Commencement Services and May Class Exercises at Local High School
The Avalanche-Journal details the high school commencement events for today and tonight. A commencement sermon by Dr. C A Bickley of Asbury Methodist Church will be followed by a benediction and a band concert with vocal solos and speeches by five students on "Sportsmanship, Then Victory." Diplomas will be presented by Floyd Honey and Supt. Matthews, with Chas. A. Guy delivering diplomas to the class. The 1945 class includes January graduates, May graduates, and summer students, with tickets issued to families and the lower auditorium seating reserved for class relatives.
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C. A. Bickley
Asbury Methodist Church
Deane Pierce
Bill Slagle
Margene Fry
Ruth Cowart
Jacquelyn Reynolds
Dennison
Joe Arrington
Floyd Honey
Supt. Matthews
Chas. A. Guy
Board of Education
Leis Cone
Fenfieth Conneil
Hattie Rue
Billie Gue Cornelius
Ruth Evens Cowart
Martha Sue Craddock
Clydelle Cummines
Oelseth Freneis
Ann
Dalmasso
Weins
Magilynn Day
Clifford Dean
Wayne R. Deas
Tener Deardorff
Cherie Faye Bram Ot Port
Siete Seon Rue Larry
Aleta Coronal Ellis
N. W. Elston
Billy Felty
Mary Lois Finchey
Jeann Forbes
Anne
Jammie Jean French
Margene Pry
Charles M. Funk
Johnny D. Gamble
Beverly Ann Giles
Martha Jane Gordon
P ‘Ann Gossett
Marijane Grace
Christine Grisham
Betty Jo Gull
Jennie Rey Gunn
Keith Habverer
Ata Beth Hall
Cloyce Eldon Hi B Bellman
Betts Hallmark
Lu- Hem
John Thomes Hampton
Rey ‘Hawkins
Wendell Hartsfield
Herbert G. Hawkins
Frances Louise Mann
David Hester
Jack Hinchey
Mary Jane
Marion Hobbs
Alyss Owen Hob
Glenna Hoge
Jane Holden
Elisa
Jean Holman
Iva Ruth Hope
Geraldine Hops
Adele Hopper
Aston Wayne Houser
Y Ingram
Barbara Lee Jackson
La~Jackson
Ruth Jackson
Fred McDonald
Barbara McKinley
Doris Jean McKinsie
Neemi McMillan
William G. McMillan
Paddedlock
Moore
Marjorie Moore
Dixie Mase Mor
Gloella Morris
Nelson Morris
Richard William Moyers
Wanda Marie Muler
Rheuben
HM. Murray
Patricia Newett
Jonell Newberry
Roberta Nile
Joan Nissar
Peuline Norwood
Joan Nowlin
Virginia Nunley
Norma Wands
Louise Scott
Bill Shearer
Carel
Ann Gherrod
Lala Fern Shipley
Dave Eward Oak
Aoe Mucene Sne
Wilm Changle
Edsac
Ie L. Gneed
James Edward Snell
Ogeene Penis Sullivan
Alice Sweet
Lorriene Dalewigert
Barbara Ann Tatum
Lois Matheson
Lamoine Tune
Dorothy Jean Treon
Gail Tyson
Charles Ray
Delton Tapp
Thy Townsend
John Trout
Thomas Ben Williams
Everlycock
Joycett
Bobby L. Bell
Silay Bell
Lola Mae Brothers
James Cagle
Jackie Carr
Vigsinia Carter
Robert Conley
D'Ann Cogcorran
Betty Louise Davis
Imogene Deering
Erma Dean Finley
Nellie Joe Freat
Joe Gaston
Wynelle Green
Betty Merdin
Xen Harris
Miracle Saves Life Man On Franklin
Pharmacist's Mate 1/C Mervin Soba recalls surviving the USS Franklin disaster after Japanese bombs hit the carrier off the Seranee coast March 19. He credits a series of explosions that threw him into the sea and nearly cost him his life as he floated and fought to stay alive.
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Miracle
Franklin
Ff Ouston
Mervin Soba
Houston
Seranee
Cotton farmers face severe boll weevil infestation in Mississippi
Dr Clyde Lyle, executive of the Matate plant board, warns that the current boll weevil outbreak is the most serious in years. He urges farmers in Lilege and surrounding areas to scout crops, apply recommended controls, and join county efforts to curb spread.
