Bert Locke and Jo Douglas Named to Lubbock Boys Club Staff
John W Wilson announces Bert Locke as athletic director and Jo Douglas as librarian and secretary for the Lubbock Boys Club. Locke, 1938 Hamlin grad, served in the Army and later studied at Tech. Douglas, Shallowater HS 1942 grad, worked at South Plains Army Airfield and Randolph Field. The fall program begins Sept 1 with new hours and a focus on touch football, bicycles, and safety clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Locke
Lubbock Boys’ Club
Jimmy Bearden
Jo Douglas
John W. Wilson
Locke
Hamlin High School
Wayland Junior College
Plainview
Army
Pacific
Shallowater
Tech
Hoys’ Club
Wilson
Agaa
Travis Shelton
University of Texas Law School
Carl Bailey
Central Ward School
Duane Reeves
Wellington
Charles Long
Bearden
Texas Tech
Andrew Jackson Apprenticed as Tailor's Helper
A young Andrew Jackson began an apprenticeship with a tailor at age ten, marking an early path toward his later political career and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
United States
Navy Man Leroy Calaway Killed in Los Angeles Train Crash
Lerory Charles Calaway, 23, signalman second class U S Navy from Fort Worth, was killed instantly when struck by a Pacific Electric train in Los Angeles. Navy spokesmen provided no further details of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Leroy Charles Calaway
U. S. Navy
Fort Worth
Pacific Electric
Navy
Rainfall Improves Crop Conditions In Lubbock County
Rainfall across Lubbock County in the past week boosted crop conditions though too late to affect this year’s production. Two and a half to five inches fell, aiding late feed, some dryland cotton, with about 50 bales ginned. Harvest of dryland cotton starts Sept 15, irrigated by Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. B. Griffin
Russian Traitors Executed as Soviet Radio Reports
Moscow radio announces that Gen. Gregorie Semenov former White Russian leader and five other counter revolutionaries confessed plotting against the Soviet Union for Japan and Germany and were executed. Semenov hanged and the others shot by firing squad in a verdict handed down by the Soviet supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Gregorie Semenov
White
Russian Guard
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
Radio Moscow
Semenov
Soviet Supreme Court
Moscow
Superfortress Leaves For Hawaii Flight Test
An army B 29 Superfortress named Pacusan Dreamboat left McClellan Field California for a 2 490 mile hop to Honolulu as part of tests before an unprecedented 10 300 mile non stop flight from Hawaii to Cairo Egypt the crew includes 10 men with two alternates and the leg to Hawaii is expected to take about 13 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Hawaii
Cairo
Egypt
McClellan Field
Honolulu
Nation flooded with phoney whisky and bottled headaches
The column reports widespread phony whisky substitutes labeled as whisky including plum juice spiked with burnt sugar and wood chips. Frank R. Schwengel of the Distilled Spirits Institute urges stricter labeling as liqueurs imitate whiskey and mislead the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniteo Press
Washington
Frank R. Schwengel
Distilled Spirits Institute
Internal Revenue Bureau
Schwengel
Scarface al Capone
Connecticut
Appeal to Local Bird Hunters by Southwestern Bell
C H Cale local manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company urged hunters to spare birds and avoid shooting at wires and poles. He warned careless shots can disable long distance circuits and that material shortages make such damage serious, especially with dove season approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Cale
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cale
Radio School Okayed For Veteran Training in Dallas
The Veterans Administration approved the Institute of Radio Broadcasting in Dallas for veteran training. Led by former Dallas radio figure Jesse L. Milburn, it becomes the only school of its type in the Southwest and is now open to ex-service men under the GI Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Veterans Administration
Institute of Radio Broadcasting
Dalas
Southwest
Jesse L. Milburn
Midland Labor Day calf roping set with top contenders
Midland hosts its fifth annual Labor Day world championship calf roping starting at 2 p.m. with Toots Mansfield defending against Homer Pettigrew in a 12 calf, $2 000 purse event. Special matches feature Howard Westfall and Jim Espy for $1 000, with wild Brahma calves and steer roping from Ozona and Seymour contributing top names to a wide West Texas turnout. The Colorado City high school band aids the holiday program as Midland Fair Inc rodeo committee heads outline plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Fair, Inc
Toots Mansfield
Big Spring
Rankin
Wil
Homer Pettigrew
Grady
N. M
Mansfield
Haley Ranch
Seymour
Howard Westfall
Sheffield
Jim Espy
Fort Davis
West Texas
New Mexico
John Dublin
Tom Nance
Clarence Scharbauer
Leonard Proctor
New Firm Opens on Levelland Highway Near Lubbock
Simmons Machine and Top Company owned by C. E. Simmons opens at the west edge of Lubbock on the Levelland highway beyond the railroad crossing. It offers general machine shop work with oil field repairs oil mill and cotton gin work feed mill truck beds and industrial repairs. The shop is equipped for almost any machine and repair job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Machine and( Top
C. E. Simmons
Lubbock
Levelland Highway
Simmons
Snakes Ranging Widely in Variety and Venom
The article notes over 2,000 snake kinds with about 600 considered venomous to a degree. It discusses diversity and danger levels among serpent species and their habitats.
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Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Plains Furniture CO
United Motor Service
Downtown Motor Company
Ave
Herman Weiss
Mor
Dial
Texas Safety Association
North America Mutual Life Neurance Company
North America Mutual Life Ineurance Company
Teres Conannate
Po Valley Fe
North America
LIP@ INSURANCE
von Bousten
Peltey
College
Hub Homes Entrance
Rent-A-Bike CO
Bill Linn
Mgr
Lubbock Housewives
Sociation and
J. Homer Epley
N. B. Seay
Dick Young
Ark Halsey Drug
DRS. Harvey & Johnson
Ave. K
High School
18Th Street
Hanna-Pope & Co
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