Truman’s 1948 State of the Union in election year tone
The article notes President Truman’s 1948 State of the Union as a campaign platform with liberal goals. It highlights his fighting mood and address to the nation, not just Congress, and lists major recommendations such as social security expansion, farm supports, crop insurance, higher minimum wage, and stronger anti trust laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Congress
Truman
House of Representatives
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Agricultural Areas Rally Behind Farm Prosperity
The plea for support in farming regions rests on wholesale prosperity farmers enjoy. Official figures show gross farm income rising from 7.055 billion in 1933 to 23.133 billion in 1946 and 34 billion in 1947, with prior highs in 1920 and 1929 and advocates crediting AAA, parity prices, price supports, and crop insurance.
Campaign Topics in Roosevelt Drive Tied to 1946 Reforms
The piece catalogs social and economic reforms pushed by the Roosevelt administration including unemployment insurance old age and survivors insurance federal deposit insurance and federal housing administration with figures for beneficiaries and dollars in 1946. It notes NAM advertising promising price drops if production rises and opposes anti trust exemptions NAM advocates for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Federal Housing Administration
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
USO Ends Seven Year Tour of Duty with Honorable Discharge
President Truman praised the United Service Organizations for seven years of entertainment and comfort for U S armed forces and allies. He awarded an honorable discharge stating it discharged its wartime responsibility with signal distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United Service Organizations
USO
Truman
Grade School PTA Meeting Postponed in Alamogordo
Bruce Jackson president of the Alamogordo Grade School PTA announces this week’s PTA meeting has been postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Jackson
Alamogordo
Parent- Teachers Association
Otero County Carnival plans advance with showy events
A Carnival Editor notes rapid planning for the county fair with Lions Club and Rotary Club joining forces. Rotarians and Lions volunteers pledge stunts and the Ducking Stool event as well as a band parade on February 27 and 28 to boost countywide entertainment and fund raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Spike Neel
Lions Club
Fulton Robinson
el Paso
Alamogordo
Black Cats
Rotary Club
Dr. Quimby
John Rolland
Chamber of Commerce
Andy Hendrix
Mose Cauthen
Lion
Barnie Caton
Boech
Alamogordo water survey pushes toward bond election
Engineers Herkenoff and Turney report progress on a La Luz Canyon survey to determine water supply increases and pipeline costs. A bond election is planned for April to finance a water program, with 100 000 feet of pipe ordered and Denver bond attorneys retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkenoff & Turney
Santa Fe
Alamogordo
la Luz Canyon
Denver
McKinley
Extremes Of Temperature Hit Otero County
Varying amounts of snow and severe temperatures were reported across Otero County on Wednesday morning. Snow totals ranged from a trace to 14 inches in locations like Eight Mile Canyon and May Hill, with subzero readings in Cloudcroft and surrounding Sacramento mountains.
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Otero County
Sacramentos
Alamogordo
Tularosa
S. P
Cloudcroft
Eight Mile Canyon
Sixteen Springs
Mayhill
Pinon
Carrizozo
W. T. Speight
Mrs Carter Ruidoso native dies in Phoenix
Mrs H E Carter a former Alamogordo resident and longtime summer resident of Ruidoso died in Phoenix January 12 from pneumonia following influenza. She was 66 and survived by her husband four sons Frank Weldon Ewing and Elmo and daughter Mrs Ray Wooten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Carter
Alamogordo
Ruidoso
Phoenix
Jan
Carter
Frank and
Weldon Carter
Ewing Carter
Greentree
N. M
Elmo Carter
Ray Wooten
Tempe
Ariz
Mrs John Thomas Taken By Death
Mrs John Thomas mother of Mrs Wilmer Hamilton died after two weeks illness. Her body was taken to Abilene Texas for burial beside her husband who died months earlier. Mr and Mrs Hamilton accompanied the casket to Abilene where services were held Sunday afternoon. Billy Hamilton a cadet at N M M I Roswell returned home by train on Wednesday and the Hamiltons were detained by bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
Wilmer Hamilton
Abilene
Texas
Hamilton
Abvilene
Billy Hamilton
Roswell
1948 Property Assessment Reporting Window
Property owners must report real and personal property to the County Tax Assessor in January and February. If reports are not filed by March 1, a penalty is added to the assessment. The assessment as of January 1, 1948 funds the fiscal year July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949 with taxes due in two halves: November 1948 and May 1, 1949.
