South Korean Troops Deepen Push Along 38th Parallel
North Korean forces retreat under pressure as South Korean units advance 35 miles into enemy lines aided by U S air support. Prisoners report a North Korean stance at Wonsan while UN forces tally high enemy casualties in renewed offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Yangyang
MacArthur
United Nations
Peoples Republic” of North Korea
Republic of Korea
Korea
Soviet Draft Proposes All Korean Elections Under UN Oversight
The article outlines a Soviet proposal for an all Korean government with elections under UN auspices. It calls for a UN committee with neighboring states to observe elections and for UN Economic and Social Council aid plans for Korea. It notes disagreements with UN eight nation plan and mentions participation issues of Russia and Communist China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Committee
Korea
Russia
Red
United Nations
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Security Council
China
Tax Increase Seen to Support Defense Spending
Defense leaders discuss boosting taxes to 40 billion dollars with a 25 billion hike needed to fund a pay-as-you-go rearmament program. Administration economists expect higher national income after defense outlays to cover much of the rise and plan a renegotiation act to curb defense profits, aiming for about 10 billion in new tax requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
George
Senate Finance Committee
Births Reported at Local Hospitals
Adie Reneet Mackey of 336 East weighing ounces at 4:5 pm Sunday at Porter Clinic hospital. The father is a saberer. Mr and Mrs Juan of 116 Ave N on birth of a daughter at 3:3 am Monday at Porter Clinic hospital. The father is a laborer weighing 8 pounds. Mr and Mrs Susie Pam of 118 Ave on birth of a son weighing 4 pounds 1 ounce at 6:46 am. at Marrs hospital. The father is a postal clerk. Mr and Mrs Robert Haley of 4118-A on birth of a son weighing 13 ounces at 12:43 pm Sunday at Lubbock Memorial hospital. The father is a bank teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adie Reneet i Mackey
East
St Porter Clinic Hospital
Tike Taiher
Juan
Ave. N
Porter Clinic Hospital
Susie Pam
Ave
Robert H. Haley
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Posey Honored as School Namesake in Lubbock
Walter S Posey received the honor of having the new East Broadway elementary named after him. The dedication celebrated Poseys counsel to youth and long service to Lubbock with a ceremony including Supt Matthews and trustees. The five acre site cost 6500 with a 223869 building price. Open house followed the dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum
Walter S. Posey
Posey
Lubbock
South Plains
Warren
R. W. Matthews
Matthews
East Broadway
A. C. Jackson
O. R. Walker
Tidmore Construction Co
Paul Rieger
Walter Posey Pta
Ishmael Hill
Dorothy Lomax
Max Tidmore
Lubbock Officials Mull Library Funding and Courthouse Use
City and county leaders debated library funding amid revenue questions and the possibility of using part of the old courthouse for library space. A plan to exchange property near Hunt school block and a park was discussed, with a year‑ahead meeting suggested to finalize a workable agreement benefiting both courts. County would transfer 17,800 to the library and levy 0.0225 cents of the tax rate to library funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Lubbock County
Lucian Thomas
L. E. Davis
O. A. Terry
Lubbock Public Library Association
Matthews
George M. Hunt
Seventeenth
Ave. M
Reds Reject Allied Demand for POW Information
Washington reports that the Reds rejected an Allied demand for information about German prisoners of war as a political maneuver amid postwar tensions. The briefing notes a diplomatic clash involving American and Soviet contacts reaching the issue.
