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19 Weather Forecast New Mexico: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday; coolTuesday, Arizona: Generally fair Tuesy and Wednesday; little hange in temperature ALBUQUERQUE NEW LEADING MEXICO'S JOURNAL funds Democrats GOOD in several fight MORNING over states: it relief Five Cents Outside Albuquerque GALLUP RIOT HEARING NEARS CONCLUSION Huge Clipper Plane Roars Over Pacific in Return Flight From Hawaiian Port HONOLULU, April 22 (P)---The Clipper roared back across the Pacific air lanes Monday night toward California after an easy takeoff here within one minute of the time scheduled for departure. Seemingly unhampered by 8. heavy gasoline load, the huge flying boat rose easily from Pearl Harbor at 3:29 p. (8:59 p. m.

Eastern Standard Time) and headed for Alameda, 2400 miles northeastward. The takeoff had been set for 3:30 o'clock. The first few hours of the flight were made in leisurely fashion with no apparent effort by the crew to push the plane to its cruising speed of 150 to 160 miles per hour. At 7:30 p. m.

(1 a. m. Tuesday, Eastern Standard Time) the ship THEATERS HERE JOIN BIG CHAIN Barnett and Bachechi Houses Unite with Dallas Consolidated Uniting of the Barnett and Bachechi theater interests in Albuquerque with the Texas ConsoliTheaters, of Dallas, was announced Monday night after several days negotiations. The consolidation is for the sole purpose of assuring the best obtainable in pictures and Albuquerque, theatrical productions, it was announced, It means that the Sunshine, KiMo, Mission, Chief, Mesa and Rio theaters will be able to offer to their patrons the entertainment every day on a par with that offered in the biggest cities, R. J.

O'Donnell, general manager of Texas Consolidated Theaters, stated. O'Donnell said that his company has had a partnership with Joseph Barnett in his theatrical enterprises for three years, and it was through his co-operation and assistance that the new combination was made. General Manager Here Arthur Esley, who has been manager of the Aztec Theater in San Antonio, will be city manager of all the Albuquerque theaters. Ralph Hoblitzelle is president of the Texas Consolidated, which had 106 theaters, all located in Texas, with the exception of the Albuquerque theaters. The company's field is everything in entertainment business.

Such attractions as the San Carlos Opera Company, Helen in "Mary of Scotland" and Katherine Cornell in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," are among the state productions likely to be seen here. The combination will be effective May 1. In addition to O'Donnell, there were present here John Moroney, secretary, R. E. Griffith, of the Dallas office, and John Paxton, El Paso.

Contract Awarded for Building at Los Lunas School Joseph Gagner Monday was given the general contract for construction of a superintendent's residence at the New Mexico Home and School for at Los Lunas. The Strumquist Mental Defectives gineering Company got the contract for installation of the steam heating plant and plumbing. The total cost will be about $7000.1 There were five bidders on the general contract and five on the plumbing and heating. Arthur S. Wilson is the architect.

Construction will William begin H. within Woolston, 10 chairman of the board, stated. The building will be of the Spanish type to conform with other structures in the school plant. It will contain five rooms and a basement, and be thoroughly modern. Send-a-Dime Chain Arrest Is Predicted DENVER, April 22 (AP) -As the flood of "send-a-dime" chain letters increased in the Denver postoffice Roy E.

Nelson, United States postal inspector. Monday predicted at least one arrest. "We believe we have traced the original source of these letters and will make the arrest so that we can have a test case on the matter," he declared. "From information we have we are virtually certain that this present chain started in Denver." SILVER CITY WOMAN DIES Tuesday Morning, SILVER CITY, N. April 22 (P)-Funeral arrangements for the late Mrs.

George Everhard, 58, of this city, who died here Monday are pending. Mrs. Everhard, who has been a resident of this city for the past half century, and was at one time a typesetter on local weekly newspapers, is survived by her husband and one son. Robert. NEWSPAPER April 23, 1935.

was 543 miles out from Honolulu, an average of about 110 miles per hour. Headwinds and cross winds of 25 and 20 miles an hour respectively had been encountered but weather conditions generally were reported favorable. The plane was above the clouds at altitudes around 7,300 feet. The big flying boat was expected to make the 2400-mile journey in between 17 and 18 hours, depending upon Captain Edwin C. Musick's choice of two schedules, Pan American Airways officials announced.

