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I OKHSBl Klt;b IHDVIGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICOFRIDA I, JAN! \K4 17,II a til lo knowRFCPurchasesLordsburg(An Editorial)!f reliable reporta b«» correct, the facilities of the LordshurgPrisoner of War Camp have been sold—not to the City of Lord»-tnirg, which for many months last past has had an application on file to acquire such facilities so needed for additional water supply, ad iitional sewage disposal system, park, swimming pool, recreational enter for our young people, and center for various of our civic, religious and veteran organisations—- not to the school system of Lordsburg, which could have so very well used a portion of such Facilities for our school children -not to any nonprofit institution-iut to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for resale to smalltnisinoss (for Veterans* Emergency Housing certifiers only), and, in his parttculai cose, the resale by the RFC is to Mt Milton Fineberg, of El Paso, Tfxas fife Kv 1 1 Iff'According to the notice of sale published in this paper, theproperty at the camp embraced in said notice was available to thefollowing priority holders in the order listed for ten days beginningJanuary 3 1947. and ending January 13, 1947(1) Government agencies,! /-. (2) Recnnstruction Finance Corporation—for resale to small business. (For Veterans* Emergency Housing#. ... d(3)^ State etiplocal governments(4) flonprofit institutions! | 'fellYes, we understand the HFO, under its No 2 priority, has bought the buildings, all equipment and utilities situated therein (which includes water pumping, natural gas and sewage disposalsystems) tot tl » benefit lt;l Ml Milton Fin* berg, to be resold by Foiohorg under HH priority Thus, the N*» 3 priority held by the ty of Lordsburg, by which it was supposed to have some rights t* acquire the camp facilities, became an empty gesture and amyth. . u Hr.■% ''f*'f:- fe - .. . ,'fe:iFrom the date said camp was declared surplus, the officials of Lordsburg, it schools, and various patriotic and civic-minded citizens have all worked untiringly to secure the camp facilities for the pub* he good It is now wort evident that the application filed by the City * f Lord burg tn acquire the camp facilities for public purposes nev-had a eh • t of a chance for favorable consideration that the cffm t of the Mayor. City Council, school officials, ami many other publie ipint* d citi/ens; tf» acquire the camp fac ilities for purely public and civic purposes have been wasted. * * s. iThe people of Lordsburg are entitled to know the answers toPrisoner of War Camptlifollowing1 ftWh\ was the application of the City of 1/ndaburg to acquire the facilities of the Prisoner of War Camp apparently bypassed?Why did the* City of Lordsburg ,with No. 3 priority, nevi i have an opportunity to exercise any privilege* alleged conferred thereby to acquire the faciletier of the camfif _ . .. i!b»v mmh actual cash did Mi Fineberg pay the Rid’ “n the agreed resale purchase price to acquiresaid11oW muc h money is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation lending Mr Fineberg to purchase the* camp facilities? ,When Ml Fineberg resells the camp equipment anclfacilities to veteran**, how much profit to him ih anticipatfd. and what will he the price asked of vet* rani for the sale of various equipment (We understand the sky ii the limit )Mi t- oerg tli# * amp equipment anditi** to veterans, will such veterans be residents(7 f New Mexico or will such equipment and facility and equipment be* moved to El Paso, Texas, orother places for MH| • ‘W; not the- equipment, buildings, utilities and fa cHitte* iif the camp already resold to Mr. Finebergb the Hi construction Finance Corporation prior toJ miiniy id 1947, the date specified in the notice ofKale? •- ’ dP -•'¥ .. ' ?-V.: ; ‘fev 1) Why were bid forms not available at the I#ordshurgCamp during pen* I Jan. 3 to Jan. 13 and why was pro«ect representative not in Lordsburg during such period to accept bid* which were desirous of being* uhrrutbd by loeal organizations and veterans?an opportunity for the City of Lordsburg to acquireneeded auxiliary watm system and sewage disposal system.(Line i ;in opportunity f** establish, at very small expense, apark, swimming pool playground, and entertainment center for* ourmtt NMML ’ C”Gon* i* an opportunity for our schools to obtain needed equipment, buildings and facilities. I I ife \ Cora* i* in opfwntunity for various local civic, religious arid vet-* ran organization* t*» u *• without charge, needed buildings and fanlities.