Roswell Growth Pins Bond Request for School Expansion
Roswell is expected to expand in the coming years with rising housing and business activity. Over 50 new homes costing two thousand dollars or more were built last year, reflecting strong growth and crowding in public schools. The school board plans a 150000 bond vote to fund new classrooms as growth continues. New Mexico mines contributed nearly sixteen million dollars in ore value last year, led by copper.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Theobald
California
Ohino-Tennessee- Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
TAX TALKS AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION UPDATE
Grace Corrigan reports 1000 buses for 26000 New Mexico pupils are in operation under J T Reece with steel equipment and safety efforts. A Columbia University survey ranks New Mexico third in state safety, while Public Salary Tax 1939 requires federal and state income tax returns from public employees. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District tax relief plans may add $6 million to assessments and progress toward US Reclamation Service takeover is hoped. Federal civil employees rose from 583000 to 920310 in recent years amid mortgage reliance on government lending. Daniel Webster cautions that safety rests with the people, not others.
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Rupert F. Asplund
Grace J. Corrigan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
New Mexico
J. T. Reece
M. S&s. Noble
Columbia University
New Mex 5
Union
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
U. S. Reclamation Service
Go to Church Tomorrow New Mexico roads and rock asphalt debate
A New Year call urges church attendance as a civilizational good with Christian teachings framed as essential to humanity. A lengthy readers’ exchange then weighs rock asphalt road projects in New Mexico, detailing costs, material needs, and state funding, while local letters react to prior commentary and public works.
Gold Mining Dreams in Jicarilla West of Roswell
For years gold mining has occurred west of Roswell in the Jicarilla mountains with some production. Large camps once existed, strongest at White Oaks, now ghost towns. Many believe significant precious metals may return, with coal and possible copper present and occasional gold and silver finds.
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Roswell
Jicarilla Mountains
White Oaks
1939 Big and Safe Year Air Transport
The Air Transport Association of America reports 1939 as the biggest and safest year for air travel. President Edgar S. Gorrell notes 880 million passenger miles, up about 40 percent from 1938, with employment up 22 percent. Domestic airlines completed 620 million passenger miles and carried 1.4 million passengers without a single injury.
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Chicago
Air Transport Association of America
Edgar S. Gorrell
Farrell
Rock asphalt road material praised by Oklahoma expert
Dame R Bruce Kennedy of Oklahoma City argues rock asphalt is the finest road making material and notes federal engineers in many states oppose it only on cost over oil. He cites its use for rebuilding Albuquerque Central avenue and mentions New Mexico traffic concerns. Will McCombs II, formerly a filling station attendant, now a First National Bank messenger, toured Lone Wolf Ranch with his family and enjoyed his mother’s cooking.
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Inez Cassidy
Santa Fe
Robert S. Dadd
Alien
Baton
Burton G. Dwire
Floyd Rigdon
The
Carlsbad Argus
Tom Jewett
Alamogordo
American Legion of
New Mexico
Raymond J. Kelley
Dean J. M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Harry Bridges
CIO
Landis
American Legion
Bridges
Kalsemine
W. E. Whitmeore
KGFL
Hobbs
KWEW
Roswell
Rooswell
Whitmore
Dame R. Bruce Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Federal Bureau of Roads
Central Avenue
Albuquerque
Will McCombs II
First National Bank
Lone Wolf Ranch
Cited travelers debate new highway near Railroad Canyon
Came Bennett Cole of Raton travels toward the Caverns and roams Roswell with friends while a Gate City resident criticizes the summer highway completion to the Colorado line in Railroad Canyon. George L. Foreman of El Paso, a divisional sales manager for a large beverage firm, is rarely present.
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Bennett Cole
Raton
Roswell
Gate
George L. Foreman
el Paso
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Federal Executive Civil Service
Daniel Webster
Will Robinson
Vox Pop
State Taxpayers Association
Bureau of Public Roads
United States Bureau of Public Roads
National Forests
National Parks
Highway Department
Carlsbad
Kenna
Encino
Willard
Las Cruces
TPA
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Otero County
Hugh Bennett
Clayton
Union County
George Eller
Ioan
A. D. Theobald
United States Savings and Loan League
B. N. Chapin
Burrell N. Chapin
Cynthia Jane Chapin
Johnson-Lodewick, Inc
County of
Chaves
State of
Towit
North Spring River
H. C. Buchly
Marcielle A. Puckett
W. E. Calvert
Carlsbad and Hobbs
Calvert
Centennial Commission
Hobbs Morning Post-Courier
Dallas
Tex
Donald Dye
Cummins
Sam Pruit
Sam
Fairbanks
Court House
J. H. Mulroy
Chaves County
Mr. Mulroy
J. L. Jetton
Hagerman
Dan Luther Edwards
Niagara
Silvertip” Compton
Blackie” Compton
Ninth District
Portales
A. D. Hill
Cottonwood Country
Donald Duck
Moseley’s
Unca Donald
Arn
Donald Will
East Second Street
Walt Disney
Coronado
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