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Alamogordo News

Location

Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1933

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Financial forecast and world debts loom in Washington

This Washington briefing notes President Roosevelt may use inflation powers sparingly as gold controls stay in place and prices rise. It flags silver remonetization hopes tied to the June London World Economic Conference and calls the debt talks with Europe a potential turning point with the US holding economic leverage.

Washington, D. C Roosevelt Germany World Economic Conference London Europe Congress United States

Prohibition Debate Shifts Tone At Alamogordo Forum

Mrs Lane and Mrs Clarkson of Santa Fe led a Friday afternoon discussion on prohibition at the Alamogordo Hotel. Lane spoke on past laws and a proposed Lane plan to regulate liquor if the 18th amendment is repealed, while Clarkson argued temperance from a religious view and urged education and control over outright prohibition.

Alamogordo Hotel Franklin K. Lane Hunter Clarkson Santa Fe Lane Interior Wilson New Mexico Clarkson

Alamogordo Men Injured In Pickwick Bus Collision Near El Paso

J C Richards and his son Hubert were hit from behind by a Pickwick bus early Saturday as they neared El Paso. Richards Sr. injured, son shaken. four bus passengers also treated. They were en route from Odessa after bottles for Crystal Beverage Co. Most bottles damaged. Pickwick Co. offers settlement for damages.

Alamogordo Pickwick el Paso J. C. Richards Hubert Richards Mr. Richards and Son Odessa Texas Mr. O'Conor Crystal Beverage Co Pickwick Co

Death of Mrs Marquez in Tularosa New Mexico

Mrs Elvira Marquez aged 50 died in Tularosa on Wednesday morning May 17 after a long illness. She was wife of Fred Marquez and daughter of Donaciano Molina. Burial was in the local cemetery. She had lived in Alamogordo and Las Cruces previously and suffered from an incurable disease.

Tularosa N. M Elvira Marquez Fred Marquez Donaciano Molina

Poppy Day Fund Drive By Camp Fire Girls Planned

The Camp Fire Girls of Tularosa and Mescalero will sell poppies on May 27 to raise funds for disabled veterans. Community members are asked to be welcoming and contribute dimes.

Camp Fire Tularosa Mescalero

Graduation exercises cap bright night at New Mexico School for the Blind

A large crowd attended the New Mexico School for the Blind graduation event Friday night. High school graduates were Reuben Arrington, Atha Britt, Bernardita Velarde, Elizaida Velarde, Alma Wooton, and George Wyly. Eighth grade graduates included Elias Gomez, Manuel Machado, Joyce McMurrion, and Piacio Salazar. The program featured essays, songs, violin and piano accompaniments, and remarks by Mrs. A. E. Thomas and Lt. Col. A. W. Chilton.

New Mexico School For the Blind Reuben L. Arrington Atha B. Britt Bernardita Velarde Elizaida Velarde Alma FE Wooton George Wyly Elias Gomez Manuel Machado Joyce McMurrion Piacio Salazar Reuben Arrington Eugenia Baca Sonior A. E. Thomas Board of Regents A. W. Chilton State College Col. Chilton Kent Eighth Corps

Local Residents See Mixed Recovery From Illness

RousseaU Hostpals W H Harrell of Marcia improves from pneumonia. Miss Stella Dale had major surgery Tuesday and is recovering. Mrs Mark Ward of Tularosa leaves hospital for home after treatment. Mrs S W Stout returns home after care since Friday. Lawrence Lucre, from the School for the Blind, received eye treatment at the hospital this week.

W. H. Harrell Marcia Stella Dale Mark Ward Tularosa W. Stout Lawrence Lucren School For the Blind

White Sands film generates interest across New Mexico

Chamber of Commerce notes report White Sands film to be in possession soon. States inquiries from Troy Kennedy and Violet Creech about sands and lumber pricing. J D De Huff distributes bills 217 218 on eight hour day and advocates opposition fund. Aeronautics Branch seeks airport information. Kiwanis Las Cruces discusses White Sands National Monument. extension agents show film to farmers with expectation of demand in Las Cruces and beyond.

