Gambling raid in Ruidoso nets cash and tables
Assistant State Police Chief A B Martinez announced raids in Ruidoso that yielded 2096 dollars in cash and gambling equipment. At Central and Mint bars and Bob's Bar investigators seized roulette and dice tables and poker tables. The case will be turned over to the district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
A. B Martinez
Ruidoso
Martinez
Central and Mint
Bob's
Carlos Salas
Frank Lucero
Ben Chavez Martinez
New Chemicals Prove Effective Against Two Worst Weeds
In Bernalillo County experiments a new hormone spray killed both camel thorn and bindweed in test plots. Two sprays, tested June 15 by J. T. Stovall, showed one formula killed both weeds in initial concentrations. The spray costs about 12 dollars per acre and soil remains usable for crops after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque Journal
Bernalillo County
Henry Chavez
Chavez
J. T. Stovall
Sextension Service
Release Demand of Surplus Doctors Condemned by Senators
Washington reports the War Department’s leisurely release of surplus doctors drawn criticism from Senators Edwin C. Johnson and Sheridan Downey. They say many Army doctors work little each day and urge prompt return to the United States to ease civilian doctor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Edwin C. Johnson
Dem
Colo
Sheridan Doweny
Calif
Gillis Lumber Co Seeks Roofing Materials
All weight roll roofing composition shingles iron roofing at times Gillis Lumber Co. S4tf announces availability and selection for roofing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillis Lumber Co
S4tf
Phe Mack Moya Receives Presidential Citation in Germany
Pfc Mack T Moya of Alamogordo serves as rifleman in the 16th Blue Ridge Division's 2nd Battalion 318th Infantry, recently awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. Led by Lt Col Glenn H Gardner the battalion forged through Nazi lines to Bastogne, a pivotal action in the winter offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mack T. Moya
Alamogordo
Blue Ridge
318Th Infantry Regiment
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War Department
Washington, D. C
George C. Marshall
Glenn H. Gardner
Parkersburg
W. Va
318Th Infantry
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
United States Army
Domestic Water Upgrade Improves City Supply
The Denver pump arrives to replace a 40 year old unit at the J. P. Lewis well. A representative from El Paso assists with installation. When running, the new pump should add over 200000 gallons daily, supplementing supply for the Air Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
J. P. Lewis
el Paso
Air Field
Ice Plant Shortage Hurting Mothers in Community
An irate reader complains that the local ice plant closes for refrigeration but continues operations for the Air Field leaving mothers with no cold storage for milk. The note notes widespread impact as ice deliveries shift to military needs and calls for neighbors to help babies needing ice.
Local airman veteran of Europe on his way home
Staff Sergeant Wiley A. Smith Jr a 23 year old radio operator from High Rolls New Mexico arrived at Charleston Port of Embarkation by transport plane en route home for 30 days He will travel by train to a reception center near Mobile Alabama where his leave papers will be issued After the leave most of his unit will return overseas to the Pacific He enlisted April 1942 and served in Italy since July 1943 He holds the Bronze Star and three Bronze Battle Stars for the European Theater ribbon His wife Mary Louise resides in Mobile Alabama at 1106 Choctau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Wiley A. Smith, Jr
High Rolls
New Mexico
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
James T. Duke
Transportation Corps
Pacific
Smith
Mary Louise
Mobile
Ala
Choctau
Wage Hearing Opens Over Lumber Wage Demands
A national War Labor Board panel began a Denver hearing on 22 cent hourly minimum wage requests by New Mexico and Arizona lumber workers. Mills across both states shut for two to three weeks due to strikes. main wage issue left for WLB decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLB
Denver
Albuquerque Journal
War Labor Board
New Mexico
Arizona
Associated Press
St's
California
MR. Prestridge Co
Alamogordo
New Mexico-Arizona Pine Assn
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Secretary Anderson Calls Women to Save Fats and Oils for War
In a wartime appeal, Secretary Clinton P. Anderson urges American housewives to salvage used kitchen fats. He notes fats and oils shortages threaten civilian and military needs, with 1945 targets of 250 million pounds and warnings of reduced allotments if the pool is unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
Wothen
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
America
Pacific
Senators Urge Speedier Reconversion Efforts
Washington Senate War Investigating Committee criticizes government tardiness in reconversion and calls for faster mobilization to meet a potential sudden end to the Pacific war. It urges relieving essential personnel to ease civilian production bottlenecks and places Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion under direct supervisory control of other agencies. The report also denounces delays in releasing large war surpluses to end consumer shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Office of War Mobilization
Truman
Ordnance Battalion Tops 100 000 Tons Supplied In Europe
The 336th Ordnance Battalion supplied the U S forces in Europe with over 100000 tons of ammunition from January 1 1945 to V E Day. Commanding officer Major Hugh S Barnes of Atlanta said the depot in the Communications zone averaged over 850 tons per day and peaked at 1800 tons in a single day despite snow ice and cold. Don C Bradford formerly of Alamopuerdo serves in the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Germany
336Th Ordnance Battalion
Europe
Hugh S. Barnes
Atlanta
Georgia
Don C. Bradford
Alamopuerdo
Two Trucks Crash in White Sands Proving Ground
Two J A Cockrain trucks collided on a dusty road at the White Sands proving area near the Organ mountains on Friday. One driver Olie Porter of Alamogordo is listed in critical condition with a fractured skull at a Las Cruces hospital. A third car driven by Mr Cochrain overturned but left him with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A Cockrain
New White Sands
Organ Mountains
Olie Porter
Alamogordo
Las Cruces
Cochrain
SGT Hipolito Montreal Distinguished Service Hero
SGT Hipolito Montreal of the 40th Infantry Division earned recognition after six wounds in three Philippine campaigns. He refused treatment to stay with his squad on Luzon Panay and Negros fronts, later accepting a Purple Heart and two Oak Leaf Clusters for points toward discharge. Montreal enlisted February 1942 and served overseas since August 1942.
