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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
The Evening Current lists Wm. H. Mullane as editor and manager. It states second class mail status dated April 14, 1917, at Carlsbad New Mexico under the 1879 act, published daily by the Carlsbad Printing Company.
The piece notes many small towns becoming training camps aviation schools and farm loan banks as government needs spread. It suggests Carlsbad could benefit from organized civic effort by the Commercial Club or locals to attract similar opportunities.
The United States plans a vast wartime camp near Deming in Luna County, with 1000 buildings, flood of lumber and steel, and double pay for Sundays. Canteens, stables, hospitals, and a theater rise as 40 000 workers rush to build a city overnight. The project demands thousands of carloads of material and resources to house and feed troops.
Mrs. Sikes of Florence Colorado was found days after wandering along the Arroyo Pecos near the Casteneda dairy. She was carried to the Central Hotel in Las Vegas and later placed on a train to Albuquerque to rejoin her daughter. Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado and Dr H J Teller aided in the rescue and she described walking after a train to Albuquerque before slipping and falling into the river. Her son, who helped her prior to collapse, remains unidentified.
Congressman's letter to H D Stennis of Carlsbad promotes pursuing an aviation training camp site in New Mexico. It lists detailed flight field specs including 640 acres, terrain maps, weather data, land ownership, lease and purchase costs, utilities, transport links, and government control of all schools.
Brief entry notes someone suffered ocular discomfort or hearing impairment. The fragment provides limited details on the event or individuals involved.
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