Destructive Atlantic Storm Hits Virginia Coast
A hurricane moving inland from the Virginia coast lashed the Atlantic seaboard with uprooted trees and downed lines. In Washington the storm peaked at 2 PM EST with winds over 50 mph as roofs were torn and alarms spread. Norfolk reported four deaths and over 2 million dollars in damage, with Oceanview and Virginia Beach suffering heavy destruction. Waves undermined the Nansemond Hotel and Willoughby Beach residents were rescued by coast guards and volunteers.
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Washington
Virginia
Weather Bureau
National Capital
Ocean
Chesa Peake Bay
R. H. Weightman
E.S.T
Norfolk
Oceanview
Virginia Beach
Coast
Navy
Willoughby Beach
Oceanview Park
Nansemond Hotel
Pride of Oceanview
Associated Press
Bermuda
Atlantic Seaboard
Sleeping sickness outbreak hits St. Louis area
An enigmatic sleeping sickness epidemic grows in St. Louis and nearby areas with 18 deaths and 182 cases, triggering federal and state investigations. A government team from Washington joins local doctors to study transmission, while deaths spread to Kansas and Missouri communities and neighboring states report encephalitis in some patients.
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ST. Louis
Washington
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Maryville
Muskogee
Okla
St. Louis County
Spokane
Wash
Federal Public Health Service
City of
United States Public Health Service
L. L. Williams Jr
J. F. Leakie
Charles Armstrong
C. V. Black
Oklahoma
Hoover declines to testify in Detroit banking probe
Former President Herbert Hoover will not travel to Detroit to testify regarding the closing of First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Hoover, now at Stanford, says his information would be general and secondhand, and directs investigators to Washington agencies for details. He recalls the matter being reviewed on a February Thursday evening and notes only Guardian Trust Company faced decisive action.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Detroit
Michigan City
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Hoover
Harry S. Toy
First National Bank- Detroit
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Toy
Mr. Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve and
Treasury
Washington
Guardian Trust Company
Holt Is Elected President Of New Mexico Bar Association
In Albuquerque on August 23 AP reports E L Holt of Las Cruces was chosen president of the New Mexico Bar Association to succeed Hiram Dow. Other officers include W G Haydon James A Hall and H B Godhart. The convention debated redistricting and liquor repeal while Carlsbad bid for the 1934 meeting.
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Albuquerque
James Grafton Rogers
University of Colorado Law School
Hoover
NRA
New Mexico State Bar Association
E. L. Holt
Las Cruces
Bar Commission and Association
Hiram Dow
Roswell
Bar Commission
W. G. Haydon
Las Vegas
James A. Hall
Clovis
H. B. Godhart
Santa Fe
State Supreme Court
Carlsbad
Dow
Richard F. Burges
el Paso
Hillbillies Claim Polo World Championship in Unlikely Upset
In a remarkable contest the Hillbillies defeated the Dudes to take polo’s world title, transforming the sport from drawing rooms to the bunkhouse. The speaker insists he will not travel east for years, mocking the notion that a birth certificate is required to play.
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Chicago
Forthwest
Shorter Hours in Stores Urged in Retail Code Hearings
Washington August 23 AP A Nystrom spokesman for five and ten cent and one cent to one dollar groups says staggering 44 hour week could force up to 1,000,000 re employed to maintain service. He notes 40 hour cap for stores open under 52 hours would trim hours and push up to 15 percent more jobs. Wisler hails small retailers as cancerous to fair retailing while hearings weigh large vs small store competition and drug store hour proposals.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Paul Nystrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Ten Cent
One Cent
One Dollar Commodity Group
Nystrom
A. Lincoln Wister
United Business Men’s Association of Chicago
Wisler
Chicago
Horace P. Aikman
National Hardware Retailers Association
A. D. Whiteside
Low Bidders on Six Highway Projects in N M
Nearly half a million dollars in road work was bid by contractors on six highway projects opened by the state highway commission. Bids list Lincoln Chaves counties Hondo Roswell Albuquerque Sierra Grant Luna Socorro Guadalupe counties with totals from $22,169.12 to $152,230.37. Contracts require 50 cents an hour for unskilled labor and 65 cents for skilled labor. Workers must be hired from county lists in the project county.
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Santa Fe
highWay Commission
Lincoln-Chaves
Hondo Roswell
Skonsen Brothers
Albuquerque
Sierra County
Leone Brothers
Trinidad
Quay County
Cook and Ransom
Ottawa
Kan
Grant-Luna
Deming- Silver City
Lee Moor Construction Co
el Paso
Socorro County
Capitol “Construction Co
Dudley Stone Products Co
Guadalupe County
Newkirk Cuervo
Miles Construction
Armstrong and Armstrong
Roswell
Day Candidate Says He Will Not Desert Cause
Manuel Arrellano Jr of Springer NM reverses withdrawal as a dry candidate for the constitutional convention saying his convictions stand and he will stay in the race. He told the Albuquerque Tribune yesterday he withdrew because he felt the cause was lost but now will remain a dry candidate.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Tribune
Manuel Arrellano, Jr
Springer
Arrellano
All Contracted Cotton Destroyed in County
J R Thomas county agent states all Chaves County cotton growers fulfilled their contracts under the government cotton acreage reduction plan. Benefit payments for destroying part of the 1933 crop are expected to begin arriving soon.
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J. R. Thomas
Chaves County
Roswell NRA Seeks 100 Percent Signatures
At a Roswell manpower division meeting, officials planned a second visit to firms that未 signed the National Recovery Administration code to push the town toward Blue Eagle compliance. A preliminary survey last week tracked reemployment data, and four more employers filed compliance certificates at the post office this morning, bringing the total to 407. Signers included Roswell Hardware Company Dr. W. T. Neely Buck's Place and G. L. Reese.
