Veterans Employment Assistance Memorandum Details Benefits and Roles
A revised memorandum from the Selective Service System outlines qualifications for veteran reinstate ment and new employment, plus pensions, rehabilitation and education under the G I Bill. It explains cooperation with the Veterans Administration and other agencies, and the creation of State and Local Veterans Service Committees to provide information and centers for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joes
Rufax
Veterans Administration
United States Employment Service
Selective Service
Department of Labor
Federal Security Agency
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service System
Civil Service Commission
War Department
Navy Department
War Production Board
Ravens visit mother marks annual Jamestown trip
Mrs. BR. BE. Ravens left Tuesday afternoon to pay her mother Mrs. A. W. Morningstar a year’s visit in Jamestown New York. The trip and stay occupy a little more than a month, a long-held custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. BE. Ravens
A. W. Morningstar
Jamestown
New York
Mars Closest Approach Sparks Mixed Signals Report
In 1924 radio scientists in England and the United States chased possible communications with Mars during its closest approach in 120 years. Observers remained skeptical despite some reported signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Earth
England
United States
Separ Boy Joins P-47 Group in Italy
Pte. James Y. Bounds 18, son of Mrs. Young Bounds Separ, serves with the 16th Army Air Force in Italy as an administrative clerk in a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter group. He joined the Army Air Forces in July 1943, trained in Utah, and graduated from the Fargo Administration School. The unit marked its first combat anniversary and has flown numerous missions as escort fighters. on January 20, 1944, it shot down 27 enemy aircraft north of the Gulf of Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Y. Bounds
Young Bounds
Mr. Bounds
16Th Army Air Force
Italy
Army Air Forces
Kearns
Utah
AAF
Fargo
N. D
Sound
Mediterranean
Gulf of Venice
Death of Mrs Diffenderfer in Lordsburg
Mrs La Reine Kingsley Diffenderfer born April 28 1897 Boston died July 15 1944 Lordsburg. Daughter of Luellen and Lydia Kingsley of Boston a Wellesley College graduate and Colorado School of Music alumna. Funeral 5 PM Sunday at Heather Mortuary officiated by Rev F R Poage. Survived by husband Lawrence K Diffenderfer of Lordsburg. Ray War Bonds and Stamps.
Machias Inn Dates to First American Naval Battle Site
Machias Maine hosts the Burnham Tavern museum tied to the 1775 attack that sparked the first naval clash of the Revolution. Jeremiah O’Brien organized volunteers to seize the Unity and Margaretta, with injuries treated at the tavern turned hospital. The 1770-built Burnham Tavern is now owned by the Hannah Weston Chapter DAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Machias
Maine
Boston
Margaretta
Jeremiah O'Brien
Burnham
Mun Machias
Unity
Burnham Tavern
Joe Burnham
The
Hannah Weston
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Wartime Price Control in New Mexico Economy
Senator Allen J. Ellen der of Louisiana cites progress stabilizing the economy under the Price Control Act in June 1944. He notes early difficulties and public resistance to bureaucratic rules but asserts rationing and price controls aided wartime readiness against Germany and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Congressional
Congress
Truck and Bus Drivers Face Ration Change Across State
J. J. Hasper announces meetings of truck and bus drivers and Motor Carriers Association members as state regions react to Washington canceling regional quotas. H. L. Galles notes 97 percent of large truck tires are reassigned to military use, signaling critical supply impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hasper
OPA
Tha
H. L. Galles
Washington
Galles
Rent Control Officials Convene Regional Conference in Denver
Rent control executives and other Office of Price Administration officials met in Denver on July 17 and 18 to discuss rent control problems. Severn OPA rent officers from Washington attended. The New Mexico delegation was led by Geo. C. Taylor, district rent executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Rocky Mountain Region
Denver
Severn Opa
Washington
New Mexico
Geo. C. Taylor
Wartime Ration Details for Meats Shoes Gasoline and More
Ration notes list various stamps and books with validity and expiry dates. Meats stamps A to Z in Book Four valid indefinitely for processed foods blue stamps A to Z8. Sugar stamps 0 3 and 22 in Book Four valid for pounds indefinitely. Sin stamp 40 in Book Four valid for 6 pounds for home canning through February 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 and 2 in Book Three valid indefinitely. Gasoline A12 coupons good for three gallons through September 21. BS and C85 4 and C4 good for five gallons each through their expiry on the card. Inspection for A B and C book holders required only for replacement certificates. Odds and ends in shoes ration free July 10 to 29. Join a share the ride club.
