Hitler Granted Four-Year Dictatorship Power by Reichstag
The Reichstag passed a four year dictatorial empowerment act for Chancellor Adolf Hitler with minimal opposition from Socialists. Hitler denounced the 14 years of Nazi persecution while pledging a campaign of barbaric severity against traitors and recalling the Reichstag only as needed to inform on acts.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hitler
Otto Wels
Republic
Weimar
Adolf Hitler
State schools spend seven million in 1931 32 New Mexico
Santa Fe March 23 AP More than four million dollars paid to superintendents principals and teachers in New Mexico schools in the 1931 32 school fiscal year. Average cost per pupil 72 31 dollars for 109 525 attendees. Total expenses 7 363 612 on revenue 8 121 578 with a 757 966 year end balance.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
George I. Sanchez
State Department of Education
Roosevelt Ends National Prohibition With 3.2 Alcohol Vote
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed a law permitting 3.2 beer and wine, triggering licensing measures to start April 6. Officials expect $125 to $150 million annual revenue and tax stamps begin distribution. Prohibition leaders vow court battles to block sale and test constitutionality.
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Washington
America
James M. Doran
Roosevelt
Prohibition Organization
Internal Revenue Bureau
Eastern Star Meeting Opened Roswell Today
The 31st annual Grand Chapter of New Mexico Eastern Star opened at the Masonic Temple Roswell led by Mrs. Elizabeth C T Warden of Silver City. About 180 visiting members were registered by 2 pm with more expected. events included music by the Elizabeth Garrett Sextette and civic welcomes by local officials and grand officers.
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Grand Chapter
New Mexico
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Elizabeth C. T. Warden
Silver City
The
Eastern Star
R. D. Jones
Roswell
Elizabeth Garrett
John C. Martens
Evans Smith
Charlotte St. John
Crosby E. Redman
R. M. Tigner
Ann B. Johnson
Margareta
Robert Kellahin
H. B. Smyrl
Fay Parrish
Las Vegas
T. J. Hall
Gordon Allison
Borino
Mussolini Saluted in Italy on Fascist Anniversary
In Milan on March 23 194? Blackshirts massed for a nationwide salute to Premier Benito Mussolini marking the 14th anniversary of the Fascist party. Il Duce issued a statement declaring Fascist words cross frontiers and a universal doctrine. Festivities opened with a Milan assembly and a rereading of the 14 year old address.
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Milan
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Piazza San Sepolcero Palace
Roosevelt signs five million quake relief bill in California
President Roosevelt signed a five million dollar earthquake relief authorization for California. The relief resolution, sponsored by Senator McAdoo, permits immediate loans by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for rehabilitation in the quake area.
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Washington
Roosevelt
California
McAdoo
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Phillips Gas Price Cut to 15 Cents Today
Phillips Petroleum Company lowers gasoline to 15 cents a gallon with effect in Roswell. The move lowers consumer prices and signals regional price adjustment by the firm.
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Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Roswell
Aid to jobless in congested cities described
The President's reforestation program aims to aid jobless in congested industrial cities. Frances Perkins outlined purposes to Congress while Secretary Dern said plans to recruit jobless into a civilian conservation corps are underway. Participants will include 18 to 21 year olds, pass a physical, and receive one dollar daily with board and clothing.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
House
Senate Labor Committees
Dern
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lions Attend Stockmen's Dinner At Nickson
The Roswell Lions club will skip their regular dinner next Monday to join the stockmen attending the Hereford sale of Eastern New Mexico Hereford Growers' Association at the Nickson. A Lions business meeting will follow the dinner.
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Roswell
San Juan teachers to receive pay certificates
Aztec New Mexico March 23 AP San Juan county school authorities said all county schools will operate the full nine months. Teachers must accept certificates of indebtedness for the remainder of the term instead of cash pay due to lack of funds on hand.
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Aztec, N. M
San Juan County
Bingham Named Ambassador to Great Britain by Senate
Robert Worth Bingham of Louisville Kentucky received Senate approval for the post as Ambassador to Great Britain. The confirmation came late yesterday without debate and by unanimous consent after Senator McNary of Oregon withdrew an objection that had blocked action earlier.
