South Plains Fair Opens Monday Amid Strong Ticket Demand
The 1946 South Plains Fair in Lubbock runs six days with near $17 000 in prizes. Livestock, agriculture, and women’s divisions share about $7 000, plus $6 000 for midget car races and roughly $4 000 for rodeo prizes. Premium boosts favor milking shorthorns to aid beef and dairy cattle value. Advance ticket sales reported brisk by the Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ticket prices include seasonal and single admissions for both adults and children, with automobile options and bus/cab shuttle services. Bands from Lubbock High and Texas Technological College to perform at several locations.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Lubbock High School
Texas Technological College
Merchants
Daily Markets Slide as Low Volume Persists
New York trading shows a quiet, downtrending session with the 60-stock AP index down 0.3 to 62 as volume hits two-year lows. Major names including Hiram Walker, Chrysler, GM, U S Steel, Macy and others moved fractionally, while cotton futures mirrored cautious hedging and expected government reports.
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The
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Associated Press
Hiram Walker
Chrysler
International Harvester
General Motors
Santa Fe
U. S. Steel
Bedocdicent Montgomery Ward
Beer Referendum Totals by Precinct in Lubbock Area
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports beer election results by precinct with totals for each polling place, showing For and Against tallies led by Roscoe Wilson and others. The document also includes a detailed ownership and circulation statement dated October 1, 1946, with names of editors, publishers, and managers.
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Roscoe Wilson
E. Carter
Arnett-Benson
Siston
Slaton
Roosevelt
Idalou
Berton
Monroe
Shallowater
Wolfforth
Woodrow
Poser
NeClume
Abernathr
Estacado
Hurtwood
Congress
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche
Market report from New York and Chicago trends
At A Glance New York stocks ease as leaders retreat while bonds weaken rails decline. Cotton bids irregular with hedging. Chicago wheat firm with feed grains and corn sees short covering. Oats for November strong with limited supplies. Hog prices nominally steady with top at 16.25 and cattle also steady.
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New York
Chicago
British Plane Forced Down In Yugoslavia
British air craft forced down near Nis Yugoslavia with no casualties Allied headquarters and Belgrade reports conflict over craft type Belgrade says courier plane while Belgrade dispatch described it as combat plane.
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Yugoslavia
Rome
Nis
Belgrade
Allied
Caserta
Bearcats Beat Naval Air Station Comets 7-0 in Corpus Christi
Sam Houston State College Bearcats of Huntsville defeated the Naval Air Station Comets 7-0 before about 3,500 fans in Corpus Christi. The win improves SHSU's football showing as the team rolls to a shutout victory on the road.
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Corpus Christi
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Naval Air Station
Comets
West Texas Fans Pack Train to Dallas for State Fair Opener
A 15 car special train carried more than 950 West Texas travelers from Lubbock to Dallas for the Texas Tech football game and fair day events. Officials say total fair attendance surpassed 100000 on opening day with 90000 plus through six gates by five o’clock.
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Lubbock
West Texans
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Union Station
Main Street
Texas Tech
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Press
Waxahachie
Multiple Collisions and Incidents Reported in Lubbock
In Lubbock, Cecil Aliford and S T Rogers were treated after a Saturday morning collision at Sixteenth and Avenue J. A separate three-vehicle crash near Fifteenth and Avenue Q led to drunk driving arrests. Firefighters addressed an oil stove fire at East Avenue F. Police investigated break-ins at McClendon Brick and Tile and Johnsons Paint and Paper. A Carver Heights center event served about 208 Negro children with prizes awarded. Dale Wallace co edits a Horace Walpole letters series at Yale Press. A Slaton highway disturbance caused hospital treatment for two. Two Mexican men were treated at St Marys hospital for eye cuts. The Ly is defeated 20 to 0 by Crozier Tech in Cotton Bowl. Ratliff notes 3,000 people attended.
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Shallowater
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
S. T. Rogers
McClendon Brick and Tile Company
Avenue R
Johnson’s Paint and Paper Company
Paint Company
Dale Wallace
Texas Technological College
Horace Walpole
Yale Press
Slaton Highway
Lubbock
Leroy Holley
Avenue N
West Texas Hospital
O. C. Surratt
Avenue Q
Texas Highway
British Assail Plan Palestine and Churchill Attlee Clash
An Arab spokesman accused the President of politicizing Palestine while Iraq’s foreign minister condemned links with Zionist sources in America. Churchill blasted Bevin policies in Britain's Palestine stance and India decolonization, praising US and Russia alignments as the situation worsened globally. An accident report noted a car striking a horse at Fifteenth Street and Avenue G, with two injured men hospitalized.
