Boettcher Kidnapping Ends With Return Home
Charles Boettcher Jr. was freed after 17 days in captivity. A ransom of 60 000 dollars was unconfirmed by authorities. reports varied on payment. Boettcher, blindfolded, was guided by a phone call from a drugstore and later brought home after a police gun battle tied to the abduction near Denver.
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Denver
Charles Boettcher
Albert T. Clark
The
Denver Post
Boettcher
Harry A. Haley
Young Boettcher
Kansas City
Haley
Colorado
Anna Lou
Clark
Two Labor Bills Flail in New Mexico Senate
Santa Fe March 2 Eight hours a day for women sparked debate as SB84 and HB218 were recommitted to the state affairs committee. Senators questioned scope for women doctors and other professionals while several bills aiding producers and vendors passed, along with highway measures and a 12 district judiciary resolution. The curfew and foreclosure moratorium bills died as Republicans split on the judiciary plan.
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Santa Fe
Senate
House
State Affairs Committee
Floyd Lee
Taylor E. Julien
Juan A. A. Sedillo
Julien
Bank Holidays Now Existing in 14 States
States including California Oklahoma Louisiana and Mississippi announce bank withdrawal limits or closures. California and Oklahoma gates close for three days ending Saturday under governors orders while Louisiana halts all public business including banks through week’s end. Mississippi imposes withdrawal limits and Alabama allows nonmandatory holiday through March 10 amid mixed bank activity in Tennessee.
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Associated Press
California
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ralph
San Francisco
Alabama
Tennessee
Mass Meeting Aims to Help Unemployed in Roswell
A Roswell Unemployed Council mass meeting is set for Saturday at two oclock on the vacant lot by the Workers Center at 109 North Virginia. W F Richardson, an auto salvage yard operator linked to the council, outlines the group aims to shield starving Pecos Valley workers, prevent evictions for nonpayment of rent, halt water and electricity shutoffs, and stop foreclosures for debts or unpaid taxes.
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Roswell Unemployed Council
Workers’ Center
North Virginia
W. F. Richardson
Roswell
Cermak Improves After Second Blood Transfusion
Miami reports a second blood transfusion for Mayor Anton Cermak with a blood bag still in use at 1 p.m. Doctors announce he remains dangerously ill and unreachable in the oxygen room while hiccoughs appear not serious. Separately in Rocky Mount, Sen Thomas Walsh of Montana dies aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train near Wilson at 7:10 a.m. after a sudden heart attack.
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Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
Cermak
Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
J. W. Snyder
Snyder
Rocky Mount
N. C
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Washington
Havana
Roosevelt
Herbert Weatherspee
Laurens
S. C
Walsh
Ricks Hotel
M. A. Pittman
Senator Walsh
Ranch Problems Talk At New Mexico Cattle Growers Meet
Albert Mitchell president announced that half a day at the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association annual convention in Tucumcari March 19 to 21 will be open for ranch problem discussion. Delegates should bring topics of interest for cattlemen. The rest of the program features speaker topics and a special invitation to Texas Southwestern Cattle Growers Association members to attend.
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Tucumcari
N. M
New Mexico
No Recommendation on Fifel Crew Bill in Santa Fe
In Santa Fe on March 12 AP reports the full train crew bill HB254 cleared the house railroad committee without recommendation. The measure would mandate a full crew on every train or motor car operated in the state. Opponents argued the law would put porters and brakemen out of work.
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Santa Fe
House Railroad Committee
Teachers Pay Bill Passes 22 to 21 in Santa Fe
Santa Fe sees a narrow 22 to 21 vote on HB232 to pay teachers regardless of the Bateman act. Rep. Marie Cavanaugh urged quick passage to enable unpaid salaries, allowing boards of education to provide payments without new appropriations. Opponents led by Rep. Willis Ford warned it would weaken the Bateman act and risk public funds.
