Icy Russian Winter At Hitler's Throat
War analysis notes another brutal Russian winter threatens Nazi lines on the Dnieper front. Moscow aims a campaign that could end Nazi retreat and pressure German forces before spring, with subzero weather shaping the Soviet offensive ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
United Nations
Clare
Russia
Simpsoner
Dnieper
Moscow
Kharkov
Orel
Bryansk
Smolensk
Nevel
Black Sea
Fallen Zaporozhe
Baltic
Crimea
Stalingrad
Neverail
Orsha
Vitebsk
Europe
Funeral for Bunch Set This Afternoon
Funeral services for Harry Wilford Bunch who was killed when his truck struck the end of a bridge near Pogt will be held at 3 PM at Central Baptist Church in Lubbock. Burial will follow in a Lubbock cemetery with Sanders Funeral Home directing. Bunch resided in the city about six years and is survived by his wife, parents, seven brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wilford Bunch
Pogt
Central Baptist Church
Eighteenth Street
Jeff D. Welch
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Bunch
W. M. Bunch
Clinton
Tenn
Taylor Infant Dies After Brief Illness
George David Taylor two and a half months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Taylor of 402 Avenue R died at 3 30 Saturday afternoon in a West Texas hospital after about three days illness. Graveside services were held today in Lubbock cemetery under Sanders Funeral home. Survivors include four brothers Ernest Eugene Lester LeRoy Clinton Wayne and Eddie Charles grandparents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Taylor of Luebens and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Winkles of Brownfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George David Taylor
J. L. Taylor
Avenue R
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Ernest Eugene
Lester LeRoy
Clinton Wayne
Eddie Charles
C. W. Taylor
Luebens
E. L. Winkles
Brownield
Howard Gets 40 Years For Slaying His Wife
Millard R. Howard was convicted of second degree murder in the shooting death of his 27 year old estranged wife Maxine Howard an air lines mechanic in an apartment hallway. A jury yesterday found him guilty and he faces a forty year prison term in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
U.P
Millard R. Howard
Maxine Howard
Airines
Howard
Donation drive aids Shriner Hospitals for Children
Donors with surplus canned fruit vegetables jelly and jams encouraged to bring items to KFYO for forwarding to Shriner Disabled Children Hospitals in Shreveport New Orleans Dallas and St Louis. Texans send goods to Dallas hospital while others tour local families and military personnel in Lubbock and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriner Crippled Children
DeWitt Landis
Khiva Temple
Landis
KFYO
Shreveport
St. Louis
Dallas
Shrine
Texas
LAAF Band Concert Moves to Senior High Auditorium
Lubbock Army Airfield band will broadcast from Senior High School auditorium Wednesday at 7 30 p m solos by Lt s Chas Prescott and Richard Chamberlain. Prescott sings United Nations and The Open Road while Chamberlain performs Sylvia and Old Man River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
E. Prescott
Richard Chamberlain
Lubbock Army Airfield
Prescott
United Nations
Shostakovitch
Malotte
Lt. Chamberlain
Lubbock
Oleg Speaks
Sylvia
Jerome Kern
Schuyler Appointed Quartermaster at Randolph Field
Col Roy L. Schuyler was named quartermaster at Randolph field headquarters of the Army Air Forces central flying training command. He comes from Washington D C and is a World War I veteran, previously serving as post quartermaster at Fosterfield Victoria Texas.
