A&M Board Approves Revised College Setup and New Leaders
The board approved a new governance framework for the 1944-45 fiscal year, expanding presidential discretion while maintaining board review. F. C. Bolton was named executive vice president. Dean E. J. Kyle resigned from the agriculture school athletic council, and Prof. C. W. Crawford was named to replace him. A new department of farm management was authorized, reflecting Texas range land needs. President Gilchrist outlined objectives for a statewide system in agriculture and engineering, with military training and extended outreach across Texas. New vice presidencies for agriculture and engineering were authorized, pending selection of a high-caliber candidate.
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Bolton
Gilchrist
F. C. Bolton
Walton
E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
A & M Athletic Council
C. W. Crawford
Mechanical Engineering
Kyle
Once
Texas
College Station
Prairie View
STUER
Tennessee
Trotter
Mississippi State Colq
Clinton
Miss
Mis A
M. College
Mississippi State College
Pi Agricultural Experiment Station
Delta Branch
Stoneville
Missouri
Unijaar
Ag Iture
Texas Agricultural Inent Station
Texas A. &Nsion Service
Texas ‘Forest Service
School of
Reaident Gilchrist
Ition
Births Report From Lubbock Area Army Bases
Pfc. and Mrs. J. B. Farris announce a son at 5 01 p m weighing 7 pounds 744 ounces at Lubbock General hospital. Father stationed at South Plains Army Airfield. Pfc. and Mrs. John L. Caskanett announce a son at 11 38 a m weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces at West Texas hospital. Father stationed at South Plains Army Airfield. T Sgt and Mrs Clarence Gervis Lovell announce a son at 5 31 p m weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces at Lubbock Army Air Field station hospital. Father stationed at LAAF.
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J. B. Farris
Ave. O
Lubbock General Hospital
South Plains Army Airfield
John L. Caskanett
Ave. M
West Texas Hospital
South Plains Army Air Eld
Clarence Gervis Lovell
College
Lubbock Army Air Field Station
LAAF
Battle Report: Allied Air Strikes Across Pacific and China
Allied air forces report four days of carrier strikes across the Ryukyus Formosa the Pescadores and the Philippines destroying 520 to 525 enemy planes sinking or damaging 143 ships and damaging 87 small craft not a single American surface ship damaged. MacArthur’s communique notes widespread operations including attacks on Amboina Ceram and Wewak with 130 tons of bombs. In China the fall of Kweiping signals a possible turning point while river shipping and sampans are targeted. Japanese forces in Burma near Tiddim appear trapped.
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Ryukyus
Formosa
Pescadores
Philippines
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Amboina
Ceram
Dutch New Guinea
Bodla
Wewak
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Bougainville
Shortland Island
China
Kweiping
Kwangsi Province
Lichow
Kewilin
Pai Chung-Si
Kweilin
Stalingrad
Burma
Tiddim
Superforts Blast Okayama as Largest Formosa Raid Yet
From A B29 base in West China, oct 14 Associated Press, Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay hailed the mission as the most successful Superfortress raid to date on the Formosa base at Okayama. Returning pilots praised precise visual bombing, heavy bomb tonnage, minimal opposition, and Navy carrier air support aiding the assault.
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Formosa
John Grove
Associated Press
China
Okayama
Navy
Curtis LeMay
Advances In Italy Continued From Page One
Allied forces push through Italian foothills as Casale falls to the Eighth Army. Mines and shelling slow progress while American troops to the west clear German positions in the mountain village of Gesso near Castel San Pietro. Heavy fighting along the Pologie Rimini road reported.
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Casale
Gesso
Castel San Pietro
Pologie-Rimin
Funeral services for former Senator core to be held tomorrow
A note from the community records the funeral for former Senator Core to be held at the family farm home tomorrow. Local grocer associates and friends are pledging support during the service and hours following.
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Ag Farm
De Gaulle urges French self reliance in radio address
Paris reports General de Gaulle in a fireside chat urged France to rely on its own efforts to regain greatness. He criticized Allied states for pursuing individual interests while fighting the same enemies and lamented France's position in war and peace planning.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Soviet Yugoslavia drive nears Adriatic by Belgrade
Russian and Yugoslav forces push west through Yugoslavia capturing Kumodraz Belipotek Arandelovac and other towns as they approach the Adriatic. In Latvia the Russians seize ten localities south of Riga and German defenses slow but hold Memel and Tilsit amid bombing.
