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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1934
Page
1
Voter guidance centers on local election amid rumors of a killing linked to a defendant. The message mentions a chairperson and formation against Wick, names Nalda Chicoine and a Denver nurse, and alludes to a fatal act followed by arson. Details are unclear due to fragmented OCR.
Turkish police arrested Samuel Insull Sr. at the Hotel London in Istanbul after he had traveled from the SS Maiotis and stayed at several hotels. The 74 year old fugitive faces possible extradition to the United States to answer embezzlement and grand larceny charges tied to his former utilities empire. Authorities said the penal court's ruling was final, and an appeal did not operate.
A local cafe named Alex's was robbed overnight police said a break in occurred at Alex's Cafe with no injuries reported and investigators collecting security footage and witness statements.
The search for John Dillinger widened to the entire northwest as authorities guard against a possible new bank robbery. Fiduciary agents and city detectives questioned dozens after a Saturday shootout in which Dillinger and his ally Hamilton escaped with a woman. Sightings near Duluth and reports from Esko raise hopes of locating the fugitive gang.
Sheriff Peck and Brownfield officials rounded up John B. Norris and B. C. Cavender after they confessed to stealing a new McNally-Hall Chevrolet sedan from Abilene and holding up Fin and Feather Club caretaker Grundy Hedgecoxe. Norris, 22, faces theft charges. Cavender, 17, will be tried in juvenile court. The car was found abandoned near Plains, Texas.
Las Cruces April 2 AP James Riley of Buffalo New York whose wife was instantly killed last week in an auto accident near here has been taken to an El Paso hospital for observation. He is reported to be suffering from shock and heat injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Riley were unidentified in the fragment.
Washington reports Congress faces heavy workload as Roosevelt returns from fishing. Democratic leaders expect about 1.8 billion dollars in additional PWA funding. The House and Senate plan action on sugar control revenue bills, a war debt loan safeguard, and a utility rate investigation. A special committee on alleged brain trust plots and Nazi propaganda is to be formed.
The CWA payroll in Chaves County totals over 133000 since the program began, with 117 workers employed at closing. The county prepares to shift to a work relief program under federal oversight, requiring county welfare board coordination and state approval before proceeding. Roswell voters head to polls tomorrow to elect a mayor and five council members amid multiple party tickets and independent candidates.
Albuquerque voters face local elections with low interest as towns decide mayors and aldermen for two years. Santa Fe showdown pits Davis Chavez against Charles Barker amid cross party fusion rumors. polls run 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Roswell hosts the third annual New Mexico Music Festival April 7 and 8 with Joseph E. Maddy guest conducting the All State High School Orchestra and Band.
President Roosevelt continues a fishing cruise near Strangers Cay Channel after a weekend in tropical seas. Lieutenant Carlton McGaley on a Naval Amphibian Warcraft carries a pouch from White House Headquarters at the Miami Biltmore. An Easter service was conducted at Rocky Point of Great Abaco Island with Roosevelt leading as senior officer.
A Havana blaze on April 2 killed three workers and destroyed 35 buses. The fire’s origin remains undetermined as authorities probe ruins and investigate potential causes. Local officials vow thorough inquiry into the transportation facility blaze.
Police probing a brutal mass killing at a Bremerton Washington summer home found six victims and two missing diamond rings, including one valued at 1500 dollars. Three men in custody faced intensified questioning as investigators consider robbery the leading motive. Victims named include Frank Flieder wife Anna Taylor Flieder Eugene Chenevert Peggy Chenevert and Magnus Jordan.
Washington April 2 The AP reports blind veterans would be among the first groups to gain from Congress restoration of adjusted compensation certificates if the Veterans Administration plans materialize The Administration said it was weighing return of certificates to groups now receiving little or no pay noting the blind group as a cited example
Mrs Earl Patterson died at three o'clock this afternoon at her home 107 North Michigan Avenue after an illness of about two weeks. The Record will carry a longer obituary tomorrow in a fuller account. There was only time for this brief notice today.
The Pecos Valley Presbytery will meet tonight at Westminster Hall at 7:30. Rev. Jas. A. of Hagerman, the retiring moderator, will preach.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth York aged sixty three died this afternoon at one at the family home 124 North Main street She came from Commanche Texas twenty one years ago and made Roswell her home Her husband M T York died six years ago She was a Gold Star Mother after losing son Jesse Alvin York in France during World War I She leaves one daughter Mrs Nancy Chambers of Roswell two granddaughters and two nieces.
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