Alamogordo Native Named to State Highway Commission
M Prestridge of Alamogordo is named by Thomas J Mabry to serve as a member of the New Mexico State Highway Commission. The selection, welcomed by local Democrats and Republicans, aims to secure regional representation and bring No 54 and No 83 onto an equal footing with major cross state routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Prestridge
Alamogordo
State Commission
Thos. J. Mabry
E. Ruffin
Albuquerque
Vidal
Gallup
Thomas O.toya, Jr
Bernalillo
Bureau of Revenue
Shuart
Dempsey
Aissioner
Alamo grodo Boy Serves Aboard Task Force 68
Joe M. Barela 24 a machinist's mate third class USN son of Mrs Quilina M Barela of Alamogordo serves on USS Pine Island, one of 13 ships in Task Force 68 for Operation Highjump Antarctic expedition. Pine Island carries two helicopters, three patrol bombers, and a seaplane for aerial photography and mapping as the crew observes Christmas with divine services and a turkey dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe M. Barela
USN
Quilina M. Barela
Alamolgordo
Pine Island
Navy
Antartic
Labor chiefs discuss sick benefits and labor laws
Albuquerque officials from carpenters and other unions met at Carpenter's Hall to debate labor legislation. Earl McDonald of Santa Fe urged raising minimum weekly sick benefits from 18 to 25 dollars and boosting hospitalization top from 400 to 1000. Attendees hailed from Carlsbad Hobbs Roswell Clovis Santa Fe Gallup Hurley Silver City Tucumcari and Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Carpenters
Electricians
Carpenter's Hall
Earl McDonald
Santa Fe
State Federation of Labor
McDonald
Labor Department
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Roswell
Clovis
Gallup
Hurley
Silver City
Tucumcar
Cross Breeding of Purebreds Not Profitable
Article notes that cross-breeding purebreds is not profitable for farmers. Dateline Lubbock dated December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Meeting of Otero County Wild Life Association
The Otero County Wild Life Association will hold a meeting to organize permanently and adopt a constitution and by laws on Saturday at 1 pm, December 28, at the Community Center Building. The meeting will review past big game season highlights and urge all interested parties to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Wild Life Association
Community Center
West Sacramento
Lincoln National Forest
College Students Home For The Christmas Holidays
Partial list shows Alamo gordo residents studying at various colleges returning home for the holidays. Names include Frances Nell Dale Arkansas, Addlyn Painter Abilene Christian, Howard Moore and others from University of New Mexico, State College Las Cruces, Silver City, Southern Methodist University, Northwestern University, and NMMI Roswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Frances Nell Dale
University of Arkansas
Addlyn Painter
Abilene Christian College
Howard Moore
Dwane Anderson
Blaine Anderson
Margaret Ah
Jenny Lou Beall
Edwina Kimmons
Dorothy Michel
Harry Egbert
Jimmy Patterson
Ann Perry
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Herbert Holcomb
Tom Jones, Jr
Delbert Nelson
Eugene Billups
State College
Plaza Cafe To Reopen In January After Renovation
The Plaza Cafe will reopen on January 2 under new owner L. H. Hightower who is supervising a full interior renovation. Tables and walls are being repainted, the kitchen updated, and red wood awnings added to the exterior. Howard Beacham, original 1938 founder, returns to oversee operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaza
L. H. Hightower
Howard Beacham
Ddahe
Deming Man Heads New Mexico Education Association
J Clyd Miller, Deming school superintendent, elected president of the New Mexico Education Association for 1947. Albuquerque chosen again as annual meeting place. Miller, named NEA vice president, succeeds W E Kerr of Artesia. New officers include W B Caton Roy vice president E E Harrison Raton and O Prevost Silver City executive committeemen. R J Mullins Santa Fe is executive secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
New Mexico Education Association
J. Clyd Miller
Deming
Albuquerque
Miller
National Education Association
W. E. Kerr
Artesia
W. B. Caton
Roy
E. E. Harrison
Raton
O. Prevost
Silver City
R. J. Mullins
State Let on Highway 83 Low Bid Wins Bid
Low bidders Thygesen & Llewellyn of Albuquerque and Alamo Gordo offered 138 83430 for grading drainage surfacing and black topping on the Highway 83 segment from Highway 54 70. The contract awaits federal approval and Public Roads Administration concurrence. Plans include a paved route from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft with no grade over 6 percent and eventual paving to the state line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Thygesen & Liewellyn
Albuquerque
Alamogordo
Public Roads Administration
R. P. Shousen
D. D. Shousen
Jones Bros
Thygesen & Llewellyn
Lincoln Forest
Box
Small cites postwar reconversion surge in U S industry
Washington reports former civilian production chief Washington John D Small told President Truman that postwar reconversion has raised industrial production at least 50 percent above late 1930s averages, and has risen for six months from peacetime record to record. He warned labor and management must cooperate to avoid strikes and protect gains in production and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Small
Truman
Alamogordo Tigers Open 1947 Campaign With High Hopes
Alamogordo High School prepares for a 1947 basketball season with a January start after a New Year break. The Tigers, led by center Talley, lose 28 14 to Socorro at home as Socorro’s defense stifles Dick Bright’s team and stops shots under the basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo High School
Tigers
Socorro
Chiefs
Otero Seeks County Hospital Funding Drive
Alamogordo residents band together to form a subscription drive aimed at raising 100000 dollars for the construction of an Otero County hospital. Local leaders urge donations to support the new medical facility and improve county health services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Otero County
Alaska Votes 3000 Majority For Statehood
Juneau Alaska canvassing board reports 17 158 ballots cast in October elections with 9624 for statehood and 6822 against The Republicans won the Alaska House 13 to 11 but vacancy due to Frank D Price death could tilt to Democrats if a special election is held Observers see Democratic pickup possible in Sitkas second division
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Territory
House of Representatives
Frank D. Price
Sitka
Price
Winners Named In Decorating Contest
Prizes awarded in the Christmas decorating contest hosted by the Business and Professional Women’s Club. First prize went to Dr and Mrs FE C Bartlett, second to Mrs Murray Hanson, third to Ralph Garner. In the commercial division Community Public Service Co won first with a blue ribbon. A committee invited visiting guests including Mr Johnson of Los Animas NM Dr Lee of Minneapolis MN and Mr Bens of Cleveland OH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business & Professional Women's Club
FE. C. Bartlett
Murray Hanson
Ralph Garner
Community Public Service Co
Johnson
Los Animas
N. M
Lee
Minneapolis, Minn
Mr. Bens
Cleveland
Ohio
Workmen's Compensation Not Bar to Disabled Veterans
New York report quotes J Dewey Dorsett of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives denying any provision in workmen's compensation policies or rating formulas that forbids or penalizes hiring disabled veterans. He says employers are misinformed about policy terms and rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Dewey Dorsett
Association of Casualty and Surety Executives
Dorsett
Population Growth of African Americans in the United States
The negro population of the United States including full blood and mixed races numbers more than a million persons. Growth since the end of the slave trade has outpaced that of other original American groups.