Exemption Rules outlined for defense related purchases
A notice explains defense priority measures amid railroad freight car shortages. Three groups of products are exempt from NPA rules: items not under NPA jurisdiction such as power coal gas petroleum and more. non military items bought from armed services and housekeeping supplies. and communications services and scraps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NPA
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
Armed Services
Medical Meet Highlights Planed Sessions and Attendees
Registration opens at 9 a.m. at the Hilton with a 9 30 a.m. assembly at the American Legion home. Sessions take place in the Hilton Chimayo Yaqui and Colonial rooms with talks by Drs Kieffer Hayes Muirhead Potts Boehler Redrick Spence Sparkman Long Malone Sanders Peacock Payne Warner Kelly Kanster Wall Neblett Hunter and others. Luncheons social hour and banquet follow with officials led by Dr Pauline Miller and Dr Mina Watkins. Manufacturers booths of supplies and equipment add a exhibits section. Participants travel from New York Evansville St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Pasadena Columbus Richard Dallas Amarillo and Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Roland S. Kieffer
St. Louis
E. R. Hayes
E. E. Muirhead
Southwestern Medical College
Dallas
Hilton Hotel
American Legion
Charles R. Potts
Houston
C. C. Boehler
el Paso
W. G. Reddick
Harry M. Spence
Robert Sparkman
John Charles Long
Plainview
P. W. Malone
Nell Sanders
G. E. Peacock
Big Spring
Ralph B. Payne
Jan R. Warner
Francis J. Kelly
Amarillo
J. E. Kanster
Wichita Falls
D. D. Wall
San Angelo
R. A. Neblett
Canyon
Tom R. Hunter
Wellington
Hilton
Ming Tree
Broadway
Pauline Miller
Lubbock
Panhandle Society
Fred Crumley
James T
New York
Evansville
Ind
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pasadena
Calif
Columbus, C
Richard, Va
Plains Settlement and Culture Chronicle on Texas History
The excerpt traces West Texas mission origins in the South Plains, noting the 1879 first Lubbock Crosby county colony at Marietta with 200 residents. It recalls farmer settlement, land clashes, and eventual farming dominance, and mentions Panorama Episode 4 depicting 1900s life including the bicycle and horseless carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
West Texas
South Plains
Lubbock Independent School Trustees Meet at Posey School
The Lubbock Independent School District held its October business session at the new Walter S Posey elementary school prior to dedication ceremonies. Highlights include tax roll approval, election of several new faculty, and a 1100 funding for music programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock Independent School
Walter S. Posey
A. C. Jackson
G. G. Hammer
University of Missouri
R. W. Matthews
Bennie Mae Sexton
P. F. Brown
Pauline Benskin
Guadalupe
Sally Sims
Bean
Louis I. Neill
Wolffarth
Betty Penn
J. T. Hutchinson
Vancille T. Smart
Lottie Mae Ford
Walter Posey
Norman R. Haertig
Richard O. Thomas
Armed Services
Tropical storm watch as Gulf coast braces
A tropical storm is moving westward at 10 to 12 mph with winds up to 55 mph, about 250 miles southeast of Galveston late Monday night. Texans inland report light showers in Big Spring Presidio and Marfa while the Panhandle and South Plains remain dry. Havana Cuba replaces 50 year old streetcars with American buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Coats
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Associated Press
Big Spring
Presidio
Marfa
Panhandle
South Plains
Opening Day Parade Dominates Lubbock Fair
Price Daniel and John C. White head the downtown Parade of Progress as nine bands march past the Avenue A gate. Attendance and events fill the day with free entertainment, Miss Junior Lubbock selection, and a Panorama show amid reports from Taejon and Seoul on postwar horrors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
John C. White
White
Agriculture Department
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Texas Technological College
Daniel
Lonehcone
Ays
Lubbock
Avenue H
Courthouse
Fourth Street
Fourth
Broad Avenue A
Avenue A
East Broadway
Panora Caildren
Uncle Sam
U. S. Air Force
Spur
Brownfield
Levelland
Abernathy
Slaton
O’donnell
