Western powers push to curb communism in multiple theaters
The report notes General MacArthur in Tokyo pledging aid to Chiang Kai-Shek if Formosa is attacked, Britain seeks longer service to bolster its army, Turkish duties extend for American missions, and Western Europe coordinates rearmament amid the Korea crisis. It also mentions new naval jets, Britain boosting bomber strength, Australia and New Zealand preparing troops, and war-prisoner reporting by the Red Cross while chaplains mark their anniversary. In New Mexico, the state purchasing agent warns of war-time purchasing strain, cancellations on automobiles, and rising prices, urging immediate purchases to avoid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Tokyo
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Turkey
Europe
Western Defense Union
Hague
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
London
America
Britain
Australia
Korea
New Zealand
Washington
United States
Legation
International Red Cross
North Korea
Army Corps of Chaplains
Santa FE
H. N. McDaniel
Thomas J. Mabry
McDaniel
No Arrests In Taos Case Of Busted Signs
Taos New Mexico. Police continue the probe into vandalism after five large billboards along the highway to Santa Fe between Pilar Hill and Taos were found chopped. No arrests have been made and none of the National billboards were touched. The damaged signs advertised Red River Sage Brush Inn El Patio Restaurant La Fonda Taos Hotel and the N K Cafe. Local roadside councils oppose highway signboards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos
N. M
Santa Fe
Pilar Hill
Raton Sign Company
Red River
New Mexico
Sage Brush Inn
el Patio
la Fonda
Three Los Alamos Men Arrested
Governor Mabry granted conditional releases to three New Mexico penitentiary inmates. Domingo Armendariz from the county was sentenced 1 to 8 years, Ricardo Mercado 1 to 2 years from Dona Ana County, and Charlie P Vacarro 1 to 3 years from Bernalillo. All releases were recommended by the State Parole Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
T. J. Mabry
New Mexico Penitentiary
Domingo Armendariz
Ly County
Ricardo Mercado
Dona Ana
Charlies P. Vaccaro
Bernalillo
State Parole Board
Convicted Communists Lose Ground In Fight For Trial
The U S Court of Appeals in New York upheld the nine-month trial and the Smith Act convictions of 11 American Communist leaders. The ruling praised Judge Harold Medina and left the case to the U S Supreme Court. Ten defendants remain free on bond while Eugene Dennis serves a one-year term for contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court of Appeals
New York
United States Supreme Court
Harold
Medina
Learned Hand
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Congress
Curb and Gutter Work Opens on Lovington Main Street
This week the Main Street project in Lovington began with curbs and gutters. Sam Sanders of Artesia serves as contractor and local paving expert. Residents note the improvements after recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Sam Sanders
Artesia
Sanders
Sandoval County Official Protests Load Limits
Sandoval County Commissioner Tony Valdez complains residents suffer as state police enforce weight limits. State Highway Engineer Burton Dwyer vows full enforcement with weighing stations at Bernalillo and Jojobaque, saying laws must be followed. Valdez cites planing mill layoffs and asks why enforcement didn't occur before the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandoval
Tony Valdez
Dwyer
Bernalilio
Jojoaque
Sandoval County
County Commission
Bernalillo
Valdez
T. J. Mabry
Mrs York Breaks Arm in Weekend Accident
Mrs. Lottie York fell Saturday and broke her arm. She is reported resting well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie York
State Approves School Bonds For 4 250 000
The State Education Board approved building bonds for New Mexico public schools totaling 4 250 000. Last year issues reached 2 637 185 with 700 000 spent from other sources. Albuquerque received 1 100 000, Carlsbad 535 000, Santa Fe and Clovis 500 000 each, Hobbs 300 000, and Levington 200 000 in allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Education Board
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Carlsbad
Santa Fe
Clovis
Hobbs
Levington
Polio Cases Fall In State Health Report
The State Health Department reports only 14 polio cases in the state this month, down from 28 in July of last year, according to United Press.
