Roswell Officials Back Auditorium Project At Public Meeting
City council members and residents urged building a large civic auditorium funded as a WPA project with a 150000 to 200000 cost estimate and 2500 seat capacity plus a basketball court and swimming pool. Speakers said the hub of the community and a convention city would follow, despite WPA funding uncertainties.
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Roswell
Roy Daniel
Mr. Daniel
J. J. Brockheuser
M. L. Norton
Lea Rowland
Will Lawrence
J. E. Johns
Arden Boellner
D. N. Pope
J. D. Shinkle
Dan H. Wilmot
S. P. Johnson, Jr
H. E. Samson
W. W. Merritt
Rallis
Robert E. Merrell
Clovis
Rowland
Shinkle
Pope
Wilmot
D N Pope Delivers Rotary Talk on Modern Auditorium
D N Pope spoke at the Roswell Rotary gathering urging a fully modern auditorium to meet all needs. His five minute address was well received and considered timely by those in attendance.
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Rotary
D. N. Pope
Roswell
Sadler Tent Show To Open Tonight In Roswell
Harley Sadler presents a two night tent show in Roswell at Third and Virginia with He Couldn't Take It. The Twin Melodiers and Henry the artist-magician are on the program. Doors open 7, curtain 8 15. E C King returns from the Texas Department convention of the United Spanish American War Veterans in San Antonio.
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Harley Sadler
Roswell
Third
Virginia
Farrin
Henry
E. C. King
San Antonio
Texas Department
The
United Spanish-American War Veterans
For Sale and Wanted Notices from Capitan NM
For Sale two wheeled trailer offered at 1100 So Lea. For Rent a five or six room unfurnished house available by June 27, contact Mrs Breckenridge care Gilkeson Hotel. Wanted ride to Albuquerque. call 1302. White girl in care of child contact 665W after 4 30. Grazing land 80 acres one and a half miles west of Capitan priced reasonably will take light car on payment Bob Hammett Capitan NM.
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Capitan
Bob Hammett
N. M
Dr Boggs Glasses Fitted and Repaired at Main Street Lab
Dr T E Boggs provides eye examinations and glasses fitting at 309 North Main Street. Lenses broken in the laboratory are immediately duplicated. Appointment by phone at 21.
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T. E. Boggs
N. Main St
Gates No. 1 wildcat wells in Eddy County drive oil shows
In Eddy County New Mexico a Gates No. 1 wildcat drilled by H W Martin in section 15 18 30 three miles from production shows 30 to 40 barrels of oil a day at about 3 200 feet. The well near Yates discovery, in the Loco Hills area southeast of Artesia, continues to outline the structural formation as other rigs such as Continental Brainard No 1, Underwood Sanders Langford No 1, Me Tex Gates No 1 and Ballard No 1 drill at various depths with several completions and new locations noted. An Etz Cone Nelson No 1 wildcat was abandoned this week. A Nome cooler ad appears at the end.
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Artelia
N. M
New Mexico
H. W. Martin
Eddy County
Yates Discovery
New Loco Hills
New
Artesia
Continental
Brainard
Underwood & Sanders
Langford
Me-Tex Supply Company
Gates No
Ballard
Martin Yates
Sanders
Underwood and Sanders
Miller
Franklin Petroleum Co
L. E. Elliott
Elliott-Selby No
Etz & Cone
Underwood and
Guy
Continental and
Yates
Travis
Severance Tax Hearing Planned
Santa Fe announced a hearing on severance tax administration in the mining industry. Officials will discuss deductions claimed by mining companies from gross income and seek amicable solutions. oil industry practices are noted as different. Tax experts, attorneys, and mining company officials are slated to attend at Silver City next Monday and Tuesday.
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Santa FE
N. M
J. O O. Gallegos
Silver City
G. S. Carter
Roswell Country Club Directors Meet Briefly Today
Roswell Country Club directors held a regular meeting to discuss routine business. No major actions were reported, with members addressing standard club matters and upcoming schedules.
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Roswell
Governor names two state boards in New Mexico
Santa Fe June 9 Gov Miles named appointees to two state boards. School for the Deaf selections include C R McIntosh Tony F Martinez Mrs Paul A F Walter and Martin Gardesky all of Santa Fe and Mrs Sadie Bowdich of Albuquerque. Dental Examiners picks are Dr Forest Lord Santa Fe Dr R E Buvens Lordsburg Dr Howard R Raper Albuquerque and Dr J J Clarke Artesia. Dr M S Smith of Clovis remains a holdover.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
School For the Deaf
C. R. McIntosh
Tony F. Martinez
Paul A. F. Walter
Martin Gardesky
Sadie Bowdich
Albuquerque
D. Forest Lord
R. E. Buvens
Lordsburg
Howard R. Raper
J. J. Clarke
Artesia
M.S. Smith
Clovis
Escaped NM Pen Man Returns After 17 Years
Santa Fe New Mexico June 9 Michael Balvika today is back inside the state penitentiary after 17 years on the run. He was recaptured by Warden John M. McManus from Folsom Prison in California where he had served nine years for the escape from inside the walls on April 3, 1922. He had been employed as a nurse at the hospital during his absence.