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Washington
Robert Worth Bingham
Louisville
Kentucky
Senate
Great Britain
McNary
Oregon
Two Men Convicted of Manslaughter in Artesia Collision
A Carlsbad jury found Durette Gray and J L Cloud guilty of manslaughter in the death of Mr and Mrs Charles Jones who were killed when their car collided with Gray and Clouds vehicle south of Artesia last summer. Judge James B McGhee had not yet imposed sentences.
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Durette Gray
J. l. Cloud
Carlsbad
Charles Jones
Gray
Cloud
Artesia
James B. McGhee
Seed loan checks not received in Roswell visit
Field inspector R. L. Kyle arrived on his regular schedule but brought no seed loan checks for already approved loans. The Chaves County committee met and reviewed 60 loan applications filed in the past week.
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R. L. Kyle
Roswell
Chaves
Royal Arch Masons Meet Here Today
The New Mexico Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons held its annual meeting with forty outside Roswell registrants. High Priest Arthur R. Tillman of Albuquerque opened the session. The Columbia Chapter No. 7 Roswell conferred the Mark Masters Degree. Distinguished Texas visitors included T. M. Barkley Grand Secretary and Grand Commander of Knights Templar, E. M. Wood Grand High Priest, and J. M. Moore Grand Scribe. The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of New Mexico plans to meet tomorrow at the Masonic Temple.
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New Mexico
Royal Arch Masons
Roswell
Arthur R. Tillman
Albuquerque
Columbia
Mark Masters
T. M. Barkley
Waco
Texas
Royal Arch Masons of
Knights Templar
E. M. Wood
Anson
J. M. Moore
Lubbock
R.A.M
Mrs Ross Likely Named United States Treasurer
Washington reports Senior Kendrick of Wyoming said he has reasons to believe Nellie Tayloe Ross would be appointed treasurer of the United States. Ross, a former Wyoming governor, is vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Kendrick provided no further details.
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Washington
Public Land Committee
Senate
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Kendrick
Roosevelt
Hoover
Public Domain
Public Lands
D. Wyo
Nellie Tayloe Ross
United States
Ross
Democratic National Committee
Kendricks
Governor pushes immediate start for free school books
Santa Fe dispatch reports Governor Arthur Seligman endorses immediate operation of the free texts act. He vows to distribute as many books as possible next year prioritizing poor children.
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Santa Fe
Arthur Seligman
Legislature's long distance phone costs reported
Santa Fe March 23 AP The long distance telephone call expense of the 11th legislature was 293.47 with nearly four fifths from the senate. Senate bill 226.47 and the house 67.
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Santa Fe
1Lth
Senate
Arsenio Velarde
House
Governor Seligman and Vessey Back Unreserved Land Deal
In Santa Fe on March 23 AP reports Governor Arthur Seligman and Land Commissioner Frank Vesely endorsed New Mexico accepting the unreserved public domain tract totaling 16,000,000 acres. The stance aligns with state push to obtain unappropriated lands for development. Authorities emphasized the potential economic and territorial impact for the state.
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Santa Fe
Arthur Seligman
Frank Vesely
New Mexico
League Turns Down Mussolini Peace Plan at Disarmament Conference
Geneva March 23 AP The world disarmament conference declined to adjourn for four power talks among Britain France Germany and Italy over Mussolini’s peace plan. France pressed equal treatment for Poland Czecho Slovakia Romania and Jugoslavia and urged the plan stay within the League framework to avert an Italo German bloc. The conference, a League agency, met to consider adjournment after Easter and discussed Ramsay MacDonald’s plan for cuts in armaments.
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Geneva
France
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Jugoslavia
League of Nations
Disarmament Conference
League
Ohio River crest threatens floods in four states
Flood waters from the Ohio River race toward the Mississippi as Western Kentucky Illinois and Missouri brace for rising levels. Rain fell on an already soaked Ohio valley and more showers were forecast though not expected to greatly raise river stages. About a dozen deaths were linked to the floods and refugees planned to return once waters recede, with the crest due at Paducah on Saturday and Hickman on Monday.
