Missouri Becomes 36th State to Ratify Lame Duck Amendment
Washington dispatch reports Missouri completed ratification making the Twentieth Amendment effective October 15. It alters inauguration and congressional start dates and would have changed Roosevelt's presidency and current Congress timing had it been in force. Virginia had earlier ratified, with Missouri announcing unanimous approval after a brief session.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Norris
Nebraska
Virginia
Jefferson City
House
Repeal Hearing Santa Fe Tonight
In Santa Fe New Mexico on January 23 AP reports the 11th legislature begins its third week at 2 pm with both chambers meeting. The house has 68 bills on the docket and many resolutions while the senate files 56. A joint judiciary committee meeting is planned at 7 pm to discuss repeal measures. Sessions are open to the public.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Senate
House
Arthur Seligman
Judiciary Committees
Storm Ravages Sydney Area Killing Eight
A violent storm swept Sydney and surrounding districts, killing eight people and causing widespread damage. Sydney and New South Wales authorities reported extensive structural damage, downed trees, and power outages as responders rushed to the affected areas.
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Sydney
Roosevelt holds cabinet talks on unemployment relief policy
President-elect Roosevelt, at Warm Springs, meets Senators La Follette and Cutting to discuss direct federal unemployment relief. The Republican Independents, who backed him, reviewed a bill for 500 million dollars and reported that Roosevelt was attentive and sympathetic to the proposal.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Cutting
New Mexico
Manufacturers’ Committee
Roswell Businessmen Protest Repeal Of Prohibition Law
A Roswell petition signed by over 150 representative businessmen asks Chaves county and state legislators to oppose any repeal or modification of New Mexico prohibition laws. Circulated by the Roswell Ministerial Alliance, it targets senators Mullis and Hinkle and lawmakers Willis Ford and Luella McGaffey Brown. A joint committee chairs tonight a hearing on repeal resolutions, with debate over delaying a special vote that could cost about 100000.
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Roswell
Chaves County
New Mexico
John H. Mullis
Clarence E. Hinkle
Willis Ford
Luella McGaffey-Brown
J. H. Muliis
Clarence Hinkle
Texas Sheriff Shot by Bandits in Tulia Ambush
Plainview Texas January 23 AP J C Moseley Swisher county sheriff was killed last night after pursuing a stolen car into Tulia and stopping it in front of a filling station. The ensuing gunfight ended with the station robbed and two men and a woman fleeing.
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Plainview
Texas
J. C. Moseley
Swisher County
Tulia
Moseley
Blizzard Toll Rises in Far West with Three Dead
In San Francisco on January 23 AP reports blizzards endanger the Far West. Charles E. Smith, 62, a Sierra Madre prospector, perished in a snow crushed cabin after Henry Mercer, his partner, fled an avalanche. Nevada claimants James M. Sorrells, 26, and Kent Wood, 22, died when their stalled car froze five miles south of Goldfield. Local searches in Central California continue amid heavy snowfall.
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San Francisco
Charles E. Smith
Sierra Madre Mountains
California
Henry Mercer
Smith
Mercer
Nevada Desert
James M. Sorrells
Kent Wood
Fort Worth
Goldfield
Bratton Pushes Plan To Consolidate Two Departments
Senator Bratton proposes merging the interior and agriculture departments to cut federal costs. He believes the consolidation could save at least 50 million dollars annually and plans to present the resolution to the Senate in Washington.
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Washington
Bratton
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Senate
New Mexico Democrat
Chamber
Treasury Post Office
Joe Jackson Dies in Alamogordo
Alamogordo New Mexico January 28 AP Joe W Jackson 47 well known rancher and businessman died last night from a ruptured appendix He fell ill returning from a business conference in Oklahoma City The appendix probably ruptured about 24 hours before his arrival Survived by his mother Mrs Nancy Jackson and other relatives
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Alamogordo, N. M
Joe W. Jackson
Alamogordo
Annual Council Dinner Tomorrow
The newly elected city council hosts hold-over members will dine at Westminster Hall tomorrow night starting at 6 20. Aldermen T L Gardner C S Dobbs J E Moore and L B Croissant attend with Mayor H B Smyrl and aldermen P D Wilkins C S Allison Howard Glover W H McCullough E B Johnston and Leland Fel.