J. D. de Huff Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Chambers of Commerce New Mexico Citizens of Santa Fe C. of C Yelton de Huff White Sands National Monument Kiwanis Las Cruces

Alamogordo Club Bake Sale At Mrs Chapman's May 20

The Alamogordo Woman's Club holds a bake sale featuring cakes pies doughnuts and other articles on Saturday May 20 at Mrs Chapman's Beauty Parlor on New York Avenue. Sale starts at 10 a m.

Alamogordo

Forest Army unit arrives near Lincoln National Forest camp

The first contingent of the Forest Army arrived late Tuesday from Fort Bliss. 106 enlisted men moved by coach to High Rolls, then by rail and truck to the Sacramento River camp. Six officers led the group, with Wm. E. F. Hardin Jr. the sole local recruit. 17 trainees from Fort Bliss headed to western camps.

Forest Army Lincoln National Forest Fort Bliss Forest Sacramento River EF. Hardin, Jr

Rifle Club Nearing Final Southern New Mexico Meet

The last stage of the Southern New Mexico Rifle League will be fired Sunday May 21 in Roswell. Members planning to travel meet Friday night at 7:30 at the Town Office. A pistol match is set for Sunday May 28 at the local range open to all shooters.

Southern New Mexico Rifle League Roswell

Promoting Conservation Urged by Sportsmen This Fishing Season

Fred L. Yelton of the Otero County Game Protective Association appeals to sportsmen to aid in conservation during the May 20 opening. He urges stream improvements such as placing anchored logs, building pools with boul ders, planting white clover, and seeking advice from forest supervisor O Arthur. Advise Ward Curtis or other officials of improvements and ensure campfires are out and cigarette stubs extinguished.

Fred L. Yelton Otero County Fred Arthur Lincoln National Forest Ward Curtis High Rolls Association

Lincoln Forest Notes on 1932 Grazing In Arizona New Mexico

A 1932 grazing report shows nearly 802000 cattle and horses and 480000 sheep and goats grazed on Arizona and New Mexico National Forests. Carson NF leads sheep and deer, while Tonto NF leads cattle and horses. 1375 range allotments show heavy to negligible big game populations across most areas.

Albuquerque N. M Arizona New Mexico John Kerr Mr. Kerr Carson National Forest Tonto National Forest Carson Tonto

Aldo Leopold Named Erosion Expert for Region Three

Aldo Leopold, veteran of Regional Forest area No. 3, is assigned as expert for erosion control under the President's Emergency Reforestation program in this region.

Aldo Leopold

Forester Frank Kowsky Assigned to Iowa Camp

Mr. Frank Kowsky arrived Sunday from Towa and is assigned as a technician at a Forest camp. A graduate of the Iowa University Forestry School, he has managed an Iowa camp at a State Park for about a month under the R. F. C. Loan provision.

Frank Kowsky Towa Iowa University Forestry School Iowa

Lincoln Division surveys set for forestry line work

Roger Morris from the supervisor's office travels Sunday to the Lincoln Division of the Forest to plan surveys for telephone lines and campground improvements. Six new trucks for forest camps were taken over Thursday and drivers will operate on local roads during a limbering up phase. Trucks came from Otero Motor Co in Alamogordo with other bidders in Roswell El Paso and Albuquerque. Ralph Simpers of Alamogordo is temporarily assigned at the local forest office to manage the extra forestry camps. Desirable rooms for permanent transients are advertised at Alamogordo Hotel and Hotel Annex.

Lincoln Roger Morris Lincoln Division Lincoln Forest Otero Motor Co Alamogordo Roswell el Paso Albuquerque Ralph Simpers

El Paso Team Scheduled to Play Ball Next Sunday

Baseball fans witnessed Canutillo vs Alamogordo with Alamogordo winning 6 to 5 after a late El Paso rally. The El Paso Times notes Five Points Reds led by F. F. Murphy will travel to Alamogordo for a Sunday double header, facing Southwestern Lumber Co. and the Alamogordo Black Sox.

