Republicans Face Campaign Slogan Challenge in 1950 Race
The discourse centers on whether big dividends and corporate profits prove a strong free enterprise system or reveal socialist undercurrents. The piece notes United States Steel and General Motors profits in 1949 and contrasts them with the pension system and aging workers as a counterpoint to a socialistic critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Department of Com
Thomas
United States Steel
General Motors Corporation
President Truman Plans Tax Shifts Across Brackets
The note describes Truman proposing a tax strategy that lowers rates for lower income brackets while raising taxes on higher brackets to offset cuts. It contrasts with the 1948 Congress that cut taxes and lost in 1950 amid similar debates. The piece emphasizes targeting cuts and tax increases to win public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
80Th Congress
Truman
House Reverses Korea Aid and FTC Critique Sparks Shake-up
In a swift reversal the House changed its stance on Korea aid approving 60 million dollars for Korea and 103 million from China funds for Formosa. The Senate had already passed the measure. A possible FTC shake-up followed after the House Small Business Committee charged the agency with inaction and accused it of mislabelingDuPont and General Tire as small business to favor big contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Korea
Acheson
China
Formosa
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Small Business Committee
FTC
duPont
General Tire & Rubber
McCarthy Turns to State Department After Navy Spat
Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy formerly under fire for accusing Secretary Matthews of lying now targets the State Department. He claims the department is riddled with communists and says he can name seven, challenging officials who say name one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
Admiral Denfeld
State Department
McCarthy
Pre-School Clinic Set For August
The annual free pre school clinic for children six by January 1 1951 will be held before the start of the new school year. Gordon Sage president of the Grade School PTA announced the state health officials will run the clinic with child specialists and nutritionists from the State Department of Maternal and Child Health Santa Fe. There is no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ool
Gordon Sage
Schoo Pta
State Department of Maternal and Child Health
Santa Fe
Two City Tickets File For Town Election
Two candidate tickets filed for the Town election on April 4 and a separate police magistrate race. The Square Deal People’s Ticket backs L H Hightower for mayor with Wilcox and Baldonado for trustees. the People’s Ticket backs James H Joy for mayor with the same trustees. Mayor E D McKinley retires. two trustees elected two years ago complete four year terms. Hightower and Joy vow no promises or pledges, each insisting independence. Filing closes March 29 at 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Hightower
James H. Joy
Square Deal People’s
Harold O’dell
D. B. Starley
Plaza Cafe
H. G. Wilcox
R. T. Baldonado
Allan D. Walker
Walter S. Mullins
Lewis N. Gillis
Simon Hernandez
Murray Morgan
E. D. McKinley
Hightower
Death Comes To Art J. Rolland
Arthur J. Rolland a Carrizozo druggist and former Alamogordo resident died at home from a heart attack about 130 am Saturday. He is survived by his wife two daughters two brothers a sister and a step son and was active as Carrizozo postmaster mayor and county official with Red Cross and Salvation Army ties. Episcopal services were held and he was buried in Carrizozo cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J
Art) Rolland
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Rolland
Mr. Rolland
Fenton
Michigan
New Mexico
Frank
Margery McCourt Roslington
Helen Rolland Ardans
Albuquerque
Poe Corn
Roswell
Charles
Mich
H. P. Scott
Detroit
Sadie Pace LaFleur
Rev. Rainey of
Ft. Stanton
Carrizozo Methodist Church
Carrizozo Cemetery
City Impounds 15 Dogs In Day
Public notice reports dog catching began on Tuesday March 14 with about 15 animals impounded. Chief Joe Moffett says dogs are held at the town shops on Third and Cuba for three days before destruction. Owners must buy licenses for unlicensed dogs and pay 2.00 for the first impound day plus 1.00 for each subsequent day. enforcement tight due to rabies designation by the State Department of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Moffett
Third
Cuba
Moffett
State Department of Health
