Lubbock graduates listed for 1944 45 degrees across divisions
The Lubbock division releases a roster of graduates to receive bachelor of science and arts degrees in September 1944 and January 1945. Names span engineering fields, home economics, arts and sciences, and education from Gill to Yows, including several in absentia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etor
Millard Albert Gill
Hughes Springs
Paul. Payne
Glenn Maddux
Witten
View
Wayne. Mears
Ana
Jack
Janet Oliver
Grand Prairie
Eunice Loween Putnam
Gould
Oklo
Laverne Howe
Lubb
Abernathy
Frankie Jo Nixon
Harrold
Geraldine Lois Py
Clarendon
Anne
Margaret Segalia
Tornillo
Dolores. Snodgrass
Tokio
Tex
Beryl Mae Cline
Katherine Cum‘mings
Evelyn Lea Fletcher
Laura Jean Renner
Lubbock
Division of Arts and Sciences
Betty Janes
Fort Worth
Lucille Heggentheson
Beth Anne Floyd
Alice Carolyn Regids
Pauline An
Dorothy Nelle Swanson
Jn Selby Vickers
Hound Joyce LaRue Watson
Gubbock
Barbara Lees
Lakeview
Nina Jewell Uirn
Paducah
Marjorie Highday
Rankin
Mary le Lilley
Lampasas
Lula Scott
Lipscomb
Charles Benning
Spur
Marjorie Street
Tare
Celeser
Janniss
Lorene Silman
Herao Aboth
Una O'Donnell
Baccalaureate and commencement set for New Deal seniors
Baccalaureate services for 23 graduating seniors are tonight at 9 in the school auditorium with Kievi Paden of Brownfield Church of Christ delivering the sermon. Commencement is 9 Monday night with Chas A. Guy of the Avalanche Journal as speaker and honor students Kirby Hobgood Randell Flinn Imogene Fortenberry and Mary Cathryn Spear named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal High School
Kievi “Paden
Brownfield Church of Christ
Earl Hobbs
A.E. Smith
W. O. Fortenberry
Randell Flinn
Carlton Smith
Imogene Fortenberry
Kirby Hobgood
Dolores Lyda
Vernell Henry
Gladys Rowell
Joe B. Taylor
A. L. Faubion
A. L. Penuel
Seven Die In Ordnance Plant Explosion At Grand Island
Seven persons are known to have been killed, two more are missing and one injured when a loading line at the Cornhusker ordnance plant exploded during an electrical storm. Maj. Fred H. Phillips announced the toll tonight as a board of Army officers from Washington Chicago and St. Louis arrived to investigate the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Nebr
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Fred H. Phillips
Army
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Notable 1945 Graduates For Lubbock Tech University
The article lists May and January graduates across departments including education and commerce. It names numerous recipients with home towns such as Lubbock Abilene Dallas and Albuquerque and notes degrees: bachelor of science in education bachelor of business administration master of education and master of science. Some graduates are noted as absentia in service or in absentia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Earline Rodgers
Winters
Alice Elizabeth Wright
San Angelo
Ellen Helm
Miller
Hale Center
Harvey D. Arnold
Goree
Nettie Theo Mullins
Joy Ann Walter
Lubbock
Marjorie Miller Bellamy
Fabens
Marjorie L. Brewer
Olton
Jimmie Loraine White Fulton
Globe
Ariz
Wanda Ernestine Gambill
Lamesa
Margaret C. Gentry
Phylis Emmett Goeth
Garnett Josephine Heggen
Abernathy
Maude Estelle McCool
Memphis
Akie Carpenter Smith
Sundown
Division of Commerce
Irene Foneville Bagwell
Durham
N. C
Johnny Lou Bagwell
Claude
Thomas Edd Bandy
Happy
Mary E. Grimes Cobl
Anna Ruth Marks Hall
Lafara Harbison
LaVerne Legate
Maurine Hunt
Berniece Douglas
Salle Ann Taylor
Helen Mae Walker
Plainview
Mary Frances Wells
Anton
Maureen McKinney Wells
Dallas
Jacquelyn Wilkison
Friona
Genevieve Decker Winters
Childress
Mary Frances Bledsoe
Becton
Sarah Cooke
Fort Worth
Karthyn LaRue Norman
Betty Summers
Stamford
William Clarence Young
Wall Street Ends Week With Strength At Eight Year Peak
Wall Street finished a volatile week with broad demand for rails and industrials lifting the market. The Associated Press stock average rose to 65.6, its highest since Aug 31, 1937, aided by orders and government cancellation prep. Montgomery Ward and U S Steel led gains while Boeing and Lockheed retreated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finish
Associated Press
Jcueus
Montgomery Ward
American Water Works
U. 8. Steel
Woolworth
International Harvester
Allied Chemical
American Can
du Pont
Douglas Aircet
Boeing
Cotton futures rally to new seasonal highs on New York market
