Fugitives from jail threaten hunters as deer season opens
Two armed Texas brothers, O. R. Throneberry, 28, and Randel Throneberry, 46, escaped Routt county jail while awaiting trial for the torture slaying of sheepherder Ethelbert Purdy. Sheriff Ernest Todd warned Colorado deer hunters to be on guard as the pair reportedly fled west toward Utah, then east toward Hayden and Toponas, with Todd’s car last seen near Vernal.
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Steamboat Springs
Colo
Colorado
Ernest Todd
Texas
Todd
Vernal
Utah
Hayden
Toponas
Ethelbert Purdy
Purdy
Thronecoves
Rawlins
O. B. Thronecovey
Coun
Tech President Praises Latin American Students Welcome
President Clifford B. Jones at Texas Tech expresses strong interest in Latin American students and envisions Tech as an educational Mecca for Latinos. He notes praise from parents and appreciation of courteous treatment by faculty and Anglo-American peers, highlighting campus harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Valdes
Torreon
Mexico
Coahuila
Miss Valdes
Southern Methodist University
New York
U. S
Khe Shari Social Club
Carlos Rios
Mexico City
Phi Psi Fraternity
Engineers Society
Cecilio Velasco
Tech
Jorge L. Munoz
Chihuahua
Jorge
Jones
Texas Tech
Clifford B. Jones
Two Killed in Plane Mishap at Victoria Army Airfield
Second Lt. Robert K. Malmsten of Scribner Nebraska and Aviation Cadet James B. Shields of Niagara Falls New York died in a training accident at Aloe Army Airfield. Two others, Lt. George W. Evans Jr. of Laurel Mississippi and Cadet Robert L. Holland of Dardanelle Arkansas, were slightly injured during the routine flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Victory
Tex
Robert. K. Malmsten
Scribner
Neb
James B. Shields
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Aloe
Robert L. Holland
Louis E. Holland
Dardanelle
Ark
Protection Asked By Hungarian Germans
A dispatch to Dagens Nyheter reports Hungary’s German minority appealed to the government for protection from Heinrich Himmler’s Gestapo. Readers quote protests that Himmler’s agents use violent terrorism methods against German nationals to ensure obedience to Nazi orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Hungary
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Himmier
Local Birth Announcements Highlight Nine New Arrivals
Congratulations pour for nine families with newborns in Lubbock. Mickey Lynn Taylor weighs 1 pound 4 ounces at home. Bruce Clary's daughter weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces at home. Huggins daughter 6 pounds 11 ounces born at Lubbock General. Whiteside son 7 pounds 1 ounce born at St Marys Hospital. Howard son 8 pounds at home. Armstrong son 6 pounds 10 ounces at Lubbock General. McNeil son 7 pounds 24 ounces at Lubbock General. Estes daughter 6 pounds 2% ounces at Lubbock General. Fathers hold various posts from drivers to military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Whiteside
Eighteenth Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Whiteside
Navy
Boston
Mass
W. E. Armstrong
Sixteenth Street
Lubbock General Hospital
South Plains Army Airfield
Charles W. Estes
Seventeenth Street
Pvt
Estes
England
Fighting In Italy Continues With Adriatic Front Actions
Allied forces press along the Adriatic front as Montgomery's Eighth Army halves a German tank threat at Termoli and air raids target targets across Italy. Allied bombers strike near Isernia and Formia while Northwest African Air forces hit Crete Rhodes and Eleusis as Axis losses surpass six thousand planes since November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volturno-Termoli
Ligurian Sea
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Termoli
Paris
Wasto
Palata
Isernia
Formia
Naples
Eleusis
Athens
Greece
Heraklion
Crete
Kasteli
Maritza
Rhodes
RAF
Calato
Air Force Headquarters
Axis
North Africa
Soviet Press Claims Breakthrough Across Dnieper Front
Soviet dispatches report three bridgeheads across the Dnieper and new gains north and south of Kiev and near Kremen chug. Liozno fell to three Soviet columns near Vitebsk, forcing the Moshna river railway town. The Moscow communique lists 24 towns captured toward Latvia as German counterattacks were repelled.
