Railroads Granted Emergency Freight Increase Across Nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission split 5 to 4 to authorize emergency charges on many freight items until July 30, 1936, despite denying a general rate rise. Rates vary by distance and commodity, with coal, iron ore, and specific farm-excepted goods bearing targeted increases. The decision highlighted a divide between relief for railroads and preserving reasonable rates for traffic.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Meyer
McManamy
Lee
Mahaffie
Splawn
Tate
Commission
Atchison
Bns
War and peace move today over Europe
Wars and diplomacy swirl across Europe as Italy and Ethiopia clash in Africa while Moscow and London push for a Stresa security conference. Reports row in Brussels and Rome about peace talks and gas mask measures, with American involvement implied.
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Europe
Associated Press
East Africa
United States
Moscow
Ethiopia
Italy
League of Nations
Addis Ababa
Rome
Anthony Eden
Britain
Litvinoff
London
Stalin
Stresa
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Brussels
Senate
Paul van Zeeland
League of Aliens
Aden
Arabia
America
Eden
Dust storms and soil blame fly in weather talk
A New York note says pilots navigate by instruments in dust storms and humorously muses on law suits over soil movement from Colorado to Kansas. The writer imagines Kansas paying for topsoil and hints at spring soil branding and roundup plans.
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New York
Colorado
Kansas
Hamilton and Bandit Pal at Memphis
Memphis police pursued Texas outlaw Raymond Hamilton and an unidentified companion after a 250 mile Mississippi raid that left two hostages and a sheriff wounded. The pair robbed the Bank of Bluntville at Prentiss and fled toward Arkansas Oklahoma hills as federal and state officers hunted.
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Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Mississippi
Bluntville
Prentiss
M. E. Smith
Ralph Bayliss
National Guard
Smith
Ozark Hills
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Tulsa
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi River Bridge
Will T. Griffin
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Ickes Delay in Work Relief Bill Sparks Presidential Push
Washington March 30 AP Congress leaders planned to seek Roosevelt aid to resolve the eleventh hour dispute delaying final action on the 4.88 billion work relief bill. Secretary Ickes objects to a one third wage-spending rule, favoring direct or indirect work language to include labor used in materials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Icke
House
Senate
Ickes
PWA
Secretar
T. J. Pearson Is Fined Five Hundred Dollars
Dr. Thomas J. Pearson pleaded guilty to knowingly leasing premises for gaming and was fined 500 dollars at arraignment before Judge James B. McGhee. Other gambling raid defendants from the Pearson place in West McGaffey and at the Bankhead Hotel are scheduled for arraignment next Monday at nine.
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Thomas J. Pearson
James B. McGhee
Pearson Place
West McGaffey
Bankhead Hotel
Tulsa Stenos retain AAU girls title with 26 18 win
The Tulsa Oklahoma Business College Stenos recaptured the National AAU girls basketball crown by defeating Holdenville Oklahoma Flyers 26 to 18 in Wichita. Holdenville, same club that beat Tulsa last year, had previously won the title twice as the Oklahoma Cardinals.
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Wichita, Kas
Stenos
Tulsa
Okla
Business College
Holdenville
Flyers
Oklahoma Cardinals
Governor to Attend Governor's Day at Carlsbad Caverns
Santa Fe AP reports Governor Clyde Tingley will attend Governor's Day at Carlsbad Caverns. The event is announced for March 30 with officials noting the appearance by the New Mexico leader.
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Carlsbad Cavern
Santa Fe
Clyde Tingley
Carlsbad Caverns
Senate Passes Two Bills by Hatch in Miscel Reports
Washington reports Senate action on two Hatch sponsored measures. One transfers the Miller division of the Cibola National Forest to the Zuni Indian Reservation in New Mexico. The other expands the time allowed for filing final proof on homestead and desert land entries, adding up to two years for eligible entrants.
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Ing
Senator Hatch
D-Nm
Miller Division
Cibola National Forest
Forest
New Mexico
Hatch
Secretary of the Interior
Woman Robbed in Texas as Grieving Widow Loses Purse
Waxahachie Texas March 30 AP Mrs Prue Myers of Fort Bayard New Mexico was planting flowers at her husband’s grave when a thief snatched her purse from a tombstone. She left a hat and purse with 45 dollars on the stone. A local youth was arrested on suspicion. the purse and part of the money were recovered. Her husband Bobby Myers a World War veteran died two years ago.
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Waxahachie
Texas
Prue Myers
Mrs. Myers
Bobby Myers
Roy Robbers Reported Captured in Oklahoma
Sheriff A J Scheier of Harding County said a telegram from Woodward Oklahoma reported the robbers who looted the Florsheim Store here had been captured. The message indicated the car and a quantity of merchandise were recovered but gave no further details.
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Roy. N. M
A. J. Scheier
Harding County
Woodward
Okla
Florsheim
Roswell Chamber to tackle downtown parking issues
At a regular meeting the Roswell Chamber of Commerce planned actions to ease the parking problem in the business district. A merchants committee will urge the city council to change parking rules including trucks being barred from certain areas and to promote a voluntary no-parking pledge among business employees. The council is pursuing a plan to solve the issue while the chamber reports 62 new members and $1,438 in increased revenue, though $200 short of budgeted expenses. The directors discussed 4-H calf sale prices, beet seed planting with 738 acres offered for contracts, and other community projects.
