Roswell People and Local Notes by Hawxshaw
Roswell area items touch on dog stories debated with Gorey and Will Robinson offering his own tale. A Roswell Building and Loan official, R H McCune, cites nationwide mortgage totals surpassing one billion dollars in the first 11 months of 1939 from Savings and Loan companies per the St Louis Star Times. Walter Wanger Fulbright discusses morning breakfast amid birthday ball plans for the President.
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R. H. McCune
Roswell Building & Loan
Walter Wanger Fulbright
Honor Roll at Tatum High School Announces Top Scholars
Patsyrene Gallagher Ruth Doy al and Alice Sharp lead the Tatum high school honors with averages around 95 plus, followed by Nell Cullen Junior Simpson Mary Jean Gallagher Yuneva Bass Owaissa Moore Virginia Waldrop Maleta Scrivner. Seven of ten honorees are freshmen with one junior one sophomore and one postgraduate.
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Patsyrene Gallagher
Ruth Doyal
Alice Sharp
Tatum High School
Nell Cullen
Junior Simpson
Mary Jean Gallagher
Yuneva Bass
Owaissa Moore
Virginia Waldrop
Maleta Scrivner
Permutit Water Softeners Sell Well in Roswell Area
J P Jeter district manager for Permutit reports larger sales of water softeners in Roswell and vicinity. He notes business conditions in the area are well above average while consulting with W E Destree New Mexico wholesaler for Permutit Co.
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J. P. Jeter
Permutit Company
Roswell
W. E. Destree
New Mexico
Permutit Co
County teachers to meet Saturday at First Christian Church
A Chaves county teachers meeting will be held Saturday morning at the First Christian Church, Rodman Cookson county school superintendent announced today. The event aims to discuss local education issues with participation from county educators.
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Chaves County
First Christian Church
Rodman Cookson
Elkins Birthday Dance Benefit Tonight At School
A. D. Chatten, president’s Birthday Ball chairman for Elkins, urges attendance at the Elkins school dance next Tuesday night. Proceeds aid Chaves county’s infantile paralysis fund with emphasis on good roads and music.
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A. D. Chatten
Elkins
Chaves County
Flu bans kissing at University of California campus
Berkeley health officers imposed a 60 day kissing ban after 18 students contracted mild influenza. Dr S L Katzoff called the ban a mistake stating a genuine kiss generates heat and destroys germs and urged more kissing.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Health
S. L. Katzoff
Katzoff
San Francisco Institute of Human Relations
Bound Over On Assault Charge
Jim Blanton waived preliminary hearing on assault with a deadly weapon and was bound over to district court by Pat ONeill J P under a $500 bond. He is alleged to have beaten Marie Mullis on the head with a pistol.
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Jim Blanton
Pat O'Neill
J. P
Marie Mullis
Remodeling Drives Window Project At Price and Co
Larry Doyle is seen remodeling a men s window at Price and Co claiming it is very cold inside as he wears three sweaters a jacket a top coat and a two pants suit Ike Carter outmaneuvered the writer this morning with rumors of a secret behind the scene and readers are invited to send explanations to Hawkshaw in care of the paper
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Larry Doyle
Price & Co
Doyle
Ike Carter
Hawkshaw
Bull sale prep heats up with final Friday push
Local event gears up for a Friday bull sale amid heavy last minute activity. Organizers emphasize readiness and market interest as stock handlers complete cataloging and demonstrations.
Barracks Battles and Cadet Tensions Amid Finals
Cadets report ongoing skirmishes in barracks and mess hall as finals approach. Rival stoops clash over guards and roll call, powered by improvised armaments like rolled rugs. Cadets fret exams, while romance lingers amid Butter battles and moonlit woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop Botterill
Triplet Harp
Maj. Selby
Hunter
Williams
Third Stoop C
C Boys
Third Stoops
C Stoop Boys
Mess Hall
Large farm crayon scene by third graders on display
A county school superintendent’s office exhibit shows a large wrapping paper farm scene drawn by third grade pupils at L F D School. The work, covering a full blackboard, is praised as unusually fine for children of this age and was supervised by Mrs. Ernestine Stockton.
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L F D
Ernestine Stockton
Marriage License for Henry Bush and Dorothy Brown
Henry Bush and Dorothy Mae Brown of Roswell obtained a marriage license. Both parties are residents of Roswell and confirmed the union. The license is recorded under local civil authority.
