House Votes Special Medal To Roosevelt
The House voted unanimously to authorize a posthumous special medal of honor for Franklin D. Roosevelt after a debate led by Rep. Robsion who objected to a Congressional Medal of Honor for the late president. The bill, amended by McCormack to use special medal language, passed with Roosevelt identified only generally as commander in chief and without naming the medal explicitly.
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Washington
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rep
Robsion
R-Ky
Truman
Jake Lindsey
McCormack
Robsson
Roosevelt
Lubbock Air Field Graduates Combat Veterans Class
The largest class of combat veterans yet finishes the all weather instru ment flying course at Lubbock Army Air Field. Six weeks of rain preceded graduation as Texans and SAAF grads completed the program without serious accidents. The sixth class will arrive midweek and the fifth nears completion in three weeks. Notable Texans include 1st Lt Patrick Stelzer and Capt Harold L James among others. three Texas Tech alumni also studied here.
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Lubbock Army Air
Patrick Stelzer
Muenster
Nolan Frank Sparks
Panhandle
James A Quillin
Fort Worth
Victoria
William V. Flowers
Big Spring
Philip L. ‘Eckenroth
San Antonio
Avan E. Dean
Greenville
Texas Tech
Clive Hatfield, Jr
Sherman
Earl C. Buffington
Mid‘Mand
Clarence J. Poitier
Dallas
William J. ‘Webster
Lubbock High ‘Grad
Walton “Jumbo” Webster
Philippine Front Holds Airfields as Davao Battle Rages
In Mindanao the Infan division pins five to six airfields north of Davao amid stubborn defense. Captain Sidney B. Lauria of Waterbury Conn attended 262 casualties in three days, while Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin’s 31st Infantry advanced toward Malaybalay. PT boats struck at Pisa Point and Luzon forces pushed Japanese toward the Cagayan valley with heavy bombing.
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31St Infantry
Malaybalay
Bukidnon Province
40Th and
Americal Agivaions
Alon
Cagayan Valley
Balete Pass
Formosa
Keelung
Toyohapa
Taito
Big Island
MacArthur
World Conference Advances Charter Talks and Trusteeship Debate
Delegates moved toward ratifying a new world league charter in early June and approved procedures to speed committee work. British and American reps narrowed disputes over independence versus self government for colonies, with China suggesting both. A steering timetable aims to finish drafting by week’s end as sixteen committees convene to finalize voting and governance rules for a projected UN general assembly.
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World League
Russia
Britain
United States
Harold FE. Stassen
Lord Cranborne
General Assembly
United Nations
Two Findley sisters share top honors in commencement
Mary Belle Findley won highest honors with 27 A's and one B over three years while Mary Lois Findley tied for honors. Carter led boys with 17 A's and three B's over two years. 294 seniors received diplomas from Chas. A. Guy with Dr. Hutchinson absent.
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Mary Belle
Mary Lois Findley
Carter
R. W. Matthews
Lubbock
Armed Services
Clinton Benefield
Johnny Cole
Johnny Davis
Frank Gaston
Milburn Gaston
A. L. Graham
Douglas Ray
Johnny Trout
Matthews
Chas. A. Guy
Lubbock School Board
Guy
Board of Education
J T. Hutchinson
Velma Lou Dunn
Alura McManus
Gladys Joe Brooks
June Waite
Lila Mae McNabb
Marjorie Ellis
Jewell Alice Pharr
Billie Hutchings
Pat Allgood
Doris Prater
Peggy Strickland
Mary Frances Payne
Sylvia Whitacre
C. E. Hereford
First Baptist Church
Carpenter
Nazareth
Two Teens Die in Collision Near Victoria
Funeral services today for Thomas Clay Jr. and William Broome, both 17, sons of local families, who were killed in a motorcycle truck crash early yesterday near Victoria. The accident occurred when the motorcycle and truck collided on a rural road.
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Victoria
Thomas Clay, Jr
Thomas Clay
William Broome
T. F. Broome
Here
Marines Press South From Shuri Amid Fierce Okinawa Fighting
Okinawa frontline reports describe brutal daylight and night combat as Marines under Maj. Gen. Pedro De Valle push south from Taira toward Shuri. Japanese assault with satchel charges fails to damage Leatherneck tanks. Sixth Division Marines hold Sugar Loaf Hill as Nimitz notes progress toward Yonabaru and Naha.
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Page One
Taira
Bruce
Shuri
Nimitz
Pedro A. de Valle
James L. Bradley
96Th
Yonabaru
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Conical Hill
Sugar Loaf Hill
Shepherd's Leathernecks
Naha
Fleet Airwing One
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Yaku Island
Palaus
Marshalls
Minami Cape
Shumushu Island
Kuriles
Navy
Paramushiro
John R. Hodge
10Th Army
24Th Corps
Jones Shooting Jones A Lubbock Pioneer
Police outline a long time resident of Lubbock Jones living alone with a Boston bulldog. Jones had been ill and planned to meet an attorney Monday to draw papers. Blood traces were found in his home and past threats of being killed are noted.