Tahoka
RAFB
132Nd Field Artillery
Queens of the Fair
Sheriff’s of
Lamb
Terry
Lynn
Ralls Rainbow Girls
Southwestern Public Service Company
Oldsters R
Fairgrounds
Queens
Miss Allen
Roberson
Burglary Reports Across City Include Church Safe
A wife be threat charge dismissed while arrest of Bennett at his residence by deputies Bolen and Mitchell is noted. Police investigated weekend burglaries including a First Baptist church at Main and a broken basement window entry with a safe knob knocked off. Loss was about 157 dollars cash plus checks. Additional break ins hit McWorter school and R V Brannan residence with clothing and tools stolen. Authorities warn of possible use of a key to gain entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
F. H. Bolen
Frank Mitchell
First Baptist Church
Main
J. Ralph Grant
Grant
Pete Hubbard
Bob West
McWorter School
West
R. V. Brannan
Brannans
Jack Lam
Itasca
iNCWS BRIEFS TO NEW ORLEANS FOR AIME MEETING
iNCWS BRIEFS report travel to New Orleans for the annual AIME petroleum meeting. They will stay all week and return to Lubbock Sunday. John C. White, Texas Agriculture commissioner elect, received a western style hat from Lubbock Veterans of Foreign Wars post during his Panhandle South Plains fair visit. Post commander Wm Earl Creel presented the hat on behalf of the post. Funeral services are set for Mrs. R. C. Calvert 68 of Afton at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Afton Church of Christ officiated by Jack McCormick. Mrs. Calvert died Monday in a Big Spring hospital after months of illness. Survivors include son George Calvert of 1119 Thirty first Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyongyang
Seoul
Taejon
U. S
John J. Muccio
State Department
Muccio
Communist Radio
Chu Teh
Red Army
Formosa
Tibet
Chu
Shu
Agriculture Department
George
Scotty) Samson
Post
Samson
Hale County
Floyd
Castro Counties
New Deal Vocational Agriculture Division
Roosevelt
Veterans Vocational Agriculture Department
Avalanche-Journal
Neil Wright, Jr
The
Fair Association
New Orleans
Petroleum of the Aime
Lubbock
John C. White
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
R. C. Calvert
Afton
Afton Church of Christ
Jack McCormick
W. G. Hardin of Brownfield Dies at 83
Brownfield obituary notes W. G. Hardin Sr. 83 died after long illness at 404 W Buckley. He helped found Brownfield, served as one of its first postmasters, taught in early schools, and belonged to the Church of Christ. Funeral set for 3 p m Tuesday at Crescent Hill Church of Christ with Elder Jimmy Woods officiating. burial Terry County Memorial under Brownfield Funeral Home. Survivors include wife, four children, three sisters, and numerous relatives. Honorary pallbearers listed from Brownfield and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
W. G. Hardin
W. Buckley
Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Jimmy Woods
Aa of Christ
Tennessee
Hardin
Robbie Webb
Levelland
Kathleendin
Houston
G. Hardin, Jr
Port Arthur
Joe Hardin
Fort Worth
Mattie Livingston
Eaton
Alabama
Pearl Cunningham
Florence
S. O. Dilbeck
Springtown
Texas
H. R. Winston
C. J. Smith
W. H. Collins
R. E. Self
Kyle Graves
G. W. Chisholm
A. M. Brownfield
A. R. Brownfield
G. G. Gore
Will Adore
Glen Harris
Roy Harris
T. G. Sexton
Walter Gracey
A. J. ‘Strickland
M. R. Stroup
W. P. Forbes
H. Parks
W. H. Bridges
Willie Winn
James Harley
Field Day At Spur Station Set Today
The annual field day of the Texas Agriculture Experiment Station at Spur will be held Tuesday with about 1,000 area farmers and dignitaries in attendance. C. E. Fisher and Dale Young will oversee proceedings, joined by the Sheep Goat Raisers association leader and other station officials.
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Ward
Borden T. Wright
Tokyo
Farmer
Hospital
I & Postal
Washington
Frank Hudging
Lubbock-Crosby Medical
Roy G. Loveless
Lubbock-Crosby Medical Society
E. A. Rowley
Texas Medical Society
Mina Watkins
Lubbock School
Havana
Cuba
O. H. P. King
U. S. 24Th Division
West Taejon
Francis C. Biel
Father Biel
Dorothy Goode
Ada Anderson
Seminole
Winnie Allen
Louise O'Neal
Mary Jones
Lockney
Betty Thomas
Hale Center
Katie Smith
Carson Brady
Panorama
Incws Briefs
Spur Station
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