Texas Judge and Wife Slain by Son on Scenic Texas Road
Howard Pierson, 20, confessed to killing his father Associate Justice William A. Pierson of the Texas Supreme Court and his wife on a country road near Austin. He said he shot them for “a reason” and later shot himself in the arm, hiding watches and guns before returning to Austin with a false robbers story. After nine hours of questioning, officers recovered the evidence and charged him with murder.
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Texas Supreme Court
W. A. Pierson
Austin
Tex
Howard Pierson
William A. Pierson
Pierson
Sam Rogers
Paul Blair
Lee Allen
Blair
Galveston
Roosevelt to explain four billion dollar work relief plan
Washington April 25 AP Roosevelt resumes fireside chats to outline the four billion dollar work relief program and report on progress toward creating 3.5 million jobs. Hopkins and Walker expected to share direct responsibility with the president, with Walker directing the national emergency council and handling allotment applications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Walker
Hopkins
Coughlin After PlutoCRATS Now In Office
Detroit reports Father Coughlin’s National Union for Social Justice rally drawing 15 382 at Olympia stadium as he vows to drive “plutocrats” from public life in a push across 12 states. He targets Chicago New York and Philadelphia as future battlegrounds with aides including Nye Thomas Connery Sweeney OMalley Lemke.
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Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Charlies E. Coughlin
Middle West
East
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Father Coughlin
Olympia Stadium
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
William Connery
Massachusetts
Martin L. Sweeney
Ohio
Thomas O’malley
Wisconsin
William Lemke
National Union
Washington
Wallace
Senate silver bloc hails price boost to $1.28 an ounce
Washington April 25 AP Democratic Senate leaders predict the new treasury price for newly mined domestic silver will reach 1.28 an ounce, coinage value. Senator Wheeler of Montana voices hopes for a fixed 16 to 1 ratio with gold and remonetization, while Senator King of Utah sees silver supplementing gold.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Silver Bloc
Wheeler
D-Mont
King
Utah
Morgenthau
Congress
Roswell High Prep A Record 106 Graduates This Year
Roswell high school expects the largest graduating class in history with 106 prospective graduates. Commencement is set for Friday evening May 24 at eight oclock in the junior high school auditorium. The list includes J W Abernathy Eugene Allison Betty Lou Allison George Aragon Lois Avery Ottolee Askren Otis Basham and many others.
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J. W. Abernathy
Eugene Allison
Betty Lou Allison
George Aragon
Lois Avery
Ottolee Askren
Otis Basham
Marshall Belshe
Bertha Benke
Harry Burkstaller
Donald Brown
Geneva Bruin
Ann Carpenter
Darline Chaney
Celine Clancy
LaVone Clark
Ethel Coffey
Edith Coppedge
Hal Cowan
Hazel Callender
Dorman Cogburn
Thomas Deason
Alice Faye Decker
Dorothy Dodd
Audrey Dollahan
Thomas Duffin
Catherine Daniel
Aubrey Elam
Charles Espinosa
Tom Fowler
C. A. Foster
Charlotte Fulton
Louise Frost
Jefferson Fulbright
Edward Gessert
Gatewood Gilbert
William Gilbert
Bernard Ginsberg
Alice Girard
Dorothy Glock
Mildred Goldston
Hugh Graves
Mary Harbert
Merel Haynes
Maurine Hendricks
Margaret Hinson
Inez Howard
Sam Johnson
Carthell Johnson
Marvin
Peggy Rabb
Betty Railsback
Gale Rayburn
Gwendolyn Rayburn
Randolph Reese
Eva Reeves
Doris Reynolds
Madine Rogers
Vernon Rose
June Ruhl
Marion Sanders
Joan Savage
Hans Schmid
Helen Schmid
Margaret Sears
Maurice Shaw
Meredith Sherrill
Eugene Shuck
Rheba Shoffitt
Ruth Jean Smith
Inez Southworth
Charles Staden
John Stewart
Benton Stone
Marie Thoma
Mildred Thompson
Lena Toby
Jim Travis
Annett van Eaton
Lois Weverka
Sarah Whatley
Nirene Wesins
Joyce Wyly
Great Blizzard Hits Denver and Colorado Areas
A 36 hour blizzard left Denver with 24.8 inches of snow and 2.66 inches of moisture, ranking among the great weather events in history. Described as a drought relief storm, it shut roads, grounded planes, delayed rail travel, and marooned motorists across Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska as farmers hoped for spring moisture.
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Denver
Weather Bureau
Denver Weather Bureau
Southeastern Dust Bowl
Cripple Creek
Victor
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Santa Fe
N. M
Colorado Springs
Harrison Bill Made ie ft 2g to Provide Cash in Place of Bonds
The Harrison bonus compromise to pay cash instead of bonds won approval from the Senate Finance Committee after rejecting two full cash-payment proposals. The measure allows veterans to exchange adjusted service certificates for cash, may cost about 880 million, and can be funded from the work relief fund. The committee also extended eligibility for certificates to January 2, 1937 and kept changes aimed at future pension law debated.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Vinson
Patman
House
Harrison
Connolly
D-Tex
Gore
D-Okla
Roosevelt
Robinson
Barkley
D-Ky
Black
D-Ala
Congress
Senate Chamber
Senate
Clark
D-Mo
George
D-Ga
King
Walsh
Byrd
Lonergan
Gerry
Guf
Fine Pictures of Wildlife Shown by Local Society
Deputy state game warden B W Baca presented a paper on New Mexico wildlife prepared by Elliott Barker at the Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society meeting in the district courtroom. Barker sent regrets. films, shot by wardens, covered Dexter federal hatchery Lake Van Dexter and Roberts place Roswell area. students at Senior high enjoyed the presentation.
