Swap Husbands and Children in Michigan Farm Swap
Edith June 47 and Mildred Davis 27 swapped husbands near Columbiaville Michigan to provide milk for crowded children. June homes George Davis 45 and seven of her 12 children while Davis tends Clarence June 24 and four of her children plus three June children. Two more June offspring are married. The couples plan divorces to remarry across the swap.
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Edith June
Mildred Davis
Columbiaville
Mich
Famous Ford Car Celebrated At World Fair Arrival
The twenty seven millionth Ford car arrives at the Ford Exposition after a cross country run from the Golden Gate. Mayor La Guardia will greet the car at noon on Friday June 1, with Henry and Edsel Ford in attendance. Ford Day is June 16 as the Ford Motor Company marks its thirty six year birthday.
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Henry and
Edsel Ford
Fiorello H. Lardia
New York
Rossi
San
Francisco
Grover Whalen
Peryson Hall
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Detroit
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
el Paso
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Regulation Talk Grows on New Mexico Utilities
Valdez urges a non political state agency to study gas water and electricity rates and recommend a regulatory bill for the next legislature. He cites past failed bills and says opposition from rate setters blocks reform while noting municipal ownership not always feasible. Prager and Harrelson forecast regulatory moves despite powerful utility lobbies.
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Valdez
Albuquerque
N. M
Arthur Prager
Albuquerque Gas and Electric Company
New Mexico
Prager
Las Cruces
Robert L. Harrelson
Harrelson
State Corporation Commission
Robert Valdez
Burgunder defense cries for speedy trial amid courtroom tension
Burgunder, facing a double murder charge in a desert trap, asks for appointed counsel and the right to cross examine witnesses. McKinney remains defense counsel after earlier dismissal by Burgunder's father. A 135 member jury panel is drawn as armed deputies guard the doorway. Burgunder fled from Johnson City, Tennessee after the killings of Jack Peterson and Ellis M Koury.
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Arizona State Teachers College
Tempe
McKinney
Burgunder
Laprade
Jack Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Peterson
Koury
Johnson City
Tenn
Leche to Re Sign After University Inquiry Promised
President Lasented to Governor Leche at the governor s mansion. Long said Leche last night in the presence of 25 persons gave absolute assurances he would re sign as soon as the inquiry into university affairs can be made. Police reportedly found mutilated bonds during a university search. An official said the university may not lose a penny from the situation.
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Leche
Long
Senate Votes and Legislative Battles on Monetary Powers
Senate debates continued with joint conference committees shaping actions on devaluation powers and a silver price fix proposed by Senator Pittman. Barkley warned extension is key to meeting tri power credits with France and Britain. Committees proceeded on rail finance rules and housing loan limits while Republicans sought a $500 million federal cut as administrators pushed relief and farm measures before Friday deadline.
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Adams
D-Cole
United States
Pittman
Dnev
Treasury
Barkley
D-Ky
France
Great Britain
Capitol Hill
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Nathan Straus
United States Housing Authority
House Banking Committee
John W. O'Leary
United States Chamber of Commerce
Senate
National Labor Board
Ben
Indignities and tensions grow in China crisis
The report describes British residents in Tientsin facing alleged forcible disrobing and searches by Japanese forces as tensions rise. It notes protests by British officials, ongoing blockade conditions, and the broader risk of conflict in China with Swatow and Hongkong affected by Japanese naval moves.
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Army
Shigenori Tashiro
Jamieson
Japan
Britain
China
Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Hachiro Arita
Tientsin
Domei
Swatow
South China Port
South China
Domeéi
Hongkong
Banking debate over RFC loans and railroads
John Garner's financing of goods prompts criticism and possible removal of foreign loan references from the bill. Administration leaders weigh using RFC powers for loans and a new equipment corporation for railroads. Support grows for Rural Electrification and Farm Tenancy programs, while a $750 million four year plan for self liquidating express roads toll bridges and city by passes meets opposition. Rep White attacks the program as a step toward state socialism and totalitarianism if enacted.
