Administration Bills Await Legislature Action In Santa Fe
Santa Fe March 8 Thirty nine administration bills remain for action by representatives and senators. Three received favorable house action this week including HB81 resident teachers HB132 mine operation rules and HB230 gasoline tax refund changes. The senate has fourteen unacted house measures and the house has one unacted senate bill 8183. Eleven governor bills await in the senate as well. With 259 total bills outstanding and three legislative days left the final day ends at noon Saturday with a possible Sunday continuation.
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Three Major Tax Bills On State Senate Program
Santa Fe March 8 AP Three major tax measures to raise income were near the Senate calendar for afternoon action. They include an oil severance tax a 1 percent gross receipts sales tax and an income tax. No forecast of outcomes was available. A gasoline tax strengthening law was described as aimed at farmers and provoked threats of political backlash. Also a utilities commission bill passed 23 to 1 setting up a three member panel with state treasurer chief tax commissioner and a governor appointee, excluding municipally owned utilities from rate fixing. The judge of the 2nd judicial district was granted sole conservancy powers consolidating prior shared duties with Judge Owens.
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Senate
Sen
J. H. Jackson
2Nd Judicial District
Milton J. Helmick
H. P. Owens
Helmick
Expanded currency 15 awaited as banks issue scrip
News from Washington and Nashville reports an anticipated expanded currency plan under federal reserve rules. Banks begin issuing scrip in Tennessee while government moves to grant broader powers to cut costs and reshape banking. Prohibition enforcement shifts to states as Woodcock targets liquor manufacturers and supply sources.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Robinson
Treasury
Nashville
Tenn
Cordell Hull
Federal Reserve
Washington
Patience Makes Forceful Talk to Large Crowd
Pat Patience, a prominent Denver citizen, addressed a noon joint Roswell Advertising and Kiwanis club meeting with Lions and Rotary reps present. He urged personal responsibility for America's troubles, urging each businessman and citizen to act.
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Pat Patience
Denver
Roswell
Man in Congress Bankers and Big Men Rally Support
Santa Monica residents express broad backing for a controversial political figure. They claim national unity rides with him despite potential wrongs, seeing action as preferable to stagnation and dismissing calls to “rock the boat.”
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Calif
America
Congress
Four captors of Boettcher said captured
Denver officials reported the kidnapping case against six defendants, including Vern Sankey and Gordon Elkhorn, is expanding across the border into Canada. Sankey and Elkhorn, once Canadian railroad workers, are linked to the ransom of Charles Boettcher II from a Colorado home. Arthur Youngberg and Ruth Kohler remain jailed, with Youngberg extradition waived. The case, charged under the Lindbergh law, could carry life or death penalties.
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Albert T. Clark
Denver
Sankey
Canada
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Colorado
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Ralph L. Carr
Ruth Kohler
Vern Sankey
Carl] Pearce
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Occupational tax bill recalled in senate for amendments
Santa Fe March 8 SB 124 the occupational tax bill was recalled from the Governor's Office by the Senate for amendments recommended by the Governor. The time limit for recalls expires at 2 30 this afternoon. Amendments propose a third share to the municipality the state and the state current school fund.
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Santa Fe
Senate
State Liquor Bill Passed by the House
The House swiftly reviewed nine measures in two hours and passed six minor senate measures and three house bills despite a late start due to a Sacramento on HB316. Rep. Willis Ford plans a lengthy speech on HB340 the Ford anti two percent political assessment bill. The body also moved to control liquor distribution and sale if Article 23 of the state constitution is repealed.
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Chaves
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Hoover bids his aides farewell continues banking situation
Hoover bids farewell to his aides as discussions continue on the banking situation. The article notes ongoing debates and policy considerations as administrators seek a path forward.
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Prosperity Checks Stir Martins Ferry Business
Prosperity checks issued in Martins Ferry Ohio stimulate trade as 3000 one dollar notes backed by cash circulate in local stores. Each check bears 15 three cent stamps affixed by handlers. 45 cents from stamps added to a relief fund while 15 businesses report exchanges and tax dollars.
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Martins Ferry
Lecture on Wild Life Of The Rockies Tonight
P A Small will present an illustrated talk at The Woman's Club at 7 30 this evening on wild life of the Rockies. P V Thorson urging all Scouts and Scouters to attend, saying the lecture by a noted naturalist offers a valuable opportunity.
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Rockies
Woman’s Club
P. A. Small
Thorson
Signboard tax bill dies in New Mexico session
In Santa Fe the signboard tax proposal failed 15 to 31 after amendments to cut the rate from 5 to 3 cents per square foot. The measure was moved for reconsideration, tabled indefinitely, and the motion prevailed, ending the bill for this session.
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Santa Fe
Roosevelt to seek widest power to cut government costs
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will ask Congress to grant broad constitutional authority to cut government expenses, focusing on veterans compensation. The plan includes review of all veterans cases, merging major departments, and reducing statutory appropriations, aligning with Vice President Garner's prior push.
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Japan Moves Toward Withdrawing From League of Nations
Japan shows resolve to withdraw from the League as Sino-Japanese tensions escalate. After seizing a key pass south of Jehol City, the cabinet approved a draft communication to the Privy Council, to be sent to the League around March 20 announcing permanent withdrawal.
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Cutting Loses Committee Post on Foreign Relations
Washington, March 8 AP Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico was removed from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Republican leaders said he was the junior member and his removal reflected reduced party strength. Shipstead was kept on the panel due to seniority. Cutting joins the Agriculture Committee while retaining Irrigation and Reclamation, Manufactures, Military Affairs, Public Lands and Surveys.
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Bronson Cutting
N. M
Senate
Roosevelt
Republican Conference
Republican Committee On Committees
Cutting
Shipstead
F-L. Minn
Agriculture Committee
Banking Outlook Today and Gold Rush Signals
The Associated Press reports gradual easing of bank holiday rules with new legislation pending and currency measures aimed to keep strong banks operating. Scrip use is limited to emergency conditions with local authorization. A gold rush mood appears in New York as hoarders seek to sell while officials weigh reprisals and policy steps from Washington and the White House.
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Three Torch Slayers to Be Charged in Logan Slaying
Sheriff Ira Allen announced charges will be filed against three prisoners in the torch slaying of Lee Marshall, 50, near Logan New Mexico. Jack Carr Leonard Beck and Roy Reed will receive a hearing, after two weeks in jail. Marshall was burned to death after being told he had no money at his homestead dugout.
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N. M
Ira Allen
Lee Marshall
Logan
Jack Carr
Leonard Beck
Roy Reed
Marshall
Council holds short meeting on bond reductions
City council discussed lowering surety bonds for the treasurer and clerk at a brief session. Acting mayor J E Moore noted bond costs had doubled from current payments of 325 dollars for the treasurer and 125 dollars for the clerk to proposed 750 and 230 dollar totals respectively, while funds handling remains disputed.
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Cty
Fine Lecture Here Tonight at Roswell Club
State School for the Blind superintendent P A Smoll lectures on Wild Life of the Rockies at the Roswell Woman's Club tonight at 7 30. He will show naturalist slides from wildlife photographs. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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State School For the Blind
Rockies
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