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40Th
Phillipines
Hipolito Montreal
Manuel Montreal
Tulatoga
New Mexico
185Th
40Th Infantry Division
Montreal
New Britain
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Zambales
Clark Field
Panay
Negros
Philippine
George H. Williams, Jr
Lo Angeles Calif
Williams
Ferdinand Chavez Killed In Action
Mr and Mrs G A Gutierrez of Alamogordo received word their foster son Ferdinand J Chavez was killed in action on Leyte December 8 1944. Chavez lived with the Gutierrez family since age four and attended Alamogordo High School before enlisting. He overseas service began in 1941 with campaigns in New Guinea Guadalcanal and other Pacific battles prior to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Gutierrez
Alampaggido
Ferdinand J. Chavez
Leyte
Young Chavez
Gutierrez
Alamogordo
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Phillip
Louis Gutierrez
Chass
Naval Air Corps
Pacific
Veterans to hold statewide conferences for veterans aid
Dave K Dalager announces July 30 start of county conferences in New Mexico to train clerical staff of Veterans Information Centers and coordinate veteran assistance. Attendees include Selective Service officers United States Employment Service Red Cross Department of Public Welfare and veterans organizations. Alamogordo meeting August 22 at 10 am led by Veterans Administration War Manpower Commission and Selective Service System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Dave K. Dalager
Veterans Administration
Albuquerque
New Mexico State Veterans Service Committee
Selective Service Board
United States Employment Service
County Veteras
American Red Cross
Department of Public Welfare
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Alamogordo
Veterans Administration Facility
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service System
L. E. Ruffin
Rufus Sedillo
Selective Service
Veterans Information Centers
Announcement of Sold Stock and Settlement Request
Store owner J A McRae announces sale of all foods free of indebtedness to Mose Cauthen and Duncan Campbell. Anyone with a claim or who owes money should contact or remit immediately, reference 30-$2, per the notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Cauthen
Duncan Campbell
J. A. McRae
Lieutenant Robert Carr Killed Over Tokyo
Mr and Mrs Wiley Carr of Tularosa were notified by the War Department that their son Ist Lieutenant Robert Carr was killed while in action over Japan on July 19. He was a flier overseas nearly two years and a graduate of Tularosa High School and New Mexico A and M College. He has a brother in service, Major Wiley Carr Jr., in the Chemical Warfare Division, Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Carr
Tularosa
War Department
Robert Carr
Japan
Robert
Tularosa High School
New Mexico A & M College
Wiley Carr, Jr
Chemical Warfare Division
Washington, D. C
Robert Blankenship serves aboard USS Birmingham in Pacific
Aboard the USS Birmingham in the Pacific Robert G. Blanken ship fireman first class serves on a ship with a storied combat record. The Birmingham fought from Sicily to Okinawa meeting heavy action including fires from a Princeton blast near Leyte gulf and repairs before returning for Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Pacific
Robert G. Blanken
USSNR
la Luz
Sicily
Okinawa
Wake Island
Tarawa
Bougainville
Shortland Island
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Mindanao
Leyte Gulf
Princeton
Two Jima
Snorting Bull Battalion Key Engineer Unit GIs Return Home
Tony Montes leads the 254th Engineer Combat Battalion known as the Snorting Bull or Iron Men. The unit served at Normandy St Lo and in the Rhine region, built Camp Miami near Chalons France, earned a Presidential Citation at Jullingen Belgium, and prepared for discharge as they redeployed back to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Area Command
Iron Men
Michigan Upper Peninsula
24Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Normandy
Bloody St. Lo
Hte
Tony KB Montes
Alamogordo
254Th
Miami
Chalons
France
Uncle Sam
Deward Eldridge Joins Tennessee Army Air Field Unit
Private First Class Deward II Eldridge of Alamogordo trained as an airplane mechanic at Dyersburg Army Air Field Tennessee. The installation trains heavy bomber crews with battle veterans guiding trainees from pilot to tail gunner. Eldridge graduated from New Mexico State College and previously trained at Fort Bliss Miami Beach Lowery Field and Buckley Field. Parents Mr and Mrs L E Eldridge reside at 1010 Florida Alamogordo New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Field
Dyesbury
Tenn
Deward II
Eldrige
Alamopordo
Dyersburg
Dyersburg Army Air Field
Pte Eldridge
New Mexico State College
Fort Bliss
Texas
Miami Beach
Fla
Lowery Field
Colorado
Buckley Field
Supersbomber Joins Pacific War Against Japan
Guam General MacArthur announced that the B32 Superbombers have been in operation for two months in Luzon and Formosa as part of Kenney's Far East Air Forces. The first test bombing occurred May 29 with two bombs wiping out Antaret headquarters in Luzon's Cagayan Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