GI Bill Deadline One Year From Now
The deadline for starting GI Bill courses is July 25, 1951. Veterans must enter training by then to continue under the GI Bill, with extensions for certain discharged or early enlistments. A new law allowing field changes will not take effect after the cut-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Owens May Be Re-Elected Boss of Lea Co Democrats
Lea County Democrats plan a Hobbs meeting at City Hall August 12 with Sheriff Horace Burl Owens expected to win re election as county chairman. Hobbs figures Ned Butler Tom Finn and Jerry Jernigan are named potential contenders. Support across the party centers on Owens as the ticket’s strength and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
LEA CO. Demos
Lea County Central Committee
Democratic Party
Hobbs
Horace Burl Owens
Ned Butler
Tom Finn
New Hobbs
Jerry Jernigan
Jernigan
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Lea County
Mack Easley
Melvin Neal
State Prepares for Heard Trial in Alamogordo
The Otero County Sheriff’s office issues subpoenas for witnesses in the Heard trial slated for late August in Alamogordo. Assistant District Attorney Mack Easley says the subpoenas cover witnesses from Portales’s April trial. Heard faces falsifying records while Hobbs mayor in 1948-49 and currently resides in Lubbock for medical treatment amid reports he may have accidentally shot himself while cleaning a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Mack Easley
Portales
Heard
Hobbs
Lubbock
Memphis boy saves over one thousand from paper route
Er nest Brooks a 15 year old schoolboy in Memphis has saved more than $1,000 from his newspaper route earnings. His disciplined savings show a notable personal finance achievement for a youth in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Ernest Brooks
Family Picnic at Municipal Park Draws Baptist WMA Families
Families of Baptist W M A met at Municipal Park Monday night for a group picnic. Attendees included the E D Plummers, L W Hardcastles, Bernard Loves, J B Jones, Marion Shields, J E Speegles, L M Blackmons, and Mrs R F Goodrich with her mother Mrs Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Municipal Park
E. D. Plummers
L. W. Hardcastles
Bernard Loves
J. B. Jones
Marion Shields
J. E. Speegles
L. M. Blackmons
R. F. Goodrich
Walker
Buckeye Tops Magnolia. Lions Win Second Straight
Buckeye defeated Magnolia 15 to 6 to stay in first place while Mallamar beat Nowell Drug 8 to 4. On Tuesday the Lions posted their second consecutive errorless win, beating Lindy's 6 to 2 as Jackson pitched and Lowman contributed three hits for the Cocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Magnolia
Mallamar
Nowell Drug
Lions
Lindy’s
Bill Lowman
Growlers
Dave Erwin
Polio Cases Reported in July in New Mexico
The State Health Department records 14 polio cases in July, down from 28 in the same month last year. Year to date totals show 32 cases, versus 47 by this time in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
State Health Department
Beverly's Floral and Nursery Opens Saturday
Lovington welcomes Beverly's Floral and Nursery with a formal opening at 10 30 Saturday morning. Everyone registering between 10 30 and 5 30 will receive a flower and flower arrangements. Mrs Beverly has completed floral decoration courses and will feature home grown flowers including a thousand gladiolas. The shop and greenhouse, built this summer on the Artesia highway, offer flowers pot plants shrubs for every occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Beverly’s Floral and Nursery
Beverly
Seven Suits Filed By One Insurance Co in Lovington Court
The Farmers Mutual Hail Co. filed seven suits in District court at Lovington on July 31 to collect sums due on promissory notes. Santa Fe attorneys Zinn and Zinn represent the hail company seeking amounts from several defendants plus interest and costs. Also filed were actions by Moncrief Lenoir Mfg. Co. for 1387.29 with interest, costs, and 10 percent attorney fees, and Estells Pope Hayes et al versus Unknown heirs of Thomas W. Hayes for quiet title with Roswell attorneys Atwood and Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Hail Co
Lovington
Santa Fe
Zinn
Hail Concern
Hubert Blackman
C. D. Kight
J. C. York
Emmitt Hopkins
George Spears Jr
H. F. Jackson
R. E. Jackson
G. A. Whitside
Curtis Patterson
Moncrief Lenoir Mfg. Co
Neal and Girand
Hobbs
Estells Pope Hayes
Thomas W. Hayes
Atwood and Malone of
Roswell
Ice Cream Social At Tatum Aug. 4
The Tatum Cemetery Association will sponsor an ice cream social on Friday evening August 4 at the American Legion grounds to raise funds for the cemetery taking care project. Everyone is invited to enjoy homemade ice cream and cakes and visit with neighbors as improvements show good results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum Cemetery Association
American Legion
Cemetery Association
Guests In Cox Home Visit
Mrs. Walter Jackson and her son Larry are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Cox this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COX
Walter Jackson
Larry
Weldon Cox
Leathernecks Harness New Secret Weapons In Korea
American forces received two new fighting units and the First Marine Division, with veterans and new secret weapons, as they push toward the Korean front. MacArthur officials say Reds threaten only by frantic last-ditch effort while Allied power builds for a counteroffensive. Casualties on both sides mount, with official Red losses around 37 500 and American losses over 1 266, including many missing. A B 29 Super fort mission knocked out a key ammunition plant at Konan North Korea.
