Raeder testifies on U S neutrality violations before war
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder told the international military tribunal that U S ships violated neutrality rules before the U.S. entered the war. He said German orders from Hitler prohibited attacks on American vessels, while U S neutrality patrols operated far from the Atlantic. He cited Knox statements and Hitler’s decree allowing only defensive fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Erich Raeder
International Military Tribunal
United States
America
Hitler
U. S
Knox
Russia
Soviet Union
Raeder
Germany
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Civil War Reports On Persia Doubted By BBC
The British Broadcasting Corp said an Iranian government spokesman denied fighting between government and Azerbaijan forces in northwest Persia. He said government troops were ordered not to start long fighting and that only possible minor clashes occurred as frontier units fired at Azerbaijanis. Martial law was proclaimed in Tabriz with a curfew and a military governor reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pre
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Persia
Tehran
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
BBC
Reuters
Kurdistan
Padvam
NBC
New York
Visiting Educator Addresses Veteran Education Challenge
Dr. D. M. Wiggins of Texas College of Mines says veterans face one of the greatest higher education challenges in America. He notes many pursue engineering fields while stressing proper housing and campus facilities to meet veteran needs at El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
D. M. Wiggins
Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy
el Paso
Wiggins
Warren Woman Dies at 74 in Lubbock Area
Mrs. F. A. Warren aged 74 died at 3 15 Sunday morning at her route 3 home in Lubbock. Funeral services will be held in Cross Plains after the body was moved by Sanders Funeral Home. She is survived by two daughters Mrs F M Haddock and Miss Velma Warren both of route 3, two sons Homer of Abilene and Harry of Baird, a half brother Rev Fletcher Richardson, a sister Mrs D C Leslie of Temple, four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Warren
Route 3
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Cross Plains
F. M. Haddock
Velma Warren
Homer
Abilene
Harry
Baird
Fletcher Richardson
Methodist Church
McCauley
D. C. Leslie
Temple
Senate urged to stay in session over labor bill
Senator George D. of Georgia demanded the Senate remain in continuous day and night session until passage of a labor disputes bill. He criticized President Truman for not recommending balanced legislation and warned of a general strike if coal and railroad controversies are not resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George D-Ga
Senate
Truman
Georgia
Wall Street Slow as Markets Edge Through Coal Uncertainty
Assorted stocks crawled toward recovery in New York amid a sluggish tape and coal crisis puzzles. Leaders like H L Green and Pfizer showed small gains while many industrials and rail ties eyed potential dividend boosts and rate changes as traders waited for developments. Fort Worth, Dallas and Kansas City livestock markets report steady to active cattle and sheep trade with notable price ranges and shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Wall Street
H. L. Green
Pfizers
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Montgomery Ward
International Telephone
Columbia Gas
Phelps Dodge
Philip Morris
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
American Woolen
U. S
Dupont
Cotton Market Focused on New Orleans Buying and Price Controls
Cotton futures rose as New Orleans buying and mill covering met limited hedge offerings. Trade eyed Senate amendments to relax price controls led by Barkley, with analysts noting unfavorable crop reports and rains slowing planting in parts of the belt. Futures ended $1.15 to $1.45 higher per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Senate
Barkley
Chicago Produce Market Receipts and Prices Report
Chicago May report shows butter receipts totaling 377 909 pounds with firm, unchanged market. scores 92, 90, 89, and 88 noted. Bags receipts 78 962 cases. wholesale prices on mercantile exchange list extras and standards with current receipts and dirties around 30 to 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Markets At A Glance May 20
Stocks steady with select issues advancing. Hogs active and steady at ceilings topping 14.85, cattle strong to higher up to 18.00, rye up five cents, cotton higher on New Orleans buying, wheat unchanged at ceilings, orn new contracts weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Market
Fort Worth
USDA
Chicago
New York
New Orleans
Deputy Constable Wounded in Houston Disturbance
Henry Salinas a Houston special deputy was critically injured by gunfire while breaking up a disturbance. Abraham Guererro charged with assault to murder said he shot Salinas, thinking him a friend of Pete Cardova who quarreled with Guererro. Cardova charged with disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Henry Salinas
Abraham Guererro
Salinas
Pete Cardova
Guererro
Cardova
Leaders Asked to Submit Views on Palestine Plan
Gaunt sentence notes Gen Sir Alan Cunningham urged Arab and Jewish leaders to send views by June 20 on the British American recommendations for Palestine, including admission of 100000 Jews this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Sir Alan Cunningham
