President Roosevelt Proposes Federal Railroads Coordinator
President Roosevelt sent a emergency plan to Congress calling for a federal coordinator to guide railroad reorganization. He seeks repeal of the ICC profit recapture clause and federal regulation of railway holding companies as immediate steps with a later comprehensive permanent plan to follow. The proposal outlines duties to coordinate transport to avoid duplication and waste while promoting financial readjustment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission Act
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Payers Join Fight to Repeal Six New Mexico Laws
The Chaves County Taxpayers Association will back a statewide drive to put six 1931 32 laws to referenda. Petition circulation in Chaves county aims to secure 38 738 signatures nationwide with a 25 percent statewide requirement. county quota set around 1 647 but being urged to reach 2 000.
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Chaves
Charlie Madrid
W. A. Sutherland
Las Cruces
Chaves County
Madrid
Sutherland
Purchasing Bureau
State Taxpayers Federation
Riots Quelled as Militia Probes Iowa Farm Assaults
Le Mars Iowa May 4 AP Militia investigating a farm mob that dragged and choked District Judge C C Bradley reported progress and obtained evidence. Witnesses identified crowd members while details remain withholden until civil trials begin. Army officials said troops stay deployed as investigations continue. The article also notes widespread rain and snow across several states, with impacts on travel and agriculture.
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le Mars
Iowa
L. D. Mallonee
Military Commission of Investigation
C. C. Bradley
Glenn Haynes
Premier Reports Washington Visit to Commons
Prime Minister MacDonald told the house of commons about his Washington trip. He said war debts were not to be discussed at the world economic conference and Britain's tariff truce terms were accepted as reasonable by the United States. He noted disarmament talks with Roosevelt reached common views and had impact in Geneva.
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London
Washington
House of Commons
MacDonald
Britain
United States
Great Britain
House
Roosevelt
Geneva
J. D. Atwood
Roswell
Sam G. Bratton
Santa Fe
Col. Atwood
Seligman
Senator Bratton
Colonel Atwood
Bratton
Senate
U. S.oust Court of Appeals
Congress
Democratic Party
Col
Atwood
Bronson M. Cutting
Senator Cutting
U. 8
Arthur Seligman
New Shoe Store to Open in Roswell
Roswell prepares for the J and M Cut Price Shoe Store at 307 North Main near the Princess. Guard Marvin and Pud Jacobson secure a lease from Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stevens and redecorate for a May 13 opening. The shop will offer men s shoes socks handkerchiefs and ties with regular 5 shoes advertised at 3 45 and 2 95. Opening day gifts include silk hose with every shoe purchase.
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Marvin and
O. C
Pud” Jacobson
North Main
J. E. Stevens
J. and M. Cut
Movie Stars See Sharks Eat Cuban Sailor
Havana Cuba May 4 AP Ann Harding blond film star was shaken by a horror as sharks killed Ma jin Alvarez Tuero an aged Cuban sailor who swam to shore for aid The trio clung to a capsized sailboat for hours off Jaimanitas Yacht Club three miles away They were rescued after a motor launch appeared and Capt Leslie Waggett and George Andrews assisted The incident left Harding and Kirkland shaken Harding denied reports of a forthcoming marriage
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Havana
Cuba
Ann Harding
Miss Harding
Majin Alvarez Tuero
Marie Lombard
Alexander Kirkland
Jaimanitas Yacht Club
Jaimanitas
Leslie Waggett
George Andrews
Kirkland
Harry Bannister
Inflation debate dominates congress in five hour limit
In New York on May 3 the house of representatives capped inflation debate at five hours. The writer jokes about inflation explanations and techocracy, planning to attend Washington to hear congressmen argue. The piece notes inflation makes every man's intelligence seem equal.
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New York
House of Representatives
Washington
Hagerman Deputy Sheriff Seen in Roswell Today
Jim Williamson deputy sheriff from Hagerman was in Roswell this afternoon for undisclosed duties.
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Jim Williamson
Hagerman
Roswell
Baseball Scores From Today in the American League
Philadelphia defeated Chicago 15 to 2 after leading 1 0 1 in the early innings. Washington beat Cleveland 5 to 6 in a 9 inning game with decisive hits. New York edged Detroit 6 to 11 in a tight finish. Boston and St. Louis postponed due to cold conditions with no game played.
National League First Game Scores by Team
Baseball results from a Chicago New York and other NL games. Chicago beat New York 4 to 5 in the second listed game with key pitchers Tinning Richmond Hartnett and Mancuso. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 8 to 16 as Meine Finney Clark and Lopez succeeded.
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New York
Tinning
Richmond
Hartnett
Taylor
Fitzsimmons and
Mancuso
RHOS
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Meine
Finney
Clark and Lopez
Sukeforth
Picinich
Haley Cincinnati Davis NY Nat English Chicago Nat Lazzeri NY Amn
Haley and Davis are noted alongside Nat English of Chicago National and Lazzeri of New York in an abbreviated listing. The fragment references individuals and affiliations without a clear action or event.
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Haley
Cincinnati
Davis
Chicago
Lazzeri
Amn
Roswell Pecos Valley Weather Update Tonight and Friday
For Roswell and the Pecos Valley, expect generally fair conditions tonight and Friday. Forecast calls for mild temperatures with light winds and no significant precipitation anticipated.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
Army air squadrons halted by storm in Jackson
Three U S Army air squadrons with 66 planes were grounded in Jackson Mississippi by stormy weather. The planes arrived from Atlanta and Montgomery in two groups with a thunderstorm breaking over the city as the second group landed. If weather allowed they planned to overnight at El Paso Texas.
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Jackson
Miss
U. S. Army Air
Atlanta
Montgomery
el Paso
Tex
30 Hour Week Would Cost Steel Plants Jobs
Robert P. Lamont, president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, told the house labor committee that applying a thirty hour work week to the steel industry would in many cases force plant closings and raise unemployment. He warned the bills would not raise employment or purchasing power but would lift costs and prices, dampen markets, and push imports and substitutes.
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Washington
Robert P. Lamont
American Iron and Steel Institute
House Labor Committee
Lamont
Commerce
Hoover
Bank bandit captured at Vaughn bank
A man believed to be Leo Hampton, sought for a St. Louis branch post office robbery and a Durán auto theft, was arrested in Vaughn New Mexico when he entered the local post office to pick up mail. He was taken to Santa Rosa for identification by a postal inspector.
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Vaughn
N. M
Leo Hampton
St. Louis
Ben Gallegos
Duran
Santa Rosa
Cooper
Albuquerque
Insanity Defense in Tucker Murder Opens in Gallup
The May 4 trial of Gilson Tucker in Gallup, New Mexico, begins with prosecutors asking jurors if they would convict of first degree murder despite possible death penalty. The defense plans an insanity plea with alienists to be announced, while the state prepares to call experts. Tucker is accused of killing Lorenzo Eaves near the Navajo area in fall 1939.
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Gallup, N. M
Gilson Tucker
Lorenzo Eaves
Tucker
C. R. McIntosh
Reed Holloman
George W. Stephens
Winnie
Ruth Judd
A. B. Stewart
Las Vegas
Eaves
Pores Se Arroyo
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Fort Mar
Premier
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Guard Marvin
Marvin
Annette Jacobson
Pud Jacobson
New Mexico Military Institute
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C. E. Smyer
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Vinnie Eisendraith
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Philadelphia
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