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Dnieper
Kiev
Kremenchug
Russia
Liozno
Vitebsk
Moshna
Moscow
Monitor
Latvia
Nevel
London Radio
Leningrad
British Destroyer Intrepid Reported Lost
The Admiralty disclosed the loss of the British destroyer Intrepid in a communique with no details. The vessel helped rescue 300 Britons from the Nazi prison ship Altmark in February 1940 off Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intrepid
Norway
Armament engineers hail .50 cal as finest in world
Wrightfield engineers praise the .50 caliber machine gun on American planes as the finest of its kind. Tests show the gun can pierce bomber skin and armor, weigh about 65 pounds, fire at 850 rounds per minute, and deliver 3 000 feet per second muzzle velocity. Remote turrets and advanced ammunition feeds also progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Wrightfield
Army Air Force
Wright Field
Republicans Attack Government Spending
Washington October 9 Republicans push to cut government expenses after criticizing the 10.5 billion tax program. Minority leader Martin says no new taxes without economy, while Cannon notes taxes are needed to fund WWII era spending. Rep Taber suggests potential $4.658 billion in cuts. Ways and Means to hear private proposals next week on tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Martin
R-Mass
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Taber
R-Ny
Ways and Means Committee
Trio inville Slayings Tied, Abducted Girl on the Run
Morell describes kidnapping a teen girl and murdering Mrs Wilson and McKay after luring them to the barn. He tied the girl and Mrs Wilson, struck McKay, and killed the two victims in the farmhouse living room before placing the bound girl in McKay’s car. Janice says she was unaware of the killings and had dated Morell since last July. They traveled toward Stoneboro with little food after leaving the Wilson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
McKay
Morell
Stoneboro
Janice
Wilson
Mercer
Wilson Home
Southern California shuts out St Marys Navy pre flight
Southern California halted a strong St. Marys Navy pre flight football squad 13 to 0. A crowd of 30,000 witnessed the game as USC preserved an unscored-on record for the season.
Fur Sale at Sweetbriar Shop This Monday and Tuesday
In town for two days the Sweetbriar shop hosts a big fur sale with a trade in option on old furs and 12 months to pay. An experienced furrier is in charge, Advy.
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Sweetbriar Shop
Lubbock
Old Civil War Ties Reused as Coast Guard Hitching Posts
In Brownsville, October 9, coast guard mounted patrols unearthed wooden ties from a Civil War narrow gauge line built by Union forces under General Francis Herron. The ties are now used as hitching posts and form a sand corral and feed barn beams. The line, meant to ship supplies from Brazos Santiago Island to Clarksville, was never used for that purpose after Texas troops under Col. John S. Ford drove out the Union forces.
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Coast Guard
Brownsville
Albert H. Cody
Seymour
Francis Herron
Brazos de Santiago Island
Clarksville
Rio Grande
Texas
John S
Mann Asks Dismissal Of Plea By Thomas
Austin Oct 9 Attorney General Gerald C Manin filed a motion to dismiss the habeas corpus petition of R J Thomas president of United Automobile Workers CIO in Texas Supreme Court The case stems from Thomas test of a new Texas labor union law after his release on 1000 bond following jail time for addressing a labor rally and alleged solicitation of union membership without registration
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gerald C. Manin
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas
Texas
James Pp. Alexander
Supreme Court
Pelly
Secretary of State
J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District Court
Three West Texans Wounded In Action
United States soldiers wounded in action announced by the War department include Pvt. Marvin J. Clark of Lubbock Un Mrs Lillie L. Clark. S Sgt. Alton B. Walker of Silverton. Pvt. Quince G. Williams of Hereford. Clark in North African area Sicily. Walker in European theater. Williams in southwest Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Department
Marvin J. Clark
Lillie L. Clark
Lubbock
Sicily
Alton B. Walker
Blanche I. Newman
Silverton
Quince G. Williams
Alice Williams
Hereford
Southwest Pacific
Giant Martin Mars Ends Long Flight
The world's largest flying boat, the Martin Mars, completed a 32 hour endurance flight. It covered roughly the Baltimore to Berlin distance with 22 persons aboard, circling a course near Baltimore Norfolk Cape Cod and New York as reported by the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