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Lilege
Miss
Clyde Lyle
Matate ‘Plant Board
Fighter-Feeder Edwin Powe Returns on 10 Day Furlough
Pvt Edwin Powe 19 of Shallowater arrives at route 1 home with his wife and parents for a 10 day furlough from the U S Army. The former 4 H club leader was county winner of last year s national 4 H Food for Freedom contest and raised funds and food for American troops. He has earned $4299 05 from his 4 H work and was noted as an outstanding ex 4 H member by county agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock County
Route 1
Shallowater
Pvt
Edwin Powe
U. S. Army
T. C. Powe
Powe
South Plains Army
Manuel Ayres
Summer School Schedules Set for Lubbock
Lubbock public schools announce a six day per week summer program through July 7 with a 40 day session. Senior high grades 9 through 12 meet 7 30 to 12 and junior highs 8 to 12. Dupre Elementary hosts 8 to 11 with limited courses and mandatory classifications on Wednesday morning.
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Lubbock
W. C. Watts
Dupre Elementary
Dupre School
Rueby Rhodes
Ign
Watts
Glenys Honey
Mattie Clark
Emma Hastings
Naomi Thompson
Bob Parker
Rachael Reese
J. W. Reid
Miss Ones Bussey
Miss Bertha
Mrs. Rhodes
Gertrude Herra
Louise LeMond
Minnie McMurry
Mrs Roosevelt Declines New York Mayoral Bid
The New York Mirror reports Eleanor Roosevelt declined a mayoral nomination offered by Democratic leaders. She was said to have been approached by Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan and Bronx Democratic Leader Edward Flynn.
Births Read in West Texas Hospital This Saturday
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs M E West on a son weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces born at 1 34 am in West Texas hospital. The father is an auditor. Also to Mr and Mrs J J Fullerton on a son weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces born at 8 57 am in West Texas hospital. The father is employed by the city. Lt and Mrs James Paul Nagel on a son weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces born at 6 08 am at Lubbock Army Ashfield station hospital. The father was stationed at LAAF and left Saturday for overseas.
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M. E. West
West Texas Hospital
J. J. Fullerton
James Paul Nagel
Main
Lubbock Army Ashfield Station Hospital
LAAF
Wall Street Recovery Extended in Busy Trading Day
The stock market extended its recovery with a fifth straight rise as investors chased post war prosperity gains. The 60 stock AP composite rose 0.2 to 65.3, matching a May peak last seen August 1937, while the utilities index hit a fresh high. Several leaders led gains including Santa Fe, Chrysler, Willys Overland, Sears Roebuck, and Lockheed, with declines for General Motors and Goodyear among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Hudson Motors
Fisher Bros
Detroit
Santa Fe
Chrysler
Willys- Overland
Sears Roebuck
Braniff Airways
Lockheed
du Pont
National Power
Engineers Public Service
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Douglas Aircraft
Real Silk
A. S. Steel
General Motors
Westinghouse
Great Northern
Goodyear
International Nikel
Cotton Futures Rally on Mill Buying and Scarcity
The New York cotton futures market rose today as mills bought amid scarce offerings. The advance drew new commission houses and New Orleans buyers into distant months, with CCC statistics, spot tightness, and a poor crop outlook cited as factors. The average New Orleans middling price rose to 32.64 cents per pound.
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New York
New Commission House
New Orleans
C.C.C
Food Outlook Warns Plain Diet Needed as Supplies Shrink
The Agriculture Department warns six months of shortages will cut energy intake by 5 to 10 percent with meats fats and sugar reduced. Americans may face 3 200 daily calories. Eggs are rising as substitutes risking protein gaps while sugar nears a crisis. War officials urge gram diet and subsidies seek to boost meat supply. Dallas WFA reports meat is very scarce.
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Finland
Italy
Spain
Egypt
Denmark
Sweden
Canada
Agriculture Department
House
Fred M. Vinson
Dallas
WFA
Government cotton to France and England under lease lend
Two thousand bales of government owned cotton began moving from a Hillsboro compress this week for shipment to France and England under the lease lend program.
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Hillsboro
France
England
Markets at a Glance May Market Dailies Report
New York markets show steady demand with modest gains in rails. Cotton trades quietly as mills and commission houses buy. In Chicago, wheat softens on cashing and hedging, corn stays firm on short covering, rye strengthens. Cattle and hogs remain nominally steady.
