Angry Outburst Over Move To Repeal The Primary
In the New Mexico senate Senator Don L. Dickason blasted A T Hannett and his machine peers during a direct primary revision debate. He spoke on personal privilege, defying attempts to halt him, and vowed to expose the situation before colleagues must decide. The session saw pro tem John West briefly rule him out of order as Dickason pressed his case against repealing the primary.
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Santa FE
N. M
Senate
Don L. Dickason
John West
Dickason
Bernalillo
Democratic Party
Miles
British Sweep On In Africa Beat Italian Attacks
Cairo March 24 AP British troops repelled seven heavy Italian counterattacks near Cheren Eritrea and again pressed forward. British gains include Neghelli in southern Ethiopia, placing a third column within reach of Addis Ababa, with Free French forces fighting near Cheren. GHQ notes Libya unchanged, Ethiopian patriot activity growing, and further south the general advance toward Addis Ababa continues.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cheren
Eritrea
Pes Ai
Tony
Britain
Italian East Africa
Neghelli
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
GHQ
Libya
Dr Steve Marshall Returns From Dallas Postgraduate Work
Dr Steve Marshall returns to Roswell after a week of postgraduate study in a program conducted annually by the Southern Clinical Society in Dallas.
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Steve Marshall
Dallas
Roswell
Southern Clinical Society
Local Weather Temperature Readings End 11 30 a.m Today
Temperature readings every three hours show a high of 57 and a low of 39. Precipitation for 24 hours ends at 11:30 a.m. is none. Month to date totals reach 2.03 inches, year to date 3.27 inches. Sunrise is 5:56 a.m., sunset 6:20 p.m., day length 12.3 hours.
Darty For Newcomers To Roswell To Be Held At Woman's Club
Roswell neighbors receive cordial invitation to a newcomers darty at the Woman's Club on Fifth and Kentucky tomorrow at eight. The event aims to foster local ties with informal mingling and a staged Melo drama He Aint Done Right by Little Nell followed by an acquaintance hour, with Roswell Chamber officials also invited.
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Darty
Roswell
Woman’s Club
Little Nell
Woman’s Club Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Fourteen Chaves County men leave for army induction
Fourteen more Chaves county residents were sent to Santa Fe today to be inducted under selective service. The list includes Antonio Mata, Simon Ramirez Hernandez, J C Bowman, Leland Stroud, Ben Franklin Jr, Irving Gulbas, Rafael Contreraz, Lorenzo Morales Franco, Oscar Landfair, Grady Boyd, James Ridgeway, Alton Jones, Albert Gonzales, and Le Roy Huddleston. The county's induction quota up to June 30 stands at 131 with a high order number of 1457 called. five replacements will depart April 2 for men disqualified at the induction point, bringing total sent to 124.
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Chaves County
Santa Fe
Army
Antonio V. Mata
Simon Ramirez Hernandez
J. C. Bowman
Leland Elwood Stroud
Ben Franklin, Jr
Irving Gulbas
Rafael R. Contreraz
Lorenzo Morales Franco
Oscar Clayborn Landfair
Grady Boyd
James Newton Ridgeway
Alton Rene Jones
Albert Montoya Gonzales
LeRoy Huddleston
Chaves
Simpson to Speak at Hobbs Chamber Meeting
Claude Simpson secretary of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce will be the principal speaker at the Hobbs Chamber of Commerce annual banquet on Tuesday night April 1 he will discuss the work of a chamber of commerce.
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Claude Simpson
Roswell
Docket Set For Chaves District Court Saturday
Judge James B. McGhee will set criminal trials for the regular April term of district court in Chaves county next Saturday at nine o clock in the morning.
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Chaves County
James B. McGhee
Aldridge Pleads Guilty in District Court Robbery Case
In district court J. T. Aldridge pled guilty to robbing Juan Busta mante by force of a coat jacket and billfold. Sentence was deferred.
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J. T. Aldridge
Juan Bustamante
Building Permits for Service Station at 1429 West 2nd
H. R. Bissell seeks a building permit to construct a frame-stucco service station at 1429 West 2nd. Estimated project cost is $2,000.
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H. R. Bissell
West 2Nd
Utilities Bill Passed By House
SANTA FE New Mexico March 24 The house beat back two Republican floor amendments and passed the administration proposed utilities control bill by 36 to 6 sending the measure to the senate. Local option for regulation of municipally owned utilities and a consumers counsel were adopted with little discussion. Opponents argued the bill provides no consumer protection and costs more than expected with six Republicans and two Democrats voting no.