The faster course would take the plane up 18,000 feet, while the 18- trip would have it fly at about 7000 feet. ROOSEVELT VIEWED AS CALAMITY Re-Election 80 Described by Talmadge in Statement ATLANTA, April 22 (AP) -The personal campaign of Governor Eugene Talmadge against the National Administration gained impetus Monday with adoption of a poem and a slogan, and a statement by him that re-election of President Roosevelt would be "a national calamity." The slogan, "Americans up, and the poem, which, harked back to revolutionary for a comparison with current events, were contributed to the Talmadge attack in communications from New Jersey and New York, respectively. They were received by the governor in a pile of letters and telegrams which he said carried indorsements of his anti-Administration stand from persons in 26 states. His latest blast against the present Government setup came in response to a question as to whether he believed President Roosevelt would be renominated. "I hope not," Talmadge replied.

"It will be a national calamity--a calamity to the Democratic party and to America in view of what he has sponsored in Washington." CHILD LOST IN WHITE SANDS IS FOUND SAFE ALAMOGORDO, N. April 22 (AP) Laura, the six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Candelario of this city, who was the object of an all night search in the White Sands near here, was returned to her home Monday afternoon after tourists found her wandering on the Alamogordo-Las Cruces highway. The little girl strayed from her parents about 2:30 Sunday afternoon.

Sheriff H. S. Beachem with a posse of 22 men combed the huge sandy area throughout the night and most of Monday morning. Sheriff Beachem said the child told him she had seen him from a distant hill but could not make him hear. He said she probably walked 20 miles, but her only complaint was she could not find any water.

Miss Martha Fall to Wed Lieutenant EL PASO, Texas, April 22 (P)- Fall, 20, granddaughter of Martha former Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall, and Lt. Phillip H. Bethune, Eighth Cavalry, Fort Bliss, will be married at 3 Saturday, Miss Fall's mother, Mrs.

George Millar, announced Monday. Fall is ill in William Beaumont Hospital at Fort Bliss and will not attend the wedding. Miss Fall was chosen most beautiful girl at Austin High School here three years ago. She turned down a motion picture contract shortly after. Dirigible Inquiry to Open Wednesday WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) --A committee of experts will start Wednesday an inquiry to determine whether dirigibles can be built safe enough to justify their use for commercial or military purposes.

Headed by William F. Durant, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, the committee is expected to call before it the country's best known lighter-than-air craft designers, as well as Lieutenant Commander H. V. Wiley, a survivor of crashes of both the Macon and the Akron. FINED, KILLING ANTELOPE RATON, N.

April 22 (P)- Sam Casados and Lewis Sena, both of Maxwell, N. were fined $100 each and assessed costs here Monday in justice court for allegedly killing an antelope out of season. The animal was shot east of Maxwell, the charges said. may relieve hunger, but doesn't relief strife. Volume 225 55th Year Number 23 2253 COUPLES WED ENBLOC COLLECT $42 ROME, April 22 (P)-The blackshirt Fascist party turned cupid Monday and married off 2253 Italian couples in another annual mass marriage celebration by offering to 'anyone who would get married enough money for a honeymoon.

It was rather costly for the party. Donations of 500 lire (about $42) to each couple from the city and province who would take matrimonial plunge mounted up the the equivalent of almost $95,000. It was all a part of Mussolini's plan to get more Premier bands for more women, providing babies and a bigger population for Italy, Increased numerical race strength is one of his Fascist cornerstones. SANTA ROSA CUTOFF TO BE BACKED Realtors Plan Drive For of Road to Aid City Albuquerque Realtors Assoelation Monday night at the Franciscan determined to organize a strong drive for completion of the Santa Rosa cutoff. Several speakers stated that traffic over Highway 66 has dwindled to the lowest point in history, while tourists use the southern route in the winter and the Salt Lake route in the summer.

Unless strong influence is used, it was stated, Arizona will cause Federal money to be spent on the southern route in New Mexico to the detriment of 66. A committee will be sent to the Governor and the Highway Commission to urge completion of the Santa Rosa cutoff and necessary work on 66. The association was concerned over the proposed amendment providing a $2500 homestead tax exemption. It favors the exemption, but feels that other sources of revenue must be found to make up for two-thirds cut in school revenes that the amendment is likely to produce. A committee was instructed to study the situation.

The association also will ask the Governor, through a telegram to Washington, to get action on the San Juan-Rio Grande water diversion project. MAYTAG GIFT BEFORE BOARD HERE TODAY With the problem of the Maytag laboratory before it. the new board of trustees of the Southwestern Presbyterian Sanatorium will hold its first meeting, at the institution, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. F. L.

