A&P Stores Convicted in Sherman Trust Case
Thirteen corporations and 16 A&P officials were convicted of conspiring to control a substantial part of the nation’s food business. The ruling could bring penalties and an appeal by Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Defendants argued the decision harms competition and consumer purchasing power. Patman hailed the verdict as a victory for independents and fair competition.
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Danville
A&p
New York Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Walter C. Lindley
Urbana
Henry I. Green
O. S. Black
Dallas
Justice’s
Anti-Trust Division
Lindley
New York
John A. Hartford
George
Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Letter claims 60,000,001 jobs in new forecast
From the New York Herald Tribune letter to the editor. H Mountain signs the item from Irving on Hudson New York. The writer asserts the forecast now requires six zeroes for job totals, claiming a dramatic jobs figure.
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New York
New York Herald- Tribune
H. Mountain
Irving On
Hudson, N. Y
Baptist Churches In Area Show Progress During Past Year
Lubbock Missionary Baptist association reports gains across 29 churches in Lubbock and Garza counties. Baptisms reached 649, membership 12,641, and total contributions $313,611.85, with 500+ registered at the 22nd annual session hosted by Calvary Baptist Church.
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Lubbock
Calvary Baptist Church
L. L. Richardson
H. A. Polac
Post
J. G. Leverett
C. J. McCarty
E. Twitty
WMU
C. Melvin Ratheal
Training Union
H. H. Henkel
Cecil Ray
Brotherhood
Joe Motsenbocker
Idalou
Emmett Brooks
Southland
John Rankin
Monroe
J. H. West
Lorenzo
A. L. Miller
Slide
Richardson
Ray
Ratheal
Polnac
West
Motsenbocker
WMA
Harold Young to resign from Commerce solicitor post
Harold Young, the Texas lawyer who ran Henry A. Wallace's 1940 vice presidential campaign, said he will resign as Commerce solicitor. He expects to return to Dallas to practice law. Born 1897 in Greenville, he rose through Rice Institute and Chicago Law School and served Wallace at the 1940 Democratic convention.
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Washington
Harold Young
Texas
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Young
Dallas
Greenville
Tex
Rice Institute
University of Chicago Law School
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commerce
Swiss textile student joins Tech to study engineering
Ralph Wild, 24, from Switzerland, enrolls in textile engineering at Texas Tech after a 10 day voyage and a four day train trip. He aims to help run his family's textile mill and plans two semesters of study before touring U.S. mills. He speaks multiple languages and served in the Swiss Army.
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Switzerland
Texas Technological College
Ralph Wild
Lubbock
Rotary International
Curt E. Wild
Tech
West Hall
Atlantic
Rotterdam
New York
J. Ben Cole
Ralph
United States
St. Gallen
Geneva
Mountain Infantry
Isoctane Becomes Available for Shipment in Drums and Tank Cars
Phillips Petroleum Co announces that chemically pure isoctane is now available for shipment in drums and tank cars ending a long period as a standard for measuring octane ratings in motor fuels. The item notes isoctane as a commercial product and references its use in octane rating standards.
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New York
Phillips Petroleum Co
Grass and Weed Field Burns Damage Soil and Roots
A field burn incident harms soil fertility and injures plant roots as grass and weed areas burn. Damaged acreage and potential environmental impact are noted by observersSeeking further details from local authorities and land managers.
Program For Crushing Of Soybeans Cancelled
Stabilization Director John R. Steelman cancelled the subsidy program for crushing the 1946 crop soybeans. Higher soybean oil meal ceilings eliminated the need for subsidies, and a price support plan for soybeans was approved as a substitute. The Commodity Credit Corp. may make agreements with crushers to promote No 2 shelled peanuts use in oil and meal. Subsidy losses are capped at 12 million dollars.
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Washington
U.P
John R. Steelman
Charles F. Brannan
Steelman
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Commodity Credit Corp
Mrs. Fannie Gore Claimed By Death in Hereford
Mrs. Fannie Jane Gore 60 of Deaf Smith county died Saturday in Lubbock Memorial hospital after 11 days of treatment and a month of illness. Funeral arrangements by Black funeral home in Hereford with services to be held there. Survivors include husband Luther Gore and four children, two brothers and two grandchildren.
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Fannie Jane Gore
Deaf Smith County
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
Hereford
Black Funeral Home
Luther Gore
Homer
Allen
Jack Flowers
Gladys Gore
Jess Hill
Refugio
Per! Hill
Breckenridge
Architects Named for Veterans Hospitals in Dallas and Houston
GALVESTON September 21. Col. D W Griffiths announced the appointments of Wyatt C Hedrick as architect engineer for the 500 bed general veterans hospital at Dallas with a 215000 contract and Kenneth Franzheim as architect engineer for the 1000 bed neuropsychiatric hospital at Houston with a 415000 contract. Both will proceed with plans and specifications and construction is expected to start early next year. The only animal life in Great Salt Lake consists of fly larvae and tiny brine shrimps.
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Galveston
D. W. Griffiths
Dallas
Houston
Wyatt C. Hedrick
General Veterans Hospital
Kenneth Franzheim
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Slavs Charged With Attacks On Church
Trieste, Sept 21 The most Rev Antonio Santin bishop of Trieste and Capodistria charged a wave of religious persecution has begun in the Yugoslav occupation zone of Venezia Giulia. Five Catholic priests fled in the past 10 days as the Yugoslav regime attacked the church. he warned about the danger to clergy there.
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Trieste
Antonio Santin
Capodistria
Venezia Giulia
Man Dies in Houston City Jail After Overnight Arrest
George Charon, 66, died in Houston city jail days after arrest for drunkenness. Detective Walker said Charon was to appear in corpora tion court for trial. Prisoners report he slept on the floor and refused a bunk. Inquest verdict withheld pending investigation.
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Houston
George Charon
W. W. Walker
Charon
Corporation Court
Galileo Discovers Four Jovian Moons in 1610 Telescope View
In 1610 Galileo Galilei first glimpsed four of Jupiter's moons using a telescope, revealing new celestial bodies and altering views of the solar system. The observation expanded to complex Jupiter moon dynamics, marking a pivotal moment in astronomy.
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Galileo
Jupiter
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Fortune & Polk
Corner Ave
Lubbock, Texas
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Fannie Gore
Tex. Ave
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