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Jones
Lubbock
Newton Walton
Thirtieth
Boston
South Plains Army Airfield
Jim Thomas
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Baxter Honey
Honey
Thomas
D. T. Lindley Dies At His Home Here
D. T. Lindley 67, a 20 year Lubbock resident, died at 8 15 PM at 2417 Fifteenth after a two year heart illness. Survived by widow, a junior high teacher. daughter Mrs. Jim Williams of Lamesa. sister Mrs. Tena Rodgers of May Tex. and two grandchildren. Funeral 4 PM at Central Baptist with Rev. Jack Welch. Burial at May Sanders Funeral Home announced.
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D. T. Lindley
Lubbock
Lindley
Jim Williams
Lamesa
Tena Rodgers
May
Tex
Central Baptist Church
Jack Welch
Sanders Funeral Home
Wall Street Profits Check Rise in Postwar Market
In New York May 21 the stock market showed solid gains in utilities while profit taking trimmed several industrials. The rally followed a postwar optimism with 1,060,000 shares traded versus 1,430,000 Friday. Chrysler and others slipped. gains were seen in American Telephone, American Foreign Power, Vultee, National Power, and rail lines. Bonds moved in step with stocks.
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New York
Chrysler
Hudson Motors
General Motors
U. B. Steel
Bethlehem
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Texas Co
U. S. Rubber
Dow Chemical
du Pont
American Telephone
American
Foreign Power
Ed Vultee
National Power
N. Y
Central
Delaware
Hudson
Cotton futures stumble after brief highs in New Orleans and New York
In New Orleans on May 21 prices fell 40 to 65 cents a bale as grain weakness and hedging pressure spurred selling after earlier seasonal highs. In New York futures likewise slid 40 to 80 cents, traders citing profits taking and doubts on price support programs.
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New Orleans
New York
Commodity Credit Corp
Grain price snapshot from Fort Worth and Chicago markets
Fort Worth reports May prices for wheat barley corn oats and sorghum with small gains and mixed futures. Chicago futures show rye and barley spiking at times while wheat corn and rye finish lower or mixed amid broad weakness.
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Fort Worth
O Donnell Soldier Reunites With Family After Liberation
Pvt. Warren D. Smith of O Donnell is back in American hands and enjoying GI chow after Allied forces liberated his prison camp on May 4. He was captured by Germans in France on November 8 last year and is reported via a letter to his wife, Oleta Moore, of O Donnell.
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O'Donnell
Warren D. Smith
O’donnell
Oleta Moore
Pvt. Smith
France
Denture Powder FASTEETH Promises Firm Comfort
An ad touts FASTEETH alkaline powder for denture wearers. It claims the product helps false teeth stay in place without a gummy taste or souring sensation and asks readers to buy at drug stores to curb denture odor.
Market Roundup At A Glance May 21
New York stock quotes show easy trading with profit-taking stalling gains. Wheat leads declines in Chicago with long liquidation and stop-loss selling. rye drops sharply. corn steady to weak. Hogs active with top at 14.75. cattle steady with top at 17.65.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City and Fort Worth Livestock Prices Report
Livestock market summary for Kansas City and Fort Worth dated May 21 shows cattle and hog movements with prices. Cattle buyers mostly lower at Kansas City. best beef steers 15.25 to 16.25, stocker calves 13.50 to 14.50. hogs steady with 140 pound plus at 14.80. sheep and lambs mixed with lambs up to 14.85 for good woolless types. Fort Worth bars steady cattle and calves with fat steers 14.25 to 18.40 and stockers 8.50 to 13.00. sheep demand strong with spring lambs around 12.75 to 13.75 and ewes 6.00 to 6.75.
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Kansas City
WFA
Fort Worth
Kansas City Market Notes May 21
Kansas City reports produce and eggs prices with extras at 34.4 to 35.3 and current receipts 31.7. Chicago Butter Eggs market firm with receipts 593,077 lbs and scores listed. butter, eggs, and related items show unchanged trends and different quality scores. Bee receipts 18,185 cases and market firm with extras 35.23 and standards 34.3.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Official Records Listings and Major County Notices
Official records from preliminary divorce suits to debts and damages listed for Hale County include J. T. Krueger et al versus J. F Winterrowd and L. Eason Jr et al for debt. Also noted are multiple divorce actions and legal notices with names of plaintiffs and defendants. Building permits show new signs at 1701 Texas and home additions at 1118 Thirty-fourth and 1808 Seventeenth. Warranty deeds establish property transfers in Slaton and Lubbock additions with values from 500 to 6,250 dollars.
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Lubbock
G. V. Pardue
Willie Mae Hays
J. C. Hays
Jocelyn Clara Hughes
John Hughes
Trinidad M. Flores
Lina W Flores
Dorothy P. Hughes
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co
Walter Davies
J. T. Krueger
J. F Winterrowd
J. T. Kreuger
L Eason, Jr
Bennett Motor Company
J A. Daniel
Texas
W. A. Holden
Thirty-fourth
J. M. Redwine
Seventeenth
World Security Council plan eyed by Hornaday
Hornaday outlined a proposed UN world security council with five permanent members United States England Russia China and France and six rotating nations. Decisions would need 7 of 11 votes with five from permanent members and one veto could block action. He noted three key questions Russia trusteeships and Latin American mutual aid. He discussed Pacific bases and trusteeships while traveling through Lubbock en route to Lynn County then Washington.