Maytag made a gift to the sanatorium in 1928 of 000, for construction of the Maytag Research Laboratory, with the understanding that an endowment of $350,000 was to be raised, and $25,000 spent annually in operation of a tuberculosis research department. Largely of the depression, the institution was unable to comply with the terms, though the building has been erected. The question before the trustees is whether it will be necessary to return Maytag's gift. Members of the board, all of whom are expected to be present, are D. M.

Skilling, St. Louis; Rev. David Reiter, Santa Fe: Lloyd Johnson, Roswell; R. R. Laking, Las Vegas; and Mrs.

Albert Simms, Dr. John D. Clark, Rev. A. G.

Tozier and Rev. George Simmons, Albuquerque. Student Is Killed By Javelin Thrust BOWLING GREEN. April 22 (AP)--J. C.

Justice, 20, freshman student, was struck in the chest by a javelin and fatally wounded late Monday at Western Kentucky States Teachers College athletic field. The youth, a candidate for the mile event failed to hear in time the warning shouts of Clayton Hood, who had thrown the javelin in practice. Liquor Law Drive Brings In $100,000 WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP). The Treasury reported Monday night that its "bearing down" campaign on retail liquor violators has returned to date almost $100,000 with an additional $37,630 offered "in compromise." The drive was started in New York and Chicago 12 weeks ago, and has been expanded recently to Philadelphia, Buffalo and Milwaukee. TWO FALL TO DEATHS LONDON, April 22 (AP) ---Major Robert Hemphill fell to his death Monday from a.

70-foot cliff in Cornwall and his wife, summoned frantically by their 15-year-old son, fell after him, suffering fatal injuries. Published Every Morning RUSH AID TO STRICKEN FORMOSANS Torture of Thirst Adds to Misery of Quake Victims MANY INSANE Total Deaths Placed at 3045 by Japanese News Agency (Copyright 1935 by The Associated Pressi TAIHOKU, Formosa, April 23 (Tuesday) -A Japanese destroyer laden with doctors and supplies was speeding from Mako naval base Monday to quake-stricken Formosa areas where 250,000 homeless survivors of Sunday's disaster were plagued with thirst through destruction of water sources. The death toll grew meanwhile to 3045 (announced officially in Tokyo by the Rengo News. Agency at 3:15 a. a as casualties among the injured and belated reports from inaccessible districts swelled the total.

The scarcity of water assumed grave proportions. Virtually all pipelines and water reservoirs had been wrecked by the shocks which laid waste to 2000 square miles of this beautiful island off the coast of China. Many Lose Minds Insanity among bereaved parents and children and injured sufferers began to be noticed by relief workers with more and more frequency. A scorching tropical sun beat down pitilessly all day Sunday on the misery-torn survivors, inflicting new suffering. Thousands stumbled with parched and swollen tongues among the ruins of their cities, seeking water.

The Japanese government sent 50 relief parties with doctors, water and food to the stricken districts in the northwestern section where the damage was worst. Pigeons Bring News Pigeons brought the news that relief was on the way, bolstering survivors with new hope. Military carrier pigeons were the only means of quick communication available. Offers of relief from many eign sources poured in on Japanese and Formosan officials. Admiral B.

F. Upham, commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, offered to send an American warship from Shanghai, but the Japanese declined with thanks, saying the situation was in hand. Plane Speeds of 500 Miles an Hour Seen on a New Gas NEW YORK, April 22 (P) -A process for making 100 octane gasoline, expected to jump auto and plane speeds, was reported to the American Chemical Society Monday by Dr. Vladimir N. Ipatieff, of Chicago.

Octane means anti-knock, and 75 to 80 is the highest quality commercially available. The sensational performances expected from the new fuel are based on reports made here recently by U. S. Army aviators to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. They disclosed the Army had 1000 gallons of A specially prepared, experimental 100 octane gasoline.

It added 35 miles an hour to flying speed, with no other changes than draining and refilling. Dr. Gustav Egloft of Chicago, an associate of Dr. Ipatieff, predicted 500 miles an hour plane cruising speeds. Dempsey Has Lunch With Henry Wallace WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP)Secretary Wallace was asked Monday to urge President Roosevelt to raise the tariff on rye and some other agricultural products where foreign importations threaten "fair prices" to American farmers for their products.

