Las Cruces Sun-News (Newspaper) - June 9, 1940, Las Cruces, New Mexico OUR HOME TOWN Preliminary census figures for Las Cruces place the city's popu- lation at gain of 43.77 percent figures ought to go to at record 46 percent gain AND RIO FARMER I Mt MO SUNDAY NEWSWEA NEW News VOL 60 NO f THE WEATHER fair and somewhat cooler today Scattered storms in mountain areas Maximum temperature 68 mean 78 No rain LAS NEW MEXICO SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 9 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS GERMANS PUSH TO WITHIN 48 MILES OF PARIS Poor Richard's has deceived you so oft f By WALLACE PERRY Under the able direction of Mrs L E Freudenthal who have volunteered to i work on the production project of the Dona Ana county chapter v lean Red Cross HaVe finished the chapter's first and layettes for the families of war sufferers in European battle areas Thirty dresses and were exhibited at the Cross tea held at the Woman's club of the dresses with as much as 4 yards of terial In them the material for the whole lot Mrs Freudenthal said cost only as It was at special prices available to that philanthropic organization They also have knitted 30 sweaters for women and children There's a lot I don't know bout of course 1 But the dresses the Red Cro women have turned out looked me like attractive garments anybody's wives and children Materials are pretty an substantial the designs are hi but trim and date the Insofar a I could judge it just about pei feet In At least 35 women and girls an children and straggling across and hope the wake vare go ing to be cheered with hei clothing as fall and as a result work Dona An have done T know exactly worked Some of has been by individual some oil it by clubs or farm locals where many hands were turn to the task of turning out a assignment But for such a task unknown hands Insofar as the will be advised turning out ments of comfort and pleasure for unknown wearers as the are to be an invisible mantle of lasting benediction job done the en of the production department now will turn to another example it seems to me ought to an inspiration to the rest of us to complete the inal quota assigned Ana county chapter for war relief cash contribution The bulk of the local chapter's share of last fall's roll call col- lections is going into materials the use of production j yet workers The national organization's share of the roll call money keeps up administrative costs and up to a few weeks ago had taken care of relief war zones Last however Red Cross reserves were near exhaustion ant1 it became necessary that a call be issued for for then a supplementary appeal for a doubling of quotas There's no administrative cost of among local chapters Both men and women volunteer their services and expect no pay Naturally all the tasks of the national organization can't be accomplished without paid workers stenographers Inp clerks field supervisors re- lief workers along with traveling espouses literature and such Rut administrative staffs are set up with monies already con- war donations all po tn those in need Border Festival Planned Here as Coronado Event Las Cruces has been chose as the locale for a border fie ta to be 25 and 26 a an event tlie anniversary of th Doming to New Mexico o Francisco Vasquez de Corona lo and his searchers for a new Spanish empire Fiesta de la Frontera is thi name suggested for it Wants Color of the Border The decision was made whe Dr Arthur Campa head of th folk festival committee C Dickens executive o the U S Coronado commission met with representa Uves of various a the Chamber of Commerce night Dr Campa explained that he has planned the border to include representatives from the surround ing cities and towns in New Mex ico El Paso Juarez and the ican government Las Cruces Is the logical place for the Dr Campa said It has the historical and colorful background and is in close con tact with the Mexican border as well as west Texas largest city Dr Campa said he was red of the Mexican government participation in the fiesta and would be responsible ar- Pledges for Fireworks promised for a fireworks display A committee composed of Hood folk festival chairman for Dona Ana county V Dr Campa and Dickens to El Paso yesterday they met with a committee from i the Chambers of Commerce of El Paso and groups in El Paso They were iastic support from these Mrs Hood said from Paso and Juarez will meet with the Las group in a planning com LABOR Visit of William dent of the of Labor the White House caused considerable as to a possible labor peace move by the president Green's has been at with the C I O headed by John Lewis for years Green