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Westminster Hall
Aldover
T. L. Gardner
C. S. Dobbs
J. E. Moore
L. 8. Croissant
H. B. Smyrl
P. D. Wilkins
C. S. Allison
Howard Glover
W. H. McCullough
E. B. Johnston
Leland Fel
Preliminary for Watts 15 Postponed
The preliminary hearing for Emerson Watts was indefinitely postponed at the district attorney George L. Reese Jr. request to study evidence and legal questions. The hearing, set for ten this morning before W. C. Winston, concerns embezzlement tied to his local brokerage firm. Watts pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
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Emerson Watts
George L. Reese Jr
W. C. Winston
Watts
Rabbits Provide Feast After Plentiful Drive in New Mexico
In Magdalena New Mexico on January 23 AP reports a rabbit drive on the San Augustino plains yielded about 500 pounds of bunny meat for needy families who enjoyed bunny stew today through local relief efforts.
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Magdalena
N. M
San Augustino Plains
Santa Fe Traffic Cop Hit By Auto
Patrolman Jim Lopez of the Santa Fe police force suffered three fractures of his right leg when an auto crashed into him while he was signaling an improperly parked car. Amando Roybal, the driver, swung around a corner and skidded, crushing Lopez against the parked vehicle. Lopez was taken to St. Vincent's hospital and Roybal went to jail.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Jim Lopez
Amando Roybal
Lopez
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Roybal
Mining to Expand at Empire Zinc Property in Kelly
Kenneth Hughes of Kelly announced that Empire Zinc in New Mexico will increase mining and hire between 49 and 50 workers for the year. Kelly has leased the property and signed marketing contracts to permit higher production. More than a dozen cars of read-zine ore have already been shipped.
Roswell man digs up ancient Indian burial site
A Roswell resident reports uncovering an old burial ground near the city. The dig yields numerous small, seated burials with skulls unusually thick, plus Indian artifacts including arrow heads painted pottery and grinding stones. The discoverer declines to reveal his name or the site.
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Roswell
High Court voices limits on rum running far offshore
The High Court ruled that British or Canadian rum running vessels cannot be boarded searched or seized by coast guardsmen when more than one hour's sailing distance from the shore. This decision narrows coast guard powers in distant waters and affects enforcement along longer maritime routes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Einstein to Be on Radio Tonight in California Meeting
Albert Einstein appears on a national radio broadcast from Pasadena planned as part of a mass meeting addressing depression linked to German American relations. The event marks his third annual California visit and aims to discuss mood and relativity as central issues.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert Einstein
United States
California
Hearing on Farm Relief Wednesday
Washington Jan 22 Public hearings on the domestic allotment farm relief bill were set by the Senate Agriculture Committee for Wednesday. The move aims to explore provisions shaping farm policy and relief measures for growers nationwide.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
New Army of Transients On Move Across U S
Grace Abbott testifies before a senate committee about a growing relief problem from a flood of transients. She backs a bill by Senator Cutting for a 15 million dollar relief fund funneled to states through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, with Cutting away in Georgia for talks with the President-elect.
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Washington
Senate
Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Senator Cutting
N. Mex
Reconstruction Corporation
Cutting
Georgia
Roosevelt
Edgar F. Puryear
Southern Pacific
Texas
New Mexico
Mothers to Visit Graves of Sons in France Pilgrimage
War Department invites widows and mothers of soldiers buried abroad to visit graves. Five women from New Mexico are invited to join the fourth and final Gold Star Mothers' pilgrimage. The first sailing will be aboard the S. S. President Harding departing soon.
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Washington
War Department
New Mexico
S. S
Harding
Bill to Abolish State Comptroller Considered
A bill by Sen. Taylor E Julien would abolish the state comptroller and separate its duties. Auditing would move to the state auditor and collections to the state treasurer. The comptroller, created in 1923, handles gasoline tax and motor vehicle revenues, more than any other state department.
