Communists Arm Up For Finish If Nationalists Strike Shantung
In WEIHAIWEI North China Oct 37 Communist Eighth Route Army prepares to fight to the finish to defend Shantung peninsula from Nationalist forces. Yu Chou, mayor, says they will crush attacks and follow supreme command. Nationalist leaflets claim 100000 troops will seize peninsula and falsely claim US naval landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Johnston
United Press
Weihaiwei
North China
Eighth Route Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shantung
U Chou
Mao Tze Tung
Eighth Army
Tjime
Wunchow
Itu
Chichuan
Pos
Chiang
Yangtze River
Paneling
Yangtze
Sgt Junius Ricketts Arrives in San Francisco After War Camp
Sgt Junius F Ricketts jr 32 prisoner of the Japanese after Corregidor arrival in Francisco Friday he phoned his parents Mr and Mrs J F Ricketts sr of 423 Ave M He was liberated from a prison camp in Japan Sept 16 He said he came from Manila by plane and is feeling fine He will stay in a San Francisco hospital several days before going to Lubbock.
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Junius Ricketts
States
Junius F. Ricketts, Jr
Corregidor
Francisco
J. F. Ricketts, Sr
Ave. M
Ricketts
Japan
San Francisco
Manila
Lubbock
Chinchilla Growth Milestones At Birth And Four Months
At birth chinchillas weigh one and a half to two ounces. By four months their weight reaches about 22 ounces.
Local notes and incidents from Lubbock area visits and crimes
Mrs H E Brothers of Weath erford visits daughter Mrs J E Ward of 2101 Thir teenth. Ward expected home today after a month in California visiting family including Mr and Mrs W H Nelle of Berkeley. Son Lt James F Ward USNR recently returned from Manila stationed in San Diego. Another son Julian E Ward cadet midship man completed basic Merchant Marine training saw father before sailing for Australia and Pas Mania. Ernest H Adams 17 of Paris charged with car theft in a complaint filed by District Attorneys Burton S Barks. Aubrey Fawver city detectives captain testified. Adams claimed no place to stay and drove car from used car lot. caught within a block. Owner Max Brownlee. Bond $1 500 not posted. Relatives of Adolfo R Lucero about 25 found dead near Memphis. body to be returned to Lubbock for burial. no marks of violence. Peace bond $500 posted by A F Woods. Hearings before D W Robertson JP. Firefighters reported no damage at 1702 Ave H where gasoline caught fire on a Rainbow garage grease rack. Pauline Rust 25 suffered facial laceration and knee injury in a crash at Twenty-first and Ave S. taken to Lubbock Memorial and released. Collision involved Fred Briggs 18. Grand Master Bascom Giles of the Texas Masonic Grand Lodge to visit Yellowhouse Lodge 841 AF&AM Nov 18. about 300 South Plains Masons expected.
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H. E. Brothers
Weatherford
J. E. Ward
Ward
California
W. H. Nelle
Berkeley
James F. Ward
USNR
Manila
San Diego
Navy Hospital
Julian E. Ward
Merchant Marines
Australia
Pasmania
Ernest H. Adams
Paris
Burton S Barks
D. W. Robertson
Aubrey Fawver
Fawver
Max Brownlee
Pauline Rust
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-first
Ave. S
Lubbock Memorial
Fred Briggs
Bascom Giles
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
Yellowhouse Lodge
Af&am
Hugh J. McClellan
Lubbock
South Plains
Soldier Urged to Hurry Home as Father Dies
NEW YORK Oct 27 A soldier, T/5 Thomas S. Daunt Jr., newly arrived in California from the Philippines, is urged to return quickly after his father dies in St. Albans Naval Hospital following a long illness. A 12 year old sister reported the father’s condition and the mother sought Red Cross help to inform the son.
