Committee Named For Tenant Purchase Program In Chaves County
Emmett D White reports that Secretary Wallace has named a three farmer committee to aid the FSA tenant purchase program in Chaves County Farmers L C Brown Roswell Oldham Moore Dexter and W A Losey Hagerman will help administer 40 year three percent loans and screen applicants based on character experience and farming ability. In Weather New Mexico and Arizona partly cloudy unsettled in northern mountains little change in temperature Colorado partly cloudy unsettled in northern mountains western Texas generally fair. In Glacier Washington search continues for six students lost in Mount Baker avalanche as two bodies are recovered with four others still missing and feared dead.
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Chaves
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
West Texas
Alice James
Arlington
Wash
Glacier
Lofty
Mount Baker
Julius Dornblatt
Bellingham
Viene Fisher
Coupleville
Maynard Howat
Seattle
Hope W@tman
Thornton
Beaulah Lindbergh
Great Falls
Mont
Western Washington College of Education
Don Cox
Chester Allin
Ihe
Miss James
Dornblatt
King Admits A Fight Linked To Slain Texan
Leland King, 22, a former soldier, signed a 10 page statement admitting a fight with Walter L. Dickson, 64, Texan merchant who died after a beating near Holbrook. King said a roadside dice dispute led to the confrontation. Dickson drew a gun and was struck and knocked from the car. King, arrested in Elida, NM, said he fled Fort Bliss in 1937. A dog belonging to Dickson was found with its throat cut near the site of the victim’s car and trailer.
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Portales
N. M
Holbrook
Ariz
Leland King
Walter L. Dickson
Texas
Holbrook Hospital
I. A. King
Blackwell
Tex
Young King
C. M. Compton
Dickson
King
Dan Divelbess
Navajo County
Lubbock
California
Spur
Compton
Fort Bliss
Elida
Here
Young son of Albert Mitchell dies in New Mexico
Funeral services for Thomas Edward Mitchell seven year old son of Albert K. Mitchell last year's republican candidate for governor were held today on the Bell ranch. The child died after a two month illness. Survivors include his father a sister Linda nine and a brother Albert Julian five. Burial was at the ranch cemetery.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Thomas Edward Mitchell
Albert K. Mitchell
Bell Ranch
Linda
Albert Julian
the Ranch
Jamboree Tonight For Portales Boy Scout Troops
Three Portales Boy Scout troops will hold a jamboree tonight at the Portales high school stadium in Portales New Mexico with local scouting leaders coordinating the event.
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Portales
N. M
1000 Attend Ruidoso Singing Convention
A crowd estimated at 1,000 attended the Lincoln County Singing Convention at the Baptist tabernacle in Ruidoso on Sunday. About 50 came from Roswell. Quartets from Lubbock and Muleshoe Texas and Carrizozo New Mexico performed. Dinner was on the grounds. Good singing and a good time were reported.
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Roswell
Baptist
Dickinson Seeks Old Time Religion Now
Detroit July 24 Gov Loren Dickinson says old time religion is the answer to social evils he has condemned after attending a national governors conference. At a Royal Oak union church service he warned churches spend too much on attracting crowds and explained his "pipeline to God" as a connection to divine power. He noted extensive drinking by women at governors meetings and defended his stance amid mixed reactions.
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Detroit
Loren D. Dickinson
National Conference of Governors
Royal Oak
Dickinson
Michigan
United States
Frank Clinton Dies In Colorado Springs
Frank Clinton first manager of the J C Penney store in Roswell has died in Colorado Springs. Funeral services will be held there on Wednesday. He opened the Roswell Penney store years ago and managed it for a time, leaving many friends in Roswell.
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Frank Clinton
J. C. Penney
Roswell
Colorado Springs
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Penney
Hatch bill reshapes party machinery at base
Washington July 24 Politicians say the Hatch bill will reshape party machinery more than cutting officeholders. It forbids federal officials from political activity and bars relief recipients from campaign contributions. County and state committees may be rebuilt as local officeholders exit. Garner supports the measure and helped push it through.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
It Wasn't a Bee But a Bullet in New Orleans Park
Henry Bourgeois, a 54 year old Gramercy farmer, felt a sting and found a bullet under his scalp after swelling. He rode to Charity hospital where X rays confirmed a .32 caliber bullet had lodged there. The bullet had expended its force and was removed. Bourgeois returned home.
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New Orleans
Henry Bourgeois
Gramercy
Charity Hospital
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Two new faculty added at Eastern New Mexico College
Eastern New Mexico College in Portales announces two new staff additions. Miss Marjorie Sewall of Lovington joins the English department as assistant professor after earning AB and AM degrees from TCU and teaching in Fort Worth. Prof. M. Fleck, AM graduate of the University of New Mexico, becomes assistant in the science department after five years as a staff assistant at the university while pursuing his degree.
Young Roosevelt Criticized by Curran for Barring Bias on Radio
Detroit July 24. Rev Edward Lodge Curran of Brooklyn accuses Elliott Roosevelt son of the President of bartering away his status as a fair and independent news broadcaster over the air. Curran condemns Roosevelt for attacking Fr Charles E Coughlin and endorsing censorship while defending the radio priest.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Edward Lodge Curran
Brooklyn
N. Y
Catholic International Truth Society
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Royal Oak
Midh
Fr. Curran
Fr. Coughlin
Wolf
America
Young Roosevelt
Gasoline from well in Portales stuns resident
M O Pate of Portales New Mexico reports his shallow water well has produced bronze colored gasoline for three weeks. He had a sample analyzed and tests on nearby storage tanks found no leaks. Despite constant testing, the source remains unidentified and gas may supply his store.
