Dream Girl models answer GI letters from Korea
Five models from the Marshall Dream Girl agency volunteered to write to GIs in Korea who lacked mail, sending pin up pictures and scented notes. The effort produced about 600 letters in four weeks, with many soldiers grateful and some requesting more correspondence to boost morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Korea
Jean Williams
Marshall
Dream Girl’ Model Agency
Daily Mail
United Press
Tokyo
Mildred Post
Jean Carlyle
E. J. Schieski
Cleveland
Jan Monahan
Japan
Eighth Army
Robert Lake
Mom
Darling
Anna di Bella
Bob
Loretta Marshall
Rig Builders Get $2 Day Raise in December
Rig builders in West Texas New Mexico get a $2.00 daily wage boost effective December 7 raising pay to $26 for journeymen $18 for apprentices and $28 for crew pushers. Car hire allowance also increases by $2 bringing daily car pay to 17 for the first 80 miles and 10 cents per mile beyond 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas- New Mexico
Large Permian rigs total and Snyder field boom
In the Permian Basin area, 743 rigs operate across West Texas and New Mexico with about 100 rigs in the Snyder field. H. J. Adlong heads CIO Rig Builders Local 290 in Hobbs. A large mortgage of 4.3 million dollars was recorded for Ralph Lowe and wife Erma to National Bank of Commerce, covering land in Lea County.
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Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
New Snyder
H. J. Adlong
CIO Rig Builders Local 290
Hobbs
Ralph Lowe
Erma
National Bank of Commerce
Lea County
Singer Sewing Shop on Broadway Names New Manager
Singer Sewing Machine shop on Broadway announces C. A. Stain of Odessa as new manager effective Monday. He and his wife and daughter will relocate to Hobbs after year’s start. Former manager J. C. Spencer is reassigned to Odessa, Texas.
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Singer Sewing Machine Shop
Broadway
C. A. Stain
Odessa
Hobbs
J. C. Spencer
Texas
Fats and Oils Prices Rise Ahead of War Preparations
Prices of nearly all fats and oils increased in the past month as the Department of Agriculture notes the sensitivity of these commodities to wartime demand and preparations.
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George
Department of Agriculture
November price rises hit soybeans and cottonseed in country
The report notes sharp price increases in November for soybeans, cottonseed, and other vegetable oils grown locally. It states that fats and oils production is expected to total about 12,000,000 pounds, roughly the same as the previous year.
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P and H Welding Shop
Liament No
Pruit Gulf Service
Howard and
Hatch
Lovington
Harold Bauer
32Nd Infantry
Stars and Stripes
Miss Marshall
George Vagis
Indianapolis G.I
Lester Alston
Winslow
In Hobbs
N. Turner
James B. Caylor
Optometrist
LEA Insurance Agency
Lovington Implement Co
Hubert Maddox and
Hubert Gill
Singer Shop
Alex Gulf Service
Dancher
LEA County Chemical CO
Wayne Clements
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