Barber Pete Goff Dies After Illness at 38
Pete Goff well known local barber and partner in the Sanitary Barber Shop died at home after 2 am Monday March 13 at age 38. Funeral held at Leadinghaus Mullins chapel Tuesday 9:80 with Rev. Jesse F. Watson officiating and soloists. Burial at Carlsbad cemetery followed by committal service. Survived by wife Ida and twins Freddie and Barbara, with brothers Less Hubert and Roland and sister Mrs Clyde Merrell. Born in Hawthorn Texas November 11 1911 he moved to Carlsbad as a child and later Alamogordo with wife Ida, to whom he was married in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey Cook
Pete” Goff
Sanitary
Leadinghaus-Mullins
Jesse F. Watson
J. A. McRae
James Wayne
Irvin Menger
Raymond Robbins
John Hughen
H. G. Clark
Carlsbad
Barbara
Sixteenth Street
J. M. Goff
Hawthorn
Texas
Pete
Ida Troup
Alamogordo
Clyde- Merrell
Allison
Colorado
Less
Hubert
Roland
Loving
Rosalie Chrisman Dies Suddenly at 33 in Denver
Miss Rosalie Chrisman age 33 daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Chrisman of Michigan avenue died suddenly Tuesday morning in her Denver apartment friends found her on the couch reading a book The body was sent to Las Cruces for burial arrangements pending She is survived by her parents a brother Pershing killed in the war and a sister Mrs Robert Livermore of Silver City New Mexico who just gave birth to a baby and will miss the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Chrisman
Thomas Chrisman
Michigan Avenue
Denver
Colorado
Las Cruces
Miss Chrisman
Chrisman
Pershing
A Tribute to a Neighbor Pete
A neighbor recalls Pete as a small man with a big heart and ready hand. He served family and friends, found joy in helping others, and created a warm home, roses, and small crafts. His life showed quiet generosity and steadfast character until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Apostle Paul
Charcter
Forces Unite To Battle Bonito Forest Fire
Forest service, military and civilian personnel fought a forest blaze near Bonito Dam three miles north before flames were contained. About 600 acres burned as 100 workers plus Holloman Air Force Base personnel battled shifting winds and investigators from Southern Pacific examined the cause and dam risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Combin
Bonito Canyon
Bonito Dam
Earl Moore
Ray Bell
Forest Service Office
Moore
Holloman Air Force Base
R. Rupert
Robert E. Smith
Bell
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lyons
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Delegates Named For New Mexico Boys and Girls States
Alamogordo High School principal Raymond Robbins announced delegates and alternates for the New Mexico Boys and Girls States session in June at Eastern New Mexico University Por tales. Boys State delegates Bob Lee Don Joyner alternate Harry Dale John Hughen. Girls State delegates Margaret Rutz Mary Ann Shanks alternates Mildred Abbey Beverly Williamson. Sponsorships provided by local clubs and organizations with the American Legion aid. Delegates are selected for leadership character service citizenship and cooperative attitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Raymond Robbins
Alamogordo
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Bob Lee
Don Joyner
Harry Dale
John Hughen
Margaret Rutz
Mary Ann Shanks
Mildred Abbey
Beverly Williamson
Hgher Learning
Legion Seeks Free Toy Shipments for Europe
A campaign by the American Legion collects toys for European children with free shipment. Toys accepted in small lots without charge from U S points to Pier 38 Philadelphia and handed to TOTS, American Legion, for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Europe
Hammell
Railway Express Agency
United States
Pier 38
South Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Tots
Red Cross Drive Seeks Volunteers For Townwide Canvass
Mrs. Herbert Callaway chair of the women's club appeals for volunteers to cover the entire town during the Red Cross drive month. The plea emphasizes the need for more help to reach all households and support the effort. Ed Morris shares a personal remembrance of a life well loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Callaway
Women’s Club Committee
Red Cross
Booster Group To Meet Here For Southwestern Sunland Promotion
Local booster group for the Southwestern Sunland tourist promotion schedules a March 21 dinner at the Community Center at 7 30 pm. The Lions Rotary and chamber of commerce groups join, with guests including Deming Mayor Carl De Bord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Sunland Builders