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Portales
N. M
M. O. Pate
Pate
Taos Mid-Summer Fiesta Opens With Parade and Games
Taos New Mexico July 24 a children's parade and program will open the Taos mid-summer Fiesta featuring old Spanish games La Pelota El Gallo and La Tablita. A torchlit procession from the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe will honor Saint Anne and Saint James. The two day event ends with the Taos artists costume ball at the armory. The fiesta council leads the arrangements, an annual town effort by residents.
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Taos
N. M
Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. James
Armory
Police curb strike violence near Datil New Mexico
State police, led by Capt. Ed Jackson and patrolman Jack Graham, moved into the lumber region west of Datil to prevent any violence amid a truck drivers strike. Local residents downplayed threats, noting about ten drivers struck while many continue working. Funds for out of school projects total 6.69 million dollars with Arizona receiving 225,423 and New Mexico 495,000.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Datil
Ed Jackson
Jack Graham
Socorro
Washington
National Youth Administration
Arizona
New Mexico
Missionary Kidnapping Near Jerusalem Nears Resolution
Reports from Jerusalem say Rev. G. R. Goldner of Ohio, kidnapped six days ago, may be released after a ransom deal. Donkey owner Ishak Attia claims Goldner was handed to two Greek monks near Hebron Bethlehem with dawn to decide his fate. Y M C A officials in Jerusalem paid an initial sum as a down payment and expect swift progress toward freeing the Megordore clergyman.
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G. R. Goldner
Ohio
Hebron
Bethlehem
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Ishak Attia
Megadore
A. L. Miller
Miller
Boy 11 Becomes Youngest to Climb Mount Rainier
In Seattle on July 24 11 year old Bob Melzer and his father Carl Melzer with four others completed the first Kautz Glacier ascent of the season reaching Mount Rainier 14408 feet after a 12 hour climb. The boy remarked on the ice and snow while sharing credit with the group.
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Bob Melzer
United States
Mount Rainier
Carl Melzer
Mile High
Denver
Colo
Rainier
Mecca
Kautz Glacier
Officials to Visit Locale of Pecos Investigation
A 30 to 35 member inspection trip by the Pecos River Joint Investigation consulting board and New Mexico Texas and federal agency representatives is planned for August 7 to 10. The group will assemble in Las Vegas, head to Roswell, proceed along the Pecos to Fort Stockton, with Carlsbad visit on August 8. H M Stafford, engineer in charge, will accompany and convene privately with city and chamber leaders.
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Pecos Valley
National Resources Committee
New Mexico
Texas
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Pecos
Stafford
Las Vegas
Roswell
Fort Stockton
Carlsbad
City and Chamber of
Madness on the Dungannon Aboard Sea Stewards Die
A tanker voyage near Cape Hatteras ends in tragedy as a crewman goes on a murderous rampage. The steward Jesse Ortega, 27, died from a hammer attack, and oilman Robert L. Dean was seriously injured. Bee Swann, 42, of Gladewater Texas, is restrained in the ship’s paint locker after being seized by crewmates. The Dungannon continues toward Providence Rhode Island with a dramatic in-sea incident aboard.
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Dungannon
Cape Hatteras
Coast Sea N. J
Diamond Shoals
Norfolk
Cape May
Joseph Conrad
Norfolk Marine Hospital
Jesse Ortega
Port Arthur
Tex
Robert L. Dean
New Orleans
Atlantic
Providence
R. I
Bee Swann
Gladewater, Tex
Era of Peace Pact Meant to End War Fades in War Era
Ten years after Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg pact in the East Room, aims to outlaw war gave way to ongoing conflict and threat. Kellogg and Briand are dead. Japan, Italy, and Spain waged undeclared wars while Germany expands. Diplomats note the pact remains only in silent memory and through limited references by Hull.
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Hoeover
White House
Kelloy
Stimson
Frank B. Kellogg
Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Aristide Briand
France
Japan
China
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
Germany
Asia
Europe
Hull
Spike in espionage cases reported by FBI chief
J Edgar Hoover announced in Washington that the FBI faced a sharp rise in espionage cases with 1651 investigations in the year ending June 30, far above the five year average of 35 per year. The disclosure came in Hoover’s annual briefing to the attorney general Murphy.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murphy
Hoover
FBI
Manuel Ortiz Found Dead at Jemez in Santa Fe
Funeral services were held today for Manuel Ortiz son of Santa Fe newspaper man Frank Ortiz who was found dead from natural causes at Jemez Friday He was a son-in-law of Santa Fe Sheriff Buterbo Quintana
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Santa FE
N. M
Manuel Ortiz
Frank Ortiz
Jemez
Buterbo Quintana
Farm payments approved in Roosevelt County
First batch of 1938 farm program payments approved by the state A C A office and forwarded to the general accounting office. County officials announced 137 applications were included in the batch.
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Roosevelt CO. Portales
N. M
General Accounting Office
Moody to marry polo player in California
New York July 24 The New York Daily News said Mrs Helen Wills Moody known as the little Miss Poker Face of tennis and Aidan Ro ark British polo player would wed in California about August 15. Each had previous marriages ended in divorce court.
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Moody
New York
The
New York Daily News
Helen Wills Moody
Poker Face
Aidan Roark
California
Roosevelt and Farley discuss talks on third term
President Roosevelt described his conversations with James A Farley as regular talks dating to 1928. He indicated no definite third term discussion and said the talks were ongoing and fairly effective. Farley offered few remarks and did not delve into specifics.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
Democratic Party
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