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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1950

Page

4

Spy drama may unfold in Noel Field disappearance case

Western intelligence signals a potential breakthrough in the Noel Field family vanishings in postwar Europe. Noel Field, accused double agent, may testify in a forthcoming East German purge trial, with Fields linked to OSS networks and Hungarian Yugoslav espionage.

Kingsbury Smith INS Paris Europe Noel Field Soviet Russia United States State Department Prague Budapest U.S. State Department Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Field Noe Field Germany Laszlo Rajk Tito Tibor Szonyi Hungarian National Assembly Allan Dulles John Foster Dulles Szonyi Switzerland Office of Strategic Services Spi Bureau of Political, Economic and Social Studies Trotskyiite Walter Krivitsky Short Washington Kremlin Trotskyite

Farmwife Delivers Seventh Virgin Mary Message in Necedah

NECEDAH Wis Oct 7 Farmwife Mary Anna Van Hoof collapsed at her farmyard shrine after delivering what she said was her seventh final message from the Virgin Mary A Roman Catholic priest said he saw the sun whirl and 30 000 people witnessed the rain battered crowd heard the message calling for prayer for Russia conversion The priest declined to be named and reporters noted no unusual sun activity despite witnesses belief in the miracle

Russia

Johnson County repays loan for unused funds

Johnson County taxpayers finish paying a nearly $2 million loan they never spent. The 1921 $2 million road bond was largely unused after a bank president fled, and now taxes drop to $1.20 per hundred dollars, the lowest rate in 50 years.

Cleburne Johnson County

Poets Day Observance Urged by State and City Leaders

The National Society for the Advancement of Poetry sets Oct 15 as Poets Day with 32 states, Canada, and Mexico naming the day. Texas Governor Allan Shivers urges schools clubs and citizens to honor distinguished Texas writers and participate. Lubbock Mayor Clarence K Whiteside asks local participation.

National Society For the Advancement of Poetry Texas Canada Mexico Allan Shivers Lubbock Clarence K. Whiteside

McMurry College to Dedicate 600000 Building Complex

About 10 000 people are expected for the dedication of the Radford Memorial Student Life Center at McMurry College in Abilene. The event marks debt clearance and a seven year endowment and construction expansion totaling over 4 000 000 in new capital, buildings, and equipment. Six Methodist bishops will participate.

Abilene McMurry College Radford Memorial J. M. Radford Abiléne Harold G. Cooke Methodist College Texas New Mexico

Community Chest Drive Sets 1950 Goal at Littlefield

Littlefield kicks off the Community Chest drive with a $10,000 goal for 1950. The campaign begins Oct. 18 with a kick-off breakfast and involves three designated beneficiaries: $5,500 to the Salvation Army, $4,000 for a year-round youth recreation program, and $500 for the Girl Scouts. Fernand Hyvernat offers toupees for street wear in Paris.

Littlefield Allen Hodges Salvation Army Girl Scouts

Lubbock Pilot Cited For Meritorious F-80 Missions

First Lieut. Robert M. Lowry Jr. of Lubbock Texas received the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in Korea. He completed 10 photo reconnaissance missions over combat lines with the Fifth Air Force Fighter-Bomber group demonstrating outstanding devotion to duty and initiative.

Fifth Air Force Japan Robert M. Lowry Lubbock Tex Lowry

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