Area Students Convene Here at Odessa College Conference
Students from 16 area schools gathered Saturday at Odessa College for the annual Activities Conference organized with the University of Texas Interscholastic League. About 150 participants attended in speech journalism ready writing slide rule and numbers sense. 60 in speech clinics 25 in journalism 25 in ready writing and 40 in slide rule. After workshops and lunch the Odessa College choir and theater staged Hansel and Gretel while UT and Odessa College instructors led sessions.
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Odessa College
Odessa Col
Lege
University of Texas
Pecos
Iraan
Denver City
Colorado City
Wink
Toyah
Andrews
Kermit
Barstow
Grandfalls
Crane
Big Spring
Don Cannon
Lubbock Monterrey
Judy Powers
Bob Connery
Midland
Ann Reynolds
If War Averted by Timely Roosevelt Telegram
Tokyo editor asserts the Pacific war might have been averted if Roosevelt's urgent telegram to Emperor Hirohito had reached in time. Kimpei Sheba of Asahi Evening News outlines diplomatic efforts and human delays that may have altered history, noting Grew's early reception but late delivery.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Hirohito
Kimpei Sheba
Asahi Evening News
United States
Japan
Asia
U.S
Joseph Grew
Mr. Roosevelt
Cordell Hullreach
Indo-China
Grew
Sheba
GI soldiers unload Christmas cargo in Yokohama port
American troops beneath a Japanese boycott unload parcels from the SS President Wilson. Soldiers from the Army Port Command and the 1st Cavalry Division work overnight to move mail, turkey, and other Christmas provisions for delivery to the troops in time for the holidays. In Charleston, signs on streets prompt talk of taller posts as complaints rise about head bumps. Charlottesville lore links the town name to Queen Charlotte and a tale of Sarah Lennox and “Parliament George” with a cherry tree fall ending in royal favor.
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Yokohama
Japan
Wilson
U.S. Army Port Command
1St Cavalry Division
Charlottesville
Sa‘rahsville
Thomas Cary Johnson Jr
University of Virginia
Johnson
Sarah Lennox
George III
England
George
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Virginia
Vincent Astor Brings Modern Twist to Family Legacy
New York December 8 Vincent Astor continues the Astor family land tradition but shifts to active development. His project Astor Plaza will replace a block of houses and stores with a 46 story office building housing about 6 million square feet of space at a 75 million dollar cost. He and associates began a 17 million dollar office building in Cleveland, the first major modern structure in Ohio City in nearly 30 years.
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New York
Vincent Astor
New York City
John Jacob Astor
Astor Plaza
Cleveland
Ohio City
Foundation
John Jacob
Vincent
Harvard
Astor moves to build Midtown offices amid Plaza plan
Vincent Astor discusses the Astor Plaza project at 2 Broadway in New York while reallocating holdings toward Midtown Park Avenue offices. He cites a 40 million dollar 1938 value and notes diversified interests in oil, shipping, hotels, securities, and publishing as family wealth evolves.
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Astor Plaza
Astor
Park Avenue
Vincent Astor
Pet Coon Works On Neighbor's Car
WACO December 8 The Ralph Hill family's pet coon named Squeaky enjoys tinkering with cars. When neighbor Jan Cole tried starting his car yesterday nothing happened. Squeaky had crawled under the hood and pulled wiring loose and even took one wire. A mechanic later got the car running.
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Waco
Squeaky
Ralph Hill
Jan Cole
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North Lincoln
Celia Zant
Miss Zant
Odessa
And
Parsons School of Design
Cooper
Ation
Credit Grantors Club
Retail Merchants
Association of Odessa
Basin Builders Supply
Vernon Grove, Clothiers
K & L Motor Co
Gage & Cochran
Bateman
T. L. Miller
Jewelers
Sinclair Bros. Lmbr. & Supply Co
First State Bank
Shop de Los Llanos
Griffin Plumbing Co
Jo Ann Shop
Kosa
Winkler
Cecil’s Liquor Stores
West Texas Concrete
Hardwir
Headlee Hospital Clinic
Dunlap’s Store
First National Bank
Key, Rhoades and
Jenkins
Tower Food Market
Don Maxwell Co
Odesse American
John Shortes Motor Co
The
Quicksilver Co
Victory Home Equipment Co
Acme Lumber Co
Abel Lumber Co
White's Auto Stores
the Model Shop
South Charleston
W. Va
the Safety Council
L & H Gift
Chanel
Prince Motchabell
eZee
Produce Exchange
Broadway
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Astor Foundation
Cos
Shaw
Worth
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