Taft anti inflation act proves empty, big steel profits rise
The piece critiques Taft's voluntary anti inflation act as ineffective. It notes no industry signatories emerged, Big Steel raised prices by five dollars per ton, and labor seeks higher wages. It suggests Truman's political fortunes swing with these economic tensions and potential probes. Wayne Morse warns human nature resists voluntary restraint.
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Robert A. Taft
Rep
Ohio
Senate
House
Washington
Taft
Charlie Halleck
Wayne Morse
Ore
Senator Morse
Ladies' groups meet in Washington for labor progress
Representatives of scores of women’s organizations gathered in Washington at the invitation of the women's bureau of the Department of Labor. About 200 delegates praised advances by women in labor, professions, business, and the arts, framing a steady march toward equality with men. The reporter recalls Elihu Root's toast: Here's to the ladies. God bless 'em, once our superiors, now our equals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Elihu Root
Farm Program Mapped After Hearings by Senate Subcommittee
After months of hearings a Senate agricultural subcommittee drew a long range program measure for early presentation. It includes support prices for farm products tied to parity of income, a new parity formula from current production costs, Social Security benefits for farm people, expansion of farmer owned cooperatives, coordination of federal farm credit agencies, and soil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Agricultural
Rural Library Service Bill Extends Access in States
The senate approved a rural library service bill and the identical measure passed the house committee. It funds library demonstrations where no service exists and allocates 25 000 dollars annually for five years per state. The act also provides a federal match of up to 75 000 dollars per year by state contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Toll of workplace accidents in 1947 cited by safety bureau
The National Conservation Bureau warns workers across all classes about careless habits after reporting 17,000 Americans were killed on the job in 1947 and 2,058,000 permanently disabled.
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National Conservation Bureau
Mass Meeting Produces Two Town Election Tickets
A large Monday mass meeting produced two complete candidate tickets for mayor and aldermen for the April 6 town election. First ticket nominees included Eber McKinley for mayor and Louis Gillis and Walter Mullins for aldermen. second ticket led by Geo Shipley for mayor with Jos. Roessler and Reginald Smith as aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. S Stevenson
Tom Carr
Eber McKinley
Lewis N. Gillis
Geo. A Shipley
C. Orr
Jos. Roessler
Louis Gillis
R. E. Walton
Herbert Brunel
Walter Mullins
Reginald Smith
D. F. McA
Herbert Brunell
Geo. A. Shipley
O. C. Orr
Fulton Robinson
Po McArthur
Shipley
Orr
Robinson
Ed. Harrington, Jr
Robert Walker
Lewis Gillis
N. M
Red Cross Drive Committees Named in Alamogordo
Walter Lafferty reports favorable response to the annual Red Cross Appeal countywide with a March 31 deadline. Committees to solicit in Alamogordo list residents on Sixteenth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Hagerman New York Avenue Michigan Avenue Ohio Avenue Indiana Avenue Vermont Avenue Utah Avenue and Florida Avenue with numerous ladies named as collectors.
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Walter Lafferty
Red Cross
Lafferty
Alamogordo
Sixteenth Street
N. D. Snyder
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gee. Hagerman
Mark Sanchez
New
L. S. Thomas
Indiana Avenue
Frank Bennett
Fred Douglas
Walter Mullins
Ralph Sanders
Vermont Avenue
Herbert Bays
John Copenhaver
Fred Roessler
John E. Tillotson
Lions Club Plans Anniversary Banquet and Zone Meeting
Alamogordo Lions Club moves forward with its second annual celebration featuring banquet and dance at Henry's Bar with a name orchestra and floor show. The club also organizes a zone meeting for Lions Clubs from Ruidoso Cloudcroft and Tularosa in April under President Fulton Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Carlsbad Visitors Stay With Local Families
Mr and Mrs Dick Garner and son Rickey of Carlsbad are visiting for a few days with the E P Rees and R R Garner families in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
Dick Garner
Rickey
E. P. Rees
R. R. Garner
Governor Accepts Invitation To Sands Play Day
Governor Mabry will attend the White Sands National Monument Play Day on Saturday April 10 with Mrs. Mabry. Notables include M R Tillotson regional NPS Santa Fe, Charles P Rose State Superintendent, Gail Barber, Don Ponder and Chris Fox. Traffic aid planned, buses arranged from Alamogordo, concessions by Alamogordo Big Scouts, Old Timers' Reunion set noon to 2, no gate fee.