Representative Coffee who made the request, Representative Dempsey N. and Representative Ferguson Okla.) had lunch with Secretary Wallace Monday and discussed the farm problem in general, soil erosion difficulties, extension service activities and the proposed amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. 8 Men Arraigned in Dynamite Case MODESTO, April 22 (AP)Eight of eleven men arrested on charges of aiming a dynamite plot at property of major oil company involved in the Pacific Coast oil strike were arraigned here late Monday. Bail was set at $20,000 each, and their preliminary hearing set for May 23. A ninth will be arraigned Tuesday morning, but no disposition was made of the remaining two who were arrested.

Entered as second N. post office CCC RAISE TO 600,000 APPROVED President to Use Increase Mainly to Fight Soil Erosion MORE CAMPS Tugwell Is to Be in Charge of 2000 in Department WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP)--Endorsement by President Roosevelt of a tripling of the Civilian Conservation Corp forces engaged in combatting dust-breeding soil erosion Monday night placed a new cog in his $4,000,000,000 spending machine. Approval of the move followed indirect word from. the President that before the week unfold the entire administrative set-up of his big work-relief program. Retiring from his desk In the executive offices, Mr.

Roosevelt spent virtually the entire afternoon Immersed in reports, recomand factual data mendations, the works plan. He per- is not expected, however, to throw the spendnig machine into high for a month or longer. It was said at the White House, nevertheless, that plans for division of responsibility among a number of Government agencies, with the President closely supervising, had been completed. The President, at a conference with Robert Fechner, director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, approved distribution of the 600,000 men who will make up the expanded cCC. Drouth Responsible The threat of a repetition of last year's drouth, coupled with ravages of dust storms in the Middle West, was said to be responsible for the decision to increase the number of men engaged in such activities from 42,000 to 116,000.

Fechner said other activities of the 600,000 would be: 290.000 on National, state and private forests, an increase of 120,000 instead of the present 105,000 on National parks; 74,000 on flood and drainage control, and wild life conservation. Land has been acquired for 1216 additional camps, and the War Department is ready to begin immediate construction, he added. Once an executive order transferring additional funds is issued, C. C. C.

officials said, $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 a month will be spent to have enrollment increased from 370,000 600,000 on July 1, ton when the remainder of the program is to get way. Tugwell Charge under, More than 2000 of the 2916 C. C. C. camps will be supervised by the Agriculture Department, whose undersecretary, Rexford G.

Tugwell, is to co-ordinate the land improvement phase of the 000 job program. Other members of the advisory council which will assist the President in allocating projects are to be Harry L. Hopkins, the relief administrator: Secretary Ickes, Fechner and probably Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, and Rear Admiral C. J.

Peoples, Treasury procurement officer who to supervise purchase of materials. At the White House It was said the President had determined upon surveys of the distribution and of the employable reliet population, and of the ability of states and localities to pay a part of the cost. Woman Believed From Silver City Killed in Crash GLOBE, April 22 woman believed to be Mrs. May Goiness of Silver City, N. was killed Monday in the collision of two automoblies near Payson, 60 miles from here.

Officers said a man whose identity they did not know, was being held at Payson in connection with the accident. Silver City Man Succumbs Suddenly SILVER CITY, N. April 22 (AP) -L. H. Martin, engaged in the plumbing business here, was found dead in his home late Monday atternoon by his son, Ernest L.

Martin, science instructor at State Teachers College. Physicians said death was due to heart trouble, and authorities announced no inquest would be necessary, RANCHERS' ARREST URGED CHEYENNE, April 22 (AP) -Gov. L. A. Miller Monday formally recommended arrest and prosecution of Jackson Hole ranchers who refuse to abide by an agreement covering payment for damages to their property by the Jackson Hole elk herd, and who carry out asserted threats to shoot the animals.

class matter, Albuquerque, under act of congress, 1879 BOSQUE FOR FARMS. HOMESTEADS Sale of 2420 acres of the Bosque Farms, a short distance south and east of Isleta, to the Government rural rehabilitation Corporation was announced Monday night, The land, said to be the large tract in the Middle Rio richest Grande valley, will be used by the Government for by the farmers who have drouth from submarginal areas. The purchase price is said to have been in the neighborhood of $72,000. J. R.

Thomas, of the Corporation, Federal Rural Rehabilitation will be here shortly to superintend use of the land. The late E. M. Otero, who promoted the Bosque Farms, once produced an average of a bale of cotton to the acre on 1500 acres of the tract, The purchase was through Anderman and Glasebrook, realtors. HOBBS MAN AND WIFE ARE ROBBED Masked Men Tie Couple and Escape With $2300 Cash, Jewels HOBBS, N.

