Board member accuses state asylum chief of inefficiency
Las Vegas figure C M Graham says New Mexico State Insane Asylum overspending stems from Dr A N Moore’s mismanagement. He details earlier meetings with Governor Hockenhull urging change while noting prior administration with A B Stewart was more effective. Graham resigned as president after gubernatorial urging.
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Moore
Graham
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico State Insane Asylum
C. M. Graham
Las Vegas
A. N. Moore
Pete Ciddie
Taxpayers push business tax plan at New Mexico meeting
The New Mexico Federation of Taxpayers Associations in Albuquerque convened to discuss a proposed business tax as a solution to the tax problem. W T Scoggins urged placing the tax in statutes while warning against transferring costs to consumers and calling for mortgage relief and equal treatment of special interests.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Federation of Taxpayers Associations
Orgaization
W. T. Scoggins
Dona Ana
Scoggins
New Mexico
Phillips Petroleum Donates Two Pumps to Conservancy District
The Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District receives two used pumps from Phillips Petroleum Co to plug artesian wells east of Artesia. Dr A D Crile, board chairman, requested the gifts and thanked Phillips for the generosity. Also in world news, Japanese and Soviet tensions rise as General Sadao Araki resigns as war minister.
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A. D. Crile
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
Phillips Petroleum Co
Conservancy District
Phillips Company
Artesia
Crile
Conservancy Board
Associated Press
Sado Araki
Soviet
Russia
Beverly Hills Gazette Hints at Exhibit amid Headlines
Column notes crowded papers in Beverly Hills California with brief items about a congressional vote on the sixty cent dollar slated for Saturday. Mentions Cuba praising a new president and a 726 carat diamond holder who earned 350000 and plans to buy a farm and silk hat.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Cuba
Africa
Naval Chief Sees Navy In Poor Shape
Washington January 22 AP The House appropriations committee reported a 284747000 naval supply bill and said current construction will bring the fleet within treaty limits in all combatant categories. The committee disputed Admiral William H Standley chief of naval operations on fleet condition noting ongoing work and a projected increase of 2800 enlisted men.
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Washington
United States Navy
London
House Appropriations Committee
Admial William H. Standley
One Escaped Convict Recaptured at Kansas Penitentiary
The first of seven convicts who escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary at dawn on Friday has been recaptured. Charles Clifton McArthur, 29, serving a robbery sentence, was arrested near Kansas City, Missouri, still in prison garb. He claimed a broken leg hampered his escape and declined to discuss plans or the other escapees. The Kansas board of administration planned an inquiry starting today.
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Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Harvey Bailey-Wilbur
Liberty
Wall
Japan
Ll. M. Kaganovitch
Moscow Communist Party
Amt
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Edouard Herriot
France
Agence Economique Et Financier
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Charles Clifton McArthur
McArthur
Kansas City
Kansas Board of Administration
State Weather Fair and Colder Across Regions
Fair tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions in southeast New Mexico and the eastern Colorado area. Wyoming sees generally fair skies but colder in the southwest. Nebraska and Kansas expect fair weather with a chill tonight. West Texas remains fair and colder tonight with Tuesday forecast similar. Temperatures include Amarillo 62-52 and El Paso 60-36 with Denver 53-43 and New York 38-32.
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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
Francisco
Washington
Bremer Kidnapping Fears Rise as Ransom Talks Fail
Despair grips the Bremer family as Howard G. Bremer, president of Commercial State Bank, remains missing after Jan. 17. Abductors’ notes and a deadly threat intensify the search while the family vows not to pay until a signed message confirms his life. Local authorities pursue possible leads and deny ransom reports as time slips by.
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St. Paul
Howard G. Bremer
Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Betty
Summit School
Louise Bremer
Visions of a Mighty U S Navy Now Seen
Washington dispatch notes visions of a bigger navy as the department’s $285 million bill heads to the House with expected quick passage. Democrats relish Roosevelt bill momentum while Senate leaders face stiff GOP opposition to the gold policy.
