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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1933
Page
7
Roswell Daily Record page featuring Society Editor Grace Hear ed, Edward L. Scarritt, and Don Wilkins. Advertisements rates listed. paper published by S&ECORD PUBLIFHING COMPANY. Associated Press rights noted. Date Tuesday December 12, 1933.
A regional column laments boreal climate tones and favors the Pecos valley, praising mild weather and rare snow while recalling harsher Pennsylvania winters. It contrasts outdoor life with eastern climes and cites past record cold snaps. The piece also summarizes a federal payroll and tax note from the Union Postal Clerk about post office wage cuts and government spending. Carrizozo Outlook notes temperance request for hard liquor arriving with the new President.
A nostalgic piece recalls drives to the CCC Camp and the storied Bottomless Lakes in the Pecos Valley. The writer reflects on old roads, fishing, camping, and large bass, alongside memories of the area’s wildlife and seasons before listing a county probate notice for Sadie Nelson Ward’s estate with formal hearing details.
A narrator recalls viewing the Bottomless Lakes at sunset with vivid colors in blue water and dark green surroundings. The sun sinks westward, painting eastern cliffs with reds and yellows reflected on the water as night falls, preserving the lakes in memory as timeless.
A serialized tale unfolds a complex plot surrounding Caroline Bundy’s illness, death, and a hidden manuscript. Natasha, Neil, and Tilbury navigate blackmail, jealousy, and a buried crime as clues surface in the Bundy estate’s abbey ruin. Continued tomorrow.
A New Mexico column defends the Encino highway shop and school, noting its role in early road building, labor supply, and economic benefit. It highlights Aaron Clauson’s death, his influence on Carlsbad Caverns and state roads, and praises the magazine New Mexico’s value. The piece also surveys state items from NRA pricing to taxes and road-related developments.
In the Probate Court Chaves County New Mexico the Estate of Benjamin F Smith deceased. Anna Smith executrix appointed September 1 1933 by Judge C C Hill. All claimants must file with the County Clerk within one year or be barred. Adv.
Roswell prepares for the Boy Scout Anniversary Week February 8 through 14 marking the 24th founding of Boy Scouts of America. P W Thorson says the celebration aims to advance goals for the 25th anniversary in 1935 with ceremonies and a reunion expected to draw up to 200 former Scouts and Scouters, including local business and professional men such as Ross Malone Jr Carl Bird Dr E F Eggleston and Logan Hunter.
Kansas City workers faced death 102 feet below in a Missouri river caisson as smoke filled the chamber. The seven sandhogs joined in song to steadiness while rescuers, led by I. E. Hayes, extinguished a fire without releasing air. They surfaced unassisted after a 90 minute ordeal. The rescued were J. J. Murphy, Jac Wright, Elmer Bradley, Ben Bradley, John Lacey, Jack Smith, and Robert O'Dell from Kansas City.
Hutchinson Kansas AP reports Jack Wisdom a 26 year old cowboy held in the Kansas State Reformatory for safekeeping signed a statement admitting abducting and killing Mr and Mrs Harry Pritchard. A father and son banquet and an inspirational public program are planned with daily themes such as Scouting in schools homes churches and communities and more details to follow.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive in Port of Spain after a 900 mile plus hop from Manaus Brazil, completing a perilous jungle route over the Amazon and across the Venezuela border. Mrs Lindbergh relays position by wireless as the couple head home for Christmas after a survey journey, while authorities report their multi leg journey from Para and Manaus with stops near cataracts and Boavista. Meanwhile a separate case notes the arrest of Wisdom in Oklahoma over a fraudulent 21.40 check linked to a Wichita death.
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