Byrd seeks deep cuts in public works appropriations
Senator Byrd argues that 486 million of the 1933 public works appropriation was diverted to ordinary departmental expenses and calls for slashing the direct and work relief funds from 4.88 billion to 1.88 billion. He notes 1.5 billion remains unexpended and says only a quarter of the 4 billion proposed is needed now.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Adams
Dcolo
Treasury
Congress
United States
Fliers Seek Official OK for Honolulu Trans-Pacific Flight
Oakland California March 19 AP ready to fly anywhere but anxious to make the 2400 mile hop to Honolulu the government experimental radio compass plane crew postponed takeoff awaiting sanction for the long flight authorization for another test 700 miles to sea approved by Eugene Vidal but the fliers prefer Hawaii. Captain James L Kinney said takeoff would be delayed at least 24 hours to await better mid ocean weather and more favorable authorization from Washington. They praised compass operation though noting wrinkles to iron out.
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Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Eugene Vidal
Commerce Department
Washington
Hawaii
mid-Pacific Islands
James L. Kinney
Car Theft Ring Indictments in Five States
A. Gilberto Espinosa announced federal indictments against 10 men for violating the Dyer auto theft act and conspiracy, with two fugitives. The ring operated across Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico, using markings stripped from cars. Several suspects were in custody in Clayton, NM and Oklahoma City, with removal proceedings planned.
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Santa Fe
A. Gilberto Espinosa
U. S
Espinosa
Alvan Sights
George Larkin
Webb Fabian
Clayton
N. M
Marvin E. Neukirchner
Carrol Mabry
Walter Mabry
Frank Mabry
Nat P. Green
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Colorado
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Justice Departments
Denver
el Paso
Santa Claus Not Living in New Mexico Capital
Santa Claus does not live in Santa Fe as Gov. Tingley notes in a light remark during a statehouse remodel. He quips that Santa has been in the statehouse too long, prompted by a closed fireplace in his office. The exchange adds a holiday moment to official business.
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Santa Fe
Santa Claus
Gov. Tingley
Santa
Railroad watchman wounds a transient in Tucumcari
Joe Lannon Southern Pacific Railway watchman is free on bond after wounding Kenneth Bowden 22 of Afton Oklahoma in Tucumcari New Mexico Sunday night. District Attorney J C Compton ordered Lannon arrested claiming he ordered Bowden and a companion to leave the yards Bowden reached for his pocket and Lannon fired hitting him in the hip Bowden's wound is not serious and he recuperates in the transient camp hospital.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Joe Lannon
Southern Pacific Railway
Liberty
Kenneth Bowden
Afton
Okla
J. C. Compton
Lannon
Bowden
Ohio Demos In Shakedown Of Relief Money
A Franklin County grand jury probes Hopkins charges that Gov Davey campaign funds were solicited from firms selling to the Ohio relief commission. Affidavits claim incontrovertible evidence, with witnesses to be summoned, while federal officials review possible statute violations.
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Columbus
Harry L. Hopkins
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Relief Commission
Hopkins
John W. Bricker
Donald J. Hoskins
Franklin County
Hoskins
Séssiul
U. S
Francis Canny
Dayton
Bricker
Francis W. Poulson
Democratic Executive Committee
Poulson
Davey
A J Simms Died Early This Morning
Arthur J. Simms 53 died at St Marys hospital after two weeks illness. Roswell resident for 15 years and formerly Elkton Florida, he was assistant manager at Hinkle Motor Co for nine years. WW Veteran and American Legion member survived by wife two sisters and a step daughter. Funeral Wednesday at Talmage Memorial Chapel with Legion burial at South Park by firing squad.
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Arthur J. Simms
St. Mary’s Hospital
Simms
American Legion
C. J. Masters
S. C. Williams
Elkton
Florida
Ira L. Holmstead
Roswell
Talmage Memorial Chapel
LeRoy Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
W. L. Hill
South Park
Legion
Perry named grand master of New Mexico Masons
Reuben Perry of Albuquerque was named grand master of the Grand Lodge A F and A M of New Mexico, to be installed at the convention's final session. Officers elected include Edward Paul, Raymond Drolet, Alva Hamilton, Peter Cameron, and Alpheus Keen, with Perry succeeding W H Duckworth of Clovis.
