Chavez Seeks Mandamus To Toss San Miguel Votes In Senate Bid
Chavez seeks a court order to compel New Mexico’s canvassing board to exclude San Miguel county ballots and issue a certificate to Dennis Chavez for the U.S. Senate. The petition alleges 1,616 ballots were cast by non registrants in 65 precincts, affecting a Cutting lead. The Supreme Court issued an alternative writ returnable Dec 21.
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Supreme Court
San Miguel
Chavez
Santa Fe
Dennis Chavez
United States
State Supreme Court
Bronson Cutting
Andamus
Ne 420
A. W. Hockenhul
John C. Watson
Marguérite P. Baca
Watson
Zinn
Daniel K. Sadler
Last Merchants Meeting in Roswell Tonight 1934
The Roswell Merchants' Association will hold its final meeting of the year at 6:30 pm at Nickson Coffee Shop. Speaker W J Biosson of Oklahoma City, railway express agent, will address the group. Officers for the coming year will be elected, along with three new directors for the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Association for a two year term.
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Merchants’ Association and Fair Directors
Roswell Merchants’ Association
Nickson
W. J. Biosson
Oklahoma City
Railway Express
Agen
Merchants’ Association
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Association
J R Thomas takes position at Santa Fe
J R Thomas longtime Chaves county agricultural agent leaves for Santa Fe to become assistant state director of rural rehabilitation, part of the FERA program. J W Dudley acts as county agent overseeing cattle buying, urging cattlemen to list stock for the final allotment before December 31.
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J. R. Thomas
Chaves
Santa Fe
FERA
Thomas
J. W. Dudley
Caballo Dam funds boosted for power plans
An additional $106000 was authorized to raise the Caballo dam on the Rio Grande in New Mexico to enable later height increases for possible power development at Elephant Butte. The project, funded by the PWA, supports Rio Grande rectification in El Paso and Hudspeth counties with a total cost around $2.5 million for the high and low dam stages.
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Washington
Caballo
Rio Grande River
New Mexico
Ickes
Elephant Butte
PWA
International Boundary Commission
United States
Mexico
el Paso
Hudspeth
Tex
Sierra County
Blizzard paralyzes Chicago with ten inch snowfall
A fierce blizzard plowed through Chicago on December 12, dumping more than ten inches of snow and forcing loop workers to spend the night at hotels. Traffic stalled, cars and pedestrians struggled as drifts piled high and two men died from heart attacks blamed on exertion.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Ex-Employes of HOLG Seek Federal Jobs in Dallas
Ex-employes of the New Mexico Home Owners Loan Corporation who lost jobs due to HOLG shutdown seek federal work. John E. Moore says the Dallas regional office will hire about 40 people and has placed the laid-off workers on a preferred list. State HOLC officials note refinancing loan recipients remain eligible for additional reconditioning loans.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico Home Owners Loan Corporation
John E. Moore
HOLG
Dallas
Moore
HOLC
RE. C. Robertson
Six Hour Stratosphere Flight Plans Revealed
Los Angeles December 11 AP Wiley Post, who flew around the world in seven days, envisions a six hour Pacific to Atlantic flight. He may attempt a Los Angeles to New York run next, aiming to advance stratosphere travel. Colonel Rosit Turner, noted for a 10 hour 3 minute cross continent mark, plans two world tours next year as Post reports progress from Bartlesville.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Wiley Post
Seven
Poles
Post
Bartlesville
Okla
Mrs Beatty dies at Roswell home after illness
Mrs. W. J. Beatty a longtime Roswell resident aged 71 dies at 506 South Sea after a period of illness. Born in Rochester New York she moved to Roswell with her husband in 1911 and later lived at Cherryvale Ranch before settling in town. active in First Presbyterian Church and numerous organizations including the American Legion Auxiliary serving as chaplain at death.
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W. J. Beatty
Roswell
South Sea
Beatty
First Presbyterian Church of
Warden proposes emasculation to cut crime in half
Columbus dispatch reports Warden Preston Thomas of Ohio's penitentiary advocates legal emasculation for repeat offenders as a deterrent and eugenic measure. He claims 75 percent of robberies involve financing women and says emasculation would allow convicted men to work while removing their criminal edge. The idea, though historically rejected, is pitched as a crime-reduction plan.
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Columbus
Preston
Thomas
Ohio
Rockefeller to skip neighbor John party this Christmas
John D. Rockefeller will forgo his annual neighbor John Christmas party in Daytona Beach Florida. Mr Rockefeller and Mrs Rockefeller Jr are not expected at the Casements until after the holidays.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
John
Catholic Doctors Endorse Rhythm Birth Control
Chicago December 11 AP The Catholic physicians guild approves the rhythm method of birth control. Rev John A O'Brien head of the Newman foundation at the University of Illinois says science corroborates the church stand. Guild president Dr Joseph A Tobin calls it the only method justifiable on scientific or ethical grounds.
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Chicago
John A. O’brien
Newman Foundation
University of Illinois
Joseph A. Tobin
Guild
Hugh Johnson blasts NRA headship as extinct and dead
New York December 11 AP reports General Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA administrator, criticizes the organization. He says the NRA is dead as the dodo and extinct, and notes he will not return to its fold. Johnson questions ward Richberg and others as causes of the decline.
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Girl Dies After Gas Exposure at Bernalillo Camp
Miss Cuca Telles, 25, died after gas fumes in a Bernalillo tourist camp cabin. W M Berrong, guard captain at La Tuna Texas, remained unconscious. In Washington, Roosevelt urged a national crime program to coordinate agencies and build public opinion against crime, proposing a criminological institute to train peace officers.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Cuca Telles
Bernalillo
W._M. Berrong
la Tuna
Texas
Washington
America
Roosevelt
National Crime Conference
Bitter cold grips nation amid fierce fires and deaths
Across the United States a deep freeze and blizzards worsened hardships while fires claimed lives. In Lansing twelve dead and about a hundred missing as flames swept the Kerns Hotel near the Grand River. Tenement fire in Tupper Lake left 22 homeless, 14 children among them. New York City saw two deaths in 12 degree cold as aid plans grew. Fire damage included Crowinshield Ship Building in Somerset and Atlantic Bag Company in Baltimore. Lawyers and officials pressed for crime officer training. Hoover to discuss detection methods with Dillinger case noted.
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Lansing
Mich
Kerns Hotel
Grand River
Alfred Seymour
Altho
Alfred. Seymour
Dee
Kerns
David Monroe
Associated Press
Maine
Florida
Michigan
Tupper Lake
N. Y
New York City
Chicago
Boston
Georgia
Deep South
Owl’s Head
New York
Adirondacks
Crowinshield
Somerset
Mass
Atlantic Bag Company
Baltimore
Search for lost fliers nears an end
A week long search for the missing Star of Australia and its three crewmen ends with the Pacific holding the fate of Lieut. Charles T. P. Uim, George Littlejohn, and J. L. Skilling. They departed Oakland bound for Honolulu a week earlier and were forced down at sea.
No Word of Flier From Santa Barbara
AP reported officials at two airports said they had no word on Richard V Torrence of Santa Barbara California who relatives said was enroute in a moonocoupe from Los Angeles to Albuquerque. Torrence was expected to wire when arriving and Albuquerque Police were asked to check after no word arrived. police said they had not located him and had no further information.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Richard V Torrence
Santa Barbara
Calif
Torrence
Los Angeles
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