Berlin
Navy
Norfolk
Cape Cod
New York
Railroad Ends in Hands of Builders and Southern Forces
The fragment describes one end of the new railroad in the builders hands and the other under Southern military control, indicating a division of control along the track as construction nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos Island
Texas Officers Promoted In Air Corps
War department announces temporary promotions for two Texas Air Corps officers Arthur Guy Martin of 2410 Twenty-ninth street and Dale Howard Rasberry of Hotel Lubbock from second to first lieutenant. Last rites scheduled for Sgt. David V Gegg age 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gegg of 2706 Twenty ninth street, at First Presbyterian church with burial in Lubbock cemetery under Rix Funeral home. Three day rodeo by American Business club praised as a success. prize money $1200 distributed to rodeo stars. event to support Boys club fund. financial report pending on sponsor's net proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Howard
Twenty-fourth Street
SPAAF
War Department
Texas
Arthur Guy Martin
Twenty-ninth Street
Dale Howard Rasberry
Hotel Lubbock
Air Corps
David V. Gegg
John M. Gegg
Twentyninth Street
First Presbyterian Church
J. M. Lewis
Lubbock Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
American Business Club
Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds
Southwest
Boys Club
Woman and Child Drown When Boat Hits Log
Mrs. Evelyn Tatum aged 25 and her three year old nephew Donald Lee Galloway drowned when their 14 foot fishing boat struck a log on the San Jacinto River near Highlands. Four year old Kenneth Abner Tatum, son of the woman, survived but remained in serious condition.
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Houston
Evelyn Tatum
Donald Lee Galloway
San Jacinto River
Highlands
Kenneth Abner Tatum
Indiana Triumphs Over Nebraska 54-13 on Hoernschemeyer Passes
Indiana defeated Nebraska 54-13 in Lincoln, rolling with six passing touchdowns from Robert Hoernsehmeyer and two rushing scores as about 5,000 spectators watched. The Hoernsehmeyer connection fueled a dominant offensive day for the Hoosiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Robert Hoernsehmeyer
Indiana
Nebraska
Mexican Laborer Killed in Slide Wreck
Manuel Salazar, a young Mexican laborer on the J. W. Moore farm in Slide, was killed about 11 o'clock Saturday night when his car collided with a truck bed. The driver, Raymon K. Vardeman, 25, of Lubbock route 4, may have been the other occupant. Salazar died at the scene and was transported to Sanders Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel! Salazar
J. W. Moore
Slide
Salazar
Moore
Raymon K. Vardeman
Lubbock
Vardeman
Sanders Funeral Home
Flying Instructor Killed In Coleman Field Crash
Coleman Texas October 9 T W Sanford 28 an instructor at Coleman Flying school was killed when the plane crashed about five miles west of here Aviation Cadet Sam Anthony Maira 23 of Cleveland Ohio escaped with minor injuries by parachute Parents of the instructor were notified in Chandler Arizona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman, Tex
T. W. Sanford
Coleman Flying School
Sam Anthony Maira
Cleveland
Ohio
Here
Maria
Chandler Ariz
U S Bombers and German Fighters Force Land in Sweden
A Swedish communique reported by OWI said three United States bombers and two German fighters made forced landings in Sweden today after a battle off the southern coast, believed to result from Allied raids into eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
OWI
United States
Sweden
Europe
Bronze Ponce de Leon statue forged from captured Dutch cannon
A statue of Ponce de Leon in Puerto Rico was cast in bronze made from melting the cannon seized from the Dutch during their 1625 assault on San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce de Leon
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Fur Sale Ad Promises 12 Months to Pay
In Lubbock Monday and Tuesday an old fur sale offers 12 months to pay under the guidance of an experienced furrier.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ochis Taylor
Seventh Street
Mickey Lynn
Taylor
Porter-Listrand Clinic
Bruce Clary
Avenue C
Bryant
L. E
Gene) Huggins
Twenty-first Street
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Richard McNeil
Twenty - Second Street
McNeil
Italy
Mann
Martin Mars
Coleman Field
U.S
Coats
Grollman’s
Grolmans
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