Island Of Cheju Noted As Potential Western Pacific Gibraltar
Associated Press report profiles Cheju Island in Korea as a strategic western Pacific point. It cites location 70 miles south of Yasu and Mokpo, sizes 40 by 17 miles, and a population near 100000. History notes Mongol invasion plans, 1937 air strikes, and postwar occupation with sparse dispatch mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. White
Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific
Cheju
Quelpart Island
Saishu
Yasu
Mokpo
Kublai Khan
Japan
Sasebo
Tokyo
Formosa
Dairen
Shanghai
Vladivotok
Manila
Khabarovsk
Borneo
Irkutsk
China
Pearl Harbor
Huge Sum Found (Continued From Page One)
A widow in Fort Worth who paid rent with crisp $100 bills over four years left half her estate to a sister in Oklahoma and one quarter each to two nephews in Texas and California. Her husband Louis J. Weigle, a stock broker, died in 1935. She requested cremation and scattering of ashes. the remains were kept at a funeral parlor.
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Healy
Louis J. Weigle
Weigle
Georgia Rosser Erdwurm
Chickasha
Okla
Tech Board Approves Budget Changes and Resignations
The Tech Board agreed to four payments for the year and accepted two resignations Miss Turner library assistant and E C Polk English instructor who leaves for the Veterans Administration at double his current pay A budget revision allocates 3200 for cafeteria employment funds and a temporary storage addition The board also backs a veterans guidance center on campus Attendees included Chas C Thompson Chansler Weymouth Mark McGee J B Collier Jr Kyle Spiller and O B Rathfr Laurbbock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Turner
E. C. Polk
Veterans Administration
Veterans Guidance Center
Chas. C. Thompson
Colorado City
Chansler Weymouth
Amarillo
Mark McGee
J. B. Collier, Jr
Fort Worth
Kyle Spiller
Jacksboro
O. B. Rat Hf
Laurbbock
Advertising for bids for two concrete reservoirs in Leveland Texas
Legal notice states proposals will be received in Leveland Texas until November 14 2248 for construction of two 51x51x18 foot concrete reservoirs with sand traps and misc improvements. Bid bond or certified check of 1600 dollars to City of Leveland plus 10 percent performance bond upon award. Plans at city hall and engineer offices for $15.00. The county highway project also advertised with bid deadline and bond requirement.
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Civ
Leveland
Texas
Ate
Clock Room
Leglend
Bm Tesponsibie curety_company
Satiste City Council
Commis- 7
Joe E Ward
Conmeer
D&s Harvey-Snider
Wichita Falls
Cry
Icelane Texas
Apembatey
Dimta
Castro
Sha I Tue
Kacie
Green
Tricora
Tub
Cimvier Texas
Sccre
Unan Ag
Tec homecoming draws 13 000 to 20 000 crowd in 21st event
Alumni Jam City highlights DeWitt Landis Hop Halsey Jess Levens and Joe Stanley as 2 000 former students join a noon buffet in the gym. Memorial service honors World War II dead between halves of the home game. Matador band forms a Double T taps plays the Matador hymn and 3 000 attend Friday pep rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Landis
Hop Halsey
Jess Levens
Joe Stanley
Texas, New Mexico
Oklahoma
Lubbock Bus Company
Tech
Morley Jennings
Jennings
Tarbox
Truman supports Byrnes policy ahead of New York talk
Vandenberg notes a 25 minute speech may go beyond welcome words and signals a major foreign policy address in New York. Officials expect Truman to discuss speech content with Byrnes Acheson and Austin. Byrnes plans to attend the talk and Connally endorses the Byrnes line aboard the Queen Elizabeth as the peace conference shows substantial progress.
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Truman-Byrnes
New York
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Mr. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Truman
Acheson
Austin
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Atlantic
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Amarillo witness links Thomas to slayings and gear loss
Mrs Veazey testified Thomas stayed at their Amarillo home before the killings and left Monday around 4 pm returning Tuesday morning. She described gear removed from her garage and a claim that a pair of her son’s basketball shoes bore the killer’s marks later buffed to remove design.
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S. L. Veazey
Thomas
Amarillo
Alvis
Daily Market Reports Highlights Stock Irregular Decline
Wall Street records irregular declines with modest week gains. Du Pont, General Motors, and Chrysler edged lower while Westinghouse rose on year end dividend. Chicago futures showed volatility in wheat corn and oats with notable price swings. Fort Worth wheat and feed suggest steady cash prices for local traders.