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B. W. Baca
Elliott S. Barker
Chaves County
Sonmne
Federal Fish Hatchery
Dexter
Lake van
Roberts’ Place
Roswell
Beverly Hills Rich Put Money in English Annuities
A commentary notes the wealthy invest money in England annuities for safety, arguing England benefits from this flow as English taxpayers contribute heavily. It contends English resolve and influence pull the U.S. toward joining economic schemes, cautioning readers about offshore investment and tax patterns.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
England
Baseball batters clash in early 20th century results
Newswire style box scores show Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati with varied battery pairings and runs. Key pitchers and catchers listed include Johnson Todd Babich Phelps Root Hartnett Kleinke Delancey Hoyt Salveson Padden Frey Campbell.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Root and Hartnett
Kleinke and Delancey
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Hoyt
Salveson
Padden
Frey
Campbell
Baseball Battery Lineups From A Sketched Box Score
Boxes list batterymates for multiple matchups including Washington vs Philadelphia with Stewart Weaver Copolla Boston Holbrook Wilshire Foxx and St Louis vs Cleveland with Knott Andrews Hemsley Pearson C Brown Myatt plus Detroit Chicago with Rowe Cochrane Kennedy Sewell.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Stewart, Weaver
Coppola
Boston
Holbrook
Wilshire and
Foxx
St. Louis
Cleveland
Knott, Andrews
Hemsley
Pearson
C. Brown
Myatt
Detroit
Chicago
Rowe
Cochrane
Kennedy
Sewell
Local players named in national amateur listings
Johnson of Philadelphia Austin Amateurs Hill of New York Amateurs Werber of Boston Amateurs Ott of New York Ntal of Selkirk New York Amateurs Selkirk Amateurs Berger of Boston National West of St Louis Amateurs
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Phila
Hill
New York
Amn
Werber
Boston
Ott
N. Y. Ntal
Selkirk
N. Y
Berger
Natl
West
St. Louis
Rotary Conference At Santa Fe Today
Santa Fe April 25 AP Routine details of the 42nd district Rotary conference occupied the morning with talks by J Murray Hill from Bowling Green KY and James F Zimmerman of Albuquerque. Clinton P Anderson of Albuquerque was to speak at lunch on The Sixth Object and discuss Revision of the Six Objects in the afternoon. Delegates from 19 New Mexico and Texas clubs registered as meetings expected representation from Alamo Gordo Albuquerque Artesia Carlsbad Deming Gallup Hot Springs Las Cruces Las Vegas Mountainair Portales Roswell Silver City and Santa Fe and Alpine El Paso Marfa Pecos Sanderson Texas.
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Santa Fe
Rotary Clubs
New Mexico
Texas
J. Murray Hill
Rotary International
Service Committee
Bowling Green
James F. Zimmerman
Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
Alamogordo
Artesia
Carlsbad
Deming
Gallup
Hot Springs
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Mountainair
Portales
Roswell
Silver City
Alpine
el Paso
Marfa
Pecos
Sanderson
Health board selects officers in Bernalillo meeting
In Bernalillo the third district health board of Sandoval and Bernalillo counties elected J. S. Bowers as board president and Dr. L. S. Hemmings of Bernalillo as secretary at their organizational meeting held yesterday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Third -District Health Board
Sandoval
Bernalillo Counties
J. S. Bowers
L. S. Hemmings
Bernalillo
Funeral Services for Mrs Parks Tomorrow
Albuquerque mourns Mrs C W Parks who died in an April 18 automobile plunge near Carrizozo. Found yesterday by her husband and deputy sheriff Albert Roberts after a weeklong search. She had been en route to Carlsbad to join her husband working with the U S Geological Survey.
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Albuquerque
N. M
C. W. Parks
Carrizozo
Park
Albert Roberts
Carlsbad
Parks
U. S. Geological Survey
Roosevelt names Edison to national recovery board
In Washington President Roosevelt today designated Charles Edison of East Orange New Jersey as a member of the National Industrial Recovery board. Also in brief, mining relief plans seek 75 million dollars for development, and post office projects for Winslow and Kingman Arizona are awarded to Robert E McKee of El Paso for 40700 and 41700 respectively.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
East Orange
N. J
National Industrial Recovery Board
Frank Walker
Winslow
Kingman
Arizona
Robert E. McKee
el Paso
Mooney Suffers Defeat in Calif Legislature
Sacramento April 25 AP Another effort and another defeat marked the California legislature fight to free Tom Mooney the San Francisco Preparedness Day bomber The Jones bill to require a California court to grant a writ of habeas corpus upon proof of conviction based on perjured evidence was refused a recommendation by the assembly judiciary committee 10 to 6
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Jones
Mooney
Assembly Judiciary Committee
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