16 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
The Belen News
Location
Belen, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
1
In a wartime scene at Valencia oil fields soldiers crowd YMCA buildings where ice water hydrants and soda fountains serve thousands. The Army M A provides reading, letters, stamps, money orders, parcel wrapping free of charge, games and social time as Hoover era aims push price stabilization and curb wasteful practices.
The speech details U S hunger relief as essential to Allied success, praising American generosity. It cites feeding twenty two million people, aiding one fifth of the population, and notes exports rose despite shortages. It highlights patriotism and humor from rationing days boosting morale.
Competition heats up as Standard Oil through Carter Oil Company leases 400 000 acres from McKinley Land and Lumber in Western Valencia and Eastern McKinley New Mexico. Texas Company plans cooperative development amid rich geology with sandstone dikes coal seams and oil shale seen at surface. Local Belén business leaders including Judge M W Musgrove Paul B Dakies and F C H Livingstonston back the field as heavy black oil is reportedly found at 248 feet in a water well.
Washington Mr Fosdick urges full cooperation from families and friends as two million troops demobilize. He says letters from home will ease loneliness and home sickness and act as a moral anchor, complementing the United War Work drive by offering human interest and support.
The piece argues Americans extend relief beyond war to aid Belgium and famine nations, comparing aid to a housewife sharing bread. It asserts peace is tested by devotion to healing nations as much as wartime tasks.
J B Lake a leading El Paso and Long Beach businessman visits his daughter Mrs H R Wetmore in Belen. Hon E M Otero, War Horse and major state businessman, was in Santa Fe. Dr W F Wittner of Western New Mexico came from Los Lunas. Sheriff Placido Jaramillo of Valencia was in Belen on official business. Lieut Ben Becker returns home after months away awaiting war return. Hon Manuel Garcia, Valencia county commission chairman, was in Santa Fe on county business. Diego Aragon, Valencia county clerk, recent prominent local businessman, was in Belen.
The United States faces new postwar food challenges with wheat and rye stocks sufficient but fats short. Demand grows as Europe reopens, requiring increased exports and strict conservation. Pork production expands to meet a three billion pound fat deficit, while beef and dairy face limits due to shipping capacity. The Nation must sustain sharing to aid liberated nations and prevent hunger from derailing democracy.
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