Women Demand Access to Civil Air Pilot Training
Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, calls the Civil Pilot Training ban on women intolerable discrimination and urges the federation’s 166 clubs to push the issue to a finish. She cites 2,000,000 members and notes action can begin fully in the fall through H. J. Heinz’s aviation committee, amid protests from the Ninety Nines and others who argue women are vital to national defense and capable of piloting in peace and war.
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Washington, D. C
John L. Whitehurst
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Whitehurst
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburgh
New Department of National Defense
National Organization of Women Fliers
CAA
England
Conservancy battle. Miles and Dempsey push federal control
Governor Miles champions conserving the Albuquerque Conservancy district while ex Congressmen and interior leaders push federal takeover via the Reclamation Service. Dempsey aims to canalize the river, deepen channels, and tame the Puerco under a Rio Grande plan. Public support appears high for federal action and curbing local politics and waste.
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John Miles
Albuquerque Conservancy
Jack Dempsey
Reclamation Service
Chavez
Anderson
Miles
Congress
Washington
Department of the Interior
Puerco Channel Obstruction Could Stabilize Rich Farming Land
The text argues for building obstructionary structures high in the Sandoval County mountains to trap silt and stabilize a potentially rich irrigation region. It envisions channeling the Rio Grande and reclaiming flood-prone acres, urging transfer to the Reclamation Service as the proper path despite political mismanagement. Miles and Dempsey pursue this approach, seen as correct progress.
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Sandoval
Puerco
America
Rio Grande
Miles
Dempsey
Ickes Urges Voluntary Gas Station Closures Nationwide
Secretary Ickes calls for voluntary closing of about 100000 Atlantic seaboard gasoline stations from 7 p m to 7 a m. The plan treats all stations equally but raises doubts if voluntary action will succeed when heavy investment in utilities exists and a blackout is not mandatory.
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Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Radical graduation rule for 21st birthday students
Dr. H L Kent former A M president at Las Cruces and now at Lubbock Tech supports a plan allowing college youths who pass their 21st birthday while at school to graduate. He concedes it seems odd at first but could prove useful since many have only a year or so left and could serve the nation after graduation.
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H. L. Kent
Las Cruces
Lubbock Tech
Cowboys Reunion in Las Vegas Fails to Draw Big Crowds
The Cowboys Reunion at Las Vegas drew smaller crowds than expected, despite potential national prominence and major financial benefits for the state. The Lions Flower Show at Santa Fe faces similar hesitance, risking status as a national institution. New Mexicans, it seems, overlook broader prospects.
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Las Vegas
Santa Fe
New Mexico Youth Job Plan Sparks Debate on Work Programs
The speaker argues for heavy government funding to employ 2 to 3 million youths in 18 to 35 age groups for building homes, roads, clearing slums, soil conservation, and reforestation. He claims highways can substitute rail freight and contends NYA efforts in New Mexico lack real sweaty work.
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NYA
New Mexico
Statewide Hot Lunch Program Expanded for School Children
State Welfare Director Jennie Kirby announces a nationwide extension of hot lunches to all state school children this year. Last scholastic year 56,600 youngsters received meals, with no reductions planned in excess commodity usage.
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Jennie Kirby
Youth Problem Eternal in New Mexico
New Mexico participants at a large teachers meeting in Greeley Colorado voiced grave concern over potential curtailment or abolition of the National Youth Administration during the emergency period. They supported NYA funding for preparedness, despite fears of a national calamity if reduced.
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Eternal
Santa FE
National Youth Administration
New Mexico
Greeley
Colo
Aubrey Williams
National
NYA
Urban Youth Unemployment Figures Cited by Mr Williams
Mr Williams states there are 2,500,000 unemployed youths in cities and 1,500,000 on farms arguing that CCC WPA and NYA cannot absorb them. He emphasizes scale of joblessness and urgency for federal programs to address the shortage in employment opportunities.
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Williams
CCC
WPA
NYA
Political Labor Retirement Proposals Amid Emergency Debate
Discussion on Townsend movement figures joining Williams speech to push labor retirement by age 60. Doubts persist about funding two to three billion dollars for National Youth movement within current emergency. Government reconstruction plans may be delayed or cut back until stability returns. In Portales, discovery of an enormous mammoth skeleton near Floyd, New Mexico, announced by Eastern New Mexico College.
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J. C. Collings
Townsend
Williams
Portales
Floyd
N. M
Eastern New Mexico College
A. J. O. Anderson
Roy MacKay
ENMC
Roosevelt County
Carlsbad Girl Sets New Records In Clovis Swim
Dorothy Lorentzen led Carlsbad at Clovis with two meet records in the 100 yard backstroke and 150 yard medley, plus a high board diving title. She won three firsts and a relay that set another record, earning the senior women’s trophy with 22.9 points.
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Clovis
N. M
Dorothy Lorentzen
Carlsbad
Clovis News Journal
Miss Lorentzen
Portales Man And Son Fatally Hurt
In Duncan Arizona a Portales New Mexico man Lester H Woods age 35 and his four year old son were killed when their car collided with a truck driven by Clarence Gammage of Clifton seven miles northeast of Duncan on state highway 75. Mrs Woods is hospitalized in critical condition and a fourth occupant’s condition was not learned. The driver and his wife were hospitalized but not believed to be seriously hurt. Coroner Felix Bruitnel ordered an inquest.
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Morenci Hospital
Felix Bruitnel
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