Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 1

THE i Watt By WEEPIN' WILLIE The Difference What's tha difference between a national park and a national monument? This is a good question and was answered last night by Johnwill superintendent of White Sands National Monument, The only difference between the two is that a national park is so designated by act of congress and the national monument may be created by presidential proclamation. This question may not have bothered you, but it is important for tourist information, Faris said, and you'd be surprised at how many tourist ask this very question. Some people have the feeling the park is of greater importance than a monument, or vice versa, but such is not the case. Both are administered by the National Park Service, a part of the Department of Interior, and rangers are transferred back and forth from one to the other. The tourist school is pretty vital to our local people and learn something by attending, tonight.

But, as Bob Hamilton remarked when he arrived and saw the small crowd Monday night, a light in every public bulding we have. The junior high school is lit up and a meeting is taking place there; Central has a meeting going on, a meeting in the courthouse and the First Baptist Church is holding a revival. Se we have a pretty good crowd after he said. And with that we like to see more in the session though. First Roses First rose blossoms of the year have made their appearance.And the proud keeper of the roses is Mrs.

Let a Poison, 1905 Filipino, who says she planted the roses only last fall. Mrs. Poison has lived in the Cox Canyon com munity for years and is well known among mountain people for her flowers there, and this is her first year down here. She has a Clemson Glory with one huge blossom and several buds, and the Goldilox rose with three open blossoms and 22 buds, beautiful as you can find, she says. She planted 62 rose bushes since last fall and expects to carry the reputation as a flower grower, which she cultivated in the mountains, right on in Alamo gordo.

In addition to her roses she has 13 lilac bushes thriving at her Filipino residence. We'll Miss Her Remember the big home-talent show presented last year by the P-TA? The show was quite a success and made a profit of about $500 which was used to purchase a projection machine for visual aid in the schools. The show, however, was written and produced by Mrs. Ginny Caldwell and that fact is pretty well responsible for the success of the show. Now Mrs.

Caldwell is leaving Alamogordo, and we hate to see her leave. She has been here for the past three or four years and just cannot get herself weaned away from show business She has accepted a position with a pro duction company in Kansas City, which will require that she go from town to town, on appointment, to produce home talent shows miss her when such requirements are needed here. They Like Us People of the Legion and Auxiliary were very appreciative of the hospitality shown by local people appreciative enough See WAILING WALL Page 8 Nr tus The Weather ALAMOGORDO: Fair this afternoon and tonight, becoming partly cloudy Wednesday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 45, high Wednesday 76.

Vol. 67 of bependability Alamogordo, New Mexico, Tuesday, April 5, 1955 Price 5c Protest Filed to Transfer Of Personnel Shift Hints Speedup In Rec Program Mayor John Rolland today revealed that he had requested the resignation of A. P. (Tony) Genta as chairman of the city recreation board, Rolland made the request in a letter to Genta last Thursday. The mayor asked that Genta call to see him to make through discussion of the matter, but that view of the many civic activities in which you are involved, and doing a wonderful job, I feel that you cannot do justice to them all.

I would, therefore like to replace you as chairman of the recreation board and appoint Peter Dietrichson to the post." Rolland also disclosed that the Installation ToMarkWSCS Zone Session New officers of the White Mountain zone of the Society of Christian Service of Methodist churches will be installed at a zone session at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Methodist Churcn Tularosa. They are Mrs. Harold Welk Carrizozo, president; Mrs.

L. Manire, Carrizozo, vice president; Mrs. Raymond Davis, Tularosa, treasurer, and Mrs. Ike Kennedy. Ruidoso, secretary.

Mrs. George Haile of Mountain Park, retiring zone president, will preside. The assemblage will be welcomed by Mrs. J. H.

Hobbs of Tularosa and the response will be made by Mrs. Cliff Keim of Alamogordo. Them of the meeting will be missionary work. After special guests are introduced there will be a duet, arranged by Mrs. Trujillo of the Tularosa schools.

The morning devotion will be given by Neal Quimby of Alamogordo and after a business session the Rev. C. E. Burch of Carrizozo will speak. Lunchon will be served at noon by the Tularosa WSCS.

Plans for contributions for the Ayres Memorial building to be built at Sacramento Camp will be discussed and the afternoon devotional will be given by a Ruidoso WSCS member. Rev. Grady McCullough of Tularosa will sing a solo and then the Rev. Nelson Wurgler will tell of the importance of missionary work He will introduce Charles Hole of Holloman who has beeif a 3A missionary in Africa. Mr.

