Border Patrol Battle Leaves Three Dead on Rio Grande
At El Paso Texas on December 7 US border patrolmen clashed with liquor smugglers near the Rio Grande foot of Park street. Three dead include patrolman Donne C. Melton and Juarez men Francisco Gonzales and Higinio Perez. wounded Francisco Mosquero in Liberty hospital Juarez. American officers seized 150 gallons of liquor as investigators search for more bodies. Cremation burial planned for Melton who had arrived from Conyers Georgia in January.
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el Paso
Texas
U. S
Rio Grande
Park Street
Donne C. Melton
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Higinio Perez
Francisco Mosquero
Liberty Hospital
Melton
Conyers
Georgia
Melton F
Cattlemen Say Beef Market Goes From Bad to Worse
Charles E. Collins of Kit Carson Colorado, president of the American National Livestock Association, warns Albuquerque readers that cattle industry conditions are worsening and that only swift policy changes at the January convention can save the sector. Overproduction, low prices, dairy beef glut, and calls for strict culling and possible new laws are outlined as remedies.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Charles E. Collins
Kit Carson
Colo
American National Livestock Association
America
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
National Association
Collins
Colling
American National Associa
Liquor Trade Surges Across New York as Prohibition Ends
New York on December 7 AP reports a brisk liquor trade with crowded warehouses, packed stores, and long hours for truck drivers. Hotels and restaurants report record business as cocktails and wines flow freely between 8 am and 5 am at Childs. Prices stay high, service slow, and many speakeasies remain dark awaiting licenses while demand shifts to beer above 3.2 percent.
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New York
Childs
Will contest verdict upholds Hollenthoner will
The district court jury ruled John Hollenthoner’s will valid, leaving the estate about $30,000 mostly to son Karl Hollenthoner of Jugoslavia. Contenders Frank, Steven, Mina Schuman, Mathilda Standovansky, and Anna Bayer argued incapacity, misrepresented facts, improper execution, and language issues. The award to others was modest, with Karl receiving the balance.
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John Hollenthoner
Karl Hollenthoner
Jugo Slavia
Frank
Steven Hollenthoner
Mina Schuman
Mathil
G. L. Reese
Edward C. Gessert
Hervey
D Fill
Hinkle
John Hollefer
Roswell
Eddy County
George Threlkeld
Caswell Neal
J. H. Jackson
President Roosevelt condemns lynching in speech
President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Federal Council of Churches that lynch law must end and government must protect prisoners while delivering a call for stronger justice. He urged unity of church and state for a more abundant life and prosperity built on social values.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
America
Roosevelt
James Rolph
California
San Jose
Council
Weather to Be Fair and Warmer
Weather forecast details fair and warmer conditions for New Mexico and parts of the region with unsettled weather in Wyoming and Nebraska. Snow possible in Kansas north, with colder air spreading east. temperatures range from the mid teens to mid sixties across listed cities.
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New Mexico
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
North
West Texas
Amarillo
Chicago
Ver
el Paso
Kan City
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoe
San Francisco
After Prohibition Era Talk, States Face Liquor Debates
Beverly Hills notes mockery of the noble experiment and predicts broad doubts over liquor handling. The piece argues the real issue is how people will manage their own alcohol, foreseeing scandals, tax battles, and political fights as states begin implementation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Kids Await Santa Visit In Roswell Parade
Children in Roswell and nearby areas anticipate Santa Claus arriving next Saturday afternoon with candy for all. Kids should be in cars on Main Street south of Albuquerque by 1 oclock. Santa will lead a procession to the Christmas tree at Sixth and Main. A free picture show for children runs at Yucca Theatre from 9 to noon this Saturday and December 16.
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Santa Claus
Roswell
Santa
Main Street
Albuquerque
Sixth and
Main
Rich gold strikes revitalize Harding County finds near Gallegos
Roy New Mexico December 7 AP rich placer discoveries near Gallegos in Harding County end 45 years of quiet and draw renewed attention. Claims are being filed as talks of gold at $300 per ton revive excitement unseen since the region's first discoveries.
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Roy
N. M
Gallegos
Harding County
May Not Buy Beef To Aid Needy Renews Budget Question
Washington reports the federal surplus relief corporation may drop its plan to buy 25 million pounds of canned beef for distribution to the needy. Relief officials said bids were rejected as too high and no decision was made on issuing new bids. The relief administration has already purchased a substantial amount of meat.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Relief Administration
Four Dead and Six Missing in Pacific Storm
Seattle reports six fishermen still missing after a two day Pacific storm that battered two boats ashore near Vancouver Island. Captains Ole Hansen Einard Oksvik and Soren Knutsen are named among the missing as other storm deaths include toppled trees and wrecks from travel hazards in Washington and Oregon. A governor’s wife and a 13 year old boy helped avert a train wreck by spotting danger on a rail line.