Palestine
Smith Croslin Unopposed In County Races
With midnight deadline for filings for Congress state representative district attorney and Court of Civil Appeals judges no new candidates filed by afternoon. Two candidates had filed for Congress Rep Geo H Mahon and Hop Halsey. Preston Smith remained unopposed until 2 pm when L W Bell withdrew. Lloyd Croslin still unopposed for district attorney. State offices must file by June 3 and county posts by June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Court of Civil Appeals
L. C. Ellis
Geo. H. Mahon
Hop Halsey
Lubbock
Preston Smith
L. W. Bell
Lloyd Croslin
Ellis
San Antonio Sees Decline in Polio and Sleeping Sickness
San Antonio reports a lull in polio and encephalitis as pressure DDT spray equipment arrives from New York. No new infantile paralysis or sleeping sickness cases in over 36 hours. Public schools remain closed though graduation may proceed if reopening by May 1 is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
U.P
Todd Shipyards
New York
I. E. Stutsman
Republicans Call for Cut in Food Subsidy Funds
Senator Taft and a group of Republican Senate banking committee members urged restricting the administration’s request for 1.7 billion dollars to fund food subsidies for another year. Taft proposed about a quarter of that amount and payments ending by January 1, with the possibility of an outright end. The Republicans seek a major reduction of OPA powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
OPA
Baltimore Bride to Wed Marine Hero Col Devereux
Miss Rachel Clarke Cooke of Baltimore will marry Col. James P. S. Devereux, famed for commanding the Wake Island defense, at St. Ignatius Catholic Church on June 1, as announced by the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Rachel Clarke Cooke
James P. S. Devereux
Wake Island
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Lubbock Residents
Official records show multiple marriage licenses issued. James D Merriman of Lubbock wed Juanita Lindley of Lubbock. Earnest W Hazle of Abernathy wed Bonnie Marie Jinks of Lubbock. Herbert Ray Hill of Idalou wed Ina Mae Bruner of Prairie Grove Arkansas. Joseph R Johnston of Lubbock wed Dorothy Lucile Wright of Lubbock. Terry J Walker of Lubbock wed Alice Dot Watkins of Mt Ida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Merriman
Juanita Lindley
Lubbock
Earnest W. Hazle
Abernathy
Bonnie Marie Jinks
Herbert Ray Hill
Idalou
Ina Mae Bruner
Prairie Grove
Ark
Joseph R. Johnston
Dorothy Lucile Wright
Terry J. Walker
Alice Dot Watkins
Mt. Ida
Permits for One-Story Garage Addition Permit Issued
Permit granted to E. Conant to build a one story frame addition to a private garage at 2630 Twenty third street. Project value listed as $220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R E. Conant
Twentythird
Merger plans doomed says Senate naval leaders
Senator Walsh and Representative Vinson warn in a letter to Secretary Forrestal that Congress will not approve a single department of defense. They oppose five points including a unified defense secretary and a single supreme commander, and caution against compromising these positions.
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Washington
Walsh
Vinson
Senate
House Naval
Congress
Department of Common Defense
Marine Corps
Fleet Marine Force
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Slaton M an Dies After Heart Ailment Death
Noah C. Dickson 60, long-time Slaton produce merchant, died of a heart ailment Saturday night at Mercy hospital Slaton. Funeral in Slaton Methodist Church at 3 pm Wednesday, Rev R L Kirk officiating. Burial in Slaton cemetery. Survivors include wife three daughters and four sons with active and honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaton
Noah C. Dickson
Mercy Hospital
Dickson
Slaton Methodist Church
R. L. Kirk
Williams Funeral Home
J. E. Miller
Fort Myer
Bill Wright
Betty Dickson
D. L. Dickson
Redwood City
Calif
Ralph Dickson
Fort Stockton
Charles Dickson
Jack Dickson
Tacoma
Wash
Travis Reynolds
Ernest Hillen
Joe Walker
Earl Reasoner
H. Sanders
Marvin Abernathy
Lee Wooten
Charles Walton
Fred Reasoner
Roy Saage
College Singers On Methodist Program At Noon
The Acapella choir and a double sextet from West Texas State Teachers college Canyon performed for the Methodist Men's club luncheon at Hotel Lubbock. Directed by Houston Bright the 36-voice choir sang in Latin and several European melodies before a spiritual and a benediction hymn. The all girls group joined with songs Gee Its Good to Hold You and Son of My Soul. Elmer Tarbox was named church representative to a Columbus Ohio conference on veteran church relations set for July 4. New members J C Collins Jerry Dale Collins and P E Hightower were introduced along with David Johnson guest. invocation by W P Clement. attendance 10!.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acapella
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Texas
Methodist Men’s Club
Hotel Lubbock
Houston Bright
Elmer Tarbox
First Methodist Church
Columbus
J. C. Collins
Jerry Dale Collins
P. E. Hightower
David Johnson
W. P. Clement
Trent C. Root
Truman Presses For Progress In Rail Talks Amid Strike
President Truman returns to Washington after Kansas City trip as talks resume with trainmen and engineers. A nationwide strike is postponed to Thursday 4 p.m. local time while government plans hire replacements and consider air and other transportation to cushion disruptions.