OPA Oversubscribes in Bond Drive Across District
In the Fifth War Loan drive the OPA district reports a 116 percent bond purchase rate. District director John D. Bingaman announced a quota of 211 926 75 and current purchases of 24 068 90 through payroll allotment and cash. New Mexico ranks second in the Rocky Mountain region for bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
John D. Bingaman
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Rent Hearing Motion Pending In Santa Fe Case
Mrs Zena Bailey of Clovis files in federal court in Santa Fe to dismiss a suit by the District Office of Price Administration charging violations of OPA rent regulations. A hearing on the motion will be held next week. The complaint alleges rent overcharges at her Gidding Street dwelling in Clovis and seeks to enjoin further violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Zena Bailey
Clovis
Ser
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bailey
Gidding Street
Sugar Boost For Isolated Sheepherders
Sheepherders in remote areas will receive one and a half extra pounds of sugar for four months in addition to the standard five pounds per ten weeks, according to district OPA officials.
Churches Offer Shared Services in Cruces NM
In La Mes Cruces New Mexico Rev George Wooa and Sgt Keyes share Sunday services at 7 pm in the Woman's Club building. All are welcome. Assembly of God Church 6 blocks south Hidalgo Garage Rev Orville W Gilbert pastor offers Sunday School 9 45 am morning worship 11 am children's service 6 20 pm evening service 7 30 pm prayer Thursday 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. Keyes
Woman’s Club
Sgt. Keyes
Assembly OF God Church
Hidalgo Garage
Orville W. Gilbert
Local church notices list services across Baptist Nazareen and Catholic parishes
Baptist Church invites worshipers with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. Training Union at 6 30 p.m. and a 7 30 p.m. service. Midweek prayer at 7 20 p.m. Epworth League 7 30 p.m. Nazareen Church lists Sunday School 9 45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. N Y P 8 at 6 30 p.m. Catholic Church Rev F M Grive offers English Mass at 9 a.m. and Spanish at 10 a.m. Confessions Saturdays. catechism grades set for Thursday and Friday.
Church of Christ Daily Services and Sermons Schedule
Corner of Fifth and Pyramid Bible School hosts Morning Church at 10 a.m. Sunday 11 a.m. sermon titled The Glorified Christ. Young People meet at 7 40 p.m. Evening service and 8 p.m. sermon The Living Hope. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Bible School
Conder Family to Relocate Practice to Albuquerque
Dr and Mrs H H Conder return from vacation and buying trip to Denver Colorado and Chicago Illinois. They plan to move to Albuquerque August 4 where Dr Conder will run an optical and jewelry business. Their son Arnold Benson and his wife will manage the store in their absence. Benson, formerly of Omaha, joins the bomber plant at Lordsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tf TL. Conder
Densery
Colorado
Chicago
Ilinois
Conders
Dr. Conder
Albuquerque
Navy WAVES member completes hospital training at Bethesda
Eulalia Hernandez, hospital apprentice second class, completes training at the Navy Hospital Corps School Bethesda Maryland and awaits transfer to duty station. She arrived in Lordsburg July 16 for a brief furlough with family. She is daughter of Mrs Alberto Hernandez of the city. Miss Hernandez enlisted in the Women's Naval Reserve at Albuquerque in March and reported to Hunter College New York City for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulalia Ernandez
Tnospital
U.S. Navy
Navy
Hospital Corps School
Bethesda
Maryland
Lordsburg
Alberto Hernandez
Mias Nernandez
Womens’ Naval Reserve
Albuquerque
Hunter College
New York City
Birthday Party for Jackie McGee on July 17
Jackie McGee celebrated her third birthday July 17 with a party hosted by her mother Mrs. Jack McGee. Ice cream and cake were served to eight children: Jackie Galusha, Joan Asbury, Janice Kerr, Jamie Dean, Ernestine Short, Lynn Ray Tyler, Meppie Phillips, and Jackie McGee, who enjoyed games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie McGee
