Races Postponed To Sunday December 12 At Local Track
Persistent rain delayed a full card. races rescheduled for Sunday at 2 30 PM. Notable matchups include Brownie versus Bisell 220 yards and Orphan Boy versus Music 350 yards with Andy Tomlinson riding in many events. The big event features Champmount against Wonder Lad for a mile over three nights.
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Ole Man
Brownie
Damon Guest
Bill Whiten
Bisell
G. B. Oliver
Andy Tomlinson
Tommie
Mack Black
Dottie
Buster Prather
Orphan Boy
Don Lee
Music
Jim Cash
Cooper
Gvernor
A. L. Dunn
Palo
Buck Jernigan
Nasan
Joe, Jr
Chas. Harden
Winomega
Gerald Champion
Champmount
Wonder Lad
Warren Tidwell
Big Three threaten continued war on Germany after Tehran
The article analyzes the Tehran conference declarations by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. It notes no unconditional surrender ultimatum was issued and predicts continued Allied bombardment and a planned second front. It emphasizes the aim to crush German war capability and push toward a postwar peace plan.
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Teheran
Iran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Big Three
United Nations
Europe
Mediterranean
Tehearan
Germany
Former Cloudcroft Boy Death to the Japs
Bougainville dispatch profiles Pvt. John Elza 27 of Cloudcroft and Wyatt West Virginia coal roots. He stowed away for Marine service, led grenade assaults on pillboxes, and inspired a unit with a bold battle cry. He killed two snipers and earned a sabre trophy from a dead Jap officer. Other notes mention Virginia A Bond joining the WACs and local retirals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
John Elza
West
Elza
Wyatt
W. Va
South Pacific
Tes Company
Cape Torchine
Pvt
Reverlee
Elba
4 Lap
Charleston
W Va
New Commander At Alamogordo Air Base Takes Command
Lt Col Frank P Bostrom assumed command and station commandant duties at Alamogordo Army Air Base on November 27. He succeeds Col G M Pike who becomes director of Station Services. Major Henry McDaniel remains base executive and becomes assistant director. Bostrom, a Maine native and University of Maine alumnus in chemical engineering, previously served at Alamogordo in 1943 and later commanded at Fort Biggs with the 330th Bomb Corps. He has seen a year of overseas combat in World War II with the 19th Bombardment Group in New Guinea and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo Army Air Base
Frank P. Bostrom
G. M. Pike
Henry McDaniel
Bostrem
Maine
University of Maine
Alamogordo
Fort Biggs
330Th Homb Corps
19Th Bombardment Group
New Guinea
Australia
Evans Family Informed Of Son Freds Prisoner Status
Dr and Mrs Evans learn their son Lt Fred Evans is a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. A long wave Tokyo broadcast relayed from Albuquerque and picked up by the University station in Albuquerque reports Fred as being at Camp Zentsuji and well. Messages reached his parents via long distance call to Alamogordo friends relaying the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B Evans
Fred Evans
Tokyo
Albuquerque
Mary Jamison
Alamogordo
Bron Beast
Evans
More Alamogordo Men Go At Country's Call
Alamogordo mayor Eber McKinley and W T Speight join Selective Service duties as Navy and Army volunteers. Others from Alamogordo and nearby towns report for duty, with final Navy and Marines returns still pending at the Selective Service Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Eber McKinley
W. T. Speight
Julian Pierce
McKinley
Speight
Pierce
Oscar Carillo
Wm. Pelman
Mescalero
Arnold Lee
Dade) Wilkerson
Cisto Garcia, Jr
la Luz
Ricardo Guerra
Horacio Nunez
Aveine Olivarez
Inman Lassiter
Gregorio Paz
Pedro Valdez
Antonio Sanchez
Francisco Gomez, Jr
Euel Hunter
Tularosa
Bernice Duke
Selective Service Office
Navy
Marines
Priends Hear From the An Porter Family
Miss Rina Latham received a letter from Rev and Mrs Porter of Alamogordo who now teach at a Mexican Mission school in Waco Texas Their two sons John and George Porter are in military service Lt Col John Porter recovered from fever in North Africa and is at Camp Fanning Texas awaiting front service Major George Leslie Porter has been overseas since 1943 and serves in the medical corps in North Ireland His wife died November 11 after treatment at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota and in San Antonio prior to death
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Rina Latham
A. N. Porter
Alamogordo
Porter
Waco
Texas
John
George
John Porter
North Africa
Camp Fanning
George Leslie Porter
Camp McCoy
Wis
North Ireland
Over Seas
Mayo
Tillman Tipton
Seagraves
Josephine Tipton
Knitted Garments Sent On Way To Service Men
Otero County Red Cross ships fifty sweaters ten mufflers twenty helmets and ten wristlets to the Ogden Utah supply depot. Volunteers led by Mrs Elbert Stevens and Mrs C C Hastings prepared the garments with E P Rees arranging shipping. Headquarters are at the Welfare building New York and Exchange Street. Mrs Courtney asks local women to sew hospital garments at the Masonic Hall urgently for overseas service.