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Raymond E. A. Drolet
Farmington
Alva A. Hamilton
Tucumcari
Peter Cameron
Albuquerque
Alpheus A. Keen
Johnson gets life term for fourth felony conviction in Carlsbad
Ernest E. Johnson, 55, was sentenced by Judge James B. McGhee to life in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to his fourth felony in district court at Carlsbad New Mexico. He admitted prior robberies in Howard County Texas 1925 and Dallas Texas 1932 and has served at Huntsville Texas and Leavenworth Kansas.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Ernest E. Johnson
State
James B. McGhee
Johnson
Howard County
Texas
Dallas
Huntsville
Tex
Leavenworth
Kans
Hobbs to Vote on Commission Government
Hobbs New Mexico calls a special election for March 25 to decide if the town’s government should switch to a commission form. The election followed a petition filed with Mayor L W Gay.
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Hobbs
Hobbs, N. M
L. W. Gay
Roswell Women To Eastern Star Meeting
Roswell women depart today and tomorrow for Clovis to attend the New Mexico Grand Lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star meeting set for Thursday through Saturday. Additional Roswell members will travel to Clovis Saturday for the final session.
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E. L. Lusk
Earl Corn
R. L. Burrow
Lucius Dills
L. P. Richart
Donald Gillespie
Clovis
New Mexico
Europe Reacts to Germany's Rearming Move
The article reports global reactions to Germany's rearmament, noting Berlin's display of air strength over the capital and the Versailles treaty’s status. It covers Britain’s defense funding, France's army bonuses, Austrian conscription calls, and potential U.S. involvement, with Paris Rome and Tokyo weighing in on European stability.
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Berlin
Rhine
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
United State
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
House of Commons
England
The
Commons
Europe
Reich
Rhineland
U. S
London
John Simon
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Moscow
Japan
Missing plane found in Africa with all dead
A message to the colonial ministry reports the plane carrying Edouard Renard the governor of French Equatorial Africa his wife and five colonial officers found in the Congo jungles with all occupants dead. The accident occurred last Thursday when the plane was forced down in the jungle.
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Africa
Brussels
Colonial Ministry Today
Edouard Renard
French Equatorial Africa
Renard
Paris
Congo
Conviction of Counterfeiters Upheld by High Court
Santa Fe March 19 AP The conviction of John Foster and Harris L. Dillard by the U S district court on counterfeiting has been affirmed by the U S circuit court They were sentenced to 15 years in Leavenworth for altering five dollar bills.
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Santa Fe
John Foster
Harris L. Dillard
U. S. District Court
U. S. Circuit Court
Leavenworth
Judge Owen Called to Sit in Zinn Case
Santa Fe March 19 AP District Judge Harry P. Owen of Los Lunas has been called by the supreme court to sit here tomorrow afternoon as the court hears attorneys in further argument on professional misconduct charges against Justice A. L. Zinn. The court seeks guidance on the appropriate order. Zinn was found by the state board of bar commissioners to have violated ethics codes by accepting payments from H. L. Williams for delinquent tax and judgment payments and commingling the funds with his own.
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Santa Fe
Harry P. Owen
Los Lunas
Supreme Court
A. L. Zinn
Zinn
State Board of Bar Commissioners
Code of Ethics
H. L. Williams
Tree Total Reaches 1750 in City Planting Drive
The tree planting campaign totals 1750 today as workers still report. H. M. Huff, chairman of the city beautification committee of the chamber of commerce, urged all workers to submit reports at the earliest date. Additional listings since yesterday.
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H. M. Huff
Chamber of Commerce
Yester
New Mexico Crude Oil Allocation For April 49 700 Barrels
Secretary Ickes advises New Mexico's April crude oil allotment at 49 700 barrels, up 400 barrels daily from March. The announcement, dated March 19 from Santa Fe, reflects federal Interior Department guidance to the state governor.
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Santa Fe
Ickes
New Mexico
Elephant Butte CCC Camp Favored for Improvements
Washington reports from Senators Haftth and Cutting and Rep Dempsey indicate the Elephant Butte CCC camp project is favored. The governor announced wiring the delegation to back it, with plans for resort grounds and facilities around what he called the world’s greatest body of water, a concrete dam.
