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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
3
Santa Fe July 6 A P George M Biel supervisor of the state corporation commission insurance division says the basic rate for passenger autos dropped from 27 to 36 in 1937 to 21 for all types. He notes the state profits by rejecting the safe drivers reward plan.
A three day investigation will begin today in the Ros well area led by state land commissioner Frank Worden and Carl Livingstone, longtime office attorney. They will review royalties from Saline Lakes that go to New Mexico University.
Governor Miles announced the employment of Manuel Baca, a veteran Santa Fe accountant formerly with the tax commission, to work in the tax office while commissioners conduct annual budget hearing tours that began yesterday.
Attorney General Filo Sedillo and State Representative Concha Ortiz y Pino will represent New Mexico at the Interstate Council of Governors crime conference in San Francisco next week. Sedillo will also join the American Bar Association meeting and the National Association of Attorneys General session.
Governor Miles announced Joan W Chap man state tax commission attorney appointed as New Mexico representative in negotiations for a rehabilitation program in the Middle Rio Grande conservancy district. The aim is an agreement to allow former landowners in the district to recover certain interests and rights.
A state program proposes allowing residents to reclaim property through a loan with installment terms. Details indicate an RFC loan structure intended to ease payments and restore property access for citizens.
I Lanese Billings dug up a potato vine in his Camden garden and found tomatoes clustered with potatoes. He uprooted about a dozen more plants, calling the unusual fruit “pomatoes” as he shared the odd discovery.
In the afternoon 25 surprised boys shot free firecrackers and cap pistols then used Roman candles sparklers and colored flares after supper. They were paid for the appearance as Par amount selected the holiday to film an Independence Day sequence.
In Seattle, Mrs. June Moore Smith wondered why her estranged husband pursued a photo of his mother in law. Her father fought William Alvin Smith for the picture, revealing a hidden $1 bill. Smith received a suspended sentence for assaulting his father-in-law in justice court.
In Louisville Kentucky Mrs Guy O Hawks misplaced an amethyst ring and her husband tried to retrieve it by crawling into a drain. He became wedged his arm trapped for two hours until neighbors a plumber and five patrolmen used crowbars and hacksaws to free him. The ring remained missing.
In Stow Massachusetts miner Daniel J Cady set off firecrackers that rocked homes prompting police intervention. He was jailed on a disturbing the peace charge as authorities described the devices as dynamite sticks. Elsewhere Miss Belle Fagleson fractured two wrist bones when an exam table tipped her at a doctor's office.
Karen Bjerk eng got a tummy full of the Fourth of July when she refused dinner and her parents found she had been following keys and eating discharged pistol caps, a curious household incident unfolding in Minneapolis.
Chicago July 6 Mortgage money study at Northwestern University August 7 18 will center on construction loan procedures and supervision. The two week program under the American Savings and Loan Institute will train 75 association executives with courses on lending policies FHA loans collections and real estate liquidations plus economics forecasting and savings law.
New York reports that about 200000 Austrian subjects who were taken by Italy during the postwar border changes will be repatriated. The move eases Italo German tensions, allowing Tyrolese to choose between staying or returning home with Italy providing financial aid. Implementation has begun with thousands already in German territory.
July 6. Appointments of three postmasters in New Mexico towns were confirmed by the Senate yesterday. They were Charles V. Gilmore, Stuart, R. Waldo Wet til gel, Rush Springs, and James H. Odile Carnegie.
New Mexico tax commission valued oil and gas pipelines at 8 259 367 in 1939, up from 8 003 060 in 1938, driven by pipeline extensions and line improvements. Major increases include Texas New Mexico pipeline at 766 775 and El Paso Natural Gas at 2 353 945. several firms show gains or declines, with El Paso Gas Transporta tion Co valued for the first time at 3 125 and New Mexico Eastern Gas Co at 980 065 after mergers.
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