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Santa FE
N. M
House
Senate
Consumers’ Counsel
Celestino S. Garcia
R-Mora
L. C. Homan
Torrance
Felix Martinez
John G. Montgomery
Walker
Capt Louis D Smith Transferred To Tucson
Capt Louis D Smith and family were in Roswell today en route to Tucson Ariz where Smith will join the R O T C unit at the University of Arizona as instructor of military science and tactics. He previously served at Fort Bliss Texas and was a Roswell junior high school teacher before active duty.
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Louis D. Smith
Roswell
Tucson
Ariz
Smith
Army Reception Center
Fort Bliss
Texas
University of Arizona
Army
Capt. Smith
Banquet Plans Discussed By Roswell Athletes Group
Chairman A F Madison of the Chamber of Commerce athletics committee calls a 3 pm meeting this afternoon to finalize plans for the annual dinner honoring N M S and Roswell high school athletes. Date of the dinner to be announced.
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A. F. Madison
Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
First Entry In City Beautiful Contest
Mrs. Charles Porter of 105 South Kentucky makes the first entry in the 1941 City Beautiful contest with a Japanese Quince in the unusual flowers class. Sponsored by the Advertising Club, the event grows popular each year, encouraging locals to beautify premises with Roswell firms providing prizes. entries accepted at the contest site.
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Charles Porter
South Kentucky
Advertising Club
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Senate Approves 7 Billion British Aid Bill
The Senate voted 67 to 9 to approve a 7 billion dollar appropriation to fund the administration's British aid program. The measure, already passed by the House, goes to President Roosevelt as lawmakers say they support the aid despite opposition to the original lend lease. Senator Adams noted that aiding other nations could require more funds to implement the lease.
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Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Cole
Senate Today
Britain
GOP Sees U S On Course To War And Bankruptcy
The Republican National Committee rejected the resignation of chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr after he said his chair would end with the campaign. Martin warned that the United States was staggering toward war as Knowland moved to keep him in place.
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Gop
U.S
Washington
Republican National Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Martin
House
William F. Knowland
California
United States
Childress Sees Great Value Rains Overcast Skies Forecast
Floyd Childress of the First National Bank predicts rainfall will boost the territory with moisture. He says the conditions promise early grass this year and improved overall area conditions.
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Childress
Floyd Childress
First National Bank
Mohair Sale In Lordsburg Sets Prices At 48 1/2 And 59 Cents
The sale of 40,000 pounds of mohair in Lordsburg New Mexico to a Boston commission house was announced today. Prices quoted were 48 1/2 cents per pound for goat hair and 59 cents per pound for kid hair.
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Lordsburg
N. M
Boston
Tax collection failures trigger state takeover in Taos and Rio Arriba
Santa Fe reports governors to be asked for emergency action to place assessor and treasurer offices in Taos and Rio Arriba under state comptroller and tax commission. Poor full assessments and low collections, often under 50 percent, plus skipped sales and tax deeds, drive calls for reform. Contends uneven fund allocation shifts costs eastward.
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Santa FE
House
Senate
Taos
Rio Arriba
Tax Commission
Two Deaths In Tourist Cabin
Grants New Mexico reports two job seekers died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a tourist camp cab nearFt Wingate. Frank W Sparkman of Poplar Bluff Missouri and Dale M Gardom of Fence Lake New Mexico died and both were found near an open gas heater as Captain Jack Nichols states asphyxiation while sleeping.
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Grants, N. M
Ft. Wingate
Frank W. Sparkman
Poplar Bluff
Dale M. Gardom
Fence Lake
N. M
Jack Nichols
State Police
Hobbs Waitress Questions Draft Widow Status
Hobbs New Mexico reports Tollie Henson a waitress who, with a son in the navy and a husband in the army, asks if she is the only draft widow. Her son Donal Van Gilder, 24, enlisted two years ago, while her husband, 36 next July, drafted March 6, is stationed on the west coast. She is not listed as a dependent due to her cafe job.
