Dexter Post Office And Restaurant Robbed Last Night
Thieves broke into the Dexter post office through a rear window and carried the small safe to the north side of the school building where it was demolished with a sledge hammer and its contents removed. The burglars also entered the neighboring restaurant and tried to break into the Triangle Lumber and Hardware Co. office. Deputy sheriff Dude Peck from Roswell assisted Dexter deputies in tracing the thieves.
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Dexter
R. C. Reid
Dexter School
Postoffice
Triangle Lumber and Hardware Co
Dude” Peck
Roswell
Special Meet of Congress Assured
Washington reports Democrats abandon budget balancing hopes and plan a special session of Congress to tackle the task. Twelve Ways and Means members drop all tax proposals before March fourth while Speaker Garner hints at a summoned session, signaling activity on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Garner
Capitol Hill
No Love Between Glass and Long
Washington Jan 18 AP Senator Glass said he could not be induced to become secretary of the treasury if he had to obtain the permission of Senator Long of Louisiana during a Senate discussion. Glass, a Virginia Democrat, recalled he once led the Treasury Department and rejected Longs condition and the idea that he would need his permission.
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Washington
Jan
Glass
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Long
Senate
Virginia
Treasury Department
Long
New Storm Off California Threatens Southern California
Lowered barometers indicated a new storm approaching Southern California as frosty nights loom. Citrus groves used smudge pots overnight to stave off frost, while skies partially cleared during the night.
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Los Angeles
California
No Power Costs Remitted by Burlingame Light Plant
Burlingame officials announce the municipal light plant will remit charges for December electrical consumption after a recommendation from the mayor and town council. The move covers all users and is effective immediately, reflecting financial relief for residents. The decision underscores the town’s commitment to affordable utility service amid rising costs.
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Burlingame, Jas
Gill Amis Wins Contract for New Continental Service Station
Gill Amis was awarded the general contract for the Continental Service Station at 5th and Main this afternoon. Work will start after the present station is torn down. The contract price was a little over $5,000, engineer W. R. McFeely in charge for Continental Co.
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Gill Amis
Continental
5Th and Main
W. R. McFeely
Continental Co
Gold vein found near Albuquerque sparks road rush
New Mexico report says a vein of gold bearing ore was discovered in Cedro Canyon road 20 miles east of Albuquerque. Amateur prospectors from Tijeras town dug along the highway, undermined a hillside, and caused a landslide scare while forest rangers inspected and had prospectors sink a shaft about 250 feet from the road.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Cedro Canyon
Here
Tijerastown
L. J. Arnold
Forest Service
Arnold
South Side Market Robbed in Night Break-in at 610 South Main
The South Side Grocery and Market at 610 South Main was broken into last night. Thieves pried open the south door with a crowbar, stole twenty dollars in tobacco, ham, bacon, sugar and other groceries, and dumped a potato sack on the floor before fleeing. Owner J F Conley found the door ajar and a light burning this morning. no insurance. A prior break-in and another at Whiteman's Grocery on 104 South Main occurred recently with no arrests.
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South Side
South Main
J. F. Conley
Whiteman’s Grocery
88 Year-Old Man Weds 33-Year-Old Bride at Roswell Area
T H Blackeney aged 88 and Maybell Bowman aged 33 wed this morning at the bride’s brother Dan Dwyer’s home west of Roswell. Both from Hope. Four generations present including the bride’s mother Mrs Ella Vaughan and granddaughter Miss Donnie Lee Floyd. The groom, Civil War Confederate veteran, served four years and was never scratched. He is a farmer near Hope.
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T. H. Blackeney
Maybell Bowman
Dan Dwyer
Roswell
Hope
Ella Vaughan
Clydie Floyd
Donnie Lee Floyd
Governor Signs Hobbs Probation Proration Plan
Governor Arthur Seligman signed a Hobbs field proration agreement setting a 36000 barrel daily minimum effective immediately. State Land Commissioner Frank Vesely also signed, with a 30 day withdrawal option, replacing last year’s 22000 barrel base and promising greater state benefit.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Arthur Seligman
Hobbs
Frank Vesely
Vesely
Hearing Friday on recount for Roswell justice race
Judge Riker set Friday for a hearing on an amended recount petition filed by defeated candidate W. C. Winston in the Roswell justice of the peace and constable election. Winston alleges possible counting errors after a 31 vote margin by L. L. Johnson per county commissioners' tally.
