SPAAF to Aid South Plains Scrap Salvage Drive
SPAAF salvage unit at South Plains Army Air Field will collect scrap metal across 15 counties including Lubbock Lynn Garza Hockley Terry Bailes Yoakum Lamb Hale Floyd Motley Cochran Crosby Dickens Kent. Lt Col Frederick W. Franke says November will be an all out push to move metal to scrap yards or disbursement points even when not donated to the Army. County salvage committees will provide labor for loading and unloading when metal is donated to the Army.
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South Plains
South Plains Army Air Field
Frederick W. Franke
SPAAF
Franke
Army
Campign
Lubbock
Lynn
Garza
Hockley
Terry
Bailes
Yoakum
Lamb
Hale
Floyd
Motley
Cochran
Crosby
Dickens
Kent
State Department Defends Policies
The State Department offers a body of papers to counter critics, compiling speeches and memoranda for the book Peace and War United States Foreign Policy 1931 41. It shows forewarnings of the rise of totalitarian powers and U S efforts to promote peace and world order against Axis aggression. The volume reports Hulls 1933 warning of probable war and notes Berlin Tokyo assessments, British interest, and 1941 Soviet警 warning of a German attack.
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James D. White
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
United States
Department
Germany
Japan
Italy
U. S
Switzerland
America
United Nations
Hull
Hans Luther
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Breckenridge
Rome
Ethiopia
Munich
Sumner Welles
Hitler
Soviet Union
Ministry ends onion ration as surplus tops demand
London report notes that two years after urging greater onion production farmers boosted supplies leading to plentiful stock. Retailers complain sales lag and the Ministry of Food announces rationing will end, making onions ration free.
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London
Ministry of Food
Diplomatic Plea and Pearl Harbor Surprise
The records show months of Washington talks and back and forth between the two governments. The tragedy culminates December 7 1941 when Nomura and Kurusu handed Hull Japan’s memorandum that no agreement could be reached through further negotiations one hour after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Washington
Kichisabura Nomura
Saburo Jurasu
Hull Japan
Pearl Harbor
Fur sale at Sweetbriar shop offers 12 month payments
In Our City notices a two day fur sale at Sweetbriar shop on Monday and Tuesday. A furrier leads the event and customers may trade in old furs with 12 months to pay.
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Our City
Sweetbriar Shop
SPAAF Promotions Announced Saturday
SPAAF announced promotions including Norman E. Borden Jr. advancing from major to lieutenant colonel as director of aircraft maintenance. Other officers promoted were Carl B. Hall and Lester L. Meisenheimer from first lieutenants to captains, Redmond John Shea Jr. Sheldon FE. Smith John LeRoy Crane and James Edgar Hendrix from glider pilots to second lieutenants.
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SPAAF
Norman E. Borden, Jr
Carl B. Hall
Lester L. Meisenheimer
Redmond John Shea, Jr
Sheldon FE. Smith
John LeRoy Crane
James Edgar Hendrix
Texas Flier Killed in Navy Plane Crash
Lt. Robert T. Porter of Waco was killed when a small Navy plane crashed near Everett Washington. The 13th Naval District announced the casualty this Wednesday.
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Texas
Seattle
U.P
Robert T. Porter
Waco
Everett
Wash
13Th Naval District
Rites Held Saturday For Victim Of Fire
Floydada Texas funeral services were held for Thomas B Hannon 71 who died after trying to extinguish a fire at his home. Firefighters found him in the yard with clothing afire and he said his stove exploded before losing consciousness. He died several hours later. Survivors include an estranged wife and seven children living in California.
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Floydada
Thomas B. Hannon
Hannon
California
Three Weddings At SPAAF Post Chapel
Three weddings were solemnized at the South Plains Army Airfield post chapel last week with Chaplain Howard A. Long officiating. Miss Kay Beatrice Jacobs of Crandall Mississippi wed Staff Sergeant Wilburn E. Williamson of Meridian Mississippi, with Miss Ann Sindek and Staff Sergeant Keester J D Lackey as attendants. Another Saturday ceremony joined Eva Mac Horness of Minneapolis Minnesota to Staff Sergeant George J. Alexaitis of Amsterdam New York, while Miss Bonnie Russell of Floydada and Lubbock married Staff Sergeant Frances E. Rasher of Beloit Kansas on Wednesday, with Miss Sylla Russell attending and Chaplain John F. McKenna officiating.
