Alamogordo Chamber Asks Marking Of Bomb Crater As National Monument
The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce urges the U S Park Service to designate the Trinity test crater at Alamogordo Air Field as a National Monument or historic site. The letter dated August 11 1945 asks for official marking and future preservation with local support offered.
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Alamogordo
Sirs
Earth
Department of the United States
Department of the Nation Park Service
National Park Service
Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico
Ypon Proving Ground
A. P. Grider
Fritz Heilbronn
Alamogorda
New Mexico Irrigation Drives Postwar Water Growth
New Mexico ranks fourth in area but has the smallest water area in the U S. Irrigation plans aim to expand productive land by half a million acres, with existing 10 000 acres already irrigated. The Carlsbad and Tucumcari projects, managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, will supply water to 25 000 and 45 000 acres respectively, addressing soil erosion in river basins.
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New Mexico
States
Union
Bureau of Reclamation
Carlsbad
Tucumcari
Controlling Blue Bugs in Poultry Houses with Carbolineum
Extension agent Walter H. Wade reports carbolineum as an effective wood preservative to control blue bugs, or fowl ticks, in New Mexico poultry houses. Apply to roosts and surrounding woodwork, mix with kerosene for better spread, and reapply yearly to maintain a tick-free environment despite not always causing direct poultry mortality.
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K. E. Anderson
Extension Poultry Man
New Mexico
Rincon youth sees action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Robert G. Blankenship, 20, electrician's mate third class of La Luz, has participated in two major invasions aboard a Pacific cruiser. He served at Iwo Jima and Okinawa and witnessed multiple air attacks, including the downing of five Japanese planes by ship gunners.
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Pacific
Robert G. Blankenship
la Luz
H. Blankenship
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Navy
Blankenship
Passing Of Pioneer Citizen Of Otero Co
Drury Anderson longtime Otero county resident died at his Weed home August 6 at age 59. He leaves wife Della and seven children Frank Frankie Darrell and Kovle sons. Delta Hathines and Teasie daughters. Interment in Avis cemetery August 7. He came to Otero in 1903 from Texas born December 1886 in Hano, Texas.
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Drury Anderson
Otero County
Weed
Della Anderson
Fpg
Frankie
Dinery
Darrell
Kdovle
Delta ‘Iathines
Teasie Anderson
Otera County
Gathings
Portales
N. M
Anderson
Sacramento Mts
Avis
Agriculture Secretary Drops OWI Info Flow
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson ends the Office of War Information role in his department and routes publicity through OWI for coordination. He cites delays and rewrites by OWI staff as motives, noting butter ration changes sparked prompt reporting. An Army bulletin lists Andrew V. Gonzales among 380,000 service members to be discharged near home.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P Anderson
Office of War Informaton
Department’ Information Service
Anderson
Office of War Information
Scrippa Howard
OWL
Tmms
Agriculture Department
Wat Information
Andrew V. Gonzales
Tularosa
Miami
Fla
Bartlett Clinic Update And Regional Births And Ailments
Tom Mcdonald of Tularosa is in critical condition after a cerebral hemorrhage at Masonic hospital El Paso. John Cribbs and Lily Hurt recover from injuries and surgery. Mrs A P Austin remains in El Paso for surgery. Betty Sue Reich born Aug 12 at Ayers Maternity. Sue Reich and Mrs Jas McBride have a daughter Aug 17. Linda Gale Davis born Aug 18. Kathie Marie Smith born Aug 20. Joseph Ewing McMurry born Aug 10. Tony Fields Ernest Chavez Eva Joe Gray Filla Mae Bonnie Lee Posey had tonsil operations this week.
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Tom Mcdonald
Tularosa
Masonic Hospital
el Paso
Tony Fields
Ernest Chavez
Eva Joe Gray
Filla Mae
Bonnie Lee Posey
Hold Back Tide Of Inflation in Reconversion Policy
OPA Director John D. Bingaman warns against premature price relief as reconversion could trigger inflation and endanger jobs earnings and savings. He explains the policy allows ceilings to resume production, with reviews if prices cannot meet 1942 levels. Several local teachers and residents listed with unsettled postings.
