Death of John Murrell in hunting accident near Roswell
John Murrell aged 25 died from an accidental gunshot wound while hunting six miles east of Roswell with John Ridgill. He moved to Roswell from Purcell Oklahoma two years ago and is survived by four brothers. Funeral held at Calvary Baptist Church. burial South Park Cemetery. Ballard Funeral Home in charge.
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John Murrell
Roswell
John Ridgill
Mr. Murrell
Purcell
Oklahoma
Henry Murrell
Knox
George
Wallace Murrell
Ballard Chapel
Brister
Calvary Baptist Church
Jack Ridgill
Jim Farmer
Bert Gantt
Harry Sanders
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Knights of Pythias to Install Officers Tonight
Damon Lodge No 15 Knights of Pythias will install the lodge officers this evening at Castle Hall. Incoming term officers include Chancellor Commander L H Albright Vice Chancellor Eugene Allison Prelate Woodrow Little Master of Finance Dayton M Talmage Master of Work Harry Mulray Master of Exchequerer James D Hearn Master at Arms Clyde Cove Keeper of Records and Seal J W Rose Inner Guard Asa M Guffey Outer Guard H B McCarter All members invited to attend.
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Damon Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
L. H. Albright
Eugene Allison
Woodrow Little
Dayton M. Talmage
Harry Mulray
James D. Hearn
Clyde Cove
J. W. Rose
Asa M. Guffey
H. B. McCarter
Obituary: Bain Timbers 52 Dies After Short Illness
Bain Timbers aged 52 died Saturday evening after a brief illness. He came to Roswell about 20 years ago from Newkirk Oklahoma, farmed east of Roswell with his father for years, then moved to Roswell and remained there. He is survived by his father and a sister in Oregon. Funeral services were Sunday afternoon at Ballard Funeral Home and burial followed in South Park Cemetery.
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Bain Timbers
Mr. Timbers
Roswell
Newkirk
Oklahoma
Roeswell
Mr. Bain
Oregon
Ballard Funeral Home
South Park
Anderson's Gardens Offers Fresh Daily Vegetable Soup
Ad notes soup made with ten varieties of home grown vegetables, prepared fresh daily at Anderson's Gardens.
Garage And Auto Destroyed By Fire
A fire at 700 South Ohio destroyed W. J. Wilsons garage and his 1929 Ford on Sunday night. A boy discovered the blaze at 9 40 p m and tried to move the car but failed. The roof fell in as the fire spread. The cause is unknown. The garage was insured but the car was not. Firemen were called at 10 25 a m to 513 East Tilden to battle a roof blaze caused by a defective flu with slight damage. Two grass fires were put out with no damage, one at 200 South Michigan and another at 417 East Third. A Saturday blaze at 912 North Delaware caused no damage.
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W. J. Wilson
South Ohio
Wilson
Manuel Torres
East Tilden
South
Michigan
East Third
North
Delaware
Mrs Rosa Johnson Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Rosa Johnson a longtime resident died Saturday night at 10 30 after a brief illness. She was brought to Roswell for treatment from her home ten miles northeast. Born in Coleman Texas in 1880 she was a Baptist. Survived by son Cap Walls Snowflake Arizona two brothers Arthur Taylor Hobbs New Mexico Wesley Taylor Globe Arizona two sisters Mrs Lena Deviney Globe and Mrs James Duncan McAllen Texas Funeral service set for Tuesday at 3 30 in the Talmage Memorial Chapel.
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Rosa Johnson
Roswell
Here
Johnson
Coleman
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Cap Walls
Snowflake
Arizona
Arthur Taylor
Hobbs
New Mexico
Wesley Taylor
Globe
Lena Deviney
Globe, Arizona
James Duncan
McAllen
Talmage Memorial Chapel
L J Houze Dies In Albuquerque Glass Pioneer Passes Away
Leon Joseph Houze Sr. 82, retired glass manufacturer, died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Brought from Grand Canyon where he fell ill. previously linked to L J Houze Glass Co. of Point Marion Pa. Credited as first in the United States to manufacture glass by gas. Born in New Shaleroi Belgium in 1857.
