New Roswell School Districts Shape City Boundaries
Roswell creates Highland School on Summit Avenue and redraws district lines for grade schools. Boundary lines follow street centers. Alameda Avenue residents split by north and south sides attend Washington Avenue and Missouri Avenue schools respectively. District No 1 covers Roswell and nearby areas. each school will serve six grades.
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Roswell
Highland School
Summit Avenue
Main
Alameda Avenue
Main Street
Washington Avenue
Souri Avenue
Summons and notice of suit in Chaves County
The State of New Mexico summons William C Neel and others in cause 10547 filed by Otto Conley to quiet title in Lots 4 and 6, Block 38, South Roswell Addition, Roswell. Persons named include the Neels and their unknown heirs. failure to respond by October 2, 1940 will default and estop claims. Witness August 16, 1940, at Roswell. Attorney is Lake J. Frazier. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND MATERIAL DEALERS: sealed bids sought for East Grand Plains Auditorium Gymnasium Building in Roswell by Chaves County Schools. Bids due Sept 3, 1940 for plumbing, heating, electrical, and materials with plans at the superintendent's office. deposit required for full plans from Vorhees & Standhardt Architects.
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State OF
New Mexico
William C. Neel
W. C. Neel
W.C. Neal
Otto Conley
District Court of
Chaves County
Roswell
Nmpm
Lake J. Frazier, Esq
West 4Th Street
Roswell, N. M
N. M
Marcielle A. Puckett
Nbtice
R. M. Cookson
Chaves County Court House
East Grand Plains Auditorium
Vorhees & Standhardt, Architects
Chaves
Hungary Calls Troops After Transylvania Talks Fail
Hungary called up army reservists overnight as talks with Romania over Transylvania collapsed. Additional soldiers were deployed to guard railways and transport firms restricted activity to aid military use. Romania meanwhile called up reserve officers and barred border inhabitants from listening to Hungarian radio under penalty of court martial. Delegations prepared to depart for Bucharest and Budapest after negotiations failed to yield concessions.
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Hungary
Budapest
Romania
Transylvania
Turnu-Severin
Bucharest
Rumania
Permit Granted for Roswell Police Radio Station
The federal communications commission approved a 500 watt police radio station for Roswell. Mayor Hall said city and county will bid on the station to be funded and run equally. A written exam for radio operator permits will be held Sunday night for police sheriffs and state police. Education reserves the right to reject bids and waive technicalities. Chaves County Board of Education. By R M Cookson, Secretary Adv.
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Federal Communications Commission
Hall
Roswell
Education
Chaves County
School Heads Seek Changes In State Education Law
New Mexico educators from city and county school systems prepared a legislative program to revamp finances. Proposals call for a three tier funding plan, with primary aid at 900 per classroom unit, secondary aid at 350 per room unit, and transportation funded at five mills per pupil mile. R J Mullins predicted the 1941 legislature would approve the plan at the October convention of the state education association. John P Steiner chaired the policies commission presenting the changes in Santa Fe on August 23.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico City
The
State Education Association
R. J. Mullins
Education Association
John P. Steiner
Portales
Policies Commission
May Use Silver To Purify Water
Dr Alexander Goetz predicts silver may replace chlorine as a disinfectant for world drinking water. He and wife Sylvia at Caltech describe experiments showing silver leaves water sparkling with no odor unlike chlorinated water. They say silver has a wide margin between germicidal and toxic levels, and estimate $2 to $4 worth could sterilize 1,000,000 gallons.
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Pasadena
Calif
Alexander Goetz
Sylvia
California Institute of Technology
Goetz
Senate to Pass on War and Draft Debate Sparks Alarm
Washington August 24 Senators Gibson and Barkley clashed over rapid passage of the Burke Wadsworth draft bill. Gibson warned of Hitler’s contempt for delayed action and cited Hermann Rauschnig’s Voice of Destruction to urge preparedness. Gurney urged conscription to avoid sending millions to Europe. A stray line notes metals and a classified phone number.
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Washington
Gibson
Senate
Hitler
France
Barkley
Kentucky
Hermann Rauschnig
Germany
America
Poland
Holland
Belgium
Gurney
South Dakota
Europe
British and German air duels near London and Ramsgate
British and German long range guns shelled across the channel as Spitfires repelled attacks on Ramsgate and Dover. A wave of 55 German planes crossed to threaten London while bombs hit Ramsgate and the midlands. Casualties reported near Dover and scattered parachute claims discussed.
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Ramsgate
Dover
Channel
Calais
Associated Press
London
English Channel
Britain
Midlands
French
English
Thames Estuary
Kent Cliffs
Air Ministry
Suniit Channel
South Kent
Messerschmitt
Folkstone
East Anglia
England
Scotland
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New Roswell
Alameda
Missouri Avenue
Mark Howell School
Collesce
East Side School
Sears and
SAVE
SEARS
Sears, Roebuck
Adv
First National Bank of
Dr. Goetz
No. 11
Wallampi
Southwestern Public Service Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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