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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
2
Washington May 22 1945 War department orders recall 3000 to 4000 furloughed soldiers serving in plants foundries forges and ammunition factories as demobilization reduces manpower and through the point rating system.
Congress faces a tariff vote with Democrats urging broad postwar powers for reciprocal trade and Republicans condemning clashes over open markets. The State Department backs the act’s aim to reduce barriers and boost productivity while critics warn of job loss from a one way tariff cut.
In a continued assault on Okinawa, U S forces press toward Shuri and Kamizato after heavy fighting around Yonabara and Sugar Loaf hill. Maj Gen Geiger says communications are being cut, while air and ground pressures push Japanese resistance toward disintegration.
Wall Street records mixed activity as peace rated stocks support the market while leaders retreat on profit taking. Transfers reach 1,050,000 shares with the 60-stock average steady at 68.1. Notable moves include National Power and Real Silk Hosiery leading gains while General Motors and Chrysler lag.
New York price movement shows futures rallying on strong demand and government purchases. Spot markets in New Orleans held steady with middling cotton closing around 22.63 cents per pound, up 50 cents per bale from prior levels.
War casualty notices list several service members wounded or missing in action in European and Pacific theaters. Names include Pipkin Seminole Bennett Craddock Duckworth Launder and Ragan with affiliations to Lamesa Seagraves Andrews Lubbock Plainview and Lub bock. The last update references September 6 1944 naval casualty figures.
A War Production Board survey shows refrigerators as the top need in the Southwest, followed by washing machines. The national results place sewing machines second and washing machines sixth, with electric fans and attic fans also high on the regional list.
The novelist Somerset Maugham pursued medical training at his family's insistence but never practiced medicine.
New York notes irregular advance in selected stocks while bonds show mixed Rails resistance. Cotton steady with mill buying. Chicago wheat firm on short covering. Corn steady with light offerings. Rye strong with short covering. Hogs active and fully steady with top price of 14.75. Cattle strong with top price of 17.65.
Fort Worth and Kansas City livestock markets show steady to active trading. Cattle include steers yearlings and fat cows with varied prices. hogs and sheep also listed alongside price ranges for calves lambs and ewes. Multiple categories reflect broad demand across slaughter and feeder classes.
Chicago May grain futures showed nervous trading with long liquidation and short covering. Wheat ranged from 1.7634 to 1.77, corn steady near 1.182, oats 0.62 to 0.625, rye 1.40 to 1.42, barley around 0.68. Fort Worth wheat No 1 hard about 1.78 to 1.85, barley 1.67–1.90, corn No 2 white 3.34–3.36, oats red 0.64–0.66.
Kansas City May 23 report notes Chicago Butter and Eggs stay firm and unchanged. Butter receipts total 546 477 pounds with various quality scores and grades listed. eggs receipts 16 238 cases with prices and standards detailed.
Posthumous citations recall Private First Class Witt of the Fourth Howitzer Battalion in the Fifth Amphibious Corps and First Lieutenant Gravitt of the Third Battalion Seventh Marines, First Marine Division. Both awards signed by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal commend extraordinary heroism during Saipan and Peleliu battles in 1944.
Funeral services for Thomas B. Willis 78 of Petersburg will be held at 3 30 this afternoon at Petersburg per Plains Funeral home Willis died Tuesday in Stamford while visiting relatives He is survived by his wife two sons four daughters and ten grandchildren in Petersburg Dallas Quitman Plainview Houston and other areas.
Ralph Roberts and Lefty Fowler were arrested after a drunken Monday night disturbance in Ellis. Roberts posted four bonds totaling 900 dollars while Fowler, held for 200 dollars, faces corporation and county charges and possible federal parole revocation. Officers say both used abusive language and assaulted officers prompting separate court actions and a federal review for Fowler.
Top student Dunbar grad was Young who received ten dollars from Dr J T Hutchinson and five dollars from the PTA plus a Texas negro school scholarship. Second high Gwendo Chaney got five dollars and a PTA scholarship. Allen Bros Post awarded Ruth Young and William Powell for outstanding graduates. The event included an American Legion plaque and an essay contest judging tuberculosis awareness.
The report notes relief priorities exist in liberated countries while rural food production and coal output fall short of minimum needs. Rosenman stresses grave humanitarian and geopolitical stakes and says the United States will be the principal civilian supplier to these nations, as it has been wartime producer for the United Nations.
Brig. Gen. Clausius M. Easley of Waco Texas, assistant commander of the 96th division, killed his first Japanese soldier on Okinawa today with a single Garand rifle shot from 500 yards from an advanced observation post. His marksmanship earned the division the nickname "Dead Eyes."
The British Army has taken over a luxury country mansion near Bremen previously used as a residence for mistresses of Heinrich Himmler's SS troops. The site will serve as a rest home for troops, per a war office announcement.