MacArthur
Luzon
Formosa
Associated Press
Russell Brines
George ©. Kenney
Far East Air Forces
Philippines
Antaret
Cagayan Valley
Prank Portillo Comes Home From Overseas
Frank B Portillo son of Ricardo Portillo of Tularosa New Mexico heads home from the European Theater after service with the 28th Infantry Division known as the Bloody Bucket Division. The unit saw action from Normandy to the Rhine including St Lo Paris Siegfried Line Ardennes Colmar and Coblenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Area Command
Frank B. Portillo
Ricardo Portillo
Tularosa
New Mexico
Normandy
Reich
2Sth
Germany
Camp Pittsburgh
Rheims
St. Lo
Paris
Belgium
Luxembourg
Siegfried Line
Hartwenborest
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Colmar
Alsace
Rhine
Coblenz
Eleven Men Saved In Plane Crash Near Valmont
Eleven crew members survived a forced crash landing two and a half miles northwest of Valmont after a routine flight developed trouble shortly after takeoff. The plane was completely destroyed and the pilot was praised for skillful landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valmont
Beig
Public Lectures Need More Pre-Event Publicity
A reader argues that civic speaker events like those by the Rotary Club draw poor crowds due to insufficient advance announcements. The letter urges sponsors to publicize lectures beforehand to boost attendance and strengthen community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor
Roberto de la Rosa
Rotary Club
Alamoverdo
Rotary Club lecture publicity faces timing limits
Gerald Champion president of the Rotary Club explains negotiations for the lecture were not completed in time for a newspaper notice. The club secretary sent many cards and publicized the event with limited time. Champion notes many invitees did not attend, calling it their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molitor
Gerald Champion
Rotary Club
Champion
Insect Repellent 612 Goes to Market for Defense Forces
The insect repellent known as Formula 612, used by thousands of GIs in the Pacific Africa Sicily and Italy, will soon be available in limited quantities for farmers yachtsmen and sportsmen. It protects against malaria carrying mosquitoes and also repels black flies gnats fleas and nuisance mosquitoes. Application involves small drops on exposed skin or clothing. It does not stain clothing or injure skin and provides several hours of protection.
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New York
Pacific
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Tropics
No General Rains Yet Over County Threatens Stock
A drought crisis in Otero County worsens as stock shipments continue and tanks run dry. Stock Inspector Alf Hunter warns that without two weeks of relief more shipments may occur. Some rain has fallen in spots and flood waters create oases, but livestock deteriorates rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero
Alf Hunter
39th Anniversary Celebration of U S Air Corps
Hundreds of civilians and Army personnel gathered at Alamogordo Army Air Field for the 39th anniversary of the U S Army Air Forces. A parade aerial review and exhibition featured B 29s and a Kingcobra flight. Charles A Miller presented the Department of Labor Safety Achievement Certificate to Col William Marekson for cutting the field’s accident rate over 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Army Air Forces
Department of Labor
Charles A. Miller
Alamopordo Army Air Field
Miller
Wiliam O. Mareekson
New Mexico
Lewis Bo Schwellenbach
Labor
Col Kareckson
Col. Careckson
Make Jobs Now Says Wagner Before Crash Hits Nation
Senator Wagner urges action to prevent unemployment while jobs exist and backs a public works program if private enterprise cannot achieve full employment. The bill, supported by several senators, seeks federal intervention during downturns. Senator Thomas calls minimum wage rise a priority for the fall session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Washington
N.Y
Senate Banking
Murray
Mont
Thomas
Utah
O'Mahoney
Wye
Morse
O. E
Tobey
N. HD
Aiken
Janper
N. Pd
Congress
Nylon hose to last ten years predicts new materials
New York July 28 Dr George Harrison MIT physics head predicts supersnylon and nylon life expectancy of a decade or longer under extraordinary wear He spoke on a US Rubber Co radio program about a new phase of science and custom built molecules and noted the need for more workers at Alamo Steam Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Harrison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harrison
United States Rubber Co
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Phe Mack Moya
Victory IN
Ordnanceh
Hipolito Monrreal
Ferdinand Chavez
Tokyo
Robert Blankenship
USS
Tony Montes
Kattalion
Honningen
Jullingen
S. S. Panzer
Deward LO Eldridge
Tennessee
His
Ll. E Eldridyve
Florida
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Portillo
Krepeleane
U. S. Air Corps
Alamo
Melissa
Robert 5
Dadd
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