Blizzard Thru In Nation Brings Heavy Snow and Flood Deaths
Weather toll nears 100 with deaths in Mississippi Tennessee and Maryland while major winter storm lashes East and South. Relief crews rush aid as roofs and tree tops host stranded thousands around Sledge Mississippi. New York Philadelphia and Boston report record snows and power outages.
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Wallace proposes a four member council to amend the constitution
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace calls for a small nonpartisan four person economic council to decide key questions by direct referendum and submit amendments to the people. The plan envisions rotating terms of nine to fifteen years and a permanent, presidentially appointed body.
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Collier's Weekly
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Austin Letter Describes Flight Amid Snow and Roosevelt Jokes
A reader recalls a chilly journey from Cincinnati to Austin the capital, noting an African Airways flight despite snow. The reminiscence includes social chatter about Roosevelt and a tease about political wit, ending with a casual greeting and a nudge toward Texas history.
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Cincinnati
African Airways
St. Louis
Texas
Joe
Jack Garner
Roosevelt
Charges Dismissed in Sheehan Case in New Mexico
The Fifth Judicial District Court ordered the case State of New Mexico vs Ralph A Sheehan county clerk of Chaves County dismissed after Assistant District Attorney Lake J Frazier filed a motion for dismissal and the court noted Sheehan had filed the required affidavit on campaign expenditures. The dismissal followed the affidavit showing expenditures related to the contested campaign.
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Joseph l. Dailey
James B. McGhee
State of New Mexico
Ralph A. Sheehan
Chaves County
D. P. Greiner
Sheehan
Fifth Judicial District
Unregistered Votes Rumor in San Miguel County Race
The House special elections investigation heard about 1600 unregistered votes in San Miguel County. Witness Frank Staylin said he found more than 1,600 unregistered votes while Tom Hughes testified he had no pledges from anyone about money, aside from a $300 offer to hire Bob Miller to disrupt the county convention.
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San Miguel
House Special Elections Investigation Committee
Kane
Frank Staylin
Staplin
Tom Hughes
Albuquerque
County Central Committee
T .M. Pepperday
Hughes
Pepperday
Hugh Woodward
Miller
Bob Miller
State Legislature in Brief Summary
House amid page four reports bills including a five per cent oil severance excise tax based on market price and a gas tax per 1000 feet at ten ounces pressure. It passed a Sunday liquor closing law and favored a substitute for a child labor amendment ratification. Senate noted a one cent gasoline tax proposal for relief funding and introduced a nepotism bill.
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Hauptmann on Witness Stand Starts Story
German carpenter Bruno Hauptmann faced cross examination as two defense witnesses failed to corroborate his alibi for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial in Flemington New Jersey. Christian Frederickson and his wife Katie testified they could not swear Hauptmann was at the bakery the night of March 1 1932. The defense had promised to reveal the man last in contact with the kidnaper and suggested that person had sat in court, but Frederickson could not confirm the key detail.
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Hauptmann
Frederickson
David T.wilentz
Armory to House All FERA Offices in Roswell
The National Guard Armory on West Fifth Street will house all FERA offices in Roswell after an agreement among city and county officials and the Armory board. Offices from the American Legion Home and city hall will move to the Armory next week under a $12 monthly lease, with no fixed end date. The Armory board may reclaim the building if needed for military use.
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Armory Board
State rests murder case against Hauptmann in Lindbergh trial
The state rested its murder case after noon with wood expert Koehler testifying one ladder rail came from Hauptmann attic and other lumber from a Bronx yard. The defense sought further cross examination while Hauptmann possibly would testify mid afternoon. Koehler said the ladder fit Hauptmann's car with inches to spare.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur Koehler
Hauptmann
Bronx
Koehler
David T. Wilentz
Edward J. Reilly
Wilentz
Reilly
Thomas H. Sisk
Department of Justice
Hildegarde Olga Alexander
John F. Condon
Miss Alexander
Justice Trenchard
Three Plans Raise Relief Fund in New Mexico
Santa Fe, Jan 24 AP The 12th legislature advances three proposals to raise $500000 for relief in New Mexico. The measures include a one cent gasoline tax, a tobacco tax, and a franchise tax. Senate bill plans an additional cent per gallon gasoline tax. House introduces an oil and gas excise tax. House debate over Sunday liquor sales ends in a strict closing law, with further action anticipated.