EL Paso Canutillo Alamogordo Alamo el Paso Times Wed F. F. Murphy Reds Southwestern Lumber Company

Death of Rev. R. P. Pope in Phoenix

Reverend R. P. Pope died at his Phoenix Arizona home on May 11 at age 76 after 42 years in the ministry. A Texas native ordained in 1891, he helped found churches in Mountain Park and Alamogordo and later served as pastor before moving to California and finally Phoenix with his wife Josephine Garrett. Surviving are his widow, son W. J. Pope, plant superintendent at Union Oil Co., and four grandchildren Ernest L Hugh Olen John L and Thelma C. Pope.

R. P. Pope New Mexico Phoenix Arizona Pope Texas Oxford Josephine Garrett Sacramento Mountains W. J. Pope The Union Off Co Ernest L Hugh Olen John L Thelma C. Pope

Mrs. J. W. Fetz Recovering From Hip Injury

Mrs. J W Fetz is recovering from a hip fracture after a fall at her north town home on Saturday May 6. Physicians expect a full recovery in a few weeks under the care of her daughter nurse Mrs H A Roberts who came from Columbus Ohio to assist.

Fetz

Death of Jimmie Smith at State College

Jimmie Smith, a 1932 State College graduate and former state highway department employee, died in Las Cruces on Wednesday after pneumonia complications. Ward Charles, his fraternity brother, served as pallbearer at the Las Cruces funeral Thursday morning.

Jimmie Smith Otero County State College Las Cruces State Highway Department Ward Charles

No More Forest Recruits From Otero County

Treasurer J A Lewis of the Otero County Emergency Relief committee learned from Miss Margaret Reeves head of the Child Welfare Bureau in Santa Fe that no further forest conservation army recruits will be enlisted from Otero county. Reeves said in a letter replying to Lewis’s telegram that the initial 300 volunteers were drawn from southern counties while the north sent none. The second 450 men to total 750 for New Mexico will be enlisted in northern counties.

J. A. Lewis Otero County

Town Board Seeks State Survey for Reservoir and Ditches

At an extraordinary session the Town Board passed a resolution requesting the state engineer to survey for an irrigation reservoir and ditches to conduct flood waters. The mayor KR Wilford says early construction is favored.

KR. Wilford

Death at Ranch Follows Belt Jam near Cienega

William Lee Brownfield Jr. known as Buzz, 31, died instantly Monday morning when a grinding engine belt caught him at his father’s ranch near Cienega. A ranch helper stopped the engine after the fatal entanglement. Burial followed at the family plot near Cienega. He leaves a widow Jeraldine Brownfield and a sister, Mrs. Jack McArron, among others.

William Lee Brownfield, Jr Brownfield Jeraldine Brownfield John Sutton la Luz Cienega Buzz Jack McArron Alamogordo

Dance Recital Draws Large Crowd at H S Auditorium

Wilma BeauchampDirected program filled three parts with student dancers and several adult musicians. Mrs Carr presided at the piano as Otto Prehm performed solo piano numbers. Carizzozo pupils Betty Barr Helen Huppertz joined in the program with Norma Beauchamp and other students.

Wilma Beauchamp H. S Frank Carr Wayne MecCommis Arthur Branom

Stop Sign Enforcement Aims to Reduce Accidents in Alamogordo

Town officials plan to paint stop signs on all stop streets in the paved district to boost safety. They warn that ignoring the signs on New York avenue has led to risky driving and urge strict enforcement, including prosecutions for speakers on resident streets and other locations to protect children.

Highway Department New York Avenue Alamogordo

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Washington Mrs. Clarkson Santa Fe, N. M Mrs. Marquez Rousseau Hospelas Hoss Albert T. Reid Kar Trey Lee Ploca Co. W. Botkin White Sands Troy Kennedy Kirtland Vei Lane Haseen Hubert Hilton Independence Kanas Hilton Denver Post Violet Creech Box 95 Hotsprings the Co. of Aeronautics Branch Dept. of Commerce J. A. Daugherty Vaughn, N. M N. Y Bake Sale Forest Army” Group Rifle Club News National Forest Kates Bidg. Zu Rev J. W. Fetz Otero CO Wm. Brownfield Ranch Mon
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