Check on foreign movie stars in Va 8S
Washington says Murray W. Garsson the special assistant secretary of labor will depart tomorrow for Hollywood to inspect entry of foreign movie stars to the United States.
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Washington
Murray W. Garsson
Labor
Hollywood
Deaths Last Night by The Associated Press
New York Louis Comfort Tiffany 84 son of Tiffany founder jewelers and prominent artist. San Mateo Carlos K. McClatchy 41 publisher of the Fresno News Bee and GM of McClatchy papers. Winnipeg W. E. Perdue 83 secretary justice of the court.
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Assciated Press
New York
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Tiffany & Co
America
San Mateo
Calif
Carlos K. McClatchy
Fresno News Bee
McClatchy
Winnipeg
Man
W. EB. Perdue
Secrek
Oil drops to half dollar barrel today
Tulsa Oklahoma January 18 AP Oil fell to a half dollar top in the Midcontinent. Stanolind Crude Oil Purchasing Company began paying 28 to 52 cents for Kansas Oklahoma North and North Central Texas oil by gravity with a flat 50 cent rate for East Texas crude. Deep Rock Oil Corporation followed suit. A Stanolind statement blamed bootlegging of crude oil at under the market price.
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Tulsa
Oklla
Stanoland Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
East Texas
Deep Rock Oil Corporation
Stanolind
Lexington man pleads guilty to impersonating federal officer
Robert E. Dunn, 21, of Lexington Kentucky, pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Dan C Savage to impersonating a federal officer on a DOJ complaint by Special Agent Alex Street. Dunn, in Roswell a few weeks, was bound over to the federal grand jury. bond $1,000 not met, in county jail.
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Robert E. Dunn
Lexington
Kentucky
U. S
Dan C. Savage
Alex Street
Federal Department of Justice
Dunn
Roswell
Savage
Texas governor bids three percent sales tax
Austin reports Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson inaugurated Texas governor sent a legislative message proposing a 3 percent general sales tax with few exemptions and a $15,106,724 cut in appropriations for the next biennium. She warned ad valorem real estate taxes would exceed constitutional limits and likely be only partly collected, amid a current $11,949,214.59 deficit.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Askren In Santa Fe On Legal Business This Week
Attorney O. O. Askren is in Santa Fe this week attending to legal business.
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Askren
Santa Fe
O. O. Askren
Municipal bills push 21 measures in senate session
The eleventh legislature opened with a batch of 21 municipal bills. A proposed revenue plan uses bonds backed by net income of public utilities with bond proceeds limited to utility repair and improvements. Dr. J Q Thaxton of Raton introduced the measure. Rotation of police magistrates among justices of the peace in cities over 15,000 would pay each presiding justice $75 a month for three months.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Senate
Llth
J. Q. Thaxton
Raton
Justices of the Peace
Investigator Quits Stock Probe In New York
Investigative counselor Irv ing Ben Cooper, a Samuel Seabury trained investigator, resigns from the senate inquiry into stock market practices. Senator Norbeck says the probe continues and Cooper had sought material on Kreuger Toll and Insull bankruptcies and tax evasions.
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New York
Irving Ben Cooper
Samuel Seabury School
Senate
Washington
Cooper
Peter G. Norbeck
South Dakota
Norbeck
Kreuger & Toll
New York Times
McNabb Says He Will Explain Resignation This Week
J M McNabb of Albuquerque promises an explanation of his resignation as assistant state comptroller. He plans to issue a statement in Santa Fe after returning in a few days. The resignation was announced at the state comptroller's Santa Fe office.
