OPA Sets Ceiling Prices for Peaches Pears Apples and Grapes
The New Mexico Extension Service reports OPA ceiling prices for peaches pears apples and grapes. Prices vary by form and destination with frees like 3.48 dollars per bushel for peaches at country shipping points and 39 cents per pound for grapes shipped on the car or truck, plus possible freight additions and a 24.5 cent per pound retail add on. The schedule runs until October 31 with storage price increases afterward.
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State College
N. M
Extension Service
Arthur M. Hauke
New Mexico Extension Service
State UNEM Security Commission to Activate Vet Unempl
Albuquerque The Employment Security Commission of New Mexico will process and pay unemployment compensation claims for veterans under the GI Bill. An agreement with the Veterans Administration follows a Salt Lake City conference and early Sept. 4 effective date. details to be announced.
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Albuquerque
Employment Security Commission of
New Mexico
Veterans’ Administration
Benjamin LD Luchini
Luchini
Commission
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mr. Luchin
Mr. Luchini
Luchinis
Salt Lak City
Tularosa Methodist Church September Evening Services Plan
The Tularosa Methodist Church announces no Sunday morning services in September. The pastor will preach at Mescalero on Sundays at 11 a.m. and at White Tail in the afternoon, returning for 7:30 p.m. services at Tularosa each Sunday. The Fourth Quarterly Conference is Sept. 18 with officer and committee nominations.
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Mescalero
White Tail
Tulaross
Tularosa
A. L. Clements
Kenton
Tenn
Marine Private Delbert Nelson Graduates Rifle School
Marine Private Delbert W. Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Delbert R Nelson of Alamo Gordo has graduated from the Infantry and Browning Automatic Rifle Section School at Camp Pendleton Training Command He completed rough training with the B A R M 1 Garand and Carbines plus grenades bayonet and knife for jungle warfare He will be assigned to an infantry battalion after enlisting in May at the Marine Corps last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pendleton
Oregon
Delbert W. Nelson
Delbert R. Nelson
Alamogordo
Delpert
Nelson
Marine Corps
Wohlgemuth Brothers Meet in New Guinea News Note
Joe M Wohlgemuth reports from New Guinea that he and his brother Gilbert met unexpectedly while both serving overseas. Gilbert is in the Air Corps with Australia and New Guinea duty for nine months, Joe is in the Coast Artillery AA theater. They had not seen each other in 16 months.
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Joe M. Wohlgemuth
New Guinea
Alamogordy
Joe
Gilbert
Ture
Air Corps
Australia
Coast Artillery
Vegetable selling prices Aug 31 19th century listing
The notice lists prices for fruits vegetables and related items from apricots apples bananas grapes and melons with per pound or per crate rates. It also includes miscellaneous goods offered by Gillis Lumber Co and small agricultural ads for a milk cow house for sale and various roofing materials.
First Seasonal Meeting of Alamogordo Woman's Club
Mrs. Guy J. Grant announces the first meeting of the Alamogordo Woman's Club for this season. Meeting set for Friday at three o'clock at the newly redecorated Woman's Club Building. Subsequent meetings will be every second Friday each month with programs led by multiple department heads and special features including a review of The Robe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy J. Grant
Alaegordo Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Carl Smith
Ed LeBreton
Leslie Beaty
A. A. Sorenson
Warren Seipp
Alavoogerde Air Base
John Kowlak
S .K. Cooper
C. A. McNatt
Harry Dutaler
Ruth Simms
Geo Haile
Herbert Callaway
Tom Cherles
N. DD. Snyder
Nes
P F. Quimby
Brier McAkinley
C. F. Liggains
Cadet Willman H. Clark Promoted to Corporal
The Sedalia Army Air Field Public Relations Office reports Willman H. Clark has been promoted to corporal at First Troop Carrier Command Base. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H G Clark of Alamogordo New Mexico. He attended Alamogordo High School Eastern New Mexico College and worked for the U S Bureau of Engineering prior to service. His wife Audrey W Pierce lives in Warrensburg Missouri and his brother Joe Clark also serves in the armed forces.
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Sedalia Army Air Field
Willman H. Clark
First Troop Carrier Command Base
Col Iark
H. G. Clark
Alamogordo
Army Air Forces
Alamogordo H
Baptist Revival Brings 20 Conversions in Tularosa Church
The revival at the Baptist Church of Alamogordo closed last Sunday in Tularosa with 20 conversions and additions. Rev. and Mrs. Leake led the week long event assisted by Rev. Bynum, with Mrs. Leake as pianist and junior choir director. J. W. Ward served as superintendent.