April 22 (AP)Two armed and masked men forced their way into the apartment Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brooks In the rear of their restaurant here early Monday morning, bound them with wire, covered their eyes with tape and escaped with $300 in cash and diamond rings and other jewelry valued at $2000.

The robbers forced Mrs. Brooks to attempt to open an unused safe, but she was unable to work the combination. Saturday night a service station attendant was robbed of over $65 in cash by two armed men who forced him to accompany them a short distance from the city before he was released. Officers were working on both cases throughout Monday, but had no announcements on their progress. They would not comment on the probability the two robberies were committed by the same men.

Charge of Murder Filed in Redding, California Slaying REDDING, April 22 A. Browne, 45, was formally charged Monday with the murder of Raymond McArthur, mining engineer whom Browne is accused of having shot to death Saturday night through the glass of the home of his divorced wife, Mrs. Helen O. Browne, 40. Browne still maintained com-1 plete silence, declining any comment when told the charge had been filed by District Attorney Glen D.

Newton. Mrs. Browne, who was slightly wounded by scattering shot from the same charge which killed MeArthur, told authorities she believed her former husband was enraged because of a recent court award to her of the ranch where she is living. McArthur was fatally wounded when he leaped in front of Mrs. Browne as the shot was fired.

The two had been sitting on a settee in the Browne home. Telephone Manager at Billings Kills Self at His Office BILLINGS, April 22 (AP) Walter A. Connolly, 54, district manager for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company for several years, fatally shot himself through the heart while sitting alone in his office here Monday. At the report of the first shot, company employes dashed toward the room and as they opened the door, the second was fired. Death was instantaneous.

He is survived by a widow and daughter, Virginia, a graduate of the State University at Missoula, and now employed at Helena, "Marryin' Squire," a Bachelor, Weds SELINSGROVE, April 22 (AP) -Allen S. Sechrist, 68, who is known Snyder County's "Marryin' Squire" and boasts that none of the 118 couples he has united in matrimony ever was separated through divorce. has ended his own bachelorhood. the century-old Witner Evangelical Church at Erdilla crowded by husbands and wives who had said "I do" while Sechrist read the civil ceremony, the justice of the peace and Mrs. Mary Gaugler, 65, were wed Sunday night.

KANSAS GETS RAIN GOODLAND, April 22. (AP) -Rain fell in thirsty northwestern Kansas Monday, bringing joy to farmers. The downfall here was light, but sufficient to settle the dust. PRICE 3 CENTS IARRISON BILL OR NO ONUS CASH White House Spokes- men Declare Compromise only Choice GNORE VETO leterans' Leaders Expected to Stand Together for Payment VASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) erting that only the Harrison us compromise would meet two entials-acceptance by President bsevelt and avoidance of new -Monday were flung by AdDistration spokesmen at veteran hands for full cash payment of rice certificates. they were heard as the Senate lance Committee opened a twoschedule of hearings the us issue with veteran leaders bring threats of a veto to urge roval of the Patman currencyansion payment bill already sed by the House.

respite Mr. Roosevelt's repeated nings that extra- budget exditures must be accompanied by revenue, Chairman Harrison to newsmen the $130.000,000 lady available in Federal funds payment of the certificates and recent increased tax collections. he added: feel that my bill would not call for an immediate raise in he Harrison bill would advance interest-bearing period of the 115 certificates from 1925 to and on that new value offer exchange negotiable Governbonds for them. The Patman would pay the fully matured of the bonus in new money was estimated by Harrison to $1,000.000,000 more than his promise. that Demucratic strategy will be old out the Harrison bill as the that can be passed In view President Roosevelt's opposition 411 cash payment also was emsized at the hearings.

ther Is Worried Illness of One of Dionne Quintuplets ALLANDER, April 22 (AP) Iva Dionne, father of the quintuplets, said Monday DIved the little girls were more Than he had been allowed to and that he had telegraphed Thier Hepburn and David A. Ontario minister of welfare, ting that a doctor appointed by Self and Mrs. Dionne be perled to examine them arle, the tiniest of the -quintupwas a sick little girl Monday, pugh the rest of the famous were reported improving the effects of light colds swept the Dafoe Hospital week. A. R.

Dafoe reaffirmed his pious statements that there was eed for anxiety over the conof any of the children. Matemperature was 101 degrees. Today Sympathy for Japan War Talk, as Usual Earth Blue, No Wonder Mr. Chrysler's Tomatoes ARTHUR BRISBANE right, 1935, by King Features ate. Inc.