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Santa FE
N. M
Michael Balvika
State Penitentiary
John M. McManus
Folsom
Calif
Balvika
Corona Zephyr Por Tables and Roswell Typewriter Ad
An advertising brief lists Corona Zephyr the finest of the cheap portable tables with price 29.75 and case included. Also notes Roswell Typewriter Co at 215 N Main with phone 674 for inquiries.
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Corona Zephyr
Roswell Typewriter
Rio Grande Dam Built for Movie Filming Near Buckman
Work began today on a rock and brush dam near Buckman New Mexico to widen the Rio Grande for motion picture use The river will stand in as the Nile in Kipling's The Light That Failed Permission came from the state engineer's office after proof the project would not affect irrigation and would be temporary
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Rio Grande Dam
Santa FE
N. M
Buckman
Rio Grande
Kipling
Supreme Court Rehearing Refuses to Halt Silva Case
The New Mexico Supreme Court on rehearing refused to disturb a ruling remanding to district court actions by National Liberty and New Brunswick Fire against the Silva Brothers Bernalillo merchants over a fire that destroyed the Silva store. The insurers claim the fire was set on purpose and the prior ruling reversed a district court plea in abatement by the brothers.
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State Supreme Court
Santa FE
N. M
Supreme Court
Silva Brothers
Bernalillo Merchants
National Liberty
New Brunswick Fire
Silva
Weather Forecast Across Four States
New Mexico sees generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the northeast. Colorado reports partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Arizona forecasts fair conditions tonight and Saturday with minor temperature shifts. West Texas remains generally fair tonight and Saturday with no major changes in temperature.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Alf Landon Resumes Cruise After Ribs Injury
Alf Landon, wounded by a fall aboard the Ketch Blue Moon off Rockland Maine, refused to pause his coast cruise. He called the two broken ribs “nothing very serious” and set sail again after a brief stop at Knox County hospital.
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Alf Landon
Rockland
Maine
Rocky Coast
Knox County
Long distance swimmer Theodore Bulloch quits in Sacramento river
Theodore Roosevelt Bulloch, 25, former Florida lifeguard, abandoned his Sacramento to Treasure Island swim after about 35 hours in water. He was roughly 46 miles from the start and about 105 miles from Sacramento to Treasure Island. He faced strong tides above Rio Vista before stopping.
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Sacramento
Theodore Roosevelt Bulloch
Treasure Island
Florida
San Francisco Bay Island
Bulloch
Rio Vista
Fifth grade world fair nets two dollar profit
Jimmy McMenamin, elected “Grover Whalen” of his class project, reports University Park School 11 Denver’s fifth grade world fair earned a net profit of 2.23 dollars. Admissions used a special fair currency, nickels collected at refreshments left 2.23 after costs.
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Denver
University Park
Jimmy
University Park School
Will witness sought for Kipling will by telephone
Notice requests any person who witnessed the late Mrs. John B. Kipling's will or knows details to call 922W. 6-S913c with information. The short public notice appeals to potential informants and preserves privacy while seeking facts about the will.
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John B. Kipling
Firefighters extinguish truck fire on West 2nd Street
Fire department battled a blaze in a truck in the 100 block of West 2nd Street this morning. No damage occurred and no injuries were reported.
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West 2Nd
London to host 1944 Summer Olympics in surprise bid
The International Olympic Committee awarded London the 1944 Summer Games and Italy the 1944 Winter Games. The IOC also shifted the 1940 Winter site from St Moritz to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, amid wartime disruption.
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London
International Olympic Committee
Italy
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Famous Bucking Horse Earthquake Is Dead
Earthquake, a famed bucking horse ridden by world champion cowboys, died after a storied career. Leo Cremer, owner of rodeo stock, bought Earthquake 24 years ago from a farmer who could not tame the animal. The horse had bucked off Mulkey of Salmon, Idaho, who was world champion the prior year.
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Rodeo
Leo Cremer
Earthquake
Mulkey
Ida
Burgunder to plead insanity in two Phoenix murders
Gov. Jones indicated Burgunder may plead insanity and would have county attorney Richard Harless present at trial. He could call Dr. Louis Saxe or other physicians if they agree. Burgunder faces trial for the April desert shooting of two car salesmen near Phoenix. The murder of Ellis M. Koury is set for July 5.
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Burgunder
Phoenix
Ariz
Bob Jones
Richard Harless
Tor
Louis Saxe
Jack Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Jilly 5
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Marriage License Mil ton E Herbert and Eliza a a well
Milton E Herbert and Eliza a a well are recorded as a marriage license couple in the local notice. The entry lists the names and implies formalities completed for a forthcoming nuptial.
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Milton E. Herbert
Elizaa
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