District Court Closes With Many Judgments Entered
District Judge George T. Harris presided in Lovington delivering multiple divorces and general orders. Dismissals and extensions of time for appeals were issued, with several custody matters to mothers and varied judgments granted to creditors. Notable cases include General Mills and Associates Investments Co. judgments, and a replevy action by General Motors Acceptance Corp. plus an injury award to Joe Thomas Gray.
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George T. Harris
Lovington
O. F. Douglas
Douglas
California
Ida Mae Henry
Angus Henry
O. T. Haden
Rose Eaves
Supreme Court
Thelma
Mangham
R. D. Sims
Magnolia Peroleum Co
Thomas R. Palmer
Novella Palmer
Reta Thomas
Dorothy Mae Ross
Willis Ross
Finance Service Co
Clarence Vinson
J. Pauline Worley
Willie A. Worley
Associates Investments Co
A. C. McCall, Jr
General Motors Acceptance Corp
H. J. Rogers
Hobbs Stadium Bond Approval Highlights State Plan
The State Board of Education approved school bond issues totaling 698000 dollars, including 75000 dollars in revenue bonds for an athletic stadium at Hobbs. General obligation bonds cover 535000 at Carlsbad 37000 at Great Plains in Chaves County 28000 and 32000 at Magdalena. A Loving district municipal district survey was ordered after residents petitioned.
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Santa FE
State Board of Education
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Great Plains
Chaves County
Magdalena
Loving
Move Made to Disbar Hiss
The New York State Bar Association filed a petition seeking disbarment of Alger Hiss. The petition was submitted to the appellate division. term and hearing details will be announced during the disbarment proceeding.
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Hiss
New York State Bar Association
Alger Hiss
Appellate
Divi
John Love Withdraws From Lea County Assessor Race
John Love formerly Lea County tax assessor has withdrawn from the principal race after returning to Santa Fe. He cited a wage increase as a reason none the less he thanked Lea County supporters. Mood Smith remains a declared candidate with J N Stoops Bryant possibly entering the race.
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Lea County
Santa Fe
Love
Bureau of Revenue
Publishing Firm Denies Lockout of Pressmen
Albuquerque Publishing Company official says the ten union pressmen at the Albuquerque Journal and Tribune resigned and were replaced with non union workers. The union asserts a lockout occurred after failed contract talks, but the company maintains the matter is closed.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque Publishing Company
Albuquerque Journal
the Tribune
D. S. Murdock
Wth
Albuquerque Pressmen’s Union
R. Grant Roby
Murdock
Bride Auction Box Ends With Sponge Rubbers
A young married man at a York Nebraska box supper auction bid high for his bride's box but received only two sponge rubber items inside. He outbid all rivals, who had hidden the box on purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York, Neb
Heard Makes 2nd Hurdle By Dismissal
The district attorney drops charges against former Hobbs mayor J. Paul Heard and former City Clerk A. W. Rash for illegally opening ballot boxes. The case stems from a Hobbs city election dispute and their trial shifts to Portales on April 10 for falsifying public records.
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Heard
Hobbs
ULP
J. Paul Heard
A. W. Rash
Mack Easley
Rash
Tucumcari
Portales
Southern Union Says Albuquerque Gas Is O K
United Press reports Southern Union Gas Company denies any problems with Albuquerque heat value gas. Vice president James R. Cole says Albuquerque gas may be better than that in other cities and that fluctuations in heat content are normal due to sourcing from multiple gas fields.
