Booster Jailed Over Broadcast Hoax In East Chicago
East Chicago Indiana March 10 AP Lester Ottenheimer booster club program chair created a radio hoax claiming a WGN Chicago broadcast with 2 million listeners for a luncheon gathering. He spoke a mock program for 45 minutes the mayor praised the town for 30 minutes and the microphone proved unplugged leading to a jail stay until it was found no statute prohibited disconnecting microphones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ind
Lester Ottenheimer
Ottenheimer
Notdges
WGN
Chamber of Comm
Hate
Marine Booze Dinner Marks New Command Arrival
In San Diego officials say Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler reported that at a private dinner last Saturday cocktails were served in honor of his arrival as marine base commander. The event occurred at Colonel Alexander Williams home, with Williams stepping aside to resume command of the fourth Marines. Butler has filed a semi-annual report to Major General Lejeune and a notice is said to be sent to Admiral Robert Son in the eleventh naval district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
United States Marine Corps
Smedley D. Butler
Marine
Butler
Alexander Williams
Williams
Marine Base
Philadelphia
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Washington
Robert‘Son
Eleventh Naval District
Divorce mill on border quickens in Nogales Sonora
A surge of American attorneys flocking to Nogales Arizona and Hermosillo Sonora has sprouted due to lenient Sonora divorce laws and a 15 day window. Lawyers register at hotels and set temporary offices to file preliminary papers for swift divorces. The Nogales court reports more than a dozen cases last month with rapid final decrees, often kept secret to protect privacy.
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Nogales
Ariz
Mar
Sonora
Mexico
California
Hermosillo
Leo Young
Los Angeles
Court of First Instance
Dodge dealers to be heard in management
New York March 14 AP Plans for giving automobile dealers of Dodge Brothers Inc a voice in the management of the large motor company were announced today by Chairman E G Wilmer The plan of dealer representation was suggested by Clarence Dillon the banker who acquired control of Dodge Brothers last year and calls for the rotation in office of the dealer-directors from year to year so that every section of the country will be represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Dealers
New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
E. G. Wilmer
Clarence Dilon
Dodge Brothers
Announcements of Democratic Candidates in Local Races
District Attorney candidate for Chaves Eddy and Lea counties announces for the Democratic primary. H P Saunders seeks re election as assessor of Chaves County. Mrs W J Wilkinson announces for County Superintendent of Schools. J D Herron seeks re election as County Commissioner from district B.
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Chaves
Eddy and
Lea
William H. McCullough
Chaves County
H. P. Saunders
County Commission
Primary Campaign of Julia Brasher for School Superintendent
Mrs Julia E Brasher enters the Democratic primary race for school superintendent. The article outlines her candidacy goals and background as an educator seeking to lead district K through 12 policies.
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Julia E., Brasher
Snow Falls in Prescott After Rain Lashes Arizona
In Prescott Arizona on March 10 a light snow began after 1 pm following two days of showers. The snow melted quickly, but the rain totaling under an inch proved valuable to stock growers and ranchers by soaking soil and aiding spring feed and crops.
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Prescott
Ariz
Yeggs Bly Open Safe But Get Only Silver
Grendale Arizona March 10 AP Nitroglycerine used by gages to blow open a Southwest Flour and Feed company safe but only a small amount of silver changed hands. The safe was wrecked, but books and other paper contents remained undamaged. A fingerprint expert from Phoenix was expected.
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Grendale
Ariz
Gages
Southwest Flour and Feed Company
Phoenix
Record Want Ads Get Results
A concise note highlights how classified want ads deliver quick results for buyers and sellers. It emphasizes clear listings, prompt responses, and the efficiency of targeted advertisements in a busy market. It encourages placing ads with details to attract suitable matches.
Venetian Gondolas Meet Florida Bridge Building Romance
A Florida project fuses Venetian gondolas with modern steel bridges. St Clair Smith, famed Southern engineer, leads rapid construction for Coral Gables waterways. Standardized American steel shapes and pre punched holes speed erection while arches accommodate passing gondolas under tropical moonlit arches.
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Florida
Coral Gables
Hell Gate
Hindustan
Gondalier
Roswell News Ad Rates and Publication Details
Published every evening except Sunday by Record Publishing Company at 424 North Main Roswell New Mexico. Levene Grace T. Bear Society Editor Cecil Bonny City Editor Harry Jaffa Advertising Mgr. Subscription rates listed for New Mexico and outside including by mail and carrier. Entered May 19 1903 at Roswell as Second Class Mail Matter.
