Elimination of grade crossings urged at Santa Fe Road meet
At Santa Fe on November 13 AP report outlines calls by T H MacDonald and Gov Henry Blood for accelerated grade crossing elimination. They argue it saves lives and property and should be a federal program with strong funding, while stressing pedestrian paths and beautification of arterial highways.
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Santa Fe Road
Santa Fe
American Association of State Highway Officials
T. H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Henry H. Blood
Utah
MacDonald
Bloog
Congress
Babson Urges Coalition Government for 1937
Babson predicts a coalition administration starting in 1937 blending Democratic and Republican aims. He faults relief spending for eroding confidence while noting charts point toward recovery and foresees unemployed youth driving the change. He spoke before the Advertising Club of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston
Mass
Roger W. Babson
Roosevelt
Priviledge
Advertising Club of
Babeon
Rickenbacker Dusk To Dusk Miami Flight Details
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker commanded a 14 passenger Douglas plane taking off from Newark at 6 10 am for a dawn to dusk round trip to Miami. Winds slowed progress and the flight included stops at Washington Jacksonville and Richmond en route with arrival expected around 12 30 pm. The aircraft previously set a transcontinental record and carried 14 passengers including reporters.
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Newark
N. J
Eddie Rickenbacker
Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Line
Rickenbacker
Washington
Burbank
Cal
Jacksonville
Richmond
Byred
Raleigh
N. C
Patrolman Gilbert Beckner Seriously Hurt in Motorcycle Crash
Roswell district state highway patrolman Gilbert Beckner was seriously injured when his motorcycle hit a bad highway spot near Lamy on the way to Santa Fe Saturday afternoon. Patrolman Lacy Shortridge assisted and transported Beckner to Santa Fe on his bike. Beckner suffered a skull fracture and was taken to a Santa Fe hospital. Henry Eller, Roswell night police officer, accompanied Mrs. Beckner to Santa Fe and returned to Roswell later.
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Gilbert Beckner
Roswell
Lamy
Santa Fe
Lacy Shortridge
Beckner
Shortridge
Henry Eller
Eller
New Mexico Senate Race Shows Cutting Narrow Lead
In Santa Fe and statewide tallies, Republican Bronson Cutting leads Democrat Dennis Chavez for the six year Senate seat. With 761 of 761 precincts counted, Cutting edges Chavez 75,926 to 74,644, a 1,287 vote advantage. Absentee counts and a missing precinct locked in a ballot box affect final totals.
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Santa Fe
Bronson Cutting
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Cutting
Chavez
Associated Press Election Bureau
Associated Press
Bernalillo Catron
Chaves
Colfax
Curry
de Baca
Dona Ana
Eddy
Grant
Ene
Guadalupe
Harding
Hidalgo
Lincoln
Lana
McKinley
Mora
Otero
Quay
Rio Arriba
Roosevelt
Sandoval
San Juan
San Miguel
Sierra
Socorro
Taos
Torrance
Union
Valencia
Gas Tank Explosion Kills Man in Charlestown Navy Yard
An acetylene gas tank exploded at the Charlestown navy yard today, killing Daniel Dunlea, 35, and causing about 175000 dollars in damage. Officials cite multiple blasts, with flames threatening a nearby three million gallon fuel oil tank as crews fought the blaze.
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Charleston Navy Yard
Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Daniel Dunlea
Charlestown
Ross P Schlabach
Navy Yard
Thomas Ogilive
Schlabach
Hass
Annual Roll Call 10 Starts Thursday in Chaves County
Intensive enrollment work for the Red Cross will begin Thursday morning as Chaves County undertakes its annual roll call of about 900 members. The drive stresses one dollar memberships with fifty cents staying locally for nursing and disaster relief while the rest supports national programs. Will Lawrence chairs the effort, urging county-wide cooperation to meet the goal.
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Red Cross
Chaves County
Will Lawrence
National Organization For Disaster Relief
Feneral
Special study on New Mexico water resources and plans
A state planning board special committee led by J M Mc Clure and George M Neel studies New Mexico water resources. It highlights silt problems in the Rio Grande and Elephant Butte reservoir, predicting half century capacity loss and a need for check dams to restore valley land. Also covers federal power policy battles and St Lawrence developments affecting 7,000,000 electricity users.
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Santa Fe
State Planning Board
J. M. McClure
George M. Neel
Harry F. Blaney
Emergency Relief Administration
H. L. Kent
Chatman
Rio Grande River
Elephant Butte
Rio Puerco
Navy Returns Home From World Tour in Santa Monica
Santa Monica residents hail the homecoming as the fleet arrives after a long goodwill voyage. The writer praises 30,000 sailors for their spotless discipline, compares Admiral Reeves to Robert E. Lee, and expresses pride in the navy despite some critics over costs.