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Southern Union
Duke City Gas
O.K
Southern Union Gas Company
Albuquerque
James R. Cole
Census takers announced for 1950 district in Lea County
Lea County announces rural enumerators for the 1950 census covering area one mile above Hobbs to county north boundary. Rural staff include Opal Mills Mallamar Grady Vau ghn Jerry Clayton Mary Roach Tatum Peebler and Ruby Baum Gwendolyn Eaves Hobbs. Urban enumerators are Fern Wilder Kathryn Campbell and Bonnie Townsend from Lovington. Marcella Adams leads the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Hobbsworth
Opal Mills
Mallamar
Grady Vaughn
Lovington
Jerry Clayton
Mary Roach Tatum
Peebler
Tatum
Ruby Baum
Gwendolyn Eaves
Hobbs
Fern Wilder
Kathryn Campbell
Bonnie Townsend
Marcella Adams
Lobbyists and Congressmen Discuss Influence Probes
A college professor told the house lobby committee that many lobbying evils arise from lawmakers seeking aid from special interests. Four more experts, including two politics professors and two Library of Congress officials, speak today on the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Lobby Committee
Library of Congress
Beira to retire from New Mexico Supreme Court
Chief Justice Charles R. Brice of the New Mexico Supreme Court will retire at end of his current term after 15 years on the bench. District Judge Henry G. Coors of Albuquerque announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, previously reluctant to run against Brice. The field so far also lists A. L. Zinn of Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Charles R. Brice
New Mexico Supreme Court
Affective
Brice
Henry G. Coors
Albuqureque
Supreme Court
Coors
Albuquerque
A. L. Zinn
Santa
Government Leading To Socialism
The New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, meeting in Albuquerque, charges that federal policy is pushing the United States toward socialism. The resolution cites growing government power, high taxation, and efforts to replace a natural economy with an artificial one as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
United States
United State
Heard trials and Lea County figures questioned in Hobbs opinion
The Leader outlines an opinion from conversations with locals and out-of-state readers on the Heard case. It forecasts dismissal of the falsifying records suit in Portales on April 10, bids dismissal of related charges, and predicts Heard's acquittal leading to damages claims and possible legislative action in Santa Fe in 1951.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Leader
Portales
A. E. Stokes
A. W. Bash
Geraldine Conner
Paul Heard
Paul
House of Representatives
Senate
Santa Fe
Miss Patsy Ruth Lee dies at 18 in Albuquerque
Funeral services will be held in Lovington for Patsy Ruth Lee 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs R D Lee Jr who died Tuesday March 28 in Albuquerque. She was a Lovington native, student at University of New Mexico, and active in chorus drama and F H A. She is survived by her parents a brother grandmothers aunts uncles and cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Ruth Lee
Smith Yarbro Funeral Home
W. R. Houston
L W. Hardcastle
Methodist Church
Gary Alston
Lester Alston
Jeanne Kelly
L. Kelly
Bill Shipp
Bunk Shipp
Presbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque
Patsy
R. D. Lee
Midland
Texas
Lovington
Wildcat
el Paso
University of New Mexico
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
R. D. Lee, Jr
Billy Lane Lee
Dick Lee
Baxter Culp
W. A. Anderson
Roy Pierce
Pecos
Roy Lee
Giles Lee
Speck” Culp
Roswell
W A Anderson
New Daughter for Ratliffs in Fort Worth
Rev. and Mrs. Bill Ratliff of Fort Worth welcome a baby daughter born March 28. The mother Boots Reed, daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Reed of Livingston, had stayed with the Ratliffs for a time.
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Bill Ratliff
Fort Worth
Mrs Mary Ruth McCrory Weekend Visit in Albuquerque
Mrs Mary Ruth McCrory spent last weekend visiting in Albuquerque New Mexico. The trip highlighted her stay in the city with local engagements and meetings.
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Mary Ruth McCrory
Albuquerque
Salvation Army collects calendars for inmates in Kentucky prisons
The Salvation Army announced a calendar drive to benefit inmates at the Kentucky state penitentiary and the state reformatory in Harlan, aiming to provide reading and craft items during confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Salvation Army
Kentucky State Penitentiary
State Reformatory
Two Tatum Aldermen Withdraw After Election Mixup
In Tatum, two alderman candidates J B Selman and Berdie Whitley withdrew after a Lovington Leader report incorrectly linked them to a mayoral ticket. Whitley said she ran to promote a clean town and not on any ticket, while Selman stated he ran independently for Tatum regardless of others. The Leader published a correction on Tuesday front page.
