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Newspaper La Voz Del Pueblo (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1950-195?

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About La Voz Del Pueblo (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1950-195?

The weekly Spanish-language newspaper La Voz del Pueblo was started in 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona. The newspaper’s masthead included the slogan “La Verdad Imparcial” (“The Unbiased Truth”). A.D. Hughes was director, José Rosell was editor-in-chief, and Ernesto P. Mendivil was in charge of advertising. Starting with the September 15, 1950, issue, Rosell became director, with Dan Hughes as editor, and Mendivil overseeing advertising. Over the next several months, there were additional personnel changes, and by July 1951 only Rosell, as Executive Editor, was listed in the paper, and the La Voz del Pueblo Publishing Company had been formed.

Headlines were often about the Korean War. A weekly column listed the names of local Mexican Americans who had been called into military service. The paper, usually eight pages, was also filled with news about the Mexican American community in Phoenix and news from and about Mexico, including political news. Other weekly columns included “Seccion Literaria” (“Literary Section”) and “Deportes” (“Sports”), which covered local, national, and Mexican sports news, and featured the Arizona Athlete of the Month. The “Sociales” (“Social”) page had many advertisements for local movie theaters that showed Mexican films or starred Mexican Americans. There were frequent advertisements about radio stations that included programming in Spanish.

The weekly section “Noticias de las Iglesias” (“Church News”) listed upcoming Saints’ Days, times for Catholic masses, and upcoming events like Catholic Youth Organization (C.Y.O.) dances. There was often a “Personaje de la Semana” (“Character of the Week”) column that profiled a person, usually a Mexican American and often from the Phoenix area, including a local radio host, the president of the civic organization Alianza Hispano Americana, a furniture store owner, politicians, and a luchador from Sonora, Mexico.

La Voz reported frequently on the Bracero Program, a U.S. federal program and agreement with Mexico that allowed contracted workers from Mexico to work temporarily in the U.S., primarily in agricultural jobs. The newspaper reported on conditions for workers, a farmworkers’ strike in California, and how many Braceros entered the U.S. in a given time period. The headline on August 3, 1951, read, “Vendran 200,000 Braceros” (“200,000 Braceros Will Come”), and the September 14, 1951, issue announced that 2,500 workers from Mexico had entered through the Nogales, Sonora/Nogales, Arizona port that week.

Rosell resigned from the newspaper, announcing in the September 7, 1951 issue, that the publishing company would not allow him to reprint a story from a Mexican magazine that was critical of the Mexican consul in Phoenix. The publisher box remained nameless for three months until the December 14, 1951 issue when Alicia Dominguez was listed as Executive Editor. The newspaper shrank to four pages, but the format remained largely the same, continuing the weekly society, church, and sports columns. The last extant issue of La Voz del Pueblo is June 6, 1952.

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Provided By: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ

About this Newspaper

Title

  • La Voz Del Pueblo (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1950-195?

Dates of Publication

  • 1950-195?

Created / Published

  • Phoenix, Ariz. : A.D. Hughes

Headings

  • -  Hispanic Americans--Arizona--Newspapers
  • -  Phoenix (Ariz.)--Newspapers
  • -  Hispanic Americans
  • -  Arizona
  • -  Arizona--Phoenix
  • -  United States--Arizona--Maricopa--Phoenix

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began 1950.
  • -  In Spanish.
  • -  Description based on: Año 1, vol. 1, no. 7 (8 de sept., 1950).

Medium

  • volumes

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn96060592

OCLC Number

  • 36378144

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Chicago citation style:

La Voz Del Pueblo Phoenix, Ariz. -195?. (Phoenix, AZ), Jan. 1 1950. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060592/.

APA citation style:

(1950, January 1) La Voz Del Pueblo Phoenix, Ariz. -195?. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060592/.

MLA citation style:

La Voz Del Pueblo Phoenix, Ariz. -195?. (Phoenix, AZ) 1 Jan. 1950. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn96060592/.