Fall Campaign Gossip and Media Spin Across the Frontier
The writer laments mudslinging in the fall campaign and mocks candidates such as Wilkie while noting radio hype and newspaper influence. He riffs on magic money, political lies, and changing opinions as voters filter in, with casual references to Mage and Rodeo and wartime rhetoric.
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Windy Wilkie
Windy
Britain
Townsend
Mage
Rodeo
Wilkie
Texas
Local golf plans urged amid community interest
Readers urge planning a new nearby golf meet after the success of a recent local tournament. The letter notes strong enthusiasm, calls for more participation from local players, and hints at social tensions and community figures as they promote civic golf activity.
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Doc
Tal
Pete
Chip
Bill Fold
Golf Club Gossip and Grass Cutting Plans
A humorous letter discusses golfers and fairways at length. It mentions two gentlemen reported for mud pies on number nine, apologies from Miles, and mistaken accusations. Humorous jabs at Harbor A. J. and Leo, plus a barber star pupil shooting around 60, pepper the satire.
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Miles
Harbor
A. J
Leo
Jimmie
Cuba
Navy expands trade schools to meet enlarged fleet needs
The Navy enlarges its training centers at San Diego California and Norfolk Virginia to provide vocational education for thousands of men as they prepare for petty officer ratings. Vacancies exist in mechanical, technical, radio, Hospital Corps, and clerical branches. Maurice Miera Republican candidate visits Lordsburg meeting with Hidalgo County GOP leaders about NM governor race.
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Navy
Naval Training
San Diego
California
Norfolk
Virginia
U. S. Navy
Maurice Miera
Socorro
New Mexico
Lordsburg
Hidalgo Hotel
Trapper Returns From Night Blizzard Seeks Lost Boat
Ralph Goll of Montpelier Ohio braved a Lake Nettle night blizzard to rescue a trapped trapper. He swam through icy water toward the drifting boat and, guided by a flashlight, found and boarded it amid sinking willow roots. The ordeal left him soaked and frozen but alive and rowing to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Goll
Montpelier
Ohio
Goll
Winners Of Contests At State Encampment
State 4-H Club Encampment on the State College campus announced winners in dress revue dairy foods and dairy production contests. Jessie Lee Willian of Central Grant County will tour Chicago for the National 4-H Club Congress. Eddy County teams Mary Johnson and Blanche Fessler and Curry County pair Donald Miller and Preston Martin earned trips to the National Dairy Show. Charles Keller and Stella Mae Woodburn were 4-H healthy king and queen. Eddy County won first in drama with His First Shave by Richard and Mary Birehell Betty Lou Shue Vanny Lou and Kenneth Nichols. Quay and Curry counties took second and third.
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State College
Jessie Lee Willian
Central
Grant County
Chicago
Eddy County
Mary Johnson
Blanche Fessler
Otis Club
Harrisburg
Curry County
Donald Miller
Preston Martin
Charles Keller
Harding County
Stella Mae Woodburn
Roosevelt County
Richard and
Mary Birehell
Betty Lou Shue
Vanny Lou
Kenneth Nichols
Quay
Curry Counties
Record Number Of Personnel On U S S Lexington
The U S S Lexington, a giant aircraft carrier, has 2202 officers and men aboard the largest on duty total to date. Mr and Mrs Claude B Olney visited Lordsburg on their return from Prescott where he attends the Arizona Federal Court as president of Texas Arizona Motor Freight. P M McInnis drove to Deming on business.
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U. S. S. Lexington
Claude B. Olney
Lordsburg
Prescott
Arizona
Olney
Arizona Federal Court
Texas-Arizona Motor Freight
New Seaplane Tender Named for Matagorda Bay
One of the Navy's new seaplane tenders has been named U S S Matagorda after Matagorda Bay Texas. The naming follows the Navy convention that seaplane tenders honor sounds and bays.
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Texas Bay
U. S. Navy
Matagorda
Matagorda Bay
Texas
Navy
Navy Ration Quality Far Surpasses Other Fleets
The Navy ration is superior in quantity and quality to any other navy. It is doubtful our service will suffer from dietary diseases like scurvy or beri beri.
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Simeet
Flavor and purity milk and ice cream offer
Promote milk quality and delivery options including quart purchases and daily delivery. Advertises raw or pasteurized milk and a variety of ice cream for family use, parties, and picnics with a call to order.
Battleship Design Evolves Through Long Research Period
After a nineteen year building holiday a team produced 140 designs for the NORTH CAROLINA and WASHINGTON. They built scale models tested in the Navy Model Basin and towed hulls for resistance, refining weights, stability, speed and radius. The result joins the fleet as modern backbone defense for the Western Hemisphere.
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North Carolina
Washington
Navy
U. S. North Carolina
U. S. S. Washington
Walters C J Yarbrough Animas candidate note for District Three
W H Curley Walters regrets missing voters in Hidalgo County due to Federal Jury service while campaigning for County Commissioner District Three. He notes four years of prior service as commissioner and asks for support in the upcoming primary.
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Hidalco County
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G. Sage
Y. M. McInnis
Armen, Wag
Animas Ananias
Ben
United States
The
New Mexico Tax Bulletin
U.S. Navy
Nettle Lake
P. M. McInnis
Deming
W. F. Ritter Lumber Company
W.F. Ritter Lumber Company
Lordshire
Cate
All American Bus Lines
Lunt’s Sanitary
Loretto Academy
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces
Sisters of
Loretto
W. H. (Curley) Walters
C.J. Yarbrough
Animas
First National Bank
R. M. Reynolds
Cascade
Sthett
Eagle Drug Company
With Courod
America
MUA Omauc
Ais
Wicker
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