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O.S . Greaser
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Greaser
Senate May Leave Tax Bill To House
Santa Fe January 24 The Senate may pass three revenue measures a gasoline tax a tobacco tax and a franchise tax and then leave the choice of any or all of the three to the House Sen Fred Wilson majority floor leader said the Senate might pass all the measures They are results of a caucus and conferences with the governor to raise 500000 for relief starting March
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House
Fred Wilson
Dbernalillo
Wilson
Santa Fe
Relief caseloads figure in New Mexico exceed hundred thousand
Maj. E. Braught, FERA administrator for New Mexico, said 30,000 relief cases amount to about 25 percent of the state population. He estimated one-sixth are single persons and the rest are families of four or more, averaging relief for more than 100,000 people.
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Inta Fe
Maj. E. Braught
FERA
Chairman Payne of Red Cross Dies
Washington January 24 AP Judge John Barton Payne head of the American Red Cross died early today as floods stretched relief work in Tennessee and Mississippi. The 80 year old former cabinet member led relief for fourteen years and had a storied career including secretary of the interior under Wilson and other high posts. He was decorated by nineteen foreign countries for his humanitarian work.
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John Barton Payne
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Shipping Board
New Track Record Set at Santa Anita in Mile and Quarter
Santa Anita hosted a track event where Colloden established a new mile and quarter record. The record time of 2:06 2/5 beat Crystall Prince by four seconds. Colloden won in the seventh race yesterday, paying $21.40 to win, $1,060 to place, and $6.80 to show.
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Santa Anita
Colloden
Crystall Prince
House Votes To Close Saloons Over Sunday
Santa Fe AP report notes a sharp House division 28 to 20 on Sunday closing of liquor sales. G T McWhirter urged open liquor policy while Miguel Leyva warned Sunday closure would push drinkers to bootleggers and harm licensed dealers. Willis Ford quipped about working on both sides of the bar as whiskey interests face regulation.
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R-Torrance
Miguel Leyva
D-Santa Fe
Leyva
Willis Ford
D-Chaves
Poison Plot In Great Falls Kills Two Men And Two Women
In Great Falls Montana a poison plot killed four people two men and two women details from county coroner Dr. C F Peterson show strong poison found in autopsies. The victims include Mrs Donald Chisholm and Mrs Bessie Bundtrock with motives linked to jealousy over a husband. Police found poison crystals in a liquor jug and poison in a stew.
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Great Falls
Mont. Jang
C. F. Peterson
Donald Chisholm
Bessie Bundtrock
Mike Pletz
Vallard Manzer
C. F. Holt
Chisholm
T. F. Walker
Senate House joint committee probes Executive Mansion
A Senate House joint committee met at the Executive Mansion with Governor Clyde Tingley to inspect conditions under a joint resolution. The governor discussed findings, noting he personally inspected and repaired partly by wearing overalls, with cooling and heating systems running simultaneously and several truckloads of junk removed from the basement.
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Santa Fe
Senate House Joint Committee
Clyde Tingley
Senate
Shortened Agua Caliente racing season amid board action
Los Angeles January 24 AP The California horse racing board awarded dates through May to state tracks in opposition to Baja California plans prompting Agua Caliente to cancel a 31 day meet set to start February 24 The Agua Caliente Jockey Club may still race under a revised schedule with the resort promising increased racing.
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Los Angeles
California Horse Racing Board
Baja California
Lou Anger
Agua Cakefite Jockey Club
Guards search for another gun in San Quentin
San Quentin guards questioned a clue from a Folsom convict about another gun hidden inside the prison. They conducted a thorough search at the state penitentiary to prevent a repeat of the armed break quelled a week earlier.
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Salvation Army Installation in Roswell Tonight
Major and Mrs. Jesse Roe will be installed as Roswell Salvation Army Corps officers by Col. George Davis of San Francisco at a public meeting on East Second Street at 7 45 PM. Col. Davis, Western Division executive secretary, and Maj. E. R. Gifford of Tucson will speak. The public is invited. The Roes succeed Capt. and Mrs. J. M. King after three years at El Pato.
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Roswell
Salvation Army Corps
George Davis
San Francisco
Salevation Army
East Second Street
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E Scatiel
Salvation Army
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Tucson
Want Buy NM Oil Lands in Ireland
Santa Fe report says New Mexico oil lands are saleable anywhere, state land commissioner Frank Vesely said. He received a money order from Ireland for a pound and about 30 shillings, about 6.21 dollars, and will present the draft to an exchange authority to determine the state’s position.
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