Cotton Harvest Progress Report Across South Plains
The Texas Employment Commission data show South Plains ginning near one third complete with Bailey, Crosby, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock and Motley counties amid variable yields. Labor needs total 14,242 across eleven counties, with Plainview and Abernathy among new demand points and prices for pulling set at 1.75 to 2.00 per hundred pounds.
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Texas Employment Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Plains
Bailey County
Lubbock County
Crosby
Bailey
Hale
Hockley and
Cochran
Lamb
Lubbock
Otley-Cottie
Dawson and Gaines
Lynn and Garza
Scurry
Terry and Yoakum
Employment Commission
Lynn County
Hockley
Dawson
Littlefield
Abernathy
Ay Scurry
Snyder
Lockney
Floyd County
Plainview
Slaton
Muleshoe
Balls
Crosby County
Terry
Brownfield
TEC
Floyd
Texas
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
Dickens
Er Melee Odpebassy
Zinbroek
Lyn Semeet
Motley Bea
Camp Near City Used by Migrant Laborers
Gregory Salas, manager of a 900 block Edna street migrant camp, says it is early to judge benefits for laborers and farmers. About 15 families slept there Friday. seven farmer requests awaited at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Main issues are lack of signs and lighting. improvements promised to boost camp effectiveness.
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Gregory Salas
San Antonio
Edna Street
Salas
Lynn County Man Barnes Rites Set in O Donnell
Funeral services for Jess Barnes a Lynn County resident and World War II veteran will be held at the O Donnell cemetery with Rev Walter Bryan and Rev W K Horn officiating. Interment by Stanley Funeral Home of Tahoka. Survivors include wife Mary Lois Barnes son James Michael his mother and eight uncles.
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Walter Bryan
Littlefield
W. K. Horn
Anson
O’donnell
Stanley Funeral Home
Tahoka
Barnes
Roscoe
Lynn County
Mary Lois Barnes
James Michael
A. J. Barnes
Alto Barnes
Lamesa
Ellis Barnes
Jess Barnes
Lubbock
Ike Barnes
Dick Franklin
D. A. Franklin
States' Rights party born in Birmingham amid southern quarrel
The article traces the 1948 split started when Truman proposed end to racial segregation and FEPC, with Mississippi and Alabama delegates forming the States' Rights party in Birmingham on July 17. Thurmond and Wright nominated for president and vice president as they seek 100 electoral votes, mainly from South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. It contrasts with Lincoln Douglas debates and the Civil War era when states' rights and segregation defined political lines.
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National Party
Truman
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Alabama
Birmingham
States’ Rights Party
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Thurmond
Jackson
Miss
FEPC
Frank Dixon
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Lincoln
Dixon
Douglas
Chicago
Breckenridge
Kentucky
John Bell
Tennessee
Bolivian Government Declares State of Siege
The Bolivian government proclaims a nationwide state of siege and orders arrests of leaders of the national revolutionary movement as reported by newspapers. The action comes amid rising internal tensions and security measures across the country.
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LA Paz
INS
National Revolutionary Movement
Fighting Declines on Southern Front as Cease Fire Holds
Palestine reports say Israeli forces repulsed a heavy armor and artillery assault from Nebiyusha with Egyptian claims of Negev violations. Tel Aviv notes sporadic fighting ended by cease fire while the northern front near Lake Huleh remains quiet amid fears over the Negev border.
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Egeptian
Cairo
Israel
Negev
Tel Aviv
Lake Huleh
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Galilee
Petersburg voters approve $70000 school bond issue
Petersburg Independent school district voters approved a $70,000 bond by 130 to 14 to build a brick full sized gym, remodel the gym auditorium into an auditorium, add a home economics cottage, remodel the agriculture building and add classrooms. The gym will be attached to the north end of the high school. Bids may be sought soon and most remodeling delayed until year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Petersburg Independent School District
M. G. Moreland
Moreland
Pioneer West Texas rancher Annie Stone dead at 65
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Stone, pioneer West Texas ranch woman, will be held here at 2 p m tomorrow. She died yesterday at 65 and was a former Stanton resident who once owned extensive ranch properties at Big Spring and Lubbock.
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Texas Pioneer
Memphis
Tex
Annie Stone
West Texas
Stone
Stanton
Big Spring
Lubbock
Official Records Marriage Licenses and Divorces Listed
Marriage licenses issued for Raymond Travis Davis of Lubbock and Doris Mere Pair of Slaton. Jove Trevinn and Zola Gomez of Lubbock. Magnes and Jo Ann Burkeen of Dallas. Lubbock Courts 99th District with Judge Chester Collier presiding. Mattie Collier suit for divorce. Divorces granted include Wille Brig zs and A. D. Brigee.
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Raymond Travis Davis
Lubbock
Doris Mere
Slaton
Jove Trevinn
Zola Gomez
Pota
Lussence
N. Bo Magnes
Jo Ann Burkeen
Ban
Dallas
G. V. Pardue
Chester Collier
Mattie Pear
Collier
Divarce
Hull Denounces Reds in UN Row Cont from Page 2
Hull cites Moscow 1943 and San Francisco 1945 pledges to cooperate for a world body. He accuses the Reds of pursuing an opposite course and their dangerous behavior within and outside the United Nations, fueling global impatience and resentment.