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Hobbs
N. M
Mar
Tollie Henson
Donal van Gilder
United States Navy
Hobbs City
West Coast
Yugoslavia Will Sign Up With The Axis
Belgrade officials announced Yugoslavia would join the Axis as Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Slovakia have done. German quarters said a cabinet crisis had been settled and a simple bilateral pact with Germany had been circulated to avoid opposition.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Germany
Drargisa Cvetkovich
Bombings Kill Ten in Shanghai Bank Attacks
Ten people die and at least 56 are injured in terrorist bombings of two Chungking affiliated banks in Shanghai International Settlement. An unexploded bomb is found at Farmers Bank, while a Central Bank branch is wrecked on Bubbling Well Road. US Marines begin patrols nearby amid Japanese-backed Nanking regime arrests.
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Shanghai
United States
Farmers’ Bank
International Settlement
Central Bank of China
Bubbling Well Road
Bank of China
Nanking
Nanking Central Reserve Bank
Steel Strike Halts Ford Lincoln Plant Operations
Detroit March 24 AP production at Ford Motor Company Lincoln plant paused due to shortage of automobile frames from strike-bound Midland Steel Products Co. About 3,300 Lincoln workers idle. 500 others report for maintenance and defense work.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Lincoln
Midland Steel Products Co
Aggies Petition Reinstatement Presented in Chicago
N M State College president Hugh M Milton traveled to Chicago to present the college s petition for reinstatement before the accrediting committee of the North Central Association of Colleges on March 24 in Las Cruces New Mexico.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hugh M. Milton
New Mexico State College
Chicago
North Central Association of Colleges
Presbyterian Organ Dedicated At Beautiful Service
The First Presbyterian Church in Roswell celebrated the dedication of a new organ in memory of Mrs. Grace Thorpe Bear. Dr. LeRoy Thompson praised Mrs. Bear for initiating the organ project and recounting the organ’s origins from the Princess theatre. Ted Jones and Mrs. E. A. Cahoon helped donate the instrument, with James P. Bridwell rebuilding it after a snowstorm delayed inspection by Albuquerque officials. The service drew a full house and featured a rich musical program led by Mrs. Floyd Childress and Mrs. Paul McEvoy, with guest organist Mrs. Robert P. Kirk.
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Grace Thorpe Bear
LeRoy Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Thompson
Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Bear
First Presbyterian Church of
Albuquerque
Floyd Childress
Paul McEvoy
Robert P. Kirk
Heavy German troop movement through Bulgaria reported
Reports from Istanbul and Belgrade indicate large German formations moving through the Struma valley in Bulgaria toward the Greek frontier. Yugoslav Prince Paul may join the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance, while Greece warns Yugoslavia against hostile acts and Britain appeals to regency not to betray Yugoslavia amid rising unrest.
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Russia
Turkey
Germany
Istanbul
Struma
Bulgaria
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Paul
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Reuters
Belgrade
Hungary
Rumania
Slovakia
Vardar
Water levels rise in Pecos Valley artesian basin
Moist spell from last week left about two inches of moisture enabling artesian water for irrigation. Readings from March 20 show the Artesian Conservancy District wells higher than a year ago with Orchard Park up 8.97 feet to 23.08 feet below ground and 32.05 feet in 1940. Berrendo well rose 0.86 foot from 22.05 to 21.19 feet below ground. Continued to Page Eight.
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Artesian
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
Orchard Park
Berrendo
Dalbey Funeral Held For State Police Sergeant
A state police escort accompanied the body of H. K. Dalbey to Dalbey for funeral services. Dalbey died Friday night and had lived in the area 14 years before joining the state police six years ago. Dean Douglas Matthews of St. John's Cathedral officiated with the Hugh A. Carlisle Post of the American Legion in charge of committal at Pairview Park crematory.
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Albuquerque
N. M
H. K. Dalbey
Santa Fe
Dalbey
Anza E
Dean Douglas Matthews
St. John’s Cathedral
Hugh A. Carlisle Post
The
American Legion
Pairview Park
CIO Fight Over Bethlehem Steel Election Threatens Strike
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania the CIO SWOC urged a walkout if an opposing group tries to elect officers this week while about 6 000 to 7 000 workers reported for the first shift. ERP says it will hold the election despite SWOC opposition as defense contracts exceed 1 billion dollars and plant expansion continues.
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Bethlehem
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Company
Howard Curtis
SWOC
Curtis
Classified boosts used car sales via superb service
C Bogard of Bogard and Youse Studebaker dealers today praised Record classifieds for selling used cars, calling the service superb and low cost. He noted classifieds are read by buyers and implied the format works for other items as well.
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C. Bogard
Bogard & Youse
Studebaker Dealers
Mornig
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