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Record Publishing Company
North Main St
C. EH. Mason
Levene Grace
T. Bear Society
Cecil Bonny
Harry Jaffa
Mgr
Roswell, N. M
Congress
Rights and republication notice from Associated Press
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all AP credited dispatches and local news published here. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved.
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Associated Press
Roswell City Election Rumors Stir Mayor Race
The Roswell editorial notes a planned mayor and city council contest amid rumors about Chief Gordon. It urges voters to scrutinize candidates, cites Gordon's crackdown on bootleggers, and urges keeping Roswell clean. It also flags remarks by Rev. Father Kearney about prohibition. The piece then discusses proposed railroad lines into New Mexico and a Texas Supreme Court action on oil royalty funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gordon
Gordon
Roswell
Texas Republican shifts funds and Wurzbach attack noted
The article discusses a fund realignment moving two and a half million dollars to the permanent fund reducing available building funds. It cites Texas Republican Creager denying corruption charges by Rep. Wurzbach and predicting a Republican governor win. It also notes a Chaves county cotton crop of about 1.5 million dollars and Artesia oil field output of 1,213,000 barrels in twelve days, highlighting growing valley industries and farming shifts.
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Creager
Texas
Wurzbach
South
Ma” Ferguson
Chaves
Artesia
DC House Committee Approves Abolition Bill
Washington March 11 AP The House district committee approved a bill to abolish capital punishment in the District of Columbia. The measure moves to full House for debate and vote.
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Washington
District of Columbia
House District Committee
Translation of Ovid Held as Immoral
Customs detain ten English translations of Ovid Love Books entering San Francisco. The shipment to John Newbegin is held as prohibited importations after an inspector flagged passages deemed loose. Treasury ruling awaited after Newbegin argues editions are classic works found in every university for hundreds of years.
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San Francisco
Mar
Ovid
Mixaminer
John Newb
Rgin
Washington
Newbegin
W. B. Hamilton
Ever
Hamilton
Treasury Department
Permanent Army Camp at Nogales Arizona
A joint Nogales meeting of the chamber of commerce American Legion and Colonel A. J. Dougherty discussed three proposed post camp sites and the permanency of Camp Stephen D. Little. Officials promised support for retaining Camp Little and pursuing a permanent post plan though site details were not released. Washington holds removal orders for the camp.
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Nogales, Ariz
Nogales
Camp Little
Washington
Bandit Robs Ovid Bank in Noon Sterling Heist
A lone bandit robbed the Ovid State Bank in Sterling at noon, seizing about 4000 dollars from the vault area while bookkeeper John McGraw was forced at pistol point. The burglar escaped by car. loss fully covered by insurance amid owners C R Johnson John A Coen and Milton Gage recent bank buyers.
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Ovid Bank
C. R. Johnson
John A. Coen
Republican State Central Committee
Milton Gage
Sterling
For Ladies Only Steam Cleaning Service Ad
Ladies only steam cleaning preating offered with contact by phone 1085. Local service note appears as a brief classified item from a historic page.
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Booster
W. J. Wilkinson
J. D. Herron
Arizona
United States
Rew Grange
Nino Satin
Italy
American Tropita
Daily Record
Associated Press Service
New Mexico
Father William Kearney
Society of Jesus
Albuquerque
Hell
Pecos Valley
Southiern
Pacific
el Paso
Capitan
Santa Fe
Lubbock
New Mexico Central
Pecos
State Supreme Court
Yesterda
Moody
Texas State University
L. B. Boellner
Optometrist
Boellner Optical Company
White Line Stage CO
Alamogordo
Carlsbad
Vaughn
S. P
Las Vegas
South Main St
P. D. Wilking
East 2Nd Street
Phoe
Russell Country Club
2Nd Street
Salie
Sam Stovall
West Alameda
M. J. McDonald
McDonald & Jewett
North
Maine Street
East 7Th St
S. Penn
R. Monk
Cummins’ Garage
H. P
Ozark Trails Garage
West McGaffey
H. M. Dow
Bank of Commerce
J. H. Stuart R . Roswell
East 7Th Street
Tucson
A. Ray Petty
Grace Baptist
Tempe
Dyer
North Richardson
Kentucky
South Richardson
South Richardson Ave
West 3Rd St. Ste
Norta Penn
Missouri
Ford Tire
Richardson Avenue
5Th St
Country Club Road
Western Union
Cathcart
Christian F. Reisner
Uskishehr
Turkey
Mena
Roswell Beauty
Chas. A. Porter
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