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New York
Chicago
Livestock Prices Steady to Higher Across Markets May Week
Kansas City reports cattle and calves mixed with steers and heifers steady to up 36 cents while cows and bulls hold. Hogs unchanged at ceiling levels with total week receipts 9260. Lambs rise slightly with native spring and wool lambs strong and ewes steady. Chicago notes rye futures at 1.46 1/4 a bushel and wheat off as cashing pressure persists. Fort Worth lists grain prices for wheat barley sorghum corn oats and kafir per 100 pounds.
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Kansas City
Grain Chicago
Chicago
Commission House
Fort Worth
Market Update on Butter and Eggs in Chicago
Kansas City reports unchanged butter and egg prices with spot butter and eggs steady. Butter AA 4144. Eggs extras 35 2-10 and 36 1-10, standards 34 3-10, current receipts 32 percent.
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Chicago
Property transfers recorded in Official Records
E Gililland and wife transfer lots 1-3 24-26 block 9 Gililland addition Wheelock to C M Dickinson for 12 800 dollars EB Sieber and wife to Katie Hughes lot 13 block 69 Stieber sub 300 dollars T C Garner and wife to Ora Pickett lot 3 block B Butler estates 10 dollars H V Fields and wife to W L Curry lot 1 block 7 Sanders addition 4200 dollars L J Stokes and wife to L Cannon part of south block 79 8 Markowitz sub 350 dollars J R Potts and wife to B R Eskridee part of lots 14 15 block 16 McCrummen second addition 550 dollars Axtell company to H K Jones lots 1-5 block 89 original town of Lubbock 33000 dollars W E Bush to PF H Bush multiple lots in Morningside addition totaling 10 dollars D Jarrett and wife to J B Edwards west 60 feet lot 16 block 14 Ellwood Place 4500 dollars
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E. Gililland
C. M. Dickinson
Gililland
Wheelock
EB. H. Sieber
Katie Hughes
Stieber
T. C. Garner
Ora Pickett
Butler Estates
H.V. Fields
W. L. Curry
D. Jarrett
J. B. Edwards
Ellwood Place
World Conference debates world court and veto powers
The conference hesitates as Latin committees stalled on Big Five vetoes and regional security while Latin American nations demand not to replace Pan American defense with a global peace system. U S delegates back Canada on giving arm forces used by a world body a voice in deployment decisions. Britain shows sympathy. Russia’s stance remains unresolved. A committee ruled members in arrears on dues lose voting rights.
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Russia
U. S
World Organization
United States
Canada
Gas well fire snuffed by Kinley using explosives
In Oklahoma on May 19 M. M. Kinley of Houston Texas extinguished a roaring gas well fire that had burned for almost ten months. He used explosives and planned to run casing to pump mud into the top.
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Okla
M. M. Kinley
Houston
Tex
Kinley
Three Injured In Cab Auto Crash At Eighteenth and Ave T
At 11 42 Saturday morning a taxicab driven by George C King collided with Robert F Taylors car at Eighteenth and Ave T. King and Leslie B Johnson were hospitalized with injuries. Taylor, Miss Maxine Smith, and King had varied injuries. A charge for speeding was filed against King.
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Eighteenth
Ave. T
Robert F. Taylor
Leslie B. Johnson
Taylor
George C. King
College
Maxine Smith
Joplin
King
Johnson
Lubbock General
West Texas
Miss Smith
Freight rate parity hailed as Southwest victory
West Texas Chamber of Commerce and state leaders praise the ICC ruling as a major step toward complete parity in classification and scale. Leaders claim a ten percent class-rate cut and end to decades of discrimination, while some caution about longer-term gains for Texas industry.
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Southwest
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Abilene
D. A. Bandeen
ICC
Texas
Grover Sellers
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
The
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Lufkin
H. O. Starks
Amarillo
Joe S. Morris
Ramirilo
John H. Wilson
Carl Benefiel
Pampa
All West Texas
Reno Stinson
Carbon Black (Cabot) Company
Homer Covey
Fort Worth
United States
Mexico
Charlies E. Richter
Laredo
Police Report Details Car Pilferers Active Across City
Police report indicates multiple break ins Friday night and Saturday. Victims include Cecil Green of Ralls whose car in the 1800 block Thirteenth lost a radio, picture, two pairs of hose and a bath towel. Morris Cooper of Midland had cowboy boots stolen. Lee Christian at Texas Tech had fender skirts and a leather jacket stolen. others reported tool box contents and jackets taken. a chicken pen was entered and a fryer killed. the cafe at 1219 Ave D was burglarized for the second time in two weeks.
