Farm surplus crisis and Murphy plan outlined
The piece argues surpluses stem from weak export markets for wheat and other farm products. It endorses Frederick Murphy’s farm relief program including acreage reductions, protection for dairy and live stock farmers, tariff action, mortgage relief, tax cuts, debt settlement, and research into industrial uses of farm products. It notes illiteracy declined and calls for improving reading tastes.
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Italy
America
Mr. Murphy
Stamped scrip circulates money faster in Evanston plan
The Evanston Illinois merchants create a five thousand scrip dollar fund. Each dollar is redeemable at the bank within a week and gains value only after a two cent weekly stamp is affixed. The scheme prompts turnover as holders pay to retain the dollar each week, aiming to accelerate money movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Evanston
Contentment in a Washington taxi driver
A Washington taxi driver stands out for contentment. The city’s fixed twenty cent fare within limits keeps riders using cabs, and this man, once a sedan owner who lost his job, earned a taxi license to continue working.
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Washington
Alamogordo Loses Narrowly to Carrizozo in Frigid Tilt
Alamogordo High School's boys basketball dropped a 15 to 13 decision to Carrizozo last Friday in a tight matchup. Alamogordo hosts Capitan this Friday. The North Central Association bans inter scholastic girls athletics.
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Alamogordo H. S
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Capitan
North Central Association
Joe W Jackson dies after illness in Alamogordo
Joe W. Jackson 47 of Alamogordo died at Rousseau Hospital at 2 15 a m Sunday Jan 22 after a 10 day illness from acute appendicitis. Funeral at Methodist church with Rev L L Thurston, interment at La Luz cemetery. Born March 4 1886 in Burleson County Texas he moved with family to Otero County New Mexico in 1890 and later settled in Alamogordo where he lived over thirty years. He leaves mother and brothers Jess of Dallas and Don of San Pedro California and wife Gertrude Moody Jackson married 1918. He traveled from Oklahoma ill, surgery failed, and his death leaves a widely known figure in local ranching and trading circles.
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Joe W. Jackson
Rousseau Hospital
L. L. Thurston
Methodist Church
Mr. Jackson
Thuston
Mesdames
Strickland
Shelah Groom
Messrs
A. J. Newsom
C. W. Morgan
Isle of Somewhere
la Luz
Texas
Burleson County
Otero County
N. M
Pope Place
Wills Canyon
Alamogordo
Jackson
Jess
Dallas
Don
San Pedro
Calif
Gertrude Moody
J. P. Lewis
Denver Firm To Work Orogrande Property
Denver mining engineer H. C. Farley visited Alamogordo and Orogrande this week. He acquired two mining properties in the Jarilla district for himself and Colorado associates and plans to install mining machinery to operate the venture. About 15 to 20 men are expected to be employed when operations begin.
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H. C. Farley
Denver
Alamogordo
Orogrande
Jarilla
Himelf and
Colorado Associates
Cloudcroft School Notes Highlights Activities
The Parent-Teachers Association received a box of state library books to loan to the community. A committee will oversee the lending. A new Education Bulletin from the National Educational Association arrived, offering insights for educators. Mr and Mrs Frilick sponsor a senior dancing party Saturday night with part of the proceeds aiding the library fund. Teachers Miss Brannan Miss Dungan and Mrs Rattan hosted a weekly benefit party raising 6.50. Grade school records have been moved to permanent files. The basketball team faces Tularosa’s second squad Friday on Alamogordo’s court.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
State Library
National Educational Association
Frilick
Miss Brannan
Dungan
Rattan
Tularosa
Alamogordo
Editors Call Probe Into Teacher Employment Practices
New Mexico Newspaper Association adopted a resolution at its Santa Fe convention calling for preference for resident New Mexico teachers and alleging illegal commissions from out of state teacher placement agencies. The measure seeks legislature inquiry and action, citing supervisor payments and a longtime teacher paying agency fees.
