Report of Commission on Agriculture Administration Problems
Washington February 1 The President's Agricultural Conference urges separating service and regulatory functions across all federal agencies to reduce antagonism and duplication, improve efficiency, and better aid farming. It calls for interdepartmental coordination and periodic surveys to assess agency performance and notes banking system gaps affecting agricultural districts.
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Washington
President’s Agricultural Conference
Euse
Federal Commission Boards
Federal Reserve
United States
Federal Reserve System
Weather Summary for Denver Arizona and New Mexico
Weather report notes fair conditions for Arizona and New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. University observations show a high around 57 with varying humidity and a calm to light west wind. Clear skies marked the day with mild conditions across the region.
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Denver
Arizona
New Mexico
DULTON HENRIETTA SPREEN SUICIDE IN BELEN
Miss Henrietta Spreen twenty was found dead in Belen New Mexico from bichloride of mercury tablets taken a week earlier at her home. She had worked for the telephone company here and despondency is believed to have caused the act.
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Belen
N. M
Henrietta Spreen
Rosita Mining and Milling elects directors in Baldy NM
At the annual meeting of Rosita Mining and Milling Company stockholders in Baldy Colfax County the directors elected were C. C. Smith R. G. Mullen Merle Smith A. B. Cumbeck H. W. Ruhe W. Winterburn and B. E. Minner The board then named officers with C. C. Smith as president R. G. Mullen as vice president and general manager Merle E. K. Smith as secretary treasurer and B. E. Minner as assistant secretary treasurer
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R. G. Mullen
Merle EK. Smith
C. Minner
Pueblo Bank Embezzler Chief Clerk Fails to Return
A Pueblo, Colorado bank embezzler, employed as chief clerk, used his pass and then did not return. The case involves his disappearance from Leavenworth and federal production at the site. Authorities pursue charges and seek to recover funds.
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Pueblo
Colo
Bank Embezzler Slaughter Escapes Leavenworth
Coney C Slaughter of Pueblo Colorado a bank embezzler escaped from the Leavenworth federal prison where he served since August 24 1923 He was deputy warden office chief clerk and had an outside pass Prison officials think he fled toward Mexico after failing to return He had been sentenced for wrecking Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo and defalcations of 352000 The Pueblo bank failed in 1915 and he would have been eligible for parole in May
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Coney C. Slaughter
Pueblo
Colorado
Slaughter
Mercantile National Bank of Pueblo
Mexico
Slaughters Take Over Pueblo Bank After Escape
Coney C Slaughter an escapee from Fort Leavenworth and his father William B Slaughter seized Mercantile National Bank in Pueblo Colorado amid propaganda. They were labeled among the west’s wealthiest men with a cattle mortgage scheme that moved money across Chicago Kansas City and Texas. The defunct bank paid eighty five percent of deposits and never reopened.
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Pueblo
Colo
Coney C. Slaughter
Fort Leavenworth
William B. Slaughter
Mercantile National Bank
West
Coney Slaughter
Chicago
Kansas City
Texas
World spends billions on automobiles and motorcycles
The commerce department estimated last year’s world expenditure on automobiles and motorcycles at 5.5 billion dollars based on average costs of 1,000 for cars and 300 for motorcycles. The United States held large shares of the world fleet with 18,615,000 passenger cars, 2,892,000 trucks, and 1,262,000 motorcycles in operation January 1.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Drowning in canal near Yuma Arizona
Frank Hutchinson was recovered from a high line irrigation canal near Yuma after his car left Andrade for Yuma last Sunday night. Four people were in the car including Mrs Harry Chester and a girl named Luella Grendell all colored. three others were still missing as waters rose and carried them downstream. An inquest into Hutchinson's death will be held tomorrow.
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Yuma
Ariz
Frank Hutchinson
Harry Chester
Luella Grendell
Cailway
Hutchinson
Andrede
Sheri: Chapelle
Bert Smith
Tucson
Gunman posing as official slain in Herrin hotel shootout
In Herrin Illinois a man who claimed to be a government agent was shot dead by Policeman Rufus Whitson at the Lymar hotel while seeking Klansmen and newspaper men. Officer Sim Stevens was injured. two accomplices escaped. The slain man had used several names including Joseph Phillips and Johnson and wore a Sheriff Galligan hat. The incident followed recent killings at the European hotel and heightened tensions as Sheriff Galligan requested troops to prevent unrest.
