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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
4
A lost hand saw was reported Sunday August 6 on High Railroad or Texas streets. The Community Public Service Company offers a reward for return.
London declares paratroopers have no respect beyond themselves parachutes and the Red Cross. Local notices report Mr. and Mrs. Tom J. Mayfield returning home with Mrs. Mayfield and baby visiting in Las Cruces while Mr. Mayfield attended an educational meeting in Hot Springs. Mrs BL Will travels toward Columbus Georgia to reach her husband at Fort Benning with stops in New Orleans and Laurel Mississippi to visit relatives. Classifieds note several for sale items including a living room rug and Firestone car cover, plus lost items and a box advertisement for marriage inquiries and a lost billfold with furlough papers.
The United Fruit Company expands plantings in Middle America to about 2,100 acres as war crops shift production toward abaca or Manila hemp. The move underscores wartime needs for fiber and rope supplies in strategic sectors.
Former film star Constance Talmadge now Col. Walter Giblin’s wife works as a Red Cross dietician’s aide in New York. She weighs used fat at a major hospital before salvage, noting its role in munitions medicines and vital products.
Janes Shean of Silver City attends to business in Lordsburg where he is secretary of the Silver City draft board. Marlin Hoggett of Animas visits Lordsburg. The Red Cross donates 10000 to aid Bombay disaster victims. Eisenhower presents a plaque to Harvey Gibson for two years of ARC service in Europe. Carrie Bounds visits El Paso relatives. Harold and Mrs. Rolfe return from a two month Big Lake vacation. Walter LaFleur, former Lordsburg resident, visits. Charles Crouch on furlough from the Navy stationed at San Diego.
The article urges continued wartime production and fat recycling in August. It stresses farmers must raise crops and livestock, plants and factories must run at full speed, and saving used kitchen fat is vital to extend labor, support industry, and reach a 230 million pound goal for the year.
Miss Len Rae Richins enjoys a vacation from nursing duties in Albuquerque visiting her parents Mr and Mrs George Richins. Miss Elizabeth Richards of Rodeo visits Miss Marilyn Fairly this week while having dental work performed.
A late summer dress project features a navy blue rayon sheer fabric with a low waistline and a soft neckline. Instructions advise checking fabric care labels, noting rayon care varies and may require washing or dry cleaning. Readers can request pattern numbers and a free leaflet on rayon hosiery care by mailing a stamped self addressed envelope to the Women's Department.
Canton notes include a student exam sentence about the Red Cross and a home nursing instructor. Local residents Mrs Roy Smith and her son Paul Roy return from hospital to stay with Mrs Smith’s parents, Mr and Mrs E J Wood. Mrs Jesse Bingaman and two children relocate from San Diego to Canton with Lt J G Bingaman in the Navy. Dr and Mrs C B Austin host dinner for Pvt H E Scofield and Mrs Thelma Ross, as May War Bonds and Stamps appear.
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