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Roswell
NRA
Roswell Hardware Company
Roswell Giants Leave for Clovis Tournament
The Roswell Giants departed at 1 PM for Clovis to compete in a baseball tournament from August 23 to 27. They voiced strong confidence and aimed to bring home first money.
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Roswell Giants
Clovis
Giants
Installation of Bishop Gerken in Santa Fe
His Excellency Rudolph Aloysius Gerken was elevated to Archbishop of the Santa Fe Archdiocese this morning in a simple credentials ceremony from Rome. A special train with Apostolic Delegates and other Southwest archbishops arrived, thousands greeted them, and Mass and rites followed at the Archbishop's palace. Archbishop Gerken succeeds the late Archbishop Albert T. Daeger who died last December after an accident near a local garage.
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Santa Fe
Auz
Rudolph Aloysius Gerken
Archdiocese of
Rome
Gerken
Albert T. Daeger
Albuquerque Payrolls Rise After NRA Program Start
Albuquerque reports payrolls have grown by more than seven thousand dollars monthly since the NRA program began. Mrs. Grace Mundell, lieutenant general in the city NRA campaign, stated the figures today.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Grace Mundell
NRA
Baseball Scores From Today In Major Leagues
National League games saw St. Louis 3 and Boston 4 in a 9 inning result. Pittsburgh and New York, Cincinnati and Brooklyn played doubleheaders. Chicago and Philadelphia games were postponed. Carey, Carleton, Johnson, O Farrell, Betts, Hogan noted in box.
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St. Louis
Boston
Carleton, Johnson & O’farrell
Betts and Hogan
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago-Philadelphia
First Game Washington vs Boston Batteries
Two baseball doubleheaders listed with scores and battery details. Washington and RH E Washington teams split results against Boston and Chicago with listed pitchers Crowder Sewell Kline Rhodes Ferrell Grube Fullerton Gooch Ruffing Dicksey Brown Spencer.
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Washington
Crowder and
Sewell
Bridges and Hayworth
RH E
Boston
Chicago
Kline, Rhodes & Ferrell
Jones & Grube
RHE
Fullerton and Gooch
Durham and Berry
New York
Cleveland
Ruffing
Dicksey
Brown and Spencer
Home Run Names in National League and American League
Boston and Washington players Berger and Watkins figure among standouts for the Nationals and Americans. Kress brings Chicago American power as the standings and rosters reflect midseason movement.
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Berger
Boston
Nationals
Watkins
St. Louis Nationals
Boston Nationals
Kress
Chicago Americans
Unemployment Office Registers 286 in Chaves County
In two and a half days since opening the federal reemployment office at Spring and Forging Co. 403 East Second street 286 unemployed men have registered. 47 registered this morning. Colonel H R Andrew chairs the county reemployment committee. Volunteers today included Alene and Vera Gregg Mrs J D Shinkle Mary Lula White and Helen White.
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Chaves County
Spring and Forging Co
East Second Street
H. R. Andrew
Alene
Vera Gregg
J. D. Shinkle
Mary Lula White
Helen White
Weather Observations and Forecast Across Eastern NM
A light shower measured 0.601 inches by the weather bureau. Amarillo reports 1.90 inches of rain. Showers occurred yesterday and last night in eastern New Mexico with unsettled conditions forecast for Roswell and the Pecos Valley tonight and Thursday. Local showers possible this afternoon or tonight.
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Weather Bureau
Amarillo
New Mexico
Rozwell
Pecos Valley
Roswell Man Ignacio Leaton Dies After Illness
Ignacio Leaton of 114 Mulberry Street died about ten o clock this morning after weeks of illness at age 65. He had lived in Roswell for years and is survived by two brothers Ricardo of Roswell and Jose of San Angelo Texas. Funeral arrangements are not set and Schuler's Funeral Home is in charge.
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Pendergrass
Eddy County
Posey
Artesia
Mayhill
Ignacio Leaton
Mulberry Street
Mr. Leaton
Roswell
Ricardo
Jose
San Angelo
Texas
Schuler
County Board Votes to Buy School Building
The county school board met yesterday afternoon and voted to purchase a preexisting building to replace the Crawford school, which burned recently. The insurance on the burned structure was paid in full. All board members attended: E. A. Paddock as chairman, Mrs. W. A. Wilson as vice chair, Charles Lawey, Ernest Nelson, and Thelma McCully, county superintendent.
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Crawford
E. A. Paddock
W. A. Wilson
Charles Lawey
Ernest Nelson
Thelma McCully
Captain Bower Praises NRA at Roswell Club Meeting
Captain R. E. Bower gave an inspirational talk on the NRA during the Roswell Advertising Club weekly meeting. He compared the campaign to a constructive war and urged public confidence in government, noting it has never let Americans down. Ike Carter discussed dog breeds, while James Williamson attended as a guest and Logan Hunter presided.
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RE. E. Bower
NRA
Roswell Advertising Club
Ike Carter
James Williamson
Logan Hunter
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He Coe
Atlantic
New Jersey
Maryland
North Carolina
Portsmouth
W. Oscar Dockery
Willoughby
Ben Posey
Holt
N.M. Barassn
Alamogordo, N. M
Newt Pendergrass
W. A. Danley
Otero County
Tony Posey
Danley
Dude” Peck
Sam McCue
Dexter
al At
Dallas
Harvey Bailey
Irons
Tex
Acme
Deere
Stewart, Auker and
Berg
Marberry, Hogsett & Pasek
Capt. Bower
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