Funeral services for Fairy Lou Bounds in Lubbock
Funeral services are held for Fairy Lou Bounds 13 daughter of Cpl and Mrs James Bounds of 905 Ave M fatally injured in a cab bus crash at Eighteenth and Texas Ave She died at Lubbock General Hospital. Also hospitalized are Mrs Harry Todd 23 and A J Johnson 48 with fractures cuts and bruises Police continue inquiry with no charges filed The child’s father recently returned from two years with the Third Marine division in the Pacific.
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Fairy Lou ‘Bounds
James Bounds
Ave
Eighteenth
Texas Ave
Plains Chapel
Todd
Johnson
Mary
Paris
H. I. Robinson
First Methodist Church
Lubbock
Larry Watson
Twentyfourth
Ave. N
Lewis Kittrell
Police Traffic Department
Airline Service Expansion Ties West Texas Oil Regions
Continental plans a new air route linking Midland Odessa Big Spring Hobbs and Roswell with Tulsa Wichita Falls and Lubbock. The extension cuts travel times dramatically from 19 hours 30 minutes by surface to 2 hours 45 minutes between Tulsa and Lubbock and 1 hour 5 minutes between Wichita Falls and Lubbock. The Hobbs Tulsa segment adds 516 miles to the system, now 2333 miles serving 25 cities and states, integrating existing routes for more efficient operations.
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idland-Odessa
Big Spring
Hobbs
Roswell
Great West Texas- Permian Basin
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Tulsa
Continental
Hobbs-Tulsa
Himmler Dies by Own Action After Detention Arrival
After choosing to wrap himself in blankets rather than wear British battle dress, Himmler was transported by car to a house in Luenberg for detention. A British medical examiner conducted repeated inspections and a thorough physical exam, including his mouth and tongue, before an incident ended with a fall amid a sharp reaction during a probe of his ears.
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Luenberg
Himmler
Funeral Set for W. D. Rieger at Rix Chapel
Funeral services for W. D. Rieger 67 of 1313 Twentieth will be held at 3 PM at Rix Funeral Home chapel. Dr J M Lewis pastor First Presbyterian will officiate with burial in Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons a daughter three brothers and two sisters and nine grandchildren.
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W. D. Rieger
W. Rieger
West Texas Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
J. M. Lewis
First Presbyterian Church
Lubbock
Collis Nee
Chester Hubbard
Tom Cannon
Gail Mabry
Chester
Cecil Bradshaw
L. D. Stanford
Rieger
Lubbock County
Lynn
O L
Portales
N. M
J. H
N. A. Rodgers
J. B
Harper, Co. IL
Joe
S. J. Slover
Menard
W. L. Cannon
Slaton
Disease Rate Rises Sharply In Germany
Army medical reports reveal a sharp rise in venereal disease among American combat troops stationed in Germany. The rate in a veteran infantry division more than doubled over three weeks as medical officers race to curb the spread amid guard duty assignments.
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Germany
Rers
Wall Street stock rally lifts markets amid mixed trading
Last hour buying boosted rails and selected industrials after a broad decline. Transfers ran 660,000 shares vs 1,916,000 yesterday as postwar hopes and earnings outlook revived sentiment. cotton futures rose to seasonal highs before closing steadier though off intraday peaks.
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FROPS
New York
Aeasion
Associ Press
Bo Group
Its & Pen
Northern
Cffic
Foster Wheeler
Ick
Ens
santee _ speake
Ohio
Southern Pacific
K. Southern
American Telephone
Western Union
Du_ Pont
Phelps Dedsy
Cousins Aircraft
Sears Roebuck
Bethlehem
General Nae Chrysler
U.S. Rubber
Sonseilet Edison
Standard Oil (Nj
Boeing
Montgomery Ward
Anka’ Chemical
Set Plans For Agreement Between Major and Minor Leagues
A six man National Association committee continues work on a new major minor pact with final details tied to cooperation from the majors. Minor league chairman Thomas H. Richardson says their version will be ready for submission to the lower leagues next week, with a joint session likely in late June or early July. Minor demands include territorial guarantees and increased Double A draft prices to 15000, plus revision of the option system, with about 20 changes proposed. If no agreement, the minors may act independently after January 12, 1951.
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New York
Babelion
Alirecd Chandler
Little Fellows
National Association
Big Boys
Thomas H. Richardson
Comtee
Su Gion
Actress Seeks Divorce From Fourth Husband
Los Angeles May 24 Teen actress Constance Bennett sued her fourth husband actor Gilbert Yetane for divorce claiming cruelty and extreme mental cruelty. The complaint cites alleged misconduct and seeks dissolution of the marriage.
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Los Angeles
Constance Bennett
Gilbert Yetane
Alabama House adopts resolution on veteran war goods pay
Fragmentary OCR reads about a House resolution in Alabama addressing pay for veterans and war goods. No clear individuals or dates emerge, but the brief mentions a $7,000 amount and a resolution tied to veteran support and military procurement.
