Dozen Die As Griffith Park Fire Traps Victims
Grim rescue crews count 36 bodies recovered in Griffith Park canyon with 20 to 25 more believed buried as a box-like ravine fire raged. Officials say many relief workers were unaccounted, and arson suspect Robert D Barr is jailed after kerosene-soaked rags were found.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Mineral Wells Canyon
Rebert D. Barr
Barr
R. C. Huston
County Charities
City 15 Ready for Appraisal of Power Company
The city council approved notifying Southwestern Public Service to appoint a representative for an appraisal of property. The move follows a 1933 notice of intent to purchase the company under ordinance 289, with the purchase date set for August 15, 1934. The franchise traces to Roswell Gas and Electric Company.
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C. L. Allison
Southwestern Public Service Company
Public Service Company
Roswell Gas and Electric Company
Kelly to plead guilty to try Mrs Kelly
Oklahoma City October 4 AP George R Kelly the machine gunman will plead guilty to the governments charge he kidnaped Charles F Urschel Kathryn Kelly will stand trial with her husband appearing as a witness Roberts said after conference with Mrs Kelly in the guarded county jail where Urschel kidnapers Bailey Bates await sentencing next Saturday Roberts said Mrs Kelly would file a suit to prevent the 15000 reward from being paid to anyone else she meant to claim the reward for she had planned to surrender before government agents surprised the couple in Memphis hiding place last week
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Oklahoma City
George R. Kelly
Charles F. Urschel
Kathryn Kelly
John Roberts
Roberts
Kelly
Roberts Indicau
Memphis
French fliers start long distance attempt from Oran
At Oran Algeria on October 4 AP reports Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre began at 5 45 am for India to beat the distance flight record set last August by Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi Their plane Canary Bird II cruises at about 140 miles per hour versus 105 for the record holders Their 1929 Maine to Spain flight is recalled in the re christening of the craft.
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Oran
Algeria
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Maine
Spain
India
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
Codos
Two Tropical Storms Threaten Caribbean and Florida
Two storms moved from the Caribbean as hurricane warnings spread through the Florida Keys. Weather officials reported disturbances south of Cienfuegos and north of Turk's Island with winds near hurricane force locally. Gale predictions and storm warnings covered the Florida west and east coasts as Havana faced a 70 mile per hour gale and a quiet night amid outages and downed trees.
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Associated Press
Florida Keys
Caribbean
Weather Bureau
Washington
Cienfuegos
Turk’s Island
Key West
Cuba
Florida
Havana
Kingston
Jamaica
R. W. Gray
Miami
Gray
Boca Grande
Fort Myers
Titusville
Miners Walkout At Dawson Mines Seeks Pact With UMWA
Gilbert C. Davis, manager of Phelps Dodge mines at Dawson, said workers failed to show on October 2. A conference yielded two requests: a temporary agreement with the United Mine Workers of America and a checkweighman elected by ballot. Davis noted no decision yet and urged return to work. Martha Roberts, Newton-based NMU organizer, said miners were angered by NRA code placement differences.
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Davis
Fate of state Legion to be decided in two months
Chicago dispatch reports Commander Louis A. Johnson indicating a three man committee will be appointed to review charges against New Mexico's American Legion department. The panel will likely not rule until about sixty days after the convention ends, amid accusations the group engaged in politics in violation of the Legion constitution.
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Chicago
New Mexico
Department of the American Legion
Louis A. Johnson
Johnson
Legion
Beverly Hills
Calif
Roosevelt
American Legion
Fort Stanton Hospital Not Abandoned After All
A Roswell chamber wire from Edgar F. Puryear secretary to Sen Bronson Cutting confirms Public Works allotment for the government hospital at Fort Stanton and notes lands allotment completed with building specs in preparation. Chambers protest plans to abandon the Stanton marine hospital and urge congressmen Cutting and Chavez and the Public Health department to revisit the recommendation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Edgar F. Puryear
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Gen. Cumming
The
Health Service
Governmnt
Ft. Stanton
Mr. Puryear
Fort Stanton
Treasury
Edgar. F. Puryear
Roswell
New Mexco
Cutting
Chavez
Public Health Department
Stanton
Legion to Consider Taxpayers Convention Site Pick
Chicago reports that the time and place committee of the American Legion backs Miami Florida for the 1934 convention. Delegates at the 15th national convention vote to amend the constitution to curb official political activity and discuss disability benefits with Gen Frank T Hines signaling support for liberalized aid while resisting immediate bonus payments and urging interest waivers on adjusted compensation loans.
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Frank T. Hines
Administration of Veterans’ Affairs
Washington
United States
Hines
Legion
Committee On Legislation
Congress
Workers beaten shot by strikers at Ambridge steel plant
Ambridge Pennsylvania October 4 three workers were beaten and a picket wounded by gunfire as 400 pickets halted workers entering the Spang-Chalfant Seamless Tube Company gate. One man, Al Curry, was critically injured and Lane Startenko was shot in the side. the clash marked the climax of a night of coordinated picketing across four Ambridge plants amid a wider strike movement by miners and shop men seeking UMWA recognition.
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Ambridge Steel
Spang-Chalfant Seamless Tube Company
Spang-Chalfant Gate
al Curry
Beaver
Lane Startenko
McKees Rocks
Oficers
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Fayette and
Greene County
Gifford Pinchot
H. C. Frick Coe Company
Cambria
Indiana
Somerset Counties
Pittsburgh
Fayette
Clairton
Carnegie Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Clarksburg
Steubenville
President Roosevelt moves to enforce recovery codes for peace between labor and capital
In New York and Pittsburgh, President Roosevelt and Hugh S. Johnson push for orderly labor relations as 17 more industry codes are signed, stressing no mob conditions in bituminous fields and upholding collective bargaining. The same day the Giants beat the Senators 6 1 in the World Series to go ahead 2-0.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Steel and Iron Companies
General Johnson
Pennsylvania
United Mines Workers
Polo Grounds
New York
Frank
Lefty
Chaves County Treasurer September Report Summary
The Chaves County treasurer reports a September end balance of 92745.91 dollars. Receipts totaled 31758.56 and disbursements 23739.75 for the month. Tax collections reached 5306.64, with tiered receipts including 1932 at 4682.86, 1923 at 816.78, 1920 at 239.17, and 1929 at 67.83 dollars.
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Chaves
Teirs
Strikers in Gallup jeer and spit at workers
In Gallup New Mexico on October 4 AP reports about 300 pickets at the month old coal strike jeered non striking miners and spat on their cars as Governor Hockenhull's three emissaries Attorney General Neumann State Highway Engineer Macy and former Highway Superintendent of Equipment Horn arrived to inspect conditions. They planned to study transferring control of the strike zone from national guardsmen to the highway patrol.
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Gallup
N. M
A. W. Hockenhull
E K. Neumann
G. D. Macy
Frans Horn
National Guardsmen
Highway Motor Patrol
Gamerco
Neumann and
Macy
Public Works Engineer Plans NM Visit
Howard Reed, federal public works engineer for Arizona and New Mexico, left Phoenix yesterday to spend about ten days in Santa Fe reviewing public works matters. The trip aims to advance planning and coordination on federal projects in the region.
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Phoenix
New Mexico
Howard 5
Reed
Arizona
Santa Fe
Lost White curly poodle Cheena found by kind woman
A white curly poodle named Cheena was reported lost in The Record. The owner’s note appeared in the classifieds and Cheena was returned after a kind woman located the ad and contacted the owner. The brief item ends with a humorous remark on the common aim of want ads.
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Cheena
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