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Tularoan
Leake
Baptist Church
Alameagordo
Agelsted
Bynum
Christmas overseas mail guidelines from Information Service
The U.S. Post Office outlines overseas Christmas parcel rules for Army and Navy personnel. Packages up to five pounds with specific size limits may be mailed from Sept to Oct 15 to ensure arrival before December 2. Contents must be packed, labeled Christmas parcel, with perishable items prohibited and strict prohibitions on dangerous goods and fragile items.
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Information Service
U.S. Post Office Department
Army
Navy
Letter from former Alamogordo resident recalls pioneers
Mrs Lillian Browning York of Mesquite Nevadawrites of subscription to Alamogordo News and recalls neighbors the Dockray and Arthur families who helped settle the Sacramento Mountains She thanks the paper for reviving memories and invites a Pioneer reminiscence for readers plus a public notice about building a vault for Otero County Court House bids due September https
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Mesquite
Nevada
Alamogordo
J. A. Lafferty
J. M. Dockray
Dockr
Mrs Dockray
Iso
Chas. Arthur
J. A. Browning
Texas
New Mexico
Veryone
Mr. Dockeny
Iim
Lillian Browning York
Pox
Tree farming expands across seven million acres in western US
Colliers magazine reports Stewart Holbrook on timber cropping as a long term farming method. In Oregon, Washington, California and other states loggers grow trees on a vast scale with new techniques. Total tree farm area exceeds seven million acres with 500+ owners and projections near ten million within a year. Meanwhile, Billie Jean Vickers and Captain Robert Rankin wed at the Base Chapel with chaplain Ralph Finn officiating.
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Stewart Holbrook
Forestry Authority
Collier's Weekly
Cascade Mountains
Sea
Oregon
Washington
Holbrook
America
Pacific Northwest
Billie Jean Vickers
Alamogordo
Robert Rolla Rankin
Ralph H. Finn
Rankin
Byron R. Work
Martha Jeanne Nealy
John A. Vickers
Vermont Ave
Robert A. Rankin
Roseburg
Ore
Hospital News Roster Of New Daughters And Recoveries
Hospital notes report births for Aug 27 30 including a daughter to Mrs L E Malloy and a son to Mr and Mrs L E Perry. Sallie Floyd Altum home improving. Mrs D B K Wynn in hospital. Mr J H Phillips and Mrs Claude Robinson also noted. Henry Carr welcomes a 5% pound girl Aug 28. David Tillman of Tularosa improving and to return home.
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L. E. Perry
Perry
Floy Bell
Bunyan Bell
D. BK. Wynn
Tularosa
J. H. Phillips
Henry Carr
David Tillman
Marines beat four Japanese tanks in brief clash
In Guam a Marine crew including Pvt. Candido R. Roman Pvt. Joseph E. Isenhart Pvt. George T. Kritikos and others destroyed four Japanese tanks in a quick engagement. Roman and Kritikos fired high explosive rounds, Isenhart strafed the enemy with a machine gun, and the squad ended the fight 4 to 0 in favor of the Marines with no injuries.
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Guam
Corp
Richard E. Suber
Carey
Iowa
Candido R. Roman
New York Avenue
Alamogordo
N. M
Jos. E. Isenhart
Thompson, Ill
George T. Kritikos
Tulsa
Okla
Roman
Kritikos
Isenhart
Bony Baca Graduates From Rifle School
Camp Pendleton Calif says Marine Private Bony S Baca son of Mr and Mrs Carmen Baca of La Luz has graduated from the Infantry and Browning Automatic Rifle Section School He will be assigned to an infantry battalion He completed training with the Garand Carbine rifles hand grenades anti tank grenades bayonet and jungle warfare knife He enlisted in the Marine Corps May 10 1944
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Bony S. Baca
Carmen 8. Baca
la Luz
Baca
Marine Corps
Local Couples Wed In New Mexico and Nearby States
Marriages listed with multiple couples across regions including Ruidoso Alamogordo Wilmette Detroit and Las Cruces. Licenses issued for several pairs with ministers and churches named for late August weddings.
Leonard Franklin Completes European Orientation Course
Sgt Leonard Melvin Franklin son of Mrs Ethel Absher of Alamagordo has completed an orientation course at an Air Service Command station to bridge training and combat in France. He attended lectures by veterans on chemical warfare defense and staying healthy in a combat theatre. His next station will be a base from which American planes cover the liberation of occupied Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Melvin Franklin
Ethel Absher
Alamogordo
France
Air Service Command
Franklin
Battlewise
America
Europe
Calvin Boles In The FDRs Fishing Crew
Petty Officer 3c Calvin Boles stationed with the Coast Guard at Ketchikan Alaska writes his parents that President Roosevelt selected him for the fishing boat crew during the Alaska visit. Other high ranking officers joined the president on the trip. The brothers Holes Ishmael Roles completed 82 missions in Italy earning the Air Medal and other decorations and soon returns home on furlough.