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New York
Thomas S. Daunt, Jr
California
Philippines
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Washington
Cal
Pop
Adelaide
Red Cross
Crowell Student Wins Borden Foundation Scholarship
James A. Welch of Crowell Texas Tech senior in agriculture reentered college after Army discharge and was awarded the 300 Borden Foundation scholarship. Presented by K M Renner at an Aggie club meeting he earned the award for top scholastic average among Tech students. Welch served from 1943 to 1947 with the Army Air Forces earning Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters after 40 B 24 missions. The Borden Co operates plants in Texas including Lubbock.
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James A. Welch
Crowell
Texas Tech
Borden Foundation
Tech
Borden Co
K. M. Renner
Department of Dairy Manufacturers
Welch
Aggie Club
Army
Army Air Forces
Hawaii
Guam
Seventh Air Force
New York City
Texas
Lubbock
Extra Allotment For Highways In Mexico
President Avila Camacho authorized an extra 2 million dollars for 1946 highway construction in Mexico. The Mexican communications ministry will spend 400 thousand dollars on Pan American highway work along Las Cruces in Chiapas state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.P
Avila Camacho
Mexican Communications Ministry
Las Cruces
Chiapas
Observation on snake vision and movement tracking
The note explains that most snakes have limited vision and struggle to recognize stationary objects but can track moving objects with their eyes, highlighting their reliance on motion cues rather than fine detail.
One Thing After Another in News of the Week
Washington column notes a string of postwar issues from atomic tests and military rivalries to OPA shirt jokes and Congress. It lampoons Taft’s shirt quip, Truman’s draft push, Stalin rumors, McKellar’s limo swap, and Esquire magazine’s court review while quipping about shoe rationing and Washington’s wet city reputation.
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Frederick C.othman
United Press
Washington
Navy
China Sea
Army
Denver
Jeep
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
OPA
Truman
Stalin
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Supreme
Esquire Magazine
W. S. Abernathy
Calvary Baptist Church
America
Abetz Says Hitler Not Dead and May Return
Paris reports Otto Abetz Germany’s wartime ambassador to France told France Soir Hitler “is certainly not dead” and will return someday. Abetz was arrested after being caught attempting to flee from the French to the U S zone, disguised as a prisoner. The interview notes his claim amid postwar charges and Allied occupation actions.
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Paris
France Soir Today
Otto Abetz
Germany
France
Adolf Hitler
Abetz
Hitler
United States Zone of Occupation
Favored Site for World Agency in United States
The United Nations executive committee approved a recommendation to establish the world peace agency in the United States if conditions are met. France, the Netherlands and Britain abstained when the decision was not put to a vote. A special committee will choose the host city and set conditions the host community must accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations Executive Committee
World Peace Agency
United States
France
Netherlands
Britain
Europe
TWA Flying School Considered for Albuquerque Site
E J O'Brien TWA traffic manager said Albuquerque may host a new flying school on city owned Kirkland field with plans to move the Kansas City pilot school. Thunderbird field in Phoenix was also a possible site. Kirkland field will be inactivated on December 31 per Second Air Force announcement.
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TWA
Albuquerque
N. M
Kirkland Field
E. J. O’brien
O'Brien
Kansas City
Thunderbird
Phoenix
Ariz
Second Air Force
Solevadt Springs
Weaving narrative spans nature and human craft
A reflection on weaving as an ancient practice, predating human record and traced from spiders caterpillars and birds to human industry. The note frames textile skill as a timeless thread connecting natural creation and human culture.
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Adolfo R. Lucero
Memphis
Stewart
A. F. Woods
C. M. Pharr
Pharr
Justice of Peace
1702 Ave. H
Rainbow Garage
Borden
Mexico
Yx, Tae
Onyx Refining Corp
Abilene, Texas
George W. Stafford
Petersburg
Valley Forge General Hospital
Philadelphia
Paul C. Larnce
W. E. Vaughan
James Mead
New York and Co
Honolulu
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Bureau of Internal Revenue
U. 5
World Agency
Fluke
Orene Holker
Jessie Waldrop
Helene Curtis
Broadway
Pontiac
DELCO
United Motors Service
Avenue
McWilliams Pontiac Co
Flame
West Texas Gas Company
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