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L. J. Houze
Albuquerque
N. M
Leon Joseph Houze
Grand Canyon
L. J. Houze Glass Co
Point Marion
United States
New Shaleroi
Belgium
Year of service required for vacation set by labor department
Mexico City report that the department of labor ruled a worker must be employed at least a year to be entitled to a vacation. The ruling also stated that overtime cannot be counted toward shortening the calendar year of service required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Department of Labor
C C Referendum To Be Mailed Soon
The Chamber of Commerce will mail referendum ballots to its 360 members for selecting ten of twenty nine projects for the next three years. Ross L. Malone Jr. sends a letter outlining the plan as Claude Simpson notes high response boosts community impact and expects strong participation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Claude Simpson
Weather across the Southwest and Rockies Turns Snowbound
The forecast notes cloudy unsettled conditions from New Mexico eastward with light to moderate snow over most of Texas and sleet and rain on the coast. The north and central Rockies show clearer conditions, while Montana and Wyoming report subzero readings. Unsettled weather is expected tonight with generally fair skies Tuesday and slightly below normal temperatures. Travel from Roswell faces no major storms though eastern and southern areas may see light rain and snow.
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New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Rocky Mountains
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Wyoming
Mountain States
Roswell
Rio Grande Basin Committee to Convene in Santa Fe
More than 20 representatives and observers from New Mexico Colorado and Texas and federal agencies will attend the first meeting of the upper Rio Grande basin committee in Santa Fe on Saturday. State engineer Tom McClure is the only New Mexico official named so far.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Rio Grande Basin
Tom McClure
Requisition papers issued for Oscar Tillery in embezzlement case
Santa Fe New Mexico reports secretary of state Jessie Gonzales issued requisition papers for Oscar Tillery in Quay county charged with embezzling a quantity of wheat. Tillery was arrested in Texas after release on a writ of habeas corpus because original proceedings were defective.
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Santa FE
N. M
Jessie Gonzales
Oscar Tillery
Quay County
Tillery
Texas
New Mexico Board Elections For Independent District Seats
Attorney General Filo Sedillo ruled that county boards of education must call elections to name members of independent school district boards. The change follows a 1939 legislative amendment to a 1935 law shifting election duties from county commissioners to education boards.
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Santa FE
N. M
Filo Sedillo
Film stars named in 1937 salary list top payouts
A 1937 salary list omits 1938 totals and excludes stars like Clark Gable Myrna Loy Bette Davis and Greta Garbo with other names appearing on a supplemental list. Notable payees include Warner Baxter Darryl Zanuck Bing Crosby Jack Benny Shirley Temple Leslie Howard Loretta Young Fred MacMurray Henry Fonda George Raft Gary Cooper John Barrymore Bob Burns Joel McCrea Marlene Dietrich Charles Boyer Frederick March Tyrone Power Roy Del Ruth Samuel Goldwyn E T Stannard and executives from Arizona Arizona Lumber and Timber Company Hughes Tool Company Pollock Paper and Box Co with substantial sums disclosed for mining and other firms.
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Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Bette Davis
Paul Muni
Greta Garbo
Warner Baxter
Darryl F. Zanuck
Bing Crosby
Jack Benny
Paramount Pictures
Shirley Temple
Leslie Howard
Loretta Young
Fred MacMurray
Henry Fonda
Geo. Raft
Gary Cooper
John Barrymore
Bob Burns
Joel McCrea
Marlene Dietrich
Charles Boyer
Frederick March
Tyrone Power
Roy del Ruth
Samuel Goldwyn
E. T. Stannard
Kennecott Company
Arizona
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company
Bruce Gibson
Texas—Hughes Tool Company
R. C. Kildell
S. P. Brown
Pollock Paper and Box Co
Leslie L. Jacobs
Santa Fe Clerks May Set Hours For Registration Lists
Attorney general Filo Sedillo ruled that county clerks may impose reasonable hours for citizens to examine and copy permanent registration lists. The opinion, written for Bernalillo County Clerk Velma Dowdy, follows a district court decision in Las Vegas that required access to the records. The San Miguel Republicans had sued, claiming denial of copying rights amid about 40,009 names on the lists.