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Alabama House
Stock Market News Mixed Trading and Active Hogs
NY May 24 market notes show mixed stocks with irregulars and lower rails while cotton climbs and hogs stay steady. Cattle strong with top price around 17 dollars. rye quiet with light trade and cash market demand noted. Weather and commission-house activity also mentioned.
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New York
Mit “Commission House
Fort Worth Livestock Prices Report May 24 Fort Worth Texas
Fort Worth market shows cattle calves hogs and sheep with prices across categories. Beef cattle 900 calves 14.00 18.00 per hundredweight medium to good. hogs 180 lb plus around 14.68. sheep and lambs active and steady with spring lambs 12.80 14.09 and ewes 6.00 8.00. Kansas City also reports mixed cattle hog and sheep trade with steers 14.75 18.00 and lambs around 14.80 to 17.50 for top lots.
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Fort
Kansas City
Grain Market Notes From Fort Worth and Chicago
Fort Worth reports grain bids with Wheat No 1 hard at 1.75 4-83, Barley No 2 at 1.00-02, Sorghums No 2 at 2.07-12, Corn No 2 white 1.36-37, No 2 yellow 1.32-33, Oats No 2 red 66-70. Chicago shows corn and barley firm while other grains ease. July futures: Wheat 1.63 1/4, Corn 1.174, Oats 60 34, Rye 1.364, Barley 1.02.
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Fort Worth
Cbricago
Chicago
Chicago Butter Market Trends May 24 Prices and Receipts
Chicago butter receipts reach 611,227 with market firm and unchanged. Grade and central carrot scores listed. receipts 14,035 cases. Prices: extras 35.2-36.1, standards 34.3, current receipts 32.6, checks and dirties 31.5. Kansas City reports unchanged produce.
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Chicago
EGO Chicago
Kansas City
Appeals Court Rehearing Denied In Landner v Puller Case
Amarillo May 24 proceedings of the seventh court of civil appeals overruled motions in the case M. FP Landner versus Clayton Puller et al. Rehearing request denied. matter originates from Lubbock.
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Arillo
Amarillo
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
M. FP. Landner
Clayton Puller
Lubbock
Most Shot Up GI Credits God With Saving His Life
Lt. Charles A. Brandt of Muskogee Oklahoma, famed as the most shot up soldier to return alive, credits God with guiding him through Sicily Italy and France. He wears the Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Bronze Star Presidential citation and Purple Heart with five oak leaf clusters after enduring nine wounds from shrapnel and an exploding shell near the Swiss border and at Anzio and Venafro. He visited Camp Barkeley on the way to a California hospital.
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Abilene
States
Sicily
Italy
France
Charles A. Brandt
Muskogee
Oklo
Brandt
Camp Barkeley
California
Venafro
Anzio
Twins Wounded Together In France Army Mine Blast
Russell and Randall McBride from here, twins in the Army, were wounded at Torigny France by the same mine blast on the same day. Russell, a first sergeant, suffered a leg wound while Randall, a technical sergeant, received an arm wound. They entered the hospital together and were released to rejoin the 35th Infantry Division the same day.
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Lesser
Russell
Randall McBride
Torigny
France
35Th Infantry Division
Randall
Salem rationing board handles kerosene request
In Salem Indiana the rationing board received a plea for extra kerosene for cooking. The applicant cites growing children and a new dog to feed, illustrating local wartime rationing pressures.
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Salem
Ind
Salem Rationing Board
Big Four Seek Veto Rules At San Francisco War Council
Delegates at the San Francisco conference debated how the veto would operate in the security council and whether small nations could influence decisions. Greece proposed a social and economic council to supervise reconstruction, while France urged distribution of raw materials. US delegates, led by Virginia Gildersleeve, pressed limits on promoting full employment as a council aim.
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Varie
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World Organization
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Council For Social and Economic Cooperation
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Social and Economic Council
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Chungking
London
Moscow
Washington
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Truman
San Francisco
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Norway
Europe
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D-Tex
Alexander Cadogan
Canada
Council
Rites Set for J T Allen Jr in Lamesa
Funeral services for John Thomas Allen Jr., 38, who died of a heart attack, will be held at 3:30 p m tomorrow at Higginbotham Funeral Home chapel in Lamesa. Rev Cal C Wright of the Lamesa Methodist church will officiate. burial in Lamesa cemetery. He served as major pro tem of Lamesa, former school board member and former secretary-treasurer of the Red Cross. He is survived by his wife Marjorie Allen, a daughter Judith Ann, and a son Charles Hugh.
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Lamesa
J. T. Allen, Jr
John Thomas Allen, Jr
Lubbock General Hospital
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Cal. C. Wright
Lamesa Methodist Church
Lamesa Cemetery
Allen
Methodist
GOP Voters Split With Leaders Of Party On Tariff Reduction
A nationwide Gallup survey of informed Republican voters shows a substantial majority favor renewing the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, while Democrats favor renewal. Republicans are evenly split with a slight majority supporting further tariff reductions.
