State finance board weighs highway revenue plan in Santa Fe
In Santa Fe on January 6 AP reporting the state finance board reviewed highway department funding to match a restricted budget. The discussion covered 1922 highway bonds charged to property taxes, gasoline tax changes, and proposed reimbursements. Reports from the department and state treasurer were to be submitted at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Santa Fe
State Finance Board
First National Bank of Santa Fe
E .R. Wright
Finance Board
Wright
Miners Hospital
Insane Asylum
Home Training School
Ringley Probes State Legion Affair In New Mexico
Illinois national committeeman James P. Ringley continued his inquiry into American Legion affairs in New Mexico. He met with Ollie A. Davis, national Legion coordinator, and planned further talks with Legion officials. He said he would stay through Monday and may visit Legion posts around the state.
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Albuquerque
N. M
American Legion
James P. Ringley
Ilinois
State Department
Ringley
Ollie A. Davis
National Legion
Legion
Snow and Cold Rise Across New Mexico States
Snow fell across multiple New Mexico locations including Clovis and Roswell with several counties recording inches of accumulation while mountains near Cloudcroft saw eight inches. Temperatures plunged to six to 20 below zero with a forecast for fair, cold weather through Sunday. In Washington, debates over beef as a basic commodity and war debts as well as the St Lawrence seaway pact dominated congressional discussion.
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Clovis
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Vaughn
Las Vegas
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Artesia
Loving
Roswell
Cloudcroft
Las Cruces Las Cruces
N. M
State College
Organ Mountains
December report from county treasurer figures
The December report shows a balance of 90 962 on December 1 rising to 139 573.46 by December 31. Receipts for the month total 178 422.65 and disbursements 129 849.19. Tax collections reach 164 366.77 with 134 487.17 for 1923 taxes, 19 650.44 for 1932, and the remainder for prior years.
City Fire Loss Drops Sharply in Roswell 1933
City figures show Roswell fire losses fell to 10,162.38 dollars in 1933 from 53,225.57 in 1932, a reduction of over 43,000. The report lists losses by category with 8,700 feet of hose used and 2,229 blocks covered. Buildings lost 8,080.03 and contents 2,082.35, totaling 10,162.38.
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City Fire Department
Roswell
City of
Aisi Et
Ieee
Ieee Lg
Pe Cies Sa
Body of Virginia Gibson Found Near Detroit After Slaying
Detroit January 6 AP The body of 33 year old Virginia Gibson was found on a highway just west of Detroit. Deputies said she was likely slain during an attempted attack and dumped from a car. Evidence of a struggle and footprints were found in mud near the scene. Her husband Gordon Gibson an interior decorator reported they were married five years.
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Detroit
Jan
Virginia Gibson
Deuty
Foster Knoblock
Frank Przkop
Gibson
Gordon Gibson
Parole Denied to Billings in Calif
War ren K. Billings parole application denied by California state board of prison terms and paroles. He was convicted with Thomas J. Mooney for the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day parade bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Calif. Folsom Prison
Warren K. Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Plan to Bring Peace to Cuba in Medina Formula
Havana Jan 6 AP Benjamin Fernandez de Medina Uruguayan minister and author of a plan to restore political peace to Cuba announced that President Ramon Grau San Martin offered to turn over the office to anyone who can command more moral support than I. Grau would step aside for Mendieta about February 24 under the plan’s formula. Three bombs exploded in Havana and suburbs as authorities dragged a bomb from an aqueduct at Marvianao before it exploded harmlessly. Rumors of Miami expeditions circulated with no evidence of arrivals.
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Havana
Benjamin Fernandez de Medina
Cuba
Ramon Grau San Martin
Grau
Carlos Mendieta
Medina
Mendieta
Marvianao
Miami
Fla
Nationalist Forces Report Capture of Yenping in Fukien Campaign
Shanghai dispatches report the fifty sixth division of nationalist infantry seized Yenping in Fukien from rebels. Nanking troops press on along a wide front with gains at Shahsien and Pingnan while Foochow fears major battles yet to come. Japanese planes bomb east Chahar residents as outlaws move toward Shaotung. Canton reports fighter planes against communists on Kiangsi border and heavy infantry concentration at Fukien border.
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Shanghai
Foochow
Yenping
Fukien
Shahsien
Pingnan
Kutien
North China
East Chahar
Shaotung
Hopei
Kiangsi
First Federal Farm Loan Appraisals Begin in Pecos Valley
E L Guy of the Federal Land Bank Wichita is making the first appraisals on Pecos Valley federal farm loan applications. He will evaluate 14 tracts and expects to finish by Tuesday of next week.
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E. L. Guy
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kansas
Pecos Valley
Guy
Chain Store Tax Will Be Collected
Santa Fe New Mexico January 5 AP The attorney general explains a provision in the occupation or chain store tax law makes a referendum petition ineffective The constitution bars referenda on bills financing schools or state institutions Part of the revenue funds schools thus prompting the comptroller to proceed with tax collection
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Santa Fe
N. M
Neumann
State Comptrollers
First Fat Lambs Shipped to Market From Roswell Area
Two double-deck carloads of fat lambs fed near Roswell were shipped to market yesterday, marking the season s first out of the valley. J. P. White sent one carload to Kansas City, the South Spring ranch lambs owned by Cornell University and managed by Dr. A D Crile sent to St Joseph. Both loads described as nice and fat.