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Otero County
Red Cross
Ogden
Utah
Elbert Stevens
C. C. Hastings
E. P. Rees
New York
Exyghth Street
Courtney
Masonic Hall
Christmas Program at New Mexico School for the Blind
The New Mexico School for the Blind invites the public to a Christmas program of music and readings by senior students. The event takes place Tuesday evening December 21 at eight o'clock.
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N. M. School For
New Mexico School For the Plind
New Mexico School For the Blind
Railroad Pleads With Patriotic People To Cut Holiday Trips
Southern Pacific urges civilians to limit nonessential travel December 17 through January 10 to free space for furloughed service members and relatives visiting training camps. VP F S McGinnis notes coach reservations help prevent overcrowding and are made only at ticket purchase.
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Ss. Po Railroad CO
Southern Pacific
F. S McGinnis
McGinnis
Harlingen Air Field Graduate Receives Aerial Gunner Wings
Set. Fred D. Chavez of Alamo Gorda earned the Aerial Gunner wings at Harlingen Aerial Gunnery School Texas after a six week course in aerial gunnery warfare. He is to join an aerial combat team or remain as an instructor after a brief visit to relatives.
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Harlingent Army Air Field
Tex
Army Air Forces
Harlingen
Fred D. Chavez
Ben S. Chavez
Alamo
America
Pexan
Auriemma’s Drive For Salvation Army Funds In Otero County
James V Auriemma completed his 26th annual drive in Otero County raising 686.60 from Alamogordo Tularosa Cloudcroft and Yularosa. The campaign notes the War Funds confusion over Salvation Army vs USO allocations and calls out that the USO share went to five other groups. This top total is praised as the greatest Otero county donation in the Auriemma campaign.
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Auriemma
Salvation Army
Otero County
Huron
James V
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Cloudcroft
Yularosa
USO
Otero
New Mexico 4-H Girl Weiss National Honors in Food Preparation
Dorothy Pate of New Mexico is named a National 4-H winner in the Food Preparation contest and earns a $200 scholarship plus a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. She will appear on the Fashions in Rations broadcast November 27 and depart for Chicago November 24. Also named national winners include Bobby Bailey of Hope in Dairy Production with a $200 scholarship and a trip to the Congress. Other state winners listed include Evelyn McKay Clayton Manning Freta McWilliams Melrose Jeanie Rush Portales Nancy Fay Oliver Albuquerque Kenneth Kinselying Crossroads Gene Garber Clovis Enna Grandi Jr Carlsbad Dorman Brookey San Antonio, with trips funded by Santa Fe Railroad. The New Mexico delegation may appear on Breakfast Club of the Air December 1.
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State College
N. M
Mies
Dorothy Pate
Chicago
Pate
Columbia
Evelyn McKay
Clayton, Manning
Freta McWilliams
Melrose
Jeanie Rush
Portales
Nancy Fay Oliver
Albuquerque
Kenneth Kinselying
Crossroads
Settie Gene Garber
Clovis
Enea Grandi, Jr
Carlsbad
Dorman Brookey
San Antonio
Santa Fe Railroad
New Mexico
Ludell Anderson
Alamogordo Woman's Club Programs and War Effort News
The Alamogordo Woman's Club heard Mrs Ball review the play Harriet and Father Francis speak on postwar problems. Guests included the School for the Blind literature class and Alamogordo High School classes. The New Mexico Clubwomen bought eight bombers and one fighter plane for the war effort. A Charity Ball is set for December 31 and a service day at Red Cross is urged on December 18 and other days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Eber McKinney
H. H. Callaway
Red Cross
Miss Emogene Buckner Named Alamogordo Sun Princess
Emogene Buckner has been chosen by the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce to represent Alamogordo as Sun Princess in the El Paso Sun Carnival on January 1. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Buckner and a graduate of Alamogordo High School class of 1943, active in drama and music and a leader in church work.
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Emogene Buckner
Alamogordo
The
Thespian
Thalian Club
Otero County
W. H. Kimmons
C. G. Prude
Alamogordo News Brings Home Town Link To Overseas Troops
A Pacific based reader writes of receiving Alamogordo News as a vital link for service members far from home. The letter notes mail delivery challenges and the home paper’s role in keeping troops connected when letters from relatives are scarce.
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Pacific
Alamogordo
Uncle Sam
Judge Frenger Hears Criminal Pleas Today
Judge Frenger and District Attorney Scoggins disposed of several criminal cases this morning. Willie Mayes Lee, described as a large Negro, received 18 months to two years in the State penitentiary for burglary after a string of past offenses. Juan Martinez of Tularosa pleaded guilty to burglary and drew 12 to 18 months. A 16 year old Mexican boy is held on statutory rape charges involving a 14 year old girl.
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Frenger
Scoggins
Willie Mayes Lee
Lee
Tularosa
Et del Sanchez
Washington
PBS
Juan Martinez
Hunt Report Signals Strong Coyotes Push East After Season
Ellis Wrighep and B Stervey Hunter note a successful hunting season with no prosecutions in the district and only minor offenses. Weather was ideal. rain follows season. Coyotes move to refuges east of the railroad, awaiting a new trapping year as fur prices rise 10 to 20 percent from last year.