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South Plains Army Airfield
Howard A. Long
Kay Beatrice Jacobs
Crandall
Mississippi
Wilburn E. Williamson
Meridian
Miss
Ann Sindek
Keester JD. Lackey
Eva Mac Horness
Minneapolis
Minn
George J. Alexaitis
Amsterdam
N. Y
Bonnie Russell
Floydada
Lubbock
Frances E. Rasher
Beloit
Kan
Sylla Russell
Frank Ralph
John F. McKenna
Shift In Assignments Announced At LAAF
A former Columbus engineer Capt Wilbur H Stone becomes signal officer of LAAF replacing Capt Bertram Flower sent to Fort Monmouth New Jersey. First Lt Gordon R Close named assistant to Major Russell D Shively with 2nd Lt Frank D Creasey moving to budget and fiscal officer. 2nd Lt David G Cadena becomes commander of detachment 3rd Airways Communications squadron and post communications officer succeeding Lt Dwight F Dugan who transfers to Goodfellow field.
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LAAF
Columbus
Wilbur H. Stone
Eagle Pass Army Airfield
Bertram Flower
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Gordon R. Close
Russell D. Shively
Bis
Frank D. Creasey
Waco
Overton
David G. Cadena
San Antonio
Randolph Field
3Rd Airways
Dwight F. Dugan
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Postwar Set-Up Like WLB Is Advocated
Carl Schedler of the national War Labor Board urges a postwar set up similar to the WLB with boards to handle labor and industry issues. He cites Dallas regional WLB as efficient with fewer strikes and less downtime than others.
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WLB
Dallas
War Labor Board
Carl Schedler
National
Wilkins Funeral Set Here This Afternoon
Funeral services for D. G. Wilkins 38 of 1117 Thirty-fourth Street assistant professor of physics at Texas Technological College die Friday night in St Marys hospital will be held at 5 this afternoon at the South Side Church of Christ Elder W D Black of Levelland will officiate burial in Lubbock cemetery under direction of Sanders Funeral home Active pallbearers J D White Dr C C Schmidt Dr J W Davis Clay Turner G G Hunter and Ralph Bumpass Honorary bearers Dr Ernest Wallace O C Southall Vernon Holden A L Faubion W J Rogers and James McMenamy Survived by wife and two sisters Mrs Frank Gray and Mrs B W Knoll both of Lubbock.
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D. G. Wilkins
Thirty-fourth Street
Texas Technological Colege
St. Mary’s Hospital
South Side Church of Christ
W. D. Black
Levelland
Marshal Patton
Lubbock Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
J. D. White
C. C. Schmidt
J. W. Davis
Clay Turner
G. G. Hunter
Ralph Bumpass
Ernest Wallace
O. C. Southall
Vernon Holden
A. L. Faubion
W. J. Rogers
James McMenamy
Wilkins
Frank Gray
B. W. Knoll
Lubbock
Center Of Bremen Is Laid Waste By Raid
Stockholm reports that the center of Bremen was bombed by American four engined aircraft. A German spokesman cited heavy devastation in the city center and acknowledged Allied air superiority while stating Germany could not stop the raids. war would not be won in the air.
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Stockholm
Bremen
Berlin
Rem Thomson Elected President Of Lubbock Traveling Men
Rem Thomson of Fort Worth based Dickson-Jenkins Manufacturing was chosen as president of the Lubbock Traveling Men’s Association at a Hilton hotel luncheon. He succeeds J. L. Crow. New officers include Clyde Fortune and Ed Hall as vice presidents, Paul Yancy secretary, M. T. Taylor treasurer, with E. A. MacDonald Milton F. West and Byrd as new directors. Regular luncheons are on the second and fourth Friday each month.
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Rem Thomson
West Texas
Dickson-Jenkins Manufacturing Company of
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Hilton
O. L. Byrd
D. H. Bradford
Joe E. Sullivan
FE. A. MacDonald
Milton F. West
Byrd
Fred J. Johnson
E. T. Lynch
Earl Boggess
J. H. Bechtel
M. T. Taylor
O. L. Taylor
Soldier dies of injuries in Oregon maneuvers
Forrest W. Millard of Eddy, Texas, died from injuries after being struck by an Army truck near Wagonfire, Oregon, during the Fourth Corps maneuver area. Army officials announced the death as part of eleven service members killed in the current maneuvers.
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Fourth Corps
Oregon
Forrest W. Millard
Eddy
Tex
Wagonfire
Ore
Fur Sale Ad Offers 12 Months To Pay In Lubbock
In Lubbock on Monday and Tuesday a long running fur sale promises 12 months to pay. An experienced furrier is in charge of the event.
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Avalanche-Journal
SUN
Messersmith
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Moessersmith
Man
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Col
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Mallory
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