Farm News Shorts Improve Use Of Wasted Land
Farm notes report that meat animals convert wasteland into food. A reference to frequent farm or ranch accidents urges precaution. Secretary Clinton Anderson postpones action on a separate administration meeting until after a conference with farm station representatives and the Agriculture Department. FOR SALE Singer electric sewing machine Call No 6 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton . Anderson
Department For Agriculture
Singer Electric
Death of Mrs Tony Talamantes Pioneer Resident
Relatives in Alamogordo and Tularosa announce the death of Mrs Tony Talamantes on Friday in Bakersfield California. She lived in Tularosa and Alamogordo for 70 years before moving to California two years ago. Born circa 1859 in Mimbres New Mexico she was survived by daughters Mrs Carlos Borunda Mrs Frank Pillip Mrs Torres Mrs Pete Valverde and Mrs George Ostic and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Tony Talamantes
Bakersfield
Calif
California
Talamantes
Mimbres
New Mexico
Carlos Borunda
Fl Paso
Frank Pillip Tularosa
Story Hour Offers Holiday Reading for Children 6 to 10
The Story Hour continues through the holidays inviting children aged six to ten to hear stories poems and continued tales. Boys and girls are invited to listen again and take books home to read the stories once more.
Pioneer Clapp of Hatch Dies at 61 Years in Hatch
Las Cruces reports long time Hatch resident E L Clapp 61 years in Dona Ana county died at his Hatch home Tuesday. Funeral services were private at the Clapp residence. Born Easthampton Mississippi in 1853 he moved to New Mexico in 1885 and worked as an accountant banker and merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
E. L. Clapp
Hatch
Dona Ana County
Clapp
Easthampton
Miss
New Mexico
Alamogordo Hotel to undergo complete interior renovation
Mr and Mrs Charles Walcott proprietors announce a full interior renovation of the Alamogordo Hotel including new lobby furnishings and mattresses and springs in all rooms. The interior has been repainted and redecorated and exterior painting is set to begin on Jan 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walcott
Alamogordo Hotel
Walcott
Roswell Driver Dies After Dark Canyon Crash
Roswell man Dew William Neill 30 died in a local hospital from injuries after a Sunday crash in Dark Canyon, White Mountains. Neill, a Chrysler service engineer based in Lubbock, Texas, drove his car into a bank to avoid another vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
David William Neill
White Mountains
Neill
Lubbock
Texas
Chrysler Corporation
Lobbyists Registered for Townsend Plan See High Pay
The report shows 189 lobbyists registered in Washington under the Townsend plan with salaries from 1,300 to 65,000 a year. Key figures include Purcell L Smith at 65,000 and Walter Chamblin 28,000, plus 10,000 to 15,000 for chamber executives.
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Congressional
Move
Congress
Whart
Townsend
Aventirs
Dr. R, EB
Townsend National
Tno
YC Townsend
Herbert Maren
Lts
Campelon
Co Fe Townssend
United States Chamber of Commerce
Donald A. Young
Clarence E. Miles
National Association of Manfacturer
Walter Chamblin
Carey R. Sutlive
Samuel B. Bledsoe
Purcell L. Smoith
Smith
Arthur J. Barsett
Thos
Naval Aviation of Electric Compaties
TVA
REA
Smith Ie
Ebrehile
Midwest Corporation
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
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Denver
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Otero
Hospttal
Statehood
Lour Negro
Stan Miasek
Falcons
Detroit
the Public
Rauis
Nancy Jean Davis
Pittsburg
Okla
Mary Lou Jacobs
Zachary
Robert J. Martkopf
Appleton
Wis
Robert BE. Berry
Gage
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Haame
WNU
Westington Bureau
Bye St
Tocote
APL
Thows
Business Fits
Fiat
National Association of Rool Retite
Oe Olbhout
Vonmeulvenio Railroad
Frank J. McCarthy
Indianapolis
John BE
Naugherty
Willan H.tinney
American Federation of Labority
Clo
Martin J. Miller
Brotherhood of Mailroad
Rot
Ty Geraldine Shandros
American Decumenications Association
Joseph WH. Melaurin
Roland HM. Howe
U. S. Wholesale Grocer Association
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