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Truman
Missouri
William Jewell College
Kansas City
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Brotherhoods
Army
Navy
Charles H. Buford
Whitney
Johnston
Washington
Cleveland
Area Servicemen Arrive In U S
In New York five servicemen arrive aboard ships during May. Arnie Todd of Maple on the Ernie Pyle due May 17. Lester G. Rankin of Littlefield and Wylie J. Napper Jr. of O'Donnell on the Sea Flier due May 18. George R. Griffin of Floydada on the Antioch Victory due May 20. George M. Harrison and Leonard J. Marshall of Lubbock and William L. Holman of Brownfield aboard the Tuscum Victory due May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernie Pyle
Arnie Todd
Maple
Lester G. Rankin
Littlefield
Wylie J. Napper, Jr
O’donnell
George R. Griffin
Floydada
Tuscum
George M. Harrison
Lubbock
Leonard J. Marshall
William L. Holman
Brownfield
Walter A Curtis Dies at 55 in Dallas Suburb
Walter A. Curtis 55 of 1612 Ninth died at 1 35 Sunday in a West Texas hospital from coronary occlusion. He worked for Ellis Tool and Implement Co and was a Royal Arch Mason. Body to Dallas by train for funeral services. arrangements await arrival of a daughter from Bakersfield, Calif. Survivors include wife two sons W A Jr of Dallas Ted V in China with Marines two daughters Melba Curtis and Lorena Bradford and one sister.
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Walter A. Curtis
West Texas Hospital
Curtis
Ellis Tool and Implement Company
Royal Arch
Dallas
Sanders Funeral Home
Bakersfield
Calif
W. A. Curtis, Jr
Ted V. Curtis
China
Marine Corps
Melba Curtis
Lorena Bradford
Liberty Bell Rings On I am an American Day in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 20 the Liberty Bell rang 13 times as Mayor Bernard Samuel led a ceremony for I am an American day attended by over 1,000 people. Renate Reiss, a 16 year old German immigrant, spoke about freedom of speech and living without fear.
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Philadelphia
Bernard Samuel
America
Renate Reiss
U. S
Joe Doe
Illegal Pearl Sales Hit in Japan
In Tokyo on May 20 a wartime order suspends retail pearl sales except by authorized dealers. Three months prior dealers could sell on hand stocks. A spokesman notes pearl supplies remain abundant despite expected retail exhaustion and warns of strict enforcement and spot checks with punitive action for violations.
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Tokyo
Supreme Headquarters
Marshall Criticizes Chinese Factions
Nanking May 20 The American peace envoy to China General Marshall sharply criticized both Communist and government factions for their roles in the Chinese civil war. He voiced deep concern over the critical situation in North China and said he would use every means to prevent fighting from Manchuria spreading southward. He censured propaganda campaigns by both sides as inflaming feelings and risking a general conflagration.
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Nanking
General Marshall
China
Manchuria
Marshall
New Mexico Papers Plan Curtailments
The Santa Fe New Mexican will suspend Saturday publication starting May 25 and trim other issues. The Roswell Record will publish in minimum size with a sharp reduction in advertising accepted.