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San Antonio
Roy L. Schuyler
Randolph Field
Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command
Col Schuyler
Washington, D. C
Fosterfield
Victoria
Tex
Randolph Post
Exports of cotton urged after war to restore world markets
Washington reports a special cotton industry committee says export of several million bales annually is essential for the South and the nation. Officials including Marvin Jones and Francis Sayre indicate focus on postwar world demand and competition from Brazil and India.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Judge Jones
South
Burris Jackson
Hillsboro
Texas
Spectral Industry
Francis B. Sayre
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
State Department
Edward R. Stettininus, Jr
Bernehard Knollenberg
Lend- Lease Administration
W. L. Pierson
Export-Import Bank
W. L. Clayton
W. L. Walker
Houston
Walker
Brazil
India
Elimination of Tech Beauties Set Today
A 2 pm elimination in the Journalism building will cut 132 nominees to 32 for the La Ventana beauty contest. Tech men students on a 10 member committee will select finalists for the student body election next Wednesday. nominees must appear in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
la Ventana
Buster Melton
Ted Crager
Charles Fugitt
Mike Godfrey
Alpha Phi Omega
Pat Blount
Eleanor Cotton
Ellen Helm
Virgirl Miers
Texas Postwar Roads To Need 542 Million
A Texas Good Roads association survey shows postwar road needs totaling 542 250 177 dollars for the immediate period after war. The three year program before Congress provides Texas 60 million dollars in federal funds annually, to be joined by state funds for a total of 80 million dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Good Roads Association
Congress
Texas
Former Callers To LSO Write Letters
North Africa inspired letters from Lubbock Service Organization volunteers. Ed ward B Cohen writes from Sicily about nightlife in French North Africa and Italy. Bill Hummer from Lubbock Army Airfield is home on furlough in Wilksburg, Pa. Harlan Fisk in San Antonio longs for Lubbock and better barracks. Lt John Suchu, fresh from Blackland AAF, visits his brother Nick Suchu in Lubbock. Mrs Francis Keenan sponsors SPAAF dances, with Leona Gelin noting rising attendance and top dancers Neema Sherrord and Elwanda Godfrey. Four dances ahead include Oct 20 informal SPAAF hall, Oct 22 pre flight graduation hotel dance, and Oct 29 Kappa Gamma Halloween formal at the Hilton for SPAAF men.
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Robert L. Pardue
G. V. Pardue
Twenty-first Street
Lubbock
Pardue
Salt Lake City
Utah
San Antonio
Cucero
Waco
SAAF
Clovis
N. M
Lubbock Senior High
Tech Theatre
Texas Tech
North Africa
Edward B. Cohen
Lubbock Service Organization
Sicily
Italy
F’o Cohen
Wilksburg
Bill Hummer
Lubbock Army Airfield
Cpl
Hummer
Chamber of Commerce
Harlan Fisk
Aood
Fisk
John Suchu
Blackland Army
LSO
Liberal
Kas
Pfc
Nick Suchu
Francis Keenan
Keenan
South Plains Army Airfield
SPAAF
Leona Gelin
Neema Sherrod
Elwanda Godfrey
Recreation Hall
Kappa Gamma Sorority
Hilton Hotel
Fatally Injured Driver in Underpass Crash
Jesse Donovan Roads, 30, of Dallas and employed by a packing company, was fatally injured early today when his car crashed into a concrete pillar of an underpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Jesse Donovan
Packing Company
Texan Killed In New York Plane Accident
Stewart Field in New York identified two training plane crash victims as Lieutenant Leighton O. Anderson 21 of Raymondville Texas and Lieutenant Charles O. Beck 25 of Alexandria Louisiana. Their two engine plane crashed on a mountain near Ellenville Ulster County and was found yesterday by Stewart Field fliers who spotted the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stewart Field
N. Y
Leighton O. Anderson
Raymondville
Tex
Charles O. Beck
Alexandria
Ellenville
Ulster County
Stewart Field Fliers
George L. Schlatter
King County Secures First Commercial Oil Well
Wichita Falls reports that a wildcat well five miles east of Guthrie was shut in for storage while King County is assured of its first commercial oil production. The Humble Oil No. 1 Bate man estate flowed 30 barrels per hour yesterday in the J. A. Rector survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Guthrie
King County
J. A. Rector
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Bateman Estate
Sun Spots Said To Drive War By Engineer
Lake Bluff engineer Sydney Wood argues sun spot peaks raise electrical activity in people and trigger restlessness leading to war. He cites Civil War Franco Prussian War and World War I as past examples and notes Nile and climate cycles align with sun spot periods every 738 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bulli
Lakebluff
Sydney Makepeace Ood
Mussolini
Hitler
Wood
Illinois Society of Engineers
Nile
Delinquents Urged to Notify Draft Board
New draft orders warn all men who have not kept in touch with their local draft board or reported address changes are liable to induction. Mrs Viola Younger, clerk of Lubbock County Draft board No 1, said delinquents in the last three months should consult the board or be reported delinquent after November 1 and may be classified for service or assigned to work of national importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Younger
Lubbock County
Guard Promotions Announced Here
The Texas State Guard met at the American Legion hall and sworn in new regular enlisted men Gordon Mayes H J Jones Estell Hendrix C Winston Bumpass and 5 Taylor. Promotions were announced Ist Sgt Wm C Thompson to Ist Lt Sgt Joe B Petillo to Ist Sgt Cpl O D Click to Sgt and Pfc Wilbur C Cassey to corporal. An honorable discharge was granted to former supply Sgt Sam R Pangburn who helped organize the guard two years ago c Brook F Stephens will assume duties.
