Crop Support Program Seen White Elephant
Secretary Brannan warned in Syracuse of vast storage and cost in farm programs. Government holds hundreds of millions in eggs milk butter cheese. corn wheat and cotton loans threaten multi‑billion losses as storage crises grow and capacity runs out.
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Brannan
Syracuse
N. Y
Pantex Ordnance
Panhandle
Texas
Sampson College
Upstate
New York
Southwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Martime Commission
Hudson River
Agriculture Department
CCC
Congress
Go-Getter Son Learns to Take It Easy Ending in Hiroshima
A rushed ex-soldier seeks work while Billy Rose narrates a tale of a farmer father and his go-getter son. They travel toward a city that becomes Hiroshima as the son learns the value of patience and the old man’s philosophy of using time to appreciate life.
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Pacific
G. I
Billy Rose Common
United States
Roosevelt
New Mexico Democrats teased by Clint and Chavez names
The piece surveys the 1950 Democratic primary landscape in New Mexico. It notes Dennis Chavez and his brothers as major figures, mentions Clint as a rising national figure, and hints at potential runs by John Miles and Lake Frazier. It references past political battles and irrigation district legislation in Ft Sumner.
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New Mexico
Chavez
Dennis
Dave
Porto Rico
Clint
United States
Ft. Sumner
Farmers resist building storage as CCC pushes plan
The text notes farmers and the CCC clashing over grain storage needs. Farmers worry about costs of new bins ranging from 30 cents per bushel and doubt lasting demand as acreage allocations and marketing quotas loom. Some expect the impasse to end with eventual changes.
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CCC
The Low Down From Hickory Grove
A compact critique of postwar policy decrying butter shortages and government control. The author likens England under Atlee to a desert, laments rationing and price controls, and urges U S officials to reduce government meddling. The piece closes with a demand for more butter and less federal intervention.
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Uts
Atlee
England
Columbia
Sambo
Europe
Asia
Africa
New Mexico Wood Growers Plan 47th Convention
The New Mexico Wood Growers association schedules its 47th annual convention in Albuquerque February 7 and 8 with Hilton Hotel headquarters. President Floyd W. Lee expects more than 1200 wool growers to attend and notes a 21 year tenure. The 11th wool show and school, supervised by Prof. P. E. Neale and Ivan Watson, will accompany the meeting. Last year 160 fleeces were shown across four divisions.
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New Mexico Wood Growers Association
Albuquerque
Hilton Hotel
Floyd W. Lee
San Mateo
Lee
P. E. Neale
Ivan Watson
State College
Telephone calls set record per capita in 1948
The United States in 1948 led the world in telephone use with an average of 317.3 minutes of conversation per person. The figure reflects nationwide lines and widespread dialing across households and businesses.
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United States
Prize Offered For Bureaus At Convention
The New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau offers a $100 attendance prize to the county with the largest turnout at the state convention. Distance traveled and county member counts influence the award. The winning county will use the money to send a delegate to the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention in Chicago. Lea County urges attendance at the Albuquerque convention on November 28 and 29.
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New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Lea County Farm Bureau
Albuquerque
Tucumcari coach Criswell named New Mexico Coach of the Year
Charles Criswell of Tucumcari Rattlers wins NM Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year honor. He succeeds Paul Babe Parenti of St Mary, edging Hobbs’ Duane Fisher by 11 points on 161 ballots. Other contenders include Stribling Deming Cleven Dawson Tomlinson and McDavid.
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Albuquerque
Charles Criswell
Tucumcari Rattlers
New Mexico Sports Writers Association
Criswell
Paul Babe Parenti
St. Mary
New Mexico
Parenti
Tucumcari
Rattlers
Fort Sumner
Billy Jack Turnbeaugh
Ted Mrshill
Marshall
Don Badders
Hobbs
Duane Fisher
Fisher
Joe Stribling
Deming
Ed Cleven
Dawson
Dave Tomlinson
Menual
Pete McDavid
Albuquerque High
Ralph Bowyer
Carsishbad
Jack Tinson
Artesia
Roy Anderson
Roswell
J. D. Brown
Indoor play ideas and a Fort Worth centennial reminiscence
Mother's guide to quiet indoor activities for active children includes a Rainy Day Box with blocks beads and puzzles. The column also recalls Mrs. Ham Bishop of Lovington and her Remember When piece about Ft Worth Texas centennial memories and President Roosevelt sightings.
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Ruby Bradford Murphy
Ham Bishop
Lovington
Ft. Worth
Depot
Marine Park
North Fort Worth
Fire in hotel room leaves Nash unfazed
Atlanta police report Charles L Nash woke to a bed fire in a hotel room. He turned the burning mattress and returned to sleep as officers arrived, officials said.
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Atlanta
Charles L Nash
Fresh Eggs Hatch In Calhoun City Kitchen
A Calhoun City housewife found a chick hatch from a fresh egg she placed in a paper bag on top of a kitchen cabinet. Three other eggs hatched when placed under a bantam hen, proving the freshness of the eggs.
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Levington
Agnes Kastner
Chad L. Wiilii
Adiawss Onisiluzagy Uadvdsmin Saneguesssdoy Bursijssroy Jevouen
Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
Hiroshima
Re.aay
John E. Miles
John J. Dempsey
Dennis Chavez
Jack
Lake Frazier
Soxs
Hi Dow
Dow
Lak Frazier
Lake
Frazier
Santa Fe
Miles
Hickory Grove
Wood Growers Convention
Franklin Delano
Claud C. Ruch
Childcraft Advisory Service
Main
Commerce
Thomas J. Mabry
Carol Eagan
Mabry
James Stewart
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan and
Corregidor
Wainwright
Stewart
Calhoun City, Miss
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