Summer Sessions at Eastern New Mexico Junior College Opens
Eastern New Mexico Junior College at Portales opens its summer session June 19 and runs through July 22 with emphasis on a service school. President Donald W. MacKay notes offerings include music, teacher certification, voice, band, orchestra, accredited work in agriculture, English, math, science, social service, typing and psychology. Approximately 125 NYA camp enrollees will attend, with non college students in vocational training.
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Portales
New Mexico
Donald W. MacKay
Junior College
NYA
Ier
J. R. Vanke
Harry F. Taylor
O. M. Williamson
Alfred Crofts
P. M. Bailey
Therman Harris
Crop Report From New Mexico Sees Mixed Yields Amid Drought
May precipitation slightly above half normal with soil moisture adequate. Winter wheat forecast 3,172,000 bushels up about one third from 1938 and yields per acre at 13. oats hindered by May dryness. barley 73 percent normal. tame hay 80 percent. alfalfa 86 percent. Fruit production expected larger than 1938 though late frosts hit peaches and pears. apples 48 percent of normal. peaches 76,000 bushels.
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Fred Daniels
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Making the Fourth Really Safe and Sane
Eleanor Brown of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness calls for nationwide cooperation to make the Fourth of July safe and sane. She urges supervised community celebrations and strict enforcement of laws banning explosive sales to cut deaths and eye injuries from fireworks. State and national legislation are needed to control manufacture and sale, reducing cross‑city access to fireworks.
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Eleanor Brown
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
American Medical Association
United States
Santa Fe carloadings rise vs last year in 1939 week
Santa Fe System carloadings for the week ending June 10, 1939 reached 21,352, up from 21,257 a year earlier. Received from connections totaled 4,816 versus 4,557 in 1938, with total cars moved at 26,168 vs 25,814. The preceding week saw 23,152 cars handled. Phone 11 to rent your house or apartment.
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Santa Fe
Fruit Production Forecast For Pears And Barley
The June 1 forecast shows barley production at 51,000 bushels, near the 1928 to 1937 ten year average of 73,000 bushels. Pear production is projected at 40,000 bushels from a condition index of 45 percent.
Chaves-Eddy 4-H Camp Near Weed
Chaves and Eddy County 4-H members and leaders, numbering 300 to 400, attend the second annual bi county camp at the Sacramento mountains near Weed from June 29 to July 2. The camp, run by county agents and home agents from both counties, will feature a recreational and educational program, with bus transport and in camp insurance coverage. County nurses will attend.
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Chaves
Eddy Courities
Methodist Assembly
Sacramento Mountains
Weed
Tom Reid
George Kaplan
Pauline Cowan
Chaves County
Fred Barham
Jack Baird
Vanita Conley
Eddy County
Two Colorado convicts still at large after escape
In Buena Vista Colorado June 13 searchers expect news on an automobile theft to reveal the flight direction of two state reformatory prisoners James Williams 17 Lawton Oklahoma and Robert Blair 19 Denver who remain at large after a warden kidnapping incident. Four companions were captured after surrendering near the campfire.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Walter H. Johnson
Buffalo Peak
James Williams
Lawton
Okla
Robert Blair
Denver
Arbitration of Lumber Dispute News Brief
Sawmill workers from New Mexico discuss an arbitration dispute in a brief Reuters style note. The report notes the arbitration action and quotes no specific individuals or dates. The snippet ends with an advertising line for record want ads.
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Sawmill Workers Council of
New Mexico
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America
Chesterfield
Liccett & Mysrs Tobacco Co
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American Institute of Laundering
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Woodbury
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