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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1950
Page
2
The text cites Samuel Gompers on profits as essential to good jobs and wage security. It argues that fair profits enable expansion and employment, noting most profits run five to six percent and are often reinvested. It stresses both worker and investor fairness for stable employment.
In Chicago a group of 140 teachers toured oil industry facilities and heard a company leader urge more industry school outreach. He said business must share lab work and plant operations to prepare students for the industrial world and dispel myths about monopolies and profits.
The head of a leading meat packing company lauds industry research at the American Meat Institute Foundation lab opening at the University of Chicago. He cites by products, value, and new products from cattle and beef research improving producer incentives, meat supply, and nutrition for Americans.
A witty remark notes that chronic complainers endure distress from being misunderstood, and that laws cannot stop a fool from acting foolishly. The quip adds that a man with a wife would know it, implying marital awareness curbs folly.
The article argues that improved laws depend on electing capable legislators, placing accountability squarely on the nation's voters. It underscores the power and duty of citizens to choose representatives who will craft effective policy.
An average man can work at about a tenth of a horsepower with his arms while a powerful athlete, in short bursts of a few seconds, can develop as much as two horsepower.
A survey notes Spain has 263 bull rings and 140 sports stadiums. It also projects the 1950 orange crop reaching 800000 tons versus 650000 tons in the 1949 50 season.
The United States has more than 21 million acres of privately owned forest land dedicated to sustaining ongoing production of forest crops.
The piece notes George Washington s stance on religious tolerance from Newport letters and quotes Rt Rev Benjamin Dagwell urging Christians to live their faith. Dagwell calls for parish houses and councils as community service tools to combat social evils and guide church actions.
A Federal Council of Churches resolution condemns gambling as a nationwide commercial enterprise and links it to crime. It urges vigorous opposition to gambling as a threat to personal character and social morality, arguing it promotes getting something for nothing and erodes public welfare.
For two years the Sunday School Junior Department of Upper Montclair Union Congregational Church saved nickels to build a Railway of Knowledge. Ten thousand nickels totaling $500 were sent to Dr Frank C Laubach at the Congregational mission station in Dondi Angola Portuguese West Africa for printing The Story of Jesus in Umbundu for newly literate Angola natives.
About 5 000 young Methodists from local church groups across the United States will attend the National Convocation of Methodist Youth at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana from August 27 to 31 1951. The previous convocation in 1947 featured national and international speakers.
Horatius Bonar 1808 1889 famous tract Words to Winners of Souls long circulated in English speaking world is addressed to young ministers and others in evangelistic work among youth. The American Tract Society at 21 W 46th St New York has republished it as timely today as when first issued.
Henry Clay, famed for saying I would rather be right than president, failed in three campaigns for the presidency, enduring repeated bids without securing the office.
United Press commentary notes Professor Edmund Volkart doubts success of US propaganda behind the Iron Curtain. He favors concentrating efforts in Western Europe India Japan Korea and border regions, arguing scarce impact and cost if spent behind the Curtain. Refugee and anti Communist groups are seen as cheaper channels with limited reach but two way potential. Senator Lodge proposes using refugees to bolster Western defense and manpower.
National Apple Week runs October 26 to November 4 as U S Department of Agriculture notes ideal weather and excellent quality fruit. Varieties favored for cooking and eating include Delicious McIntosh Cortland Baldwin Northern Spy Greening Rome Beauty Stayman. Recipes feature applesauce on pancakes, sour cream desserts, and a Quaker Oats pancake recipe with apples.
Numerous records of mortgages, separations, and transfers involving Hobbs Lovington Eunice and nearby properties. Notable items include mortgages to J R Neil and Lea County Bank, severance and transfer agreements with Commodity Credit Corp, and oil and gas lease actions. Also listed are powers of attorney deeds quit claims and escrow contracts related to local land parcels and businesses.
The Rural Electrification Administration released its annual farm survey showing more than 65 percent of New Mexico farms now have electric power. It cites 19 435 farms connected while 10 260 lack central power station service.
Andrew J. Waite died at 98 and inspired Worcester auditorium memorial chamber murals of a GAR veteran, though he was not a Civil War veteran.
United Press reports the Comiform gathering in Prague is a propaganda move to undermine support for including West Germany in a Western European defense army.
Recorded in Lovington and Hobbs deeds include G W Odell to Frank Dyer Lot 28 and Lot 29 East 3 Block 29 and 30 in North Hobbs addition for 1.10 dollars Milward Miller to Lewis R. Coo per Lot 1 Block A Ruckmill Add Hobbs and transfers to City of Hobbs from Everglade Cemetery trustees. Multiple Whitmire and Clinton transfers listed with surface notes and small monetary amounts.
A mounted list of October 10 1950 real estate actions includes oil and gas lease assignment from Atlantic Rig Co to J W Peary and others, warranty deeds for Hobbs properties, mortgages totaling hundreds of dollars, affidavits, releases of lien, and business transfers involving Grimes Add Hobbs Broadmoor and NH Add Hobbs areas.
Notations record several warranty deeds dated October 11 1950 transferring parcels in Broadmoor addition including Hobbs Houses Inc to Dwain Hill Geneva L lot 11 block 58 fifth unit and Hobbs to Billy Proctor and Roy L Cline with stamps of 7 15 each. Names include J L Burke Jr Joyce R C Cox Marguerite H Escola Travis Hobbs James L Furr Faye.
A dense list of property transactions in Lea County and surrounding areas including warranty deeds, minings under 2-12-38, and various tract descriptions. Notable entries include Jett Keesee to Kermit State Bank with lot 3 in H&S Add Jar for 500 dollars, J. R. Smith to J. D. Boren and William R. Hollis for lot 8 in NH Add to Hobbs with stamps, and numerous transfers involving the Lea County State Bank and Anita Chapman along with dozens of parcel descriptions and monetary values. The records cover parcels in NE and NESiSW 20-25-37, highways 18 and 19, and adjoining additions, with several stamp duties noted.
Two notices filed in Lea County District Court seek to quiet title to mineral interests in Section 11 Township 12 South Range 37 East and to an oil and gas leasehold of 45/160 in SW Section 11. Plaintiffs warn defendants to appear by December 4 1950 or face default judgments. Attorneys named S B Christy IV and Neil B Watson. Public notices published October 20 27 November 3 10 1950.
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