Lordsburg Mavericks Meet Silver City Colts In Home Opener
The Lordsburg Mavericks host Silver City at the high school stadium tonight at 8 p m for the season’s first home game. Key players include Captain Ralph Craig Morelos Pat Flores Carlos Hernandez and Juan Guzman. Lordsburg aims for its first win after losses to Douglas 32 0 and Deming 12 6 while Silver City seeks a bounce back after earlier results. Fans are advised to use the north gate to enter by car with pedestrians using the old entrance on Second Street.
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Mavericks
Colts
Silver City
Stafive
Witilver City
Dupeany
Las Cruces
Ralph Craig
Or Morelos
Pat Flores
Carlos
McA Convention Here a Very Great Success
Lordsburg welcomed YMCA delegates from Texas New Mexico Arizona and California for a two day event at Hotel Hidalgo and City Hall. Attendance exceeded thirty with Hugh Gruwell of Phoenix chosen area president M Atherton of Albuquerque vice president and Rich et Babcock of Phoenix secretary. The convention praised the city and voted to return next October.
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Lordsburg
YMCA
Delesh
W Texas
Newexrizona
Jifornia
News York
Jeie Tomkins
Nation- Cownell
New York
Yim
Trinity Uburcd
el Paso
L. Evans
Methodist Church
Berning
C. C. Fuller
Evans
Much Loved Citizen Passes to Higher Life
William H. Harwood born March 14 1870 died September 28 1945. Funeral held from Heather Mortuary Sunday afternoon with Rev. Sidney W. Hale officiating. Survived by wife Winnie C Harwood, children in Arizona California and Texas, 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. A twin sister remains as the family survivor.
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William H. Harwood
Heather Mortuary
Sidney W. Hale
the Baptist Church
S. H. Gass
FE. C. Payne Tom J. Mayfield
H. Vearle Payne
Oxecar Allen
George Richins
Glen Morrell
Boyd Nally
Eben Richens
Dale Follett
Jack Heather
Douglas
Arizona
Winnie C. Harwood
Willie Ball
Bisbee
Zelma Lester
Tucson
Nina Gobble
San Diego
California
Alice Meeks
Robert R. Harwood
Lordsburg
J. T. Halliday
Corpus Christi
Texas
Rally at the Church of Peru draws crowd in Lordsburg
The Church of Peru held a rally in Lordsburg drawing about sixty attendees from parts of Arizona and New Mexico. Refreshments including cherries pie and ice cream were served.
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Church of
Peru
Mrches
Arizona
New Mexico
Lordsburg
Word From Charley Williams
Mr and Mrs T B Williams learned last Saturday that their son Charles has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp and is described as ambulatory. The note confirms his safe return and physical condition after captivity.
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T. B. Williams
William
Charles
Army discharge for Margery Fairly in Minneapolis
Lt Margery Fairly received her Army discharge in Minneapolis Minnesota She will stay in Minneapolis briefly to pursue a postgraduate course in nursing
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Margery Fairly
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Miss Fairly
Truman and Anderson outline larger food aid for Europe
President Truman and Secretary Anderson say the United States will ship sizable additional food to Europe once satisfactory financial arrangements are in place. They note UNRA relief could absorb most surplus production this year and request Congress to authorize 5.65 billion dollars for UNRA to expand shipments in coming months.
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Truman
Andersad
Europe
UNRA
Congress
Anderson
U. S
Wallace Warns on Postwar Jobs and Farm Income
Secretary Henry A. Wallace notes that full postwar employment would raise pork, chicken, oranges and dairy product consumption and boost canned vegetables and eggs. He warns that 10 million unemployed could halve farmers’ net income and 15 million jobless would cut agriculture to a quarter of 1944 levels.
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Henry A. Wallace
B&k
Wallace
Range improvement by planting grass on sagebrush lands
The article notes that grazing one cow for a month on sagebrush land requires about 15 acres, while planting grass can increase production 5 to 12 fold on many acres. It cites 96.5 million acres of sagebrush lands in the western ranges, roughly Montana-sized, though not all is suitable for reseeding.
