Democrats Not Too Certain Beer Bill Will Win In Senate
The 3.2 percent beer bill passed by the House faces early Senate attention with a judiciary committee review and no veto override forecast. Democrats aim to use a $5 per barrel tax to fund revenue, while gains in the House contrast with skepticism about presidential approval and Senate passage.
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Senate
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Hoover
Garner
Robinson
Arkansas
Finance Committee
Railroad workers accept ten percent pay cut for nine months
Chicago dispatch reports railway labor, through 1500 representatives and about one million workers, agreed to a ten percent wage reduction for nine months. The pact, signed after 11 days of talks, aims to reduce operating costs until next October 31. Alexander Whitney led the trainmen while William Thiehoff spoke for the roads.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Call
Alexander P. Whitney
Cleveland
William F. Thiehoff
Burlington
Thiehoff
Manslaughter charges filed in Capitan Mountains deer death
John Nelson, Tinmie garage owner, faces manslaughter charges over Vernon Bishop 23 who was shot while hunting 20 miles north of Tinnie in the Capitan mountains. District attorney J C Gilbert and Sheriff John Brady led the investigation. coroner ruled accidental death. Trial expected in Carrizozo with Gilbert as special prosecutor.
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John Nelson
Tinmie
Vernon Bishop
Tinnie
Capitan Mountains
Charles Gilbert
J. C. Gilbert
Roswell
Nelson
Jud McLeod
Bishop
J. Benson Newell
Third Judicial District
John Brady
Lincoln County
Gilbert
BE. K. Harrel
Tom Whitaker
Carrizozo
Shoes Donated For Rural School Children
In response to The Record appeal for two boys in Chaves county who could not attend school due to cold, A. E. Freehart provided two pairs of good shoes and wool socks. A Miss Hudson, unnamed, sent a boy's suit to the school superintendent's office.
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Chaves County
A. E. Freehart
Miss Hudson
Hoover to Make No Move in War Debts
Washington reports indicate President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt have not reached a substantive agreement on war debts or other international issues. With continued divergence, Hoover plans to pause final settlement until Roosevelt's inauguration on March 4, leaving questions unresolved.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Change Plan Slogan Awards In Roswell Controversy
Winners in the slogan contest will receive prize orders by mail instead of on the courthouse lawn on December 24. The orders, specifying the prize amounts, will be ready for redemption at the designated location.
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Roswell
Sterec
Insull Extradition Hearing Opens in Athens
In Athens on December 22 the court of appeal began reading documents for the extradition hearing of Samuel Insull who is wanted in Chicago on embezzlement and larceny charges.
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Athens
Greece
Court of Appeal
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Roswell’s Oldest Inhabitant Dies at 102
Andres Garcia died last night at 7 30 after reportedly living 102 years. Funeral services and burial were held this afternoon with Bynum Ballard in charge. Born in Chihuahua in 1830, he came to the United States in 1860 and to New Mexico in 1500. He arrived in Roswell last June. He had worked on local ranches for years. no relatives could be located.
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Andres Garcia
Roswell
Bynum Ballard
Chihuahua
Mexico
United States
New Mexico
FORGERY SUSPECT JAILED IN SPARTANBURG
Spartanburg South Carolina December 22 AP J W Albertoti a man with a long western criminal record was jailed on forgery charges federal agents said he was sought in Cheyenne Wyoming for forgery and had served time in Boulder Colorado.
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Spartanburg
S. C
J. W. Albertoti
West
Department of Justice
Cheyenne
Wryo
Boulder Colorado
Wonderful Christmas Gift to Widow in Roswell
The Roswell DeMolays raised funds to reroof a widow's house in Roswell. Union carpenters donated labor and a local drayman covered delivery charges. The group thanks all who contributed to this community aid effort.
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Roswell
Rotary club outlines Christmas gifts and publicity views
The Rotary club finalized arrangements for Christmas gifts and heard talks on charitable efforts led by Miss Ella Yeager. Ed Williams reported Rotary aid through donations, with a delivery committee named to handle Saturday distribution. Claud Simpson spoke on publicity, stressing Rotary serves public good, not self glorification, and urged broader involvement.
