New Mexico Cattle Growers Protest Fence Removal Order
The New Mexico cattle growers association protests a government order to remove fences from the public domain. They say fences support loans and access to adjacent land, risk disease spread, and would hurt credit and land value. Western states meet in Denver August 15 to coordinate objections.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Department of the Interior
Association
Denver
Ickes
Washington
Interior Department
Texas Solon Hopes For Flood Control Dam near Denison
Sherman Texas August meeting of Red River Flood Control and Navigation Association heard Congressman Sam Rayburn predict federal support for a Red River dam and power plant near Denison as part of the public works program to aid Mississippi flood control. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Robert Burns attended as private citizen with questions answered by Rayburn and O N Floyd engineer. Rayburn cited opposition from power companies and urged them to keep their hands off.
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Sherman
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
North Texas
Oklahoma
Red River Flood Control and Navigation Association
Red River
Denison
Mississippi River
Robert Burns
Rayburn
O. N. Floyd
Association
Seaman Claims Alias in Florida Smuggling Case
CORPUS CHISTI August 3 A shipwrecked seaman who called himself Jack Davis admitted to reporters that his real name is John A Dann 33 and that he faces federal charges of smuggling liens and narcotics in Florida He was rescued from a battered sloop after a week adrift in a hurricane Dann told attorney John J Pichinson in the hospital and Pichinson arranged his surrender Sheriff Paul Cox was instructed to hold Dann on grand larceny charges for theft of the sailing sloop Dann will fight extradition
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Corpus Chisti
Jack Davis
John A. Dann
Florida
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Dana
John J. Pichinson
Pichinson
Dann
Paul Cox
Panama City
Demo Publicity Man Handles NRA News
Charles Michelson, once a Democratic publicity figure and adviser after the 1928 Hoover landslide, is now press relations director for the National Recovery Administration. He acts as a chief trouble shooter for the administration on press matters and ensures full information reaches the press.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Michelson
Administration
Charters Granted to South Texas Livestock Group
Aug. 3 report from Corpus Christi notes the chartering of South Texas Livestock Producers Association with no capital stock. Incorporators include H L Kokernot Claude McGill Claude McCann Beaumont National Mfg Co and Beaumont. Capital stock listed at 25000 with incorporators Dr. E E Miller E E Thomas and B R Ruitt.
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V. Austin
U.P
South Texas Livestock Producers Association
Corpus Christi
H. L. Kokernot
Claude McGill
Claude McCan
Beaumont National Mfg. Co
Beaumont
E. E. Miller
E. E. Thomas
B. R. Ruitt
Washington's Summer Bachelors Fill Capitals Social Scene
Washington is saturated with summer bachelors as wives vacation, prompting social events in the State Department. Tea parties occur in the press room while officials at multiple agencies comment on Mrs Perkins and Farley amid travel and public appearances. The Labor Department notes Miss Perkins is married to Paul Wilson with unclear whereabouts.
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Washington
Apparen Ly
Moley
California
Ickes
Illinois
Farley
Deal Beach
N. J
State Department
Miss Perkins
Department of Labor
Paul Wilson
Department
Corset Code Tarnishes Romance for Female Reporters
Washington August 3 U P corset and brassiere code filing reveals plain business terms hours wages and advertising rules. Men earn 13 to 14 dollars weekly vs women. Demonstrators cannot overstay in stores and customers cannot return worn corsets beyond ten days. Hearing set next Tuesday in House office building.
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Washington
U.P
Brassiere Association of America
Hugh 8. Johnson
F. L. Dodge
Dodge
House
Beer Getting More Kick Each Month
The American Brewer reports alcohol percentages by month from sampling about 50 brews monthly. April 2.83 percent May 2.80 June 2.95 July 3.00. Two men were arrested near Kilgore Texas aboard a freight train in connection with a slaying of a 20 year old youth last Friday who was reportedly robbed of a large sum.
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New York
Organ of Beer-Makers
Kilgore
Tex
Overton
Marshall
Farmers kill 5000 rabbits for bounty in Childress
Childress County farmers have killed 5 000 rabbits since last spring and earned 125 dollars from the county. A bounty of two and a half cents per pair of ears encouraged the slaughter, good through July. Judge Leonard King expects the total to reach 8 000 as some farmers turn in up to 200 pairs.
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Childress
Childress County
Leonard King
Brady Garage Converts to Bicycle Rental Venture
In Brady Texas the local garage now rents bicycles with steady use. Lines form in the evening as residents, more than half of them women, enjoy pedaling around the town for short trips. In Phoenix Arizona a court dismissed a bid to block next Tuesday's vote on repealing the 18th Amendment, ending campaign manager Osburn's injunction effort.
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Brady
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
G. A. Rodgers
Maricopa County
Charles R. Osburn
Arizona Temperance Fet¢tion
Arizona
Texas
Rex
Roosevelt
County approves 100 foot right of way for Carlsbad highway
Borden County commissioners vote to guarantee a 100 foot right of way through the county to the state highway department, enabling a hard surfaced highway from the Fisher County line to Carlsbad New Mexico. Gaines, Lawson and Scurry counties have previously approved similar action. Steel framework of buildings and bridges is being erected with electric arc welding.
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Clinch
Carlsbad
Lamesa
Borden County
Fisher County
N. M
State Highway Department
Gaines
Lawson
Scurry
Girl killed by wheel at Love Field Speedway incident
At Love Field Speedway in Dallas a runaway wheel from racer Oscar Coleman struck a crowd near the fence killing 13 year old Allie Mae Sherrill and injuring 19 year old Madeline McMasters who suffered a brain concussion and fractured jaw. Guards reported warnings to spectators to stay back. Coleman stopped the car without further injuries.
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Dallas
U.P
Love Field Speedway
Allie Mae Sherrill
J. C. Sherrill
Oscar Coleman
Madeline McMasters
Coleman
Signed Flower Garden Quilt Leaves Straps From Large Piece
A fabric artifact features a signed flower garden design with setraps remaining from a larger quilt piece. The fragment preserves autograph details and indicates origins from a substantial textile work.
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New Mexico
Solon
NRA News
Frances Perkins
Pittsburgh
Bob Graham
Carnegie Mills
Homestead
Germany
Pennsylvania
Perkins
Public
Post Office Department
Jean Harlow
Miss Harlow
Cupid
Jean
Hollywood
VENUS
Venus de Milo
Blanche McDonald
Los Angeles
Calif
Alfredo Mario
Lupe Salinas
Hereford
A. H. Eiliston
SUM Summerville
Lasu Pitts
Bee Blim
Zasu
Ginger Rogers
Lyon
Atcelor
Kings Vacation
George Arliss
Dick Powell
Patrica Ellis
News Rialto
Ower and
Texas Theater
REX Theater
Ben Golding
Jim Golding
NAT
Johnny Floyd
Paschall-Texas Theatres, Inc
Mission Theatre
Rialto Theatre
Anne Adams
Harley Sadler
4Th and Jefferson
Martin Jarrett
Ida Cox
Columbia and
Victor
Jessie Crump
Cain Raisin
Sale City Drug Store
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