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State of
New Mexico
New Mexico Newspaper Association
Santa Fe
Two Carrizozo Youths Arrested in Warehouse Robbery
John and Ike Solomon of Carrizozo were arrested Saturday in connection with the American Grocery Co. warehouse robbery at the Allen Grain Store. About two thousand pounds of flour were taken. They are to be tried in Justice Court Thursday afternoon.
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John
Ike Solomon
American Grocery Co
Allen Grain
Lincoln Forest Notes Ruidoso Cattle and Horsegrowers Meeting
Lincoln Forest notes announce a Saturday January 28 meeting at the Hale School building. Members will discuss a proposed selling organization on a pooling plan for cattle and horsegrowers in Ruidoso.
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Ruidoso
Hale School
Forest Service and State Game Department Sign Cooperation Pact
A cooperative agreement for game conservation and management has been entered into by the Forest Service and the State Game Department. The two agencies have maintained substantial cooperation in handling game problems in the past.
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Forest Service
State Game Department
Two Forest Camp Grounds to Get Full Equipment
The Lincoln National Forest Service plans complete upgrading of two camp grounds Sitting Bull Falls in the Guadalupe Mountains about 40 miles west of Carlsbad and the Cherokee Bill camp ground at the mouth of Cherokee Bill Canyon. The Cherokee Bill site lies east of the Ruidoso Junction store near the ravine.
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Lincoln National Forest Service
Sitting Bull Falls
Guadalupe Mountains
Carlsbad
Cherokee Bill
Cherokee Bill Canyon
Ruidoso Junction
Good Terraces Hold Run-off After Heavy Rains
Terraces at the Statesville soil erosion experiment farm withstood a 26 hour downpour test, showing proper construction can prevent soil loss in heavy sustained rains. About seven inches of water fell, with poorly built terraces nearby failing to hold.
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Statesville
N. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Piedmont Plateau
County Chairman Endorses Post Office Candidates
Alamogordo News records D. M. Barringer, chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee, endorsing post office hopefuls with the most endorsements from precinct chairmen. He says fairness dictates this countywide procedure, used as the general rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
D. M. Barringer
Democratic County Central Committee
Tularosa
Barringer
Railroad foreman severely injured in La Luz accident
Isaac T. Wiley section foreman at La Luz suffered severe bruising after a railroad motor car wheel passage rolled over him. He was injured when he fell from the car and partially beneath the vehicle.
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Isaac T. Wiley
la Luz
Yelton Chosen Secretary as Alamogordo Chamber Forms Five Departments
Newly elected Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce directors met at Town Hall and elected Fred L. Yelton executive secretary. Ferris Shelton named president. Departments created: Civic Improvements, Roads, Industries, Recreation and the White Sands, Entertainment and Membership. White Sands road campaign to continue with national monument push. Regular meetings set for the third Tuesday monthly.
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Alamogordo
Chamber of Commerce
P. A. Small
Department of Roads
O. F. Arthur
Department of
White Sands
Tularosa Women to Talk Home Making Units
Tularosa January 23 A meeting for women of the community will discuss possible adult home making units offered by the high school vocational home economics department. Miss Fredie Lee Bradford will host the session at the home economics room January 27 to plan preferred units and schedules.
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Tularosa
Tularosa High School
Misa Fredie Lee Bradford
Miss Bradford
Death of Andrew Farnum A Transient Here
The death of 53 year old Andrew Farnum occurred at his brother in law S H Alexander home in College Addition early Sunday from multiple ailments. He had been told he had days to live and came from Arizona to reach his sister in Alamo gordo where he died from a stroke of apoplexy Sunday night. Interment was Monday afternoon in the local cemetery with a brief service by Rev Earl R Keating. Farnum had been a resident of New Mexico off and on for years, living in the Sacramento mountains and recently at Hot Springs New Mexico. He is survived by a wife and three adult children.
