NRA Hearings Open With Wide Criticism From Dissenters
In Washington the NRA faced sharp public criticism from diverse groups during Hugh S. Johnson’s first major hearing round. Protesters charged employers with price fixing and graft, while complaints about home based work bans prompted talk of code revisions. Johnson met critics, promising investigations and delaying the 20 minute fitness rule to hear William Collins on automobile industry labor practices.
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W. Bruce Philip
National Association of Retail Druggists
Joseph M. Weber
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
William Collins
Protest Over Soviet Flights Rises in Tokyo
Japan protested to Moscow demanding an end to Soviet planes flying over Manchuria and Korea. Foreign Minister Hirota sent the note to Ambassador Ota, seeking guarantees against further incursions after reports of Russian aircraft firing on Japanese planes near Manchukuo. A separate Soviet border incident and a patrol by Soviet police also concerned Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Moscow
Manchuria
Korea
Koki Hirota
Ota
Foreign Office
Hsinking
Changchun
Manchukuo
War Office
Russia
Asahi
Siberian
Veterans of Foreign Wars Banquet Initiates Fifteen Members
The local post VFW No. 2575 held a combined meeting and banquet at the DAV hut on North Main Street last night. Representatives from service organizations spoke on VFW goals and current problems facing veterans.
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The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
No. 2575
DAV Hut
North Main Street
Bill Provides For New Currency Expansion Plan
Washington reports a proposed bill by Senator Tom Thomas to issue new currency based on silver with a monthly maximum of over 100 million dollars after January 1, 1955. It expands the silver program to treasury purchases of domestic silver and offers payment at 1.29 dollars per ounce with profits to the treasury, allowing overseas buys up to 100 million ounces monthly and halting silver dollar coinage except by treasury order.
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Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
State rests in Wynekoop trial in Chicago courthouse
The state rested its case in the second trial of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, 63, accused of killing her daughter in law Rheta Gardner Wynekoop. The body was found November 21 on an operating table in the Wynekoop mansion basement office. Police Lieutenant Peterom testified about three discharged cartridges found with a pistol on the headrest. The defense opened as the trial moved forward.
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Criminal Courts Building
Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Wynekoop
Charles S. Dougherty
Samuel Peterom
Dr. Wynekoop Sepsree
Brutal $207 294 Bank Robbery Leaves Messenger Dead
In Kansas City a $207 294 robbery ended with bank messenger Doyle Swofford shot through the heart. Suspects Sam Decaro Joe Martino and Decaro's wife were questioned. Decaro allegedly spoke of a 1922 killing after being slapped. Webster Kemner assistant teller was targeted as robbers seized cash and bonds, with a bystander traffic officer unaware until after the crime. Only $3,900 of loot was readily convertible. rest consisted of registered or non negotiable bonds.
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Kansas City
T. J. Higgins
Sam Decaro
Joe Martino
Decaro
Webster Kemner
Commerce Trust Company
Doyle Swofford
Roosevelt Discusses Air Mail Plan At White House
President Roosevelt held a lengthy conference on the unsettled air mail situation today. Postmaster General Farley led the meeting with other post office and army officials, but detailed planning for returning air mail service to private contractors was deferred.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Post Office
Army
Driver Blameless In Flores Death Inquest
An inquest by Justice of the Peace Kirk Johnson found Juan Flores died when the car he rode in struck a truck driven by D L Lattimer. The coroner's jury ruled Lattimer blameless and named six jurors and several witnesses from Roswell. The inquiry concerned an automobile wreck sixty miles northwest of Roswell en route to St Mary's Hospital.
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Justice of the Peace
Kirk Johnson
Juan Flores
Roswell
D. L. Lattimer
Lattimer
Leland Fellows
Oscar White
W. C. Holland
E. F. Hedgcoxe
Frank A. West
Floyd Wheeler
Counterfeiting Sets New Record Across the Nation
The Secret Service reports a sharp rise in fake currency, especially $5 and $10 notes, with 194 fiscal year activity exceeding 1933 records of 3,003 arrests and $921,499 seized. Chief William H. Moran notes about 80 percent of identified parties lead to prosecutions.
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Washington
Secret Service
William H. Moran
Showers Over New Mexico Thursday Fair
New Mexico: Occasional showers this afternoon and tonight with warmer conditions tonight in the east. Thursday generally fair. Colorado: Unsettled tonight, Thursday generally fair. Wyoming: Generally fair tonight and Thursday with an unsettled northwest. Nebraska: Unsettled tonight and Thursday, warmer tonight. Kansas: Unsettled tonight and Thursday with likely rain in the southeast and warmth in the east and south. West Texas: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight, Thursday partly cloudy and warmer in the southeast. Cities show varied temperatures including Amarillo 42-20 and Denver 49-34.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
West Texas
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Washington
Albuquerque May Get Back Air Mail Route
Washington reports Albuquerque New Mexico could rejoin the transcontinental air mail network as a secondary route. Officials say Amarillo to Los Angeles Pueblo to Albuquerque and Albuquerque to El Paso are viewed for takeover once army fliers finalize plans. Inclusion of Albuquerque on new routes is considered a natural development.