pledged his support to the tional defense program Permits Total in Quarter Thursday night at of Commerce the Border Curb May Cui Jobs in Juarez EL PASO June 8 Fifteen workers who live in rez but are employed on the El aso side of the river and Juarez cnts who cross regularly visit r shop may be banned from El in the government's new uard against fifth rover C Wilmoth district im director said today Wilmoth said no five been received as yet for ap of new emulations day Hit War Profits Income Taxes WASHINGTON June 8 looking toward of profits tion next session of congress ere ordered today by the house ays and means committee in a billion-dollar tax The measure reduces personal come tax exemptions and 1 poses a 10 percent surtax It al so increases the present ate income tax one percent and increases excise and Labor Chief Banker Become Secretaries WASHINGTON June 8 The head of the powerful AFL union and the president of the great New York banking firm of Dillon Read Co have been fidded to the white house They are Daniel J Tobin and Jus Forrestal respectively ed to help work out labor and problems raised by the defense program TO ALBUQUERQUE Lions delegates attending f tlic district convention In today arc District Oov O L Guthrie W Burl Dr Claudo C Dove Dr H O Smith Smith and L S Evans PRIZE TO BOY HUNTER SANTA FE June 8 year-old Bobby Dean of na today cent a copy of J Tokley In New Mexico In recognition of his feat in killing a largo bobcat with a 22 rifle State Game den Elliott Barker sent the book Las fall didn't acKen during the past three building figures ow this time for of building and re- have been granted at the ty hall Addition Leads Nearly of the total is taken up by the annex to the First Presbyterian church While the next largest amount or goes for a camp ground on North Main and which is now under struction for ing r nine hew residences from to and most of these houses nave been com- Other permits were let for re- modeling or additions to ces and business houses Thire Months Permits Permits granted since March 1 Warren Lumber Plan Probe into Charge Schools Are Defrauded SANTA FE joint investigation into justice court procedure in New Mexico which allegedly is costing th state's public schools at lea a year was announce today by officials of the Taj payers Association of Ne Mexico and the New Educational Assn The inquiry will involve th assessment and remittance o fines violations of th state's general laws Alleged Discrepancies Although the money from sue sources is assigned by the con to the common schoo fund preliminary by rep of the two tions indicate ah apparently wid discrepancy amount shown in collections and amount remitted to the common schoo fund Secretary R J thi teachers organization asserted today that a survey df fines listed as assessed on arrests by state police totalled between July 1939 and April of 1940 whereas amounts remitted by al counties to the public school func or the same purpose was ess Hunt for the Difference Rupert director of the association There s a wide discrepancy there and we simply want to find out what to the County records d will be examined in a SCHOOL CHILDREN VICTIMS OF PARIS BOMBING ances If the variance seems to be Co Palm Liquor Frances McCullough R V ton Maude Witherspoon two residences owner's name withheld and Earl Harvey Josephine ler and J A V Dr Theo Nelson Carter Goodloe Magnolia Petroleum Co Fred Barncastle Henry Tulloch Burton lace J J First Presbyterian Church Henry Beckett Fay Sperry camp ground J W Sorrell and First National Bank Gump C E Neff who recently sold out his grocery store on Main street is building a large camp ground west of town just outside he city limits so no building mit was heeded This camp will be the argest and most modern In this area with the main building ng approximately arge over a selected period Mr Asplund intimated that a search vould be instituted over a period f several years 100 Floats Jo Add Pampa Color PAMPA Texas June 8 floats depicting various scenes pin the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his army In 1540 will be a headlight of the Coronado and Top o Texas Fiesta parade on the afternoon of June 13 According Jimmy Myen more floats have entered by i houses in and sur minding tow an Some of thu more will bear thes Seven Cities of This radiophoto from Paris sh the bodies of school children killed in the German Fans More than 250 persons were killed according to latest French estimates Las Cruces Has Five Men In This Year's Who Las has five men in the edition of Who's Who copies of arrived here am of one over the edition of It lost one in the removal meantime of Dr Ray Fife former