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Thomas J. Mabry
White Sands National Monument
Mabry
M. R. Tillotson
U. S. National Park Service
Santa Fe
Charles P. Rose
Gail Barber
Don Ponder
Chris Fox
el Paso
Rolla Buck
Alamogordo
Frederick Sells
Tularosa
Alamogido
A. A. McNatt
Lon Hunter
Chas. Bell
High Rolls
J. F. Mahill
C. A. Redie
Cloudcroft
W. A. Gage
Pinon
H. A. Voorhees
Orogrande
Park Service
New Mexico Girls Enjoy Play Day At Blind School
The first Girls Play Day at the New Mexico School for the Blind featured teams The Firecrackers and The Tomcats, led by Celia Ulibarri and Louise Martinez. Events included stunts, a White Sands trip, a Grand March, and a closing dance with plans for a next year play day.
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New Mexico School For the Blind
Genoveva Sandoval
Arizona
Supt. Tillinghast
Mr. Fries
Miss Willis
Marie Moreno
Firecrackers
Celia Ulibarri
Tomcats
Louise Martinez
White Sands
Barbara Terry
Clelia Ditzler
Rodella Binder
Ruth Willis
New Mexico
Dr. Quimby
Gertrude Woodford
Genoveva
Juanita Sandoval
Teodora Manzanares
Maria Tolano
Dolores Stewart
Eula Ramon
N M ShieldsVisits Sister en Route to Brownwood Texas
N M Shields of Yuma Arizona stayed with his sister Mrs. A L Dunn and family for a few days this week while traveling to Brownwood Texas to visit other relatives.
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N. M. Shields
Yuma
Ariz
A. L. Dunn
Brownwood Texas
Mayor outlines water plan and Laborcita stance in Alamogordo
Mayor E. D. McKinley says the town will not seize Laborcita Canyon waters by condemnation. Negotiations for rights to La Luz Fresnal and Maruche waters aim to meet domestic and irrigation needs with a pipeline to Alamogordo. The reservoir now holds 100 million gallons to relieve early summer demand.
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la Luz Canyon
la Luz
Fresnal
E. D. McKinley
Laborcita Canyon
Herkenhoff & Turney
Laborcita
Junior High Band Concert Tuesday in Alamogordo
The Alamogordo Junior High School band will perform in the high school auditorium on Tuesday March 23 at 8 p m under William E Rhoads. The program features youth band selections from the Transition Band Book with solo and descriptive pieces. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students and children.
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William E. Rhoads
L. V. Metcalf
Bohdan
Moskowski
Donald Joyner
Hermina
Ty. Genduso
Alamogordo
Rhoads
Bloodworth Announces For Governor
Lloyd P. Bloodworth publisher of the Ruidoso News and veteran chamber executive declared in Ruidoso that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico in the June 8 primary. He plans a KOB radio broadcast at 6 p.m. March 22 and cites business principles as the basis for government service.
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Ruidoso
N. M
Lloyd P. Bloodworth
Ruidoso News
Ruidoso C. of C
Chamber of Commerce
Wednnesday
New Mexico
KOB
Bloodworth
Ruidoso Lions Club
Robert J. Hagee
American Legion
el Pao Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Chamber of Commercce
West Texas
Arizona
Plainview
Texas
Polytechnic College
Fort Worth
Burpee Becomes New Owner of County Times
The Ot ero County Times changes hands from Gerald D. Champion estate to E. F. Burpee. Mary Nell Taeger stays on as editor for the week then returns to the Ruidoso News. Burpee, from Roswell, plans a local newspaper plant and building expansion.
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Otero County
Burpee
Alamogordo
Roswell
the Times
el Paso
Carlsbad
First New Mexico State Pensioner Retires
Alfred Hunter of Alamogordo became the first state employee to retire under the 1941 New Mexico act. The law grants 30 years service at age 65 a monthly pension of 125 dollars. The finance board approved his 65 year old branding inspector's retirement and referred funding questions to the attorney general. Hunter worked for the Cattle Sanitary Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Hunters on Vacation to California for Retirement
Mr and Mrs Alfred Hunter and daughter Anna Belle depart Saturday for a three week vacation in California. They will visit son Alonzo Hunter and family in Long Beach and daughter Mrs Roy C Fell in Denver as part of Mr Hunters retirement celebration.