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Reich
Paracin
Kraljevo
Yugoslavia
Greece
Kumodraz
Belgrade
Tito
Belipotek
Arandelovac
Valjevo
Adriatic Sea
Planganiesi
Latvia
Memel
Tilsit
East Prussian
Moscow
Berlin
Baltic
Niemen River
Germany's Postwar Controls Aim to Prevent Hunger and War
The document outlines strict German policies to aid the population while maintaining firm governance. It calls for individual and group oversight, restoration of transport for exchange of goods, and ongoing control of industry and political entities to deter cartels and curb a revival of militarism until Germany proves itself peaceful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Houston Architect Wins 36th Division Memorial Prize
Alden B. Dow of Houston won the 36th division memorial prize in Temple, earning 1000 dollars from 35 Texas entries. Second place went to John Thomas Rather and George W. Rustay of Houston, third to J. Murrell Bennett of Dallas, and fourth to Donald S. Nelson and Thomas D. Broad of Dallas. Awards will be presented October 29 in Austin at the Texas Society of Architects meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Society of Architects
Austin
Joseph R. Pelich
Fort Worth
Hurricane Moves Slowly Northward Near Grand Cayman
Advices from Miami indicate a tropical hurricane centered about 100 miles southeast of Grand Cayman drifting northward with 60 to 70 mph winds near the center. Squalls and gales cover a wide area. shipping near Grand Cayman and Cuba’s south coast are warned to take precautions as winds may rise late Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Miami
Fla
Grand Cayman
Cuba
Popular Vote Split 50 50 In Presidential Campaign
The latest state by state surveys show Roosevelt and Dewey nearly even in the popular vote with New Jersey and New Mexico tilting toward Dewey. Roosevelt leads in both popular and electoral counts, but margins of error keep a Dewey victory possible. Key states remain in play as final sentiment could swing results.
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New Jersey
New Mexang Ae
Roosevelt
Dewey
Muc
Texas
Reesevelt
Top Flight Rodeo Set For Pan-Am Show in Dallas
The first top flight rodeo in Dallas since 1937 will be at the Greater Pan-American Hereford exposition November 11 through 19. Entertainers from Madison Square Garden join professionals and amateurs from across the country for a event featuring 200 head of livestock and special acts. Pablo Risso of Uruguay will judge the cattle show, noted as a leading South American cattle expert with a 20,000 acre ranch and 4,500 Herefords.
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Dallas
Madison Square Garden
Texas Hereford Association
Pablo Risso
Uruguay
South America
Thornton Aims to Extinguish Chickasha Gas Well Fire
Oklahoma Natural Gas crews led by Tex Thornton of Amarillo prepared to blast a nitroglycerin charge within 24 to 30 hours to extinguish a blaze at the No 1 Chandler well in the Chickasha gas field. The 136 foot derrick was damaged by heat but no injuries were reported.
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Thornton
Chickasha
Okla
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Tex Thornton
Amarillo
Chandler
Youth Sets Haystack Fire at Mill Saturday
A five year old boy started a blaze at Standard Milling Co on Avenue N burning 100 to 150 bales of hay. A woman saw him strike a match to the stack. Firemen doused the flames. Loss estimated by assistant fire chief Glenn Smith. The youth lives near the mill.
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Standard Milling Co
Ave. N
Guy Casey
Glenn Smith
Miilis
Little Girl Scares Off Burglar in Philadelphia
Four year old Eileen Bliss defied a 200 pound burglar in Philadelphia by charging him and crying out, waking neighbors and causing the intruder to flee. Her father had just been inducted and sent to Fort Bliss. The mother Helen, 34, was awakened by a light in their room. The girl’s bravery prevented harm and alerted authorities.
