Slayer Olson Shot To Death By Officers
Cable Wisconsin June 29 Ray Olson fugitive killer of two deputies was shot to death while fleeing four possemen led by constable Ernest Moore. The chase unfolded on Lake Namakagon near the Wheatley Anderson farm 14 miles from Cable. Olson was struck by four bullets and died about ten minutes later after admitting the deputies’ killings and saying his wife was not involved.
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Cable
Wis
Ray Olson
Ernest Moore
Lake Namakagon
Wheatley Anderson Farm
Olson
Carl Johnson
Fred Scott
Hayward
Carlsbad
N. M
Herman Lange
Agnes Lange
Howell Gage
Lange
Will Try Swim 288 Miles Down Yellowstone River
Glendive, Wyo June 29 Clarence Giles 45 year old livestock auctioneer starts a 288 mile Yellowstone River swim toward Billings Mont He will travel with a motorboat kitchen for about four days and nights and expects to reach Glendive within 100 hours after leaving Billings. Washington June 29 Senate votes 55 to 0 to provide 1 8083 million for relief with immediate action aimed at reconciling with House bill before midnight tomorrow.
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Glendive
Wyo
Clarence Giles
Yellowstone River
Billings
Mont
Giles
Yellowstone
Washington
Senate
Chamber
Europe fears Hitler plans Danzig coup
Europe warned of a potential German coup to reclaim the Free City of Danzig as Allied capitals and Polish leaders brace for possible action. Nazi outlets denied plans while Goebbels urged restraint and the British Parisian press fretted over impending moves this weekend.
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Associated Press
Europe
London
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Baltic
Free Corps
Hittler
Reich
Goebbels
Fuehrer
Winston Churchill
Poland
Ignace Mescicki
Oilfield Activity S E New Mexico Report Highlights Busy Week
Ten locations and seven completions plus 101 wells drilling mark a busy week in southeastern New Mexico. Eddy county led with five new locations and 39 wells drilling while Lea county counted six completions and 54 rigs. Chaves and Dona Ana also reported activity with multiple wells drilling and one abandonment in Lea.
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HGBBS
N. M
New Mexico
State Oil Conservation Office
Lovington
Eddy County
Lea
Eddy
Chaves County
Chaves
Dona Ann
Oil County
Lea County
Jews and Arabs Clash in Palestine in Tel Aviv region
In six incidents near Tel Aviv eleven Arabs were killed and five injured by unidentified Jews. Traffic to and from Tel Aviv Rehovoth and Petah Tikvah was halted from Thursday noon to Friday. Dozens arrested among revisionist groups. Meanwhile 750 Jews were detained as unlawful immigrants aboard a Greek trawler seized near Haifa, to be processed by authorities.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Rehovoth
Petah Tikvah
Haifa
British send new proposals to Russia
London reports indicate Britain sent fresh proposals to Moscow for inclusion of the Baltic states Belgium Holland and Switzerland in the Anglo French Russian mutual assistance pact. The instructions were sent to Sir William Leeds the British ambassador to Russia. Sources close to the government discounted a Pravda claim the talks hit a dead end and said the new instructions align with Soviet demands.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Baltic States
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
William Leeds
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
New Mexico tourist traffic grows with trucks and buses
Santa Fe June 29 News reports New Mexico's tourist travel rose 16 percent in 1938 while truck and bus travel surged about 41 percent. About 1.594 million tourist cars entered the state and 6,561 trucks and buses, with an average of 2.6 passengers per car. Early year gains drive the rise. later months fell due to recession effects. Tax receipts climbed 1.5 percent as out-of-state plates increased.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Tourist Bureau
Joseph Bursey
Miles
Bursey
Morgenthau vows to block dollar devaluation lift
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned that devaluation powers will expire tomorrow unless a compromise is reached. He told reporters no one should worry about the dollar until the authority lapses, while congressional leaders meet with President Roosevelt to resolve the monetary bill before Friday midnight.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
House
Rayburn
White House
Treasury
Capitol
Congress
Traffic fatalities drop again in May nationwide
National Safety Council reports 2330 fatalities on streets and highways in May a 2 percent decline from May 1938 Cities cut deaths 11 percent while country highway fatalities rose 4 percent. First five months of 1939 show 11010 deaths 7 percent below the same period last year. Be spectacled Bobby Melzer 11 along with four others plan to climb all 14 000 foot peaks in Colorado and Washington and then California to claim a first ascent of the nation’s highest summits.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
Denver
Bobby Melzer
Colorado
California
Washington
Bobby
Carl Melzer
Carl Blaurock
Elwyn Arps
Congress action and committee hearings today
Senate routine business with hearings by Banking on small business loans chaired by Jesse Jones of RFC at 10:30. Labor committee continues Wagner act amendments at 10. Finance and Monopoly panels examine social security and building industry credit. House debates neutrality. Ways and Means on Wagner act amendments. Yesterday the Senate passed 1.8083 billion relief bill and sent it to the House. agriculture appropriation to the White House.
