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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1943
Page
1
Allied troops in Algiers react to a Senate recommendation for rest breaks after overseas service. Soldiers express mixed feelings, noting the belief in going home but skepticism about quick implementation and a possible long European occupation.
In our city the big fur sale runs Monday and Tuesday at Sweetbriar shop. Trade in your old fur and pay over 12 months. An experienced furrier will be in charge.
Plumbers returned to the Riverside housing project in Orange concluding a labor dispute that threatened the $4,500,000 government housing program. Assistant manager H. W. Stevens said workers were back but would not reveal numbers or details of any agreement. The walkout began last Wednesday with about 80 plumbers protesting the use of Black workers in underground pipe installation, following a separate painters strike settled Thursday over spray guns.
Sgt Dorothea Patrician Maria Callahan of Minneapolis, nine months in service, writes that it would aid her welfare to be returned to the United States for proper feeding. The Air Force relief policy varies and pilots often go home after 50 missions, while ground troops lack similar prospects. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
Cpl Roy A Bellah U S Marine corps arrives in Lubbock for a 30 day furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs D Bellah route 6 after more than a year in the Southwest Pacific He earned the Caterpillar club and the good conduct medal following paratroop missions in Guadalcanal and service in Samoa New Caledonia New Zealand and Sydney Australia He was reared in Corpus Christi enlisted April 6 1942 trained in San Diego and later served in the Pacific He is nephew of Mr and Mrs J Z McGaw also of route 6.
Washington oct 9 a lively House debate on a repeal bill ending Chinese exclusion is expected as Rep Gossett the immigration panel chief signals amendments to cut all immigration quotas by 50 percent for ten years and a possible abolition of all immigration. Dies supports closing immigration but rejects Chinese discrimination. The bill would remove racial limits and allow 105 Chinese per year under the existing quota system.
Arch bishop of York returned to England from Moscow where he conferred with Russian churchmen. He arrived in London on October 8 accompanying his entourage and prepared to resume duties in York.
In town on Monday and Tuesday a feature titled in that old fur with 22 months appears. The note highlights schedule details and dates, though OCR fragments limit precision, it signals a local arts event.
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