Will Lapoint Obituary Led Las Cruces Journalism Figure
Will L. Lapoint 42 editor of the Las Cruces Citizen died August 13 at his home after several days illness. A leading local publisher and Republican, he guided the paper for about two decades and was active in politics and community groups. He leaves wife Adela Lucero and five children, with surviving relatives including his mother, brother, and sisters.
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Will L. Lapoint
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Will Lapoint
Congress
Lapoint
Will
Adela Lucero
Chilren
Willie
Joseph
Adela
Lawrence
Josefina
Alianza Hispano-American
Knights of Columbus
Hoover calls for rigid economy in Federal spending
Editorial supports President Hoover's plan to slash government outlays amid a near one billion dollar deficit. It urges cutting naval and Army programs, avoiding tax increases, and prioritizing public works that create jobs while proportioning taxes to benefits received, arguing economy is sound policy across parties.
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Hoover
Uncle Sam
United States
W C T U Reception Honors State Officers at Local Church
The W C T U held a Saturday evening reception at the Methodist church honoring the State President and state workers. Mrs Charles Rattan sang a solo, Rose Marie Grant read, refreshments followed, and attendees enjoyed the event. Dr Eleanor M James president, with Mrs Lilla Miller and Mrs Bertha Grossman, attended the state convention near Anthony. reports are due next week.
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Charles Rattan
Rose Marie Grant
Eleanor M. James
Lilla Miller
Bertha Grossman
W Co. T. U
Valley High School
Anthony
For Rent a Newly Decorated Modern Apartment
For Rent a newly decorated modern apartment with free use of telephone and garage. Inquire at this office.
Postmaster Warns Against Sending Currency to Old Mexico
Postmaster Chas. F. Wilhelm warns readers not to send currency by mail to relatives in Old Mexico. He notes Mexican authorities sometimes open mail containing U S currency and seize it, and intercept gold shipped out of the country. He also announces new postage hikes effective September 1 for first class letters to Canada and for post cards.
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Chas. F. Wilhelm
Old
Mexico
Wilhelm
Canada
Andy Taylor Brings In A Bountiful Peach Patch
Andy Taylor brings a shipment of eight Hales peaches weighing just over three fourths of a pound each. He explains an El Paso doctor received about eighteen peaches weighing eighteen pounds. He planted an acre of pecans this spring and notes the excellent soil and water supply support robust growth.
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Andy Taylor
News
el Paso
Taylor
J. S. Morgan
Alamogordo School Year Opens With Teacher Meeting
Alamogordo schools begin the year with a teachers meeting on Saturday September 5. Grade and primary pupils report September 7 for classification enrollment and book lists and high school enrollment begins. Beginning pupils must be six by September 7 with emphasis on instrumental music and potential band orchestra.
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Supt
R. A. McLeskey
Alamogordo
For Sale Fresh dairy products by Mrs Cox
For sale fresh butter and butter milk churned daily plus cottage cheese. Mrs. C. C. Cox. Phone 164 F2.
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C. C. Cox
El Paso Flower Growers to Hold Show at Liberty Hall
The El Paso Flower Growers will hold their annual show at Liberty Hall on October 9. Citizens of Alamogordo are invited to exhibit plants and rare flowers. A program of lantern slides music and dancing is planned each evening. PD W Burney and wife and Mrs OConnor and daughter Grace left for California with Chamber of Commerce literature to distribute.
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el Paso
W. Burney
O'Connor
Grace
California
Chamber of Commerce
Clark family moving to Alamo Gordo from Chelsea
L. C. Clark his wife and two children of Chelsea Oklahoma arrived in Alamo gordo this week to establish a permanent home. They are staying in Mrs Neatherlin s house on Tenth Street.
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L. C. Clark
Chelsea, Okla
Alamogordo
Indiana Man Seeks Alamogordo Home Sooner Return
Mr R Allen of 7603 Allisonville Road Indianapolis writes he visited Alamogordo a year ago and desires to return to make it his home. If you have a business to sell consider contacting him.
