Florida citrus relief efforts amid hurricane damage and shipments
Florida officials push to lift price ceilings and relax wartime transport rules to salvage damaged citrus. Texas growers urged to cut shipments to help Florida recover, with officials noting limited salvage time and uncertain crop losses. Birth notices follow, listing local families and service members.
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Pe Citrus ¢ Commission
Office of Price Administration
Florida
Washington
Office of
Tce
War Production Board
Texas
J. E. McDonald
McDonald
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Holland
Charles H. Walker
The
Citrus Exchange
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus Commission and Growers Administrative Committee
Cotton Harvest on Farm Near Lubbock Describes Picker Details
A farm near Lubbock tested a cotton picker that produced 1,600 pounds in two and a half hours. The article explains the machine’s drum spindles, moisture system, air conveyor, and basket capacity of 250 to 300 pounds, noting adjustments for green unopened balls and field conditions.
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Lubbock
Interr Company
Th Company
Chicago
Fie
D ‘Dietrich
Okla- Amarillo
O'Daniel's Texas Tour Speaks Out on Democratic Split
Senator O'Daniel outlines non political talks across Texas from Corpus Christi to Fort Worth focusing on a constitutional amendment to limit presidencies and Congress terms. He criticizes New Deal policies and discusses the Texas Regulars campaign against a fourth presidential term with radio appearances on KFYO.
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Pearance
O'Daniel
Childress
Amarillo
Lubbock
Big Spring
San Angelo
Abilene
Brownwood
Fort Worth
Gulf
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi
Gibson
Washington
Texas
Wichita Falls
Congress
House of Representatives
Dewey
O’daniel
Lubbock County
E. L. Klett
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
South
Democratic Party
Texas Regulars
Klett
Avalanche-Journal
KFYO
James O. Cade
Dean A. H. Lehdigh
Geo. W. Dupree
Harriman Trip Sparks Talk on European Policy
Washington dispatch notes Ambassador Harriman's 57 hour Moscow to Washington flight fueling talk of a broad European review by Roosevelt and the State Department. The return stirs speculation that Ambassador Winant in London may be recalled to join consultations as Churchill Stalin talks center on Polish and Balkan issues.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Roosevelt
State Department
Harriman
John G. Winant
London
Winant
Allied Push Opens Schelde Estuary To Supply Ships
Canadian and British columns widened the Allied front near Antwerp, crossing the Roosen daal canal and advancing to the Dutch border while strengthening positions at the Schelde estuary. American and French forces saw limited action around Metz, Nancy, and the Vosges with floodwaters and entrenched mud shaping the fronts.
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Cologne
Schelde
Roosendaal Canal
Antwerp
Wuestwezel
Beveland
North Sea
Lake
Etang de Lindrew
Nancy
Seille River
Third Army
Vosges
Dewey War Vets Statement Denied by Merriam
Dr. Charles E. Merriam vice chairman of the National Resources Planning board said Gov. Dewey misrepresented the board. He said the 1943 board report urged a sweeping program for returning veterans and that the conference report supported delayed demobilization, not continued service.
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Chicago
Charles E. Merriam
National Resources Planning Board
Dewey
Merriam
Nazis Expect Reds To Invade Norway
London reports Berlin radio hinted that Russians would strike in Norway. Col Ernst von Hammer, Nazi propaganda commentator for Transocean, said Soviet reinforcements were concentrating near the Norwegian and Finnish border.
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London
Berlin
Norway
Ernst von Hammer
Transocean
Scarcity of Rats Reported in Lubbock City
Dr. J. W. Rollo says U.S. Public Health field workers find rat infestation in Lubbock negligible. No traces of typhus or bubonic plague germs in rats examined. The drive by the Lubbock Jaycees and city sanitation efforts credited for the low infestation as inspectors survey zones citywide.
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Lubbock
J. W. Rollo
Bny U. S. Public Health Department
Rollo
Lubbock Jaycees
U. S
Yanks Advance On Philippines and Palawan
American forces push along Leyte coast after over running Tacloban and securing airfields. MacArthur notes heavy fighting near Palo and Tacloban, with Japanese attempts at counterattacks limited by air and naval bombardment.
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Palawan
Pedro Bay
Tacloban
Philippines
Lulag
24Th Corps
MacArthur
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Commonwealth
Saturday Night Burglar Strikes W. Davis Home
A prowler, possibly the same Weekend burglar, robbed 1712 Fifteenth Street West of Davis residents of $3 in cash and a watch. Police say unlocked doors let entry while occupants were away and indicate several similar Saturday night burglaries.
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Lubbock
W. H. Davis
Police Business Here Saturday Rushed The Station
Twenty two persons were jailed by 8 pm Saturday at the city police station. The day produced one of the heaviest runs in six months with fourteen booked for drunkenness, plus cases including vagrancy, FBI draft investigation, gun possession, car theft probe, and a burglary report from L. B. Watson at 2117 Thirteenth.
