Income Tax Returns of World War Leaders Under Scrutiny
Washington December 20 AP. Senate investigators probe war income tax returns of Hugh S Johnson Alexander Legge Senator elect Joseph F Guffey and other high war council figures. They seek who ordered the returns of Bernard M Baruch and others destroyed while noting no irregularities yet. The committee plans to scan tax records of all men linked with the war industries board under Chairman Nye.
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Washinon
Hugh S. Johnson
Alexander Legge
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Senate
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries
Bo Ard
Nye
R-Nd
Convicts Freed After Risky Tuberculosis Experiment
Two Colorado lifers Carl Erickson and Mike Schmidt were paroled after volunteering to be human guinea pigs in a serum experiment. They received $5, a Denver rail ticket, and a suit, then left the penitentiary as governors hailed the test a success.
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Canon City
Colo
Rockies
Colorado Penitentiary
Carl Erickson
Mike Schmidt
Big House
Colorado
H. J. Corper
Cooper
E. C. Johnson
Schmidt and
Erickson
Denver
Schmidt
Hired value of Cities Service 82 millions (Continued)
Washington December 20 AP Testimony cited a write up of 82 million dollars between 1924 and 1930 in assets of Cities Service Power and Light Company held by Henry L Doherty. Randolph K Ogle claimed the initial write up occurred when the new firm bought securities from Cities Service Company.
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Washington
Cuy Service Power and Light Company
Henry L. Doherty
The
Trade Commission
Robert Burns
Cities
Service
Randolph K. Ogle
Commission
Ogle
Cities Service Power and Light Mpany
Cities Service Company
Cities Service Power and Light
E Examiner
First woman navigates San Juan River canyon
Mrs Norman Nevills became the first woman to navigate the San Juan river canyons in southern Utah. The trip, with John Frost and Nevills, included movie and still photography. Mexican Hat residents Nevills helped Rainbow Bridge and Monument Valley expeditions previously.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Norman Nevills
Great San Juan River
Utah
Great Canon
Colorado River
Nevills
John Frost
Farmington
N. M. Frost
San Juan Chasm
Miser
U. S. Geological Survey
Mexican Hat
San Juan
Navajo Indian Reservation
Rainbow Bridge Monument Valley
Long Cracks Whip Over La. Legislature
Huey Long ends a special session after enacting 31 laws and expanding control over city governments. He aims to isolate opponents, annex Baton Rouge, tax big business, and push his empire plan while converting East Baton Rouge officials for full control. Fredericks travels from Natchitoches to vote amid the standoff.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Long
Alexandria
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
A. F. Fredericks
Louisiana Normal College
Fredericks
Natchitoches
Louisiang
New Orleans
Dr Goddard Plans 40 Mile Rocket Tests Near Here
Dr R H Goddard head of the Clark University physics department Worcester Mass prepares at an isolated site 25 miles away to prove rockets can reach beyond balloons for stratosphere study. He has a staff working on experiments begun in 1932 with four laboratories and a six acre tract between cotton farms. Rockets will be fired from a shallow valley in a 60 foot steel tower with tracking equipment. the rocket exceeds 12 feet in length and about two feet in diameter.
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National
Nashville
National Guard
Hill McAlister
Raleigh Bay
Ana
Dr. R. H. Goddard
Clark University
Roswell
N. M
New Mexico Cattle Growers Plan Grazing Conference
Lee Evans urged the executive board to meet in Albuquerque before January 14 to craft proposals for a federal livestock conference on administering the Taylor grazing law. Hidalgo county courthouse filled as talks by Dr H L Kent Dr W L Black E E Mullin Hugh Hodge John Gatlin and Sen Oliver M Lee focused on applying the Taylor bill in New Mexico and lowering grazing fees on state and forest lands.
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Lordsburg
N. M
Lee
Evans
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Albuquerque
Hidalgo County
H. L. Kent
State College
W. L. Black
Animal Industry Bureau
E. E. Mullin
American National Livestock Association
Hugh Hodge
Silver City
John Gatlin
Oliver M. Lee
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Liquor Raids in New Mexico Continue Results
Federal alcohol tax unit agents in New Mexico conducted three raids in Otero county as part of a holiday crackdown. They seized three stills and large quantities of evidence, leading to the arrest of two men. L. M. Reynolds reported the total stills seized this month reached 14 and the operation will continue to curb bootlegging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Federal
L. M. Reynolds
New Mexico
Otero
Pick Dies After Northern Pecos Holdup
Henry Pick a 409 Glorieta and Terrero merchant died from a facial bullet wound after an attempted holdup six miles north of Pecos. Bandits fled with no cash and an accomplice Juan Baca survived with minor injuries. Patrols traced a 1934 Chevrolet Missouri-registered car. funeral plans set in Albuquerque.