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Cecil Green
Ralls
J. H. Debman
Thirteenth
Bill Holland
Morris Cooper
Midland
Lee Christian
Sneed Hall
Texas Tech
Damon Thomas
Lee Derden
F. P
Ave. D
Aken
Fire Wrecks Packing Plant At Muleshoe
MULESHOE May 19 Special Starkey Packing company suffered an estimated 75000 loss when a late night fire destroyed the plant. Fire origin unknown though owner John Starkey said there were no fires in operation and that defective wiring might be to blame. Local equipment from Muleshoe battled the blaze.
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Muleshoe
Starkey Packing Company
John Starkey
German Sub Commander Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Captain Lieutenant Fritz Steinhoff commander of U 283 who surrendered at Portsmouth New Hampshire died at Massachusetts General Hospital from self inflicted wounds. Public relations officer Col Walter Brown said Steinhoff slit his wrist with part of an eyeglass shattered in his cell in Charles Street jail and had been moved from Portsmouth pending transfer to a prisoner of war camp.
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Boston
Fritz Steinhoff
Portsmouth
N. H
Massachusetts General Hospital
Walter Brown
Army Headquarters
Steinhoff
Charles Street
Brown
Southern Shippers Assess ICC Freight Ruling
Leaders from Shippers Industries of the South and the Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange discuss how ICC freight rate changes may affect southern shipments. Some expect little effect on valley produce due to existing depress rates while others warn rates could rise for some commodities.
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J. W. Carlisle
Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
Weslaco
ICC
Byrd Harris
Port of
Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
ICC Moves For Equalized Rates Across Class Territories
The ICC proposes a 294 page decision to unify class-rate structures and reduce regional prejudices. A temporary order raises minimum LCL shipment charges from 55 to 75 cents, with permanent changes likely taking one to several years.
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Commission
ICC
Claude R. Porter
George M. Barnard
Four Die as Roosevelt Car Crashes in Montgomery NY
Four persons killed when a convertible owned by Mrs. Roosevelt crashed into a parked truck near Montgomery New York. Three victims were women and the fourth a nearby Stewart Field soldier. All were Black. Sheriff Close said a warrant charged a Roosevelt estate chauffeur with grand larceny in the alleged theft of the car.
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Montgomery
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here
Stewart Field
Dutchess County
Fred Close
Chargins
Roosevelt Estate
Wartime lamp manufacture ban lifted by War Production Board
The War Production Board revoked the wartime ban on producing table and floor lamps for civilian homes. Manufacturers may use idle surplus materials until July 1 when an uncontrolled supply of steel copper and aluminum will be released for civilian goods.
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Washington
War Production Board
Local Briefs Report Fatal Overdose and Funeral Trip
A 38 year old Lubbock woman was admitted to Lubbock General hospital at 9 o clock Saturday night for an overdose of poison. Her condition was listed as fair last night. Mr and Mrs J B Morrissey and their son John of 416 Ave T will travel to Abilene today for the funeral of Morrissey’s brother K K Morrisset who died at 9 o clock Saturday night in an Abilene hospital. Funeral services for the Abilene man are expected Monday. At 2 15 Saturday morning car patrolmen J O Tinsley and L N Bartley responded to a disturbance call in the alley of the 2000 block between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. Source of disturbance a gathering of cats.
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Lubbock
Lubbock General Hospital
J. O. Tinsley
L. N. Bartley
Fifteenth
Okinawa Battle Rages Around Sugar Loaf Hill
U S military authorities report continued heavy fighting on Okinawa around Sugar Loaf Hill near Naha and Shuri. American artillery and air strikes pressure Japanese defenses while 77th division pushes along Ishimmi north of Shuri and carrier aircraft raid multiple bases and shipping targets in the area.
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Naha
Shuri
77Th Division
77Th
Ishimmi
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Yaku
Tokara
Tokano
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Gaja
Amami Islands
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