Local Rains Benefit New Mexico Crops Across State
Meteorologist E. L. Hardy reports week ending August 1 brought widespread showers in southern and western New Mexico, boosting corn and beans while irrigated crops prosper. Temperatures near normal, rains provided water for stock and irrigation, aiding alfalfa and forage crops. Cotton blooming well in Pecos. grain harvests continuing. some crop damage in Rio Grande and Pecos Valleys. melons and cantaloupe being harvested in lower Rio Grande.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
E. L. Hardy
Hardy
Pecos
Rio Grande
Cantaloupe
Rio Grande Valley
Woman survives 150-foot plunge in car crash
Mrs. Edna Burdick of New York escaped serious harm after her car plunged 150 feet off a viaduct. The crumpled vehicle left her with only scratches and no other injuries.
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Edna Burdick
New York
Livestock Conditions Improve After Week of Rain
The report notes favorable progress as chili crops advance and livestock conditions improve during the week due to extra feed made available by recent rains.
Extras on Jesse James set still collect unemployment
In Pineville Missouri some local residents who worked as extras on the Jesse James film last year continue to receive unemployment compensation. The payments extend to a few small children among the beneficiaries.
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Pineville
Jesse James
City group forms for barber shop quartet singing
A Chicago branch of the Society For The Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America has been organized as expected. J. M. Hedges, the newly elected president, said the stag organization will specialize in classics such as Sweet Adeline.
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Chicago
S. P. E. Etc
J. M. Hedges
Parrot Whistles Through One-Day Jail for Unlicensed Peddling
In New York, a parrot nicknamed Blackie and its owner Dominick Palugi were sentenced to one day in jail for peddling fortune telling without a license. Blackie perched on a cell bar and whistled "My Time Is Your Time" as the pair faced the blotter.
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New York
Blackie
Dominick Palugi
Palugi
Doctor Maresh Undergoes Emergency Appendix Operation
Indianapolis report states Methodist hospital interne Dr. Gerald Maresh assisted an appendectomy on a patient when he suddenly developed right side pain. Within three hours his own appendix was removed as a precaution and colleagues expect a full recovery.
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Indianapolis
Gerald Maresh
Methodist Hospital
Widow Survives Rattlesnake Encounter In Montana
Not Hungry EMIGRANT Mont Mrs Margaret Vink 77 year old widow came on two rattlesnakes behind a cookie tin while getting breakfast. She chased them with a broom but they buzzed louder. She stunned them with a piece of stovewood.
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Mont
Margaret Vink
Rankin resigns as Louisiana conservation chief under Long pressure
William G. Rankin resigns as head of Louisiana conservation agency at the request of Governor Earl K. Long. Rankin had come under fire from federal oil investigators and Long, who demanded a new department head. No reason beyond Long’s insistence on naming his own top official was given.
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Louisiana
William G. Rankin
Earl K. Long
Rankin
Long
Woman’s chilling act shocks town reads like a crime note
Fragmentary text describes a woman sweeping outsiders outdoors and swinging an ax. She threw the heads into a kitchen stove and later lost her appetite. The snippet ends with an ad line about vacant rooms and rent signs.
Mrs Garner Starts Packing for Texas After Session
Mrs John Nance Garner wife of the Vice President begins packing in Washington. As Congress adjourns she and Cactus Jack head to their native Texas.
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John Nance Garner
Washington
Congress
Cactus Jack
Texas
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