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Herrin, Ill
Associated Press
Lymar Hotel
Rufus Whitson
Sim Stevens
Whitson
Joseph Phillips
Johnson
Springfield
Llt
Phillips
Sheriff Galligan
Williamson County
Galligan
Black
Philips
Glenn Young
Ora “Thomas
GaYigan
Herrin
Glenn Fowler
Young
Ross Lisenby
Lisenby
Fowler
Phillip
Wb 4
Odgar
Dart Fight On City Extension Bill Rocks Albuquerque
Five precincts to be affected by a city extension bill protested at a county courthouse meeting. A ten member committee will gather protest signatures to present to the senate next Wednesday morning. Opponents call sections radical unfair and say the bill imposes taxation without representation. They favor the existing extension law enacted two years ago and urge its operation.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Court House
Senate
San Jose
Bareles
Old Town
Santa Barbara
Duranes
University Heights
Board of City Commissioners
Modesto Ce. Ortiz
Mr. Ortiz
F. B. Swope
Clyde Tingley
H. B. Jamison
Jamison
Republican Party
Bwope
Tingley
Ortiz
Jesus Itomere
Manuel Sedillo
Mra
Cornelio Murphy
KE. KR. Baca
Ross Gonzales
Geo, Blake
E. R. Baca
M. CC. Ortiz
Sisto Nolasco
Gabino Anaya
George Blake
HK. R. Baca
Antonio Garcia Y Sanchez
M. C. Ortiz
Juan Vigil
Primitivo Candelaria
George Armijo
Gaspar Garcia
Steel Industry Operated At 34 Percent Capacity
The week saw continued steel gains with United States Steel operating near full capacity at 94 percent and higher orders. Car loadings for the first three weeks of 1925 reached 2,630,684, up 6.4 percent from 1924 and 5 percent from 1923, while crude oil production declined and gold exports surged to India and Australia amid a record freight season.
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New York
Associated Press
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
India
Australia
United States
Masked Bandits Rob Paymaster On Tampico Field
Mexico City February 1. Arthur Wesley paymaster of the Trans continental oil company was robbed of 19000 dollars yesterday on the Tampico aviation field. Six masked bandits attacked him as he left his car to board a plane for the off camp. Five fled in boats. one was found half submerged in a swamp.
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Arthur Wesley
Mexico City
Transcontinental Oj Company
Tampico
Actress Pours Caustic Acid On Legs
Hollywood, Feb. 1 Lo tus Thompson, known for exploiting her shapely legs as a pinch hitter in scenes, poured caustic acid on her legs when she felt her career blocked. Police surgeons say she will recover but her legs will be permanently disfigured.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lotus Thompson
Australia
Woman killed in Garg Gollide near Pajarito
Mrs. Tomasita S. Montoya died at the scene when her Ford runabout collided with Miguel Rayas’s Ford touring car eight miles south of Albuquerque. Her husband Juan Montoya and son Juan Montoya Jr. were injured. Rayas and three companions were arrested as investigators probed lights out and fault.
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Tomasita S. Montoya
Juan Montoya
Juan Montoya, Jr
Miguel Rayas
Pajarito
Albuquerque
Los Padillas
Rayas
Montoya
Narciso Ortiz
Ortiz
Patricio Pena
Juan Campos
Gregorio Yamas
Librado Leon
Prospero Gonzales
H. E. Eades
Morning Journal
Isleta
Monstoya
Ford
Ethel Leginska Found With Friends Outside New York
English pianist Ethel Leginska vanished last Monday night and has been found outside New York in the care of friends. Police say the disappearance stemmed from a nervous breakdown due to overwork and location remains withheld at her request.
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New York City
New York
Ethel Leginska
Friends
Miss Leginska
John Ayres
Bureau of Missing Persons
Saturda
Lucille Oliver
Miss Oliver
Carnegie Hall
Q Tarticab
Miss
Ginska
London
Jayhawkers Lead Missouri Valley Race After Neb. Defeat
Kansas rises to the conference lead in the Missouri Valley Basketball Race as it toppled Nebraska 25 to 20 to seize top spot. Oklahoma’s win over Washington by one kept Washington from perfect, while Kansas Aggies edged Grinnell 25 to 24.
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Kansas City
Kansas
University of Nebraska
Washington University
Norman
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Washington
Missouri
Kansas Aggies
University of Kansas
Grinnell
January Bond Issue Surge Reeled In Record Volume
New York Feb 1 more than half a billion dollars in new bond issues flooded January making it one of the most notable financing months on record. Liquidity supported a steady price rise as oil and Southwestern railroad bonds led gains with improved demand and new French financing short-term spread.
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New York
Im Stock Exchange
Hast Railroad Company
France
United States
Southwest
Southwest Careriers
Katy
St. Louis Southwestern
Kansas City Southern
Pacific
International Greatera
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Garg Gollide
Ethel Leginora
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