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R. Allen
Allisonville Road
Indianapolis
Indiana
Alamogordo
Artesia Chamber Promotes Methodist Encampment near Weed
Mark Corbin and Fred Brainard of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce visited to discuss the Methodist Encampment site near Weed. The plan includes 25 acres of mountain scenery on the Aguachiquite with an 18 hole golf course tennis courts baseball diamond auditorium and cabins. The encampment aims to draw 50 000 to 100 000 visitors each summer and become a major New Mexico attraction.
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Messrs
Mark Corbin
Fred Brainard
Artesia Chamber of Commerce
Weed
Methodist Church
United States
Aguachiquite
Dal las Man Seeks September Trip Through Lincoln Forest
H A Hackney of 6728 Hillcrest Dallas Texas plans a September vacation in the area He aims to travel from Rowsell to Alamogordo via the Lincoln National Forest seeking scenic outdoor travel and relaxation opportunities.
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H. A. Hackney
Hillcrest
Dallas
Texas
Rowsell
Alamogordo
Lincoln National Forest
Wants More White Sands Literature
Mrs E Atkins of 6417 Fountain Ave Hollywood Calif asks Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce for about a dozen copies of The Great White Sands folder. She recalls her father stationed at Fort Stanton and her son daughter enjoyed the dunes during a monthlong New Mexico visit.
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Alamogordo
Fort Stanton
New Mexico
First Baptist Church Invites Worship Next Sunday
All services at the regular hour next Sunday. Attendance at both Sunday school and B Y P U was fine last Sunday. We give you a special invitation to worship with us. Earl R Keating, Pastor.
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Earl R. Keating
Cash Feed Store Prices at La Luz Road Listing
Bran priced at 1.00 and shorts at 1.15 appear in a brief catalog from the Cash Feed Store on La Luz road with contact phone 151.
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la Luz Road
Town Board Calls For New Bids For Paving
Al amogordo town board invites bids for paving District No 1 in the business area from the S P Depot to Michigan Ave on Tenth Street and along New York Ave between 11th and Sth Streets. Bids due August 29 for concrete bitulithic bitinmals and penetration macadam pavements. Some property owners favor delaying the project while others press for prompt completion and oil paving experiments.
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Town Board of Trustees of
Alamogordo
S. P. Depot
Michigan Avenue
Tenth Street
11Th Street
Sth Street
New York Avenue
Zempter Construction Co
Amarillo
Texas
Local businessman Predicts Hard Winter for Alamoordo
A unnamed Alamoordo businessman warns of a severe winter with job losses and strained charities. He proposes the town raise a fund to buy beans flour and bacon for destitute workers and offer relief work with payment in commodities rather than cash to sustain families.
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Alamoordo
Alamogordo
Earthquake rattles Texas region with wide tremors
A strong tremor last Sunday morning near 5:00 shook houses and stopped clocks in the vicinity, with lighter quakes earlier. Reports place the quake from Dallas to Denver, and Valentine Texas suffered the heaviest damage totaling about 75,000 dollars. Seismographs suggest the epicenter was near Mexico or offshore in the Pacific.
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Dallas
Denver
Colo
United States
Valentine
Texas
Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Lincoln Forest Notes Cattle Grade Demonstration At Ruidoso
A cattle grading demonstration was held at Hert Bonnell place in Ruidoso with Dr. Black of State College and Mr. Wallace from Washington DC. Sponsored by the Ruidoso Horse and Cattle Growers, the event showcased cattle grading practices.
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Hert Bonnell Place
Black
State College
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Washington I. C
Ruidoso Horse and Cattle Growers
Forest
Capitan-Nogal Highway
Board of Public Roads
Indian Divide
Capitan
Roswell
Carrizozo
California
Albuquerque Game Association
Farmers Week at State College Features Women Farmers Lectures
Farmers Week at State College Aug 24 to 28 offers lectures and demonstrations in home economies, nutrition, and farm management. Mrs Mary S Buol leads talks on rural nutrition and adapting home work to western conditions while New Mexico agents present topics from minerals in the diet to canning and food preservation. Daily tours visit cotton, crops, horticulture, the College ranch, and dairy facilities. Registration is $5 including meals and pool use. dorm lodging provided free with bedding.
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State College
Mary S. Buol
College of Agriculture
Eno
Nevada
New Mexico
Leading Best The Alamogordo Hotel Opposite Court House
The Alamogordo hotel faces the court house with outside rooms and time clock protection at night. Fire rounds occur hourly and phones are installed in rooms for guest use.