Hole will discuss his work in Africa and will show slides in conjunction with his talk. A presentation of, life membership pin will Jbe made to Mrs. Robert White of Tularosa. The meeting will be closed with prayer by the Rev. H.

Allen of Alamogordo. FIRE IN THROW RUG Firemen had little difficulty with a blaze occurring at 8:15 a. Monday when they were called to Eighth street. A throw rug on the kitchen floor had caught fire, resulting in considerable smoke and confusion. The fire lads threw out the throw rug in jig fact Genta is working at White Sands Proving Ground and is unavailable for consultation during most of the week makes the work of the recreation commission all the more complicated.

tried all last week to reach Tony by telephone and just get him. We cannot have an effective recreation program when the chairman cannot be he said. At the same time, Rolland disclosed that he had with Rolla Buck of Las Cruces about becoming administrator of a youth program in the city. is well known Rolland said. used to be football coach here and the kids and parents of the city loved him and hated to see him Rolland explained that at present he did not know how much the recreation board or the city commission would allow for a salary and thus he was unable to make a firm appointment of Buck, but that he was veiy hopeful that the city could get nim for the job.

fact that a man of caliber is interested in carrying on a recreation program for the city is very encouraging to Holland continued, while there are many details to be com pleted and the program itself is to be worked out and approved, I believe Buck is the man for the Time Of The Essence hope the people of the city do not feel we are unappreciative of efforts in making this Rolland said. has done a good job in the past. He has formulated a good program which likely will be carried out; but time is of the greatest importance now, and I believe a person who can devote mote time to the job would get the program going sooner, and certainly the city will profit by haste at this Dietrichson is a technical librarian at Holloman. has shown great interest in youth of the city and I believe he will do the job we want Rolland said. has consented to take the job, and I believe he realizes the scope of the chairmanship and the responsibility it he continued.

Police Seek Data On Burned Auto City police today were seeking additional information concerning a 1950 Oldsmobile, bearing Texas license number NZ-7537, which was discovered burning on Highway 54 several miles south of the city about midnight Saturday night. There were no' occupants, and no one was found in the vicinity of the vehicle. The car was destroyed by the blaze. BLOWN Jerry Webb, chairman of a Jaycee committee in charge of the projected Kite Derby, shouts into a whislting wind that sent swirls of sand across the fairgrounds and "blew out" the contests. Jerry is telling the kids who showed up that they're all getting free kites, courtesy of Continental Airlines, and that the Derby events will be held Sunday, April it doesn't blow Years' Weight Too Heavy, Winnie Shifts Responsibilities Zozo Residents Rumored Resignation Brought Off With Typical Flourish LONDON Winston Churchill, flashing his famous V-for-Victory sign, drove to Buckingham Palace today ahd resigned the prime ministry.

Shouts of old sped the 80-year-old statesman from Downing Street to an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, and back to the home of British Prime Ministers. Britain's leader in peace and war, he had served nearly nine years as prime minister. Sir Anthony Eden, 57-year-old foreign secretary in government, is to be the new Prime Minister. An announcement to that effect was expected later tonight or tomorrow. 41 Minutes With Queen Churchill spent 41 minutes in audience with his young queen.

Wearing top hat, polka dot tie and a shining gold watch chairf, he went to the palace by limousine accompanied only by his son-in- law and private secretary, Christopher Soames. Eden stayed behind. A lone figure was seen peering from the Time, No Foe, Wrote Finis For Churchill LONDON Winston Churchill gave up today, beaten in the end by the weight of years. The advance of time did to Churchill what armies and warplanes failed to do. It made him i Churchill yielded the post of power that he loved and clung to for years: He bowed to the pleas of his doctor.

Lord Moran. He gave in to the urging of his wife Clementine, who feels he must conserve his waning strength. Recognized Waning He surrendered to the tactful urgent suggestions of some Conservative party leaders who want a younger, more vigorous man at the helm in coming general election campaign. But he yielded mainly, friends say, to a growing awareness on his own part that for him time and strength may be running out. He is in his 81st year.