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Alfred Hunter
Anna Belle
California
Alonzo Hunter
Long Beach
Roy C. Fell
Denver
Mr. Hunter
Week in Los Angeles Highlights Clerk Miss Shields
County Clerk Miss Helen Shields spends the week in Los Angeles with her sister.
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Los Angeles
Helen Shields
Crystal Bowl Sunrise Easter Service at Great White Sands
The Grace Methodist Youth Fellowship teams with Alamogordo churches to stage a Sunrise Easter Service in the Crystal Bowl of the Great White Sands. The event features a bugle call by Holloman Air Force Base personnel, a massed choir, scripture readings, and an address near the old rugged cross as the sun rises over the Sacramento Mountains. The speaker’s name is not yet announced.
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Youth Fellowship Group
Holloman Air Force Base
Mrs Clausen Heads Grade School PTA
Mrs. Virginia Clausen was elected president of the Alamogordo Grade School Parent-Teachers Association at a March 15 meeting. Mack Poteet became vice president with H. M. Richards as secretary and Bruce Jackson as treasurer. The group aims to raise 2000 for a new piano and plans a cake walk on April 13 to fund delegates to the state PTA convention in Taos.
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Virginia Clausen
Alamogordo
Parent-Teachers Association
Mack Poteet
H. M. Richards
Bruce Jackson
PTA
W. Barnie Caton
Community Center
Taos
Local Schoolboys Trim Bulldogs In Albuquerque Meet
New Mexico School for Blind from Alamo Gordo defeated Albuquerque High and others 23 to 10 in a wrestling meet. Pedro Valverde and others starred. coach Dr. Neil Quimby noted 102nd winning team placement since 1935 with only six losses. Undefeated captains include Alfonso Vigil Isidro Duran Pablo Tapia and Armijo.
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Albuuerque
New Mexico School For
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Neil Quimby
Duke City
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Pedro Valverde
Fred Sandusky
David Armijo
Rockne Boatwright
Lloyd Wayne
Pablo Tapia
Ralph Thomley
Lorenzo Aragon
Arthur Paris
Max Lopez
Isidro Duran
Eddie Mann
Alfonso Vigil
Herbie Woods
Juan Lopez
Bill Gilbert
N. M. School For Blind
Neil F. Quimby
Lucio Gurule
Dr. Quimby
N. M. School For
Tularosa Woman Beneficiary of Wealthy Recluse
Pasadena recluse Robert L. Durham 84 died of malnutrition after illness left him unable to obtain food. He left 82000 in Government Bonds with two beneficiaries R. B. Moore of Sharon Tennessee and Mrs. Kate Sanders of Tularosa New Mexico to be notified by telegraph collect.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Tularosa
N. M
Robert L. Durham
Durham
R. 8. Moore
Sharon
Tenn
Kate Sanders
Shipley Accepts Nomination Supports Bonds in Alamogordo
Attorney George A. Shinley accepts a mayoral nomination and declares strong support for a $509,000 water bond. He supports using proceeds to secure domestic water supply, notes reliance on the engineers report, and promises public discussion of details before the election. He stresses job security for town employees and accountability to voters.
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Community Center
George A. Shinley
Shipley
Alamogordo
la Luz Canyon
WCTU Training School Set for Alamogordo March 23 24
State officers and workers of the New Mexico Christian Temperance Union will hold a workshop in Alamogordo on March 23 and 24 at the Community Center. Miss Lily Grace Matheson of Evanston will head the training, with Mrs. Clara B Port as another speaker. Mrs. M M Ward of Alamogordo is state president and presiding officer for the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Christian Temperance Union
Alamogordo
Lily Grace Matheson
Evanston
WCTU
M. M. Ward
Miss Matheson
National
Ywca Workers
Toledo
Ohio
Green Bay
Wisc
Clara B. Port
Officials Visit Sands To Discuss Monument Plans
Assistant Director Davis and Chief Clerk Lewis Gastellum of the Regional Park Service toured White Sands National Monument in Santa Fe on Friday and Saturday. They met Custodian Johnwill Faris to review proposed monument plans.
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Davis
Lewis Gastellum
Regional Park Service
Santa Fe
White Sands National Monument
Johnwill Faris
Alamogordo High School PTA Hosts Spring Tour of Classes
Alamogordo parents attend a Monday night tour of high school classes with a new prize for the class with the highest parent attendance. Room mothers register participants while the day’s schedule runs as students’ classes. Parents plus guardians may count toward the prize and a lunch hour with coffee and cookies is added.
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PTA
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