Coolidge Calls For 10 000 000 Flood Relief
President Coolidge issued a proclamation urging nationwide support for a new minimum quota of 16 million dollars for Mississippi flood relief. Secretary Hoover, returning from the inundated area, recommended the Red Cross effort. The White House disclosed the president would not visit the flood region despite urging from state governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Mississippi
Red Cross
Hoover
White House
Permanent Scout Camp under way in Potato Canyon
Roswell May 3 construction on the permanent Boy Scout camp ground in the Eastern New Mexico Area began after G B Jewett and M J McDonald donated forty acres in Potato Canyon Sacramento mountains at the April 22 Council meeting. About 300 boys expected this summer with improved facilities and adult supervision and camp starts July 1 with 80 boys accommodated at a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Boy Scouts
New Mexico
G. B. Jewett
M. J. McDonald
Potato Canyon
Sacramento Mountains
Drilling Delayed on Breece Deep Well Contract
Work on the Breece deep well under contract with Layne & Bowler has halted for a week due to a supply shortage. The 700 foot well is estimated to yield about 250 gallons per minute of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breece Deep
Layne & Bowler Co
La Luz Hotel Opens Amid Guests From Alamogordo
The picturesque La Luz hotel run by Mr and Mrs Charles Sutton formally opened last Sunday with a special dinner. Guests from Alamogordo attended Sunday dinner, signaling a likely rise in popularity for summer season dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Luz
Charles Sutton
Alamogordo
New Rotary officers take office at club luncheon
The Rotary Club installed its new officers at a Wednesday luncheon. Dr. Fred Evans becomes president succeeding A. J. Newsom. Vel Lane is secretary, Lou Leadinghaus sergeant at arms, Martin Mitchell continues as songs reader, with Mrs. Michel as pianist. Directors named F. C. Rolland, Martin Michel, Dr. E. D. McKinley, F. R. Miller and Dr. F. B. Evans, plus several committees appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Fred Evans
A. J. Newsom
Vel Lane
J. G. Holmes
Lou Leadinghaus
C. W. Morgan
Martin Mitchel
Ongs
Michel
F. C. Rolland
Martin Michel
E. D. McKinley
F. R. Miller
First Christian Church Weekly Schedule and Sale Ad
Community church announces Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Bible school Sundays at 10 a m Lords supper at 10 45 a m Also offers suitcases handbags and trunks for vacation contact Woltinger number 18 for purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Bible School
Elizabeth Garrett to perform recital in Alamogordo church
Miss Elizabeth Garrett, famed New Mexico pianist, will give a benefit recital at the Alamogordo Presbyterian Church on Friday night May 13. Sponsored by Camp Fire Girls, the event supports the Alamogordo Camp Fire group. Garrett, totally blind, is a noted soloist with ties to the N M School for the Blind and daughter of the late Pat Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Garrett
Alamogordo
Presbyterian Church
Garrett
Camp Fire Girls’ Organization
New Mexico
Miss Garrett
N. M. School For the Blind
Pat Garrett
Death of Lola Bays Jackson
Mrs Lola Bays Jackson dies from appendicitis in Milwaukee Wisconsin her parents Mr and Mrs F G Bayes mourn her loss and recall a life in Alamagordo Mountain Park and the Breece mill era Her husband Mr Jackson a steel worker shared in the sorrow of the family and friends though burial plans remain undecided
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Bayes
Mrs. Jackson
Milwaukee
Wis
Lola
Mountain Park
Alamogordo
Jackson
Breece
Arrival of Kitty senior play at H. S.