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Alamogordo Hotel
Court House
Sealey and Simmong
Otero County Sheriff Secures Bloodhounds for Quick Deployments
Dona Ana county sheriff has acquired three trained bloodhounds for tracking criminals. The dogs can be deployed to Otero county on short notice and reach Alamogordo in under two hours after an escape. The force warns any would be criminals to beware.
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Dona Ana County
Otero County
Alamocordo
Will Rogers Shines in Connecticut Yankee Screen Comedy
Will Rogers stars as a Yankee in this bright film version of Connecticut Yankee with Maureen O Sullivan Myrna Loy and Frank Albertson in supporting roles. The review praises Rogers wit brisk direction steady pacing and strong box office potential.
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Will Rogers
Maureen O'Sullivan
Myrna Loy
Frank Albertson
William Farnum
Mitchell Harris Brandom Hurst
Mark Twain
King Arthur
H Im
Harry Myers
Elsie Loeb
Hollomon Bros Announce First Semiannual Furniture Sale
Hollomon Bros dealers in furniture and building material announce their first semiannual sale in Al ainverde after six months in business. They are successors to V. V. Frye. The sale includes only titles of the furniture department and runs from Monday, August 24 to Monday, August 3.
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Hollomon Bros
Alainoverde
V. V. Frye
Crazy Woman Immigrant Captured by El Paso Officers
Immigration officers from El Paso brought back a demented woman held by local authorities after they went below town to fetch her.
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el Paso
Cloudcroft High School Placed on Four Year Accredited List
The Cloudcroft High School was recently placed on the four year accredited list by the State Board of Education.
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Cloudcroft High School
State Board of
Idvcation
Dolan Store Broken Into Over Weekend Theft
The Dolan store near the Post office was broken into either Saturday night or Sunday morning. Burglars forced the bar from the back door, stealing about a truckload of goods, mainly suits and men’s apparel, with thieves selecting sizes leisurely.
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Dolan
A Short Sermon by JoAe Thomas Navzurite Preacher
A brief sermon quotes Moses and Jesus addressing grafters and asks who will deliver people from that power. The preacher references Revelation 12 to frame the question and urgency.
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Joeen Thomas
Moses
Jesus
Tle
Beaty Family Returns From Indiana After Hip Injury
Leslie Beaty and family traveled 1700 miles in three days to reach Indiana where Beaty’s 81 year old father suffered a broken hip and other injuries from a wagon fall. Despite the severity, the elder is reported as recovering. They completed the round trip with a Wednesday arrival in Kansas.
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Leslie Beaty
Indiana
Mr. Beaty
Kansas
Pears for Sale at 50c a Bush Windfalls 25c
G. H. Grant advertises pears for sale on La Luz Road with pickup option. Prices are 50 cents per bush for pears and 25 cents for windfalls. Contact phone number 151 listed.
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G. H. Grant
la Luz
N M School for the Blind to open year Sept 21
P A Small announces the N M School for the Blind will begin the year’s work on Sept 21. The new service building is expected to be fully equipped by then with most equipment already installed. The facility includes four dining rooms from one kitchen, an assembly hall, two gyms, dormitories for staff, and storage areas, costing about 70 000 dollars.
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N. M. School For the Blind
Protecting Prehistoric Apartment Houses in National Forests
Forest Service safeguards ancient Southwestern ruins from vandalism under the Antiquities Act of 1906 while inviting public visits and study. It designates sites as national monuments, listing Gila Cliff Dwellings Bandelier Sunset Crater Jewel Cave Lehman Caves Mount Olympus and others across multiple states.
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Southwest
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Southwestern
National Forests
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Gila Cliff
Bandelier
New Mexico
Tonto and
Walnut Canyon
Arizona
Old Kasaan
Alaska
Midoe
California
Wheeler National Monument
Colorado
Sunset Crater
Jewel Cave
Way Out For Farmers By Organization And Co operation
National Grain Corp president Cr Huff argues for national organization and dairy farm mass action to balance middlemen's cut. He says a single farmer loses, but hundreds or thousands can secure fair profits and reasonable prices for consumers through coordinated production and sales.
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Cr. Huff
National Ghain Corporation
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