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Philadelphia
Harold Bliss
Fort Bliss
Texas
Eileen
Helen
Glenda Joyce Ladd Dies at Lubbock General Hospital
Infant Glenda Joyce Ladd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ladd of 709 Fifteenth, died Saturday afternoon in Lubbock General hospital. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon, His Funeral home reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Joyce Ladd
James W. Ladd
Lubbock General Hospital
Louisiana Oil Report Details 12 Wells Producing 2672 Barrels
The minerals division of the state conservation department released its weekly oil report noting 12 wells completed with initial daily production of 2672.56 barrels and 18 new well permits issued in Baton Rouge.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Minerals Division
The
State Conservation Department Today
Pilots Face Court Martial For Buzzing High School Game
Two Army pilots accused of buzzing a football field during a Sept. 22 game between Carlsbad and Austin High of El Paso will face general courts martial scheduled for Tuesday at Carlsbad Army Air Field. The incident drew about 3,500 spectators and involved several high ranking officers.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Army
Carlsbad Army Airfield
Austin
el Paso
Tex
Sanderson Funeral Rites Held for Paul T. Sanderson
Funeral services for Paul T. Sanderson 56 chairman of the state prison board and president of the Southern Pine association were conducted in Trinity Tex today. The body was to be sent to Texarkana for short services and burial. He had been ill since March and died in Mexico City last Monday.
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Trinity
Tex
Paul T. Sanderson
State Prison Board
Southern Pine Association
Texarkana
Sanderson
Mexico City
Advisory Council Named For League Nine New Members Selected
Results of popular vote filling nine vacancies in the University of Texas Inter scholastic league advisory council were announced by Director Roy Bedichek. New members include Supt Knox Kinard Hereford conference A County Supt W T Graves Coleman conference B Supt H O Harris Sanger conference B Supt E N Dennard Marshall conference AA Supt W W Miller Dayton conference A Principal R B Sparks Robert E Lee High Goose Creek conference AA Supt H A Moore Kerrville conference AA Supt J W Roach Alice conference A Supt R D Lee Monahans conference A.
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Austin
U.P
University of Texas Interscholastic League
Roy Bedichek
Knox Kinard
Hereford
W. T. Graves
Coleman
H. O. Harris
Sanger
E. N. Dennard
Marshall
W. W. Miller
Dayton
R. B. Sparks
Robert E. Lee High School
Goose Creek
H. A. Moore
Kerrville
J. W. Roach
Alice
R. D. Lee
Monahans
Bob Nix Wins Texas Senior Golf Title in 18-Hole Match
Dallas's R H Bob Nix captured his third Texas Senior championship defeating Fort Worth’s Clarence Kraft 1 up at San Antonio Country Club. Kraft led 1 up through 14 holes before Nix won hole 15 and the 18th to seal the match. seven and 18 were halved.
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Bob’ Nix
Texas
San Antonio
R. H
Bob” Nix
Dallas
Texas Senior Golf Association
Clarence Kraft
Fort Worth
Country Club
Kraft
Jake Atz
Nix
Henderson Trial Set for Ranch Slayings Near Apline
Henderson, a Jeff Davis county rancher, faces murder charges in the slayings of his wife Pearl Henderson and her father W. C. Farris at the Henderson ranch home near Alpine. Trial in 34th district court is scheduled for next Tuesday.
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Henderson
van Horn
Tex
J. C. Henderson
Jeff Davis County
Pearl Henderson
W. C. Farris
Henderson Ranch
Apine
34Th District Court
Packer Allotment Set by War Food Admin
The War Food Administration directed packers under federal inspection to set aside 80 percent of all canner and cutter beet for overseas military operations and other war uses. L. J. Cappleman, regional distribution director, announced from Dallas on October 14.
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Packer
Dallas
War Food Administration
L. J. Cappleman
Wolverines blank Wildcats 27 0 for second league win
Michigan Wolverines overpower Northwestern Wildcats 27 to 0 in Ann Arbor. Gene Derricotte scores in the first quarter, Bob Nussbaumer adds two touchdowns in the second, and Bob Wiese finishes with a fourth quarter score.
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Wiese
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Wolverines
Northwestern Wildcats
Michigan
Gene Derricotte
Bob Nussbaumer
Bob Wiese
Aachen Front Advances and Allied Bombardment Report
Allied and German forces clash near Aachen with U S Third Army pushing toward Cornimont and advances in the Vosges. Allied air forces unleash heavy raids destroying railcars and locomotives as troops seize 1000 German prisoners in five days and Aachen suffers blackout conditions.