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Santa Monica
Calif
New York
Philadelphia
Admiral Reeves
Robert E. Lee
Compromise on Soldier Bonus Talked of
Washington reports MPs and senators weighing a compromise on the soldier bonus while President Roosevelt maintains opposition to cash payments. The American Legion executive committee meets November 24 to discuss Miami convention resolutions. Buchanan backs immediate cash aid to veterans on relief, Sheppard conditions it on budget, Borah pushes interest cancellation claiming it consumes the full bonus for some veterans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
American Legion
Miami
Buchanan
Dtex
Houce Appropriations Committee
Sheppard
Senate Military Committee
Borah
Idaho
Open Bids For Road West Roswell
The United States Bureau of Public Roads will open bids Thursday on 3.5 miles of grading and 5.5 miles of surfacing on the Carnee Forest highway between Capitan and Roswell Mexico. Estimated cost is 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Capitan
Roswell
Mexico
Albuquerque Gets Good Rain
Albuquerque received its first rain in weeks as a low pressure system brought showers across the area. Rain totals reached 0.38 inches with fog lingering briefly. Temperatures dipped to 45 and rose to 56, with highs of 66 yesterday. Partly cloudy tonight and fair Wednesday are forecast.
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Albuquerque
Albuquerate
Here
Roswell
Borah Turns In His Waste Charges
Senator Borah turned over to the federal relief administration his charges of waste in relief funds. He met with Dallas Dort, chief investigator, who hurried to report to Harry Hopkins. Borah said they agreed to proceed, and the data backing the charges would be made available to investigators.
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Washington
Borah
R-Ida
Federal Relief Administration
Idaho
Dallas W. Dort
Relief Administration
Dort
Harry L. Hopkins
Winter in East with Summer in the Rockies
The eastern Seaboard faced winter conditions from Maine to Florida with freezing temperatures, heavy frost in Florida and New Jersey, and a Hudson Bay origin system bringing snow to New England. Indian summer persisted in the Rocky Mountain West as Buffalo area saw snow after overnight storms. Portland Maine reported sunny skies.
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Associated Press
Maine
Florida
Rocky Mountain West
Georgia
New England
Pensacola
Fla
Jacksonville
Boston
Hudson Bay
Middle Atlantic
Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Portland. Me
Home Owners Loan Corps suspends new loan applications
Washington reports the Home Owners' Loan Corporation will pause considering new applications due to fear of exhausting funds. With over 400,000 applications pending and past refinancings on 650,000 homes costing about 2.0 billion dollars, the board says remaining capital of 1.2 billion will be used to clear existing loans. Additional applications will not be accepted until capital adequacy allows.
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Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Rain Falls Across Eastern New Mexico Reports
Rainfall varied across eastern New Mexico with light showers near Vaughn and Roswell reporting .14 inch. Heavy rain occurred southeast of Vaughn toward Roswell, while Lovington and areas northeast of Vaughn saw good precipitation. Snow touched the mountain elevations west of Roswell.
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New Mexico
Roswell
U. S. Weather Bureau
Vaughn
Santa Rosa
Albuquerque
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Artesig
Lovington
Cotton Meeting Here Tomorrow
Ralph Wills assistant director of extension in New Mexico and Fred A. Coffey secretary of the estate cotton allotment board will hold a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce here tomorrow evening at 7 30 which will discuss the 1925 reduction program for all cotton producers A similar meeting will be held at the Hagerman school house Thursday evening
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Ralph Wills
New Mexico
Fred A. Coffey
Estate
Chamber of Commerce
Hagerman School House
Food For Needy Shipped To State October Totals Revealed
Washington reports the surplus relief organization shipped thousands of pounds of food to Rocky Mountain states in October. Colorado received 25 900 pounds of cheese, rice amounts, and extensive textile supplies including ticking and printed cotton. New Mexico shipments included cheese rice and substantial cotton materials plus ticking and toweling.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain States
Federal Surplus Relief Organization
Issuneq
Surplus Relief Corporation
Colorado
New Mexico
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Babson
Richenbacker
DAWA
Gutting
N. M
George M. Neal
White House
Cincinnati
Tennessee Vayley Authority
Vision Esinine
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Eal
TVA
Duvision
St. Lawrence
Beak Dent Hoosevelt
Ernor
Empire State
St Lawrence
East
Rockies
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