President Roosevelt summons drought relief plan at White House
President Roosevelt holds conferences with relief officials to plan federal purchase of hay and fruits and to curb political campaigning by relief workers. Aubrey Williams and Secretary Wallace prepare a program while warning that food supplies are adequate and relief funds may exceed 525 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Aubrey Williams
Wallace
Williams
White House
New Mexico crops fall well below average in drought
With August 1 projections from USDA statistician Fred Daniels show hay and grain crops down sharply from last year due to drought in New Mexico. Corn at 41 percent condition, winter wheat about 495,000 bushels, while fruit crops hold the best prospects in years. The report contrasts with strong fruit potential amid a broadly weaker crop outlook.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Fred Daniels
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Daniels
Preacher Teester Faces Backlash After Rattler Bite
Sylva North Carolina August 13 AP Preacher Alpert Teester famed rattlesnake healer exposed his arm to a venom bite as a faith test. He recovered enough to preach after a seven mile walk, claiming Jesus Christ cured him without medicine. The rattlesnake was killed by an irate congregant as the preacher fled the pulpit.
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Sylva
N. C
Alpert Teester
Teester
Jesus Christ
Baseball Today Scores In American League doubleheader
The Philadelphia Eagles beat Washington in both games of a doubleheader. In the first game Philadelphia scored nine runs to zero over Washington with Marcum Berry as catcher and Russell, McColl, Bolton handling the batteries. In the second game Mahaffey Berry Burke and Sewell pitched for Washington. Only games scheduled.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Marcum
Berry
Thomas
Russell
McColl
Bolton
Washington Batteries
Mahaffey
Burke
Sewell
National League Game Cincinnati Pittsburgh Postponed by Rain
The lone scheduled National League game between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh was postponed due to rain. No makeup date announced.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
State Bar convention draws attorneys from across New Mexico
More than 209 attorneys from across the state are expected in Albuquerque for the annual New Mexico State Bar Association convention. Earle W. Evans of Wichita Kansas, president of the American Bar Association, will discuss the national bar program Wednesday. Other speakers include Shafroth of Denver Hugh B Woodward of Albuquerque and Quincy Adams assistant state attorney general. H C Pipkin of Amarillo Texas State Bar Association may also speak.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico State Bar Association
Earle W. Evans
Wichita
Kansas
American Bar Association
Shafroth
Denver
Evans
Hugh B. Woodward
Quincy Adams
H. C. Pipkin
Amarillo
Texas State Bar Association
Laguna cut off contracts set for Sept first
Albuquerque, Aug 13 AP Contracts for completion of the Laguna cut off will be let about September 1 and the new road likely open to traffic in 60 days. Frank Butt, chairman of the State Highway Commission, said two miles of pavement from West Central Ave in Albuquerque and 12 miles of road west of Rio Puerco bridge are to be included. Oil surfacing of the road to Rio Puerco will begin as soon as the current surface is packed enough.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Laguna
Frank Butt
State Highway Commission
West Central Ave
Rio Puerco Bridge
Butt
Rio Puerco
State Embalming Board Meets at Albuquerque
Examinations for five applicants for licenses were given today by the State Embalming Board in Albuquerque. The board meets with the New Mexico Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association convention. A. J. Dexter of Albuquerque will preside. Speakers include H. O. Strong of Albuquerque, Thomas A. Johnson of Las Vegas, and Prof. L. W. Howe of Indiana College of Embalming.
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Albuquerque
State Embalming Board
New Mexico Funeral,Directors and Emalmers Association
A. J. Dexter
H. O. Strong
Thomas A. Johnson
Las Vegas
L. W. Howe
Indiana College of Embalming
Joyce Pruit store in Carlsbad robbed through skylight
Robbers entered Joyce Pruit department store by skylight in Carlsbad New Mexico and used tools from a Pageway Lines garage to knock the vault combination. They took between 700 and 1200 dollars. No clues were left. The same store was robbed for 1500 dollars on Labor Day 1932 and that crime remains unsolved.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Pageway Lines
Joyce-Pruit
Big Barbeque at Girl Scout Camp Sunday
The Sacramentos mountains event drew about a thousand attendees from Roswell and beyond. Peeves were barbecued by Riza White and Sam Lewis with stockmen donating meat, plus beans, bread, onions, and coffee. The Girl Scout camp near Bear Canyon, southwest of Mayhill, hosts two two week periods this year and a final hike to Carlsbad Cavern. The drought persists with light mountain showers aiding vegetation.
