Gov Miles Grants Pardons to Ten Convicts in Gallup Riot Case
Santa Fe New Mexico July 7 Governor John E Miles conditionally pardoned Juan Ochoa and Manuel Avitia for second degree murder in the Gallup eviction riot of April 4 1935. Eight other pardons were issued four conditional and four complete on the state parole board recommendation. Ochoa left the state and Avitia forever after their sentences of 45 to 60 years. The Gallup riot followed a coal mine labor dispute and left three dead and several wounded.
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Santa FE
N. M
Juan Ochoa
Manuel Avilla
Gallup
John E. Miles
State Parole Board
Ochoa
Avitia
M. R. Carmichael
McKinley County
Justice Court
Leandro Velarde
San Juan
Railroad valuations cut in state totals for 1939
New Mexico state tax commission sets 1939 railroad valuations at 76,360,597 dollars, a drop of 35,615 from 1938 driven entirely by the Santa Fe San Juan and Northern loss after receivership. Other railroads keep previous valuations, with Santa Fe at 46,644,062 and Southern Pacific at 21,919,890 among listed totals.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Tax Commission
Santa Fe, San Juan & Northern
Santa Fe, San Juan and Northern
Rock Island
Colorado
Southern
Denver
Rio Grande
Northwestern
Southern Pacific
Texas
New Mexico
Unemployment checks exceed 10 thousand in June
More than 10,000 checks totaling 97,840 were mailed to New Mexico's unemployed in June, reflecting the Tererro mine shutdown near Santa Fe. Unemployment commission chairman Roy L. Cook said 2,598 claimants received checks that month, bringing total payments since December to 652,025.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Tererro
Santa Fe
Unemployment Commission
Roy L. Cook
34 Senators Fight Neutrality
Washington July 7 A declaration signed by 34 senators vowed to fight any change in neutrality law by every honorable means. Senator Johnson said 34 senators unite though he did not name them. The note supported keeping arms embargo and opposing executive discretion to name aggressors. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee may take up the House arms embargo measure next Tuesday. The Senate adjourned in respect for Secretary Swanson who died at Rapidan camp Virginia.
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Washington
Johnson
R-Calif
House
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Swanson
Rapidan
Virginia
Broadway Jack Doyle Sets All Star Game Prices
American League 9 20 and National League 8 5. fall events may determine a southern football coach's fate and potential rise to athletic director with his backfield coach taking his place. A British reporter offered Jack Dempsey a London nightclub tour just before his illness.
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New York
Jack” Doyle
Jack Dempsey
Jack
London
Come Again Say We El Galento at AP building
Reported visit to the new AP building notes a lively scene until Tony sparked confusion by asking for water. Jeff Dickson, Paris promoter, handles Broadway ventures. Deacon Scott, whose streak was eclipsed by Gehrig, claims $5,200 from hong tails in two weeks. Boston College favors local football talent with 46 of 54 players from nearby areas. George Moriarty, American League umpire, sidelined in Detroit with a chipped ankle.
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Jeff Dickson
Paris
Broadway
Scott
Gehrig
Pals
Boston College
Beantown
George Moriarty
Detroit
Jack and Mack
Nelson Birdies Boost Nelsons in PGA Match Play
Byron Nelson shines with birdie runs in PGA match play. George Perry leaves Yankee front office to push sales rights for a beer brand in Times Square and fronts a hotel chain. Maurice Strickland’s Detroit bout praise is upended by Des Moines claim that Johnny Paycheck is stronger than Bob Pastor.
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Nelson
George Perry
Yankee
Times Square
Maurice Strickland
Detroit
Des Moines
Johnny Paycheck
Bob Pastor
Cubs bar public presentation on field during ceremony
A South Bend Eagles delegation went to Chicago to present a diamond ring to Dr. Richard Rohde, the Reds trainer, but the event was moved to the dugout due to field presentation rules.
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Cubs
Eagles
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
Richard Rohde
Reds
WPA furloughs and pardons mark New Mexico brief
A census of WPA rolls begins to estimate 30 day furlough needs before September 1 under the relief law. Workers must be recertified to reemploy. Two penitentiary inmates receive conditional pardons from Governor Miles, Fred Cruse and J B Rogers, with conditions tied to employment and hospital treatment.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
New Mexico Penitentiary
Miles
Fred Cruse
Bodies of 55 flood victims recovered in Kentucky
Jackson, July 7. The 55th body was recovered in eastern Kentucky’s mountain flood. Forty-one people remain missing and property damage runs into the millions. Health officials ordered typhoid inoculations, with 1,200 already treated. Sight-seers hinder searches. highways police barred nonresidents. The Red Cross in Baltimore arranged 500 children’s garments for refugees.
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Jackson
Kentucky
Morehead
T. A. E. Evans
Red Cross
Baltimore
Tough pitcher who faced Ruth in Yankee era rounds
The toughest pitcher they met in the American League rounds fanned Babe Ruth 13 times in 15 tries. He credited a "butterfly" ball to frustrate the Yankees, throwing only one fastball that Ruth hit out of the park, as noted by Fruett's famed arm.
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Babe Ruth
Fruett
Yanks
Ruth
Cal boxing commission blamed for letting Rosenbloom fight Ettore
Los Angeles Times columnist notes the California boxing commission should have fined itself $1,000 for allowing Al Ettore to fight Maxie Rosenbloom. The remark mocks the regulatory body for permitting the bout and implies fault lies with the commission rather than the fighters.
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Bill Henry
Los Angeles Times
California Boxing Commission
al Ettore
Maxie Rosenbloom
New Mexico Eye Clinic to Treat 200 Indigent Patients
Nearly 200 indigent New Mexicans will be treated for eye diseases at the Proctor clinic this month. Three New York eye surgeons Dr John H Dunnington Dr John P McNie and Dr William McGuire have volunteered their services. The state school for the deaf has lent its 38 bed hospital for a 30 day period starting July 10.
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Proctor Clinic
New York
John H. Dunnington
John P. McNie
William McGuire
State School For the Deaf
Sixth General Motors Plant Is Closed In Detroit
A CIO United Automobile Workers strike shut the Fisher Body plant No. 37 and four GM division plants, bringing over 4,000 idle workers. Federal conciliator James F. Dewey pressed for a three-way conference as leaders of the union and GM met for talks.
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Tool
Cio-United Automobile Workers
General Motors
James F. Dewey
Fisher Body
G. M. Division
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