resident of A College gained one by ew by change of address from Texas Newest Entry Linoleum HOLLYWOOD June dollars worth of ay on tho linoleum nf a barber shop here except for wigs or nine press agents 01 Paramount studios can be as to values For Lamour glamor irl of the tresses and to a of Fray nado Campfire Near In- dian Camp at near Wolf Creek of the Pictorial Map float portraying Esteban and his ing Coronado and a exploits ITALIAN MUSEUMS ROME Jim 8 All museums ind art galleries were closed here oday and treasures stored In an- of Italy's entrance in ho war IBAD FOK LONG LIFE PHILADELPHIA June 8 Newspaper reading Is d by Dr Wm Yale's emeritus of English aa an Id to long life VEECK KILLS TRANSIENTS June 8 Two Dean of Students on Vacation in Denver William B O dean of students at State College and family are vacationing In Denver and points in Nebraska Dean O'Donnell who has com- his first year at State College was chosen as the most popular professor by the student body this year He will return June 21 Find Silver Bars In Wrecking Old Mesilla Building Thars stiver In them thar walls whether there's gold in the hills or not Robert Sanchez penter demonstrated the fact as he displayed three disks of silver which he says lie found under the ancient vigas while he was tearing down tho old Bermudas building on the east corner or the square In Mesilla Mr Sanchez refused to Bay whether he had found more oft the silver or not The disks are of virgin silver two Inches In diameter by a quarter of an Inch thick They ho Jammed under the edge or the viga tying on tho ted Cross Short Of Goal by Subscriptions totaling Saturday raised to the tal in the Red Cross plea for war relief funds and reduced to the amount yet to be raised to complete Dona Ana county's inal quota of Contributions Saturday Extension service Eastern Star 10.00 Mr and Mrs J J Aragon 5.00 Linger Longer club 3.00 Mrs Martha Parson 3.00 Mr and Mrs J N Green 2.00 Dr Paul Jones 2.00 Mrs Margaret Rouault 2.00 The Is Dr John W Branson professor of mathematics at State College the change of address Wallace Perry publisher Others listed as in the previous edition Fabian Garcia di- rector of the experiment station at State College Hugh M ner dean and Dr R E McBride physician and head of the McBride hospital Listed 83 Tears Dr McBride la the veteran local entry in Who's Who having been listed in every edition since or for the past 30 years Dr Garcia was first entered In the edition Mr Perry in the edition and Dean Gardner in that of New Mexico's first entries this year in addition to Dr Branson Cale W Carson banker Erna author Geo P mond historian J C Knode uni- versity dean and Thog J state supreme court justice all of Albuquerque Everett M tham U S district attorney vis Albert J Council educator Kin of Woman Escapes Late in British Retreat Hitter's of doesn't worn vi ry Car away from In the city who engaged in the over there wait clay by Huy for some word of whether loved ones are safe or nut Mrs mother of Mra Hood overjoyed late when she received u coble telling her that her niece's Cupi Jack i the Guard In the had escaped with his Chas R supreme court justice Roswell Gordon P Martin editor and Gov John E Miles all of ta Fe and Claude E educator of Socorro Fifth In Listings I Santa Fc leads New Mexico towns in the number of lino Today's total Previously reported transients were The old Bermudas house was d near here when eight freight as officers quartern during urs on the a P were wrecked Civil war days New grand total Yet to be raised 126.94 Extension service workers tion of Included anonymous contributions eacl rom H L and Mrs W A Wunsch each from L H Gould E E Anderson A Tri- viz and A B Pile An error in a report several days ago credited to the Flying Eagle patrol of troop 66 Boy Scouts one dollar in pennies It hould have been credited to the Flying Eagle patrol 62 35 duplications by reason of double residence 45 Albuquerque is next with Taos New Mexico art colony third with II Roswell fourth with nine Las Graces fifth In the edition in which Dr name appea rs for tne first time other Las Cruces were W A Fleming Jones W H II W Parker and Hiram Hadley Rincon Man Dies at Home of Daughter Dr Edward A Lee 78 died at the home of his daughter Mrs Laurence at Rincon day His body was sent to mont Texan tor burial by the ham Dr Simpson retired hnd lived with Mr iM Mrs Simpson for tho past five years COTTON INSULATION WASHINGTON June 8 The Bedding Co of Taylor na Is making Insulation of cotton now thd department of agriculture Sheriff's Posse io Talk Ruidoso Trip The Dona Ana county Sheriff's Posse will hold a meeting at the sheriff's office Monday evening