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World Security Council
General Assembly
United Nations
United Sates
England
Russia
China
France
United States
Security Council
Ukraine
Associated Press
Pacific Islands
Hornaday
Lubbock
Lynn County
Washington
Funeral Set Today For Monroe Child
Graveside services for Lois Ruth Nease two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elbert Nease of Monroe who died of diphtheria Monday morning at Lubbock General hospital will be conducted at 4 oclock this afternoon at the Abernathy cemetery Rev J F Nix pastor of the Abernathy Baptist church will officiate Bryan McDonald and Son Funeral home reported Survivors include a sister Peggy Lee grandparents Mr and Mrs Zed Nease Lawton Okla and grandmother Mrs Lula Snodgrass of Lubbock
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Lois Ruth Nease
Elbert Nease
Monroe
Lubbock General Hospital
Abernathy Cemetery
J. F. Nix
Abernathy Baptist Church
Bryan McDonald
Okla
Lula Snodgrass
Lubbock
News Briefs From The Lubbock Area During War Time
Pvt. Robert C. Watson, former Wolfforth resident wounded in Germany, will return to the United States soon. Lt. and Mrs. Royal W. Connell, formerly of Lubbock, visited the Thomas home. J J Connell, ex Furr Food No 1 manager, now at B 29 school in Roswell NM, heads to Lincoln NE for four months training before overseas service. Booker T. Washington 38 and LaVerne Jones 22 were charged with assault with intent to murder after a shooting in the 200 block Eighteenth Street. Washington shot Jones in the hand, Jones fired at Washington. a negro woman, wife of Charley Walker, was shot in the leg. Washington posted bond. Jones remained jailed.
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Robert C. Watson
Wolfforth
Germany
United States
J. A. Watson
Royal W. Connell
Lubbock
Jack Thomas
J.J. Connell
Furr Food No. 1
Air Corps
Roswell
N. M
Lincoln
Neb
Booker T. Washington
LaVerne Jones
Washington
Jones
Charley Walker
Mrs. Nina Tudor Dies After Operation in Topeka Hospital
Nina Tudor aged 56, a former Lubbock resident and Santa Fe depot agent at Stafford Texas, died Sunday after an operation at the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe hospital in Topeka. She is survived by a daughter Mrs. T C Porter, an aunt Mrs. Beatrice Barber, and her mother Mrs. Moses. Funeral services likely Wednesday at Plains Funeral Home with Rev. Alfie H. Carleton officiating.
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Nina Tudor
Lubbock
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Vs
Topeka
Tudor
Santa Fe
Stafford
Tex
T. C. Porter
Beatrice Barber
Moses
Plains Funeral Home
Alfie H. Carleton
St. John's
First Army Moves Forces and Historic WWII Roles
The First Army did not enter combat in Normandy but its units took part in North Africa Sicily and Italy landings. Paratroopers entered France before D day led the breakthrough to the Remagen bridge head and linked with the Russians at Elbe. Many Germans were killed or captured in battles across France Belgium and Germany. Soldiers with extended combat service face point-based releases before Pacific transfers. Plant care guidance notes watering thoroughly then allowing surface soil to dry completely.
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Normandy
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
First Army
Siegfried Line
Remagen
Elbe
Belgium
Germany
Pacific
Europe
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Mark Halsey
Adv
USA
Central Pipe & Supply CO
Lubbock, Texas
Hooker
Daily Market Report
Hudson Motey
Ohio
Aviation Corp
Sa Radio Fap
Westing Blec
Am Airlines
Pal
Avia Corp
Beth Steel
Braniff
Chrysier
Freeport Sylph
Goodrich (Bf
Greyhound
Panhandle P and R (Jc
Ns Nepe
Penney
Phillips Pet
Plymouth Oil
Radio Corp Am
Sears Repair Steel
Liu Sinclair
Socony Vac
Ark
Lone Star Gas
Wall Street
Official Records
Frank O'Grady
Dumas
Jocie Hicks
Plainview
Jimmy Veal
Kathryn Kirkland
Fielding L. Washington
Arlington
Jacqueline Young
Afton
W. E. Smart
E. N. Pickens
Slaton
R. McAtee
J. D Hawking
R. €. Johnson
Dupree
Mark Aisey
VOGUE
Vogue Cleaners
College
Walter Hornaday
Monroe Child
Broadway
Amicable Life Ins
Commercial Standard Ins
Traders & General Ins
United Fidelity Life Ins. Co
W. Tex. Utilities Co
Harry W. Phillips
James C. Owens
Solvay
Crowe-Gulde Cement CO
Amarillo, Texas
Sally Ann
Baldridge Cerner
Mississippi
Howerd Baer
Berma
ARMY
of Hanes
HANES
P. H. Hawes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Hawes
S&q Clothiers
Quicksilver-Smith Co
Cook's
Cook’s
Paul Graham
Maneger
13Th St
Dial
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