New Mexico Man To Keynote Oklahoma Convention
Albuquerque leader Ingram B. Pickett, organizer of New Mexico Young Democratic clubs, to deliver the keynote at the League of Young Democrats of Oklahoma convention in McAlester on February 21. The event will attract over 3 000 delegates from Oklahoma’s 25 000 member League. The banquet speaker February 20 is Gael Sullivan, executive director of the National Democratic party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Ingram B. Pickett
Young Democrat
League of Young Democrats of Oklahoma
McAlester
Oklahoma
League
Gael Sullivan
National Democratic Party
Roy G. Baker
Young Democratic Clubs of America
New Directors To Be Selected At CC Dinner
Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce plans its annual dinner at the Community Center on Thursday night January 29. Members will cast ballots to nominate 14 officers and directors, then select seven finalists, who will choose the new president and officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Timbers On Town Watershed Withdrawn From Sale
Town of Alamogordo successfully protests a timber sale affecting 5631 acres in La Luz Canyon. State land office deletes the town's watershed land from the February 11, 1948 sale, leaving 7000 acres to be offered in Otero and Lincoln counties under strict conservation and U S Forest Service supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Board of Trustees
Alamogordo
E. D. McKinley
John E. Miles
Land Office
la Luz Canyon
George Stevens
The
State Land Office
Guy Sheppard
Lee Beall
Forest Service
C. A. McNatt
Stevens
Sheppard
Miles
CCC
Otero
Lincoln
U. S. Forest Service
Otero Teachers To Meet Here Saturday
The Otero County Rural Teachers Association will meet in Alamogordo on Saturday at 2 p m in the courthouse courtroom. President H L Traylor of La Luz will preside. Mrs Jennie Clayton of Tularosa will address the gathering on legislative issues sponsored by the state educational association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero
A L George Named As Commissioner From Tularosa Role
A L George of Tularosa appointed county commissioner for the second district replacing W E Knott who resigned after moving to Albuquerque. George, a garage owner, has long served in local affairs and is precinct chairman of the Otero County Democratic Central Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. George
Tularosa
Thos. J. Mabry
George
W. E. Knott
Albuquerque
Otero County
Democratic Central Committee
Nicaragua Similar in Size to Michigan
A note compares Nicaragua to Michigan in land area, stating both are nearly the same in size. No further geographic or statistical context provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Michigan
Dixon School Controversy Outlined to Albuquerque Pastors
The New Mexico Pastors Conference heard charges by Dixon New Mexico Free School Committee members Lydia Cordova Zellers and Olive Bowen accusing the Dixon school board and the State Board of Education of Catholic instruction in public schools. They allege nun and brother teachers funded by tax money, vandalized school facilities, and policy bypassing secular education, with plans to take the case to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Alamogordo
Dixon
United States Supreme Court
St. Joseph's Public School
Our
Freez
Board of Education
United States
Baptist Board Views Major Church Matters
The New Mexico Pastors Conference with 78 Baptist ministers and out of state speakers met at First Baptist Church. The NM Baptist Convention executive board approved a new evangelism department, building projects, and property purchases to expand student councils and assemblies across Albuquerque Portales Glorietta and the Sandia Mountains. An estimated 50 000 to 70 000 Baptists may gather for a southern assembly at Glorietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Phillip C. McGahey
Russell Goff
N. M. Baptist Convention
Department of Evangelism
Albuquerque
Silver City State Teachers College
N. M. A. & M. College
J. B Rigby
Clayton
N. M. University At
Portales
E. N. M. College
Sun Valley
Sandia Mountains
Young Peoples’ Assembly
Baptist
Little Rock
Glorietta
N. M
Renew Pledges For Center Support
A community center dance last Saturday netted $150 for the center fund. The center needs about $300 per month for light heating janitor and maintenance. Town organizations are urged to renew monthly and annual pledges, with several already indicating they will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Agnew
Parks & Recreation Board
Enchilada Dinner Aims To Aid Piano Fund
The Dudley School parents plan an enchilada dinner at the Community Center on February 3 from 5 30 to 7 00 to raise 1500 for the high school piano fund. Proceeds also fund improvements at Dudley School on Maryland avenue. Plates are 60 cents with 15 cents extra for egg and coffee. Committee members include Mesdames Aubel Estrada Salas Brusuelas Walters and Avila.