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Chinju
Pusan
MacArthur
Tokyo
Kochang
Hyopchon
24Th Division
Taegu
Kumchon
Crewal
Andong
Yechen
Hainchang
Sangju
Gion
Konan
North Korea
United Press
First Marine Division
Dorothy Lou Osborn Injured at Pool Spill
Dorothy Lou Osborn daughter of Mrs Jessie Lou Osborn was badly sprained in the back Sunday after diving from a low spring board at Easely Twin Lakes pool. She will remain in bed for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lou Osborn
Jessie Lou Osborn
Easely Twin Lakes
Cantaloupe Harvest Underway Then Ships to Major Markets
More than a hundred workers harvest cantaloupes then bring them to a local depot shed for grading and packing. The fruit will be shipped to New York Chicago the Southern States and other parts of the country. The harvest is to last three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Funeral Held For Jal Man
Funeral services for Kirk Rollyson were held at the First Baptist Church of Jal Sunday afternoon after his death from burns suffered in a gas tank explosion near Jal Texas. Burial followed in Kermit. Rollyson, 63, was superintendent of Plains Production Company and had lived in Jal fifteen years. He is survived by his wife Gay, a Hobbs niece, his mother Galveston West Virginia, and several brothers. He belonged to Hobbs and Jal IOOF Lodges and was a past grand master of the Jal Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Rollyson
Kermit, Texas
First Baptist Church of
Jal
Kermit
Rollyson
Plains Production Company
Gay Rollyson
Hobbs
Galveston
West Va
Mint Bar Sold to Mrs. M. C. Scott
Mrs. M. C. Scott bought the Mint Bar from Bert Wright on Saturday. She says her husband will operate Scotty's Bar, with Ben Denton assisting. Denton and his wife have moved into the apartment behind the bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Scott
Bert Wright
US doubles size of force in Korea in days of heavy fighting
U S Marines arrive in Korea with full strength units and secret weapons as new American forces land from Hawaii and the mainland to bolster the front. MacArthur says the North Korean offensive is desperate as Allied lines retreat from five towns near the southwest beachhead. B 29s strike and hit a major munitions plant near Konan, North Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Home
Hawaii
Michigan farmer sells cherry crop to grow strawberries
Suttons Bay Michigan farmer Fred Reed plans to drop 250 of his 350 cherry trees as he shifts from cherries to strawberries. He says he wants to avoid federal crop supports and notes no crop policy has yet been set by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suttons Bay
Mich
Michigan
Fred Reed
Reed
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Seo of
Bras
First Marines
South Korean
U.S
Los Alamos
LLP
Burton Dwyer
United
Pers
Johnny Miles
Alamorgodo
Jackson
Beverly's
One Insurance Co
Tatum
Jack James
South Korea
Taeju
Pusap
Hamchang
Yechon
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