No Place For Courtesy Opinion on Saluting Enemy Officers
The Ava and Laviche Journal piece argues Eisenhower was right to ban saluting German officers after surrender. It contends the gesture is obsolete and uncalled for today, asserting Nazi leaders deserve no courtesy and that honor should not extend to defeated foes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava
laviche-Journal
Associated Press
Germany
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Postwar Crime Wave Fears and Reform Proposals
The piece argues a crime rise after the war is likely and urges preparations. It endorses Biddle’s judicial reforms and calls for expert criminologists psychiatrists clergy and vocational trainers to aid offenders. It proposes youth correction for offenders under 24 and emphasizes stabilizing the postwar economy with available jobs for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
Education costs for Lubbock ISD rising for years
The article argues that Lubbock Independent School District must spend substantial yearly sums on new buildings and improvements, insisting education is essential despite public groans. It cites New York education commissioner George Stoddard, who says costs of education pale beside costs of crime, mood, and war, urging commitment to facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Independent School
George Stoddard
State of
New York
Lubbock Morning Avalanche full masthead 1945 edition
The faded OCR shows the Lubbock Morning Avalanche publishing line with editors Parker and Prouty, managing editor Ratliff, and the 419 Tex Lake venue address in Lubbock Texas. Dated May 23, 1945. The page notes its affiliation with the Avalanche Journal Publishing Co and Associated Press wire service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Sunda
Lubbock Evening Journal
Lubbock Ava
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Co. Inc
Texee Evenue
Lubbock
Texas
Associated Prese
WeMonst
Texas Daily Pree Ceanue
Dallas
I. Cas. A
Guy Parker
Guy Parker Fpf
Chas W Ratliff
Texes
Congressions
Death's Bright Diamonds exposes a deadly night break in
Nick struggles to defend himself as a masked assailant fires a shot in his room and flees. Brenda reveals tension over the Hudsons and suspects a family plot while hints point to Bruce Temple and Phineas Hudson. They fear danger ahead as the investigation deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Bruce Temple
Phineas Hudson
Minot
Brenda
Father
Charley Strand
Eric Woolf
Crystal Beach
Pernambuco
China
John Medbury visits Brookfield humorist tale
The humorist John P. Medbury and his wife visit Brookfield. A Hollywood boy explains why the weather is awful by a flat earth joke linking bombs from Europe and Japan to rain and snow, while his father and Newton Copernicus are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn P. Medbury
Brookfield
John
Hollywood
Europe
Japan
The Earth and Belief in a Modern World
Narrator recalls a conversation about old ideas and new shocks including Hitler and a changing faith in science. The Medburys react to a claim about the earth and the narrator doubts what can be proven. The tale ends with no one proving the earth is round for certain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Medbury
Clothing Drive Reports 58,585 Pounds Collected Locally
Shipments in the United Nations Clothing Collection Drive totaled 750 packages weighing 58,585 pounds with Lubbock contributing 50,012 pounds toward a 250,000 goal. Whiteface, Morton Legion, Lorenzo Lions, and Brownfield also delivered. Forte Worth centered the regional handoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Clothing Collection
Lubbock
The
American Legion of Morton
Lorenzo Lions Club
Brownfield
F. A. Kleinschmidt
Fort Worth
Kleinschmidt
George Sessums
Carpenter's Union
Lions
Internal divisions and policy battles shadow Truman era
A WASHINGTON column analyzes how Truman faces fierce critics from old Roosevelt allies and new policy battles. It highlights Hillman and CIO tensions, Bretton Woods critiques, and debates over Soviet pledges and postwar plans amid calls for consolidation and liquidation of agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Tucker
Harry Truman
Moscow
FDR
Stalin
Yalta
Truman
Poland
Trieste
Sidney Hillman
Chers
American Federation of Labor
Bridges
Hillman
Bretton Woods
Dumbarton Oaks
U S Fails To Exert Moral Leadership On Colonials
Special correspondent Thomas L Stokes reports at the San Francisco United Nations conference the United States voted against adding a pledge for eventual independence for colonial peoples. The piece notes Britain and France oppose rapid independence and highlights Stassen’s push for broad investigative powers and petitions to address colonial conditions. Russia’s stance is described as contradictory to its internal liberty, while Roosevelt and Wilson are cited as inspirations for self determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Stokes
Ashington
United States
San Francisco
The
World — Security Organization
Great Britain
France
Russia
China
Molotov
Yalta
United Nations
Woodrow Wison
Roosevelt
Harold Stassen
Ernie Pyle Niece to Christen Ship in Vancouver
Miss Babette Johnson of Southern Methodist University will christen the troop transport SS Ernie Pyle in Vancouver Washington on June 20. She is a niece of Ernie Pyle and was chosen after his widow declined due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Babette Johnson
Southern Methodist University
Vancouver
Wash
Ernie Pyle
Western Pacific
Miss Johnson
Grenades Tossed By Jap Women Kill Two
Pfe Melvin L. Eatherton of Valley Park Missouri reports witnessing Japanese women throw hand grenades on Okinawa. He describes the incident as killing a sergeant and a private, then notes his own injuries including a fractured arm and bullet wounds to his side at McCloskey General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Melvin L. Eatherton
Valley Park
Okinawa
Eatherton
McCloskey General Hospital
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
In “Anestoteu Press
Auntie Teiberg
Oapage
Americe
Republic
Tex
Robert Ripley
Erty
Arrel WN
Heidelberg
Ial Brown
South Salem
Riele
Lionel Mosher
NEA Service, Inc
Brenda XIV
Brenda Temple
Eric
Papa Hudson
Papa
Pat
Hudson
Newton
Copernicus
Brandeis
By Erich Brandeis
Johnnie Medbury
Mrs. Medbury
HST
Tucker
Elmer Davis
War Information
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
War Department
Davis
Donovan
Elmer
Commerce
FFA
Tokyo
Albert Leman
Churchill
Clay
Berlin
Reich
Kremlin
Gestapo
Reichswehr
Riga
Wehrmacht
Sarlat
General
General Staff
Doenitz
Pettifoggers
Paul Reynaud
Count von Krosigk
Deenitz
America
U.S
Franklin Roosevelt
Stokes
Gide
Galbraith
SOPR
NEA Service
Marge
Christen
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