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Roswell
J. P. White
LFD
H- H. McGee
South Spring Ranch
Cornell University
A. D. Crile
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Underhill Taken to Oklahoma State Prison
Wilbur Underhill the wounded desperado was moved from City Hospital to the state prison at McAlester with eight armed guards. His condition showed improvement after thirteen bullet wounds, and federal orders link him to the killing of four officers and Frank Nash at Kansas City Union Station last June. He has life sentences in Oklahoma and Kansas for murders and had escaped from both penitentiaries. The ambulance left McAlester secretly with the outlaw on a stretcher, the departure kept quiet.
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Shawnee
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Desperado
City Hospital
McAllester
Underhill
Frank Nash
Kansas City Union Station
Oklahoma
Kansas
McAlester
Big thermometer being constructed for Roswell drive
An eight foot thermometer is being constructed for the Boy Scout financial drive in Roswell to run January 15 to 17. It will be placed in the business district to show progress. Geo. B. Jewett chairs the Eastern New Mexico Area campaign. R. M. Tigner chairs the Roswell drive with H. O. DeShurley as vice chairman.
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Roswell
Geo. B. Jewett
New Mexico
R.M. Tigner
H. O. DeShurley
Cattle Industry Sees Its Worst Crisis Say Expert
Dan Adamson of Cody Nebraska, veteran livestock man, warned in Albuquerque that the cattle industry faces its most serious crisis in nearly five decades. He urged an immediate relief program as four years of losses plus depreciating land and herd values threaten the entire sector ahead of the American National Livestock Association convention January 16 and 17. More than 1,500 cattlemen are expected to attend, with New Mexico wool growers also meeting January 10.
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Livestock Association
Carey
AAA
Congress
Cummings
Dcole
Hatch
D-Nm
Adams
D-Cole
Colorado
Sweetwater
Texas
Dan Adamson
Cody
Neb
American National Livestock Association
Adamson
Ian
The
American National
A. W. Hockenhull
New Mexico
Parole of W. H. Tarrant Revoked in New Mexico
The Associated Press reports Santa Fe records show W. H. Tarrant paroled December 23 was revoked January 3 for new arrests. Tarrant, once in Elida and Roswell gun battles, fled deputies, shot Deputy Jim Williamson, and later served seven to eight years for shooting. his parole followed by further arrest for assault with intent to kill.
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Associated Press
W. H “Puzz
Tarrant
Roswell
Elida
Jim Williamson
Sam McCue
Homer Dunagan
Santa Fe
State Penitentiary
W. H. Tarrnt
Chaves County
Bogus liquor flood alarms Chicago post repeal
Government agents probe reports of counterfeit whiskies wines and cordials flooding Chicago and northern Illinois days after repeal. They deem about 75 percent of imported and domestic liquor as phony noting rapid display of fake products in show windows and that denatured alcohol appears in bonded whisky.
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Chicago
Illinois
The
Daily Times
Congress actions and committee notes from the session
In recess the Agricultural committee weighs Smith crop loan bill while a plan to guarantee both principal and interest on farm credit bonds is announced. The Banking committee continues Detroit bank inquiry, with adjournment to Tuesday after approving a liquor tax bill. The Judiciary committee will hear on birth control, Ways and Means adds hearings on a general tax bill, and election contests are referred to committees.
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Senate
Military
Fiske
Smith
Agricultural Committee
Farm Credit Administration
Banking
Detroit
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means
City Schools and NMMI Start Monday After Christmas Break
Roswell city schools and the New Mexico Military Institute will resume Monday morning after the Christmas vacation. Cadets must report by five o clock tomorrow. some have already arrived, with most coming today or tomorrow. County schools have been in session this week, their recess shorter than the city schools.
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Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
Mossman Heads to Albuquerque for Public Domain Conference
Col. B. C. Mossman and Mrs. Antoinette Funk depart in a private flight to Albuquerque to join representatives of the Southwestern Conservation League. They plan a program on management and conservation of the public domain amid a conference setting.
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Col
B. C. Mossman
Albuquerque
Southwestern Conservation League
Antoinette Funk
B. C. Mossman, Jr
Stanley Fuller
Wilford
Iowa
B. C. Mossman Jr
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St. Lawrence Waterways
State Legion
Clovis Clovis
Washington
Farm Administration
R-Wye
Senate Agriculture Committees
St. Lawrence Waterway
United States
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Seaway
Roosevelt
Canada
Treasury
Borah
Will Rogers
Beverly Hillis
Calif
NRA
Pyrenees
Comi‘il
Robert West
New York
Ruth
Lake Placid
N. Y
Baby Ruth
Oklahoma State Prison
Marion Talley
Gilda
Chicago Grand Opera Company
W. H. Tarrant
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