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Santa FE
N. M
Filo Sedillo
Velma Dowdy
Bernalillo
David Chavez, Jr
Las Vegas
San Miguel
Sedillo
Chavez
Dies committee probe backed amid unAmerican charges
Washington January 22 The house rules committee voted to continue the Dies committee investigation into unAmerican activities Rep Hook accuses chair Dies of ties to a Christian front collaborator Hook also cites Merwin K Hart as a fellow traveler of the front and notes arrests of seventeen organization members in a plot to overthrow the government The house expected to pass continuation tomorrow
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Dies Committee
Hook
D-Mich
Dies
D-Tex
Christian Front
Merwin K. Hart
Snow Halts Rail Traffic Across Mexican Border
Six inches of snow blanketed the ground from Monclova to Piedras Negras across the border from Eagle Pass Texas. Railroad traffic was interrupted as crews cleared the lines. In Oakland California a military board investigated the death of Lieut Ansel S Williams 28 an air corps reserve pilot killed when his pursuit plane plummeted into San Francisco Bay. Williams was a Stanford graduate and Cadet Air Corps Training School alumnus.
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Mexico City
Monclova
Coahuila
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Texas
U. S. Air Reserve
Oakland
Calif
Ansel S. Williams
Air Corps Reserve
San Francisco Bay
Military
Williams
Stanford University
Cadet Air Corps Training School
San Antonio
Wealth list narrows focus excludes major dividends
Soapius list from 50,000 to 400 omits dividends and other non compensation income. Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller Jr. do not appear. Thomas J. Watson of IBM ranks second with 453,440 while Claudette Colbert is sixth with 301,944. Excludes Loew's MGM executives and artists, including Louis B. Mayer, head of MGM.
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Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Claudette Colbert
Hollywood
Loew’s Incorporated
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures
Louis B. Mayer
M-G-M
Parker Wins Interlocutory Divorce From MacDonald
Actress Mae Green known as Jean Parker gains an interlocutory divorce from George MacDonald, New York newspaper man, whom she wed in Las Vegas on March 21, 1936. Parker is a Deer Lodge Montana native.
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Los Angeles
Jean Parker
George MacDonald
New York
Las Vegas
Nev
For Sale Stove and Rent Furnished Apartment Ad
Medium size circulator stove like new for 16 dollars. Call 1-2213c at 813 West 4th. For rent a furnished apartment for man and wife with private bath at 504 South Penn. Contact 1-13tfic.
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Penn
Rescue of All 412 Aboard Orazio Reported Near Marseille
Italian officials announced that all 412 passengers on the burned motorship Orazio were rescued off the south coast of France despite heavy seas and rapid fire. The announcement came late in the afternoon as the ship burned yesterday.
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Marseille
France
Japan protests British seizure of 21 Germans on liner Asama Maru
Tokyo protests the British halt of the Japanese liner Asama Maru and the seizure of 21 German passengers, signaling diplomatic tension.
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Tokyo
Japan
Britain
Doctor T. E. Boggs Optometrist Ad at 309 Main Street
Dr. T. E. Boggs offers eye examinations and glasses fitting at 309 North Main. Lenses broken will be duplicating in house by expert technicians. Phone 21 for an appointment.
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T. E. Boggs
N. Main St
Unfriendly act cited by Japanese vice-foreign minister
The incident involving returnees via Japan and Siberia was described as a serious unfriendly act by Masa yuku Tani, Japan's vice-foreign minister, in an interview with British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie.
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Gers
Japan
Siberia
Masayuku Tani
Robert Leslie Craigie
Campbell Loses Damage Suit Against Local Refineries
A Chaves County district court jury found for all defendants in Owen Campbell's $22,500 damage suit against Malco Refineries Inc, Continental Oil Co, City of Artesia and the executor of P P Mann's estate. Campbell sought $20,000 actual damages and $2,500 exemplary damages claiming polluted water and waste from the refineries and disposal plant damaged his land. The jury deliberated about 75 minutes after the venue change from Eddy County.
