Alamogordo liquor store license revoked
The F. E. Smith package goods liquor store at Pennsylvania avenue and South Street Alamogordo had its license revoked by State Board of Liquor Control official S. Jernigan after Smith failed to appear to answer charges of selling liquor to minors on a Sunday. The store, in operation about a year, had prior Justice Court fines for gambling in the rear. A warrant is out against Smith on a wife abandonment complaint filed by Mrs. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Smith
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sth Street
Alamogordo
T. Jernigan
State Board of Liquor Control
Smith
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace
David Stolaroff Injured in Auto Crash at Rensselaer Ind
Mr and Mrs Stolaroff Alamogordo learned their son David was badly injured in an auto crash at Rensselaer Indiana. They left for El Paso and took an eastbound plane to his bedside. Later word said he is improving. The family was in Alamogordo to consolidate stock from Carlsbad store to Alamogordo store.
White Sands Monument staffing changes announced
The White Sands Monument reports a major feature in the Progress Edition of the Carlsbad Argus with park photographs. Chief Ranger John Faris will move into the custodian residence by July 1, making room for Mr and Mrs George Sholly who will become the second ranger at the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands Monument
Carlsbad Argus
Park Service
The
Argus
New Mexico
John Will Faris
George Sholly
Mr. Sholly
Bandelier National Monument
Santa Fe
White Sands Botanist Studies Nitrogen Free Plant Life
Regional Botanist W. B. McDougall conducts special work at the White Sands monument to catalog unusual plant life and report on how local species thrive without soil nitrogen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands
W. B. McDougall
Monument
McDougall
White Sands progress and tourism drive in Alamogordo
Johnnie Stephen reports progress on the work program in Alamogordo including a cleaned picnic area with six new tables and completed comfort stations. Road widening to Sands proceeds, new residence and laundry rooms advance, and a party from Alabama tours Lincoln Forest and White Sands under the Chamber of Commerce slogan See the Sands at Sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Stephen
Alamogordo
Mountain States System
Southern Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Flossie Osborn
Alabama
Lincoln Forest
Great White Sands
Banner Day Attendance Under Park Service Rules
Sunday the 25th marked the banner day since the admission charge began. 265 people were counted under the portal. From May 20 to June 20, 2429 visitors met Park Service rules, not including a sunrise service of about 300 people and many others who came at other times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Service
White Sands Fireworks Edges Promised Display Dates
White Sands plans a good fireworks show on the evenings of the 38rd and 4th. Several groups seek permission to shoot their displays at the site and all are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sands
Funeral Services for Late Chas E Beasley Held at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Charles Edmond Beasley were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Baptist Church with Rev. Earl R. Keating officiating. Interment followed at Mount Vista Cemetery with Masonic ritual. Beasley, born 1866 in Mississippi, served as Otero County commissioner and lived in Alamogordo and Mountain Park. Survived by wife in Alamogordo, four children, a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Beasley
The
Baptist Church
Earl R. Keating
Mount Vista Cemetery
Hazel Pierce
Beasley
Southwestern General Hospital
el Paso
Charles Edmond Beasley
Mississippi
Robertson County
Texas
Major Penn
Otero County
Alamogordo
Masonic Lodge
Mountain Park
Haile Grain Company
Alamogordo Softball League halves clash for title
Alamo Club and Hollomon Bros meet to decide the first half winner as Hollomons tie with the Grocers for second then win 10 to 0 to earn a championship shot. Seven-Up beat Tulareosa 15 to 4 and 2 to 4 in a doubleheader with El Paso team Hewitt Readman Parrott and Took mound duties noted. Second series starts July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Club
Hollomon Bros
Alamogordo
Hollomons
Grocers
Tularosa
el Pasoans
Alamo
el Paso
Hewitt
Readman
Parrott
Hollomans
Alamogordo Sees Probe Into Liquor Deed Clause
Jas F E Woolsey, secretary for the Association of Liquor Dealers for New Mexico, investigates the deed clause barring liquor sales on all but one site in Alamogordo. A test suit may be filed as the state grapples with the Alamogordo liquor clause deed form bred by W A Hawkins in the 1890s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. FE. Woolsey
Association of Liquor Dealers For New
Alamogordo
W. A. Hawkins
Colorado
Town Board Grants One Liquor License in July Start