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China
San Francisco
United Nations
Hull Saa
Moscow
Mrs Ella Walter 61 Dies at Daughter's Home in Lubbock
Mrs. Ella Walter 61 longtime Lubbock resident died about 11 p m Saturday at the home of her daughter She had been ill a year Survivors include two other daughters Mrs Douglas Scot of Wichita Kans and Mrs Bull Loepple of Nash Okla a sister Mrs Myrtle Diveley of Enid a brother Oscar Miner of Sun City Kans a grandchild and her mother Mrs Juna Miner of Enid The body to be taken to Enid Okla for services and burial per Rix Funeral Home report
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Ella Walter
Lubbock
Paul Brink
Enid
Okla
Rix Funeral Home
Douglas Scot
Wichita
Kans
Bullloepple
Nash
Juna Miner
Oscar Miner
Sun City
Myrtle Diveley
Dallas Accountant Ross C. Rodgers Dies at 52
Funeral services planned at Temple for Ross C. Rodgers a Dallas certified public accountant who died of a heart attack. A native of Belton he graduated from the University of Texas. Survivors include his mother Mrs Hattie Popp of Los Angeles and sister Mrs Lilliam Giesbers of Temple.
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Dallas
Temple
Ross C. Rodgers
Dallas Certified Public Accountant
Belton
Rodgers
University of Texas
Hattie Popp
Los Angeles
Lilliam Giesbers
New Farming Setup Aims at Lubbock Harvest Yields
Farmers in Lubbock county plan lettuce and carrot crops planted in July. Lettuce expected yields range 200 to 300 crates per acre with 70 to 100 carloads to markets and carrots from 200 to 400 crates per acre with 49 to 50 carloads shipping. Labor costs and packing equipment impact profits. Numerous local participants are listed as involved in the crop program.
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Lubcock County
Derman
California
Standal
Lubbock
Dorman
Martin
Andres Aucust
Norbert
Raw Kitten
E. R
Roger Bilsk
Inspector R. D. Winder Dies at Kilgore
R D Winder longtime Texas Railroad Commission field inspector died today at Kilgore at age 75 after a month of illness. Funeral services are planned here tomorrow with a trial to follow in Austin Monday afternoon. Winder previously worked as a highway contractor in Austin. The report notes high mountain snow in Peru above 17 000 feet despite heat.
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Henderson
R. D. Winder
Texas Railroad Commission
Kilgore
Austin
Winder
Meadowbrook Ladies Golf Club Halloween Party Plans
The Meadowbrook Ladies Golf Club will hold a Halloween party Tuesday night at the Party House in Mackenzie State Park. Attendees are asked to wear masks. Johnnie Trammel chairs the social committee handling arrangements.
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Meadowbrook Ladies Golf Club
Mackenzie State Park
Johnnie Trammel
Tech Homecoming Parade Regalia Planned Across Campus
Tech Homecoming features 44 floats with 49 entered by campus groups and six from nearby towns Dallas Sweetwater Lamesa Midland San Antonio and San Angelo. Registration for exes starts 5 p.m. Friday at multiple campus buildings with pins and programs issued. Lights will illuminate all campus buildings as A I E E leads lighting.
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Dallas
Sweetwater
Lamesa
Midland
San Antonio
San Angelo
Lubbock
Hilton
Hein
Texas Tech
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Tech Gymnasium
Courtese
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Edd McElroy
Brownfield
Dub Boswell
James Rider
Waco
Lloyd Greenwood
Hale Center
Mary Hartgraves
Aggie
Hilton Hotel
Ex-Ifficio
Three Men Arrested In DWI Case And Related Thefts
Three men arrested Saturday by Texas Highway Patrol face county charges of drunk driving. One Mexican suspect is charged with arriving without an operator license. A break in at Lubbock Hobby Shop yielded a broken window entry and stolen items including a $25 blanket from Mrs. Norman Davis. Additional thefts included two caps worth $96, a .25 caliber pistol from Kinman’s, and a 470 broad street incident. Gilbert F. Hara Jr. pleaded guilty to peddling goods without a license and paid a $10 fine.
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Texas Highway
Lubbock Hobby Snap
L. C. Tatum
Saop
Norman Davis
Doak Ha
Texas
J. R. Conperger
Ave
Kinman’s
Gilbert F. Ha. Jr
Fire outbreak aboard Ciudad de Caracas extinguished offshore
Norfolk reports the fire aboard the Venezuelan freighter Ciudad de Caracas has been put out after flooding the forward holds. Coast Guard said the blaze endangered the ship and crew was contained by its cutter Cherokee while the investigation proceeds.
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Norfolk
Ciudad de Caracas
Coast Guard
Wolds
Cherokee
Ice Cream for Prisoners Sparks City Jailer Confusion
In Tacoma Washington prisoners at the city jail were served 78 pints of ice cream by the police department in an apparent celebration. The police chief clarified he had not become a father, ending the mix up.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.2
Homecoming Slated At Lockney Nov. 11
Lockney Texas schedules Armistice Day events for ex students with a first annual homecoming on November 11. The district 3-A game between Lockney Longhorns and Paducah Dragons will headline festivities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prizes honor farthest traveler eldest ex student most children and most grandchildren. A noon barbecue and coronation of the 1944 Lockney High School football queen are planned.
