Train Wreck Deaths 73 As Hunt Goes On For The Wreckers
Reno officials probe the City of San Francisco derailment near Humboldt River killing 23 and injuring over 100. Southern Pacific president A D McDonald hints at definite evidence pointing to a single culprit while police question suspects including Bob La Duceur. Bodies found in Twin Peaks drawcar. Susan Vaouz and Mrs. Henry P Vaouz identified. Albert Johnson survived in critical condition.
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Hunt
Reno
San Francisco
A. D. McDonald
Southern Pacific Railroad
McDonald
Humboldt River
Here
Bob la Duceur
Andy M. Welliver
Welliver
la Duceur
T. J. McLaughlin
FBI
Pyramid Lake
Nev
Henry P. Vaux
Port Ledge
Rosemont
Penn
Susan M. Vaouz
Twin Peaks
Albert Johnson
Chicago
Elko, Nev
Erratic Lightning Bolt Kills Man in New York
Coroner E J Senn reported that two electrical engineers identified a bolt of lightning that struck Philip Pigliovento a 21 year old in Schenectady New York. The bolt hit a tree jumped to a plow caromed to a barn and struck a truck where Pigliovento sat entering his body through a metal ring in his cap and grounding on an angle iron in the truck.
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Schenectady
N. Y
E. J. Senn
Philip Pigliovento
Pigliovento
Anthrax In Colfax County Check Anthrax In Colfax County
In Colfax County New Mexico authorities say a cattle outbreak is controlled after 65 cattle died on the Gillespie ranch where the disease began. Ranch operator Ed Gillespie was treated in a Raton hospital as measures included vaccination of cattle and exposed humans, glove use for handlers, and burning carcasses with oil and tire casings. A federal veterinarian assisted the response while state and local agencies stockpiled supplies and dispatched inspectors.
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Santa FE
N. M
Colfax
Tom Summers
Gillespie Ranch
Ed Gillespie
Raton
Summers
State Cattle Sanitary Board
Highway Department
Short Strike Disrupts Fort Worth Stockyards
Aug 15 Fort Worth stockyards trading halted after union workers quit, CIO affiliate livestock handlers union and stockyards company negotiating a closed shop contract. Spokesmen unavailable for comment as workers gathered and discussed the stoppage before talks resumed later in the morning.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Livestock Handlers’ Union
Congress of Industrial Organization
Kermit Fry
A. G. Donovan
Roosevelt Proposes Early Thanksgiving Date Change
New York Aug 15 President Roosevelt announced he would move Thanksgiving up a week from November 30 to November 23 this year breaking a 75 year tradition. Governors turkey growers and football coaches praised and protested the change saying it could disrupt Christmas sales and major games slated for November 30.
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New York
Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Pilgrim Fathers
Lincoln
George Washington
Europe Hopes for Peace Over Danzig Crisis
European capitals study recent peace moves as the League of Nations offers potential mediation for Danzig and Mussolini seeks moderation from Hitler in the Poland dispute. Pope Pius XII is noted for renewed peace efforts amid cautious optimism about avoiding war.
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New York
Europe
Danzig
League of Nations
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Poland
London Times
Berlin
The
Times
Italy
Chamberlain
London
Carl Burckhardt
League
Herr Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Burckhardt
Beck
Free City
Reich
Pope Pius
Life May Be Fate Of Alleged Slayer
Francis Marion Black Jr a former Kansas University student faced life imprisonment instead of death after the Texas board recommended commutation. Black was convicted of the insurance murder of 13 year old Dale Noblett, who was pushed from a Alpine precipice on June 9 1938. Alpine police chief Luther Campbell urged clemency noting doubt about his guilt and improper counsel.
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Austin
Tex
Francis Marion Black, Jr
Kansas University
State Pardons Board
W. Lee O’daniel
Black
Dale Noblett
Alpine
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Luther E. Campbell
Weather Forecast for Four States with Warmer North
Weather outlook shows fair conditions for Colorado New Mexico and Utah tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Arizona expects fair skies tonight and Wednesday with warmer readings in the north central portion tonight.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Dodgers Win Six-Run Rally Over Giants In Opener
Dodgers beat the Giants 8 to 5 in New York as Luke Hamlin pitched well and Alex Kam pouris homered for the losers. Gumbert, Lynn, Brown, Salvo, and Danning handled the Giants, Hamlin and Phelps the Dodgers. Phillies edge Bees 4 3 in Boston as three eighth inning runs decide. Beane, Millies, Davies, Fette, and Lopez homered for Philadelphia. Pittsburgh tops Cincinnati 6 1 after late bursts. Bowman, Swift, Tobin, Mueller, Niggeling, and Mershberger noted. Chicago and St. Louis contest ends with runs from both sides.
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Dodgers
Giants
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Luke Hamlin
Alex Kampouris
Phillies
Boston
Boston Bees
Casey Stengel
Bees
Yanks 3 Senators 2 in tight Bronx tilt
Charlie Keller delivered a deciding double to drive in Red Rolfe as the Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 3 to 2 in a pitching duel between Ken Chase and Lefty Gomez. Gomez allowed three hits, Chase six, in the Aug 15 game.