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Forte
Ont
Belfort
Cornimont
Schlucht
Vosges
Rhine
U. S. Third Army
France
Aachen
Thunderbolt
Lightning
Amarillo Couple Shot At Dallas Union Station
Mrs Edna Trego 25 of Amarillo was shot in the left hip and her husband Charles R Trego 36 a Dallas iron worker was shot in the right temple at Dallas Union Terminal. Both were hospitalized with serious to critical injuries. Police seized a .38 caliber revolver as Homicide Detective Baldwin investigated.
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Dallas
Edna Trego
Amarillo
Charles R. Trego
Dedication Of Park Is Expected Soon
Dallas date outlines plans for dedicating the 36th Division state park at Lake Brownwood. Executive director Frank D. Quinn said a dedication date will be set in the coming weeks if plans proceed. Wendell Mayes of Brownwood remains to confer with Coke Stevenson on a suitable date.
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Dallas
Lake Brownwood
Texas State Park Board
Frank D. Quinn
Austin
Brownwood State Park
Wendell Mayes
Brownwood
Coke Stevenson
Pte Lad L Brownfield Wounded in Pacific Island Action
The son of A M Brownfield writes his wife from a hospital center saying he was wounded during an island invasion in the Pacific and evacuated. He is with the U S Marines and believed to have participated in the Peleliu operation wounding not serious. Four arrests at a Carver Heights house yield gambling and assault charges plus a vagrancy case. An old fashioned Barn Dance for soldiers is set at South Plains Army Airfield Tuesday night with fatiques and gingham attire.
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Lad L. Brownfield
Brownfield
Pacific
U. S
Peleliu
Heo
Carver Heights
Negro District
Raymond Land
J. A. Wright
South Plains Army Airfield
Cotton Prices Move Feverishly In Close Week Limits
New York reports feverish cotton price moves this week as traders weigh government price actions and await Washington developments. October 1 crop estimate shows 10,953,000 bales with per acre 284.6 pounds, a potential new high amid delayed ginning and reduced mill use. Conferences with CCC officials are planned for Monday and Tuesday to discuss crop purchase and export regulations.
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New York
U.P
Washington
CCC
New York Cotton Exchange Service Bureau
Two Escaped Nazi Prisoners Retaken in Texas
Dallas report says two German war prisoners who escaped October 6 from Center Texas camp were captured by the Hempstead sheriff. FBI official D R Morley noted two more escapees from Las Cruces New Mexico camp, Frederick Anton Ettal Anton and Carle Heinz, age 20, were unaccounted for.
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Dallas
Center
Tex
Las Cruces
N. M
D. R. Morley
FBI
Otto Buss
Erich Rack
Hempstead
New Mexico
Morley
Frederick Anton
Ettal Anton
Carle Heinz
Antons
Polish Regimes In Negotiations For Unified Government
Rival Polish regimes from London and Lublin agreed to reopen talks for a combined government as Allied powers press a solution. Stalin and Churchill met Mikolajczyk and delegation to exclude the Warsaw uprising from discussions while planning a fusion government with limited London participants. Amb. Harriman observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce
Associated Press
Moscow
London
Lublis
Warsaw
Stalin
Churchill
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Mikolajczyk
Anthony Eden
Archibald Clark Kerr
Kremlin
Spiridonovka Palace
Poland
Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Negro Jailed After Chase Over Pay Dispute
A Black man, employed at a service station, was chased by more than six white men armed with clubs near Ave Q and Broadway after a pay dispute. He was rescued by two passing state officers C D McClain and Earl Backus. The man said his employer hit him over pay and he ran when others joined in. the manager planned to file a disturbance complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ave. Q
Broadway
C. D. McClain
Earl Backus
State, Liquor Control Board
Socialite Freed In Slaying Of Youth
Mrs Frances Andrews a 37 year old Carmel socialite was acquitted by an eight woman four man jury after six hours and eighteen minutes of deliberation in Salinas California. The prosecution argued she killed 19 year old Jay Lovett in jealous rage after he dined with another Carmel matron.
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Salinas
Calif
Frances Andrews
Carmel
Jay Lovett
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Toland
Davey
Kansas
Lewa
Maine
Conan Dewey
Qhie
Ming
Idaho
Dallas Terminal
Chase
Rich Mink
Hollander
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