Vatican Portico Bomb Case Ties to Spain and Excommunications
Rome Vatican City June 26 AP authorities say the Portico of St. Peter’s bombing was set by Demetrio Solomon a Spaniard born in Alexandria Egypt who traveled from Spain to Rome carrying a Spanish passport He allegedly planted the explosive amid strained Vatican Spain relations after the June 3 encyclical and excommunications Four injured no major damage Solomon fled but was pursued after the blast by a Fascist militiaman who tossed items into a fountain before escaping into side streets
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
Spain
Demetrio Solamon
Solamon
Vatican
Solomon
Alexandra
Egypt
Rome
St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Square
Bandits Steal 3000 From Mountainair Bank
Two masked bandits entered the First State Bank in Mountainair New Mexico just after two this afternoon forcing cashier J C Hester and bookkeeper M L Griggs to lie on the floor while they looted the vault They fled southwest of the city in a car after taking all available cash A posse formed promptly and no one was hurt The incident was reported as AP.
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Mountainair
N. M
First State Bank
J. C. Hester
M. L. Griggs
Hester
Federal capital stock tax pressed on New Mexico firms
Albuquerque notes the Internal Revenue Service will collect the capital stock tax under the national recovery act. A $1 excise tax per $1000 of adjusted declared value applies to domestic firms and the U.S. business portion of foreign corporations. Returns are due by July 31. firms doing business between June and June 30 must pay the tax.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Internal Revenue Office
Washington
United States
Nations in plan block effort to raise prices
London June 26 AP World wide action to reduce debt burden raise prices and boost demand for raw materials urged today by Senator James Couzens Michigan American delegate in a world economic conference address He argued prices cannot rise by monetary means alone urging public works and lighter debt burden He cited US measures and called for joint efforts India signs onto Pittman silver plan to rehabilitate silver as vital for a successful outcome India the largest silver holder with about 400 million ounces supports Pittman plan to stabilize silver price and control flows to markets
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London
James Couzens
Michigan
Sub-Commission
United States
India
World Economic Conference
Key Pittman
Conference
George Shuster
Treasury For
Pres
Griffith expands chain with two deluxe Colorado theatres
The Westland Theatres Company Inc led by R E Griffith, former Roswell resident and Yucca and Princess owner, has bought two deluxe houses in Colorado Springs and Denver. Negotiations also point to Wyoming purchases as the firm grows from New Mexico roots and Roswell beginnings.
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Westland Theatres Company Inc
R. E. Griffith
Roswell
Princess Theatres
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
Cheyenne
Casper
Wyoming
Griffith
Griffith Theatres Company of
New Mexico
Yucca
Griffith Company
Albuquerque
Clovis
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Gallup
Portales
Plainview
Texas
Plan to Prod Industries 10 Agreements
Washington June 26 AP The administration seeks broad public support for a wage and purchasing power program aimed at major industries slow to commit. Hugh S Johnson says the plan requires national zeal to prevent wild price hikes while unemployment remains high. He notes only cotton textiles among big firms has proposed fair competition codes, warning against labor or corporate unions trying to block labor organizing. He stresses the danger of price gouging harming 42 million unemployed or underpaid workers and pledges no tolerance for price hikes.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Stars of Stage and Screen to Marry in Hollywood Romance
Alan Dinehart, 37, a stage and screen actor, and Mozelle Frontone, 21 under Fox contract, filed intention to wed at the Los Angeles county marriage license bureau. Dinehart has two years in pictures and credits including The Meanest Man in the World and The Patsy. former marriage to Louise Dwyer. Frontone debuted in motion pictures two years ago.
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Hollywood
Alan Dinehart
Mozelle Frrnttonne
Fox
Los Angeles County
Dinehart
Louise Dwyer
Miss Brittanne
Motion Pictures
Postal Employes Ordered Nine Day Furlough Without Pay
Postal workers are to take nine days of furlough without pay during the next quarter as economy measures. Postmaster Mrs. McCullough reports Washington instruction for local operations, prohibiting substitutes and any expenditures tied to the furlough.
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McCullough
Washington
Picnics July 2 For Children In Summer Program
Roswell hosts picnics July 2 at the city park for children who finished the first period of the Community Vacation Projects. Spanish American, Angio, and grade school groups schedule final reports and possible second period enrollment. Two more periods planned before fall start with a closing activity each period.
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Roswell
Sen- Ory
Roswell Smitty dog Scraps to be given away
Roswell Daily Record invites all Roswell boys and girls to visit the newspaper office on June 27 between 9 am and noon or 1 pm to 5 pm. Scraps, the wire haired terrier from the Smitty comic, will be in the front window and given to a winner who writes a letter to Smitty or Herbie.