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Henry Bush and
Dorothy Mae Brown
Roswell
Auto Accidents Reported With Minor Damage
Two minor collisions occurred with no injuries. One collision at 8th and Washington involved Miss Frances Hurtt and Roy Erickson. The other collision in the 1200 block on North Sea involved Staton Wooldridge and Jersey Harrell. Traffic policeman L. H. Keller investigated.
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Frances Hurtt
Roy Erickson
Washington
Staton Wooldridge
Jersey Harrell
North Sea
L. H. Keller
Bradley announce birth of son Jerry Arden
Mr and Mrs C A Bradley announce the birth of a son Jerry Arden on Wednesday January 24 at St Mary's hospital in a local birth notice.
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Mrs. C. A. Bradley
Jerry Arden
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wanted Horsehair and Cattle Hair Buyers
Too Late To Classify Wanted Horsehair and cattle hair. Will buy all grades in any quantity. 402 White Blog. Phone 647W. For Sale Modern grocery and market. Doing good business. Excellent location. Will sacrifice for cash. Write Box 49 care Record.
Eastern New Mexico Normal School name upheld by attorney general
Attorney General Filo Sedillo stated the Eastern New Mexico Normal School at Portales remains the Eastern New Mexico Normal School and not the Eastern New Mexico College, reaffirming the 1929 statute name. The opinion notes the legislature named the institution Eastern New Mexico Normal School unless the statute is amended. In Tucumcari an army transport plane with five officers and four enlisted men was grounded for engine repairs after motor trouble forced a descent on its cross country flight from Chanute Field to California.
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Eastern New Mexico Normal School
Santa FE
N. M
Filo M. Sedillo
Portales
Eastern New Mexico College
Tom W. Neal
Legislative Reference Bureau
Tucumcari
Chanute Field
Ill
California
Child severely burned by spark from trash fire at home
A child was seriously burned in a hospital today after her clothing caught fire from a spark near a trash fire while she played at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Box.
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Johnny Box
State College Cannot Suspend Student, Attorney General Says
In Santa Fe on January 25, Attorney General Filo M. Sedillo stated there is no state statute giving New Mexico State College authority to suspend a student for misconduct. He added that the board of regents may adopt reasonable regulations for student government and discipline, and suspensions would depend on the individual case based on offense seriousness and college rules.
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State College
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State College
Filo M. Sediilo
Board of Regents
W. B. O’donnell
LULAC council expansion eyed at regional Albuquerque meet
Albuquerque on January 25 reports that a regional convention will feature expansion of LULAC councils with new chapters planned at Los Lunas Grants Mountainair and Socorro. Felipe Sanchez y Baca of Santa Fe oversees the effort as regional organizer and U S marshal.
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Albuquerque
Filemon T. Martinez
Los Lunas
Grants
Mountainair
Socorro
Felipe Sanchez Y Baca
Santa Fe
U. S
New Mexico Federation Plans Santa Fe Convention
Miss Maud Doyle state president today announced the New Mexico Federation ofBusiness and Professional Women's convention set for April 26 to 28 in Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
Maud Doyle
New Mexico Federation of Business and Professional Women
Santa Fe
Kennedy foresees utility regulation planks in election
State Senator Floyd Kennedy of Portales predicts utility regulation will be a major issue in the coming general election. He said Governor Miles and other top gubernatorial candidates will include a utility control plank in their platforms, defending his past push amid accusations of lobbyist influence.
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Portales
N. M
Floyd T. Kennedy
Miles
Kennedy
Las Cruces
Hearing postponed for Roswell liquor charge
In Santa Fe a hearing for Seymour Collins a Roswell bar owner charged with selling liquor to a minor was moved from February 1 to February 7. S T Jernigan liquor control chief said the proceeding will take place at the Chaves county courthouse in Roswell.
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Santa FE
N. M
Seymour Collins
Roswell
S. T. Jernigan
Liquor Control Division
Chaves County Court House
Tingley speaks at Gallup gathering in New Mexico
In Gallup New Mexico Republican chairman John Emmons introduced Democrat Clyde Tingley who praised Albuquerque's former mayor and urged support for the infantile paralysis fund campaign He also attacked the state use tax and urged repeal in related remarks.
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Tingley
Gallup
N. M
John Emmons
Clyde Tingley
Albuquerque
New Mexico
New Mexico Miners’ and Prospectors’ Association
Lewis Sets Off With Talks on Labor and Politics
A Roosevelt era dispute over labor alignment and possible Wheeler nomination surfaces as Lewis questions the Democratic party’s direction. Farley at Winston-Salem signals loyalty to country over party, prompting speculation on a third term or candidacy. Republicans seize on Lewis’s criticisms as potential platform fuel for 1940.
