Byrnes Sees Way to Avert War in Peace Talks
Former secretary of state James F Byrnes told a Variety Clubs International gathering in Washington that both Russia and the United States must avoid dictating terms and pursue equal negotiations. He warned against perfectionism and urged wise decisions on principles versus policy. Marshall, back from Moscow, urged adherence to great principles while seeking understanding with opponents.
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Associated Press
Ashington
James F. Byrnes
Russia
United States
Marshall
Moscow
Henry Backs Rainey and Wallace Urge Abolition of Discrimination
A May 17 UT Austin crowd of 10 590 heard Henry A Wallace advocate world peace tied to feeding the hungry not arming regimes. He praised Homer Rainey, former university president, as a Texas great and cited his ongoing work at Stephens College. Wallace urged Texas progress against discrimination, noting Mexican descent Texans and African Americans at a social event, while warning against university trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astin
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
University of Texas
College Plan To Be Discussed In Waco On June 7
Administrators and boards will discuss a proposed $60 million building and equipment program for state supported colleges and universities. The amendment would fund new facilities at 14 institutions other than the University of Texas and Texas A&M, while limiting state property taxes. Gov Beauford H Jester backs the plan with a special election set for August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
USTIN
Waco
5S. B. Whittenburg
Amarillo
Beauford H. Jester
Bulding
University of Texas
Texas A. and M
Tech
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Texas College of Arts and Industries
Kingsville
College
Former Warship Sinks In Mid-Pacific Waters
The battleship Oklahoma, raised from a shallow grave after the Pearl Harbor attack, sank quietly in mid pacific 540 miles northeast of Pearl Harbor. Previously bound for San Francisco Bay, the hull listed heavily and waves washed over its decks before the vessel finally sank.
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Mid-Pacific
Pearl Warrbor
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Monarch
San Francisco Bay
Kelly Sprague
Hercules
Anex
Ater
Wedding Ring Ad for Kang at 1020 Broadway
Classified notice announces a wedding ring sale or ad featuring Kang, located at 1020 Broadway, offering adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fgerts Coamond
Kang
James Shearer Wins State Area Star Farmer Title
James Shearer, 15, of Idalou route 1 and Lubbock High, won Star Lane Star Farmer of Area 1 Texas Tech judging. He posted a three year $6,358.80 profit from FFA projects, leading 70 youths and advancing to the Lone Star Farmer of Texas contest in Sweetwater June 4-6. He led in dairy cattle judging and served as FFA and guidance group officer, with a record of calf, dairy cows, swine, crops, and chicken projects plus multiple leadership roles.
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Star Lone Star Farmer
James Shearer
O. T. Ryan
Areca
Lone Star Farmer
Texas Technological College
N. J. Robnett
Lubbock
Young Shearer
Lubbock High School
Bedford Shearer
Idalou Highway
Joe Shearer
Star Lane Star Farmer of
Area 1
Texas
Lone Star Farmer of Texas
Future Farmers of America
Sweetwater
Shearer
Greenhands
FFA
Lubbock Ffa
Texas Tech
Lubbock High
Amarillo
Vote Drive For Library Is Set
Supporters of a $500,000 public library bond plan a vigorous get-out-the-vote campaign for next Saturday’s election. They fear a light turnout could doom the measure while acknowledging broad public interest could yield a sizable victory if turnout is high. The Lubbock Library association leads the effort with personal calls, letters, radio talks, and church and business cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
Lubbock Library Association
H. F. Godeke
Association
Godeke
U S Plans Radio-Active Cloud As Atomic Bomb Doubts Rise
Glen L. Martin told a Senate subcommittee that scientists are developing a radio active cloud that planes could release at high altitude without an explosion. He warned the device could have greater military value but might boomerang by drifting back toward U S forces.
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Washington
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Great Heights
Senate Commerce
Martin
Commission visit studies jail labor plan for county
County commissioners will tour Wichita Falls and review Wichita county’s jail labor program with Sheriff Harrist. They aim to adapt a work-for-plea system in Lubbock county, pending closer study to avoid hidden fallacies.
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Wichita Falls
Wichita County
Lubbock County
R. O. Short
Ben Mansker
Otlis Isom
Pat Corley
Grady Harrist
VFW District 7 Convention Opens in Lubbock
About 100 VFW and auxiliary members registered for a District 7 convention in Lubbock. The event opened with a dance at Lubbock Army Airfield and continues with a joint meeting at the Lubbock hotel where State Rep. Roger Evans is slated to speak. Officials will be elected for the next two years and committees named for auxiliary and men’s registration.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
District 7
Lubbock Army Airfield
Lubbock
Roger Q. Evans
Denison
Texas
Croslin
Lloyd Croslin
Margaret Barnett
Big Spring
District 1
Cactus Inn
Lubbock Hotel
W. H. McDonald
First Presbyterian Church
Barnett
Department of Texas Auxiliary
J. W. Sanders
Jewell Marbut
Tom A. Everheart
Marie Harral
Billye McIlroy
Merle Hood
J. Denton
Bill to let vets cash terminal leave bonds now
Rep Dwight L Rogers proposes a bill to make terminal leave bonds negotiable so veterans can sell them for immediate cash. The measure, to be introduced Monday, would allow former GIs to convert bonds into investable assets.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
D-Fla
Truman says mother improves after setback at 94
President Truman reports his 94 year old mother Mrs Martha Truman is improving after fracturing her hip in February. He rushed to Randview Missouri to be at her bedside and said the fight is terrific as reporters and his sister Mary Jane Truman offer prayers. Wind and rain marked his flight home but tornado warnings proved false.