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Roswell
Roswell Daily Record
Smitty
Herbie
Democrats Accuse Republicans of Doubling Federal Costs
The AP report notes Republican leader Snell of New York launching a campaign in June arguing Democrats enacted a spending spree and used tricky bookkeeping. He claims federal expenditures more than doubled in 100 days, criticizes separate budgets, predicts gains in the 1934 elections, and warns of new taxes and growing government control.
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Snell
New York
Sneil
Nine Revenue Office employees resign without civil service status
AP reports nine employees in the internal revenue office tendered resignations to Steve Vidal in Gallup, who will not take office until Tuesday. The staff were paid Saturday night and supervisor F T Blandy oversaw final reports of outgoing collector B C Hernandez. Resignees will continue working until replaced by Vidal's appointees.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Internal Revenue Office
Steve Vidal
Gallup
Vidal
F. T. Blandy
B. C. Hernandez
Lea County Commissioner Kills Rancher in Tatum Shootout
Lea County Commissioner J H Simpson surrendered to officers after the morning shooting on Main Street in Tatum that killed rancher Oscar Adams, a southeast New Mexico cattleman. Adams died within minutes. Sheriff Dan and District Attorney George Reese Jr. planned to question Simpson later.
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Oscar Adams
New Mexico
Tatum
J. H. Simpson
Lea County
Adams
Simpson
Lovington
Dan
George Reese Jr
Sipson
Tom Bingham
Hope rancher badly hurt in Artesia auto crash
Lloyd Crockett a Hope rancher facing preliminary hearing for altering sheep brands was seriously injured six miles west of Artesia when his car collided with a truck trailer. He was taken to Carlsbad hospital with hopes for recovery slim. Will Murrah, tried on the same charges, escaped injury. both were bound over to district court on two counts each with one bond set at 500 dollars, the other released on recognizance.
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Lloyd Crockett
Hope
Justice of the Peace Court
Artesia
Carlsbad
Crockett
Will Murrah
Murrah
District Court
Baseball Today's Scores Rain Postpones New York Detroit Game
In baseball today New York and Detroit were postponed due to rain. Washington beat Cleveland 9 to 9 in a rain affected score with Crowder Russell Sewell Hildebrand Hudlin Myatl on defense. Philadelphia exploded for 14 runs on 6 hits while Chicago and St Louis posted lower totals in separate affairs.
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Washington
Cleveland
Crowder, Russell
Sewell Hildebrand
Hudlin
Myatl
Rain Delays Several Major League Baseball Matchups
Postponements hit a slate of games with Pittsburgh at New York and Cincinnati at Brooklyn plus St Louis versus Boston and Chicago versus Philadelphia all delayed by wet grounds delaying the schedule across the league.
Growers Decide This Week On Cotton Program
Chaves county farmers face a vote on the government plan to retire 7,500 acres of cotton with compensation. The program runs across the southern states, with contracts to be offered to Dexter and Hagerman growers tonight and tomorrow. Indications point to acceptance and signing, reducing output by about 6,000 bales.
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Chaves County
East Grand Plains
Dexter
Hagerman
Chaves
Roosevelt Fogbound in Northern Maine Aboard Amberjack II
President Roosevelt is fogbound in northern Maine aboard the Amberjack II schooner yacht. The voyage places him in the same area where, twenty years earlier, he endured four days and nights of similar weather, delaying travel and presumed meetings.
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Roosevelt
Maine Lake Bay
Rogue Island
President Roosevelt
Maine
Knife Attack Wounds Man Near Mesilla, New Mexico
Ladas Chavarrilla, 25, was seriously wounded in a knife fight with Antonio Rodriguez after an argument over a girl near Mesilla, New Mexico. Rodriguez fled and Sheriff Dick Triviz searched for him as Chavarrilla was taken to the county hospital in El Paso.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Ladas Chavarrilla
Antonio Rodriguez
Mesilla
Rodriguez
Dick Triviz
Chavarrailla
Hosptal
el Paso
Occupation Tax Cases Dismissed In Justice Court
Eight men charged with violating a city ordinance by not securing 1933 occupation licenses as paint contractors were found not guilty by Judge L. L. Johnson. The judge ruled they worked by hour or on a wage basis, not as contractors. Defendants included G. B. Hays Sam Hay M. T. Hayslip O K Mere W H Hensley M H Hutter S Brown and J D Sanders C M Cooper paid his tax and was ruled entitled to a T H Yas and M Paley fined $25 and costs each for fishing without a license.
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Justice of the Peace Court
L. L. Johnson
Johnson
G. B. Hays
Sam Hay
M. T. Hayslip
O. K. Mere W. H. Hensley
M. H. Hutter
S. Brown
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Oklahoma
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