In New York the cotton futures market rose to fresh seasonal highs aided by mill and commission buying amid weak crop outlook and expected continued government support. Prices eased after profit taking but then rallied again on short covering and mill demand as late trading closed. New Orleans followed with gains and the market closed steady higher by 30 to 40 cents a bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dee
New Orleans
Swemmennace
Okinawa Battle Reported Heaviest Allied Toll Yet
Thunderbolt pilots of the 318th Army Air Field claim 34 Nipponese aircraft downed in their first major encounter with the enemy at Yontan. The Japanese force included a dozen troop carriers with about 15 aboard. eight men escaped, arming themselves as they headed toward American planes and the radio tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thunderbolt
Worker Reductions Hit Lockheed and Consolidated Vultee
Los Angeles May 26 Two major Southern California aircraft firms Lockheed and Consolidated Vultee prepare to lay off about 14 000 workers within two months due to production cutbacks. Lockheed says 12 500 employees will be released by July 31 including 4 800 in the next week. Downey plant to lay off 1 500 workers by end of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Lockheed
Consolidated Vultee
S. Downey
Market Update Glides Through Mixed Commodity Signals
The notes show mixed movements with stocks higher on rails and industrials while grains such as corn and rye show firmness and strong cash markets. Hog futures remain nominally steady amid short covering and expectations of distiller sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ORK
Indus
Livestock Prices Report From May Week at City Market
Livestock market report for Omanaus City May 26 shows steady to unchanged prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle top prices for choice steers 15.40 to 15.00 with heifers and yearlings 14.75 to 16.65. cows 11.80 to 13.50. bulls 11.00 to 13.80. stockers and feeders 12.00 to 18.68. Hogs steady with good to choice natives at 8.50 to 9.00 per hundredweight. Lambs 18.50 to 18.00 for good and choice. woolly ewes 9.00 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAS
Omanaus
Wheat and grain prices edge higher amid looming loan rate signal
Chicago market shows weekend profit taking then quick absorption as July rye and wheat advance. Traders await government loan rate parity and potential 60 percent parity linkage, with May parity figures delaying exact loan price. Fort Worth notes list Hard wheat at 1.75 to 1.83, barley 1.00 to 1.02, corn 1.39 to 1.492, oats 68 to 70.
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Chicago Report
Chicago
AW Ton Dispatch
Fort Worth
Chicago Butter Eggs Stable In Modest Trade
Chicago reports show butter and eggs holding steady with nominal movements. Butter quotes near 4.11 to 4.14 with base extras 3.52 to 3.61. Kansas City market notes produce unchanged as of May 26.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Official Records Marriage Licenses and Property Transfers
Marriage licenses listed for Harold W Fees and Rachel Lynch in Texarkana. Hubert Baldwin and Alma Kilgore in Hobbs New Mexico. Ray Coleman and Patricia Thomas in Lubbock. Alvin L Thomas Jr and Joyce Casey in Plainview. Several property transfers noted including L L Cooper to Martha Joblin and others with various lot and block descriptions and sums up to 5,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Fees
Clam Falls
Wisc
Rachel Elizabeth Lynch
Texarkana
Hubert Baldwin
Alma Kilgore
Hobbs
M. Ray Coleman
Patricia Thomas
Lubbock
Alvin L. Thomas, Jr
Shee Joyce Casey
Plainview
Ll. C. Cooper
Martha Joblin
College Park
H. D. Bertram
R. G. Knott
I. C. Enechs W. Myers
Nellie Lehr
Oilie Boyd
Morning Side
Morley Jennings
R. C. Tucker
Central Heishie
W. H. Gearhart
Baroneey
G. C. Gearhart
BE. Gilliland
Southwest
C. A. Webster
O. Wells
McCrummen
Local Bond Drive Show Demonstrates Combat Scenes
A 40 man demonstration unit rehearses a war show before a live audience to illustrate the assault and capture of ground. The units wear veterans badges and include Purple Heart recipients. The production, part of the Seventh War Loan drive, tours 42 Texas cities and 26 other U.S. communities, highlighting the fight toward Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States
Tokyo
Army's Northwest Command Shifted
The U S Army's Northwest Service command will move its headquarters from Whitehorse Yukon to Edmonton Alberta and Col C M Clifford was named acting commanding officer. Brig Gen F S Strong leaves for new duties in Paris.