Lillian Bagwell
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Lions and
Rotarians
Cloudcroft
High Rolls
Mountain Park
Mahill
Tularosa
Carl de Bord
State 54 Meeting Tomorrow at Ancho
Alamo gado and Tularosa residents plan to attend the New Mexico Highway 54 association meeting in Ancho tomorrow. A noon barbecue opens the program followed by a business session. State President Herbert Bays notes a large Alamogordo delegation including Callaway and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogado
Tularosa
New Mexico Highway 54 Association
Ancho
Herbert Bays
Alamogordo
Bays
Herbert Cllaway
Walter Nichols
Joe Moffett
Herbert Brunell
Les Hoket
John Collins
Murray Morgan
Callaway
Dan Eing
National
Grade P TA Sets Early Meeting Time
The Grade School P TA will meet at 7 oclock Monday night March 20 in the high school gym instead of its usual time and place. The change allows attendance at the Varsity Revue in the auditorium. Guest speaker Andrew Hendrix will discuss Teamwork in Business and Rev Floyd Grant will give the devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Sage
Sage
Andrew Hendrix
Floyd Grant
Fresnal Club Plans To Sponsor Troop
The Fresnal club from High Rolls will sponsor a boy scout troop a cub pack and an explorer post. Officials from High Rolls and Mountain Park met at the Schmidt home to organize the units and elect leaders including K. E. Calkins chair M. Morris vice chair C Bell advancement J B Garrett camping O Olson health and safety J Garrett scoutmaster Bus Abbott explorer advisor and R Britton cubmaster. Charters for the units are expected to be issued from New ark by national headquarters soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresnal Club
High Rolls
Vernon Hudman
J. B. Bagwell
A. B. Garrett
Elzey Campbell
Murray Morris
Charles M. Bell
Ray Britton
Mountain Park
James Wayne
Robert Schmidt
Schmidt
Indian Wells Road
K. E. Calkins
M. Morris
C. Bell
J. B. Garrett
O. Olson
J. Garrett
Bus Abbott
R. Britton
Newark
National Headquarters
Carrizozo Foreman Dies After Fire Camp Visit
L. P. McClintock a Southern Pacific section foreman in Carrizozo died Sunday evening in the Carrizozo hospital. Death was attributed to a heart attack after he arrived at a fire camp with the crew fighting the Benito forest fire and became ill on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. McClintock
Southern Pacific
Carrizozo
McClintock
Bonito
Census Takers Set to Start Work April First
Francis L. Simpkins, supervisor for District 12 New Mexico Otero County, says 13 enumerators will tally every person and collect detailed personal data starting April 1 at 12:01. Training runs March 27 to 31 in Roswell with district supervisor J Marjorie Schmid and crew leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Simpkins
New Mexico
Otero County
Simpkins
Roswell
J. Marjorie Schmid
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Congress
U. S
Alaska
Hawaii
Holloman PTA Elects Officers for 1950 51
Holloman Air Force Base PTA elected officers for the 1950 1951 school year at the March meeting. President Mrs D A McGovern vice president Lt Col Harold Norton secretary Mrs Arthur Hadley treasurer Msgt Joseph Copeland. They will be installed April 3. 79 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloman Air Force Base
PTA
D. A. McGovern
Harold Norton
Arthur Hadley
Joseph Copeland
W. Barnie Caton
New Mexico
P. Penticoff
Myrtie Taylor
Jewell Harrison
High School PTA Elect Officers And Play At Meeting
The March 27 PTA session will elect officers and feature a one act play and readings by the high school drama class under Miss Vesta. An earlier March 13 meeting outlined the program with room mothers lining up refreshments and entertainment at the auditorium event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Vesta
Wilson Bennett
H. Brunell
M. C. Joyner
A. L. Dale
A. E. Hughen
C. A. Glover
R. L. Westfall
Frank Bogert
Walter Lafferty
H. G. Williamson
J. T. Foley
R Espino Services Held Here Friday
Refugio Valdez Espino of 121 Pennsylvania avenue died in his home last Thursday March 9 at age 75. Funeral services were held at 4 pm Friday in St Marys Catholic church with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Leadinghaus Mullins were in charge. Born in Zacatecas Mexico on July 4 1874 he had lived in Alamogordo for 24 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refugio Valdez Espino
Pennsylvania Avenue
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Leadinghaus - Mullins
Espino
Zacatecas
Mexico
Alamogordo
Death takes mother of Mrs W Phillips