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Wall Street
New York
Byrnes
du Pont
American Woolen
Chrysler
General Motors
Westinghouse Airbrake
American
Philip Morris
Texas Co
Associated Press
Camden Fire Insurance
Pantepec
Middle West Corp
Chicago
Boys' Club Official To Attend Meeting In Waco
Vernon L. Jackson Lubbock activities director will attend a Texas area council of Boys' Clubs of America meeting in Waco Tuesday. John W. Wilson announces discussions on regional prospects, alumni involvement, fundraising, and the role of boys' clubs in work, with leaders from across the state present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon L. Jackson
Lubbock
Waco
Texas Area Council of Boys’ Clubs of America
John W. Wilson
Boys‘ Clubs of America
Sherman Man Found Dead In Arkansas
J. P. Cammack aged 55 of Sherman Texas road contractor was found dead in a tourist cabin in Little Rock Arkansas. A gas heater was on in his room and a coroner jury ruled death accidental suffocation. He had been supervising a road project near the city.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. P. Cammack
Sherman
Tex
At A Glance Stock Market Briefing
New York report notes easy trading, slow dealing. Bonds show narrow activity with some rails lower. Cotton market closed for the day. Chicago wheat falls 4 to 5 cents amid hedge selling. Corn and oats weak and nervous. hogs and cattle hold steady with little change.
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New York
Cotton—Exchange
Chicago
Fort Worth and Kansas City Cattle Market Mixed Week
Cattle trends show uneven moves with beef steers and yearlings up 1.00 to 3.00, stockers strong, and cows and bulls mixed. Hogs and sheep also shift with tops reached in various classes, Kansas City showing higher steer and cow prices before late-week declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
USDA
Kansas City
Colorado
Markets Show Price Protests Lift Cattle Hogs and Grains
The week saw protests on prices with cattle ceilings at 20.25 plus subsidies up to 2.40 for certain grades and hog ceilings at 16.25 with a 1.75 subsidy. Poultry and eggs declined as meat supply grew, butter fell, lard rose on open market deals, and cash corn and oats slipped in Chicago and Minneapolis. Cotton futures spiked by 25 dollars per bale, prompting a Senate inquiry and market-wide clock reset as wheat futures hovered near two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Methodist Meetings For Area Announced
Dr. L. N. Lipscomb district superintendent will fill pulpits at Seagraves Semino le Denver City Plains Wolfforth McClung Crosbyton and Lubbock churches with services this week and reports 2946 converts to date and 100 percent finances expected for the district by the Pampa conference on November 6.
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L. N. Lipscomb
Seagraves
Seminole
Denver City
Plains
Wolfforth
McClung
Crosbyton
St. John’s Methodist Church
Lubbock
Crusade Office
Chicago
Lipscomb
Dr. Lipscomb
Cotton Exchanges Close Across States On Holiday
Cotton markets in Dallas Houston and Galveston closed for a holiday and planned to reopen Monday as other major exchanges in New York Chicago and New Orleans also halted trading. Officials cited a price drop of as much as 25 a bale and pending investigations ordered by the Agriculture Department. Dallas secretary Karl Hunt said the move was revolutionary and stressed the exchange merely facilitates trade. A separate line notes Maine's farm census showing 127000 recon on farms in 1944.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Texas
Agriculture Department
Karl Hunt
Dallas Exchange
Heap Smart Girl Evelyn Yellow Robe Wins 1946 Medal
Evelyn Yellow Robe a great grandniece of Chief Sitting Bull and instructor at Vassar College received the 1946 Indian Achievement Medal of the Indian Council Fire in Chicago for distinguished work in speech pathology. She hails from Rapid City South Dakota.
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Heap
Evelyn Yellow Robe
Sitting Bull
Indian Council
Chicago
Vassar College
Rapid City
S. D
Texas Education Welfare and Roads Costly Revenue Share
Comptroller George H. Sheppard released an analysis of Texas state receipts and expenditures for the year ending Aug 31 1946. Education claimed 35.42 cents per dollar spent totaling 84509604.41 dollars. Public welfare pensions and retirements claimed 32.92 cents totaling 78557865.05 dollars. Highways and road debt accounted for 20.24 cents or 48290057.26 dollars. Total government outlay was 238616434.15 dollars with revenue receipts of 301523177.25 dollars. Taxes and licenses comprised 68.11 percent of revenue. motor fuel taxes led with 18.70 percent and gross receipts and production taxes 1? cents.