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Santa Fe
Marie Cavanaugh
Bateman
Roosevelt
Occupation Tax Bill Heading for House Vote
Santa Fe March 2 AP Rep Marie Cavanaugh said her committee would report SB 124 the occupation tax bill to the House today but she would not indicate a favorable or unfavorable stance. The House chamber was crowded with independent merchants and chain store representatives as last licks were being pressed before the bill's potential consideration.
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Santa Fe
Marie Cavanaugh
House
No Report For Few Days On County Bill
Santa Fe AP reports the finance committee handling the Greaser county consolidation bill will not issue a report for several days. Observers said the measure could be released this afternoon if enough support is found in a bid to defeat it.
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Santa Fe
Mar
House railroad panel votes to kill bill blocking bus lines
Santa Fe reports the railroad committee of the House decided to kill the Senate bill that would have prevented railroads from operating bus lines. The decision reflects the ongoing legislative clash over rail service.
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Santa Fe
Mar
Railroad Committee of the House
Senate
Weather Outlook for Roswell Pecos Valley and New Mexico
Fair tonight and Friday for Roswell and the Pecos Valley. In New Mexico expect fair conditions tonight and a slightly colder trend in the northeast portion.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Bill to allow county to pay sheriff salary
Santa Fe March 2 AP The house was to act on HB280 allowing county treasurers to pay sheriffs from the county current expense fund rather than the sheriff salary fund. Rep Willis Ford said he could not explain all provisions and noted the measure was requested by the Chaves county clerk to permit salary payments if the sheriff fund is exhausted.
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Santa Fe
Willis Ford
D. Chaves
Chaves
Guthmann Case May Be Dropped
Santa Fe scene centers on Guthmann vote buying charge with Speaker Alvan White weighing next moves. A house special committee lacks funds for Guthmann's San ta Fe expenses and may be discharged, while Guthmann presses for his costs as editor of the Roy New Mexico Record.
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Santa Fe
Guthmann
Alvan White
House
Karl Guthmann
Roy
N. M
White
Miguel Leyva
Ren
Carl Whittaker
Bernalillo
Grant haws Car Stolen at Clovis New Mexico
Authorities seek missing white car owned by Everett M. Grantham deputy district attorney stolen from his home at midnight. Unique vehicle bears a Legion emblem. no other similar car exists in New Mexico.
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Granthaws
Clovis Clovis
N. M
Everett M. Grantham
New Mexico
Grantham
American Legion
Warden to talk to game meeting on price plan
Santa Fe March 2 AP Elliott Barker state game and fish warden has been invited by the Albuquerque Game Protective Association for a Monday night discussion on the subscription price just placed on the New Mexico magazine. The association has expressed...
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Santa Fe
Mar
Elliott Barker
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Game Protective Association
New Mexico
Piss Association
Rainey Seen Next Speaker As Burns Backs Race
Campaign managers for Illinois Representative Rainey said Tennessee Representative Burns will back Rainey for Speaker and lead the Democrats in the House. Rainey predicts victory while Burns’s exact stance remains undisclosed. Alabama’s Bankhead hints a deal exists as McDuffie presses ahead amid caucus talk and a Tammany delegation teaser signals an upcoming announcement.
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Washington
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Burns
Tennessee
Rainey
Bryns
Representative Bankhead
Alabama
Representative McDuffie
Tammany
House
Rotary Hears Talk On Phones By Local Superintendent Frank Marks
Frank Marks, Roswell area telephone superintendent, spoke at the Rotary club on the history and growth of the telephone system. He traced the 1907 origin of the first long distance line from Roswell and showed old phones, pictures, and cables illustrating local exchange development. Col. D C Pearson urged support for the Cahoon Armory basketball tournament. Oscar Greene discussed Boy Scouts and morale.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
Frank Marks
Mr. Marks
Roswell
Col
D. C. Pearson
Cahoon Armory
Oscar Greene
Roy Bivins Denies Charges in Arraignment
Roy Bivins pleaded not guilty in justice court to shooting at W. P. Beck and threatening to kill. He shot across a highway. Beck filed the complaint. A preliminary hearing was set for next Tuesday at 10:00 AM before Judge L. L. Johnson.