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Albuquerque
John D. Bingaman
OPA
OFA
Truman outlines indefinite Allied occupation of Japan
President Truman declared that American and Allied forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur will occupy Japan indefinitely. An ironclad Allied Military Government will govern until Japan learns peace. The atomic bomb program remains, with disposal of power to be decided by Congress, and a future free election implied under Potsdam terms.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
White House
Alamogordo Sergeant Decorated in Tealy
First Sgt. Lee KR H Bradley of Alamogordo was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in combat in Italy. He served on the Fifth Army front with the 863rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Powder River Division. His wife Mrs. Lee R H Bradley lives at 1823 N Y Ave Alamogordo.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Lee KR. H. Bradley
Alamogordo
91St
Powder River
Lee R. H. Bradley
N. Y. Ave
Crop Prospects Improve Amid Record U S Agriculture Forecasts
The USDA predicts the third largest crop volume in history for the United States in July August estimates show record crops of wheat oats peanuts rice peaches pecans and truck crops with near records for hay tobacco soybeans sugar cane and potatoes meat dairy may face no feed shortages due to the forecast yields. AAA conservation payments totaled 278 million dollars nationwide with New Mexico at 3415 0000 reflecting ongoing soil conservation efforts. European winter shortages loom as war impacts food supply while wheat marketing quotas are eliminated to boost production.
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
New Mexico
Congress
Denna Chavez
State Departments of Public Health and Public Welfare
Chavez
Selective Service
Waa
Chaves
Senate Committee On
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Pets
Proprio
Alamogordo Air Field Permanency Discussed At Town Hall
Citizens met at the town hall on Friday to discuss the Alamogordo Air Field’s future operations after Vil ling. President A L Grider led the session with Attorney George Shipley guiding the discussion about a rumored Army base closure within 90 days.
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Alamogordo Air Field
A. Il. Grider
Alamoraide
Andrew Hendrix
Gerald Champion
Alamogordo
John Collins
Alamoverda
Death of Mrs Nora Lee Palmer 25
Mrs Nora Lee Palmer 25 of Ruidoso died in a hospital in Epasa on Sunday after being taken there days earlier. Her husband James Palmer, formerly of Lalaw and Ruidoso, is with the Navy at Okinawa. Her mother Mrs Lillie Ward of Munoso tried to reach her son by cable. Survived by husband parents two brothers Nathan J. Moore of San Diego and John A. Moore of Hott and a sister Mrs J T Sayers of Hobbes.
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Nora Lee Palmer
Ruidoso
Ehpas
James (. Palmer
Lalaw
Navy
Okinawa
Lillie Ward
Munoso
Cable
Meo
D. Weems
Nathan J. Moore
San 1Ego
John A. Moore
Hott
J.T. Sayers
Hobbes
Campaign urges Americans to can and share surplus food
Dr John W. Studebaker calls for the Community Canning Program for War Relief to mobilize American farms and homes to preserve surplus produce for Europe. He warns that unused crops mean lives at risk and urges schools camps and clubs to support canning efforts to build a food pool for war ravaged Europe.
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Washington, DC
John W. Studebaker
United States
Europe
Studebaker
America
United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
USSS
Campfire Girls
Wd G Link
The
Future Partners of America
New Barners
Army Private First Class A Duran Promoted in Philippines
A Duran of South Fifth Street Alamo Port, NCOM, serving with the American Infantry Division in the Philippines, is promoted from private first class to sergeant while with a veteran routine company on Cebu. He has 12 months overseas and served in New Caledonia, Fiji, Bougainville, Leyte, and Cebu. He earns the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with two battle stars and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with star. He is part of the battletested standard infantry in the division, noted as the first Army unit to launch an offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, with Guadalcanal as an earlier honor.
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Philippines
A. Duran
Mary Dron
South Bifth St. Alamo Porda
Ncom
Peant
Cebu
Syez
Duran
New Celedonia
Fiji Islands
Mougainville
Leyte
Dian
Stad Infantry
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Rainfall summary from Alamogordo and nearby areas
The Alamogordo vicinity records light to moderate showers on Monday and Tuesday with totals around three quarters of an inch. July rainfall at the Southern Pacific Station shows 108 inches for the month, with August reports totaling 186 inches by Tuesday night. heavy downpours occur in upper elevations while some areas since December have seen virtually no rain.
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Alamopordo
Southern Pacific
Bo Wilford
Oterg
Richard Sanders Returns to States From Pacific
Richard Sanders, Q. N. 2e US NR, landed in California August 10 after 17 months in the South Pacific. He spent a few weeks at Baraburt Idaho for prep schooling then will return home before entering V-12. Sanders' home is at Tulaposit.