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U. S. Navy
Washington
House
Senate
Joyce Pruit Co Artesia Store Burglarized
Robbers gained roof access by drilling through the store roof and stole over $1,400 from the safe plus dry goods. Rex Wheatly, the manager, found the opened safe. Police seek two men and a woman who escaped from jail in Lubbock, Texas, for questioning.
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Joyce- Pruit Co
Rex Wheatly
Lubbock
Texas
Havana Doctors Strike Dominates Cuban Medical Front
Havana reports show a widening strike by Cuban physicians as the federation demands government enforcement of a decree mandating federation membership. Labor unions back the action, threatening sympathy strikes by railroad and dock workers. Last night Mendieta freed 77 arrested officers from the national hotel clash, with more expected.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban Medical Federation
Mendieta
National Hotel
Funds for starting new U. S. cruisers
Washington January 22 The house appropriations committee votes to override director Lewis W. Douglas and authorize 1 200 000 to start three new six inch gun cruisers in the next fiscal year for the navy.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Lewis W. Douglas
Byrd Returns to Ancient Antarctic Camp Amid Hazards
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and crew revisited the Bay of Whales site. the weather station lay buried under snow with a kerosene lamp jar and stale calendars. A hazardous operation followed to reclaim the winter city, involving tractors from Nagship to Little America. two tractors burned, third teetered on collapsing ice, narrowly avoided catastrophe.
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Admiral Byrd
Bay of Whales
Antarctic
MacKay
Deen Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Haines
Little America
Pete Demas
Duran Held At Cruces Connection Espinosa Case
In Las Cruces New Mexico Sheriff Dick Triviz refused to reveal details about the arrest arraignment of Pomposo Duran linked to the Melquiades Espinosa family murders near Berino Duran’s location traces to Brawley California while district attorney M A Threet is away Duran associated with Pedro Holguin whose trial ended in a hung jury three bandits unidentified are believed responsible Espinosa the father remains free on bond amid ongoing inquiry.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Dick Triviz
Dona Ava
Pomposo Duran
Brawley
Calif
Melquiades Espinosa
Berino
M. A. Threet
Alamogordo
Duran
Threet
Pedro Holguin
Espinosa
Holguin
Canutillo
Navy hospitals incur extra costs after VA patient withdrawals
Washington reports Rear Admiral P. B. Rossiter, surgeon general of the Navy, states that withdrawing veterans administration patients from naval hospitals has cost the Navy about 1.5 million dollars more to hospitalize its own sick than if ex soldiers had remained.
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Washington
P. 8. Rossiter
Navy
Veterans’ Administration
Naval Hospitals
Silver senators push to amend monetary bill for remonetizing silver
Senator Wheeler of Montana announces an amendment to the administration monetary bill to remonetize silver, with silver advocates seeking action despite ongoing debates on farm relief and other measures. A delegation meets President Roosevelt while Wheeler and King with Representative Fiesinger discuss tactics privately.
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Will
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
Administration
House
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
Byrnes
D-Sc
Congress
Silver Friends
Montana
Utah
Wheeler and King
Fiesinger
Ohio
Airship Akron Not to Be Replaced
Washington reports that the navy appropriation bill allocates no funds to replace the lost airship Akron, dimming prospects for an early replacement and leaving the program in jeopardy.
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Akron
Washington
Navy
RFC Will Continue For Anther Year
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed the bill extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation life to February 1, 1955. The act raises the borrowing limit by 850 million dollars and caps treasury withdrawals at 500 million except by executive order. RFC expects over 700 million in repayments that can be re lent without new debentures.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
RFC
Treasury
New Mexico Schools Adopt Teacher Qualification Rules
Roswell and Chaves County schools adopt new elementary teaching standards meeting NMEA training recommendations. The plan requires two years of prescribed college work for all elementary teachers in the state, with Roswell teachers already holding degrees and county teachers mandated to complete at least two years of college work.
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Roswell
Chaves County
New Mexico Educational Association
New Mexico
Santa Fe
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