Reunion and events fill New Mexico calendar
June brings Scottish Rite Masons reunion in Santa Fe and a July 4 Albuquerque Speedway race. July 3-5 hosts Cowboy Reunion in Las Vegas while Sept 25-26 sees the Seventh Annual Northern New Mexico Fair in Raton. New Mexico forms a public health association and recruits 92 into the navy.
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Santa Fé
Albuquerque Speedway
Cowboy Resociation
Las Vegas
Bar Association
Roawell
Raton
Santa Fe
Scottish Rite Masons of the Orient of
New Mexico
May crop report shows NM yields strong despite pastures poor
State May 1 forecast 1 210 000 bushels with 88 pasture condition. US forecast 386 million bushels. Eddy county beans and corn up. Mescalero Indians assist in boosting acreages. Albuquerque mobilization point for NM National Guard. rabies prompts dog muzzle order. war measures push nationwide prohibition proposal.
Army Draft Law Now in Effect Across States
War Department issues guidance for enforcing the army draft with governors as registration heads and mayors over 30 000 population empowered to act in cities. Citizens may volunteer as registrars and absentees or sick individuals can register by mail with county or city clerks on schedules set after the president's proclamation.
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National Army
Banks Ask Banks to Co operate in National War Effort
The article explains universal liability to service and local registration procedures for draft enrollment. It notes state and city officials appoint registrars, outlines county and city duties, and cites Albuquerque and Santa Fe updates on registration and public defense measures. It also covers McAdoo coordinating banks to receive bond subscriptions and early loan results for Italy and France.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
Council of
Charles Springer
Cimarron
R. E. Putney
Albuquerque
W. A. Hawkins
el Paso
Ed. M. Otero
Los Lunas
Secundido Romero
Las Vegas
Eufracio Gallegos
Gallegos
Gallegos, ©. R. Price
Carlsbad
John M. Sully
Santa Rita
BC Hernandez
Tierra Amarilla
Washington
McAdoo
United States
I Federal Reserve Bank
Carrizozo Methodist Church Dedication Sunday
Dedication exercises for the new Methodist church in Carrizozo will be held Sunday June 17 with ceremonies marking the opening of the house of worship. Local clergy and congregants are set to attend the service and related activities.
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Carrizozo Church
Carizozo
New Methodist Church
War Taxes Set at 33 Each For Incomes Over 1000
War tax proposals set 33 cents per dollar on incomes above 1000 and on inheritances to fund war costs. Government officials argue the levy spreads burden across wealthier earners and supports national defense efforts.
War tax bill would raise rates across economy and households
Washington reports that the Ways and Means Committee presented a sweeping war tax bill. It calls for higher income taxes, broader surtaxes, new levies on life insurance, utilities, autos, and many consumer goods, plus increased postage, tobacco, and alcohol taxes to fund a projected 1.8 billion dollars annually. Conferees on the war army bill also agreed to raise the monthly pay of enlisted men to 25 dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Central purchasing committee eyed for US allied supplies
In Washington Sir Hardman Lever of the British war mission forecast a central purchasing committee in Washington to oversee all supplies for allied governments, replacing J. P. Morgan & Co. He warned Germany faces near bankruptcy in credit markets after the war and could be forced to repudiate debt or fail to buy reconstruction materials.
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Washington
United States
Hardman Lever
J. P. Morgan & Co
Germany
Denied Title To Shipping In House War Bill
Washington report says a motion to grant title to seizure of German war bound ships failed after Mr. Mann objected. Seventy one German and Austrian merchant ships seized by the government will be repaired and ready for commission in five months unless concealed damage is found, adding 535 722 tons to the American merchant marine. Honolulu reports negotiations by Matson II with the federal shipping board to move interned German vessels to the Pacific coast for repairs and eventual war use.
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Italy
United States
Count di Cellere
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
France
Jusserand
Washington
Mann
America
Honolulu
Matson II Company
Federal Shipping Board
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Beenavigation
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Navy
San Maretas Club
Red Crosse
Ramah
Roy
J. L. Kasey
Cuba
Albuquerque Motor Speedway
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Patriotic Women of
Deming
Traction Park
Albuquerque Driving Club
D.C. Imboden
Silver City
Thomas
Thomas Riley
Knights of Columbus
J. P. Farnan
Mescalero
Cloudcroft
E. C. Abbott
First Judicial District
First New Mexico
W. A. Keleher
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kan
United States Weather Bureau
Margaret Rolland
W. G. McDonald
Henry Westerfeld
San Miguel County
War Department
New Mexico National Guard
Congress
W. B. Johnson
Clayton
E. B. Holmes
Aztec
G. R. Wilson
Belen
Chicago
H. M. Bowers
Las Cruces
Gallup
ARMY
John Milne
Mie
Heritances
Nton News Service
MAY Center
Lovington Hardware CO
Lovington
N. M
THE
Daily Mail
Pearl
Monument
Nadine, Hobbs and Knowles
BUICK
Eddy County
EXIDE
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Lee Haywood
HOTEL
Scott Wolffarth
Lovington Pharmacy
Phonograph and Kodak Supplies
Wright’s
C. A. Davis
Lovington, New Mexico
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