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Santa Fe
N. M
State Comptroller’s Office
Taylor E. Julien
Qua
Comptroller
Julien
Comptroller’s
State Department
Original Jig Saw Puzzle Hound Solves Missing Piece
Alliance Nebraska January 23 AP Harry Gantz claims ownership of the jig saw puzzle hound. The Gantz family spent an evening on a puzzle, nearly finished but one pasteboard piece missing. Topper the fox terrier searched the house while the dog later coughed up the missing piece.
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Alliance
Neb
Harry Gantz
Gantz
Topper
Gandhi to Guide New Newspaper in Poona
From his prison cell in Verada Gandhi will steer a new weekly in Poona dedicated to ending untouchability. He will not serve as editor due to limitations but will guide policy and direction for the publication as it launches.
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Poona
India
Verada
Mahatma Gandhi
Roswell Delegates Attend Santa Fe Meeting Today
Representatives from Roswell including Alderman W. H. McCullough city engineer Lea Rowland and city attorney Howard Buchly traveled to Santa Fe to attend a meeting of the Municipal League executive committee. The day’s business included taxation concerns as the 11th New Mexico Legislature prepares for initial review at a 7 p.m. session. State Tax Commissioner Byron O Beall released a comprehensive expenditures statement for the 20th fiscal year detailing totals across departments with a grand total of 15,030,855 and salary and wages of 3,721,758.
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W. H. McCullough
New Mexico Municipal League
Lea Rowland
Howard Buchly
Santa Fe
Municipal League
Byron O. Beall
Joint Committee
Tax Department
Judiciary Department
Plateau Singing Convention Draws Large Roswell Crowd
Roswell attendees at the Hope singing convention report about 500 listeners. The Plateau Singing Convention, spanning New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, will meet in Clovis next summer. Chaves County’s next gathering is planned for Roswell on the first Sunday in July. A singing class will meet at East Grand Plains school next Sunday at two. Sacred songs feature at the conventions.
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Roswell
Hope
Eddy County
Plateau
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Clovis
Chaves County
East Grand Plains
The older you grow the faster you travel
Abilene Texas January 23 AP William G McAdoo pleads guilty to a paperman’s charge that he quipped The older you grow the faster you travel The Senator elect from California landed at Abilene Municipal Air Terminal at 940 am refueled his monoplane Blue Streak and departed for Los Angeles He was accompanied by T M Storke publisher of Santa Barbara and his son Robert McAdoo
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Abilene, Tex
William G. McAdoo
California
Abilene Municipal Air Terminal
Shreveport
Los Angeles
McAdoo
T. M. Storke
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert McAdoo
Tobacco tax eyed to fund free textbooks in New Mexico
Rep. Frank Encinias proposes a tobacco tax to raise revenue for free textbooks in New Mexico schools. The idea follows a previously defeated statewide referendum that authorized a tobacco levy years ago.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
Frank Encinias
Guadalupe
Brice Heads to Santa Fe for Supreme Court Pleadings
Charles R. Brice departed this morning for Santa Fe to argue cases before the supreme court. He traveled with his daughter Mrs. Gladys Brice Wyatt and expected to return later.
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Charles R. Brice
Santa Fe
Supreme Court
Gladys Brice Wyatt
Relief crews begin river cleanup under city manager supervision
About 70 men received work orders in desolate relief efforts as crews started cleaning Spring River and deepening the Hondo River channel under Clyde Fulton. Roughly 50 orders were issued Saturday at Chaves County Emergency Relief headquarters and 20 to non residents via the Salvation Army to aid families in absolute need.
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Spring River
Hondo River
Clyde Fulton
Chaves County
Fire Department Rescues Dead Cat From Well
City firefighters responded to a call about a cat in a northwest well. Five boys aided as the well, forty five feet deep and four feet wide, was emptied of water. A man descended by rope, retrieved the cat, and it proved to be dead for several days despite daily feeding reports.
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