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Sacramento Mountains
Cloudcroft
Roswell
Riza White
Sam Lewis
Carlsbad
Elza White
Bear Canyon
Mayhill
Perchmouth Stanton And Pal Hunted In Mora County
In Mora and Colfax counties New Mexico officers search the Sangre de Cristo mountains for Ed Perchmouth Stanton and Willie Coupe, fugitive inmates from Lubbock Texas. A posse of 15 to 25 men, aided by Texas officers, hunts near Mora with sightings of the two men reported as they fled holds ups in Mora and Wagon Mound.
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Perchmouth
Stanton and
Pal
Mora Co
More
N. M
New Mexico
Ed “Perchmouth” Stanton
Lubbock
Texas
Stanton
Willie Coupe
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Mora
Here
G. R. Fletcher
New Mexico Highway Motor Patrol
Fletcher
F. O. Goen
Tulsa
H. T. Reynolds
Carrizozo
Mora County
Colfax County
Coupe
Wagon Mound
Sangre de Cristo
Lincoln Co
Lincoln County
Pleasant weather forecast lifts national mood across United States
Government meteorologists predicted more pleasant conditions nationwide after rain in four hard‑hit states. Some areas in Nebraska panhandle saw beneficial showers for corn, while parts of Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma received needed relief from drought. Iowa moved corn to drought regions to feed starving livestock as government released corn loans and officials noted ample supply yet remaining under seal.
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Chicago
Nebraska Panhandle
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Des Moines
Midwest
Iowa
Arkansas
Texas
H. C. A. Berg
Democratic State Meeting Sets Santa Fe Plan
In Santa Fe on August 30, Chairman John Bingham will lead a meeting of the special executive committee to set the time and place for the state Democratic convention. Nominations must be filed with the Secretary of State by September 26. The general election is scheduled for November 6. Committee members include J. O. Seth Mrs Leopoldo Gonzales H. M. Dow Lee Brown Atwood Carlos Manzanares and J. L. Briscoe.
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Santa Fe
John Bingham
Democratic State Central Committee
J. O. Seth
Leopoldo Gonzales
H. M. Dow
Roswell
Lee Brown Atwood
Lordsburg
Carlos Manzanares
Tierra Amarilla
J. L. Briscoe
Tucumcari
Willis Ford Calls Divorce of Insurance from State Commission
Willis Ford of Rocwell urged the New Mexico Association of Insurance Agents to separate the insurance department from the State Corporation Commission. He questioned commissioners knowledge on insurance matters during the Santa Fe convention. Durwood O. Jones of Clovis and secretary treasurer Howell Ernest spoke, with W. H. Pickett of Albuquerque condemning the sales tax as unjust for ins urance. Frederic Williams and Alfonsson Johnson of Dallas also spoke.
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Willis Ford
Santa Fe
Rocwell
New Mexico Association of Insurance Agents
State Corporation Commission
Durwood O. Jones
Clovis
Howell Earnest
W. H. Pickett
Albuquerque
Frederic Williams
Alfonson Johnson
Dallas
Great Rock Falls at Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls New York August 13 AP a massive rock section broke away from Horseshoe Falls at 8 20 am (HD) causing a spray of water into the gorge. Witnesses included state reservation patrolmen and workmen. The lip furrowed the crest leaving a gouge midway to the Canadian shore. This marked the second sizable collapse in recent years following January 17 1931 when a 150 by 300 foot section of the American falls fell with an estimated 80009 tons of rock.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Gorge
Niagara State Reservation
Niagara
Woman leaps into Niagara Falls from sightseeing car
Ruth L. Hyde 20, wife of a Bradford Pennsylvania resident, leaped from a steel bucket on a mid river cable car into the 250 foot gorge. Only two passengers saw the act as her body vanished after a brief splash. Police and divers continued search hours later.
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Niagara, Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Ruth L. Hyde
Bradford
William P. Hyde
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