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Roosevelt
Alaska
Luther Boles
Calvin Boles
Coast Guard
Ketchikan
Ile
Holes
Ishmael Roles
Italy
August visitors to White Sands Monument reach over six thousand
Visitors at the White Sands National Monument for the month ending August 29 totaled 6 088 in 1282 cars. Custodian John Will Faris released the figures noting 3 031 Army personnel and 3 057 civilians among them.
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White Sands National Monument
Johnwill Faris
Arthur Grider Jr Promoted to Captain in War Department Notice
Amon several other Army officers from New Mexico, Arthur Grider Jr receives a promotion from Lieutenant to Captain. The War Department announced the step-up for Grider, son of A. VP. Grider.
Smolls Reunited In Colorado Springs Community Post
Friends of Mr and Mrs P A Smoll note their long service with New Mexico School for the Blind. Mr Small holds a key role in the War Department Ordance Division at Camp Carson near Colorado Springs. Leonard Smoll works in Albuquerque in government research. his wife Lucille Williams hails from Alamogordo.
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P. Amall
New Mexico School For the Blind
Colorado Savings
Small
Ordnance Division
War Department
Camp Carson
Colorado Springs
Leonard Smoll
Albuquerque
Leonard
Lucille Williams
Alamogordo
Otero County Men Prepare For Induction Into Service
Several Otero county men are leaving within a few days for induction into military service. The group includes John David Gage of Pinon Emilio Prank L Vigil and Ted Golden of Tularosa Jade ward Maese and George B Oliver Je of Alamogordo and Carmen Baea of Bent
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Otero County
John David Gage
Pinon
Emilio Prank L. Vigil
Ted Golden
Tularosa
Jadeward Maese
George B. Oliver
Alamogordo
Carmen Baea
Bent
Cub Scouts Den No 1 Pack 12 Hold Regular Meeting
Cub Scouts Den No 1 Pack 12 at First Baptist Church praised their Friday program. Den Mother Mrs Gibson thanks mothers for preparing and serving refreshments. next meeting Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 at Ed Railroad Avenue. Gillis Lumber advertises WPB lumber supply and services.
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First Baptist Church
Ed Railroad Avenue
Gibson
Walter Stillwell Cited for Excellent Service in Tank Command
Mrs. Ike Danley reports a letter from her brother Walter Stillwell detailing over two years of European sector service. He was wounded and hospitalized, then moved to a tank unit where he earned the Presidential Citation Ribbon for outstanding fighting from June 6 to June 8, one of 15 outfits to receive the honor, worn on the right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Danley
Walter Stillwell
Cuckoo Comments and War Time Rumors From a Local Column
A regional humor column riffs on wartime topics and public notions about spies, weather and politics. It mocks sensational dispatches about a trained seal, critiques Hitler and Italy, jokes about naval and air power, and reflects rural attitudes toward war reporting, politics, and home front life.
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OPA
UNEM
Security Commission
Tularosa Methodist Church
F. J. Johnston
Gillis Lumber Co
Delbert Nelson
Prom Rifle School
Wohlgemuth
Pic
Pfe
Repl Depot
Repl Co
APO
Joe and
Gilbert Wohlgemuth
Mexico
California
Arizona
U. S
Catherine Yard
Vermont
Pularosa Bap
Mers
York
The
United States
Prom
Collier's
Vickers-Rankin
Hospital News
Set
L. E. Malloy
Sgt. Malloy
Bee
Dalhart
Floyd Altum
Claude Robinson
Mareta
Gordon
Bony Baca
RIFLE
Cody Hansen
Diana Harnden
Ruidoso
Ernest J. Sloan
Grace Methodist Church
Donald W. Henry
Barbara Jo Brewer
Battle Creek, Mich
Matias
Sandoval
Feliciana Duran
Kr. Torrandell
St. Mary's Church
Charles Rennie Fortham
Rosemary Real
Wilmette, Ill
Jas A Green
Joseph J. Morrow
Plant City
Fla
Stewart
Karl R. Keating
1St Baptist Church of
Bardon Mengrevill
Rose Lee Bradford
Weed, N. M
Herman Howerton
Floyd Hollis
Velma McCann
Ruodoso, N M
Justice Howerton
Jim Doulis
Liballa Ramidez
Bisbee
Ariz
Jack R. Barbour
Detroit, Mich
Hope Annuesenberry
Las Cruces, N. M
Keating
Thomas Francis Spaw
Austin
Bertha Pauline PeBurger
Green Forest
Ark
Vada Ricks
Tucson
Arizo
Gillis LumberCo
Leonard Franklin
August Visecors
White Sands Monument
Arthur Gredier, JR
P. A. Smoll
Cold. Springs
Armed Services
CUB
NOTIC
Holcomb
Roy Holcomb
War Board
Robert H. Dadd
Florence
Wall
State Capitol
Junior
Miz
Hadley
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