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Roosevelt
CIO
Wheeler
Lewis
Farley
Winston-Salem
N. C
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Japan Battles China War Aims Amid Resource Quest
Japan seeks essential military materials to wage war in China and beyond. It overran vast Chinese territory while failing to establish a stable central government under Wang. A deadline around January 26 drives faster efforts to form a government and exploit Chinese resources. The risk of conflict with Russia looms as Japan presses its conquest and aims to consolidate gains.
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China
Nippon
Japan
Wang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
House approves $1.03 trillion treasury and post office appropriation
The House passed a $1,032,154,612 funding package for the treasury and post office departments for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The measure falls $11,491,000 short of President Roosevelt’s recommended total for the two departments.
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Washington
Treasury
Post Office
House
Roosevelt
Death claims Mrs Avermat after loss of son Lester
Cincinnati report notes Mrs Margaret Avermat aged 71 died today two months after her son Lester a 38 year old newspaperman from Albuquerque New Mexico and Cincinnati. Paris bulletin says French naval patrol ships sank a German submarine with no further details. Oslo dispatch reports Norwegian steamer Miranda 1328 tons sunk off the British coast with 14 crew missing.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Avermat
Lester
Albuquerque
N. M
Paris
Oslo
Norway
Miranda
Texas advertising man Tommy Thompson dies at 41
Dallas January 25 Thom as R Tommy Thompson a well known Texas advertising man died today after suffering a heart attack following an appendectomy last week At the hospital he had been admitted for surgery and died this day.
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Dallas
Thomas R
Tommy) Thompson
Texas
Roosevelt Nomination Sends Compton for Assistant Navy Post
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Lewis Compton of New Jersey to be assistant secretary of the navy. The action was announced from Washington on January 25.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Lewis Compton
New Jersey
Navy
Galveston Cotton Prices Steady on Spot Market
Galveston January 25 spot cotton held steady with 2 down, mid dulling priced at 10.63. Sales reached 27 during the day's trading.
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Galveston
Dr T E Boggs Optometrist Ad At 309 N Main St
Dr T E Boggs offers complete eye care at 309 North Main Street with in house lens grinding by expert technicians. Broken lenses duplicated immediately and appointments via phone number 21.
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T. E. Boggs
N. Main St. Eves
Weather forecast for New Mexico and surrounding states
Weather forecast notes high cloudiness tonight and Friday across New Mexico with warmer readings in the east portion. Colorado预测 partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday with snow in the west and possible flurries in extreme north. slow temperature rise in the east. Arizona shows high cloudiness with little temperature change tonight and Friday. West Texas expects high cloudiness tonight and Friday with warmer conditions tonight.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Riverside crash victim brother found dead in bed
Private Leonard E. Riley died in a bomber crash near Riverside California. His brother Richard Alexander Riley aged 28 was found dead in bed. A justice of the peace ruled he died from inhaling fumes after sleeping with an anaesthetic saturated cloth on a toothache.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Leonard E. Riley
Riverside
Calif
Richard Alexander Riley
Justice of the Peace
Addition to Roswell High Honor Roll
Elizabeth Ann Hill a senior should be added to Roswell high school honor roll as printed in The Record yesterday, principal Paul H Deaton said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Hill
Roswell High School
Paul H. Deaton
Elijah Alfred Dies at Home in Roswell After Ill Health
Elijah Alfred colored man aged fifty four died at his home 905 South Sea Roswell after a period of illness He had lived in Roswell fourteen months born in Coil Texas in 1885 He is survived by his wife and four children Funeral arrangements pending with Talmage Mortuary in charge Further notice to follow by the mortuary.
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Elijah Alfred
South Sea
Alfred
Roswell
Coil
Texas
Talmage Mortuary
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Gorey
Will Robinson
John Easley
Noted Buller
Hereford Bull
Lovington
Bill Anderson
A. L. French
ED Williams
Anderson’s Gardens
Adv
Schilling
Grand Gas Ranges
Central Hardware, Inc
Free Delivery
Appledore
Bone
Wedgwood
Huff’s
Huff's Jewelry Store
State News
Hodges Grocery
East Second St
Clardy
Uber
Cetra
General Electric
Westinghouse
ALL A Only
Western Beacon
Western Auto Supply Co
West
Venes
Sam
Roswell, N. M
West Second Street
Hereford Breeders Association
Uas
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