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Edmonton
Alto
U. S. Army
Northwest Service Command
Whitehorse
V. T
C. M. Clifford
Clifford
F. S. Strong
Paris
House Okays Tax Expense Bill Amid Senate Standstill
Debate centers on a 2600 dollar expense allowance for House members while the Senate resists comparable increases. Proposals include a 15 percent raise for senators and a plan to tax deduct Washington expenses by listing lawmakers in their home states. Barkley hopes for a workable compromise to avert House approval of the tax free expense account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Custovery
Metro
Senate Democrat
John H. Overton
Washington, D. C
Washington
Barkley
Surviving Japanese Prison Camp Food Hunger and Court Martial
A Corregidor veteran recalls confinement in a Manila walled city cell. Dysentery broke out in November and two Navy officers were sent to Bilibid for treatment before January 28. He faced court martial after return, receiving one year in military prison. others got two to three and a half years. He endured hunger, ate from garbage, and was later moved back to Bilibid until liberation on February 4.
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Navy
Bilibid
Manila
Thompson
Alumni Campaign in eT Featured Tech Leaders and Memorial
The program included remarks by Mrs. O. L. Byrd, O. B. Ratliff, and Charles Sennin. Rev. Frank Beauchamp gave the benediction, musical numbers by Joe Arrington and others, and a memorial for Tech men who died in the war. The banquet closed with a ritual taps salute and a glowing double T.
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Pagene
O. L. Byrd
Tech
O. B. Ratliff
Spur
Charles Sennin
Frank Beauchamp
First Methodist Church
Abernathy
Joe Arrington
Milton Butler
Billy Felty
Ben Lowe
Carolyn Cole
Buddy
Youth Stabbed by Driver of Automobile in Dallas Incident
Bill Miessner a 19 year old from Fort Worth was stabbed in the abdomen by a motorist after he signaling to halt his motorcycle. Miessner told police the driver had been weaving across the road and produced a knife before slashing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Bill Miessner
Fort Worth
Miessner
Liberated Prisoners Arrive On Transport
A transport to San Francisco brings 639 civilians freed from Philippines prison camps, including 20 nationalities. Also aboard are 862 Army personnel on furlough, 104 Navy casuals, 11 Red Cross workers, and 15 War Department civilians returning from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Philippines
Army
Navy
Red Cross
War Department
obituary fragment for M Bi dent former resident of McAdoo Floydada
An obituary notice notes the death of M Bi dent aged about four years? She formerly lived at McAdoo and Floydada. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Elmer Ri Hamilton of Texas with eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. The obituary cites Buckner of Lubbock as a relative.
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McAdoo
Floydada
Elmer
Ri . Hamilton
Texa
Wace
Buckner
Lubbock
Tokyo Fire In Imperial Palace Area Devastates Tokyo
Japanese broadcasters say a large portion of Tokyo is burned out by American fire bombs. Reports describe walls of fire sweeping the imperial palace grounds and the destruction of the front building, foreign ministry offices, and several palaces. Premier Suzuki expressed profound regrets over the damages to the imperial palaces.
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Tokyo
Washington
Japan
Marianas
San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Palace
Greater East Asia and
Transportation Ministry
United States
Afghanistan
FCC
Omiya
Hirohito
Chichibu
Mikasa
Yamashina
Fushimi
Nashimoto
Ken- Ri
Kan-in
Kantaro Suzuki
Imperial
Omiya Palace
OPA Announces New Ration Stamp Changes
The OPA announced new ration stamp changes effective June 1. Five red stamps for meats and fats and five blue stamps for processed foods will be valid through September 30. Red coupons Y through V and blue coupons H through M in book four expire May 2.
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OPA
Washington
Local Births Record At Lubbock Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Johnny Horn of Crosbyton announce a son born at 4 06 am Saturday at Lubbock General Hospital weighing 12 14 pounds. Mr and Mrs A C Faulkner 207 Seventh report a daughter born 2 18 pm Saturday at Lubbock General weighing 8 6. Mr and Mrs Joe W Roberts 1502 Twenty Eighth announce a son born 8 26 pm Saturday at West Texas Hospital weighing 8. Mr and Mrs A D Kennedy 1416 Fourteenth announce a son born 4 35 am Saturday at St Marys Hospital weighing 10. Cpl and Mrs Johnny Wiley Harris 2408 Fifteenth report a daughter born 9 46 pm Friday at Lubbock Army Airfield Hospital. Harris stationed at LAAF.
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Johnny
Horn
Crosbyton
Lubbock General Hospital
A. C. Faulkner
Lub‘bock General
Joe W. Roberts
West Texas
A. D. Kennedy
St. Mary’s . Hospital
Johnny. Wiley Harris
Lubbock Army Airfield
Cpl
Harris
LAAF
Goods and Samples Stolen From Auto
About $700 in merchandise and salesmen samples were taken from the car of Charles F. Boone at 1106 Ave L in Friday night thefts. Stolen items included 33 cartons of cigarettes necklaces fishing lines and rings some recovered in an alley. Other losses included a raincoat and steak knives from H W Green’s car at 1100 Ave K and a hat from J C Duam’s car at 1100 Ave L. A raincoat and blanket were taken from M Countryman’s car at 1802 Ave Q while Elmer Cecil reported a car entry with no apparent theft at 1611 Ave Q.