International Copyright and All Other Rights Reserved) ery American learns with deep and sincere sympathy of the quake said to have killed thousand in Japan. This disaster, following so many in the island empire, em-1 zes once more the indomitable ge and determination of the Inese people, that have held own for so long against the ace and cruelty of Nature. off the coast of Japan, exists one of the deepest in all the Pacific Ocean. waters could be swept away, and other Japanese cities be seen resting on a high tain top, its base running abdown to the bottom of the ocean. Landslides from the that mountain, Invisible bethe water, cause upheavals trembling that man calls quakes.

They have not been to break the spirit, or diminhe courage of the Japanese le, despite their frequency and results. ban, as a proud and indepennation, probably would not me even the friendliest offer Itside assistance but the peof the United States and their nment, would be only too glad sist if it were permitted. ere is more war talk than us8 the new week begins. King of Roumania in a speech Continued on Page Six STATE ENDS SLAYING TESTIMONY Defendants Reduced to 44 by Dismissals of Murder Charges U. S.

TAKES 3 Deportation Warrants Cause Protest of the Defense Counsel SANTA FE. April 22 (P)--The state rested Monday in the preliminary hearing of two score persons charged with first degree murder in the fatal April 4 riot at Gallup in which three lives were lost. as the final prosecution presentation was enlivened by federal activity. Three defendants, against whom charges were dropped by the district attorney, were Immediately rearrested by a federal deputy marshall on deportation warrants, and inson, counsel was for ordered them, by the David deputy Levmarshall under technical arrest for Interfering. The three were Albino Casas, Cresencio Villa and Pilar Rodriguez and they were charged with being citizens of Old Mexico and having Illegally entered the United States.

There was some confusion regarding their exact status, but It was said they might be held in custody of the marshal until they are no needed by the de- tense as witnesses. Campos Is Freed Charges against Victor Campos were dropped during afternoon and he was released from custody, reducing the number of defendants to 44 of whom 41 are now having their preliminary hearing. house at Gallup with ExCampos was evictede from his iquio Navarro and Mrs. Jennie Lavato were charged with breaking and entering the house from which Campos had been evicted. The three were arraigned before Justice of the Peace W.

M. Bickel on the entering charge when the crowd gathered prior to the riot. Charges of alding and abetting a prisoner to escape also filed against the Gallup defendants grew out of Navarro's escape from the officers when the shooting started in the alley behind Bickel's office. Boy's Evidence Stricken Evidence offered by John Green 12-year-old boy, was stricken from the record as not material. Green testified he found a dagger in the alley where the riot occurred.

The dagger was withdrawn from evidence. During a recess, the defense carefully examined clothing worn by the late Sheriff M. R. slain in the riot, making numerous notations regarding the bullet hole and blood. Court was recessed until Tuesday morning to give the defense time to talk with witnesses and prepare its case.

No witnesses will be offered by the defense, according to counsel as a change in plans was announced. Constitutionality of the law will be challenged and a motion made to dismiss, after which arguments will be made and the defense will close. Appeal to Secretary Defense counsel said the follow. ing telegram had been sent to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins following the arrest of the three Monday on deportation warrants: "The undersigned are counsel for forty-eight men and women now being given preliminary hearing before Judge Otero of District Court of Santa Fe, New Mexico. "The proceedings arise out of events occurring at Gallup, New Mexico, on April 4, 1935, and many of our witnesses reside in Gallup and vicinity.

are reliably informed that immigration officers have taken into custody twenty-seven more persons since April 4, among them being a large number of witnesses for the defense. "We, being members of the legal staff of the International Labor Defense and the American Civil Liberties Union, desire to represent the persons so taken by the immigration authorities. "Because we desire to represent them, and also because many of them are witnesses whose presence is essential to the defense in this very Important case, we ask that you order the proper authorities to stay proceedings in regard to those arrested until we have reasonable opportunity to consult with them." The telegram is signed by David Levinson. A. L.

Wirin and Clarence L. Lynch of the defense staff. DUST IN NEBRASKA LINCOLN, April 22 Nebraska was enveloped in thick brown dust Monday. It was fanned in on south winds, average ing 25 miles per hour. York, Grand Island, Cozad and North Platte received the brunt of the gritty winds.

Lincoln and Omaha were tinged by the silt. DENVER BANKER DIES DENVER, April 22 (P) -Joseph C. Houston 64, vice president and cashier of the First National Bank here, died suddenly of heart attack at his home Monday night..