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HST
Ernest Vaccaro
Associated Press
Randview
Truman
Martha F. Truman
Kansas City
Wallace H. Graham
Washington
Nadoes
Mrs. Truman
Vivian Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Olathe
Weather Bureau
Local Woman Dies In Wreck Near Texas Line
Ruth Hornbuckle 26 of Lubbock died when her car overturned on U S Highway 62 about 7 p m Friday night, en route to El Paso to visit her husband Robert Hornbuckle. The body was sent to Baxter Springs, Kansas for burial.
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M&s
Ruth Hornbuckle
Lubbock
New Mexico
Texas Line
U. S. Highway 62
el Paso
Robert Hornbuckle
The
Veterans Administration
Kansas
Carlsbad
N. M
Julian Ebbert
Little Rock
Ark
Baxter Springs
Kans
Hornbuckle
Plainview Highway
G. O. Walker & Co
Robert Lively
Ins
Nce Company
Heavy Rains Continue Over Parts of Texas
The Associated Press reports widespread rain and thunderstorms across West and Central Texas with Bronte and Eden seeing over three inches in under an hour and flood waters entering stores. Statewide highs ranged 70s to mid 90s at many spots, with scattered showers forecast for today and Monday.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Texas
Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bronte
San Angelo
Eden
West Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
Big Spring
Laredo
Mercury
Wink
Lufkin
Abilene
State rests case in lynching trial of 31 men
In Greenville South Carolina on May 17 the state rested its case against 31 white men accused of lynching a Black man. Circuit Judge J Robert Martin Jr will rule next Monday on defense motions for directed acquittal filed for ten defendants.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Martin
Greenville County
Criminal Court
Southwestern Union Okays Wage Boost Settlement
The 41 day Southwestern Bell Telephone strike ended with a weekly wage increase averaging 4.42 dollars for 42 000 non supervisory workers in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma Texas and a small part of Illinois The agreement raises base wages by four dollars per week plus about 42 cents in fringe benefits Restoration of service reached 90 percent locally and 75 percent for long distance with full recovery delayed by picket line refusals Union and company officials signed a memorandum after a nine hour negotiation The contract runs one year and takes effect immediately with drafting of the final document pending
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Associated Press
T. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Ilinois
St. Louis
Everett Cutler
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Southwestern
Western Electric
Waco
Houston
Lubbock Workers Return To Jobs In Telephon e Dept
In Lubbock and the county telephone service neared normal as 225 to 250 workers idle for six weeks returned to the 7 am shift. Cecil Cale of Southwestern Bell said about 95 percent of those scheduled were back though some delays and a few departures for other jobs will affect full normalcy for several days.
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Cecil Cale
Lubbock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cale
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Southwestern Bell Telephone Workers Union
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Airliner Sets New Record For Miami To New York Schedule
An Eastern Airlines Constellation arrived at LaGuardia at 4 37 01 p m EST to set an official Miami to New York record of three hours 29 minutes 45 seconds. The same plane had earlier established a new Burbank to Miami transcontinental speed record of six hours 54 minutes 57 seconds with Capt Eddie Rickenbacker FEAL president and H T Micky Merrill piloting.
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New York
Constellation
la Guardia Field
Eastern Airlines
Eddie Rickenbacker
Feal
Florida City
Burbank-to
Miami
Union Hints At Drastic Labor Curbs Legislation
Senator Ellender predicted the labor disputes bill before President Truman will resemble the Senate version and likely be signed. The CIO executive board urged a veto, calling the bills vicious and warning of deep recession. The House measure tightens union curbs more than the Senate, with conference committee working to reconcile differences.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Associated Press
Ashington
Ellender
D-La
Truman
Senate
House
CIO ‘Executive Board
America
Republicans Weigh Cuts to President Budget in Senate Talks
Senate Republicans led by Taft push for a 4.5 billion savings goal in President Truman’s budget. If no House compromise on 64.9 billion cuts, the Senate may trim to 33 billion and seek a net tax cut of about 3.2 billion to offset next year’s revenues. A Finance Committee report argues cutting individual income taxes could maintain employment and output.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Lubbock Area Weather Report Summary
Weather briefing from the Weather Bureau shows partly cloudy conditions in Lubbock and West Texas with Sunday and Monday being partly cloudy and scattered showers mainly east of a certain line. Temperatures show little change with a maximum around 84 and a low near 28 to 30 degrees, based on official readings from Texas Experiment Station and local stations.
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Lubbock
Texas
Eras
Alev
Avroom
Texas Experiment Station
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