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Austin
George H. Sheppard
Hallowe'en Party Slated by Lubbock Boys' Club
Plans for the second annual Hallowe'en party at the Lubbock Boys' club were announced by executive director John W. Wilson. The event October 31 will include games such as apple bobbing and pie eating, a house of horrors, a fishing booth, fortune telling, and a costume contest with $5 prizes for the spookiest outfits. About five hundred people attended last year, with preparations aiming for a larger crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en
Lubbock Boys’ Club
John W. Wilson
Boys’ Club
Wilson
Texas Boys Named To Attend FFA National Convention
Two Texas boys James Hancock cock of Timpson and Brody Lee Koon of Brashear will represent Texas FFA at the national victory convention opening in Kansas City. Hancock is president and Koon vice president of the Texas FFA which has over 21 000 members in Texas high schools.
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Texas
FFA
Kansas City
James Hancock
Timpson
Brody Lee Koon
Brashear
Future Farmers of America Association
Hancock
Koon
Texas Ffa
S/Sgt Theron Lee Returns From Overseas Service
S/Sgt Theron Lee, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Lee of 2110 Twenty fifth, has docked in New York City after a year with the Hanau engineers in Germany. He enlisted 18 months ago and, upon discharge soon, plans to enter Texas Tech per his mother.
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Theron Lee
Lewis Lee
New York City
Hanau Engineers
Germany
Texas Tech
Price Ceilings to Stay on Leather and Shoes
Washington officials said price ceilings for leather and footwear will be retained despite livestock decontrol. An OPA official warned that removing controls now would trigger a price surge, with ceilings covering costs of hides handling curing storage and a profit margin.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Porter
Man Found Stabbed In Box Car At El Paso
Earl D. Thompson 24 a former Navy enlisted man was found stabbed to death in a box car near El Paso Texas after a stop 40 miles away He was with four race horses shipped from Skidmore to Phoenix detectives noted about 40 small chest wounds and a death instrument was not located Thompson had left Skidmore at 3 am Thursday and was last seen alive at the prior stop by a Bee county official.
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EL Paso
Tex
Earl D. Thompson
Navy
Bee County
Vail Ennis
Beeville
Thompson
Skidmore
Phoenix
Ariz
Norwich
Anderson Calls for Market Checks On Hog and Cattle Sales
Anderson argues no new meat means higher marketing costs for producers and urges checking with market agencies to ensure hogs reach marketing centers in slaughter condition. He cites heavy cattle marketing as grasses-fed herds remain large and notes removal of controls aims to balance supply for consumers. He plans to attend the American Royal Horse Show and campaign in California and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Calif
New Mexico
Silverton Chamber of Commerce Formed
Silverton forms its Chamber of Commerce with W. Coffee Jr elected president through Jan 1, 1947. John Earl Simpson and Perry Whittemore selected as vice president and treasurer, joining directors Claude Grimes Vern Beardin Durward Brown and Mike Mason. Next board meeting set for Wednesday night.
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Silverton
Silverton Chamber of Commerce
W. Coffee, Jr
John Earl Simpson
Perry Whittemore
Coffee
Claude Grimes
Whittemore
Vern Beardin
Durward Brown
Mike Mason
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Avenue M
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Laurence Wiley
Tyler
St. Mary’s Hospital
D. J. Kellar
West Texas Hospital
T. E. Bragg
Jam City
Vandenberg’s
The
United States
Daily Market Reports
Bales
Central
North Pac
Graham Paige
Armour and Co
Yestock
Anaconda
Arch T
Avia Corp
Beth Steel
Braniff A
Curtiss
Greyhound
Eee
Cmeee Tyre Montsom
Ohio
Packard
Pan-Am Air
Panhandle P and R
Penney J
Repub
Sears
Sinclair Oil
Socony Vac
Ltd
UB Steel
West UA
Ae Aman Ba
Ark Nat
el Bondan
Humble Oj
Lone Star Gas
Arkansas
Maine
Hallowe
Caskey-Woods Company
College Dial
Friden Calculators
Sporting Goods
Orde
Baker
Tea Baker Company
14Th and
Avenue J, Lubbock
DIAL
Glentone
College Ave
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