Legislature Acts to Abolish Tax Appraiser Boards
In Santa Fe on January 17, the New Mexico legislature moved to disband county boards of tax appraisers. The administration backed measure passed by suspension of rules, 48 to 0, with an emergency clause for immediate effect upon governor’s signature. If approved by the Senate and signed, boards will be eliminated for the current year.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
House
Senate
J. D. Hudgins
Carlsbad
Stolen 1928 Ford Coupe Recovered After Chase Near Roswell
Earl and Carl Clardy’s 1928 Model A Ford coupe, registered to W. T. Clardy, was stolen at 6 pm from 5th and Virginia. Seventeen year old Lee Everett Patton, on parole from reform school, was stopped north of Roswell with deputy Sam McCue. car returned undamaged. The theft marks a second time the car vanished in months. last summer it was found damaged on a mountain road near Glencoe.
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Earl
Carl Clardy
Clardy Boys
W. T. Clardy
5Th
Virginia
Lee Everett Patton
High Lonesome
Roswell
Clovis
Chaves County
State Reform School
Sam McCue
Glencoe
Eight Highway Contracts Let In New Mexico Today
Santa Fe says the state highway commission awarded contracts totaling about 444000 for three new road projects. A. O. Peabody of Las Cruces won 8.4 miles of the Lordsburg to Rodeo stretch for 119000. Miller Construction Co of Denver secured two bids totaling 234000 for Las Cruces to Radium Springs and the same route segment.
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Santa Fe
N. M
State Highway Commission
W. R. Eccles
A. O. Peabody
Las Cruces
Lordsburg
Rodeo
Hidalgo County
Miller Construction Company
Denver
Las Cruces-Radium Springs
Dona Ana
Roswell-Hondo
Lincoln County
Alamogordo
Kersey and Company of
Eccles
Albuquerque-Barton Road
Tax on Oil Proposal Aims to Fund School Textbooks
State legislators back House Bill No. 20 to levy three cents per gallon of oil used in gasoline engines to raise funds for free textbooks in New Mexico schools. In Roswell, Gov Seligman appointed James B. McGhee as judge of the Fifth Judicial District, with McGhee awaiting official appointment and oath.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Warel
James B. McGhee
Roswell
Fifth Judicial District
Arthur Seligman
McGhee
Secretary of State
G. A. Richardson
Hoover veto on Philippines veto overridden in Senate
The Senate overrode President Hoover's veto on the Philippine independence bill. The vote to reject the veto was 66 to 26, with 45 Democrats, 20 Republicans, and one Farmer-Laborite supporting the override. The House previously voted 274 to 94 to override the veto.
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Washington
Philippines
Congress
Senate
Hoover
House
Farmer-Laborite
Shipstead
Minnesota
Scotland Draftsman Seeks Rio Grande Work in New Mexico
Applications for jobs at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy district headquarters poured in from distant places and set a record with a letter from Scotland. James D. Kean of Renfrew described himself as an expert draftsman and sought work in New Mexico. His letter joined about 3,500 similar requests in the file.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
Scotland
James D. Kean
Renfrew
New Mexico
Inscil Applies for Greek Citizenship
Athens, Jan 17 AP Samuel Inscil whose American passport was annulled by the U S government has applied for Greek citizenship.
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Athens
Samuel Inscil
United States
Joint meeting on repeal resolutions set in Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexico January 17. A joint public meeting of the house and senate judiciary committees will be held in the house at 7 p m Monday to consider companion resolutions for repeal of the state prohibition amendment introduced in both chambers.
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Santa Fe
N. M
House
Senate
Judiciary
Roswell Masons Participate in Masonic Institute
Roswell Masons played a prominent role in the Masonic Institute for the 11th and 12th districts held today in Carlsbad at Eddy Lodge No. 1. Fourteen Roswell Masons traveled at 7 30 this morning. The program began at 10 00 with Roswell speakers Robert Kellahin L C Fellows Thomas J Hall Elmer Riemen and others. Roswell Lodge No 18 demonstrated breaches of Masonic Etiquette assisted by George L Machen Grand Lecturer New Mexico Grand Lodge. Participants from seven southeastern New Mexico lodges attended including Roswell Lake Arthur Hagerman Artesia Carlsbad Hope and Lovington. The institute, initiated last year by Grand Master Thomas J Hall of Roswell, has become a regular part of the Masonic educational program.
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Roswell
Masonic Institute
Carlsbad
Eddy Lodge
Institute
Thomas J. Hall
Leland Fellows
W .W. Huntley
Elmer Riemen
Jim Wright
T. J. Jackson
Paul Arrigan
Robert Kellahin
Clifford Smith
C. L. Bynum
Dick Gardner
H. M. Huff
Albert Hudson
Arthur Allison
Roswell Lodge No. 18
Masonic
Historical Society Meet 26th in Roswell
The Chaves County Historical Society will meet at the Carnegie Library on January 26. Old timers E. A. Cahoon James F. Hinkle J. P. White C. D. Bonney and Mrs. John W. Poe will give talks on Roswell's early days with the program to be announced.
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Chaves County
Reduction in electric rates hits Silver City
Silver City and Lordsburg residents saw power rates fall from 15 to 14 cents per kilowatt hour today. Sam W. Agee, receiver for the Texas Louisiana Power Company, announced the cut which federal judge Colin Neblett approved, forecasting annual savings of about $7,000 for consumers.