Mrs O A Blansett, mother of Mrs W W Phillips, died after a two year illness. The family from the Sid West ranch traveled to Lordsburg New Mexico where funeral services were held on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Phillips
W. W. Phillips
Sid West Ranch
Lordsburg
N. M
Holloman Air Force base guided missile work to extend three to five years
Mayor Eber D. McKinley announced after talks in Washington that Holloman Air Force Base will likely maintain guided missile experiments for the next three to five years. Col. Wm. H. Baynes confirmed housing contracts for Holloman were cancelled, and officials indicated plans had changed since October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloman Air Force Base
Eber D. McKinley
Washington, D. C
Harold C. Stuart
Air Force
Defense Forces
Col
Wm. H. Baynes
Holloman
Spencer & Wofford
Las Cruces
Foster & Co
el Paso
White Sands Proving Ground
Washington
McKinley
Clinton P. Anderson
Department of the Air Force
Col. Baynes
Federal Housing Administration
Holloman AF Base
Town Board of Trustees
Alamogordo
Verner Clayton
Tularosa
Holloman Base
Clayton
Anderson
Serine
Cmmernett
Nerous
Armed Services
Alamogordo Varsity Revue to Feature Local Talent
The high school auditorium hosts a Monday night Varsity Revue with readings, skits, tap dancing, tumbling, and vocal and instrumental solos. Noted performers include Rhoades with a clarinet quartet, Betty Dennis Lantz, Patricia Mullane Miller, and Harry Ditzler. Edwina Rickel appears as coloratura soprano. Proceeds benefit a student loan fund. tickets include reserved seating and general admission. afternoon show offered at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Rhoades
Betty Dennis Lantz
Patricia Mullane Miller
Harry Ditzler
Edwina Rickel
New Mexico School For the Blind
Maude Oliver
Mens
Rolland's
Field Librarian Guides New Free Library Reading Program
Miss Alice M. Lewis, field librarian for Southern New Mexico, spoke in Alamogordo with Ms. Irma Egbert on forming a reading program in Otero county. The plan covers club chair selection, lending and replacement rules, book exchange, and a list of 130 books for clubs joining the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Lewis
New Mexico
Alamogordon
Irma Egbert
Home Extensionlub
Otero County
Farm Extension Club
Lewis
La Luz Wins Two Firsts in Grade School Cage Tourney
La Luz captured first place in the 100-lb class at the Cloudcroft grade school basketball tournament. Alamogordo finished second and Cloudcroft third. In the seventh grade, La Luz again won with High Rolls second and Cloudcroft Consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Luz
Cloudcroft
Alamogordo
High Rolls
Local Order Honors Marjorie Lane Initiates Four Girls
A surprise party honored Miss Marjorie Lane before her wedding at Grace Methodist Church. Rainbow Girls hosted with Mesdames Carr Brunell Stough Seamans Beall McKinley Rutz assisting. Table decorations featured fruit blossoms with pink and silver. Rainbow Board and Mrs Bell and Mrs McKinley provided refreshments. Lane received a silver service place setting. Four girls Evelyn Taylor Louise Taylor Rita Fayimsatt Shirley Buie were initiated into the Rainbow Girls last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marorie Lane
Grace Methodist Church
Masonic Hall
Rainbow Girls
Tom Carr
H. Brunell
L. L. Stough
Herbert Seamans
Lee Beall
E. D. McKinley
B. E. Rutz
McKinley
Rainbow Board
Bell
Miss Lane
Evelyn and
Louise Taylor
Rita Fayimsatt
Shirley Buie
Rites Held Saturday For Mrs. P. Luevano
Funeral services for Mrs. Ysa bel Paz Luevano 49 were held at St. Francis Church Tularosa with a Mass in St. Marys Alamogordo. Burial followed at Tularosa Cemetery. She was born December 3 1900 in Chihuahua Mexico and died March 8 in Champion Memorial Hospital. Survivors include husband Pablo Luevano two daughters and three sons with six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ysabel Paz Luevano
St. Francis Church
Tularosa
Alamogordo
St. Mary's Church
Leadinghaus - Mullins
Mike Silva
Tito Silva
Buddy Silva
Benny Silva
Ramon Brusuelas
Emilio Montoya
Regino Carrasco
Gregorio Paz
Cloudcroft
Champion Memorial Hospital
Chihuahua
Mexico
Pablo Luevano
Frances Brusuelas
Santa Fe
N. M
Isidra Werres x Tularosa
Pablo
Cloudcroft Riel School
Santa Paula
Iowa
Ther
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Aera
Mmeither
Tex
Death
Art J. Rolland
City
Legion
Ed Morris
Booster Group
Holloman Pta
High School
R. Espino
Marjorie Lane
P. Luevano
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