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M. N. Davidson
FBI
Health Department
L. B. Watson
Pacific Air Blows In Campaigns Across Asia
Reports detail Pacific air and naval actions between October 9 and 18 with 1477 Nippon planes destroyed and 461 ships damaged or sunk. Carrier aircraft led strikes on the Ryukyu islands Formosa and central to northern Philippines while China fronts show no change along Hunan and Kwangsi. The Chungking review notes Japanese armies in China likely to resist even if island targets fall.
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Philippines
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
China
Hunan-Kwangsi
Chungking
Burma
Soviet Leaders Meet in Moscow Conference Hailed
The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia hails the Stalin Churchill Moscow conference as paving the way for closer Soviet British and American cooperation to defeat Germany and shape postwar peace. Moscow press celebrates Churchill's departure with Stalin and a large front page photo.
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Moscow
Izvestia Today
Stalin
Churchill
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Attacks Reported by Spanish Republicans in Catalonia
Paris dispatches say Socialist and Communist papers report a new wave of Republican raids against Franco forces. About 20,000 Republicans are said to operate around Lerida. Guerrillas attacked a Vich barracks killing guards and freeing prisoners, and others ambushed a truck convoy near Gerona, wiping out a guard detachment.
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Tacloban
Palo
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Leyte
Philippines
Bataan
Paris
Francisco Franco
Lerida
Humanite
Vich
Catalonia
Gerona
Eight RAF Typhoon pilots credited in Rommel wounding
Eight RAF Typhoon pilots were officially credited for fatally wounding Field Marshal Erwin Rommel after bombing a farmhouse headquarters near Caen on July 7. Rommel's death was announced by German radio last Sunday as Allied forces pressed in Normandy.
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Rommel
London
Erwin Rommel
Caen
J. R. Baldwin
Bath
Lubbock Leaders Plot Get Out The Vote Drive for Roosevelt
Lubbock county pro Roosevelt Democratic leaders plan an intensive get out the vote campaign before the November election. At a Saturday luncheon 40 leaders discussed precinct organizing and urged a large turnout for Roosevelt. Speakers included Geo Berry Judge Alton B Chapman County Judge G V Pardue Arch E Underwood Frank Bledsoe Mrs W H Bledsoe Mrs W G Dingus and L A Howard.
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Lubbock County
Hilton Hotel
J. O. Jones
Jones
Geo. Berry
Alton B. Chapman
Floydada
G. V. Pardue
Chapman
Roosevelt
America
Howard
Woodrow Wilson
Dewey
Production Cut Not Expected Soon
Washington reports that major war production cuts are not in sight before victory in Europe. War Production Board data show about 85,000 prime-contractor employees displaced since June 15, far short of feared layoffs. Officials say extended fighting in Europe could trigger runouts and a gradual tapering next year, potentially less industrial disruption than the 40 percent projection.
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Washington
Europe
War Production Board
Horthy in Germany as Berlin reports political shift
Berlin reports former Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy is in Germany. DNB dispatch says he left Budapest with his family and with Lt. Field Marshal Vattay and Maj. Gen. Brunssik as his party. His government fell after he urged an armistice to the Allied powers last Sunday.
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London
Adm
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Berlin
Transocean
DNB
Horthy
Budapest
Vattay
Brunssik
Officer Dies in Night Firing Exercise Accident
Lt. William B. Long of Bossier City Louisiana was accidentally killed during a night firing exercise at Camp Wolters. He died en route to the hospital and his body was sent to Houston. Survived by his wife Rachael Long and two young children.
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Camp Wolters
William B. Long
Bossier City
Long
Station Hospital
Houston
Rachael Long
Former Abernathy resident dies in Arizona
Mrs. W. F. Dalley, once of Abernathy and Floydada, died Wednesday in Clifton Arizona while visiting a son. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 30 in Rix chapel with Rev. Jack Welch officiating. Burial follows at Lubbock cemetery. Rix Funeral home directing. She is survived by several children all living elsewhere.
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W. F. Dalley
Abernathy and
Floydada
Clifton
Ariz
Rixchapel
Jack Welch
Central Baptist Church
Lubbock Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Governor Warren Ill With Kidney Infection
In Sacramento on October 21 Dr J B Harris said Governor Earl Warren, ill with influenza, has developed a kidney infection. A specialist was called in for consultation and no other complications have developed.
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Gov. Warren
Sacramento
Calif
J. B. Harris
Earl Warren
Harris
Harris Eair
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Lubbock Steel Works
F. W. Irving
Lubbock General Hospital
South Plains Army Airfield
N. B. Neal
Adams
Camp Shelby
Miss
Leon
Tohoka
Corp
Alfred Brady
Corp. Brady
O'daniel’s
Western Front
C. Yates McDaniel
Richard K. Sutherland
George C. Kenney
First Cavalry Division
Kennedy
Count Terauchi
William Dickinson
New Guinea
McArthur
Tokyo
Frank Counts
George Leftwich
Shallowater
Justice of Peace
Walter Davies
Broadway
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J. B. Ross
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