at 8 p m to further plans for participation in the Covered on fiesta which will be held at Tularosa June 16 Arrangements are under way for the here to send a colorful representation lo part In the fiesta chairman of the local committee said STOCK flAIN SAN FRANCISCO June 8 Mexico farmers and men have received In government payments the quarter of ItMO In the last year they Rot 000 3 B life after the disastrous seige at Capt was one of the lust to leave the cable said The transport on which ho refuge for his life was sunk in passage across the English and with some of lis turn ho was thrown the nnd swam for hours before he was finally rescued Duke of Northumberland who killed in the bitter fighting in Belgium was a lieutenant In Capt Harrison's command Mrs Harrisnn is still In London where she Is actively engaged In the motor transport service Mr Hood goes about his work in the Motor Service Co but he has two brothers in the English army fighting -or have they ready Mis aged mother is in England and every time the radio story of man bombs falling in England his grows a little whiter Nines Relatives in Henry Sloes whose brothers nephews and other relatives are In what wits old Bohemia anil worries as tho time grows longer since he heard irom them Bernard Gluek is worrying a- bout the fate of his five brothers three slaters His brothers safely through tho Polish j Terrific Loss as They Fall Back By ASSOCIATED PRESS The most massive Gorman offensive of the current war greatest of all tory employing a million charging infantrymen and 500 tanks pushed the fighting defenders of France back along a front Saturday night and reached within 48 miles of Paris in one spot Great death-dealing rons of tanks though ng great losses pointed the yay for a gray-green wave of infantry so densely packed that each man laid a teadying hand on the der of the next ahead Outnumbered the French made was officially described iia retirement pitting II their against tht wreaking terrible tion while backing Into lug points of the gand line French spokesmen said the main line still held and Unit losses were but still 60 divisions of German and armored di- visions thrust forward in ing which reechoed along a mile front froni sen he A lane a peak of un- leashed fury In the center It wax estimated H half men were being used tiy the in a push against the Oise ley route toward The French said the al was from the line tain In the west or jOO German units crossed the river nnd nearly south to but French sakl they were pounding the tanks to bits while the river blocked tho German Infantry On tho Sommo front generally however the German advance was delayed by the French holding steadily on a line which roughly was only seven to 12 miles south of its starting point despite the mendous four-day Nazi Berlin authorities insisted that the offensive is proceeding I schedule Report HI n Kuld French naval planes meanwhile were reported by the French to have repaid the recent deadly Nazi bombers visit to Paris with a night raid on Berlin environs The French communique said the attack wna made on factories but didn't disclose the extent of the damage wrought German authorities denied that any such raid was The British acknowledged Iho fact the Germans had the liner a Cunarder converted Into an auxiliary the largest merchant ship sunk by enemy tion Only two officers and two of the crow however were killed the rest were saved The spread of war alarms mounted Saturday as tho inn war ministry called five es of reservists to colors Thut Italy long teetering on edge of war la about to make the the accepted belief In war sister wrote In j her since then silence OKLAHOMA CITY lime 8 Dr W R White pastor of the First church here bus de- dined presidency of university ut Abilene FOR SANTA Mine 8 et Fe rounty clerk rung curfew on Into She mil nf bed couples she'll get no moro for lovelorn June released during the past 10 days due to tho belief Hint Italy If It Ihc war will Invade Franco In- stead of Yugoslavia IN CANADA OTTOWA 8 today building 100 tanks for Allied armies in France well-informed sources night Within u week was the predicted The Italian press asserted that for every Italian city raided five English cities will be The Italian statements cfl with urgent mils for alt ian ships In terranean to return honie Mediterranean tension increased Egypt moving children and aged men and women from andria to the Interior also Ing rationing plans June fi Tho editorially that America Is exploiting fifth scares an a means of paining control of Latin-American countries A Juno 8 air rolot lor to Belgium nnd part of tho stuff have taken prisoner by Clerman troops