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Vancouver Island
Victoria
B. C
Ole Hansen
Einard Oksvik
Soren Knutsen
Washington
Oregon
Julius L. Meier
Hubert Bige
New Era
Ore
Canadian guards taken by rum runners
Four Canadian coast guardsmen were captured by the crew of a suspected rum running craft after their cutter seized the Kilmut seven miles off Flint Island. The Kilmut and Seino tow were sent toward North Sydney but the guardsmen were overpowered and the ship cut loose, with an extensive search launched off Cape Breton for the seized vessel and guards.
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Glace Bay
N. S
Coast Guard
Stumble Inn
Flint Island
Croft
Seino
North Sydney
Cape Fireton
Governor grants parole on contempt charge in New Mexico
Santa Fe dispatch reports Gov. A W Hockenhull signed a parole order for H A Ternef of Alba-Beraue who was jailed for five months on a contempt of court conviction. The sentence had been suspended.
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Santa Fe
A. W. Hockenhull
H. A. Ternef
Alba- Beraue
Sheep Sanitary Board Meets Next Tuesday
Albuquerque New Mexico December A P The semi annual meeting of the state sheep sanitary board will be held there next Tuesday Only routine matters will be considered announced
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Sheep Sanitary Board
Albuquerque
N. M
Dec
State Sheep Sanitary Board
New Mexico highway projects and employment data
The Bureau of Public Roads reports 1,555 men in New Mexico on active highway work. Twelve projects cost 523000 and use 145 men to be done by day labor. Twenty seven projects under contract total 2371000 employing 1412 men. Two projects at 165000 completed. Fifty eight NM projects advertised for 3497000, 60.4 percent of allotment. Work awarded includes 55 projects totaling 3372000.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
New Mexico
Rumor of Plot in Havana Amid Memorial Day Tense
Havana reports spread of a coup plot alleged to be aided by a cabinet member and army faction as bombings stir nerves. President Grau San Martin and U S ambassador Welles faced questions after a secret conference rumor. A Danish consulate building was struck but no damage. Cuban Electric Company faced a 34 percent rate cut clash with Gran government, threatening plant closures without a 20 percent cap.
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Paris
Hitler
Germany
aé_ée
France
Saar Basin
Andre Francois-Poncet
Saar
Versas
United States
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Eduard Benes
Edouard Herriot
Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Sumner Welles
Grau
Welles
Cuban Electric Company
Gran
Coompany
Resuwe Drilling Resumes at Etz Well Northeast of Swell
Operators finished a five day fishing job at George Etz well and resumed drilling at 1500 feet in lime formation. Production is expected to show first at about 1,000 feet.
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George Etz
Swell
Peace efforts praised as Bolivia and Paraguay seek end to Chaco war
Montevideo report says delegates from Bolivia and Paraguay thanked the Pan American peace committee for its work toward a just end to the Chaco Boreal conflict. Other nations applauded as belligerents’ spokesmen expressed openness to peaceful solutions. The Mexican debt plan was sidetracked. discussion shifts to inter-American banking and currency, with the high commission to be revived.
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Montevideo
Bolivia
Paraguay
Great Chaco Boreal
Central South America
Seventh Pan-American Congress
Jose M. Puig-Casauranc
United States
inter-American High Commission
High Commission
Washington
Finland to pay war debt in full on December 15
Washington reports Finland will maintain its payer-in-full record by turning over 229,622 dollars on December 15, the full amount due on its wartime debt obligations, according to Finnish minister L. Astrom who spoke to newsmen.
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Washington
Finland
United States
L. Astrom
Troops to Leave Gallup As Conditions Permit
Santa Fe reports troops are being withdrawn from Gallup as conditions allow. Governor A W Hockenhull confirms the National Guard has patrolled the town for three months amid a coal strike. Outside strike leaders were escorted from town after a National Labor Board recommendation and imprisonment, with assurances they would depart if released.
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Santa Fe
Gallup
Jurors Dismissed After 17 Hour Deliberation in Holguin Murder Trial
In Las Cruces a jury was dismissed after 17 hours of deliberation in the Pedro Holguin murder case related to the deaths of seven Melquiades Espinosa family members at Bertno in April 1932. The case will be retried at the next court term.
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Las Cruces
Pedro Holguin
Melquiades Espinosa
Bertno
Was He Drunk or Had Indigestion
Henry Rotter aged 29 faced a district court in Milwaukee on a driving while intoxicated charge. He claimed indigestion from a party diet that included four corned beef sandwiches a pickle beer a pickled tomato two drinks of whisky and rich French pastry. The judge took the case under advisement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Rotter
Lenient Tone for First-Time Prohibition Violators
Attorney General Cummings said the Justice Department would be extremely lenient toward offenders of previously good character but would vigorously prosecute habitual criminals. He noted 2,219 federal criminal cases pending, about 500 prohibition cases, and that 2,764 federal offenders were jailed among 16,557 prisoners.
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Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
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Wie
Roy Orr
Harding CO
Marcus Teeter Jr
Granada
Martin County
Minnesota
Lillian Murphy
Bremen
St. Joseph County
Indiana
National Committee On Boys
International Illustrated News
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Dold
Mexico
Resuwe
Etz Well
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