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Roy Bivins
L. L. Johnson
Justice Court
W. P. Beck
Beck
National Guard units to be inspected in New Mexico
Captain A. H. Norton, junior instructor of the New Mexico National Guard, will inspect troop E at Deming on Saturday and troop F at Silver City on Sunday. The program lists additional unit inspections for the force in the region, outlining an orderly review schedule.
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Santa Fe
Mar
A. H. Norton
New Mexico National Guard
Deming
Silver City
Santa Fe awards two N M highway contracts
The New Mexico highway department announced that only two of four proposed projects were awarded at the February 28 letting with two others deferred. Project 114 C covers 7.7 miles of grading and drainage on U S Highway 54 66 in Guadalupe county between Santa Rosa and Cuervo, awarded to T J Tobin Construction Co of Albuquerque for 50199 04. Project 176 B covers 11.2 miles of plating and crushed rock surfacing on U S Highway 54 66 between Las Cruces and Alamogordo, awarded to S H Water of Arrey for 33120 41. The deferred projects are 151 A in Bernalillo county on U S Highway 366 between Albuquerque and Barton 5.1 miles and 155 E in Mora county on U S Highway 85 between Levy and Bond.
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Santa Fe
T. J. Tobin Construction Company
Albuquerque
U. S
Guadalupe County
Santa Rosa
Cuervo
Dona Ana
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
S. H. Water
Arrey
N. M
Bernalillo County
Barton
Mora County
Levy
Bond
McAdoo urges NYSE closure and extra session
Senator elect McAdoo of California calls for the New York Stock Exchange to close until the country regains bearings, citing wartime parallels and state moratoria. He advocates an immediate extra session of Congress to address the national crisis with new legislation.
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McAdoo
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Washington
Mar
California
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Franzen to Return Home From Relief Office
Miss Lillian Franzen in charge of the Roswell relief office was expected home today from Santa Fe and Mountainaire where she had been all week. She oversees local relief efforts and coordinated with regional officials during her absence.
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Miss Franzen
Lillian Franzen
Roswell
Santa Fe
Mountainaire
Trial of Hunsaker Postponed to March Twenty Seventh
In Clovis New Mexico March 2 AP trial of Carl Hunsaker farm youth accused of assaulting rancher G C Scarbrough with a deadly weapon was postponed to March 27. Both defense and prosecution agreed to the postponement as counsel said the defense was not ready for trial.
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Hunsaker
Clovis
N.M
Carl Hunsaker
G. C. Scarbrough
Beaver skins fetch 30 percent of former prices
Beavers sold today by the State Game and Fish Warden brought only thirty per cent of prices paid three years ago. The top price was eight dollars a skin and the average six. The beavers were sent from the Lower Rio Grande irrigation district where they were killed under permit.
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Santa Fe, Mar
Lower
Rio Grande
Small Prisoner Transport Fund Lingers At Seven Dollars
In Santa Fe on March 2, State Auditor Arsenio Velarde reported only 7.04 remained in the fund for transporting prisoners to the state penitentiary. About 7,000 was available at the start of the fiscal year. Sheriffs bringing inmates will be unreimbursed unless the Legislature appropriates funds.
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Santa Fe
Arsenio Velarde
Gambling bill to be reconsidered in House
Orlando Olivarri said he would push for reconsideration of HB285 licensing gambling and seek its passage after the bill was killed yesterday in the House. He reported gaining support for the measure.
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Santa Fe
Orlando Olivarri
New Mexico Farmers Ready to Jump In River Joke Letter
Portales March 2 AP A letter from the New Mexico Farm Holiday Association congratulates President elect Roosevelt on selecting Henry Wallace as secretary of agriculture. Signed by O P Bartlett the letter calls Wallace a dirt farmer and says they will follow him to the river bank and jump in if he says so.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
America
Cermaki
Europe
Bartlett
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