He is an old man who has doddered, as old men will, on one day, and risen to great heights of oratory an intellect on the next. Sometimes lately he has nodded his white-fringed head in sudden sleep midway in meetings of the British Cabinet. Sometimes he has momentarily forgotten the names of world- famous of power with whom he has wined and dined and matched wits across the table in wary intimacy. Journey's End am now nearing the end of my he said in tones tinged with regret in his 80th birthday speech last November. But in his waning years he has also stirred the nation in ringing speeches that have again revealed the sweep of his mind and rallied Britain behind portentous policies.

flinch, never weary, never he urged the nation last month. The words burned themselves into memories, crystallizing support for his policy of building British hydrogen bombs to hold Russia at bay. New Building Slated For 'Uptown Alamo' Construction will begin Monday, April 11, on a new commercial building in Uptown Alamogordo, to be located on Tenth Street east of Wilcox Electric Co. building which is under construction now. The new building will house a beauty shop.

Angelo Di Djo, graduate of Houston Beauty School and hair stylist for Selfs Beauty Salon in El Paso for the past two and one-half years, will be operator of the new salon. He expects his new shop to be in operation by June 1. window of his suite in the foreign office as Churchill left Downing St. on his momentous ride. Soon after Churchill returned to Downing Buckingham Palace issued this formal announcement: Right Honorable Sir Winston Churchill had an audience of the Queen this evening and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which her majesty was graciously pleased to Crowds Hail Old Lion More than 2,000 persons pressed into old Downing Street as the prime minister left for the palace at 4:22 p.

m. Churchill was playing out his last role in the prime ministry he loved. A grey day had brightened into a pale sunshine. He posed for a full minute in the doorway of the historic home of prime ministers, so that photographers could record the scene. Tourist Trade Is Called State's 'Biggest Cash Crop' tourist industry is New Mexico's biggest cash crop.

It represents an income of I 50-million per year for the state. More than six million people enter our state ea'h as These are samples of statements made by joe Bursey, director of the state tourist bureau last night in the first of two nightly meetings of the local Tourist Host School. Bursey said that in realizing the huge sums spent in the state by tourists, the state tourist bureau was organized in 1935 for the purpose of promoting tourist trade, pointing out additional points of interest and making an effort to keep those tourists in the state for a longer period than they had expected. Economic Bearing Cited The fact that per year is spent in the state by tourists necessitates many people to support this basic industry. i person employed in a basic Bursey said, six other persons.

So the tourist industry has a great bearing on the population of the he continued. Bursey pointed out that the average tourist spends 4Vfe days in the state and spends an average of $15 per day, and one of the motives of his bureau is to try to get them to stay longer. idea of the importance of their spending another day can be gained from this he said. we can raise that average to 5Vi days per tourist, then we will increase the income of the state from the tourist industry by $25- Bursey was the principal speaker of the evening, following which some of the movie strips made by the bureau were shown, reviewing tourist attractions of the state. To open the meeting, Bob Hoffman, master of ceremonies introduced Billie Holder, publisher of The News, who spoke in general terms, outlining tourist attractions of our own area.

He also pointed out the effect on the local economy if ployes and business people could make sensible discussion of these spots and point them out to tourists. National In Scope Johnwill Faris spoke on the National Park operations in New Melico, pointing out that we now have one national park and eight of the 83 national monuments. Faris pointed out that while we have these monuments and parks in our midst we must keep the national scope in mind, remembering that such points must be of national importance before they could ever become national monuments. always try to cater to local See TOURIST TRADE Page 8 Missing Girl Found, Death All A Mistake A long ordeal ended at 2:30 a. m.

Sunday for the Gordon Wimsetts of Cloudcroft when they were reunited via long distance telephone with their daughter, Mrs. Bradley Carr, in Oceanside, Calif. The Wimsetts had sought for nearly two days to locate their daughter after reports had reached them that Mrs. Carr had been killed in a traffic accident. Mrs.

Carr had left Cloudcroft three weeks ago to join her husband, a Marina veteran returning from overseas service. Muddled service records added to the confusion and. delayed location of the couple even after the Associated Press and the California state police joined the search. The Carrs finally were located through a telephone call to Mr. WimsetPs sister in Los Angeles, who discovered the couple at Oceanside, where the husband is stationed at the Marine base.

Bethel Church Offers Bonds On Building A selling program has been undertaken by Bethel Baptist Church during which the church hopes to raise $20,000 for construction of their new Some of the work on the edifice, to be located just south of Tenth street on Jefferson, already has been done. Opening the drive, Rev. R. B. Seaney, pastor, announced to his church Sunday that the bonds had arrived and the campaign woufcl soon be made in earnest.

