12 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1944
Page
1
The account describes a fierce close combat where Adams and his squad pressed toward German emplacements under rain and machine-gun fire. He crawled forward, knocked out a machine gun, and hurled grenades to disrupt the enemy positions while covering teammates advancing toward the objective.
Two of the nation’s top posts will go west when the new Congress begins in January. The military and agriculture chairmanships will shift as Reynolds and Smith leave those positions, opening stakes for Wheeler Thomas Johnson and others based on seniority and committee balance.
Rising Star Texas region including Brown Eastland Erath and Callahan counties is forecast to yield a peanut crop worth about 50 million dollars farmers expect a record harvest. Local banker comments on oil boom era deposits while individual farmer James Maynard reports 105 bushels per acre selling at 267.75 dollars with peanut hay for feed.
Fragmentary text mentions H. R. Cromwell and a divorce hearing. It notes a person declared she refused to meet terms, with references to a New York event last December and a move to Alexandria to work with the Seamen's Service for $11 a year.
A 91 year old man was brought to an emergency hospital in Sacramento after a fall at a juke box tavern. He allegedly cut his head while the staff suspected he may have been jitterbugging, but he did not explain the circumstances.
A fragmentary report notes a Saehild Paren forum referenced by Momboye. Readers see brief remarks on the discussion and its participants in a partial transcription.
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