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Texas State Guard
American Legion Hall
Gordon Mayes
H. J. Jones
Estell Hendrix
C. Winston Bumpass
Taylor
Wm. C. Thompson
Joe
Petillo
Cpl
O. D. Click
Wilbur C. Cassey
Sam R. Pangburn
C. Brook F. Stephens
Episcopal Circles Plan Luncheon At Members Homes
St Pauls Episcopal auxiliary schedules circles to meet in homes Monday circle one skips circle two gathers at Mrs R F E Ponce 2517 21st street circle three at Mrs Clayton Carters 612 30th street with Mrs J K Burke assisting for a 1 p m luncheon. Members to bring cotton aprons to wear to Red Cross rooms after.
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Episcopal
St. Paul’s Episcopal Auxiliary
R. F E. Ponce
Twentyfirst
Clayton Carter
J. K. Burke
Red Cross
Forecasting Cold Fronts: Weather Accuracy Alarms Public
The public will be astonished by forecast accuracy with claims forecasters could predict temperatures ten days hence to the exact degree, such as 17 degrees below zero, showcasing a bold promise in weather science.
New Salvation Army assigns Nichols to Lubbock command
Maj. and Mrs. Damon C. Nichols arrive in Lubbock as commanding officers of the Salvation Army. They will reside at 1120 Seventeenth Street with 15-year-old Gerald Hastings, a corps cadet. Nichols, a World War II veteran, has led multiple Army posts and served as chaplain in Oklahoma. He and his wife are ordained ministers and aim to continue Capt. Herman Lambrecht’s work.
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Mra
Damon C. Nichols
Lubbock
Salvation Army
Army
Seventeenth Street
Gerald Hastings
Corp
Maj. Nichols
Salvation Army Training College
Beach Aircraft Corporation
Wichita
Kas
Galveston
Orange
Fort Worth
Austin
Oklahoma
Enid
American
Beaumont
Navy Reports Loss of Small Patrol Craft Moonstone
The U S Navy announced the loss of the patrol craft Moonstone in the Atlantic after a collision on the night of October 15 16. All hands were saved and the vessel built in 1920 formerly named Lone Star carried about 50 men under Lt W R S Curtis of Greenville South Carolina. It was the 123rd U S Navy wave vessel announced as lost in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
U.S.S
Atlantic
W. R. S. Curtis
Greenville
S. C
Lone Star
Moonstone
Prejudice Against The Mexicans Vanishing
Mexico City reports Texas State Senator Jesse E. Martin of Fort Worth says racial prejudice against Mexicans in the United States is disappearing. He notes Americans like Mexicans and that discrimination, if it exists, is fading as Mexicans in the U S gain greater responsibility.
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Mexico City
United States
Texas
Jesse E. Martin
Fort Worth
Mexico
Martin
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Clarksville
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Lt. McCraw
Pratt, Kas
San Marcos
Evan Otis Mackey
Ella Mackey
Avenue L
Seabees
Iceland
Oakland
Calif
Davisville
R. I
AR. K. Green
Wanda Lee
Lamesa
J. O. Green
Twenty-fifth Street
Young Green
Department of Agriculture
LAAF
Senior High
Schuyler IN
NEW Post
Edwin Brown
Baker Company
Dial
JEEP
Australia
Sansom’s
Paint & Paper CO
Guard Promotions
New Salvation Army
Phiebo Worth
Saving Fox
America
Atorel
Hellpoint
Sam
Southwestern Public Service Company
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