Jack McGee
Jackie Galusha
Joan Asbury
Janice Kerr
Jamie Dean
Ernestine Short
Lynn Ray Tyler
Meppie Phillips
Alliance flight officer on ten day leave
Flight Officer A. J. Oberlander of Alliance Nebraska is spending a ten day leave with his wife and daughter and Mrs Oberlanders parents Mr and Mrs L B Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Oberlander
Alliance, Nebraska
Unemployment Compensation Urges Prompt Employer Payments
New Mexico employers must pay all past and current unemployment contributions to the Employment Security Commission by July 31 to ensure inclusion in 1945 rate calculations. The annual classification analyzes contributions versus benefits charged to set rates, with earlier payments boosting chances of lower taxes and potential credit of up to 90 percent of federal unemployment taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employment Security Commission
Benjamin D. Luchini
New Mexico
Commission
Luchini
Luchinian
Sheepherders to Receive Extra Sugar Privilege
The article notes that sheepherders working in isolated areas will be allowed one and a half extra pounds of sugar per month in addition to the standard five pounds per two and a half months.
WP Allows Manufacturers to Fill Farm Chain Orders Without Meat Preference Ties
The War Production board authorizes producers to fulfill farm chain orders from suppliers regardless of meat preference ratings. Production must stay within quotas set by 1940 and 1941 output schedules, ensuring steady supply of harness chains wagon chains cow ties log chains halter chains and repair and lap links to farmers.
Hemphill Announces Support Prices on Spuds
Potato price support runs for 50 days in July and August in Maineo. State AAA Committee chair Tremphill fixes a top price of 2.00 per hundred for U S No 1 early potatoes in new bags. Lower grades set at 2.15 to 1.15 per hundred pounds with deductions for handling and selling services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nor Menteo
CO. V. Tremphill
State Aaa Committee
Protein meal more plentiful under new distribution plan
WFA officials report protein meal is less scarce as buyers struggle with large 60 day stockpiles. An exemption from quotas for pellet buyers in the next three months allows ranchers to secure winter feed early. A 20 percent set aside for directed distribution by WEA continues in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFA
WEA
Producers Demand Wage Ceilings From Local Regions
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones requires a written request from a majority of producers in the affected region to issue wage ceilings. Wage boards will hold a hearing when the majority supports action under the 3144 45 USDA appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Marvin Jones
Captain Redford Injured in Action in France
Mrs. June Redford reports her husband Captain James Redford was wounded in action and is hospitalized in France. They reside with her parents Mr and Mrs Homer Brooks along with their young son Jimmie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Redford
Capt
James Redford
France
Expanding economy urged for agriculture after war
Aymond C. Smith of the Bureau of Agricultural Economies argues that agriculture should seek to enlarge the postwar pie. He contends an equitable share of a bigger pie benefits agriculture more than a large but unequal slice of a small pie, as a stagnant economy risks shrinking the pie further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aymond C. Smith
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bradford Families Plan Hot Springs Fishing Weekend
Texas visitors Mr and Mrs John K R Bradford Jr host Mr and Mrs John Bradford Sr of Sweetwater Texas and Bond Bradford and family of Pecos Texas. The three families will travel for a weekend fishing trip to Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John KR. Bradford, Jr
Radford
John Tr. Bradford, Sr
Sweet‘waater
Texas
Bond Bradford
Pecos
Hot Springs
Bennie Everett Home Visit During Florida Training