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Silver City
N. M
Lordsburg
Sam W. Agee
Texas- Louisiana Power Company
Agee
Colin Neblett
New Mexico
Roswell and Pecos Valley Weather Outlook
Unsettled conditions prevail with possible rain tonight. Wednesday should be generally fair and colder across Roswell and the Pecos Valley.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
Four men sentenced by Judge Riker on guilty pleas
Judge H A Riker in Lea County district court handed down sentences to four men on guilty pleas. Paul McIntyre drew 1 to 12 years for stealing a car, Horace Clay received 1 1 2 to 2 years for forging checks with suspension, Benjamin F Coleman got 90 days for liquor possession with sale intent, and John Villaneal drew 9 to 12 months with suspension for intoxicated motor operation. An associate pleaded not guilty and awaits action. The day also saw appeals in the Lea County oil case involving J M Woolley v Shell Petroleum and a separate $3700 judgment against New Mexico Construction Co. delayed by appeal.
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H. A. Riker
Riker
Paul McIntyre
State Penitentiary
J. E. Whitmore
McIintyre
Roswell
Sam McCue
Coleman
Affternoon
John Villaneal
Big Lea County
State Supreme Court
Plainiffs
Lea County
J. C. Gilbert
New Mexico Construction Co
N. M. Construction Co
Norhtern New Mexico Sees Snow As Storm Shifts South
Snow or rain drenches nearly all of New Mexico with temperatures near 30 in the north and around 40 in the south. A blizzard roars along the Oso Ridge and Continental Divide while fog blankets the east. Weather officials forecast continuing precipitation and colder temps across the state, centered over Las Vegas, Nevada.
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New Mexico
Aztec
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Oso Ridge Mountains
Continental Divide
Albuquerque
Weather Bureau
United States
Nevada
Kidnapped Lena Montoya Report From Las Cruces
Lena Montoya a 16 year old Spanish American girl with curly hair claims she was kidnapped in Los Angeles. She was detained in the county jail as authorities renewed efforts to locate her relatives including a sister said to live in Albuquerque and a brother and sister in Los Angeles.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Lena Montoya
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Ninth Annual Area Scout Meeting Set for Feb Seventeen
The Eastern New Mexico Area Council Boy Scouts of America announces the tentative date February 17 for the Ninth Annual meeting to be held in Roswell New Mexico.
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Eastern New Mexico Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Roswell
Postmaster Nominations for New Mexico Issued
President Hoover submitted the nominations of Francis O. Polston for Melrose and Lora C. Dunlavy for Springer as new postmasters in New Mexico.
Relief clearance meeting held to prevent relief duplication
The first weekly relief clearance meeting convened in the emergency relief committee's office at the courthouse last night. Meetings will be held each Monday night to audit lists of relief recipients from Roswell organizations. Miss Lillian Franzen, head of federal relief funds for residents, reported a rising number of beneficiaries and 62 people in the office last Saturday. She urged anyone with work to contact her at 219.
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Emergency Relief Committee
Court House
Roswell
Lillian Franzen
Gilbert Expected Home Tomorrow
Attorney J. C. Gilbert, who traveled to Santa Fe yesterday on business, is expected back tomorrow.
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Gilbert
J. C. Gilbert
Santa Fe
Four British fliers missing or in trouble
Four British fliers were missing or in trouble today. Bert Hinkler, seeking the speed record England to Australia, had been unreported for ten days, with a hoped first stop on the eastern Italian shore and search in the Swiss Alps. Lady Mary Bailey, aiming for England to South Africa, had not reported since leaving Oran for Niamey or Gao. Joan Page and Audrey Sale-Baker, crashed south of Nairobi on a Cape Town to London flight, were recovered by motor truck and reported injured.
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Associated Press
Africa
Bert Hinkler
Swiss Alps
Mary Bailey
Oran
Algeria
Niamey
Gao
Niger
Joan Page
Audrey Sale-Baker
Nairobi
Cape Town
London
Ma Ferguson Inaugurated Texas Governor for Second Term
Miriam A. Ferguson was inaugurated governor of Texas for a second time after a six year gap. She previously served in 1925-26, becoming one of two women to lead a U.S. state and, at the time, the nation’s only female state chief executive.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A
Former Roswell Doctor Treats Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Dr. L C Audrain, once of Roswell, is reported as Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton's physician. An Associated Press LA dispatch says her condition is distinctly improved after a serious illness last week during which she was near the brink of collapse.
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L. C. Audrain
Roswell
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Man from Emporia near death from Gallup shooting
Wayne Johns aged 20 of Emporia Kansas lies near death in Gallup New Mexico after a November 18 shooting during a quarrel with Pat Lucero the night marshal. Medical reports say the wound has caused toxic poisoning and the youth is gradually dying.
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Gallup
N. M
Pat Lucero
Wayne Johns
Emporia
Kans
Fight Over Tree Ends In Three Deaths In Gary
A three way firefight over a disputed tree at the Mike Lantare farm near Gary Indiana left Lantare dead after hours of standoff with officers. Sheriff Roy Holley and Louis Buettner were wounded and died, as tear gas and armored vehicles were used to end the siege. The dispute began from a trivial argument over ownership of the tree.
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Gary
Ind
Mike Lantare
Here
Lantare
Roy Holley
Lake County
Louis Buettner
Ross
Weather forecast for New Mexico and West Texas
Snow in north New Mexico with rain or snow in the south tonight and likely Wednesday. Cold wednesday, with possible extreme east. West Texas cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday. Warmer in the southwest tonight. Temperatures listed for Amarillo Chicago Denver El Paso Kansas City Los Angeles New Orleans New Ace See.
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New Mexico
West Texas
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New Ace
Seca
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