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Dudley School
Maryland Avenue
Enchilada
Mesdames Aubel
Estrada
Salas
Brusuelas
Walters
Avila
Veterinarian Opens Practice In Alamogordo
Dr Joseph W Miller a 1947 MSU veterinary graduate opens a permanent Alamogordo practice with his father Carl Miller. They moved from Terre Haute Indiana and plan a marriage in April. Office at 711 Pennsylvania Ave with land south of Meltons Service Station for kennels. Telephone 398J not yet listed in directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Miller
Michigan State College Veternary School
Alamogordo
Miller
Carl N. Miller
Terre Haute
Ind
Walter Wade
Pennsylvania Ave
Melton
One Killed and Six Injured in Saturday Car Collision
A Saturday night crash 50 miles north of Alamogordo left one man dead, six hurt. The Rocha car carrying Monje and Marrujo collided with Perry and Barber’s vehicle, sending roaches to El Paso hospitals. State Patrolman Speight investigated. District Attorney Scoggins indicated possible charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercelino S. Rocha
Tularosa
Gilbert Flores
Ysidro Monje
A.bert Telles
Prospero Marrujo
Lloyd C. Perry
Glencoe
Ralph Barber
Capitan
Alamogordo
Rocha
W. T. Speight
W. T. Scoggins, Jr
Perry
Monje
Marrujo
Baumont
el Paso
Alamogordo Air Force Base
Telles
Beaumont
Flores
Barber
Rousseau Hospital
Wm. Beaumont
Alamo Base Renamed Holloman Air Force Base
Local base headquarters announced the designation Holloman Air Force Base in honor of the late Col Holloman. The office of the public relations officer said details are being requested from higher headquarters about the life of Col Holloman and notes that other Southwest bases have likewise been renamed for prominent, now deceased Air Force figures.
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Holloman
Air Force Base
Col. Holloman
Suthwest
Air Force
Tigers Hit Road For Carrizozo And Cloudcroft Tests
Alamogordo High School faces Carrizozo here Friday in A and B games and travels to Cloudcroft Saturday. Perry, Arnold and Holladay lead the Tigers who must improve after a 42 27 loss to Ruidoso and a 55 30 setback to Anthony, with Romero scoring 12 in the Ruidoso tilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamoverde
Tiger
Tigers
Carrizozo Five
Lincoln County
Cloudcroft
Ruidoso
Alamogordo
Perry
Arnold
Alamo
Anthony
Rio Grande
Steuart
Valley
Romero
Benettz
Watson
Dunn
Lawson
Abbey
Castorena
Lon don coffee houses sell more tea than any beverage
Tea leads consumption in famous London coffee houses with higher sales than all other drinks observed. The report highlights tea as the dominant beverage among patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belgian Congo Produces No Industrial Diamonds
A report states the Belgian Congo yields zero percent of the world's industrial diamonds, highlighting its minimal role in the global diamond industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beglian Congo
New Mexico Receives Record National Forest Receipts
The U S Forest Service sent the New Mexico State Treasurer 100216.03 for the state share of National Forest receipts the last fiscal year. Otero County got 4275.98 with timber sales driving income. 25 percent goes to counties for schools and roads and 10 percent for forest road and trail projects totaling 45098.13 in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
H. P. Nichols
U. S. Forest Service
Otero County
Reservoir Water Levels Rise as Town Eyes Full Capacity
Town Manager C A Mc Natt said the reservoir stood at 13 feet 4 inches on Wednesday with about 68 million gallons, as irrigation demand and a frozen La Luz Canyon stream limited inflow. He expects ice melt and wetter weather to help fill toward 100 million gallons within roughly three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. McNatt
McNatt
la Luz Canyon
Guest Conductor Praises Alamogordo Band Concert
Bandmaster William E. Rhoads presented 55 junior high and high school students in Alamogordo’s mid winter concert. Guest conductor Frank Wiltz of Artesia led the program and predicted the band will be outstanding with another year of training. Despite bad weather a large audience praised the rapid progress in months of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Rhoads
Frank Wiltz
Artesia
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