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Lockney
Lockney Longhorns
Paducah Dragons
Locknes High
Berlin Plan Rejected in Wide World Debate
French and allied officials report Berlin’s plan to lift the blockade and currency accord faced rejection as Brimogia vows renewed effort. In the UN Palestine debate, Arab states aided by the United States delayed action, while Israel asserts gains in the Negev and claims peace terms clash with reality ahead of a new mediation.
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Holy Land
United States
UN Assembly
Palestine
Poland
Israel
United Nations
Weven
Negev
Tortas
Folke Bernadotte
France Gets Tough In Paris Strike Crisis
In Paris the government mobilized demobilized troops and gendarmerie reserves amid a broad state of alert. Communist leaders condemned the move and called a 24 hour general strike in the Loire basin to protest police action. Two strikers were killed as Moroccan troops moved to trouble spots near Monteesi Les Mines.
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Britain
U. S
Paris
Fougi
Ohrose
Confederation
Loire
Firmingv
Monteesi Les Mines
St Louis Reporter Probing Gang Slaying Is Indicted
St Louis newspaperman Thesdes Link, tied to a gang slaying investigation, is indicted by one of two grand juries in Peoria area inquiries. Reporter Ben Reeze of the Post-Dispatch is named in the case as an editor facing related scrutiny.
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St. Louis
Porta
St. Low
Maree Fe
Gthee Tee
Bernie Snelton
Tares Memneros
Sne
Ton Aang Cotavoon Caeces
Koinap- TM Atvon Anche
Thesdes
Tee
Ad.caten
Peoria
Frre
Earl Res
Até Ray Wake
Jace Asnsy
S&s
Lou.s
Post-Dussaten
Manet
Ben Reeze
Cail
Futhist
Easn Nond
Link
T.a
Fi.m
Tne
Jast
D.ten
Berlin Blockade Claims Aiding Western Germany Recovery
Berlin reports from October 23 quote American officials saying the Soviet blockade aided Western Germany by redirecting coal and steel flows to boost industrial production in the three western zones. Lawrence Wilkinson notes the Russian zone weakened by lack of vital supplies as a result.
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Berlin
West Germany
D Lawrence Wilkinson
U. S
Germany
Local births reported in West Texas area
Mr and Mrs J E Jones welcome daughter weighing 7 3 at 908 am Saturday in West Texas hospital. The father works at Luodock Foundry and Machinery Co. Mr and Mrs Ralph T Caldwell announce a son 8 13 at 830 am at West Texas hospital. The father employed by Murrell Tripp Co. Mr and Mrs Ralph Krebs report a daughter 7 1 at 500 am at West Texas hospital. The father is a road machinery salesman. Mr and Mrs W A Lamm share a daughter 8 15 at 2358 am at Lubbock Memorial hospital. The father is a bookkeeper. Mr and Mrs Clois EF Brown of Abernathy welcome a daughter 7 pounds something at 1236 pm at St Marys hospital. The father is a laborer. Mr and Mrs Ralph Baberman of Lubbock retired share a daughter pounds 132 ounces at 925 pm at West Texas hospital. The father is with Empire of Texas Concrete Bioca company.
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Penny Ray Hawkins
Daurghter
Cerl P. Hawkins
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
J. E. Jones
West Texas Hospital
Luobdock Foundry and Machinery Company
Ralph T. Caldwell
Murrell Tripp Company
Ralph Krebbs
W. A. Lamm
Allen Street
Clois EF. Brown
Abernathy
St. Marys Hospital
Ralph Baberman
Lubbock
Am Empire of Texas Concrete Bioca Company
Final Drives Begin as Election Campaign Winds Down
Dewey aides forecast victory with a strong popular vote margin and broader electoral gains. Thurmond campaigns in Tennessee while Warren, Barkley, Wallace and Thomas push national messages. Taft predicts Senate gains for Republicans. Folsom promotes straight Democratic ticket in Alabama.
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Norman Thomas
Cleveland
Thomas Ureposen
Russia
Berlin
James F. Folsom
Alabama
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Texas
Rebels Seize Town in Korean Rebellion Near Sonchon
An uprising in Sonchon in southern Korea sees thousands of rebels flood the town while American officers, including 2 year old Sgt Donald E Snead, observe. Disputed motives claim Communist inspiration from the north or internal police dissatisfaction.
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Armerican
Donald E. Snead
Insi—Leew
Changhang
Korea
Snead
Sonchon
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Planetoid Theory From Primitive Planet Explosion
A theory proposes that planetoids or tiny planets formed from the explosion of a larger primitive planet. The hypothesis links small body creation to disruptive planetary events in early solar system history.
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South
Eritic Party
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W. H. Dormen
Jeff
Dorman Foots, Inc
Lacybock Canning
al E. Stancal
W. P. Martin
Gilbert Longoria
el Centro
Calif
Longoria
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