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Louisville
Ohio
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Misouri
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Ashland
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Paducah
Hickman
Congress Vocational Agriculture Students Plan trip to national congress
Four Union High School vocational agriculture students Ben Baker Wayne Hudspeth and J G Rogers will visit Santa Fe railroad hosts for the national congress of vocational agriculture students to be held in November in Kansas City during the American Royal Stock Show instructor Paul W Brown will accompany them the trip marks the seventh year the railroad has offered this opportunity to New Mexico students
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Las Cruces
N. M
Union High School
Santa Fe Railroad
Ben Baker
Wayne Hudspeth
J. G. Rogers
Paul W. Brown
New Mexico
National Congress of Vocational Students
Kansas City
Science meeting at Las Cruces May 1 to 4
The thirteenth annual meeting of the southwest division of the Association for the Advancement of Science will be hosted by New Mexico A. and M. College from May 1 to 4. Delegates come from Arizona New Mexico Colorado West Texas Chihuahua and Sonora Mexico. Aldo Leopold will deliver the John Wesley Powell lecture. Officers include Charles T. Vorhies president Edwin F. Carpenter secretary-treasurer and F. E Germann vice president.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Association For the Advancement of Science
New Mexico State College
Ben SS Robbins
New Mexico A. and M. College
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
West Texas
Chihuahua
Sonora
Mexico
John Wesley Powell
Aldo Leopold
Consulting Forester
Madison
Wis
Southwest
Association
Charles T. Vorhies
University of Arizona
F. E Germann
University of Colorado
Edwin F. Carpenter
Pershing Visits Veterans Hospital Against Doctor Orders
General John J. Pershing, visiting Tucson, disregarded his doctor's orders to greet veterans at the United States Veterans' Bureau hospital. The World War commander had been in seclusion after arriving several days earlier and suffers from a throat ailment. The visit underscored his concern for former service members amid ongoing illness among patients.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Weather To Be Unsettled With Showers In NM
Unsettled tonight and Friday with showers in the north and east portions of New Mexico. Warmer in the southeast and extreme east tonight and Friday. Cooler Friday in the northwest and north central areas. West Texas partly cloudy tonight and Friday with possible showers in the southeast, warmer in the north and west tonight and in the north and east-central Friday. Temperatures: Amarillo 68-32, El Paso 70-46, Oklahoma City 72-36, Phoenix 76-52, Los Angeles 70-48.
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West Texas
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
el Paso
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Washington
Senators shuffle lineup for win over Crackers in Biloxi
Washington Senators manager Joe Cronin moved Ossie Brient from second to seventh in the batting order in Biloxi. The team reacted to the change by scoring against the Atlanta Crackers as the Regulars and Yannigans prepared for today’s showdown.
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Biloxi
Miss
Joe Cronin
Washington Senators
Ossie Briege
Atlanta
Talk on Indian Life Tonight at Roswell Library
Mrs. R. C. Reid of Dexter will discuss The Customs Arts and Symbols of Indian Life at the Chaves County Historical and Archaeological Society meeting. The speech begins at 7 30 tonight and the public is welcome to attend.
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R. C. Reid
Dexter
Chaves County
Papers Can Carry Wine Ads Delayed by Post Office Ruling
The post office department bans beer and wine ads in newspapers until midnight April 6. Solicitor Horace J. Donnelly said the prohibition stays until beverages can be sold legally. Violators face up to $1000 fine or six months imprisonment or both. Donnelly declined to comment on papers that already ran such ads.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Horace J. Donnelly
Donnelly
Translator of Laws Appointed in New Mexico
Santa Fe March 23 AP Filemon T Martinez of Albuquerque was named translator of laws enacted by the 11th legislature by secretary of state Mrs Marguerite P Baca. Martinez served as house interpreter during the session.
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Santa Fe
Filemon T. Martinez
Albuquerque
Marguerite P. Baca
Martinez
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Durham
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Bronson Cutting
Beverly Hills
Calif
Glie Roper
McNausht Syndicere
Eastern Star Meeting
N. M. Order
San Juan
Bingham
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Las Cruuces
General Pershing
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