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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
8
John Henry Russell won yesterday in the news tip contest and may pick up two theatre tickets at The Record office. The Yucca features stage show Scandals of 1934 and film We’re Rich Again starring Edna May Oliver and Marion Nixon. At the Princess, Charlie Chan’s Courage with Warner Oland plays.
Earl E. Patterson departed this morning for Los Angeles to spend a month away and to take home his daughter, Miss Margaret Patterson, who will spend the summer there with relatives.
Mr and Mrs A M Ortega depart Sunday afternoon for Monterey to visit friends and relatives. They will proceed to Mexico City where Mrs Ortega plans to attend university.
The Roswell Rotary Club hosts a party on Thursday evening August 23 in honor of Col. D C Pearson recently elected governor of the 42nd district Rotary International. Rotarians and Rotary Anns from district clubs are invited to attend at the New Mexico Military Institute with campus supper and a social hour in the J Ross Thomas Memorial building. It will be informal.
A local dairy advertises free goat milk samples delivered with informative literature. The small ad lists a phone number 759W and the slogan All The Name Implies. It promotes sanitation and farm food products.
New home made quilts and dresses offered at a Kummaze sale. Bargains advertised with opening at 9:00 a m Thursday August 16 at 104 North Main.
Classified notice seeking rental of food grade grass at 604 South Sunset Street. Inquiries directed to Adv Al1113x.
The loan may be made even if the home is highly mortgaged and can finance wiring, plastering, painting, plumbing, permanent fixtures, alterations, remodeling, and completion of work already started. Borrowers may take the loan to complete these improvements.
Dempsey reports material firms may advertise available goods and note financing through FHA loans. He cites a long term plan where a $100 loan could be repaid at under $3 monthly. Banks agreeing to terms span Raton Las Vegas Albuquerque Santa Fe Roswell Deming Las Cruces Carlsbad Clovis and Gallup.
Report recounts Oscar Greene receiving credit for capturing a suspect after a Pontiac was stolen and stopped by an oil slick on the road. It notes authorities predicting future wars with poisonous gases and lists local events at Moseley's Sandwich, the Yucca Theatre, and Cedar Grove reopening with Leland Fellows as manager.
New Mexico fair in south with unsettled north tonight and Wednesday. Colorado to see local showers and storms tonight and Wednesday, little temp change. Wyoming cooler in south, showers southeast, unsettled Wednesday. Nebraska partly cloudy and cooler west tonight and east Wednesday. Kansas partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, north central cooler tonight, northeast Wednesday. West Texas fair tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures listed for Amarillo 100 to 72, Chicago 88 to 68, Denver 86 to 64, El Paso 98 to 78, Kansas City 96 to 74, Los Angeles 80 to 62, New Orleans 84 to 76, New York 68 to 62, Oklahoma City 90 to 78, Phoenix 98 to 80, San Francisco 66 to 56.
Santa Fe Aug 14 AP The State Tax Commission cut from the city budget the mayor salary of 100 dollars a month after Attorney General Neumann said there was no legal authority. Santa Fe county budget approved 48075 up from 47035 due to election and penitentiary funds within five mills.
Galveston on August 14 reported spot cotton steady with a decline of 15 points, middling at 13.20 dollars per unit and sales totaling 175 bales. The AP dispatch notes a quiet market with steady demand and typical regional price movement for the period.
Three Roswell men Paul Southworth Max Southworth and Oscar Greene chased down and captured H. G. Tucker ex convict after he attempted to steal Southworths Pontiac coupe. Tucker pleaded guilty to car stealing and was bound over to district court. Tucker formerly served time for driving while intoxicated. Local committee sets August 20 deadline for tax exempt cotton certificates with offices in Roswell and across Chaves County.
A drought tale from CWA project 113 workers on Pine Lodge Road describes birds and rabbits growing fearless, feeding from workers' lunches and canteens. Birds are described as bones with skin, with hundreds dying.
Three bandits roped into a bank heist one man ordering Warnbrodt to surrender. Warnbrodt fled as they grabbed $200 from the till and fled in a car with a third conspirator at the wheel. Sheriff Brown pursued over Hoosier Pass but the getaway car vanished near Breckenridge.
Roswell resident J. W. Sugg formerly of Amarillo has relocated to Roswell and joined Price Dukeminier as a Frigidaire salesman, expanding local dealership coverage.
Gunmen invaded St. Louis county hospital early today, held up a telephone operator and two nurses, then released two prisoners from the jail ward. The escapees were Paul Mill, a suspect in a county shooting, and William Perkins.
F. J. Brooks, who was taken sick suddenly yesterday morning, is somewhat better today.
Repair and rebuild efforts urge property owners to invest in building maintenance and overhaul projects. The message emphasizes timely labor and contractor work to renew aging structures and improve safety and value.
A lightly used Baldwin upright piano offered at a real bar gain. Originally priced around a thousand dollars, the ad seeks quick buyers with reasonable offers. Message for contact and condition details.
About 60 attorneys from across the state register for the New Mexico State Bar Association convention in Albuquerque. E L Holt and Will Shafroth address the opening session as committees draft recommendations for Wednesday actions.
In Tientsin on August 14 a provincial government executed five Chinese convicts tied to the murder of Dr J Hi Ineram a 57 year old American missionary. The executions were in retaliation for the crime. Captain R R Brown and C M Farnsworth returned to Roswell Sunday night from a Colorado fishing trip.
Mr and Mrs D O Parks of 207 Fifth Street announce the birth of a son at St Marys Hospital at 12 20 PM today. The baby weighs 6 1/2 pounds.
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