In a called meeting Wednesday night the Mayor and Town Board of Trustees read and approved four liquor license applications for the year starting July 1. Oasis Cafe Plaza Cafe Joe Hennessee Tex Bar were approved unanimously on a roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Board of Trustees
Oasis Cafe
Plaza Cafe
Joe Hennessee
Tex Bar
New Sulfanilamide Properties Revealed by Scientists
Milwaukee June 21 scientists reveal how the wonder medicine Sulfanilamide works by blocking the enzyme catalase in germs. Doctors Ralph R Mellon and Lawrence F E Shinn report that without catalase germs cannot manufacture hydrogen peroxide and are smothered, letting the body's defenses finish them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Ralph R. Mellon
Lawrence FE. Shinn
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh
Early Dog Canyon Battle Recalled By Alma Blazer
Alma Blazer of Mescalero recounts a 1880 or 1881 engagement near Dog Canyon involving the 9th U S Cavalry after meeting two Black soldiers ambushed by Apache. He recalls many dead and wounded, horse losses, and a broken army record, with local memory offering the strongest firsthand account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historic Sites Committee
Dog Canyon
Alma Blazer
Mescalero
Loomis
Blazer
Alamo Canyon
9Th
U. S. Cavalry
Alamogordo
Division of Information
Washington
U. S
Alma _ Blazer
Most Stores to Close on Independence Day in Alamogordo
Alamogordo will see most businesses closed on July 4 except drug stores garages filling stations and restaurants Miss Flossie Osborn chamber official said residents plan to visit nearby resorts Cloudcroft or Ruidoso and many will picnic in Lincoln Forest Three local rodeos at Ft Stanton Carlsbad and Silver City are expected to attract large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Flossie Osborn
Chamber of Commercce
Cloudcroft
Ruidoso
Lincoln Forest
Ft. Stanton
Carlsbad
Silver City
Walton Case Sent Back for Retrial on Jury Instructions
The State of New Mexico versus O. F. Walton was convicted in district court of statutory rape and appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court sent the case back to district court for retrial due to an error in the trial judge's instructions to the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of New Mexico
O. F. Walton
District Court
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
New Mexico PWA Works Valued in Millions of Dollars
The Public Works Administration program in New Mexico totals 434,700,382 for completed and under construction projects. Over six years 295 projects received allotments. 97 were non Federal projects by state and local entities, 198 were Federal projects. Major types include schools, waterworks with sewers, streets, highways, hospitals, and government buildings. Socorro County shows 388,040 total across four projects, mostly non Federal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Administration
New Mexico
George M. Bull
Congress
Bull
PWA
Socorro County
Action urged to align utility rates in New Mexico
Santa Fe June 24. Robert Valdez chairman of the state corporation commission urged Gov. Miles that action is needed to bring gas water and electricity rates into line. He proposed a state agency to study rate structures and draft bills for the next legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
Holly
New Mexico
Robert Valdez
State Corporation Commission
Miles
Registration of Voters Starts Soon in Otero County
The county clerk's office completed supply consignments for 16 precincts under the 1937 primary law. Each precinct will have two clerks one Democrat and one Republican, to canvass qualified voters, with detailed registration records gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Clyde Tingley
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Board of Registration
J. M. Walker
High Ross
A.L. Dunn
G. M. Hanson
Ralph Morgan
Fred B. Evans
Aniseto Ortega
Perfecto W. Telles
Chas
M. Bell
E. E. Cadwallader
J. H. Loweh
Frank Burt
Jas. Mahill
John L. Parker
H. Whitmore
MH. Crosman
Ray Daniels
W. H. Eckhorst
Jesse P. Bell
Joseph FE. Parker
Virginia Lewis
W. T. Brownfield
P. W. Sammons
Gilbert Langford
Lee Green
A. B. Cox
L. R. Gage
George Munson
Bill Davis
Frank Carr
Proclamation Urges Fire Prevention in New Mexico
Governor Miles issues a proclamation on June 21 1939 urging citizens and visitors to prevent forest brush and grass fires. He notes fires from recent week due to human carelessness and orders measures by state departments. The Forest Service has closed National Forests to fireworks and fire crackers as emergency steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Forest Service
John E. Miles
State of
State Police Target Unlicensed Drivers and Dimmed Lights
State Police across the state focus on drivers with no licenses and on drivers who fail to dim their headlights at night when meeting oncoming cars. The campaign aims to improve road safety and enforce licensing and headlight laws.