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Andrew Farnum
S. H. Alexander
College
Earl R. Keating
New Mexico
Sacramento Mountains
Hot Springs
N. M
Death of Pioneer Miner Charles Hartshorn at Orogrande
Charles Hartshorn died in Orogrande last Thursday from double pneumonia after a brief illness. Funeral services were led by Rev. Earl R. Keating of Alamogordo at the Orogrande cemetery, with interment there. Hartshorn spent about thirty years in Otero county mining, mainly in the Jarilla district, and ten years on prospects near High Rolls. Born in 1871 to English parents near Dallas, he returned to England briefly, then mined in Colorado before moving to New Mexico thirty years ago. He never naturalized, left few relatives in the U.S., and had batched in Orogrande. He owned and co owned substantial mining property.
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Charles Hartshorn
Orogrande
Earl R. Keating
Alamogordo
Otero
Jarilla
Highrolls
Mr. Hartshorn
Dallas
England
America
Colorado
New Mexico
Prices Descend In Alamo Gas War
Gasoline prices in Alamo Gordo drop as H P O Co and Camp Mission retailer rival push 17 cent per gallon promos. Mallamar field Malco gasoline from Artesia triggers price cuts by major liners, with H P leading by discounting high gravity gas.
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Alamogordo
N. Y. Avenue
Mallamar
Artesia
Camp Mission
Rio Grande
Hoakett and Pender
Alamo Tularosa Stars Post Big Preseason Clash
Shorty Miller announces a Feb 4 game against Olsen's Terrible Swedes as the Tularosa Alamo squad, boasting a 65 of 67 Western tour record. They face the 8th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss Saturday with other home games listed for Feb 7, 11, and etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty Miller
Olsen
el Paso
Shorty
8Th Cavalry
Ft. Bliss
Central Y. M. C. A
Price & Co
Roswell
Buck
Tularosa
Gray
Wilkins
Wild Zeke
McNatt
Alamo
Mann G
Nogales
Binder
Paving Contract Let to Las Cruces Firm
Hayner & Burns of Las Cruces won the contract to pave 1.38 miles of Pennsylvania Avenue and grade about 3 miles. The bid was around $43,000 and work must start within ten days. The project is part of the Emergency Relief Program with labor handling similar to the Tularosa Alamogordo job.
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Las Cruces
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hayner & Burns
Tularosa-Alamogordo
Woman's Missionary Society Meeting Date and Host
The Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs. A. J. Newsom's home on February 2 at 2 30 PM for the scheduled gathering.
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The
Woman's Missionary Society
A. J. Newsom
Alamogordo Fuels Claim Alamogordo Has Lowest Electric Rates
Sam W. Agee co-receiver of the Texas Louisiana Power Co properties in New Mexico visited Alamogordo to explain why no rate cuts were made here. Local manager Fred Yelton said Alamogordo has the lowest domestic electricity rate in the state, with 18 KWH costing about 2.45 dollars versus 2.52 dollars in Silver City and Lordsburg.
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Alamogordo
Sam W. Agee
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
New Mexico
Fred Yelton
Lordsburg
Silver City
Magdalena
Jal
Yelton
Agee
Mr. Agee
Face in the Sky and He Learned About Women at the Alamento
A traveling carnival backdrop frames the films Face in the Sky with Spencer Tracy and Marian Nixon in romance, Stu Erwin with Alison Skipworth providing laughs in He Learned About Women, and If I Had a Million with Gary Cooper, George Raft, Wynne Gibson, Jack Oakie, Charlie Ruggles, and more. The plots center on inheritance and pursuit of love across city life.
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New England
the Alamento
Spencer Tracy
Marian Nixon
Stuart Erwin
Alison Skipworth
George Kendall
Gary Cooper
George Raft
Wynne Gibson
Jack Oakie
Charlie Ruggles
Bargain Prices on Men's Trousers Hats and Shoes
Bargain prices offered on men's trousers hats and shoes at The Wol finger Store. Limited stock and special sale terms noted.
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Wolfinger
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Joe Jackson
Cloudcroft School
Albert T. Reid
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Lincoln Forest
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Ferris Shelton
Alamo-Tularosa
Tex.-La. Power Co
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