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Congress
Associated Press
Senate
Banking
Jesse Jones
RFC
Labor
Finance
House
Ways and Means
Senate House
Agriculture Department
White House
LSU President Implicated In Million Dollar Market Plot
Baton Rouge officials and federal authorities probe the James Monroe Smith case as estimates of over a million dollars in university bonds involved. Smith is a fugitive former LSU president alleged to have gained cash through invalid notes while bonds are found in his desk. Authorities extend the search across the nation with sightings in Seneca South Carolina and Chicago, while Governor Long posts rewards and opens state records to public inspection.
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Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
United States Department of Justice
Smith
Frank S. Shattuck
Canada
Seneca
S. C
Eagle Pass
Tex
Memphis
Chicago
Earl K. Long
Charles A. Holcombe
Grand Jury
New Orleans
Long
Louisiana
Motor Carrier Hearing Here
A U S I C Commissioner held a hearing yesterday on E B Johnstone’s request to haul building material from El Paso by truck. State Corporation Commissioner Rubenstein attended with officials representing Hill Lines and major rail lines. the hearing included El Paso firms and truck lines. The application was taken under advisement with a decision to be announced later.
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E. B. Johnstone
el Paso
State Corporation
Rubenstein
Lake J. Frazier
Hill Lines, Inc
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas & Pacific Lines
W. C. Reid
Albuquerque
Southwestern Fuel & Transfer Co
el Paso-Pecos Valley
J. L. Naylor
Alvin Hill
J. E. McElroy
Why Fights Between Russians and Japanese Defy War Claims
New York dispatch notes a long silent aerial clash on the Manchukuo Outer Mongolia border near Lake Buir. Tokyo claims 104 Soviet planes destroyed at Tamsk while Japanese officers call border incidents routine as over 600 have occurred in three years.
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Associated Press
New York
Orient
Tokyo
Claspy
Lake Buir
Manchoukuoar
Outer Mongolia
Bagdad
Tamsk
Russia
Japan
Manchoukuoan
Nippon
Manchoukuo
J. D. White
Hsinking
Browns Triumph In First Game Of Doubleheader
St. Louis Browns beat the Chicago White Sox 9 to 3 in the first game as Bob Harris held Chicago to six hits and a seven run burst spurred by runs in the second and third. Harris and Spindel teamed with Lee and Tresh in the battery for St. Louis.
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Browns
White Sox
Chicago
Bob Harris
Letty Lee
St. Louis Browns
RHE St. Louis
Harris
Spindel
Lee
Tresh
Santa Fe County Crops Losing Ground Without Rain
Willis Carter Santa Fe county rural rehabilitation agent warned of a very great loss of crops unless rainfall comes soon. He cited exceptionally good early crop prospects ruined by persistent drought across the county.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Willis Carter
Santa Fe County
County Offices Closed Saturday Noon Over 4th
County clerk D. P. Greiner announced offices in the Court House will close from Saturday noon to Wednesday morning.
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D. P. Greiner
Court House
Bees halt Giants streak with 8 2 victory in New York
Boston Bees pitching led by Danny MacFayden held the New York Giants to two runs as a six run second inning powered an 8 2 win. Salvo was chased after the burst, while Castleman Coffman and Lopez contributed in relief. Other games noted include Chicago beating St Louis and Philadelphia at Brooklyn under night action. A separate report from Gallup New Mexico details a Navajo cave with polychrome paintings and 200 feet of mural scenes, described by Dr. William A Gardener and Sam Day as a preservation concern for the tribe.
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Boston
Giants
New York
Boston Bees
New York Giants
Danny MacFayden
Manuel Salvo
MacFayden
Castleman
Coffman
Lopez
Salvo
Lynn
Danning
Gallup
N. M
Navajo Reservation
William A. Gardener
American Museum of Natural History
Sam Day
Day
Johannas
John Hubbell
Roman Hubbell
Peso Drops In Nogales Border Trade
The Mexican peso fell to a 15 cent valuation in Nogales border shops on June 29, a five cent drop from yesterday. Some firms still quoted 18 cents, while others refused peso at any price due to the absence of a dollar exchange market on both sides of the border.
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Nogales
Ariz
Baer's Shoe Shop Fire Halts Galento Bout Buzz
In Kansas City on June 29 a blaze at Max Baer's shoe shop interrupted a boxing reaction outside the shop. Firemen at No 5 station relayed blow by blow details of the bout as spectators watched the blaze undermine the storefront awning and fire spread.
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Max Baer
Kansas City
Kas
No. 5
Federal Farm Bill Moves Toward Roosevelt Signature
Washington report notes President Roosevelt needed to sign a record federal farm outlay of 1.1945 billion dollars for eight day 12 month expenditures beginning Saturday. The Agriculture Department bill was enacted after five months of wrangling, with 725 million to farmers under control programs and 225 million parity payments. Senate adds 113 million for surplus operations, plus 90 million from customs, expanding tenancy and relief funding to support farm programs nationwide. Numerous provisions aimed at supporting farmers amid tenancy rise and relief needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
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