Army reorganizes six schools to create unified airborne program
Washington reports War Department orders restructure of six Army schools including Fort Bliss antiaircraft and Fort Sill air training to subordinate airborne and infantry schools under Fort Benning. The move aims to make all ground units air transportable and reduce overhead by shifting headquarters and training duties to the new departments.
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Washington
Fort Bliss
Texas
Jacob
Devers
E Infantry School
Ort Benning
Acti Yues
Coast Artillery School
Orf
Winfield Scott
Calif
Antircraft
Tex
Airraining
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Riley
Kans
Field Artillery
Artillery Hool
Fort Winfield Scott
Air Training Department
Artillery School
World's Highest Mountain Measured From Ocean Floor
Hawaii's Mauna Kea rises about 31 750 feet when measured from its base on the ocean floor. The height is noted as the mountain's total elevation from base to summit. Scientists emphasize the measurement includes submarine portions beneath the sea.
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Mauna Kea
Hawaii
Marriage Licenses List From Lubbock Area Clerks Office
Official records show multiple marriage licenses issued to residents of Brownfield Lubbock Orton and surrounding towns. Calvin P. Ticer 21 weds Bobbie Jean Nettles 18 of Brownfield. Delwin L. Jones 33 weds Reta Womack 23 of Orton. Willem McCoy 24 Los Angeles weds Marie Louise Kleus 19 of Lubbock. George Graham Jr 36 Morton weds Zriphia Neely 18 of Rock Springs. William Spikes Jr 26 of Lubbock weds Catherine Churchill 24 of Colorado City. J Vernon Gosdin 37 weds Lora Haney 30 of Lubbock. Paul Robertson 24 weds Neem Hushes 20 of Idalou. Walter Barfield 39 weds Ethel Vernon 36 of Lubbock. Hershel McNutt 28 weds Wilma Morse 20 of Lubbock. Marvin Staten 25 Seminole weds Oletha Cates 23 of Lubbock. Court notices include divorces guardianship and removals of disabilities. Building permits construction and lot transfers are listed with addresses and values.
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Calvin P. Ticer
Bobbie Jean Nettles
Brownfield
Delwin L. Jones
Lubbock
Reta Womack
Orton
Willem E. McCoy
Los Angeles
Marie Louise Kleus
George A. Graham, Jr
Morton
Zriphia R. Neely
Rock Springs
William Jefferson Spikes, Jr
Wilma Morse
Marvin E. Staten
Miss Oletha Cates
Hortenz to Thrill Circus Audiences Here Next Friday
Hortenz the famed acrobat stars in Cristiani's acrobatic display at East Broadway show grounds. The program features six performers with daring springboard and pyramid feats. Other acts include Cristiani Family bareback riders Lucio spanglelands comic, Flying Thrillers, world high perch acts Billy Powell, and the Great Davises. Shows begin 2:15 and 8 p.m with a noon steam calliope concert by Tommy Comstock.
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Cole Brothers
Lubbock
East Broadway
Hortenz
Cristiani
Lucio
Spanglelands
Billy Powell
Davises
Field Crickets Move Indoors as Vegetation Scarcity Grows
As outdoor vegetation becomes scarce crickets move into homes seeking food. The behavior indicates a seasonal pest pattern with crickets seeking shelter and sustenance indoors.
Meeting Set For City's Leaders
The Texas Manufacturers Association sponsors a leaders meeting in the Hilton Hotel at 12 15 p m Thursday. Ed C Burris and C K Stillwagon of Houston will speak, outlining aims and programs as TMA reorganizes and expands membership. About 200 leaders are invited with reservations through TMA chairman T A Rogers.
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Texas Manufacturers Association
TMA
Hilton Hotel
T. A Rogers
Clyde Tatum
H. L. Allen
Elmer East
S. C. Arnett
W. S. Posey
Jack Randal
Edgar Lewis
O. L
Jones
Association
San Antonio
Houston
Rogers
Reunion of Army Buddies Ends With Injury at Fort Sam
Dallas teenager Clovis Kirby and Chapel Hill native Billy Dyer, both 19, reunited at Fort Sam Houston after serving in Hawaii. They greeted with a bear hug that left Kirby with a broken left arm and hospitalized at Brooke General Hospital.
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Fort Sam Houston
U.p
Clovis Kirby
Dallas
Billy F. Dyer
Chapel Hill
Hawaii
Kirby
Brooke General Hospital
Communists' Model City in Ruins at Kalgan
In Kalgan North China Oct 19 up reports say the former Communist model city is gutted after fierce fighting. Nationalist air raids and Communist demolitions ruined factories homes and railroad facilities. About 50 000 of 180 000 inhabitants left with the Communists while at least 2 500 Communist members remained and registered with the Nationalist bureau. Death toll from Oct 9 10 air raids estimated from a few hundred to 2 000.
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Kalgan
North China
Communist Party
Nationalist Political Bureau
Father Of Lubbock Residents Is Dead
F S McDonald 80 of Temple died in a Temple hospital at 3 30 Saturday morning after a heart ailment. He was a retired railway mail clerk and had lived in Temple for about 50 years. Funeral services were set for 3 PM in Temple with his daughter Mrs J A Humphries of Lubbock and daughter Mrs Charlie Renfro of Lubbock among those attending.
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J. A. Humphries
Charlie Renfro
Lubbock
F. S. McDonald
Temple
Temple McDonald
Notice to view securities at Ratliff office
A solicitation directs recipients to visit the John L. Ratliff office in the Brown Building to view securities or documents, signed by B. T. Hambright, Agent.
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Cevere
John L. Ratliff
Brown Building
B. T. Hambright
Anti Rat Drive to Begin Monday in City
The City Health department announces a residential rat control drive starting Monday and asks residents to report infestations by calling 9371. The program will apply DDT powder to reduce fleas and parasites before poisoning rats about a week later, authorized after plague evidence in Cochran County prompted the action.
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City +Health department
Health Department
Gayle Gaither
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Cochran
Farm Building Values Drop Over Twenty Percent
The value of farm buildings declined by more than 20 percent between 1930 and 1940, reflecting a decade of shrinking asset worth for agricultural property.
East of the Mississippi, Two-Thirds of Refiderang Live
About two thirds of the refiderang of the United States reside east of the Mississippi River, per the article. The regional distribution highlights population concentration along the eastern half of the nation.
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United States
Mississippi River
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B. L. Marbreen
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J. O. Jones
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Mac) McCalland
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Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co
Dallas, Texas
Colds & Sims
Fern E. Schaal
Palmer
Dial
Antes Washington
Gouidies
College Ave
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