Chicago Fire Loss Estimated At From 8 To 10 Millions
Chicago fire ruins the stockyards area sparking a large blaze that killed Isaac Means and indirectly Walter Burnfield. Swift Armour Morris and Wilson plants escaped, while livestock pens and surrounding buildings suffered heavy damage. The disaster disrupted meat trading as Red Cross treated 1100 injuries and nearby banks operated in temporary quarters.
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Chicago
Swift
Armour
Morris
Wilson
The
Red Crosse
Halsted Street
Exchange
Great Exposition Hall
Drovers Daily Journal
Last Week of Cleanup Drive on in Roswell
Roswell enters the final week of its cleanup campaign. The City Beautification Committee urges every property owner to clear trash to the alley line by Friday for city trucks to remove. The effort also targets fire prevention ahead of the State Firemen’s convention and Institute finals, with calls to remove dead limbs and unsafe trees and to demolish unused outbuildings for improved appearance.
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Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Rue Chrisman
Institute
J. E. Moore
Flying boat sets 11000 pound record for South American trade
The article notes a new flying boat carrying 11,000 pounds at 22,000 feet, built to bolster South American trade. It laments Congress's inaction and predicts potential catastrophe from housing large labor forces, mentioning Roosevelt willing to fund repatriation if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Congress
Roosevelt
Nurse Cleared in Raton Murder Trial
Raton New Mexico nurse Inez Callahan was acquitted by a district court jury of murdering Henry MecWright, an ex service man, shot as he slept in a tourist cabin. The trial heard she fled from Augusta with MecWright towards Mexico where he planned to divorce his wife and wed Callahan.
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Raton
Miss Callahan
McWright
Veterans Hospital
Augusta
Mexico
Thirteen Die In Weekend Plane Crashes Across U S
AP reports thirteen fatalities from multiple crashes over the weekend. At Tulsa Texas a plane piloted by Harry Lynch of Wink killed four witnesses and three youths, plus a man from El Paso. In Michigan a Selfridge Field crash claimed Lieut Frank Findlay and Private George Scott. Other crashes near Muscatine Iowa Lincoln Nebraska and Chesapeake Bay resulted in multiple deaths including owners, instructors, and students.
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Tulsa
Texas
Harry Lynch
Wink
Tex
Lynch
Bruce Anderson
Bobbie Lesler
Willie Ravel
el Paso
Frank J. Findlay
Detroit
George J. Scott
Seventeenth Pursuit Squadron
Port Huron
Mich
Selfridge Field
Findlay
Muscatine
Maynard Lukavisky
James Henick
Fort Dog Maines
Lincoln
Neb
Orrin O. Jones
Litchfield
James V. Meade
Oakridge
N. J
Holley Held on Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Arnie Holley was bound over to the district court in the sum of one thousand dollars after a preliminary hearing. He faces involuntary manslaughter charges for the death of Edell Hartley who was struck by a motorcycle Holley rode on Saturday.
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Arnie Holley
District Court
Justice of the Peace
L. L. Johnson
Holley
Edell Hartley
Baseball Scores From National League and Others Today
St Louis 28 runs lead New York 59 in a high scoring game while Pittsburgh tops Philadelphia 11 to 6 and Chicago defeats Brooklyn 12 to 9. Cincinnati Boston postponed by rain. Batteries listed for each game.
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St Louis
New York
Hmat'anan
V. Davis
Bowman and Mancuso
Batterymatch listing by teams and pitchers
Box score style fragment lists teams New York Cleveland Washington Detroit Boston Chicago Philadelphia St Louis with runs by inning and batteries used. Names Uhle VanAtta Dickey Hudlin Pytlak Whitehill Philips Hogsett Hayworth Rhodes Hinkie Gallivan Heving Madjeski Cain Hayes Hadley Knott Hemsley appear as pitchers and catchers across the summarized lineups.
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New York
Cleveland
Uhle
VanAtta
Dickey
Hudlin
Pytlak
Boston
Chicago
Rhodes and Hinkie
Gallivan, Heving & Madjeski
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cain and Hayes
Hadley, Knott and Hemsley
Visit of Chief of Staff 108th Division to Roswell
Colonel W W Edwards chief of staff 103rd Division will visit Roswell on May 23 for a contact trip and to meet Reserve officers. A conference and smoker with Colonel Edwards is set for May 23 at 8 00 p m at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce. All available officers and officer candidates are urged to attend.
