ochiltree Cox

Two Miners Rescued From Shamokin Mine Tomb

Two bedraggled miners Edward Heck 42 and Peter Gordon 35 were rescued after three days entombed 175 feet underground in Shamokin Pennsylvania. They were taken to Shamokin state hospital unharmed as searchers continued to seek their missing partner Charley Bashore 42 who was trapped since a Wednesday flood.

Shamokin Edward Heck Peter Gordon Shamokin State Hospital Charley Bashore

Alba Discovery Well Produces 0.17 B/d In Alba Field

In Alba Texas the W B Bridewell F R Jackson McKenzie No 1 discovery well showed a potential 0.17 barrels daily on pump after five days of intermittent pumping, with oil gas ratio at zero. The 24 hour test completed. other wells, including B B Orr John Rainwater No 1, await cement and casing. pay zones were 3985 feet, 41 feet lower due to flood.

Alba Texas Railroad Commission W. B. Bridewell Alba Field

Petersburg man Edward C Reagan dies suddenly at home

Edward Charles Reagan 63 of Petersburg died after 6 p.m. while watering his lawn. He had retired from farming a year ago and is survived by his wife Ida and six children in California and Texas. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of relatives with Schuler and Wood funeral homes handling details. Churchill in Oslo is noted separately.

Petersburg Edward Charles Reagan South Plains Reagan Schuler Funeral Home Wood Funeral Home Plainview Ida Reagan Albert Berkeley Calif John Dallas Tom Cleburne J. E. Massie Sallie White California

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