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Western Range
Western Ranges
Montana
New York State
Farmers and wages shape farm markets and jobs
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson notes farmers must watch labor costs as low wages foretell hard times. He argues low wages mean few city jobs and reduced industrial output, shrinking demand for farm produce and harming the farmer's market.
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Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson Analyzes Farm Price Outlook
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson says under full employment farm prices could average around parity. He notes that would be a decline from current prices for most products, but remains optimistic about overall market balance.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Local church notices list services and events
A period listing includes multiple denominations with service times and activities. Assembly of God, Church of Sidney Hale, Pastor Everett Smith, and Church of Christ provide morning and evening services, Sunday School, prayer meetings, and youth programs. Spanish language mass is noted from October to May with two Sunday masses.
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Assembly OF God Church
Hidalgo Garage
Everett Smith
Mra.harda Aragon
Church Service Times for Nazare ne Church
Rev O L Wright presides with Sunday School at 10 devotion at 11 junior society at 6 NYP at 7 45 evening service at 8 15 prayer service every Tuesday at 8 15.
Sailors Witness Tokyo Bay Occupation Sights
On the USS West Virginia in Tokyo Bay Leonard R. Nard serves aboard the battleship as it steams into the occupied zone. After a year of sparsely populated terrain the crew sees densely settled streets and watches Japanese towns through binoculars near Fujoyama mountain amid the occupation.
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West Virginia
Tokyo Bay
Leonard R. Nard
Fujoyama
Technician Ng Sew King to Return Home from AMET
Technician Fifth Grade Ng Sew King, brother of Sew Yank of Lordsburg, will be discharged after 32 months overseas in the Africa Middle East Theater. With 89 points, he is placed on orders to return to the United States from Camp Russell Huckstep near Cairo, where he served as a Mess Department Cook with the 56th Station Hospital.
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Africa
Middle East Theater
AMET
Cairo
Egypt
Ng Sew King
Sew Yank
Lordsburg
United States
Medical
Camp
Russell B. Huckstep
Africa Middle East Theater
56Th Station Hospital
Mrs. Ralph Smith Returns Home From Nashville Visit
Mrs Ralph Smith comes home from Nashville where she convalesced after an operation. She felt well and waited to see her brother Sgt Albert Harding who has just been discharged from the Army.
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Ralph Smith
Nashville
Tennessee
Sgt
Albert Harding
Army
Fear of articular doom echoes past price drops
A reflective line recalls the fear that American articulation could repeat the 25-year-ago postwar plunge when farm prices fell more than fifty percent in twelve months, highlighting anxiety over repeating a historic economic nightmare.
Cooperatives Power Farm Prosperity Says Agriculture Chief
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson declares prosperity rests with cooperation across all economic groups. USDA notes 2 million farmers belong to over 19 000 cooperative and mutual firms in the United States, with more than 10 000 engaged in marketing and purchasing. August sheep slaughter under federal inspection was the smallest since 1941 and hog slaughter was 47 percent below last year, the smallest August figure since 1937.
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Anderson
USDA
U. S
Methodist church notices for Franklin Poage pastor
Franklin Poage is the pastor at the Methodist Church. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League meets at 7 30 p.m. Prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
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Bible School
Young People's Meeting
the Methodist Church
Franklin R. Poage
Epworth League
Pearl Harbor Veteran Baxtes Leads 85th Naval Construction Battalion
David C. Baxtes, electrician's mate third class from Lordsburg, served with the 85th Naval Construction Battalion. The unit endured 17 months in the Aleutians, then moved to the South Pacific, and as peace arrived worked on preparing military equipment in the New Hebrides for shipment closer to fighting fronts.
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Pearl Harbor
David C. Baxtes
Lordsburg
Naval Construction Battalion
Aleutians
Benbees
South Pacific
Ths
New
Hebrides
Meghting
Mrs Eleanor Long Dies in Pensacola After Illness
Mrs Eleanor Long formerly of Lordsburg died September 17 in Pensacola Florida at her son's home after months of illness. Burial was in Watumpka Alabama. She leaves two sons Lunceford of Pensacola and Henry in California and a grandson Lester Jackson of El Paso.
