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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1944
Page
3
Readers assess European and Asiatic war timelines, GI Bill implications, and postwar readjustment. Opinions stress swift veteran return, government readjustment support, fair discharge order, and reconversion challenges shaping home life and industry.
Miss Mary Jo Coe returns to San Antonio where she serves as Spanish censor in visa and immigration offices. Lubbock schools report three resignations with immediate replacements sought, especially in primary grades. WAC Lt Miriam Mogan spoke to the Real Estate Board on postwar advantages of being a WAC. Standefer on furlough from North Africa visits family before转 assignment to California. Opti Mrs club banquet features Nancy Green and Grace Dyess as principal speakers. Marine Pfc Jack W Cook on 30 day furlough visits mother before further treatment in Oklahoma. American Legion meeting notes and Masonic lodge degree schedules announced, with multiple initiations this week.
Boulogne in France served as a jumping-off place for the Romans when they invaded England in 43 A.D. The note highlights Boulogne as a strategic staging point for Julius Caesar era and early Roman military campaigns.
The Russian delegation at Dumbarton Oaks refuses a compromise on whether a nation may vote in the world security organization. Britain and the United States face a delay in finalizing plans for an international agency to keep peace, with Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill likely to resolve the issue personally if needed. The stand is seen as pivotal to ensuring the United Nations can function if a leading power becomes an aggressor.
The Southern Baptist Home Mission Board appointed eight additional missionaries to expand activities across 48 states and Panama. Dr. J. B. Lawrence noted growth in city and rural missions as well as Mexican French and Panama programs. Alabama joins cooperative rural work with Rev. E Raymond Dykes in Walker County. Rev. J. L. Moye takes a year leave due to illness. Rev. Lloyd Corder of Fort Worth becomes acting superintendent.
President Roosevelt named a cabinet committee to study world economic problems from the war era. Secretaries Hull, Stimson, and Morgenthau with their departmental experts will lead the inquiry and report progress to the president after Bretton Woods talks. George Stephan dies in La Jolla at 82. former Colorado lieutenant governor and state senator.
The Texas Press Association and the Texas Newspaper Publishers Association will hold their 1945 annual conventions jointly in Austin on June 8 and 9.
War Food Administration imposes limits on 1944 cottonseed holdings by manufacturers processors and seed dealers to curb speculation and waste. The rule forbids purchases or deliveries beyond period August 15 requirements and caps stock at contracted amounts. Effective Friday, ginners and recognized handlers must not exceed contracted sale amounts to processors manufacturers and seed dealers.
In a tight senior class election at Lubbock High School Joe Arrington won the presidency over Earl Lockart and Joe Ann Bailey was elected secretary by a small margin over Willa Jeanne Reid. Fred McDonald Sam Adair Billy Slagle Roberta Niblack Nell Anthony and Mary Jane Hinchey selected as vice presidents. Jane Lawson and LeRoy Deardorff named cheerleaders.
Moscow radio announced the opening of theological schools in Moscow to educate Orthodox priests. The move is described as another step in Premier Stalin's program for restoring religious freedom.
Huntington Beach California September 9 Reverend Wesley G Edwards testified at the trial of Ray de Browner owner of one of many slot machine venues. Edwards said he began a night vigilante sweep to seize machines after hitting the jackpot and forcing teenagers aside to reach them. He claimed to have collected 13 machines during the campaign. He said law enforcement officials failed to cooperate.
Gen George C Marshall issued a message on the Salerno anniversary saying the last phase of the German debacle is at hand. He told Lt Gen Mark Clark and the Fifth Army that the Gothic line would be breached and the Po valley occupied. Messages also came from Allied leaders Sir Alan Brooke and Sir Henry Wilson.
United States farmers earned 10 percent more for farm products in the first seven months of this year than in the same period of 1943. Receipts from January through July reached 10,271,000,000 dollars, per the Agriculture Department's preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
The Mexican Petroleum Administration and the Union of Petroleum Workers signed a new contract ending a prolonged conflict that threatened a strike. The pay and benefits amount to about 6.6 million dollars annually and the agreement takes effect today. Buy A Wage Bend TODAY.
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