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RFC
Rep. White
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Republican National Committee
White
United States
Heavy drop in Santa Fe income in May
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway reports May net operating income of 106 055 dollars, down from 1 369 326 dollars in May 1938. Officials cite heavier maintenance costs tied to a large rail laying program started last month. Net income shown after expenses and normal taxes but before interest charges. During May, 47 miles of new rail and a large amount of used rail were laid or laid out.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Captain Buchanan Promoted to Major in New Mexico Guard
Santa Fe New Mexico June 26 Captain Henry D. Buchanan of Las Cruces chaplain of the 120th Engineers has been promoted to Major in the New Mexico National Guard Adj Gen R C Charlton announced. Sergeant Anthony T Chavez Jr of Company D Engineers promoted to second lieutenant and assigned to the same company succeeding Lieut John McFarland who resigned.
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Santa FE
N. M
Henry D. Buchanan
Las Cruces
120Th Engineers
New Mexico National Guard
Adj
R. C. Charlton
Anthony T. Chavez, Jr
Company D
Engineers
John McFarland
Gov Miles Grants Two More Pardons
Santa Fe New Mexico June 26 Pardons have been granted by Governor Miles to Candido Trujillo and Charles Perry, records in the secretary of state office show. Trujillo was sentenced in May 1938 in Luna county to two years in state prison, but his sentence was suspended. Perry was sentenced last month in San Miguel county to serve six months to a year.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
Candido Trujillo
Charles Perry
Jessse Gonzalez
Trujillo
Luna County
Perry
San Miguel County
Tragic Close Call At Crossing With Train
Nebraska City resident Henry Morgan's tractor stalled at a railroad crossing as a Missouri Pacific Passenger train sped by. He did not jump, recalling the tractor shuddering and the crank and radiator missing after the roaring passage.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Henry Morgan
Missouri Pacific
Morgan
Wedding Plans Die in Los Angeles After Illness
Elizabeth Ann Tuttle suffered appendicitis leading to a probable elopement with Dr Roy B Cohn of San Francisco. The original fiance Clement E Smoot Jr canceled after traveling from Houston, revealing no ceremony occurred. Tuttle is niece of Admiral William D Leahy and cousin of Admiral David W Bagley.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Ann Tuttle
Miss Tuttle
William D. Leahy
Counsin
David W. Bagley
Roy B. Cohn
San Francisco
Clement E. Smoot, Jr
Houston
Tex
Youth Gone Day Before Wedding in Socorro
Sheriff Knoblock searched for Trinidad Bernal 20 of Belen who vanished Friday afternoon the day before his planned wedding to Miss Blaci Esquibel in Socorro New Mexico. District attorney Burg said friction with a relative of the bride may be involved while Bernal recently came to work in the area.
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Socorro
N. M
Frank Knoblock
Trinidad Bernal
Belen
Frank Bernal
John Baron Burg
Trinidad
Blaci Esquibel
Miss Esquibel
Flying Governor Arrives in Albany for Conference
Governor Miles and a flying party reached Albany early for the National Governors' Conference after a cross country charter flight from Santa Fe. The party included G. S. Carter, Mrs. Miles, and Mrs. Carter. The trip featured brief stops and plans to return to Santa Fe by July 1.
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Albany
Santa FE
N. M
Miles
N. Y
Statehouse
G. S. Carter
New Mexico
Carter
Terre Haute
Ind
Buffalo
Truman Wadlow
Signed contract for Breece timber workers in Albuquerque
Timber workers of the Breece Lumber Company in Albuquerque won a signed 12 month contract with wage increases from 5 to 25 percent retroactive to May 15, a five day work week and a closed shop. The mill remained shut due to lack of business as of today. George E. Breece signed the agreement. A W Muir of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners said wage-hour talks would continue with Southwest Lumber ada Milling Co at Alamogordo.
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Breece Timber
Albuquerque
N. M
Breece Lumber Company
George E. Breece
Breece
A. W. Muir
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Alamogordo
Southwest Lumberada Milling Company
Flashes of Life: Idaho Wife Sues for Divorce After Two Days
Mrs Theodore Jackson an Idaho Falls wife files suit for divorce from policeman Jack Jackson after two days of marriage charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The case highlights tension with law enforcers and a controversial rapid split.
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Associated Press
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Theodore Jackson
Policeman Jackson
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