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Yanks
Senators
New York
Charlie Keller
Red Rolfe
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Ken Chase
Lefty Gomez
Gomez
Chase
Detroit
Indians
Big Louis
Buck
Newsom
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Tigers
Hal Trosky
Ken Keltner
Cleveland
Dobson
Bronca
Hemsley
Sewell
Tebbets
Navy Plane Crashes Into Pacific Off Costa Rica
A bi motor U S Navy plane carrying six aircraft from the Panama Canal Zone to Texas crashed into the Pacific near Costa Rica. Two survivors were sighted shortly after the collision. it is not known if any others survived. The aircraft was destroyed and the incident occurred today.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Texas
Pacific Ocean
Continental Airlines to seek New Mexico air route approval
Continental Airlines officials gathered in Albuquerque to discuss a civil aviation authority hearing in El Paso on Thursday. They aim to add a new air route to Carlsbad Hobbs and Roswell with a hearing set at the Cortez Hotel at 10 am. Delegations from Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Carlsbad Hobbs and Roswell were invited.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Civil Aviation Authority
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Roswell
Cortez Hotel
Albuquerque Chambers of Commerce
Continental
Robert Six
Robert Hernstein
Robert Purcell
Sheldon Cooper
Good Will Tour By 40 Roswell Businessmen
A group of 40 Roswell businessmen traveling in two chartered buses will visit Tatum Loving ton Hobbs and Artesia on a goodwill tour. In Artesia they join a celebration for Governor Miles dedication of a new city hall hospital high school gym nasium and city park. The trip leaves at 7:30 from the Chamber of Commerce with the chamber open at 7. W. W. Merritt leads the event and John Halter will supervise one bus. This is the first of three summer goodwill trips to strengthen regional ties and invite eastern New Mexico to the state fair October 4 5 6 7.
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Roswell
Tatum, Lovington
Hobbs
Artesia
Miles
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Merritt
Merchants’ Committee
John Halter
Claude Simpson
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico
Don Hodges
Hill Lines
E. M. Norton
Sears, Roebuck
H. O. DeShurley
P. V. Trading Co
Oscar Greene
Southwestern Public Service Co
Merritt’s
Kenneth Crawford
Merchant’s Credit Assn
Frank Marks
Mt. States Tel
Tel. Co
H. D. Burdette
McNally
Floyd Childress
First National Bank
Montgomery Ward
Warren Cobean
Cobean’s
Ike Carter
Camp Camino
Edd Amonett
Amonett’s
J. R. Daughtry
H. M. Huff
Huff’s
Paul McEvoy
Roswell Dispatch
Carl Clardy
Clardy’s
G. N. Amis
Will Lawrence
Ned Reveile
Pier Rubber Co
G. H. Hockenson
Lelands
James Lee
Big Jo Lumber Co
Katy’s Cafe
Cummins Garage
Central Hardware
Radford Grocery
the Model
Hall- Poorbaugh Press
Price and Co
Kessell’s
Johnson and Lodewick
J. C. Penney Co
Purdy Furniture Co
Mabie-Lowrey Hardware Co
No More Lump Sums Payable to Wage Earners Roswell
Roswell reports amendment to the Social Security Act ends lump-sum old age payments for wage earners reaching 65. From Jan 1 1940 monthly benefits replace earlier lump sums, with estimated 485000 people over 65 eligible and annual 1940 benefits exceeding 110 million dollars. Perry A Webb notes revised plan favors monthly benefits for workers and dependents.
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Roswell
Social Security Board
Perry A. Webb
Amendment 10 Limits Bond Issue Vote For Institutions
Santa Fe New Mexico August 15 The attorney general’s office ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment applicable only to institutional bonds would authorize a single 1 450 000 bond issue and not permit additional bonds without a public vote. The opinion explains the amendment’s threefold purpose to expedite the vote, allow bond issue only, and possibly exceed debt limits, while clarifying it applies solely to institutional indebtedness.
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Santa FE
N. M
A. M. Fernandez
Floyd Kennedy
Portales
Kennedy
Fernandez
Supreme Court
League Nations to relinquish Danzig hold in Polish German talks
Geneva reports indicate the League of Nations may abandon protection of the free city of Danzig pending Polish approval as a step toward settling the Polish German quarrel. Burckhardt, returning from talks with Hitler, signals a possible Polish German joint authority replacing the league. Poland has opposed this move in the past, but officials now anticipate adoption of the plan.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Free City of
Danzig
League
Poland
Germany
Carl J. Burckhardt
Free City
Hitler
Burckhardt
Difficult Well Plugging Job Near Dexter Finished
Martin Steele reports the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District successfully completed a difficult artesian well plugging job near Dexter on Hal Bogle’s property. Iron and quicksand forced extended shifting and a monthlong effort, with crude oil and clay used as a lubricant during drilling before plugging was accomplished.
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Dexter
Martin Steele
Pecos Valley
Conservancy District
Douglas Place
Atoka
Artesia
Food shortage in Shanghai sparks hunger fears and riots
Aug 15 Shanghai reports a growing food shortage across Japanese-occupied China, aided by floods, drought, and transport limits. Rice stocks shrink, prices surge, and International Settlement authorities fear imminent hunger riots as they struggle to secure grain from occupied areas and Saigon.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung
Hopeh
Henan
Anhwei
Wihu
Yangtze Valley
Saigon
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Gumbert
Lynn
Brown
Salvo
Danning
Hamlin
Phelps
RHE Philadel
Beck and Millies
Davies, Fette and Lopez
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Bowman
Swift
Tobin
Mueller
Niggeling
Mershberger
St. Louis
Lee and
Mancuso
Warneke
Shoun
Padgett
Chase and Giuliani, Gomez & Dickey
Rhe
Philadelphia
Janet Gaynor
Gilbert Adrian
Hollywood
Yuma
Ariz
Mexico City
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Tatum
Lovington
Hobbs and
U. K
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Independent Petroleum Association of America
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Interstate Compact Commission
Railroad Commission
J. S. Bridwell
Wichita Falls
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Kansas
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Illinois
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Louisiana
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John E. Miles
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Earl Long
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