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M. Fadhel Jamali
Iraq
America
Daily Mail
Washington
Robert Hannegan
Churchill
Attlee
Associated Press
Blackpool
England
Winston Churchill
Britain
India
Ernest Bevin
Russia
United States
Wallace
British
Beauford Jester Set for Tech Convocation in Lubbock
Beauford Jester Democratic gubernatorial candidate will speak at Texas Tech in a 3 p.m. convocation in the college gymnasium. The event, arranged by Tech president Dr. W. M. Whyburn, follows his arrival at 12:15 p.m. and precedes a tour of the campus.
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Texas
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Texas Technological College
W. M. Whyburn
Tech
Railroad Commission
Lubbock
Whyburn
Jester
George Dupree
University of Texas
Texas Tech Matador
D. O. Wiley
Dr. Whyburn
Births Notice for Medlock Family and Hersom Family
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Medlock of 2613 Second on the birth of a daughter weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces at 6 15 a m Saturday in West Texas hospital. The father is a trucker. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hersom of 224 North Avenue H on the birth of a son weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces at 5 40 p m Saturday in St Marys.
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L. T. Medlock
West Texas Hospital
J. W. Hersom
North Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Redistricting Drive Blamed For Unequal Texas Maps
State Redistricting for Lubbock and eight surrounding counties in the 119th district shows a combined population of 130 204 with one representative. McFarland blames the legislature for constitutional violations and says redistricting should occur every ten years after the U S census. The last district adjustment occurred in 1921.
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Lubbock
McFarland
U. S
Cotton gin fire destroys 13 bales in Scurry County
A predawn blaze at the Planters Gin in Dunn, Scurry County, destroyed 13 bales of cotton. Snyder Fire Chief N. W. Autry and crew assisted Gin Manager Hugh Billingsley as bales were rolled into a creek and moved to safety. It was the first cotton fire of 1946 in the county.
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Snyder
Dunn
Scurry County
N. W. Autry
Hugh Billingsley
Army Plane Heads On Last Part Of Flight
The Pacusan Dream boat reported at 3:20 am GMT that it left a Mediterranean thunderstorm and was over Crete on the final leg of its Honolulu to Cairo flight, as per the Air Transport Command.
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U. S. Army
Pacusan Dreamboat
Greenwich
Crete
Ays Air Transport Command
Slump In Business Signals Cautious Recovery Outlook
The Agriculture department foresees meat demand easing 12 to 15 months hence as consumer income falls in late 1947 or early 1948. AFL's Labor's Monthly Survey says living costs have peaked and prices may drop by early next year. Reconversion Director Steelman warns price rises could price out buyers, risking a depression. Hagen notes inventory buildup of 6.5 billion dollars annually, expected to clear by mid‑1947 as supply catches demand.
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Agriculture Department
AFL
John R. Steelman
Hagen
Balkan Pacts Aim To Meet Oct 15 Reparations Deadline
Soviet sources indicate a push on final ballots by non belligerent states and a six through party dispute on procedure before treaties. Reparations totals list Italy 325 million to Russia and others plus Bulgaria and Finland payments, totaling 1.290 billion with Greece Yugoslavia and others as recipients.
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Ethiopia
Romania
Czechoslovakeia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Soviet Union
Lubbock Artist Receives Recognition in Korea Exhibit
Roger Hall of Lubbock son of Mr and Mrs J M Hall of 1912 Twenty seventh Street is stationed with Army occupation forces in Korea. His orchid painting in an oriental style drew attention in an exhibit commemorating Korea emancipation. Hall, in the 7th Infantry division chaplain’s office in Seoul, Korea, was promoted to sergeant.
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Roger Hall
J. M. Hall
Korea
Hall
7Th Infantry Division
Seoul
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Lubcock
Dorrance Roderick
FE Paro
Gene A. Howe
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Amarillo
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Willie Warren Watkins
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T. N. Russell
Little Sisters
Lubbock Boys Club
Sharon Lee
Billy Leifeste
Peggy Lee
Jerry Tom Williamson
Shirley Ann
Billy Wayne Goodrich
Mary Ruth
John Wilkerson
Charolette
Kenneth Woodard
Patricia Ann
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Viola
Claude Weir
Paula
Jimmy Washington
Vanney
Jo- Don Washington
Diana
Helen Haley
Patricia
Roy Ward
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Jerrie
Tom Cheatham
Laverne
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Charles Shoemaker
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Richard Frost
Leona Sinclair
Jackie Chancey
Sherry Nell Cambell
Carroll Blackburn
Grand Wray Clark
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Billy Pearson
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J. O. Easter
Sheriff's Department
Frank Mitchell
Carver Heights
City Recreation Department
Douglass Sedberry
Willie Mae Carr
Lafayette Locke
George Harold Woods
Jessie Belle Walker
Robbie Lee Howard
Whitlow Thomas
Edward Jones
Tom Johnson
Crozier Tech
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C. W. Ratliff
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