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Charles F. Boone
Ave. L
Ave. K
H. W. Green
Fort Worth
J. C. Duam
Mrs Mollie Swift Dies In Abilene Saturday
Mrs Mollie Stallings Swift a longtime Abilene resident died here Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs G W Pickle 2115 Main She is survived by her son W C Stallings of Sherman two daughters Mrs Alvin Balch of Abilene and Mrs A C Bertrand of Gatesville sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren The body was taken to Abilene and services were held at Elliott chapel Rix Funeral home announced
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Mollie Swift
Mollie Stallings Swift
Abilene
G. W. Pickle
Main
W. C. Stallings
Sherman
Alvin Balch
A. C. Bertrand
Gatesville
Elliott
Army lifts secrecy on Hog Islands embarkation port
The Army disclosed that 1,340,996 tons of ammunition were loaded at Hog Islands cargo port in Philadelphia with no severe accidents in nearly three years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Philadelphia
Hog Islands
Restrictions loosened for entering Commerce building
Washington May 26 after today visitors no longer must identify themselves to enter the Commerce department building. Government savings estimated at 135000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Mueller "Nazi" Out London Death Report
Luxembourg radio said Adolph Mueller founder of Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter committed suicide in Munich. The report came from London's dispatch on May 26.
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Mueller
London
Luxembourg Radio
Adolph Mueller
Hitler
Voelkischer Boebachter
Muenchen
Student Drowns On Alice Fishing Trip
May 26. Wallace Terrel, 17, a pupil at Alice High School, drowned today during a fishing outing. The tragedy occurred while the group was on the water near Alice. Emergency crews were unable to revive him.
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Alice
Wallace Terrel
Alice High School
Funeral arrangement pending for Bia R. Reed
Relatives report funeral arrangements pending for Bia R. Reed. Her husband works as a civilian at South Plains Army Airfield. Survivors include daughter Peggy Jane Adams. parents Mrs. D. F. Adams and M. Mrs. D. F. Adams. brother William Marcell Adams. and sisters Joyce Wyner Athal and Glenn Ruth Adams, all of Lubbock.
Hopkins And Stalin Confer At Kremlin
In Moscow on May 26 Harry Hopkins and Marshal Stalin held a Kremlin meeting. Details of the talk were not disclosed but likely touched on a wide range of topics including a possible upcoming meeting of the Big Three. U S representative and ambassador Harriman accompanied the U S party, with Molotov possibly present and Kennan and General Deane attending earlier talks.
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Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Marshal Stalin
Kremlin
Truman
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
London
Molotov
Hopkins
J. R. Deane
Russia
Harriman
Deane
George Kennan
Young Texas Hero To Get 30 Day Furlough
Lt Audie L Murphy, a freckle faced Texan from Greenville with nearly every Army decoration, was promised a 30 day leave at home. General O Daniel praised him while noting the Medal ceremony will wait for General Patch to present. Murphy’s actions in the Colmar pocket earned national acclaim.
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Salzburg
Austria
Texas
Audie L. Murphy
Greenville
Tex
Farmersville
John “Iron Mike” O'Daniel
Murphy
Colmar
Auto dealer dies in Temple after yearlong illness
Will I. Cole aged 54, a Temple automobile dealer, died of a heart ailment at Respite following a yearlong illness confirming his death on May 26. A native of Temple, he operated a local dealership and was widely known in the community for his business and civic involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Will I. Cole
Temple Automobile Dealer
Officials Set Session Abilene Convention Dates
Officers of the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners association voted to hold the annual convention in Abilene from September 13 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
West
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Billie Louise Berry
Kidy Belle Cole
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Aleen Rose Jackson
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Margie la Ruepore
Muleshoe
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Hilton Peters
Levelland Aie
Betty Davis
Marjorie Anne Schneider
Magogene Skinner
Brown C
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Amarillo
Paul Eick
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Flora Katharine Walhoe
Bettye Ruth Waltats
Littlefield
Norman Lewis Maison, Jr
Albuquerque
N. M
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Charles Henry Elder
Marion Stone Karr
Lindenwood College
Gulf Mob & Avia Corp
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NEW Cotton Exchange
Lubbock, Texas
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J. D. Hofstedler Truck CO
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Bia
Aed
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Alhea Finance Co
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Baker Hotel Co
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Dallas Railway & Terminal
Dr. Pepper Employers Casualty Co
Fidelity Union Life Ins
First National Bank
Galveston-Houston Co
Great Southern Life Ins
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Longhorn Portland Cement
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