Political currents shape Chavez and WPA moves in New Mexico
Amid talk of a Hatch style election coercion bill, Chavez faces opposition and a potential Senate bid while Miera accuses Chavez of misleading Spanish Americans. John Simms emerges as a challenger as a new state primary law looms, and Chaves County reports strong finances with a small bond debt. A June 24 foreign car check tallies 5988 cars and 16649 passengers entering NM.
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Miera
Chavez
Senate
WPA
John Simms
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Giving Thanks Everywhere In Daily Life
The writer recalls a pastor’s claim that gratitude lies only in the dictionary and shares a personal inventory of thanks received. A reader’s letter praising the column, a magazine article that inspired, and a street reminder of past courtesy confirm gratitude resides beyond books.
Lea County voter registration and party split noted
Lovington Leader editor Col Bill Felter reports about 2000 voters registered in Lea County with about 80 percent Democrats. He predicts a political shift in the historic Lea area, noting potential for at least 5000 voters and questioning where additional ballots will come from for the 1940 primaries. Hobbs is highlighted as a major city challenger, with Eunice also near that status.
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Lea
Bill Felter
Lovington
Hobbs
Eunice
Hagerman News Reports Local Deaths And Social Updates
The Hagerman News notes the death of the Bowen child with funeral details led by Mason Funeral Home and Rev. Cox and mentions community sympathy. It also covers church teas, a vanishing tea for the Woman's Club, a child ill at Hietman place, Mrs. John Clark’s recovery from surgery, Masonic and Eastern Star entries, a marriage announcement for Louise Miller Bramley, a chicken enchilada luncheon, a Wink couple’s marriage, 4 H Club activities, and local visits and illnesses among Hagerman residents.
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E. S. Bowen
Junior
Mason Funeral Home
Rev. Cox
Presbyterian Church
H. L. McKinstry
Presbyterian Ladies
Howard Russell
J. T. West
McKinstry
Jean McKinstry
Sara Beth West
Mise
H. J
Robert Cumpsten
Bayard Curry
Wimberly
Cole
Greer
Hams
Floto
Russell
West
Ernest Langenegger
Laws
Branneon
Basinger
Sam
E. R. McKinstry
Charles Michelet
Alma Nail
Hellman
Little Mabel
Helen Curry
C. M. Curry
Woman’s Club
Tom Sinor
Hietman Place
John Clark
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jim Michelet
Masonic Order of the Eastern Star
Jack Miller
Heitman Place
Louise
Carl Bramley
Snyder
Texas
G. R. Hams
C. G. Mason
Frank McCarthy
Frank Davis
A. C. Bush
Thelma Maxine Beebe
William Harry McCoy
Wink
Old Dam
Loreta Davis
Helen Goodwin
Roma Ellen Stroud
Kara Lee Campbell
Wanda Davis
Florence Men
Betty Jean Stroud
Aileen Peacock
Billy Jo Grantham
Lillie Mae Hams
Sally Sue
Stella Worley
Doris Bolton
Parker Woodul
Portales
Miss Losey
Leroy Boykin
Leland Stroud
Bobby Cumpsten
Jimmy Bob Clark
Sterling City
Garner Mason
Steve
Wink, Texas
Steve Mason
Kolar
Hoppers Crushed Early Save New Mexico Crops
Governor Miles foresaw the grasshopper threat and launched a early campaign funded by up to 75000 in casual certificates of indebtedness. By late July the pest was exterminated along the Colorado border with minimal crop damage and rangeland impact, reducing state outlay to about 30000 plus federal aid. Major Luikart in Santa Fe reported success after returning from the front.
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Santa FE
John E. Miles
New Mexico
John C. Luikart
Clovis
Union County
Colorado
Chavez Questions Spanish American WPA Hiring in New Mexico
Senator Chavez challenges WPA employment in New Mexico noting only nine of seventy four administrative posts held by Spanish-Americans and their voting influence. He asks WPA officials in Washington to address the issue and proposes cooperation with Republican leader Maurice Miera to correct the situation.
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Chavez
WPA
New Mexico
Washington
Maurice Miera
XIT Reunion Hints At Dalhart May Mark Final Remnant
A Dalhart August 7 and 8 XIT reunion is teased as possibly the last gathering of Panhandle ranch era survivors. The writer recalls Col. Boyce Col. Goodnight and Ab Blocker, inventor of the XIT brand, with Blocker noted as a colorful elder. The piece also shifts to critiques of modern professional barriers and a nostalgic digression on pulque and Mexican distillation.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
Amarillo
Col. Boyce
Elmhurst Hotel
Col. Goodnight
Ab Blocker
Bigwell
Tex
Tom Blocker
Tom Green County
Blocker
Texas Plains
XIT
New Mexico Sets August 4 Filing Limit for Contractors
Aug 4 marks the filing deadline for building contractor applications in New Mexico. Afterward anyone acting as a contractor without a license for a chicken coop job may face a $500 fine and likely penalties. The rule applies to those using teams on building excavation work. By Aug 5 structural charge prices are expected to rise as the closed shop expands, continuing restrictions across trades from barbers to doctors.
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New Mexico
Tempis De Fugit A Streamline Head In Tu Cumcari American
S M Wharton, now vastly improving Travelers Court the town's first high grade auto camp, is the same Sid Wharton once at White Oaks and Alamogordo, later joining the Rock Island to the northeast. He published the old Tu cumcari American and now expands into cross continent art ery investment, ignoring years.
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S. M. Wharton
Travelers Court
Sid Wharton
White Oaks
Umpty-Eight
Alamogordo
Rock Island
Wharton
Hi Suthers
Century Plant Blooms in Clovis Home of Morgan Family
The Clovis News-Journal reports the flowering of three agave plants at the Morgan residence in Curry County, a rare first bloom event in the area. The century plant, famed for a dramatic ten-foot stalk and rapid daily growth, ties to myth of dying or blooming after a century.
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Clovis
Clovis News-Journal
Sam Morgan
Curry County
Registration Figures Stir Lea County Political Debates
Four thousand people plus thousands more linger around Mesquite with Lovington adding 1000 plus voters, all amid screwy registration figures. Unless an awakening occurs, Lea County will be seen as a minor incident in 1940 totals rather than a Republican despair or Democratic pride.
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Mesquite
Lovington
Lea County
Bounty On Jackrabbits Jeopardizes Monument Slopes
Truck growers near the Monument draw face jackrabbit trouble after a recent gathering in the cultivated slope. Farmers offer five cents per jackrabbit head, hoping to curb the pest on the eighty acres of crops, as Verdun stalls on the western oil-field slopes.
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Monument Draw
Verdun
Bedford jail houses five pairs of brothers among inmates
In Lawrence county jail a prisoner refers to another inmate as his brother, reflecting a rare clustering of kin. Five brother pairs are incarcerated, including a 21 year old twin set, highlighting a notable family concentration in the facility.
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Bedford
Ind
Lawrence County
Diana Stewart Enjoys Paso Robles Hot Springs Health Beauty
At Paso Robles Cal baths promoted for health and beauty Diana Stewart is seen enjoying the experience. The writer notes her evident beauty and implies the baths are popular for those seeking wellness.
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Paso Robles Hot Springs
Cal
Diana Stewart
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