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Eleanor Long
Lordsburg
Pensacola
Florida
Lunceford
Long
Sunday School Party at Baptist Church
Twenty children attended a Saturday night party at the Baptist Church under Miss Ruth Whisnant’s direction. Jin Snethen won best dressed. Rev. Hale and others attended as guests. Hostesses organized the event with Miss Betty Lou George and others handling refreshments.
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the Baptist Church
Ruth Whisnant
Jin Snethen
Hale
Sidney W. Hale
George Haltom
Felix Jones
Ruth Bishop
Betty Lou George
Clara Foster
Peggy Turrentine
Gerald Fuller Promoted to Captain in the Philippines
Gerald Fuller is in the Philippine Islands and has been promoted to the rank of Captain.
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Gerald Fuller
Philippine Islands
Lordsburg Author Percy Brown Featured in Outdoor Life
Local resident Percy Brown is noted for contributing to magazines with pieces such as Red skin Rainbow in Outdoor Life October issue. The article references former resident Earle Kerr and Buck Hunter's Bonus in Sports and Field. A turkey story will appear in Field and Stream in November with Wearie Payne mentioned.
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Lordsburg
Percy Brown
Outdoor Life
Redskin Rainbow
Earle Kerr
Buck Hunter
Wearie Payne
American Legion Auxiliary Initiation Next Wednesday at Hall
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold initiation during its regular meeting night on Wednesday October 10 at 8 pm at the Knights of Pythias Hall. All Auxiliary and Legion members are invited to attend.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Knights of Pythias Hall
Auxiliary
the Legion
New Mexico Shifts Food Allotment Process Postwar
About 1 000 institutional food users in New Mexico must file November and December allotment applications with the District OPA office by October 15. Ration currency for coupons will be mailed directly to concerns around November 1. Firms without ration bank accounts will receive wired coupons for meats fat and sugar.
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District Opa
District Opa Ciie
Clovin Rent Survey Yields 1156 New Property Registrations
The house to house rent survey completed this week in Clovin reports 1156 new rental property registrations. District OPA officials say landlords suspected of overcharging will be notified to visit the Clovin rent office. Speakers included Jack Lawler and Aaron Salzman with Carl Faublan coordinating, aided by M A Campagna on radio outreach.
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Clovin
OPA
Jack Lawler
Aaron Salzman
Denver
Carl Faublan
Tucumcari
M. A. Campagna
Clovis
Settlements Reported Against Two Belen Grocers
Two settlements of administrator's damage actions for 50 dollars each were asserted against two Belen grocery store owners. The District OPA approved the settlements after alleged overceiling price violations. Price panel officials praised local cooperation and noted high survey compliance.
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Belen
OPA
Price Panel
District OPA Slashes Eight Jobs in Rationing Office
District OPA Administrative Officer Hubert Y Atherton says eight positions have been cut in the rationing division since September 16. Four in gasoline rationing and three in food, plus the stove rationing post. Office had 116 employees then. transfers possible within the agency with 20 days notice.
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District Opa
Hubeart Y. Atherton
Rent Control Opens in Santa Fe
The Santa Fe rent office headquarters were set up this week at the Santa Fe War Price and Rationing Board. Howard Vega, district OPA Rent Executive, announced from his Albuquerque hospital bed that rent control is established in Santa Fe county with July 1 1944 as the freeze date. Hotels and tourist courts will have rents fixed at their June 1944 levels. Two Albuquerque district OPA officials will visit Santa Fe next week to assist with registration.
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Santa Fe
National War Fund Drive Continues Through October
The National War Fund Drive begins in New Mexico and runs to October 22 with Hidalgo county quota set at $2000. USO clubs at ports handle large crowds as service men arrive from overseas. Volunteers and workers are stretched to meet needs for essential relief things the U.S. government cannot provide. Workers will call on you within ten days. be generous.