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United Press
British Columbia
New Mexico
C. B. Floyd
Santa Fe New Mexican
Roswell Record
Food shortage forecast for 1947 from FAO meeting
World may be a third short of food next year as 18 nations and five international bodies assess shortages. FAO estimates 30.5 million metric tons wheat needed in shortage regions with 18–20 million tons available from surplus areas. Sir John Orr urges rapid decisions on conserving 1946 harvest, boosting 1947 production, continuous review, and a permanent international body to manage future shortages.
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Washington
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
John Orr
Sir John
UNRRA
China
Food Board
Combined Food Board
Argentina
Australia
France
Meat Black Market Said Running Wild in Chicago
The American Meat Institute charged that the black market is wilder than ever and that beef production is at a historical low. It blamed the Office of Price Administration slaughter controls for failure and urged removal of price controls to restore order, noting packers operate at about one fourth normal capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
American Meat Institute
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Breach Of Sherman Act Brings Fines
Three individuals and five companies convicted of fixing prices on artificial limbs were fined from $500 to $3,000 by Federal Court Judge Broaddus. McCarthy Hanger of J. E. Hanger Co. received $3,000, Branham $1,500, Hugh Hanger $500. The five J. E. Hanger firms across Missouri Illinois Delaware Indiana and Texas were fined $500 to $2,000. Half the fines were suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Bower’ Broaddus
McCarthy Hanger
J. E. Hanger Co
St. Louis
Joseph F. Branham
Illinois
Gromyko Likely To Boycott UN Security Council Session
The Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko signaled he will boycott Wednesday's UN Security Council session on the Iranian question. He previously walked out of one meeting and boycotted another, saying he had made his stance clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nation Security Council
Gromyko
Texas Youth Killed In Oklahoma Crash
A two car collision near Durant Oklahoma left Bill Van Collier 22 of Golden Texas dead and five other Texans hospitalized. Injured were Ray Truman Collier 21 C L Collier 31 H I Collier 54 all of Alba Texas. David Green 21 of Denison. William Richard Ramsey 38 of Sweetwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Bill van Collier
Golden
Texas
Collier
Ray Truman Collier
C. L. Collier
H. I. Collier
Alba
David Green
Denison
William Richard Ramsey
Sweetwater
Births of Daughters for Painter and Hallmark Families
Mr and Mrs Raymond Painter announce the birth of a daughter at 7 45 am Sunday in West Texas hospital weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces. The father is in real estate. Mr and Mrs W L Hallmark announce a daughter born at 4 35 am today in West Texas hospital weighing 6 pounds 11 4 ounces. The father is a trucker.
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Raymond Painter
West Texas Hospital
W. L. Hallmark
B. B. Phillips
Rotan
W. F. Looney
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Lubbock Briefs On Local Projects And Memorials
News briefs from Lubbock cover the county agriculture open house at the 1320 Avenue Q building inviting farm and civic leaders to share ideas. The community notes funeral services for L. D. Montgomery in Cleveland and lists Montgomery family attendees. Also, Lakewood veterans housing seeks equal tenant status for non-student residents in 80 new apartments and 140 Texas Tech units.
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Lubbock County
Johnson
Board of Commissioners of
Lakewood
Veterans
Lubbock Army Airfield
Texas Tech
Federal Public Housing Authority
Cardinal Gasparri Dies at 74 in Rome
Enrico Cardinal Gasparri of Italy, prefect of the supreme tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, died today at age 74 in Rome. His death drops the Sacred College of Cardinals to 66, four below the 70 member maximum. Earlier this year Cardinal Boette, Cardinal Glennon, and Cardinal Von Galen also died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Enrico Cardinal’ Gasparri
Italy
Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Sacred College of Cardinals
Pierre Cardinal Boette
Genoa
John Cardinal Glennon
St. Louis
Clemens Cardinal von Galen
Munster
Germany
Miss Willie Jasper Dies At San Angelo
Miss Willie Alice Jasper 26 daughter of Mr and Mrs W S Jasper of New Home community northern Lynn county died at San Angelo about noon Sunday. The body was brought here by Rix Funeral home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the New Home Baptist church. Survivors include three sisters Mrs L R Castle of San Angelo Mrs A G White of Fayette Miss and Miss Opal Jasper of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Alice Jasper
W. S Jasper
New Home
Lynn County
San Angelo
Rix Funeral Home
New Home Baptist Church
L. R. Castle
A. G. White
Fayett
Opal Jasper
Odessa
Huggins Rites To Be Read This Afternoon
Funeral services for Miss Mary J. Huggins 21 who died from injuries in an automobile crash near Lockney are set for 3 PM in Lockney Burial will be at Lockney cemetery. Two people were fatally injured and two others injured when two cars collided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huggins
Mary J. Huggins
Lockney
Comeese Rix Funeral Home
Ancient Egyptian temple found near Aswan by Prof Habashy
An ancient temple believed to date 4000 years and dedicated to Khanoum was discovered 500 miles south of Cairo at Aswan by Prof Labieb Habashy of the Antiquities Administration for Upper Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Khanoum
Aswan
Labieb Habashy
The
Antiquities Administration For
Upper Egypt
Injured Rodeo Rider Hurt in Mertzon Bull Event
James Lawdon a 23 year old from Mertzon remained in treatment after suffering three broken ribs and a punctured lung when thrown from a wild bull during a rodeo in Mertzon Saturday. Local doctors reported the injuries as serious but not life threatening.