The annual H. S. senior play The Arrival of Kitty will be presented tomorrow night at the H. S. The cast includes Rae Charles Irma Gregg Dorothy Tatum Oren Downing Leo McLeod Frances Stalcup Eugene Shields Fleck Danley and Gwendolyn Holcomb with the high school orchestra providing music. Posters in local business windows were drawn by class member Eugene Shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
Rae Charles
Irma Gregg
Dorothy Tatum
Oren Downing
Leo McLeod
Frances Stalcup
Eugene Shields
Fleck Danley
Gwendolyn Holcomb
H Eugene Shields
Mining now factory process in modern ore industry era
The article notes Fowery Mines near Virginia City Nevada achieved 90 percent extraction on $3 ore with $2.30 per ton cost and expects cuts in costs with new methods and heavier machinery. It cites a $1,000,000 ton East Helena dump in Montana to be reworked for zinc, once waste now valuable. It polemically contrasts old hardrock mining with chemists and lab workers, praising trained intelligence as the key in today’s mining, and urges public support for the metal mining industry. It ends with an ad for Wolfinger's summer underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City Enterprise
Fowery Mines
Virginia City
Nevada
East Helena
Montanna
United States
Picnic in Alamogordo Draws Southern Pacific Staff
Over a thousand Southern Pacific clerical workers from El Paso and other points plan a Sunday May 22 picnic in Alamogordo. The town provides park facilities and a temporary open air pavilion. the Southern Pacific band will join the excursion leaving El Paso at 7 am. A special excursion rate to attendees is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso
Alamogordo
Southern Pacific Band and Orchestra of
el Paseo
Judge Prenger Names Otero County Board of Education Appointees
Judge Numa Frenger transmitted the 1927 board slate under the new law for Otero County. Appointees must qualify by July 1 1927 and include one from each commissioner district with political balance restrictions. Members named include A Redic Cloudcroft and Vida Robinson Alamogordo as Democrats along with RK Fields Tulrosa and Mrs Robinson Alamogordo as Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numa Frenger
Board of Education
Olero County
A. Redic
Cloudcrott
Vida Robinson
Alamogordo
RK. B. Fields
Tularosa
Covington
Redie
Robinson
Fields
Benefit Concert And Dance For Flood Sufferers
A benefit entertainment at the pavilion tonight aims to raise funds for Mississippi valley flood aid. The Alamogordo band will perform along with an auction sale and jitney dances. admission is 10. Come out and support the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Alamogordo
Senator Harrison urges flood control after Mississippi Valley crisis
Senator Harrison of Mississippi says the flood proves need for levee and floodwater control. He cites eight Delta counties under water, calls for federal aid and larger flood-control appropriations, praising Red Cross relief efforts and urging swift action by Congress.
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Harrison
Deni
Misssissippi
Mississippi Valley
Washington
Mississippi
Web Delta
Highland
Red Cross
Mississippi River
Congress
Federal
State Sanitary Engineer Tells About Alamogordo Water
Paul S. Fox, New Mexico state sanitary engineer, inspected Alamogordo water and cites heavy mineral deposits in the La Luz creek twig and a circular slab from the main. He notes calcium sulphate buildup near the source and thick pipe coatings, but says the mineral matter reaching Alamogordo is unlikely to harm drinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul 8S. Fox
State of
New Mexico
Alamogordo
Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican
Fox
Paul S. Fox
State Health Bureau
Carlsbad Caverns
Mr. Fox
Father Eagan Heads to Rome for Tercentenary Tour
Rev. Father Eagan, 18 years pastor of St. Mary's Church in Alamogordo, left via Tucson for Rome to join the Urban University tercentenary. He will visit England and southern Ireland during the trip and plans to return to Tucson in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Eagan
St. Mary's Charch
Alamogordo
Tucson
Rome
Italy
Urban University
Father Kagan
England
Ireland
Forest Week Observed Across Lincoln National Forest
County Agent J W Ware completed a week long tour visiting communities in Otero and Lincoln counties to promote forest conservation and fire protection. He worked with forest rangers and showed films in High Rolls Weed Mayhill and Picacho plus other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Ware
Lincoln National Forest
Otero
Lincoln
Ware
Forest Rangers
Highrolls
Weed and Mayhill
Alte
Picacho
Dowdle Sells Alamogordo Theatres to Dowdle Robertson
J R Dowdle sells his Alamogordo theatre interests to George Dowdle and George Robertson who will take over the Alamogordo theatre and Airdome on June first and operate Cloudcrott theatre from mid June. The Dowdles plan to remain in Alamogordo and will move to Lufkin Texas for a few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 1. Dowdle
Alamogordo
George Dowdle
George PP. Robertson
Alamento
Airdome
Dowdle & Robertson
Cloudcrott
J. R Dowdle
Lufkin
Texas
Mr. Dowdle
Alamogordo Woman's Club to Install New Officers
The Alamogordo Woman's Club begins the new year with officer installations on Friday May 7. New president is Mrs F B Evans, with Mrs F J West as vice president, Mrs Ferris Shelton secretary and Miss Ruth Welch treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
F.C. Rolland
Camp Fire Girl
Elizabeth Garret
Camp Fire Girls
Fire on Mescalero Reservation Burns 100 Acres
A Tuesday afternoon fire on the Mescalero Indian reservation swept 100 acres of virgin timber in the Breece Lumber unit of Elk division. Indian service forest officials nearby contained the blaze. it is now controlled and guarded. A previous fire in the area ten days earlier destroyed about 600 acres. Both fires were man caused and blamed on careless smoking amid dry conditions.Extra patrols are being set through the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mescalero Indian Reservation