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Santa Fe
Henry Pick
Terrera Mine
Pecos
Pick
Terrero
Juan Baca
Baca
Paul Elmore
Sheriff's Office
State Motor Patrol
Motor Patrol
Glorieta
Albuquerque
Francisco Delgado
San Miguel County
War Cry To Be Sold By Roswell Kiwanis On Christmas Day
Kiwanis members in Roswell will gather at the Chamber of Commerce at 10 a.m. to sell 500 copies of the Salvation Army War Cry. Proceeds fund Christmas baskets for needy families, with deliveries planned for Christmas morning.
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Roswell
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Salvation Army
Chamber of Commerce
War Cry
Only Two Cadets Remain at Institute for Christmas Furlough
Only two cadets stay at the Institute during the Christmas furlough the smallest number in the school’s history. The brief note records a minimal Garrison presence during the holiday period at the facility.
Record Candy Offer Opens for Christmas Subscriptions
The Daily Record announces its Christmas Candy offer for one year prepaid subscriptions. Local subscribers pay 6.00 per year for a 2.5 pound box of fine chocolate from John R. St. John, with back subscriptions due, offer valid until 6 PM Monday December 24th.
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The
Daily Record
John R. St. John
Will Not Use All Cattle Allotment
J. W. Dudley in charge of cattle buying in Chaves county under the drought relief program says there are not enough cattle offered for sale to use all of the county allotment totaling 200000 dollars. Much of the allotment will remain unused as buying must be completed by December 31.
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J. W. Dudley
Chaves
Gas and Oil Lease Auction Sets New High Returns
Santa Fe reports the New Mexico state land office sold all 25 oil and gas lease tracts at a monthly public auction. The 23 429 acres brought 38308 dollars, the total returns the second highest on record and led by Land Commissioner Frank Vesely.
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Santa Fe
State Land Office
Frank Vesely
Indictment of Anheuser Busch Inc. by U S Jury
In Washington a grand jury in western Louisiana returned an indictment against Anheuser Busch Inc of St. Louis for alleged fair competition code violations. The company is charged with furnishing bar equipment to seventeen retail outlets, described by federal officials as historic.
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Washinon
Anheuser Busch, Inc
St. Louis
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
United States District Court For
Louisiana
Choate
Four Dutch Fliers Hop Over South Atlantic
Four Dutch fliers in a Fokker airplane, guided from mid ocean by a Dutch submarine, passed the halfway mark of a 2, 50 mile hop from Porto Praia Cape Verde to Paramaribo. The aircraft took off at 9 15 p m. The submarine Guiana is stationed in the middle of the South Atlantic guiding the flight by radio beacons.
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Amsterdam
Fokker
Midocean
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
South Atlantic
Federal hearings to probe telegraph franks practice
Washington reports the federal communications commission will open hearings on January 14 to examine telegraph companies issuing franks, free messages and providing reduced charges. The review aims to assess the policy and legality of these practices and their impact on communications services.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Martin W. Littleton Dies Noted Lawyer and Orator
New York reports the death at 62 of Martin W. Littleton a prominent lawyer and orator who died in Nassau county hospital Mineola L I. He defended H K Thaw in his second trial for Stanford White’s murder and was counsel for Harry F Sinclair in the bribery trial in which he was acquitted.
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New York
Martin W. Sr
Nassau County Hospital
Mineola
L. L
H. K. Thaw
Stanford White
Harry F. Sinclair
Frontier editor Richard G. Shaw dies at 80 in New York
Colonel Richard G. Shaw mining engineer and frontiersman who edited the Tombstone Epitaph in the eighties died in New York on December 20. He would have been 81 at Christmas. He lived with his sister Gladys Shaw Erskine. Shaw left Ontario at 16 to drive his father’s racing team to Kansas, later worked in Indian Territory and Cripple Creek mines, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.
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New York
Richard G. Shaw
Tombstone
Gladys Shaw Erskine
Shaw
Indian Territory
Ontario
Canada
Kansas
Cripple Creek
Leaffville
Colo
The
University of California At Berkely
California Opposes Mooney Supreme Court Release
California Attorney General Webb filed a brief opposing Thomas J. Mooney's bid to secure a Supreme Court order for release from San Quentin where he serves a life sentence for involvement in the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing.
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Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
Supreme Court
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
Webb
California
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