During the opening drive more than $5,000 worth of the bonds were sold to members of the church. The new building is to be of concrete block construction and will be 50x85 feet in dimensions. church has outgrown its present Seaney said, we have decided to use the Broadway Bond plan in financing the new structure. The Broadway plan finances church construction only, sells bonds to the church and pays 5 percent per annum interest compounded Dates of maturity depend on the denomination of the bond, Seaney See BETHEL CHURCH Page 8 'Fireball' Reported Near Sac Peak, ButSignsOf Fall Nil A flying fiery object was sighted east of Alamogordo this morning. The object, described as a yellow ball following by one observer, was headed over the vicinity of Sacra- Peak and was descending An El Paso informant, seeking further information of what he termed as a meteor, said that CAA stations in both Roswell and Carlsbad had sighted the flying object.

Officials at Holloman Air Development (enter disclosed early this afternoon that they bad had reports of the flying object and had checked into every available source. No mission from either Holloman or White Sands Proving Ground was scheduled for this morning and an aerial search disclosed no burning craters, no indication of a fallen plane nor even a trace of such an object. The Office of Public Information at Holloman reported that no Air Force aircraft were in the vicinity at that time. CAA reports from Carlsbad and Roswell placed the object someplace in the vicinity of Sac Peak at 9:55 a. m.

today. Sacramento Peak officials reported that one of their people, Camilla Saenz, had reported seeing the object at the same time. He described the object, yellow follow ing red, as travelling from east to west and very fast. He said it was descending rapidly. Only discrepancy in information various sources is that the CAA report called the flying, burning object green while Sac Peak observers called it yellow and red.

Sac Peak officials immediately went to their observation towers but could not spot anything burning nor any indication of a crater. Alamogordo city officals disclosed today that a protest to the transfere of Bonito waters to Alamogordo and Holloman has been filed with the 3tate engineer. The protest was filed on March 3 1 last Thursday by George Shipley, Alamogordo attorney, on behalf of three residents of Carrizozo. Mr. Shipley subsequently has left for a European trip.

Although admittedly surprised by the turn of events, Mayor John Rolland declared today; fight this thing to the very limit of our The objection raised in the protest lodged with the engineer last week contends that the Bonita waters were transferred to the Southern Pacific railroad for municipal purposes at points along the road, including Carrizozo, where the three persons named as principals to the protest reside. Originators of the protest action were named as Grace M. Jones, Carrizozo abstractor; J. A. Fulmer, operator of a small telephone exchange at Ruidoso; and Leandro Vega, merchant.

City officials we re meeting here this afternoon with Daniel Brenton, Carrizozo attorney who has represented the city of Alamogordo in proceedings-leading to the transfer of the Bonito water rights to Alamogordo and Holloman Air Force Bi.se, to study the new protest and to plan the fight against the move to block acquisition of the waters. Spokesmen for the city pointed out today that the city filed its application for transfer of the waters in October, 1954, with the application seconded later by the United States on behalf of Holloman. Apparent Do aying Move time in which objections should have been lodged, according to regulations of the state engineer, expired Dec. 9, the spokesmen eontir ued. protest was filed, from the Pecos Valley Conservancy District of Roswell, which the city has moved to dismiss on the grounds that the Pecos VaUey district has no powers over waters 90 miles removed from their area.

only explanation readily available for the long delay in the See SHIPLEY FILES 8 Bulletins SANTA FE (JP) Gov. John Simms today announced his appointees to the Nf Mexico Parole Board, a now agency established by the recmv Legislature to become the supreme authority on convicted parole matters. He appointed Irwin S. Moise, Albuquerque attorney; Weyne Collins, Santa Fe businessman; Aldolpho Chavez, Albuquerque school office Dr. John Conway, Clovis, and Lincoln O'Lrien publisher.

SANTA FE Dirctor Murray Hintz has promised continue to reduce overhead just as fast as I Hintz thus indicated his belt lightening operation during the Welfare financial crisis has not come to an end. CHEYENNE, Wyo. of motorists were marooned today as one of the worst blizzards in Rocky Mountain history piled up 18-foot drifts. SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Iff )A major earthquake believed centered near the tip of the peninsula of Lower California was recorded on instruments throughout the United States today.

The shock occured shortly after 7 a. m. (P3T). There were no immediate reports from the area of a toy damage. DETROIT (AV-A sudden late surge of Republican votes reversed Michigan's election trend today, holding off what appeared at one time to be virtual democratic sweep end leaving the final outcome In doubt.

WASHINGTON Democratic senators suggested today that the administration delay planned cutbacks in the Marine Corps and Army grounds forces until tension, lessens in the Formosa area..