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GOP
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Rinceton
N. J
Institute
Congress
United States
Man seeks $5,000 for three teeth in wage plant fight
Gilbert J. Vance lists $1,666.66 per tooth in a damage suit filed in Common Pleas Court Toledo Ohio against Vance Nowak. He alleges he lost three teeth in a fist fight at a war plant and seeks $5,000 in damages.
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Toledo
Gilbert J. Vance
Common Pleas
Vance
Vance Nowak
New High Reached Wholesale Price Index
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the wholesale price index rose to 105.6 percent of the 1926 average for the week ended May 19, the highest in twenty-five years.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Father and Brother Named in Lamesa Area Note
The item identifies a man from Lamesa, noting his father and one brother, Lt. Ben Allen of the Army Air Forces, as the brothers mentioned in the report.
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All
Lamesa
Ben Allen
Army Air Forces
Texas Legislature Debates Conference Reports and Bond Plan
On the 136th day of the session the House debated conference committee reports affecting rural schools and old age funds. A bond plan for UT and A and M construction failed to reach 100 affirmative votes, delaying final passage. Prairie View seeks university status and shared income from the permanent fund. A secret ballot bill heads to free conference, and a aviation advisory commission receives funding cut to 20,000. Buy A Wer Sead TODAY.
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House
Winfree
Isaacks
W. Smith
Beaumont
Lou Messer
Corpus Christi
Smith
Conference Committee
Senate
Prairie View Normal College
Texas
Texas A. and
University
Distillers Schedule One Month Holiday Production
The War Production Board plans a one month holiday at distilleries in July amid reduced need for industrial alcohol in Russia and higher petroleum use for synthetic rubber. Liquor makers expect to produce over 580 million proof gallons, a level equivalent to a year’s normal supply, for blended and straight whiskey and gin.
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Washington
Texan Audie Murphy to Receive Medal of Honor
Lt Audie Murphy of Greenville Texas will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism atop a blazing tank destroyer during a lone stand against 250 Germans. He already holds the Distinguished Service Cross the Legion of Merit the Silver Star the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart with two clusters. Murphy 20 will be 21 June 20 He enlisted in 1942 trained at Camp Wolters and Fort Meade and served in African Sicilian Italian and French campaigns.
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Farmersville
Tex
Audie L. Murphy
Greenville
Washington
Murphy
Hunt County
Celeste
Camp Wolters
Fort Meade
Famine in Athens Reported Causes 100000 Deaths
A historical note claims a famine in Athens caused about 100000 deaths, indicating a severe period of food shortage and ensuing mortality across the city.
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Athens
Gaeve
Court rules cruelty in divorce over missing funds and car
Los Angeles judge grants Kathérine Straw divorce after finding cruelty linked to a husband’s alleged waste of a one week allowance and a damaged car with blown tires and an empty fuel tank. Kathérine Straw awarded the divorce and possession of the vehicle.
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Los Angeles
Kathérine Straw
Major Fund Measure Signed By Governor
Governor oke Stevenson signed the eleemosynary appropriations bill totaling 15 783 764 dollars becoming the first major money bill enacted by the legislature. He also signed 687 600 for public junior colleges 65 000 for advertising constitutional amendments due August 25 and other measures transferring Galveston State Psychopathic hospital to UT system regents increasing juror pay to 4 dollars a day authorizing multiple brands per owner and a proposal for a joint U S Mexico international pink ball worn commission.
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Austin
Oke Stevenson
Board of Control
University of Texas Board of Regents Management
Galveston State Psychopathic Hospital
Congress
Mexico
Cow for Cigarettes Ad Promises Plymouth Trade
Richard Everist of Plymouth offers his best milk cow and a three legged milk stool in exchange for 34 cartons of cigarettes. The ad notes this swap as an optimistic deal in these cigarette scarce times.
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CIGS
Plymouth
Ind
Richard Everist
Ancient saw yields 150000 feet annually at Ricker Mills
In Groton Vermont the Ricker Mills sawmill, claimed as the oldest stationary mill in America, produces about 150000 feet of lumber each year. The enterprise underscores enduring Vermont timber industry.
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Groton
U.P
America
Ricker
Veracruz Wins Mexico City Match Over Nuevo Laredo
Veracruz defeated Nuevo Laredo, leaders of the Mexican League, 8 to 6 in Mexico City today May 24.
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Veracruz
Mexico City
Nuevo Laredo
Brooklyn Lt Hoch Receives Air Medal in Italy Theater
Lt Frank L Hoch of Brooklyn New York was awarded the Air Medal at brief ceremonies Thursday at Abbas Army Airfield after service with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy. The presentation was made by Lt William Buford, assistant personal affairs officer and Fifteenth veteran. A separate note reports police responding to a break in at a Farm Sachisney store on Lingiey Ave Thursday afternoon.
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Frank L. Hoch
Brooklyn
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Abbas Army Airfield
William’ Buford
Fifteenth
Lingiey Ta Ave
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