Truman Receives Honorary Degree At William Jewell College
President Harry S. Truman arrived on the hill top campus in Liberty Missouri to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree in a ceremony delayed by White House duties. He attended with Dr Walter Pope Binns and spent time with his mother Mrs Martha Truman and relatives after arriving from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Harry S. Truman
Hill Top
William Jewell College
White House
Walter Pope Binns
Binns
Kansas City
Truman
Washington
Bryan Smith
Cameron
David Gregg
Martha Truman
Jackson County
Grandview
Death of Rev J H Webb Noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Rev James Henry Webb a Cumberland Presbyterian minister for about 60 years died at 12 50 this morning at 1710 Sixth Street. Funeral at Cumberland Presbyterian church with Rev B C Welch and Rev Jordan Grooms officiating and burial in Memorial Park. He was born May 5 1847 in South Carolina and preached in Arkansas and the Indian Territory before moving to Lubbock around 1930 where he ran a grocery. He survived by his wife an adopted son Roy a step son Rev A A Collins two step daughters and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Webb
Cumberland Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
B. C. Welch
Jordan Grooms
Haskell
Webb
Memorial Park Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Mr. Webb
South Carolina
Searcy
Ark
Old Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Lubbock
Roy
Los Angeles
A. A. Collins
B. A. Carter
A. P. Selsor
Tulsa
C. C. Card
Cloudcroft
N. M
F. W. Grace
Grooms
Storm Toll and Damage Across West Texas
The storm caused fatalities including Crispin Flores, 64, struck by a car during a severe hail event in Laredo. Hazardous hail damaged Coleman, Ozona, Henderson, and Marshall with winds up to 60 mph. Crops suffered in Bonham area with 1.83 inches of rain. San Antonio reported hail and thunderstorms with some roof damage. West Texas towns faced widespread impact while Lubbock saw a 48 degree low and minor moisture totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crispin Flores
Laredo
Coleman
Ozona
Texas
Henderson
Marshall
Bonham
San Antonio
Atlanta
Virgil Gaines
Rodessa
Lubbock
Idalou
Lorenz
Plainview
Petersburg
Hart
Fort Worth
Denver City Railway
West Texas Gas Company
Main Line
Turkey Creek
Amarillo
Tulia
British Troops Stoned by Crowds in Alexandria
May 20 report from Alexandria says two British soldiers and a military policeman were stoned by an Egyptian crowd after a British truck collided with a streetcar. Four people were injured, including three Egyptian policemen, and the British were rescued by two bands of special Egyptian police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
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South Plains Circus
Dailey Bros
Dickinson Field
East Broadway
Norma Davenport
Warren
Siece Aces
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Ting
Po Ss A
College Singers
Methodist
Carl D. Zarick
Tampa
Fla
Luxembourg
Zarick
Stein
Janett Zarick
Arcadia
Japan
Associated Press
Meat Black Market
L. D. Montgomery
Wm. A. Wilbanks
Twentieth
Polly Montgomery
Ross Montgomery
A. H. Montgomery
Carrouzett
Montgomery
Hickok Electrical Instrument Company
M. Norvel Young
Broadway Church of Christ
Meadow High School
Wearren Fuller
Independence
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Fuller
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Cardinal Gasparri
Willie Jasper
HST
J. H. Webb
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