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Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Post Office Department
Department
Amarillo
Texas
Los Angeles
Pueblo
Colo
el Paso
Army
Vesely Heads South for State Land Sales Tour
State land commissioner Frank Vesely departed Santa Fe for a trip to the southern part of the state. He will conduct land sales at Alamogordo and Socorro, aiming to progress public auction events and oversee local sales operations.
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Vesely
Santa Fe
Frank Vesely
Alamogordo
Socorro
Hatch Wires About New Relief Plan
D P Greiner county clerk reports Senator Carl A Hatch announced Roosevelt relief plan from Washington. Hatch says work relief will be released soon and will aid acute conditions in New Mexico. He will continue efforts for adequate state relief and awaits official details.
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D. P. Greiner
Carl A. Hatch
Roosevelt
Washington
Hatch
Board of County Commissioners
Roswell
N. Mex
Auto Case To U S Court In Santa Fe
The Joe Tipton case against the State Corporation Commission moves to U S district court in Santa Fe on March 2. Tipton faces charges of operating without authority cutting rates and making incorrect mileage reports. He argues he is an interstate operator and the commission interfered with interstate commerce, prompting removal to federal court.
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Santa Fe
Joe Tipton
State Corporation Commission
U. S. District Court
Tipton
Commission
Statewide Trout Stream Study Planned in New Mexico
State game warden Elliott Barker announced a cooperative scientific study of New Mexico trout streams. The project includes the federal Fisheries Bureau, the State University, the Forest Service, and the Game Department. Work begins June 1 on the Pecos under Dr. A. S. Hazzard supervision.
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Santa Fe
Elliott Barker
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
The
State University
Forest Service
Game Department
Pecos
A. S. Hazzard
Fisheries Bureau
Federal aid funds feed for drought counties
The Bureau of Child Welfare receives 75000 from the federal government to buy livestock feed in drought stricken areas. The amount is expected to cover about two tons of feed per family through the spring, aiding ranchers and households dependent on livestock sustenance.
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N. M. Drouth Area
Santa Fe
Bureau of Child Welfare
Drouth
Highway bids to be opened March 27 in Santa Fe
The state highway commission will meet March 27 to open bids on several projects, mostly municipal, in addition to the March 6 opening.
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Santa Fe
State Highway Commission
Burglars Kill Two When They Return Home
In Wellington Colorado on February 28 AP reports Clifford Smith aged 35 and Robert Griffin 16 were murdered as they entered their darkened farmhouse after a school play. Mrs Smith wounded, burglars tried to burn bodies but fled. Sheriff Saunders holds three suspects and seeks two more, claiming to know the culprits.
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Wellington
Colo
Clifford Smith
Robert Griffin
Smith
Griffin
Smoot's Son Testifies on U S Pay In 1930
Ernest W. Smoot son of former Utah senator Smoot told senate air mail investigators his firm Western Air Express employed him in Washington in 1930 while he earned 3325 dollars a year as clerk of the senate finance committee. He said his job was to keep in touch with the comptroller general who delayed a transcontinental mail contract and to contact members of the house post office committee.
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Washington
Ernest W. Smoot
Smoot
Utah
Senate Air Mail
Western Air Express
Senate Finance Committee
Smooth
James G. Woolley
Western Air
House Post Office Committee
Black
Paroled Life Prisoner Bert Shipman under parole
Santa Fe AP Bert Shipman released from the state penitentiary after serving a life sentence was put on parole for ten years under the habitual criminal act. The release was ordered from Quay county with leniency recommended by Judge Patton. A clerical error tied to Manuel Sena caused a correction. the Senas from Bernalillo were misfiled and a proper commutation will be issued. None of the commutations take effect for about a month.
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Santa Fe
Bert Shipman
Quay County
Shipman
Patton
Manuel Sena
Bernalillo
Sena
Secretary of State
Cotton Prices Hold Steady In Galveston Market
Spot cotton in Galveston on February 28 remained steady at middling 12.00 cents with sales totaling 4590 bales. The AP report notes no change from prior readings and records overall quiet trading.
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Galveston
Unsettled Weather Moves Across New Mexico
Unsettled weather spread across New Mexico with there being a threat of rain or snow in many areas. Snow flurries dotted the north with heavier falls in the mountains while the south saw light rains and showers. Las Cruces reported a slow rain continuing at noon and Albuquerque logged a trace of rain as overcast skies persisted.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Las Cruces
Penalties On Auto Plates In New Mexico
Santa Fe reports penalties have been in force since February 1 for buyers of auto license plates for cars operated last year, according to state comptroller Juan N. Vigil.
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Santa Fe
Juan N. Vigil
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