Breece Lumber Company
Elk Division
Indian Service
Mescalero Indians Becoming Prosperous
Andrew B Brude a Mescalero trader visits Alamogordo for the Otero county board meeting. He notes Mescaleros are keen traders, expanding stock raising and farming with fat sheep and good governance. Government aid four years ago funded sheepraising with timber sale proceeds. a new allotment may follow. Most Mescaleros are law abiding with declining ration dependence and some pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew B. Brude
Mescalerro
Alamogordo
Otero County
Prude
Mescaleros
Otero Motor Company Changes Management
A Monday deal restructured Otero Motor Company management with C. KE. Agnew to replace L. O. Piersol as manager. H. P. Ross, brother of P. A. Ross, will take the Piersol stake and join Agnew, after relocating from Kansas City where he dealt in real estate. The firm remains the Ford dealer for Otero County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero Motor Company
C. KE. Agnew
L. O. Piersol
H. P. Ross
P. A. Ross
Piersol
Agnew
Kansas City
The
Otero Motor Co
Ford
Otero County
Forest Recreation Areas of the Southwest
The Southwest Forest Recreation Areas plan highlights how tourists rarely seek forested regions on transcontinental routes. In Arizona and New Mexico, 37 and 32 campgrounds exist, with local cooperation for sanitation and fire control. The district plan outlines resources, demand analysis, and district wide policies prioritizing protection and watershed concerns alongside recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Arizona
New Mexico
N. M. Cheney
Cheney
Southwest
Salt River Valley
el Paso
Texas
Forest Service
Congress
National
Forest Supervisors
Elida Bank Robber Caught in Texas Confesses
Norman Akin arrested in Iowa Park Texas confessed to involvement in the First National Bank of Elida robbery. He said he split from fellow bandit Jack Dyer in Amarillo two days after the holdup and described hiding his loot in a tomato can submerged in a stream.
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Clovis
N. M
Norman Akin
Iowa Park
Texas
First National Bank
Elida
Jack Dyer
Amarillo
Akin
Death of Harry Reams in El Paso After Surgery
The article reports the death of Harry Reams Sunday in El Paso following a Saturday surgical Abscess operation. He traveled with his brother Louis and his brothers Carl and Louis later joined. his body was sent toward Ulmess with his mother and Louis. Reams was a 1925 high school graduate from Alamogordo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Reams
el Vaso
Harry
Louis
el Paso
Carl
Ulmess
Alamogordo
Death takes Senator Beveridge after sudden illness
Albert J. Beveridge state man and author dies at 6:50 am in Indianapolis Indiana from heart disease. The twice elected U S senator had been ill about two weeks and his Lincoln biography unfinished on four volumes. Beveridge, 62, had retired in 1911 and later failed in 1914 and 1922 bids to return to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
U. S
Beveridge
Lincoln
Senate
Indiana
Progressive Party
Samuel M. Ralston
Mother's Day Sermons At Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church announces Sunday. Sunday School at 10:00. Session meets at 10:30 to receive new members. Morning sermon titled Our Debt to Motherhood. Evening sermon Self-Communication for Doing Good. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 on Why Does Home Mean So Much to Me Leader Irene Buck. Midweek meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Pastor Calvin A. Duncan invites all to services and the church Variety Shop promotes gifts for Mother's Day and graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Irene Buckan
Dr Curry Impresses Alamogordo on short visit
Dr William M Curry pastor of Ninth Presbyterian Philadelphia Pa conducted a series of sermons at the Alamogordo Presbyterian Church last week leaving with good wishes from many friends. He expressed being impressed by the town its friendship and potential resources noting packed congregations and plans to broadcast his sermons. He visited the local sands Cloudcroft and Mescalero during a brief stay and enjoyed a picnic with a sightseeing party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Curry
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
Curry
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Walter B. Greenway
Dr. Curry
Cloudcrolt
Greatest man hunts in American criminology lemads the Alamo
State and federal forces pursue Hugh de Autremont for robbery and murder linked to the 1928 Siskiyou mail train hold up. Captured in Manila, he is identified as a U S Army private. two brothers remain at large, with rumors of arrests and sightings across Alamogordo Pinon Cloudcroft and Sacramento region. Local contact W M Todd knew the brothers and their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh de Autremont
Jackson
Ore
Siskiyou
Huge de Autremont
Manila
Ele
U. S. Army
Ray
Aan
Philippine Islands
Kay de Autremont
Federel
Hugh
New York
S. P
Alamogordo
Sacramento
Colorado
Pinon
Cloudcroft
Murcia
Pecos Valley
W. M.todd
Mr. Todd
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Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Albert Snyder
Dee
Rotary
First Christian Church
Woltinger’s
Eee
Lola Bays Jackson
Anneal Hos
Wolfinger’s
Alamo
Prenger
Alamo Water
Lincoln Forest
J.R. Dowdle
Alamento Theatre Interests
Womens Club
Mescalero Reservation
Nation To Relief
Herbert Hoover
Missouri
Ohio
Greenville
Miss
Senator Beveridge
Calvin A. Duncan
Variety Shop
W. L. Douglas
J. A. McRae
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