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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1935
Page
4
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City commissioners authorize a special election on October 3935 to issue 1.2 million dollars of natural gas system revenue bonds. Bonds would fund acquisition construction and operation of a city owned gas utility with a first mortgage on the system. Ballots will read for or against issuance. Mayor Ross Edwards and the five commissioners approved the resolution.
A Public Health Service survey of 5,000 children ages 6 to 14 across six cities from 1929 to 1933 finds children from continuously comfortable families weigh about 4 percent more than the overall group. Children from poor families weigh roughly 1 to 2 percent less, while those from recently poor families fall between the two. Weight gaps are most evident in ages 6 to 9.
Sir Frederic Williamson, director of postal services, after a 29,000 mile tour of India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, voiced optimism for rapid empire air mail links. He outlined bi weekly to Australia, tri weekly to the Straits Settlements, four to five weekly to India, and tri weekly to Kenya with regular Cape Town service, aiming for seven day Australia, eight day New Zealand, and three day India air routes, while noting transit-field improvements and pending transatlantic questions with Canada.
Grass Valley Calif September 14 fire chief Dick Hoskins directs the local fire department. He took a day off for the fishing season opening when a forest ranger asked him to fight a fire. Lacking identification Hoskins still fought the blaze on his day off.
Ran Smith Dairy proclaims itself the only dairy in Lubbock producing and pasteurizing its own milk, highlighting self sufficiency and local supply.
Alec, now five, survived a two story fall at age two and a half after landing on a brick side, with only minor injuries. The report notes both sons of Alan H Robertson faced dangerous incidents yet endured.
Frank B. Howell and his wife and baby escaped injury after a truck caught fire from a short circuit near the Robertson home in Fieldton. Howell’s cab and body were damaged. Alan Jr. aged two and a half, drove an eight foot two by four post through a windshield but was unharmed.
Jean Calloway sister of Cab Calloway brings her 17 piece orchestra to the auditorium for a Harlem style dance show. The set includes Jungle tempo torch numbers and Calloway hits like Minnie the Moocher. Basin Street Rhythm Boys will join for a floor show. Music runs from 9 p m to 1 a m.
Robert Duke son of Dr T B Duke returns from Levelland to join the Stokes Alexander drug store in Littlefield. He has previously worked at the Alexander drug store in Levelland. Eels have scales inside their skins and their slipperiness helps them escape enemies due to a highly polished skin that exudes sticky mucus.
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