Keys Made While You Wait at Sprouse Reitz Alamogordo
A brief notice indicates keys are made while you wait at the Sprouse Reitz Co store in Alamogordo. The item suggests quick service for key duplication at this location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le. Sprouse-Reitz Co
Alamogordo
Interment of W. A. Hawkins in Santa Fe
Funeral services for W A Hawkins of La Luz were held in Santa Fe on June 24 1939 after his death at Albuquerque Veterans Hospital. He was 78 and requested burial in Santa Fe Veterans Cemetery. He is survived by his widow four sons and three daughters two brothers and many step details note his prominent career as a corporate attorney shaping irrigation rail and land development in Eddy El Paso and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A Hawkins
la Luz
Santa Fe
N. M
U.S. Veterans’ Hospital
Albuquerque
Hawkins
Veterans’ Cemetery
Clara Gardiner Hawkins
Ashton Hawkins
New York
Jack Hawkins
Minneapolis
Gardiner Hawkins
David Hawkins
San Francisco
Joseph Mellen
William Sloan
N. Y
Osborne Wood
J. M
el Paso
Horace
Denver
Tennessee
Wild West
Silver City
St. Louis
Eddys
Mr. Hawkins
Magic City of the Plains
el Paso & Northeastern Ry
Alamogordo
Southern Pacific
New Mexico
Republican Party
Southwest
Independents Dont Count In New Mexico Primary System
The Socorro Chieftain argues independents face disenfranchisement under the state primary rules. It says independents must abandon their classification to vote for party candidates and cannot express views on candidates from other banners, risking the independent bloc and empowering machine politics. The piece asserts this disenfranchisement undermines independent influence and questions legislative standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro
New Mexico
El Paso Men Plan Flying Lessons in Alamogordo
Irving Adams and John Wood of the El Paso Flying Service met in Alamogordo to arrange flying classes. They announced aptitude tests for interested students on Saturday July 1. If started, lessons will be held once or twice weekly with 16 half hour lessons totaling 8 hours of solo flight required for licensing, using cabin monoplane instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Adams
John Wood
el Paso
Death of Alamo baker after dough-mixer accident
Ezequiel Gutierrez 21 died Monday at Rousseau Hospital from injuries at Liberty Bakery when a dough mixer pulled his left arm into rollers Sunday night. He was born in 1918 at Tularosa, survived by family, with funeral held at St Marys Church under Alianza Hispano Americana. He was engaged to Miss Julia Avila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezequiel
Zeke) Gutierrez
Rousseau Hospital
Liberty Bakery
Gutierrez
Tularosa
Alamogordo
J. M. Gutierrez
Joe Effler
Roy
Amador Gutierrez
St. Mary's Church
Alianza Hispano Americana
Julia Avila
New Mexico Rifle Champs Draw Local Stars to Las Vegas
Local shooters attended the New Mexico State Rifle Championship and Camp Perry Tryouts in Las Vegas from Friday to Monday. Alamogordo placed fourth in the state team event with Harrington Robinson Anderson Huddleston and Trujillo. Claude R Hiatt defended his individual title with 2380 points. Camp Perry qualifiers included Paul Wright Mel White H Mitchell G W Revie Ray Clear L C Caldwell L E Williams Brennerman D L C Hover Jr Rodey B G Robinson and D D M Ackerman. An lunchtime protest disrupted the pit detail causing a temporary strike before shooters manned the pits themselves. Dr Arthur King will be at Sorenson's Jewelry Store Saturdays for eye examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Camp Perry
Las Vegas
E. O. Harrington
B. G. Robinson
Lee Briscoe
Clarence Smith
Sam May
Raymond Buckner
C. E. Anderson
Huddleston
G. H. Grant
Sheriff
Roswell
Santa Fe
Alamogordo
N. M. Military Academy
Hatch
Harrington
Robinson
Anderson
Trujillo
Bd. L. C. Hover, Jr
Cloudcroft
A. B. Rodey
Rodey
Tode Brennerman
I. C. Osborn
Silver City
Matt Fritz
Paul Wright
Ray Clear
GW. Benvie
Las Cruces
Mel White
H. Mitchell
G. W. Revie
L. C. Caldwel
L. E. Williams
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David Stolaroff
Jessie Wiley
National Broadcasting Co
Grace Thorpe Bear
Marvin J. Paul
East Texas Council
Boy Scouts
Chas. E. Beasley
Town Board
Walton
DIST
Valdez
Virginia Montoya
RE Paso
Alamo Baker
Arthur King
Sorenson’s
Ives
Melissa
Robert
Dadd
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