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Roswell
Merchants Committee of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Committee
Brown
Chaves County
Fastern New
Community Chest
Carl R. McNally
Arrests Tie Drug Ring To Hollywood Stars
Federal officers arrested Barney Price and his aide Eugene Stan on narcotic charges. Agents say Price supplied many Hollywood stars with narcotics and found in his possession an address book and money orders listing customers nationwide, many in California. Morphine shipments were sent in whole sale lots. Names of film people were not released. Washington: The SEC issued a stop order halting a proposed issue by American Gyro Co. of Denver for untrue material facts.
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New York
Barney Price
Eugene Stan
Price
Stan
Hollywood
California
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Gyro Co
Denver
French army maneuvers shift to frontiers amid conscription rise
Nancy reports advance warning and a three month training period for reservists on France eastern frontier following Hitler's conscription. Dallas notes a running gun fight. officer G L Dorff grazed as four desperadoes flee with loot from a Cooper Texas robbery. Oklahoma City lists en route men facing motor theft charges in Clayton New Mexico. Reno sees Princess Barbara Hutton filing suit for divorce from Prince Alexis after six weeks residence. Missouri Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Walter H McGee in Mary McElroy kidnapping with execution set May 10 in Jackson County jail.
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Nancy
France
Hitler
Dallas
Here
G. L. Dorff
Cooper
Texas
Reno
Nev
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
New York
Prince Alexis
Jefferson City
Missouri State Supreme Court
Walter H. McGee
Mary McElroy
Kansas City
Jackson County
Griffith Succeeds N Jaffa At Las Vegas
Santa Fe March 30 AP L G Griffith formerly district engineer for the northwest FERA section will take over administration of FERA for San Miguel county. He succeeds Nathan Jaffa. Change cited as necessary due to Jaffa s heavy workload and advancing age.
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Santa Fe
L. G. Griffith
FERA
San Miguel County
Nathan Jaffa
Call Issued For State Bank Statements
Santa Fe March 30 AP The State Bank Examiner's office issued a call for state banks to report their condition as of March 4. A separate call was issued for building and loan associations to report as of March 30.
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Santa Fe
State Bank Examiner's Office
Texas Delegation to Meet Governor Tonight
Santa Fe reports the Governor will host about a dozen Amarillo and Texas Panhandle businessmen and agricultural representatives to discuss the Conchas Dam project on the Canadian river. The plan envisions a $9,000,000 irrigation scheme for eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, with a dinner meeting slated for tonight.
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Santa Fe
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Conchas
Canadian River
New Mexico
Zuni Indian Hurt in Plane Forced Landing
Louis Kelsey, a 25 year old Zuni Indian, was slightly injured when his airplane made a forced landing three miles east of Thoreau New Mexico. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and his condition was reported not serious. A leaky gas line forced the landing, attendants said.
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Gallup
N. M
Louis Kelsey
Thoreau
Kelsey
Dust Storm Hits Eastern New Mexico and Clovis
Eastern New Mexico faced a swirling dust storm moving from Raton to Clovis with visibility near zero at Tucumcari and Amarillo and one quarter mile at Clayton. The Weather Bureau expected subsidence within 24 hours. some flights at Albuquerque's airport remained on schedule while others adjusted to delays.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Raton
Clovis
Tucumcari
Amarillo
Tex
Clayton
Wis
Trinidad
Weather Bureau
Las Vesas
Santa Fe
Envern
TWA Airp?t Here
Denver
el Paso
Dust Storm Strikes Roswell This Afternoon
A dust storm hit Roswell at about 2 45 this afternoon with dust filling the atmosphere and forcing drivers to use lights for a period.
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Roswell
Screen Star Tracy Pleads Guilty To Drunkenness
Hollywood actor Lee Tracy was arrested for drunkenness after five shots were fired in his apartment. Police found an automatic and five shells. he pleaded guilty in Sunrise court and paid a $100 fine.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Lee Tracy
H. S. Laidlaw
Tracy
Harold Shield
Sunrise Court
Newcomb Condee
Condee
Mexico
D. F
Roswell Engineer Lea Rowland Ill in Santa Fe
Lea Rowland Roswell city engineer fell ill in Santa Fe while attending a meeting of the state highway commission of which he is a member. He planned to return to Roswell tomorrow if able, according to The Record.
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Patton
U 12Th
Santa FE
Lea Rowland
Roswell
State Highway Commission
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Willis Ford
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Donnell
Revenue Bureau
Fernandez
John Mell
U. U
U. S
Mussolini
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Frank Patton
Miguel Leyva
Labor Commission
Dee Donnell
Bureau of Revenue
Leyva
Willis
Ford
Theighway Commission
Mell
AM. Fernandez
J. D. Mell
Hhie & Ropert
Hamilton and
Bandit Pal
Tennessee City
Congressional
T. J. Pearson
Tulsa Stenos
Sen
Roy
Chamber Commerce
Oklahoma City
Carroll
Walter Manly
Britton, Okla
Nat P. Green
Duncan, Okla
Robert A. Noblin
Norman, Okla
Clayton N. M
Griffith
N. Jaffa
Las Vegas
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