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Albuquerque
N. M
J. M. McNabb
Santa Fe
McNabb
Juan A. Vigil
County Board Lacks Authority to Blanket 50 Percent Farm Valuation Cut
Lake J. Frazier assistant district attorney and G. L. Reese Jr. district attorney conclude the Board of County Commissioners cannot blanket reduce farm property assessments by 50 percent in Chaves County. They cite that even under section 141-230 the Board of Equalization cannot make such a decrease without Tax Commission approval.
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Lake J. Frazier
G. L. Reese Jr
Board of County Commissioners
Chaves County
Farm Bureau
George Foreman
Roswell
New Mexico
Mr. Foreman
Reese
Board of Equalization
Tax
Roswell Man Lester McAnally Dies at 34
Lester McAnally died at noon at his home 1010 East Second Street after two weeks of influenza developing into pneumonia. He was 34, married to Naomi Pugh since July 1918, and survived by his wife, parents Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McAnally, two brothers R. W. McAnally of House NM and M. D. McAnally of El Centro CA, and two sisters Mrs. W. L. Smith of Roswell and Mrs. C. L. Peebles of Alto NM. Funeral services will be at Brum-Ballard chapel with arrangements pending relatives’ word.
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Lester McAnally
East Second Street
W. L. Smith
Roswell
Naomi Pugh
Methodist Episcopal Church
McAnally
el Dorado
Kansas
L. A. McAnally
R. W. McAnally
House
New Mexico
M. D. McAnally
el Centro
California
C. L. Peebles
Alto
Brnum-Ballard
Judge McGhee Begins Work Immediately in Fifth District
Judge James B. McGhee, appointed by Governor Seligman, will start work at once in the fifth judicial district and handle pending litigation across Eddy Lea Chaves counties. He may visit Carlsbad and Lovington this week, then return to Roswell to begin Chaves cases, while Judge H. A. Riker finishes existing matters.
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James B. McGhee
Fifth Judicial District
Seligman
Carlsbad
Eddy County
Lovington
Lea County
Roswell
Chaves County
H. A. Riker
Riker
Eighth Judicial District
G. A. Richardson
C. C. Hill
J. A. Riker
Marcielle Puckett
George Foreman
Boy Thief to Return to Reform School for Parole Violation
Sheriff John C. Peck stated that 16 year old Lee Everett Patton will likely not be resentenced for the W T Clardy car theft at Roswell but will return to the Springer reform school to complete his original 3 to 4 year term after breaking parole. He had been paroled ten days earlier and faces renewed placement.
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John C. Peck
Lee Everett Patton
State Reform School
Springer
W. T. Clardy
Reform School
Harry L. Patton
Roswell
Far East menace and debt debacle labeled by Mary Woolley
Miss Mary Woolley, the sole American woman delegate at Geneva, called the Far East menace and the debt debacle among the main dangers to the arms conference. She credited Germany’s return and great power cooperation with progress, but warned anti American sentiment in Paris could derail future accords.
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Washington
Mary Woolley
Geneva
Japs Raid Singer Branch in Yokohama
In Yokohama a mid day raid on Singer Sewing Machine Company branch by about 200 disgruntled workers left extensive losses. Police detained 138 Japanese. three loyal employees and four guards injured. Loss estimated at hundreds of thousands of yen, mainly records and instalment contracts. American officials call for investigation.
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Yokohama
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Richard McCleary
New York
Singer Company
Japan
Bita
McCleary
Tokyo
Joseph C. Grew
Uchida
Suger Sewing Machine Company
Sparrows Nest Globe Solves Winter Lighting Mystery
In La Salle Illinois on January 18 AP reports sparrows entered a large street light globe through a ventilation hole, built a nest at the base, and effectively solved their winter heating and lighting problem as the light grew dimmer and citizens called the city electrician.
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la Salle
City Electrician
Wiggle Your Ears Impresses Michigan Audience
Ann Arbor speakers report Prof. R C Hussey describing ear wagging as a curiosity in historical geology. He notes humans inherited a deterrent musculature from remote ancestors during a University of Michigan lecture.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
R. C. Hussey
University of Michigan
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