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Chaves County
Owen Campbell
Malco Refineries, Inc
Continental Oil Company
City of
Eddy County
O'Daniel Replies To McNutt On WPA Policy In Texas
Governor W Lee O Daniel rebukes Paul V McNutt for criticizing his failure to call a legislative session over the WPA intake problem He says McNutt favors the poor and willing to bear abuse to aid the needy McNutt had suspended adding people to WPA rolls in Texas but approved last week a change urged by the federal official.
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O’daniel
McNutt
Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Paul V. McNutt
WPA
Texas
Wool Growers Plan Attack on Trade Pacts
Casper Wyoming January 22. At the National Wool Growers Association 75th annual convention speakers will target reciprocal trade agreements as a main issue. R C Rich of Burley Idaho, president, predicts opposition to any extension of the treaties following the American National Livestock Association stance in Denver.
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Casper
Wyo
National Wool Growers’ Association
R. C. Rich of
Burley
Ida
American National Livestock Association
Denver
25th Anniversary of Kiwanis Observed in Chicago
Kiwanis Clubs across the United States and Canada mark the 25th anniversary of the community service organization with events and reflections on its founding.
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Kiwanis Today
Chicago
Kiwanis Clubs
United States
Canada
Community Service Organization
Judge McGhee Sits in for Judge Frenger in Las Cruces
Judge James B. McGhee traveled to Las Cruces today to sit in for Judge Frenger and preside over court proceedings this week.
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McGhee
Frenger
James B. McGhee
Las Cruces
Missing Fay Meridith sought in estate settlement case
Sheriff seeks information on Fay Meridith who is wanted for estate settlement. Reported adopted in 1919 at age three by a Browning family. Any information from the public is requested by the department.
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Sheriff's Department
Fay Meridith
Browning
Plane Crash at Sea Kills Several Fliers
Three Northern Ireland aviators died and one was injured in an Irish Sea crash near Belfast. In Batavia Netherlands East Indies, a transport plane went down off an island, killing five passengers and the crew of three.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
East Indies
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Ali
Marriage License Issued to Damon and Athey in Clovis
George M. Damon and Olive Marie Athey, residents of Clovis, obtained a marriage license. The couple plans to wed in the near future, with local clerical records confirming the nuptial arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Damon and
Olive Marie Athey
Clovis
O J Brazil Dies At 42 In Borger Texas
O J Dutch Brazil 42 superintendent of Phillips Petroleum Pantex gasoline plant in Borger Texas died in a hospital today after an illness.
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O O. J
Brazil
Borger
Tex
O. J
Phillips Petroleum Company
Italian Liner Rescue Expands After Ocean Disaster
Survivors from the Italian liner Orazio recount a perilous voyage after an explosion left the vessel ablaze off Toulon. 318 rescued by Conte Biancamano, 173 by Colombo, 48 by French ships. initial reports said about 900 aboard. Notables Renato Firenza and others aboard. Rescue efforts included a seaplane, minesweeper, French tug, destroyer. storm and heavy seas hindered operations as survivors were ferried to Marseille and other ports.
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Panama
Renato Firenza
Genoa
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Barcelonia
Spain
Italian Line
Colombo
Marseille
France
Orazio
Toulon
Crazie
Wife Heir To Joint Bank Account Upheld
In a unanimous ruling the New Mexico supreme court affirmed a district court decision finding that a wife becomes the full heir to money in a joint bank account held with her deceased husband. The case involved Irvin A. Menger representing the state, against the estate of Elmer Watkins and the administrator of Mrs. Watkins. The decision preserves the full value of the joint funds for Mrs. Watkins’ estate after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Supreme Court
Otero County
Numa C. Frenger
Irvin A. Menger
Elmer Watkins
Zero County State Bank
J.C. Johnson
Watkins
Menger
Watkin
Weekend exercise linked to office worker injuries in Boston
Office workers who become week end athletes drive rising bone and joint injuries in Boston. Dr Russell Sullivan of Boston City Hospital says many fractures stem from avtomobiles and industrial accidents, but the surge also comes from weekend skiers or tennis players who are not physically fit for such exertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Russell Sullivan
Boston City Hospital
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