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W. W. Edwards
Cavalry
103Rd Division
Roswell
Edwards
Hill takes post of state tax secretary in New Mexico
Santa Fe May 21 AP H D Billy Hill of Dona Ana county today took his desk as secretary of the State Tax Commission. The governor named John B Case of Salem to succeed Hill as Dona Ana county commissioner, the post Hill held before joining the tax commission.
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Hill
Santa Fe
H. D
Billy” Hill
Dona Ana County
State Tax Commission
Commission
John B. Case
Salem
Tax Commission
Child Dies From Poison In Abandoned House Find
Silver City May 21 Drury Joe Busch two and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Busch of Mimbres NM dies at a hospital today from effects of poison The child ate the poisoned contents of a can found in an abandoned house near her home.
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Silver City
N. M
Drury Joe Busch
H. A. Busch
Mimbres
Developments on State Sales Tax in New Mexico
Santa Fe May 21 AP Sales tax developments include two opinions and the naming of a field man Hilario Gonzales of Albuquerque was chosen as field man by Clinton P Anderson state treasurer directing the sales tax One more field man will be named Attorney General E K Neumann issued two opinions Printers publishing newspapers are not manufacturers and owe no tax except on advertising Job printers are manufacturers and must pay the tax Retailers sales to hotels and restaurants are retail sales Neumann advised Anderson about possible wholesale segregation to avoid disadvantaging retailers
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Santa Fe
New Mexico
G. D. Macy
Frank Vesely
Hilario Gonzales
Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
E. K. Neumann
Anderson
Neumann
State Knights of Columbus Meet in New Mexico
All nine councils of the Knights of Columbus in New Mexico attended the state convention in Santa Fe. The gathering will close tomorrow with officer elections. Noted speakers at a banquet included Archbishop Rudolph A. Gerken, Gov. A. W. Hockenhull, Mayor Charles Barker, Monsignor Estrell, Meliton Otero, T. J. McCaffrey, and Leo Valdez. A class of 30 members completed the second and third degrees.
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Santa Fe
Knights of Columbus
New Mexico
Rudolph A. Gerken
Hilario Delgado
A. W. Hockenhull
Charles B. Barker
Monsignor Estrell
Tucumcari
Meliton Otero
Albuquerque
T. J. McCaffrey
Leo Valdez
Las Cruces
Fter
Norton plans filling station on Third and Richardson site
Roy Norton prepares his lot on Third and Richardson west of Yucca theatre for a filling station. He recently bought the South Main street station used by Valley Distributing Co and will move and modernize it. Norton has not chosen a manager but will lease on favorable terms.
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Roy Norton
Third and Richardson
Yucca Theatre
Valley Distributing Co
South Main Street
Mr. Norton
Roswell Girls to Graduate at Oklahoma U
Elizabeth Amis and Mildred French of Roswell will graduate from Oklahoma University on June 4 with about 900 degrees awarded. Other New Mexico graduates include Barney Burns of Carlsbad and Margery Clevenger of Hobbs.
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Oklahoma University
Elizabeth Amis
Gil Amis
Mildred French
George French
Roswell
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Barney T. Burns
Carlsbad
Margery L. Clevenger
Hobbs
Baccalaureate for Roswell High Graduates Held
Roswell High School held a baccalaureate service for its 80 graduates at the Junior High auditorium yesterday. Rev. F. B. Howden Jr. delivered the sermon, with Rev. W. A. Huffman officiating and musical selections by VanDenburgh and Miss Harriet Poorbaugh.
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Roswell High School
F. B. Howden, Jr
Episcopal Church
W. A. Huff
Man
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NRA
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Forty Third Street
Means
Walter Burnfield
Darrow Board
Pres. Rooseveltt
Washington
Darrow
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National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Recovery Review Board
William O. Thompson
America
John F. Sinclair
Review Board
Sinclair
Borah
Idaho
Nye
North Dakota
White House
Sol A. Rosenblatt
Rosenblatt
William F. Gettle
Los Angeles
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James Kirk
Larry Kerrigan
Roy Williams
State Welfare Commission
New Mexico Federation of Taxpayers Associations
Kenneth Balcomb
Albuquerquez
Ross Malone, Jr
Charles W. G. Ward
Las
Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
Th Raza
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Pittsburgh
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Padden
Pearce
Moore
Todd
Cincinnati
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Joiner
Malone
Teitje
Hartnett
Herring
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Whitehill
Phillips
Marberry, Hogsett & Hayworth
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Third and Rich
Roswell Girls
Okla U
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