Bennie Everett former Post Office employee visits his mother Mrs Ted Kennedy. He has trained sixteen months in Boen Ratog Field Florida and is now an instructor in Radar. He will visit his wife and daughter in Phoenix then return to Florida. Mr and Mrs R B Ownby host Mrs Edgar Brimberry Mrs J G Wroten son and Miss Ruth Johnson of Beeville Texas as house guests this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Everett
Post Office
Ted Kennedy
Benny
Boen Ratog Field
Florida
Phoenix
Bre. R. B. Ownby
Edgar Brimberry
J. G. Wroten and Son
Ruth Johnson
Beeville
Texas
Air Evacuation Of Wounded In Battle
The War Department disclosed that over 3,000 wounded Allies and POWs were airlifted from Normandy to England in the ten days ending June 22 aboard C-47 Skytrains. Evacuation, run by the Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Command, surpassed other methods and proved efficient with rapid in-flight medical care and streamlined litter handling aboard each aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nor
Howplinie
England
War Department
Troop Carrier Command
Ninth Air Force
France
Normandy
Norman VT. Kirk
Army
Paul KR. Hawley
Hawley
Las
Alveat
Dependents of Deceased Service Men Benefits
Overview of U S government support for military deaths notes next of kin receive a cash six months kin pay plus monthly pensions. $60 to a wife, $16 per child, $13 for each additional child up to $100 total. if only children, $26 for one, $38 for two, plus $10 for each extra child. Dependent parents get $45 monthly, $265 each if both parents are dependent. Benefits stack with national service life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iere
U. S
Army
Navy
National Service Life Insurance
Three Texas oil men seek to test Hidalgo field
Three Texas oil men from Fort Stockton Abilene and Camp Campbell visited the Chamber of Commerce aiming to locate oil potential in Hidalgo County. They reviewed government and state lands and planned to test deep oil ponds with modern machinery. The Standard Oil inquiry noted lack of funds to test previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chatril
Fort Stockton
VP. Campbell
Abilene
Chamber of Commerce
Hidalgo County
Curetons Visit Lordsburg Ranchers from White Signal
Mr and Mrs Ned Cureton, ranchers from White Signal, visited Lordsburg on Wednesday to tour local ranch operations and meet with community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Cureton
White Signal
Lordsburg
Turkey set aside for military use extends to New Mexico
Uncle Sam will reserve 106 percent of turkeys slaughtered by authorized processors in 24 leading states for the Army Quartermaster Corps until holiday needs are met. New Mexico lies in the area, with deliveries directed to the Quartermaster Market Center in Phoenix Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
G. L Turkey
C. KE
WRA
Quartermaster Corps
New Mexico
G. I
Cvilians
Mabiger
Army Quartermaster Market
Phoenix
Arizona
Steven Marlory Birthday Picnic Milestone Event
Friends join Steven Marlory for an eight birthday picnic held July 15 with children Betty Bradford Bobby Griffin Orran Fairly Mike McCabe Jimmie D yk Baxter Tilly George James Taylor Kettine Taylor Jane Chase Ann Moseley Barbara White Carolyn Jensen John Alsbury and Steven Marbry Buy War bonds and stamps today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Marlory
Betty Bradford
Bobby Griffin
Orran Fairly
Mike McCabe
Jimmie D'yk Baxter
Tilly George
James and Kettine Taylor
Jane Chase
Ann Moseley
Barbara White
Carolyn Jensen
John Alsbury
Steven Marbry
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Veterans Assistance
Philadelphia Navy Yard
U. S. Coast Guard
Miriam A. Ferguson
Prince of Wales
Berengaria
Separ Boy
Mrs. Diffenderfper
RAY War Bonds
Christ Church
George Wooa
Laas Cruces
Aanll
the Methodist Church
Franklin R. Poage
Church OF the Nazarene
Wiley Whitt
Church OF Christ
Pyramid
H. H. Conder
AAA News
Hemphill
Detroit Diesel Engine
General Motors Corporation
Bennie Everett
Douglas
Coorg
Texas Oil
Turkey
Hirthday Party
Om Alden
Priscilla Hand
Showne
CPT Ne Ag
Pilgrim
Rade
Gsc
CoDa
Peter Zenger
ROYAL
Atlantic Ocean
US. Navy
Newfoundland
Azores
Mewi Foundland
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