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Santa Fe
Haftth
Cutting
Dempsey
Washington
Elephant Butte
PLAN RULES FOR GRAZING IN NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque March 19 AP Representatives from varied interests in New Mexico met to finalize the state plan for the Taylor Grazing Act. The complete report should be ready tomorrow or Thursday. The plan, preliminarily approved by the Secretary of the Interior, will be sent to him for final consideration and presented at the Roswell conventions of the Cattle Growers and Wool Growers on March 25 and 26. Wildlife regulations adopted include carrying capacity estimates.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
David Kahn
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Vets Auxiliary President Visits Roswell for Dinner
Mrs. Anna Nagel of Washington, leader of the Woman's Auxiliary to the United Spanish American War Veterans, visits Roswell today. She will be entertained by the Woman's Auxiliary to Clay Green Camp No. 7 of the Spanish War Veterans at a dinner at Nickson Coffee Shop.
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Anna Nagel
Washington
Woman’s Auxiliary
Roswell
Woman's Auxiliary
Clay Green
All Schools Closed in Quay County for Meningitis
All schools in Quay county are closed this week to prevent spread of the spinal meningitis outbreak. Three deaths last week prompted Saturday closures in Tucumcari Endee and Forest and yesterday the remaining schools were shut as a precaution.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Quay County
Endee
Forest
State Game Protective Association to Meet in Albuquerque
Albuquerque New Mexico March 19 AP W A Losey of Hagerman president of the State Game Protective Association will preside at a meeting of officers and directors to be held here Wednesday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
W. A. Losey
Hagerman
State Game Protective Association
Pearson in Santa Fe visit by NMMI official
Col D C Pearson of the New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell spent two days visiting Santa Fe during his trip to the area.
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Santa Fe
Col
D. C. .Pearson
The
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Senator urges aid to save schools during relief program
Washington Senator Cutting urged earmarking funds from the work relief program to sustain public schools for the current year, requesting 36 million dollars as many schools would close without federal aid. Washington Senate rejected cutting the relief appropriation from 4.88 billion to 1.88 billion.
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Washington
Cutting
Senate Today
Dust Storm Clouds Panhandle Plains In Texas
A dust storm blankets the Panhandle region of Texas as another dust-laden front trails a wider, earlier event. The scene recalls recent statewide weather disruption with reduced visibility over rural areas.
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Pampa
Texas
Panhandle Plains
Confessed Slayer Fish Likely Harmed Other Children
Albert Howard Fish, who confessed to killing Grace Budd, is believed to have murdered or attacked additional children. Dr. Frederick E. Wortham, senior psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital, testified before the New York Supreme Court jury.
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White Plains
N. Y
Albert Howard Fish
Grace Budd
Frederick E. Wortham
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Supreme Court
Cash bonus bills cleared for floor vote in House session
The House made all cash bonus bills introduced this session eligible for a floor vote. The Vinson bill will be debated ten more hours before any other bill can be offered as a substitute and voted upon.
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Washington
House
Vinson
Patman Bonus Bill Seen as Gift Not Inflation Risk
Washington Representative Patman of Texas said this afternoon that the Patman bonus bill would not spark inflation and would be a god send rather than a detriment.
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Washington
Patman
Dtex
London France Move for Emergency Talks on German Rearmament
London and Paris urged an emergency conference of British French and Italian representatives to address the German rearmament issue. Italy indicated agreement to participate in the talks.
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London
France
Great Britain
Italy
110 Trees Planted At South Cemetery Expansion
One hundred and ten large American and Chinese elm trees have been planted in a recently opened western section of South Cemetery, north of the main entrance.
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South 1
Annual Inspection Underway for New Mexico National Guard
Santa Fe March 19 AP The annual guard inspection now taking place will be completed by April 7 Maj Fr Lafferty U S A senior guard instructor says Today an inspection will occur at Las Vegas of Company A 120th Engineers Lieut J R Noyes Engineer Corps will conduct the inspection Tomorrow night the master corps here will be led by Major Lafferty and day night he and Captain Hallett Cavalry will inspect Company B 1ilith Cavalry under Ben Martinez at Santa Fe the state staff
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Santa Fe
FR. Lafferty
U. S.A
National Guard
Las Vegas
120Th Engineers
Gineer Corps
Lafferty
Hallett
Orpany B
Ilith Cavalry
Ben Martinez
State Staff
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