(if me in an opportunity to relieve the housing shortage ofLordstmrg by Utilizing buildings at the camp.But till with m is the everlasting thought that the needs ofour pf ople to u * 1 own the ramp facilities and equipment by farovershadows the v dorn of the Rec#mstructiori Finance Corporationn purchasing the enrnp facilities for the benefit of Mr Milton Fine-berg of El Pleolt; TexasPROJECT ISREPORTED SOLDAT 9105,0*10The Reconstruction F maniv Corporation purchased the Lordsburg Prisoner of War Camp Monday on a reported hidof $105,000 Exact sum was notdiHclosed bv Hamond R Mumford, project representative.Mr. Mumford said the RFC offered the amount specified by the Bureau of Land Managementand ••urlier it was reported this »um was $105,000 No other bidwan offered.It was necessary to sijfn err tam forms for bidding on the project, A number of Lordsburg citizens reported they were un-,ihte to obtain the forms oft which to submit a bid. Mr. Mumford, due here Jan. .1, was unable to arrive in Lordftburg until late Sunday night.The camp includes 282 build ing», one complete electric, water, sewer and natural gassystem*. The wire fencing apparently was not listed for sale.klM d(l es inJinn the /'ig/if lo Slop lit in! Join the March of Himi\cw MexicoSeparLieutenantHad “Charmed LifeTwo prison ship# he was on were .sunk by American plane each linn* he wii • recaptured bythe J.ipF aw he was swimming f*»r his life Tlmi1J4 the glory of 1st Id Tom G ( lt;»X. •»! SepJii, a prisoner of the Japs for threeand a half years, now temporal fly assigned t* the L*» t OperatioiiH Office, ( amp Ileal**, Calif Entering the Army In March,Kstr;i(l;iFuneral services were conduct ed Monday at 4 p m foi JoeSalman Estrada, 20, who wankilled instantly last Saturday at 0 a in when he 1**11 500 feet down a shaft at the Atwood Mine. Services wen* held at the Catholic Church with FatherFelipe Grive, pastor, officiating Military services were cortduc ted at the grave in Shakespeare*Cemetery. Tap? was wounded by T*nv Alvarez Pallbearers were Ramon Sar rhez, Angel Talnvera, Arturo Estrada. Fred Salinas, Baltnzar Salinas and Arturo Lai avera.Mr Estrada was bom Jan. 2H, 1920. at Hurley, N M II** cam**t(, Lordsburg at an early age andattended school hen lb* was employed at Hidalgo Oarage before104 1, I J (’ox Y t at *** i an un active army officer wan cut short when he w an *aptured in theFull of Bataan. First incarcerate*! in O'Donnell prison, ho was later transferred to Cabanntuan in the Philippines*While being sent to still a third prison, his ‘.hip Wnn runkbv U S Army dive bombers,II** warn to chore onfy t*i becaptured by the Nipc, *m Luzon. Placed on the second ship, U. S precision bombers again sankthe vessel, and again a:t In* wanswimming to shore, h* wbm picked by the JapeImprisoned in Lukuoko Camp No, I he remained there untilApril, 1945, when he wan transferred to a prison camp at Jin* sen, Korea, Liberated on Sept 8, 1945 as American foi lt;lt;rnov'e*! in, he was sent by hoHpits! shipto Manila, and flown be* I to thestate* (let 4, 1945()f the 1,809 American soldierswho were on the first hip, only200 remained alive shortly after they reached Japan, Lt c*»x rf!. ports!» Jack Heather left Sunday to visit four Knights of Pythias Lodge* in the state. Mr. Heatheris Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias l*odge in NewMexico, . -He will be installing officer foi lodges at Alamogordo, Albuquerque. Roswell and Clovis, He expect?i to return home in another few days, i feSfllSince becoming grand chancellor, Mr. Heather has visited all lodges in the state and lust week installed officers for the Knightsof Pythias here Knights of Pythiasisrn in New Mexico is probably stronger now than ever before. Mr, Heather has inject id new blood into the lodges with the result that the order may in* at its greatest heights inhistory. : wSfSlW orlfl NewsIn UrielOFFICERS, DIRECTORSARE NAMED TUESDAYBY FIRST NATIONALOfficers and directors were named Tuesday, Jan. 14, bystockholders of the First National Bank.^ 111' it id f i I i t a . — J a.* .While 1 w lt;* tragic deaths In!«or*isburg figured in the news this week, 18 persons died in aplane* crash, two governors ruledGeorgia and John L. Lewis was before the U. 8, Supreme Court for hearing on a contempt charge.The fire house in Chester, III , was found to be a fire hazard Mavon volcano now erupting in the Philippines has taken 1,000 lives in four other major eruptions The Commissioners Court it El Paso has agreed to provide up to $30,000 for construction of a livestock building Three members of the nine-man crewof a Navy plane, missing sipce Dec. 30, were found dead in thewreckage of the craft
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Lordsburg Liberal
Lordsburg, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jan 17, 1947
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