Abduction Case Ends With $30000 Ransom Paid
In Kansas City investigators pursued the two kidnappers who abducted City Manager H. F. McElroy's daughter Miss Mary McElroy, released unharmed after payment of $30,000. She described captivity in a basement, a blindfold, and a handcuff, while McElroy and his son arranged the ransom at a country road rendezvous. A new UP passenger train plan promises 110 mph service with streamlined stainless or aluminum cars and advanced comfort features for future Chicago to Pacific coast runs.
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Kansas City
Mary
H. F. McElroy
Miss McElroy
Milburn Golf Club
Mr. Mciiroy
H. Fr. MeIlroy, Jr
Kas
Country Club
McEl
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Lovington Chamber Endorses State Highway Debentures
C E Mauldin of the state highway commission said Lovington Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the $2,000,000 highway debenture issue in a directors resolution. The group favors the debentures if the funds from sale are needed to meet federal aid in New Mexico.
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Clovis
N. M
C. E. Mauldin
State Highway Commission
Lovington
Murder Charge Filed Against Calderon In Salazar Killing
A charge of first degree murder was filed against Pablo Calderon in Justice of the Peace court by Sheriff John C. Peck. The case stems from Rog er Salazar’s death by pistol shot, with a preliminary hearing likely Wednesday before Judy Johnson. The coroner’s inquest verdict named Calderon as Salazar’s killer.
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Harge
Sheri” Peck
Justice Peace Court
Pablo Calderon
Roger Salazar
Court of Justice of the Peace
L. Ll Johnson
John C. Peck
Chaves County
Judy Johnson
Salazar
J. Q. Cummins
Ed Purdy
Dan H.wilmot
Molten Money and Sucker Lists From Morgan Co
New York notes ridicule of a preferred list dubbed a sucker list after stock losses. New York City collected a million dollars yesterday for Heemies beer profits. The state, again dry, seeks new revenue like a broad sales tax. A late-night flight survey shows 80 airplanes in the air nationwide with half carrying passengers.
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New York
Morgan Co
New York City
Chicago
Harriman Trial Postponed After Wound Incident
New York May 29 The trial of Joseph W Harriman head of Harriman National Bank and Trust Company was postponed until Monday due to his recovery from a self inflicted gun wound ten days earlier in a suicide attempt. He faces charges of falsifying bank books and financial records.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company
Harriman
Tax sale notices questioned by district attorney opinion
District Attorney George L. Reese Jr issued an opinion on whether withholding registered tax sale notices due to funds affects sale legality. He cites Senate Bill 144, notes that failure to receive registered notice does not invalidate a sale, and questions using ordinary mail and Bateman Act budgets.
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George L. Reese, Jr
Fifth Judicial District
Tax Commission
D. C. Berry
Lea County
Harold Crosby
Berry
Reese
The
Kansas Wheat Crop Forecast Surges Past Government Estimate
The Santa Fe Railroad agricultural development department projects Kansas will harvest 60 to 65 million bushels of wheat this year, contrasting with the May 1 government forecast of 54.747 million. Improved yield is credited to plentiful May rains, especially in eastern and central Kansas.
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Topeka
Kas
Santa Fe Railroad
Agricultural Development Department
Plan to Secure U S Loan For Local Irrigation Districts
Plans are under way to obtain a federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan for Pecos valley irrigation districts to cover obligations and stabilize finances. Roswell and Dexter districts face heavy drainage claims. a Kansas City meeting yielded an option to settle the Roswell debt at 97 000 with six percent interest after September 1. A federal loan could span up to forty years at low rates, with RFC machinery soon to be set up. A local committee will handle the legal end with attorneys.
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RIC
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Dexter
Claud Hobbs
Walden Bassett
O. B. Berry
E.S. Gessert
Kansas City
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sam Bratton
RFC
Irrigation
George French
Pete Losey
Meeting on 8 Hour Work Law With State Official
Tomorrow at 7 30 the Chamber of Commerce and local merchants will meet at the courthouse with State Labor Commissioner Ralph Davy to discuss the new eight hour work law for mercantile establishments and to obtain information.
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Ralph Davy
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Tax collections may equal to 1932
Santa Fe May 29 AP State deputy treasurer R L Ormsbee said if 20 percent of taxes are collected this month total yearly collections will match 19722. To date 57.39 percent of taxes have been remitted. county collectors hand in 1 080 545 96 dollars. One twelfth goes to common schools, the remainder funds appropriations. The state is short about 414 000 of the expected collection on the 90 percent basis.