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Richard Sanders
California
South Pacific
Barrayut
Idaho
Mr. Sanders
Tula pOsit
Aunt Melissa Quotes on Prayer and Success
A feminine philosopher, Aunt Melissa, notes that many fail because they quit praying and start preying for success, a warning about shifting from spiritual practice to self seeking.
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Melissa
Manuel Malone Receives Combat Infantryman’s Badge
Private First Class Manuel M Malone of Alamogordo has earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with the 32nd Infantry Division in Northern Luzon. He has been under fire for the first time this campaign and previously served with the 2nd Infantry Division in Capyan Valley mopping-up operations.
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Luzon
Philippine
Manuel M. Malone
Maryland Ave
Alamogordo
Malone
Red Arrow
Capyan Valley
Co. 1
Pte. Malone
Adelina Malone
Lt Joe M Dominguez Home Visit After Pacific Service
Lt Joe M Dominguez is home with his parents Mr and Mrs M A Dominguez of Tularoe after an extended service in the Pacific. He has been in a Denver hospital and will return there after this visit, his first home in four years.
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Ist
Joe M. Dominguez
M A. Dominguez
Tularoe
Denver
Pacific
Ele
Polis Stamon Awarded Four Battle Stars
Polis Stamon, son of Mrs H R Dotson now of Mission Texas, who attended Alamo School, served in Germany with the Patton Army and has been awarded four battle stars. He is expected to arrive in the States in July on furlough before shipment.
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Lowe Stamen
H.R Dotson
Mission
Texas
Whoo
Alamoroide
Germany
Patton
States
Seabees veteran Paul II Stone returns to Camp Parks
Paul II Stone a 46 year old carpenter's mate first class of Alamogordo New Mexico has been received at Camp Parks after a 30 day leave. He served 25 months overseas with the Seabees in the Pacific including Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella. Stone previously worked as assistant foreman in the Alamogordo yards of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
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Camp Parks
Calif
Paul II Stone
Alamogordo
Guam
Peeitie
Reas Sipmnent
New Mexico
Ghiadalcanal
Vella Las Vella
Stobe
Vie Alamogordo
Orthern Peeitie Railroad Co
Civilian staff to replace combat troops in Army posts
The War Department announced that civilian personnel will be used to the maximum extent after Japan's defeat to replace officers and enlisted men in Army installations nationwide. The move aims to speed demobilization and ensure remaining soldiers perform only essential military duties.
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Couyguerque
War Department
Japan
Twin boys welcome at local hospital with one loss
Premature twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Haynes, one died. Surviving twin is reported doing well. Other hospital notices include Mrs Mary Wofford admitted for medical care and later released, and several patients listed for medical or surgical care including Arzell Sewell, La Voyce Hayes and Marco Schrier with procedures noted.
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Mark Haynes
White Sands To Observe V2 Bombing Tests At Las Cruces
The White Sands Proving Grounds will host Army trials on V2 rockets to study performance and failures. Col Harold R Turner reports 40 carloads of parts have arrived to assemble bombs without explosive loads and the camp should operate early September.
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Las Cruces
White Sands Proving Grounds
War Department
London
Harold R. Turner
White Sands
Pioneer Krancteman Critically Hurt Near Carrizozo
Mr. Tom McDonald suffered a collapse last Friday at his son’s ranch near Carrizozo while fetching water. He was taken to El Paso in serious condition and remained near death as his family gathered at his bedside.
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Tom Mcdonald
Carrizozo
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Bartlett
Grantland Ranch
Old la Luz
Romer DT Blankenship
Otero Co
Tith Shori Parry
Andrew Vo Gonzales
Bartlett Clinic
John Cribbs
Lily Hurt
A. P. Austin
A. M. Reich
Betty Sue
Ayers
Thomas Jas. McBride
Bill Davis
Linda Gale
Ayers Maternity Home
George McMurry
Joseph Ewing
Hroiral
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Talus
Herbert Traylor
Mleeta Roth
Farm & Ranch War News
U. B
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National Monument
Fite
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Duran of Chines Merppeod
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STOW
Sou
Aste Delane
Albert Farmer
Vt Palmer
Catalpa
Polis Stamon
POL Battelle Stars
Pau Ston
Miletary Services
Hospital News
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M. George Carl
Gerald Walters
Arizona
Ray Johnson
Arzell Sewell
Cloudcroft
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Paseo
la Voyce Hayes
K. C. Hayes
Marco Schrier
Sbisis
Chave
Pepper
Suibis
Krancteman
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