Lawsuits and taxes on rural electrification lines debated
Santa Fe notes a failed legislature act aimed at a $10 yearly tax per 100 consumers for rural electric lines, replacing property tax. The Tax Commission called the bill unconstitutional, testing REA fears, with tentative road per mile assessments and hints of appeals unlikely to succeed.
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Santa FE
Claude Gamble
Curry County
Coop Electric
State Tax Commission
Supreme Court
REA
Texas
Tax Commission
Fifteenth General Assembly
Dairymen Save Gasoline in Las Vegas Cooperation
Six Las Vegas dairymen unite to deliver milk only in the morning to save gasoline costs and align with Sec retary Ickes conserve gas guidance. They printed their agreement and implemented the plan, while Las Vegas avoids milk price hikes seen elsewhere. Critics note widespread use of electric refrigerators and aging profit concerns amid wartime shortages.
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Las Vegas
Ickes
Albuquerque
Oklahoma Legislature Moves to Cap State Deficits
Oklahoma lawmakers, distressed by deficits swelling from nothing to 35000000 dollars in a year, proposed an amendment to curb further accumulation by state departments. The action aims to rein in mounting shortfalls and set revenue or spending restraints pending passage.
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Nixon
Oklahoma
Historic Bateman act praised amid New Mexico criticism
The piece discusses the Bateman act as a strict cash only standard, noting its resistance from lootists in New Mexico. It contrasts with Oklahoma where officials exceeding allotted funds become personally liable and can be removed, arguing Bateman act remains a strong safeguard despite its severity.
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Steen
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Bateman
Delay in appointing basic science commission for New Mexico
Basic Scientists Few Governor Miles weighs time in forming the commission to enforce the new basic science law. State doctors balk at naming a man, leaving selection to the executive, which critics say clouds the atmosphere and extends a pattern of limiting competition in osteopathic and chiropractic fields. The piece muses on whether the scheme is wholesome or rotten, noting delays before clear judgment.
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Miles
New Mexico
New Mexico asks opinion on 20 day non-resident fishing permits
Santa Fe officials seek guidance on a state law allowing 20 day non resident fishing permits at Elephant Butte and Conchas Lake. State game warden Elliott Barker said permits were not being issued for Conchas Lake while the act as drawn covers Elephant Butte. Pending an attorney general ruling.
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Santa FE
N.M
Elephant Butte
Conchas Lake
Elliott Barker
Attorney General’s Office
Barker
Elephant Butte Lake
Perkins Blames AFL-CIO Feud For The Many Strikes
New York August 28 Frances Perkins, longtime secretary of labor, blames the AFL CIO split for widespread strikes. Writing in Fortune she calls the schism an internal fight for control and argues that collective bargaining with mutual responsibility is constructive. Perkins, noting she cannot singlehandedly stop strikes, says being a woman is not the issue and that government power to stop strikes would be improper.
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New York
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizabi
Tanure
W Ut Settiee
Fortune Magazine
The.nation
Afl-Cio
Miss Perkins
Secretary of Labor
John Lewis
CIO
AFL
Lewis
Defense Bonds Sold Through First National Bank Roswell
About ten thousand dollars in Defense Bonds from the Treasury are sold through the First National Bank of Roswell. Series E bonds are available in $25 to $500 denominations with small discounts. Series F and G offer larger denominations up to $10,000. Bonds are registered, cashable anytime, require 10 years for full value, and are popular with local investors.
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1St National Bank
First National Bank of Roswell
Floyd Childress
Treasury Department
Roswell
Louie Heick Jr Enrolls at Chillicothe College
Louie Heick Jr son of Lula Heick Hagerman New Mexico enrolled August 27 for the Civil Service Course at Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe Missouri. The Church Committee for China Relief spent over 1 million on relief in China in the last three years. It is estimated that at least twenty million meteors enter the earth daily and at least one reaches the surface each day.
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Louie Heick JR
Chillicothe College
Louie Heick, Jr
Lula Heick
Hagerman
New Mexico
Civil Service
Chillicothe Business College
Chillicothe
The
Church Committee For China Relief
China
Earth
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