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Rotary Club
Ed Williams
Rotary
Ella Yeager
Daniel
Gil Amis
John Beers
Frank Marks
Will Lawrence
Roswell
United States
Claud Simpson
Deer carcasses in storage at Southwestern Public Service plant
The Record notes a large number of deer carcasses remain in cold storage at the Southwestern Public Service Company plant. It is suggested the owners donate the deer to the Salvation Army or another charity before they spoil.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Salivaton Army
Salary Increases at State Capitol
Santa Fe New Mexico December 22 AP says no comment was available on salary raises for ten employees in the motor vehicle department. State Comptroller Juan N Vigil was in Taos and expected to return tomorrow according to his office.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Juan N. Vigil
Vigil
Taos
Texas Troops Vacate East Texas Oil Field
Tyler Texas December 22 AP Texas national guard units evacuated the East Texas oil field ending a 16 month occupation to enforce production rules. The withdrawal followed injunction suits challenging shutdown orders by the Texas Railroad Commission and a Supreme Court ruling limiting governor authority in sending troops for proration enforcement.
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Tyler
Texas
Texas National Guard
East Texas
United States Supreme Court
Sterling
Hoover land office order opposed in Congress
Western leaders and lawmakers threaten a battle over President Hoover’s plan to move the general land office from the Interior Department to Agriculture. Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Cheyenne calls the order a source of potential confusion and urges western legislators to back a resolution opposing the transfer.
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Washington
Hoover
General Land Office
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Congress
Kendrick
Wyo
Joseph
C. O’mahoney
Cheyenne
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
West
Roswell Rain May Turn To Snow In Storm
Roswell received a light rain today that could turn to snow this afternoon or tonight. A rapid storm disrupted an earlier fair weather forecast, with cloudiness widespread from El Paso to Santa Fe. Snow was reported near Capitan and Vaughn, while roads faced detours and delays on the Roswell road near Vaughn.
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Roswell
el Paso
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Capitan
Vaughn
Vaughn Road
Clovis
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Lovington
Artesia
N. M
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Tucumcari
McGhee and Dow Visit Santa Fe
J B McGhee of Roswell and Robert Dow of Lovington, both discussed as possible Fifth Judicial District judges, were visitors in Santa Fe New Mexico on December 22.
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McGhee
Dow
Santa FE
Santa Fe, N. M
J. B. McGhee
Roswell
Robert Dow
Lovington
Fifth Judicial District
Three Candidates Seek R F C Bank Manager Job in Santa Fe
It is understood there are at least three applicants for the managership of the R F C branch bank to be established in Santa Fe. Named candidates are C. E. Carson of Amarillo Texas George S. Hunker of Las Vegas and Arthur Jones of Portales.
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Santa Fe
N. M
C. E. Carson
Amarillo
Texas
George S. Hunker
Las Vegas
Arthur Jones
Portales
Eight Dead Today in Italian Blasts
Rome reports eight killed today in simultaneous blasts at Fort Appia on the Appian Way outside Rome and at Nettuno forty miles away. Official word says three were killed and one injured at Appia, traced to a dropped box of flares among one hundred antic light flares in a dump.
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Rome
Fort Appia
Nettuno
Appia
FUGITIVE FROM CHAIN GANG 15 GIVEN REFUGE
New Jersey grants refuge to Robert Elliott Burns once of a Georgia chain gang. Governor Moore conditions freedom on honest conduct and ceasing publicity. Roosevelt declines joint responsibility for a war debts commission, preferring a free hand after March 4.
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Trenton
N. J
Robert Elliott Burns
New Jersey
A. Harry Moore
Moore
Burns
United States
Supreme Courts
Georgia
Labor Plans For Border Hill Road Work
Chaves county emergency employment office held a meeting on labor selection for the Border Hill highway emergency project. Plans call for 100 to 120 men in two five hour shifts under Lochhead and Levers contractors, with work starting next week. The federal office will close to year end. a joint committee will handle applications, prioritizing those most in need.
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Border Hill
Chaves
Lake J. Frazier
J. A. Buford
Grace McDonald- Phillips
Lochhead and
Levers
Porder Hill
Fedreal
Wreck on Erie Road kills three men
A speeding Erie railroad passenger train derailed two miles south of Lima Ohio after leaping the signal tower. Nine cars and the engine overturned, two cars burned. engineer Charles Scott and fireman Earl Swihart, both of Huntington Indiana, died in the wreck, and tower worker Charles Aldrich of Lima was killed.
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Erie
Lima, O
Erie Railroad
Here
New York
Chicago
Charles Scott
Earl Swihart
Huntington
Ind
Charles Aldrich
Lima
Peck and Watts Leaving for Embezzlement Case
A telegram from Sheriff John C. Peck states he is leaving San Francisco at nine this morning with Emerson Watts to return to Chaves county on embezzlement charges related to a local investment firm. Watts appeared from Roswell August arrest in San Francisco.
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Sheriff's Office
John C. Peck
San Francisco
Emerson Watts
Chaves County
Watts
Roswell
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