Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lubbock Avalanche Journal in Lubbock, Texas

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1948

Page

4

Changes In National Housing Act Explained At FHA Meeting

E T Stearns FHA district director outlined recent National Housing Act amendments at a Home Builders Association meeting at the Hilton. The changes expand FHA financing including insured loans up to 95 percent of value for low priced residential property with a maximum $6,000 loan and up to 30 years. Approximately 120 builders lenders and suppliers attended. Vernon Thompson presides.

E. T. Stearns Federal Housing Administration Home Builders Association Hilton Hotel FHA E. M. Lavell Fort Worth Stearns Wom Vernon Thompson

Fresh Blood a Must for Free Energy Boost

Bogus health ad boasts a “tonte formule” to cure anemia and boost vitality. It claims the product increases appetite, digestion, and resistance, promising stronger muscles and better work performance without credible medical support.

Sree Tee

Shortages Of Labor Reported In State

Temporary farm labor shortages were reported in west and north Texas as cotton pickers refused to follow TEC crew directions. The shortages hit Littlefield and Childress in the west and Hillsboro Waco and Fort Worth in the north and northeast. About 3,800 pickers were needed in north sectors and around 3,400 in west Texas. LeBlanc cited workers seeking better housing and pay as reasons for the displacement.

Austin West North Texas Texas Employment Commission TEC Henry LeBlance West Texas Littlefield Childress Hillsboro Waco Fort Worth LeBlanc Texas

Five Thousand Roses on Display at Sears Roebuck

More than 5,000 roses picked at dawn in Stigler Oklahoma will be displayed at Sears Roebuck and Co store on Thirteenth Monday and Tuesday. The exhibit features 50 varieties including red everblooming, white, pink, and climbing roses with Baby Polyanthias. Roses arrive by 9 a.m. Monday and stay until 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for visitors and orders.

Stigler Okla Sears’ Roebuck & Co W. C. O'Mara Lubbock

Funeral Rites Set in Lamesa for Freddie Norris Farmer

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Bryan Street Baptist church in Lamesa for Freddie Lee Norris 56 a farmer of route 2 O Donnell He died Friday morning Burial will be in a Lubbock cemetery Higginbotham Funeral Home in charge Rev E L Jones will officiate Pallbearers are Leo Batson William Bryan and Dalton Meyers Norris survived by his wife three sisters two sons E L Norris Slaton and William E Norris El Paso two daughters Mrs Fay Sebren and Mrs Leon Henry Lubbock and six grandchildren

Bryan Street Baptist Church Freddie Lee Norris O'Donnell Lubbock Higginbotham Funeral Home E. L. Jones Leo Batson William Bryan Dalton Meyers Norris The Baptist Church Mary Etta Norris J. E. Bynum Bert Johnson J. C. Hall Dallas E. L. Norris Slayton William E. Norris el Paso

Plainview Men Arrested Here in Battery Burglary Case

Two Plainview men, Arthur D Harris 33 and Johnnie D Wood 24, were charged with three counts apiece of burglary after deputies found them selling 21 batteries to a Lubbock business. Victims named were Clint DeBusk, Smith Keller, and H. B. Chastin. Bonds set at $1000 each. offenses dated Sept. 22.

Justice of the Peace Courts Plainview Sheriff's Department Arthur D Harris Johnnie D. Wood Wood Lloyd Croslin Geo. Eubank Court of Justice of the Peace C. E. Lynn Harris Justice of the Peace D. W. Robertson Clint DeBusk Smith Keller H. B. Chastin Lubbock Teo Lubbock County Croscounty L. E. Haynes Crosby County Houston J. J. Lieterman Lieberman

Cleaner Boosts Milk Output Infected Cows

A Canton based vacuum cleaner firm reports its device with a furniture brush increased milk production by about 25 percent after cleaning 46 cows infested with lice. The company cleaned the herd and burned the waste.

Canton

Galveston Elevator Holds Last Of Grain Donated To Europeans

The Galveston elevator today held the final 50,000 bushels of wheat donated by Oklahoma and Kansas farmers for Europe under the Christian Rural Overseas program. The wheat arrived Thursday and will be shipped to Europe as aid.

Galveston Europe Oklahoma Kan Christian Rural Overseas Program

District Court To Hear Civil Matters During Coming Week

Judge G V Pardue's 99th district court will hear civil matters in the final September term following a criminal docket. District Clerk Royal Furgeson showed the schedule with Judge Dan Blair opening court Monday at Levelland to hear criminal matters on the Hockley county docket.

District Court Brewster E. Dillard G. V. Pardue 99Th District Court Royal Furgeson Dan Blair Levelland Hockley County

Twenty MNR Leaders Arrested in Bolivia Clash

In La Paz on September 25, about 20 leaders of Bolivia’s National Revolutionary Movement faced custody after accusations of subversive plotting. The arrests followed an attack on Interior Minister Alfred Mollinedo’s home, which MNR leaders deny, calling it police aggression that sparked the trouble.

LA Paz Bolivia National Revolutionary Movement MNR Alfred Mollinedo Mollinedo

Also Mentioned on This Page

Congress Savings and Loan Associations National Housing Act Lamesa Houston Meat Packer Sas Citizens National Bank Lubbock, Texas F. D.1.c United States U. S Army Officers Reserve Corps Aare Eell Pratt Ly Prato Reserve Guard AUS OCS U. S. Army U. S. Air Force National Guard Post Office Gas Reiger Tex Brownfield J. B. Knight Company Lubbock Baker-Fleming Company 19Th Street J. D. Hinson Appliance Co H Street Pues Crosbyton Mayes Appliance Co Cape Butane Co Petersburg Wylie and Son Lamesa Littlefield Lorenzo Por Slaton Tahora Garner Appliance Co J.B. B Keight Co Slaton Furniture Co D. W. Geignet, Hardware
Search Courier

Search the Lubbock Avalanche Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lubbock Avalanche Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication