Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Alaska Air Crash
The bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers were recovered from a wrecked airliner near Anchorage. The two aviators had been flying with friends Joe Crosson and Joel Barrows on a sightseeing trip over Mount McKinley in a Lockheed Electra. The incident ended a celebrated pair’s adventurous journey in Alaska.
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Wiley Post
Post
Rogers
Anchorage
Alaska
Joe Crosson
Wiley’s
Joel Barrows
Mount McKinley
Crosson
Matanuska Valley
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Seattle
Point Barrow
Arctic
United States Signal Corps
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Morgage
Here
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Greist
Fairbanks
Harding Lake
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Washington, D. C
Northland
Sa i P
Siberia
Dawson Olmstead
Army
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Stephen B. Gibson
United States Army Signal Corps
Frank E. Stoner
Associated Press
Henry W. Greist
Stoner
United States
Troint Barrow
Charles Brower
Brower
Posts
Winnie Mae
Yukon River
Nome
Yukon
McKenzie
Point
Tax Bill Moves to Senate House Conference
Washington Aug 16 After moving quickly through the Senate the tax bill to raise 250 million from new levies on million dollar incomes corporations estates and gifts was sent to a Senate House conference where several controversies may delay adjournment next week Democratic leaders aim to resolve disputes promptly in time for the session to end.
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Senate
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Congress
Senate-House
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Treasury
Roosevelt Financial
McCarran
D-Nev
Thomas
D-Okla
Ta Follette
Nazi Antisemitism Drive Intensifies In Germany
Berlin reports Julius Streicher denounces Jews as racial economic betrayers in two mass meetings. He links Jews to a global plot while urging steps against the racial disgrace of mixed marriages. Americans in Germany react to the ambassador’s family.
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Berlin
Germany
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Franconia
America
Dodd
National League games rained and postponed
In national league action Pittsburgh and Philadelphia games were postponed by rain. Cincinnati beat Boston 3 to 1 in eight innings while Chicago fell to Brooklyn 2 to 6 and St. Louis edged New York 1 to 0 in a close contest. In the American League Boston defeated Chicago 5 to 3, Philadelphia beat St. Louis 3 to 0, Washington topped Detroit 4 to 0, and New York routed Cleveland 7 to 0.
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National League
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Old Timers Day Committees Named for 10th Event
Roswell M E Church South hosts the 10th annual Old Timers Day on September 8 with sub committees for entertainment dinner publicity dining room and public worship. Toastmaster J F Hinkle and chairman Walter Gill lead plans. A 30 year residence reunion prevails with service at eleven am and dinner in the church basement afterward.
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M. E. Church
South
Southern Methodist Church
Otis Brenneman
J. F. Hinkle
Frank Marks
A. F. MacKeil
Warren R. Cobean
Harry White
Howard Glover
N. L. Linebaugh
Sallie Roberts
J. Smith Lea
Noel Johnson
Hope
Ernest Johnson
Hagerman
L. W. Dimmitt
John Jordan
van Cuen
Beauty Contest Finals Tonight and Tomorrow in Roswell
Twenty six contestants from New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma compete for Miss Queen of the Southwest on the Yucca stage tonight and tomorrow. Winners receive Hollywood exposure and a Paramount screen test with two rounds of judging by out of town panels. Local belles include Miss Grace Johnson Miss Maudetha Miller and Miss Marteal Graham. About 1800 girls entered preliminaries across the region.
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Oklahoma
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Hollywood
Paramount
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Montgomery War and Co
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Betty Jean George
Bartlesville
Pathe
Grace Johnson
Maudetha Miller
Marteal Graham
Hacerman
Miss Jonson
WPA District Offices to Move into Bank of Commerce Building
The Works Progress Administration district offices will occupy the former Bank of Commerce building at Fourth and Main in Weshington, with 14 upstairs rooms and the ground floor finance department handling payroll and bookkeeping. District staff, including Henry Johnson and department heads, anticipate moving in next week as about 4,000 workers are planned for district projects, most from relief rolls, with wages of 40 dollars monthly and a January to February peak.
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Grover Conroy
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Conroy
Albuquerque
Bernalillo
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Bluewater
McKinley County
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Malaga
Eddy Coun
Works Progress Administration
E.gnt
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Bank of Commerce
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Iuilding
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Henry Johnson
WPA
Johnson
Finance Department
Aileen Keith
Frank Dunanco
Guy St. Manney
J. J. Brockheuser
Miss Crowel
Clint Branum
Cnarge
W. H. Cheney
H. H. Lewis
Jesus Romero Dies In Albuquerque After Two Weeks Illness
Jesus Romero a longtime Bernalillo County Republican leader died in Albuquerque after a two week illness. He was 75 born in old Albuquerque in 1860 and served as probate judge county commissioner and sheriff. Rosary tonight and body remains at his Plaza home until the funeral Monday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Jesus Romero
Bernalillo
Mr. Romero
Old Aluquerque
Republican Central Committee
Mutual Protection Society
Amogordo Dam Project Approved for Carlsbad Reclamation
President Roosevelt approved a 1.5 million dollar works allotment for the Alamogordo earthen storage dam on the Pecos and for lining part of the Carlsbad canal system in New Mexico. Total project cost nears 3.965 million with 1.465 million already spent and a 1 million future need.
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Washington
Carlsbad Reclamation
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Alamogordo Reservoir
Pecos River
Carlsbad Canal
Carlsbad
Reclamation Bureau
McMillan
Home Runs Today in Nat. League Stars
Hack and Averill headline a Nat. League showcase with Cuce nello, Am Bucher and other key players delivering power. Nat. teams feature Bucher and Bkn Nat. along with Chi Nat. performances highlighting a strong hitting day across clubs.
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Nello
Bkin
Averill
C’e
Am. Bucher
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