Musical program at Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting
Mrs S and S Be Cooper hosted the Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society event on December 2. Miss Evelyn Jennings and Miss Evelyn Wayman from the USO performed piano selections and carols, with Gail Collins Vera Ragland and Nell Painter singing in two vocal trios. Private Le Al Ryder of the Alamogordo Air Base played violin pieces with ties to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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S&s. BE. Cooper
Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Hed
Lacy Simms
S. E. Cooper
Frank Rolland
Evelyn Jennings
Evelyn Wayman
USO
Gail Collins
Vera Ragland
Nell Painter
Pvt le al Ryder
Alamogordo Air Base
Ryder
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Soldier Disappearance Shocks Mayhill Community
Sheriff Will Parker investigates the vanishing of James Loyd Turner a young service member who arrived in Mayhill after learning his father would meet him at a railway station. Turner reportedly missed a ride home from Roswell and was last seen at Brantley cafe before leaving on foot.
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Will Parker
Mayhill
James Lloyd Turner
J. J Turner
Goss Farm
Penasco
Camp Hale
Colo
Mr. Turner
Alamogordo
Fertilizer Supply Urged For Farms Early In 1944
War Food Administration Fertilizer Division urges early production and delivery to dealers and farmers to avert shortages amid transport and storage limits. Farmers can obtain 1944 spring crop loans at 4 percent interest secured by crops to buy seeds fertilizer and supplies, with applications available in Mayhill New Mexico or by writing Roswell Field Office.
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War Food Administration
Emergency Crop & Feed Loan Office
Wichita
Kansas
Reasonbase
Mayhill
W. H. Moore
WH Butterbaugh, Jr
P. O. Box 1114
Roswell, N. Mex
Annual election notices for District Nos 5 and 4 advisory boards
The District Grazier James Ahl posts notices for the annual election of advisory board members in District No 5 and District No 4. Elections occur December 17 at Alamogordo Court House from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nominees include cattlemen and sheepmen by precinct, with voting rules for licensees and electors.
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James Ahl
Otero Precinet
Cattleman
Socorprecinet
Woatman
Death of Frank Beach Former Resident
Frank W. Beach 74 retired fire insurance adjuster died at his home 4225 Locust St He was a former Alamogordo resident and manager of the Alamogordo Imp Co and allied firms A 37 year veteran of Republican politics in Missouri and New Mexico he served in the New Mexico Legislature in 1906 He leaves a wife three nephews and a niece including James K Beach Norwood W Beach Dan Coffman and Mrs Tom Armstrong
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Ed Martin
Frank W. Beach
Alamogordo
Locust St
Beach
Missouri
New Mexico
St. Joseph
Col
James T. Beach
Prank Beach
Buchanan Co
Republican Committee
James K. Beach
Norwood W. Beach
Dallas
Dan Coffman
Ventura
California
Tom Armstrong
Nations listed with allied nations now
The article marks the second anniversary of U S entry into World War II and lists 44 nations allied with the United States, 6 at war with it, 9 neutral, and 7 special classifications. It cites Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Czecho Slovakia Comican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia French Committee Great Britain Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras Leeland India Iran Iraq Liberia Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Union of South Africa Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States Uruguay Venezuela and Yeper Slovakia as allied. The enemy list includes Bulgaria Germany Hungary Japan Panania and Thailand. Neutral nations listed include Argentina Afghanistan Erie Portugal Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden Switzerland and Turkey. Special categories involve land and air war with Great Britain and Russia but not the United States. Italy is described as co-belligerent with Austria Denmark Estonia Latvia Lithuania occupied without government in exile and maintaining Washington diplomatic reps. Also noted are nations on our side that have not declared war but severed diplomatic ties with Axis powers.
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Washington
United States
Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czecho-Slovakia
Comican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
EL Salvador
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Greecs
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Leeland
India
Iran
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Union of South Africa
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yeproslavia
Bulgaria
Germany
Hungary
Japan
Panania
Thailand
Afghanistan
Argentina
Erie
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Russia
Italy
Austriaa
Denmark
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuana
Alamo Gordo Junior Class to Present Ever Since Eve
Alamo Gordo High School junior class will present the play Ever Since Eve in the High School Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. December 10, 1948. Mr and Mrs Doyle Scott visited from Weed on Monday. Heavy rainfall occurred Saturday night Wednesday night and today, the heaviest this month in the area. A fountain pen matching a lost description was found in Alamo Gordo and owners are asked to contact the News offices.
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Alamogordo High School
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N. G
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A. D. Zickafoose
Pennsylvania
Virginia A. Bond
Wacs
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
A. C. Barton
Florida
Mrs. Evans
Fred
Priends
AN. Porter
Sa T
Weiss
Sun Princess
Judge Frenger
Melvin Evans
Ellis Wrighep
B. Stervey
Presbyterian Meeting
Frank Beach
Doyle Scott
Arty
Melissa
Hy Robert
Dado
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