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Tatum
Lovington
J. B. Selmon
Berdie Whitley
Raymond Hardin
J. B. Selman
Aldreman
Berdie Whitley, Tatum
R. B. Selman
Slim Richards Seeks Lovington Mayoral Comeback
Slim Richards former Lovington mayor from 1944 to 1946 contests incumbent Hilton W. Gillett in the April 4 election. Richards was later defeated for council and Lon Beadle’s four year term ends. Beadle did not seek reelection.
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Slim Richards
Hilton W. Gillett
Hilton Gillett
Lovington
Richards
Lon Beadle
Beadle
Pat Hurley 400 Named in United States Honor Roll
General Pat Hurley and Mrs. Pat Hurley of Santa Fe listed among 400 prominent Americans alongside Rockefellers Vanderbilts and Secretary Acheon. Hurley's long career spans mule driver coal miner Indian Army private World War I and II service including Secretary of War and ambassador roles. Lovington council candidates named with Connell Wiley Scoggins and Holder as the field. Leader pledges to back the winners.
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Pat Hurley
Santa Fe
United States
Hurley
Rockefellers
Vanderbilts
Dean Acheon
General Hurley
U. S. Senate
Dennis Chavez
Clint Anderson
Soodrow Wilson
Hoover
Darwin
Australia
Roosevelt
New Zealand
Russia
Stalingard
Iran
China
Jal to Vote Sewer Bonds in April Election
The City of Jal will not elect officers on April 4 but will hold a later vote to elect eight aldermen and a mayor. On April 4 residents will vote on a $175,000 sewer bond issue.
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Jal
Mabry
Divorce Costs Drop In State After April First
Divorce costs will fall by more than 25 percent starting April 1 as the $2.50 tax on instruments filed in district court is abandoned. The tax funded the Supreme Court building, which cost about $350,000 and was largely state funded. The building, completed eight years early, stands at Don Gaspar and De Vargas with a Lambke Construction Co. project, and Lea County contributed to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Don Gaspar and de Vargas
Public Works Administration
J. O. Seth
Daniel T. Kelly
Lowell Green
Lambke Construction Co
Albuquerque
Capital Group
Jal Chamber of Commerce Announces Annual Banquet
Jal C of C plans its annual banquet on April at 7 P.M. The dinner will be served in the Grill Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JAL C. OF C
Jal Chamber of Commerce
Churchill urges German integration in united European defense
Winston Churchill opened Britain's foreign policy debate urging acceptance of Germany as part of a combined defense with Britain, America, and France. He argued Germany must stand in comradship within a free and United Europe, stating there is no hope for a United Europe without Germany.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
Germany
Europe
Commons
Britain warned of continued austerity after Marshall Plan aid ends
A government economic survey told Britons to expect more hard times as austerity continues. It said Britain has benefited from American assistance across industries but will likely rely indefinitely on American taxpayers' generosity once Marshall Plan aid ends in 1952.
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Britain
United Kingdom
13 000 More Cotton Acres for New Mexico
New Mexico farmers will receive price support on about 13 000 more acres of cotton and 943 acres of peanuts under the farm price bill sent to the White House Friday.
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New Mexico
White House
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Bessie Nell Smith
Wayland E. Smith
Marcia Gale Smith
Willie Wylie
Hugh Wylie
Willie Scoggins
Mannie Lee James
Daniel C. James
General Mills
A. B. Thomas
Artesia
Thomas
Thomas Food Market
Christine Keen
W. W. Keen
Joe Thomas Gray
O. H. McAllister
L. H. Plain
Myrtis Plain
John Markham
D. A. Hudgens
Tol Caraway
Ruth E. Caraway
Apprval
John Love
Mood Smith
Frank Smith
Smith
J. N. (Stoops) Bryant
Bryant
Beira
Patsy Lee
Ratliffs
Bina Mae Hall
Dr. Gillett
Johnny Connell
Chad Wiley
Kenneth Scoggins
A. C. Holder
Conner
Lovington Appliance Co
Scoggins
Churchill
Bish
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