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Santa Fe
R. L. Ormsbee
Doctor On Mescalero Res Kills Wife And Himself
Alamogordo New Mexico May 29 The government physician Dr J B Knechtoo on the Mescalero Apache Reservation shot and killed his wife 35 then killed himself at their home before nine o clock A daughter Mary Ann 17 awakened by the shots passed the bodies to notify the superintendent P W Danielson The coroner's jury ruled Knecht shot his wife then killed himself The couple had lived in the reservation two years from Poplar Bluffs Iowa where he practiced medicine He was a World War veteran and reportedly nervous The family included a 12 year old son Boyd and another child The bodies were held pending relatives word from Poplar Bluffs
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Alamogordo
N. M
J. B. Kaeghtoo
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation
Mary Ann
P. W. Danielson
Dr. Knecht
Poplar Bluffs
Iowa
Gave Up to Keep From Killing Man in San Diego Hold Up
Waldo Boren, 30, surrendered in Albuquerque after confessing he hoped to avoid killing a man. He told San Diego detective J. F. Beaty he preferred 7 to 10 years under habitual criminal law to a longer sentence for murder. Boren and an accomplice robbed a women’s dress shop on May 5, gagging the proprietor and escaping with $100. He declined to name his partner or the man he feared.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Waldo Boren
San Diego
J. F. Beaty
Calif
Boren
Borden
Beaty
California
SOS Calls By Three Ships On Pacific Graveyard
Fog drove three vessels toward peril near Point Honda in the eastern Pacific. The Nippon Maru, a Japanese oil tanker, beached safely on a nearby island. the Chehalis and the J. D. Stetson, lumber schooners, collided with the Stetson continuing on course while the Chemalis beached four miles below Point Conception.
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San Pedro
Calif
Point Hondo
J. D. Stetson
Point Conception
Stock Market Slumps Amid Heavy Trading Session
New York May 29 heavy trading taxed New York Stock Exchange facilities as profit taking restrained gains. About 7,000,000 shares changed hands in one of the market’s most active sessions in three years with oil metal aviation and some motors leading the advance. Cotton and grain movements were mixed with notable gains in sugar and a few blue chip updates.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
General Motors
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
American Can
Aviation Corp
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Loew’s
Union Pacific
National Distillers
U. S
Watch Sermon Highlights Institute Commencement
Dr Crile delivered a scholarly commencement sermon at Lea Hall for the Military Institute graduates and cadets, under the title Watch. The program featured The Bells of St Marys, The Cadet Glee Club, hymns, prayers, readings, and a benediction, with soloists and a long cadet choir list.
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Crile
Lea Hall
The
Military Institute
Institute
Dr. Crile
St. Mary’s
Emmett A. Adams
Cadet Glee Club
John C. Martens
H. P. Saunders, Jr
Ernest Wilson
Vernon Knapp
Carolyn Moreland
H. E. Babcock
H. C. Becker
E. C. Budd
Dee E. DeGroot
J. K. Funk
R. Harris
P.D. Helmig
M. D. Jones
M. F. Jones
J. R. Turner
H. Young
Ten planes in Roswell hanger at airport
Ten planes are housed in the Roswell airport hanger including four local craft and four Army planes from Randolph Field in San Antonio Texas. Mr and Mrs Wiley Allison left by plane for Albuquerque New Mexico. Army planes depart Tuesday morning for home. The planes have been here playing the Institute polo team.
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Roswell
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Wiley Allison
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Army
Pratt and Whitney Wasp Motors
Institute
Graduation at N.M.M.L Tuesday
Graduation ceremonies at the Military Institute will be held at Lea Hall tomorrow at 10:30 AM. W. E. Talbot of Dallas will deliver the graduation address. Cadet First Lieutenant Eugene Livingstone Vickery will give the valedictory. Major Herman Baca will deliver diplomas on behalf of Governor Seligman.
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the Military Institute
Lea Hall
W. E. Talbot
Dallas
Texas
Eugene Livingstone Vickery
Herman Baca
Seligman
Roswell Country Club fishing season opening timed
The Roswell Country Club will open its fishing season when fish finish spawning, likely June 15. Reports indicate strong fishing expected this year. The season will close around August 15, as it did last year.
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Roswell Country Club
Officers seize beer plant on country club road
Chaves county officers and Federal Officer R L Neal raided a site on the country club road late Saturday, arresting Will Zant 28 on possession of intoxicating liquor and equipment charges. The raid uncovered 21 cases of home brew 20 gallons of beer mash bottles and a beer making plant. Zant pleaded guilty in district court to possession of intoxicating liquors and equipment and was sentenced to 60 days in jail plus costs.
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Chaves County
R. L. Neal
Will Zant
Country Club Road
Zant
James B. McGhee
Woodin to Stay as Sec Treasury During Emergency
President Roosevelt plans to keep William H. Woodin at the treasury amid public pressure and Morgan inquiries. He also aims to preserve his entire official circle to manage vast controls on industry, railroads, banking, and agriculture during the economic emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Sinder
J. P. Morgan and Company
Mr. Woodin
Potomac
Woodim
Woodin
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Mcklroy
Bath
Sen. Glass
Lovington D. C
Calderon
Senate Banking Committee
Ferdinand Pecora
Rap
G L. Reese, JR
Kansas
Mescalero
Res
Boyd
Dr. Isnecht
Pacific
J. Varley Roberts
R. D. Shinkie
Gloria Patri
James G. Ellis
John C. Marteus
Austin D. Crile
Ll.d
Quartette
N.M.M.L
SEC. Treasury
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