13 Oct 1944
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
1
Press staff writer recounts battered soldiers in France, showing a captain and sergeant worn by shellfire, cold, hunger, and fear. Marines or infantrymen endure four days of combat, mud, and risk, while readers are urged to see the harsh reality behind glossy magazine images.
Dallas and Fort Worth have been named by the War Food Administration as two of the nation’s 20 leading poultry and packing centers to reserve freezer space for meats and poultry for the armed forces. Frank W. Underwood, acting district representative, announced. Storage space will be allocated to commodities owned by the armed forces with top priority on movement out of storage.
Panagra urges the Civil Aeronautics Board to favor its postwar development plan and oppose five U S. applicants seeking Latin American routes to the west coast. Harold J. Roig argues expansion would harm private capital government subsidies and national prestige. Panagra, co owned by Pan American and W R Grace, already serves the Panama Canal zone and eight west coast countries.
The New York Daily News stopped its Battle Page that gave equal space to Republican and Democratic groups, due to potential libel trouble in the hot campaign of 1928 era. The move affects about 35 newspapers that had carried the page.
Washington Oct. 12 the War Production board revoked three orders restricting the manufacture of automobile license plates dog tags and other metal licenses returning them to prewar production basis.
War Production Board chairman J A Krug pledged help for industry to obtain machine tools needed for reconversion after V E Day in Europe. He warned requests will be screened to remove nonessential items. He said construction spending cannot loosen due to labor constraints and balance with munitions work needs.
The standard gauge for railroads in the United States and most European countries is defined as 5642 inches from the inside edges of the rails at the railhead top. This specifies the distance between rails for standard gauge track construction and compatibility across lines.
The 80 year old U S S Texas arrived at New York Navy Yard Brooklyn for refitting as 1700 officers and men begin shore leaves. The flagship of the battleship division suffered two direct hits during Cherbourg bombardment, killing the helmsman and wounding others. Captain Charles A Baker and Lt Commander L P Spear were among the wounded.
London dispatch reports a United States Army spokesman announced a stepped up drive for service members to vote by federal ballot in Britain. The deadline is Sunday and officials will not release figures on how many ballots have been cast in this theater.
The Texas, sister ship of the New York, was launched at Newport News in May 1912 and commissioned in March 1914.
Frank H. Moore announced the merger of the legal departments of the Kansas City Southern railway and the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. Joseph R. Brown of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, named general counsel with headquarters in Kansas City. Brown serves as the railroad’s attorney for Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Dr. John Jeffries of Boston financed the 1785 balloon crossing of the English Channel and accompanied pilot Jean Pierre Blanchard on the historic voyage.
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