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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
6
Society Editor City Editor Advertising Manager are listed as staff positions in the city newspaper’s masthead. The brief entry cites editorial and advertising roles without further biographical detail.
The Albuquerque advertiser Robert Heath LaFollette pushes to abolish capital punishment with a forthcoming state bill. The piece argues little effect from death penalties, cites local killings, and compares France’s debt stance. It also notes Neumann as a potential Fifth District judge, warns on natural gas use, and critiques Hoover’s road-aid plan while urging continued employment.
A fragmentary poem voice laments slow decline and long delays as a family figure contemplates aging and a grim outlook, attributed to a line from Pacific Cooperative Wood Grower in a rustic, archaic voice.
Jere Kane visits Nanette LeRoi after learning that three deaths tie to the same killer. In Beverly Hills, Lillian Hail recounts a torture ordeal at the county jail as police pressure her to sign a false confession about Richard Bailey’s murder.
In a Knickerbocker Whist club set in New York, a hand of contract bridge is analyzed, showing the declarer and opponents missteps and strategic plays. The article blends bridge insight with side stories of Lucy, Weldon, and Lillian, hinting at a developing crime plot as the scene shifts to a courtroom tension and a planned sequence of actions. The piece ends with a cliffhanger: to be continued.
The Foy Scout News Bulletin has been prepared by F. Y. Thorson executive of the Eastern New Mexico Council and will be sent to newspapers over the area next week.
The new Christmas church in Roswell was dedicated after a revival, with Rev. R. R. Hamlin delivering the dedicatory sermon. Seventy one members joined, the building remodeled at about 37,000 dollars with 2,460 dollars still unpaid, and subscriptions covered the deficit, leaving the church debt free. Also notes: Carlsbad Farmers Institute met at Malaga with A. L. Simpson presenting on growing cotton in Pecos valley. Nell Stallings to marry in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Roswell blacksmiths raised shoeing prices. Rio Hondo Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar installed officers including Walter Chisum and Harry Hamilton.
Sheriff sale details in Chaves County. Ed L Lewis’s real estate in Roswell blocks 1 4 5 will be offered at public auction December 27 1932 at 10:00 AM at the West Front Door of the Court House. Judgment amount 411.48 plus costs 29.65 taxes 450.00. Sheriff John G Peck signs the notice December 1 1933.
A compact reflection urging humility and honesty in faith. The Rev Roy L Smith warns against defending wrong, ignoring symptoms of fault, and pretending cleverness. He contrasts fear with repentance and notes true nearness to heaven comes from reaching for one’s best.
A course in the Elements of Scoutmastership will be held in Roswell next month. Since last March Eastern New Mexico Scout Council has run ix such courses with 256 men enrolled and awarded Scoutmaster certificates by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
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