Rev. John E. Hines of Christ Church Houston was elected bishop coadjutor for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas by a special diocesan council. He must consult Bishop Quin family and vestrymen before deciding to accept. Nominees from the floor included Rev. Charles A. Sumners and Rev. J. B. Dobbins. Trustees named for the Bishop Quin foundation include Stanton Brown Waco Louis A. Grelling Tyler and W. J. Battle Austin.
Miss Ruth Genelle Spikes bride elect of Capt. Robert M. Williamson hosts a tea and miscellaneous shower at 2807 Twentieth Street with hostesses including Mrs. R. C. Young and Mesdames Cocanougher Jones Sellers Turner Weiss. Other prewedding events include a family dinner hosted by Mrs. W. J. Spikes and a brunch and rehearsal dinner at the Butler and other homes as relatives travel from Washington D C and San Angelo to attend. Williamson is to fly in for the wedding.
Mrs. I. B. Wright announces a county Red Cross home nursing course taught by graduate nurse Mrs. Bill Mabray. Enrollment via telephone 8534 at the Red Cross office. Sessions run 3 30 to 5 30 p m at the production room 1605 Avenue J twice weekly.
St Louis May 22 Morton Cooper ace pitcher for the Cardinals walked out last week again and announced in attorney Lee Havener's office that he wants a three year contract now. He did not specify other demands beyond a salary increase and three year term.
Miami May 22 Pan American Airways officials report a large rise in false teeth exports to South America. Clippers recently carried more than 500 000 artificial chompers in one week, with most destined for Brazil Uruguay and Argentina.
TEMPLE May 22 Maj Carles H. Tustison of Lone Rock Wisconsin and Lt. Raymond H. Witherspoon Jr. of Carbondale Florida were killed when their field artillery liaison plane crashed during a routine training flight at Camp Hood. Wives of both fliers live at Gatesville Texas.
The census bureau estimated on January 1 1945 the U S population at 138 955 469 including armed forces overseas an increase of about 7 286 000 over the 1940 figure of 131 669 275.
Delegates discuss enforcement under international law and suspending members, with a focus on trusteeships for Pacific islands. Egypt proposes placing mandates under global jurisdiction, but is defeated 22 to 5. Stassen and Cranborne defend consent-based trusteeship, while France backs regional defense moves.
Japanese broadcasts urge a strong leader and Sovietism to face the war crisis. Namisaki Nakano cites arrests for peace agitation and unity as crucial, while Tokyo Shimbun praises Stalin’s leadership and Sovietism as a model to defeat Anglo American aggression.
Sweden's Panzer prince Carl Johan, 28, plans to marry Kerstin Milkmark, 35, a divorced Stockholm socialite. The captain in a tank regiment defies King Gustaf V, joining two older brothers who already married commoners. only Gustaf Adolf and Bertil keep succession rights.
Cpl Archie Sims and wife of 1622 Main welcomed a daughter weighing 8 4 at 8 47 p m Tuesday in a West Texas hospital while he serves in Italy. Pfc W L Carson and wife of 2707 Twenty second reported a daughter at 10 58 a m Tuesday in the same hospital, with the father stationed in Utah.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Tudor age 54 former Lubbock resident who died Sunday after an operation in a Topeka Kansas hospital will be held at 3 p.m. at St John’s Methodist church. The Rebekah lodge will conduct a special ceremony. Burial is at a local cemetery with Plains Funeral home directing. She was a Santa Fe depot agent at Stafford Texas for two years and is survived by a daughter Mrs T C Porter aunt Mrs Beatrice Forber and her mother Mrs Lelia Moses of Lubbock.
Levant Troubles reports that London Poles say a letter from Soviet authorities invited arrested Polish leaders to discuss with the Russian military command. They accuse Russian secret police of taking them prisoner after arrival. Stalin denied any invitation to negotiate last week.
The first group of airmen who bombed Germany arrives at Bradley Field Windsor Locks Conn on a Europe to Pacific round trip. Most will rest briefly before further redeployment to the Pacific. Inbound in waves using the same planes, 1,275 airmen—800 enlisted and 275 officers—are being returned for reassignment.
General Mark W. Clark will fly from Europe to Chicago for Memorial Day ceremonies. About 50 Chicago area soldiers who fought under Clark will be brought back and granted discharges under the point system during public events. Names of the men will be released later.
Dallas resident Jacob Donosky aged 82 died here tonight after sixty years in the city. He was father of Myer M. Donosky, treasurer of the Dallas Morning News. Funeral arrangements to be held tomorrow.
Police said they continued inquiry into the Monday shooting of Maitland Jones, 55, who owned property in the Lubbock area. He was found shot near the heart at his East Eighteenth Street residence. A .22 pistol with fresh marks and a small caliber slug on the floor were recovered, a physician said the bullet narrowly missed the heart but pierced a lung.
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