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New Mexico
Hidalgo County
USO
Europé
U. S
Sunday Services Mark Year End at Local Church
The pastor plans a fitting sermon as the church closes the year with a strong turnout. Readers recall a fine past year with good attendance last Sunday and notes of visitors including Mrs. A. L. Holm and others from Trinity in El Paso. Rev F R Poage will lead as the Y convention attendees also joined.
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A. L. Holm
Lolat
Trinity
el Paso
Notice to Motor Vehicle Owners in Lordaburg
Federal law requires vehicle owners to display a $5.00 Motor One Stamp by July 1, 1946. Those without a stamp may face a $25.00 penalty. Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue will check vehicles in the area in coming days. Penalty applies if no stamp is displayed.
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Internal Revenue
Lordaburg
Foster family moves into Shakespeare and Eighth house
Wy and Mrs J A Foster and Mme Clara Foster relocate to the Shakespeare and Eighth residence owned by Mrs Helen Dorrance. Mr and Mrs Ben Cochran also move into the Foster apartment that had been occupied by the Foster family.
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J A. Foster
Mme
Clara Foster
Shakespeare and
Eighth
Helen Dorrance
Ben Cochran
Foster
Rent Control Officials Named For Santa Fe Program
An area rent examiner will be named this week to run the Santa Fe rent program. One or two OPA lent officials from the Denver Regional office will visit Santa Fe around October 16 to help register hotels and camp grounds.
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Santa Fe
OPA
Denver
Ration Stamp Validity Details From War Era Book Records
The notice lists expiration dates for various stamp series like Red Stamps through January 31 and Blue and Sugar Stamps, with references to Book Four and Books Three. It notes some stamps are no longer needed, including Gasoline, and mentions specific valid through dates and quantities such as five pounds of sugar and shoe stamps for one pair.
Capt Tom Taggart Released From Japanese Prison Camp
Alamogordo special reports Capt Tom Taggart once of burg is freed from a Japanese prison camp. His wife Loree Taggart wired that she is with her parents in Lubbock Texas. Taggart, formerly an attorney in Lordsburg, was captured at Bataan.
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Alamogordo
Tom Taggart
Burg
Loree Taggart
Taggart
Loree Kent
H. L. Kent
New Mexico A
M. College
Las Cruces
Lubbock
Texas
Lordsburg
Bataan
el Paso
Dunagan Son Freed From Jap Prison Camp
Mr and Mrs W B Dunagan of Lordsburg are advised by the War Department that their son Set Damon W Dunagan of the 200th Coast Artillery has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp. He telegraphed he would arrive in this country via El Paso Time.
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Mra
Army Recruiting Office Opens in Silver City
A U S Army recruiting office has opened on the second floor of Grant County Courthouse Silver City under Major Bernard Collins and M Sgt Thomas J Mulvey leading a five man team. The unit covers Hidalgo Grant Dona Ana and will schedule visits to local cities with times and dates announced in the paper.
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U. S. Army
Silver City
Grant County Court House
Hidalgo
la Grant
Dona Ana
Thomas J. Mulvey
Bernard Collins
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Goat and Sheep Men's Feed a Glorious Regional Gathering
The Holmes Maddux ranch hosted the annual Goat and Sheep Men’s Feed and barbecue on Sunday. An estimated five hundred people attended enjoying the gaucho jamboree with Curley Walter as chef. Visitors included Nellie Jo Sweigart now Mrs. Taylor of Bandora Texas and other regional cooks showcased culinary art.
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Holmes Maddux Ranch
Curley Walter
Nellie Jo Swegigart
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McA
RCH Rally
Charley Williams
AAA News
Aall
Church OF Christ
Pyramid
Church OF the Nazarene
Rev
O. L. Wright
85Th Naval Construction Battalion
Mrs. Eleanor Long
National War Fund
Kation Timetable
Yson, D. W.dunagan
Army Recruiting Office
Grother
Pawl Pleschke
Chicago Sun
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