Dr Zimmerman to Speak in City on Coronado Celebration
Dr James F Zimmerman president of New Mexico University will address the Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society in the district courtroom tomorrow night at eight on the statewide Coronado Celebration planned for 1940. The event marks the joint public unveiling of the Coronado commemorative plans and invites all residents to attend.
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James F. Zimmerman
New Mexico University
Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society
Zimmerman
Charles M. Martin
Abuquerque
Coronado
New Mexico
Roswell
The
Archaeological and Historical Society
Kidnappers Demand 200000 Dollar Ransom for 9 Year Old Boy
Tacoma May 27 AP fear for George Wey erhaeuser life as kidnappers give five days to pay 200000 dollars in unmarked Federal Reserve notes. Family pleads with police after a ransom note warns against contacting authorities and promises harm if not complied with. A Seattle Post Intelligencer printing the note lists 21 payment instructions and a chilling demand to communicate via the paper.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Seattle
Federal Reserve
Seattle Post Intelligencer Today
Weyerhaeuser
George
Extortion plot in Pasadena ends with fatal shooting
Federal agents target a $72,000 extortion scheme against Herbert D. Ivey, a wealthy Southern California banker. One suspect was fatally shot after a pursuit by agents and San Marino police. another wounded along with Detective-Lieutenant Perry Archer. The case centers on the alias Jack Williams and a note claiming ten conspirators.
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Pasadena
Herbert D. Ivey
California
Ivey
Williams
G-men
San Marino
Department of Justice
Perry Archer
Jack Williams
Eugene Woods
Roosevelt Expands Land Withdrawal Order Across Western States
President Roosevelt issues an amended land order covering Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Utah and Wyoming to withdraw public lands from settlement and grant the interior secretary authority to accept land exchanges under the 1934 act upon release of prior entries or withdrawals.
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Washington
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Three Drowned in Colorado Flood Damages Across Farmland
Sterling Colorado May 27 AP three persons drowned as cloud bursts caused floods in northeastern Colorado. Earl Lewein and family perished when a wall of water swept their sedan at Frenchman Creek south of Haxtun. A North Sterling reservoir intake breach sent thousands of gallons across fields. Rail and highways threatened briefly but damage focused on crops, notably sugar beets and alfalfa.
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Sterling
Colo
Colorado
Earl Lewein
Frenchman Creek
Haxtun
Elsa Lewein
Donald
Irene
North Sterling
Platte River
Indian candidate for federation presidency stirs talk
In Hollywood California a Federation of Womens Clubs election sparks debate as a qualified first vice president who is Indian faces potential bias. Some members warn against exclusivity while others joke about inclusive traditions, urging unity over intolerance amid convention discussion.
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Hollywood
Cal
Federation of Womens Clubs
House committee signals two year NRA extension
Washington May 27 AP The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved extending the NRA for two more years but deferred formal action pending a possible Supreme Court ruling on the Recovery Act. The panel would extend NRA to June 16, 1937 and allow code applications to businesses substantially affecting interstate commerce. It also sets a 90 day window for code revisions by the recovery unit and the president.
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Supreme Court
New Deal
Congress
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Capitol
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Alcohol Control Administration
Donald Richberg
Senate
AAA
Hughes
House
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Doughton
Estelle Taylor Seeks Return to Taylor Name
Estelle Taylor, former screen actress once known as Mrs. Jack Dempsey, plans to file in superior court this week to change her name back to Estelle Taylor. She will consult an attorney to pursue the legal status reversal in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Ruth Chatterton Flies Across the Country
Ruth Chatterton became the first film actress to fly her own plane coast to coast. She arrived in Los Angeles with her flight instructor Bob Blair and Brenda Forbes, sister of her former husband Ralph Forbes.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Chatterton
Bob Blair
Brenda Forbes
Ralph Forbes
Grazing District Elections Set for June in New Mexico
Alamogordo NM May 27 AP Election of district advisors for the South Central and White Sands grazing districts will be held early in June. A D Molohon grazing supervisor announced the South Central district meeting will be in Alamogordo June 15 and the White Sands meeting in Carrizozo June 11.
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Alamogordo
N. M
South Central
White Sands
A. D. Molohon
Carrizozo
Supreme Court Invalidates Frazier Lemke Farm Moratorium
The U S Supreme Court unanimously held the Frazier Lemke act unconstitutional on May 27 allowing a five year moratorium on farm mortgage payments. The case involved Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank and William W Radford Sr with broader debts estimated at 12 billion dollars. Roosevelt warned the act might need amendment despite its swift passage.
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Wahington
Supreme Court
Associated Justice Brandeis
Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank
William W. Radford
Federal District Court For
Western Kentucky
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Minnesota
Flood deaths hit Colorado and New Mexico
A week end spate of accidental deaths left six dead in Colorado and one in New Mexico. In Colorado a mother Elsa Lewein 28 and her children Donald 6 Irene 4 were swept away in Frenchman Creek near Haxtun while returning from a Walther League convention. the father survived in shock.
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Associated Press
Colorado
New Mexico
Haxtun
Colo
Frenchman Creek
Elsa Lewein
Donald
Irene
Baseball Scores and Postponements Report
Philadelphia beats Pittsburgh 4 to 2 as Pezzullo and Moore seal win. Boston tops Cincinnati 5 to 3 with late surge, Barooklyn-Chicago game postponed by rain, New York game with St Louis also postponed.
Baseball scores and battery lines from a past doubleheader card
In Cleveland Washington and Chicago Philadelphia Detroit New York St Louis Boston games, bats produced runs with Pearson Putlak Whitehill Boston Tietje Kennedy Phelps Sewell Wilshere Berry Rowe Cochrane Dickey Hackett Hemsley among pitchers and catchers. Final tallies show varied innings and three to one results with several hitless stretches.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Tietje, Kennedy
Phelps and
Sewell
Wilshere and
Berry
Merchants Meet Tomorrow Night in Roswell
James L. Russell of Kansas City will speak on advertising and salesmanship at the Roswell Merchants Association dinner at Nickson Coffee Shop at 6 30 tomorrow night. The event replaces the regular June meeting and is organized by the Merchants Association with the Chamber of Commerce. Dinner tickets are available through the Chamber.
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James L. Russell
Kansas City
Roswell Merchant's Association
Nickson
Mr. Russell
Russell
Merchants Association
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Drowning at Albuquerque Conservancy Beach Tragedy
At the opening of the Albuquerque Conservancy Beach season an eight year old boy, William McFarlane, drowned after getting beyond his depth. Lifeguards pulled him from the water but rescue attempts failed.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque Conservancy Beach
William McFarlane
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