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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
6
The text argues for prudent economy in New Mexico and nationwide, warning against penny wise excess and urging protection of schools highways and national defenses. It notes Roosevelt opposing a tax plan, Garner and other Democrats reacting, and mentions the governor’s role as a party leader.
The piece extols fishing as a superior retreat from politics, praising its quiet solitude and spiritual repose. It contrasts true fishing with sport, notes the Lone Fisherman Adonis Dixey, and ends by asserting President Hoover has gone fishing, a distraction for all.
One year old son of A Wood of Sierra County won a district court judgment in a suit filed by his relatives. The case says his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Joe Wood of Albuquerque collided with a car driven by Mrs E J Strong here. The petition sought 500 for injuries to the infant claiming the Wood couple were at fault.
Detective Jere Kane returns to Bailey’s murder scene aided by O’Hara. He probes the den, finds Borgias volumes with Nanette’s inscriptions, and notices a photo of Dorotha with a cryptic note. Lucy Wilbur reports Lilian Hull’s disappearance as Kane races to the Highland Avenue apartment and discovers Lilian murdered.
In a recent duplicate match at the Knickerbocker Whist Club the hand AQ74 AKQ AJ973 produced a rare error charged to the declarer and defense. Z opened 1 Diamond and after a sequence including a business double and redouble the table misled by sloppy club and heart plays, yielding a faulty path to defeat a doubled contract.
In Albuquerque on December 28 a coroners' jury could not determine how George Silva, a 24-year-old Bernalillo merchant, died. His decomposed body, found on the Cuba road after over two months missing, was shot and killed by persons unknown to the jury.
Santa Fe reports that Texas has secured a hydrographic survey of the Pecos River at a cost of 354 dollars. State Engineer George M Neel said the survey will be used in litigation Texas plans against New Mexico over water rights.
In Roswell, Elder C C Hill resigned as pastor to seek the Democratic nomination for county superintendent of schools, effective the last Sunday in March, drawing tears and mixed feelings from the congregation. The church has grown from under 159 members to nearly 400 in four years. Also noted: a masquerade skating party at the Auditorium rink with Rena Bailey and Otis Skinner earning prizes, the New Mexico Military Institute set to meet Hagerman for Pecos championship, a birthday party for Miss Minnie Cor at Mrs B B Connell’s North Richardson home, and a gathering with friends Flinch and games before refreshments.
Victoria reports a gold rush between Cottonwood and Barkerville in the Cariboo District of British Columbia. More than 150 mining claims were located in weeks, as Gold Commissioner J. P. Swalett says he has run out of recording forms and needs 1,500 more. Stakings include quartz and placer claims, along with leases. The Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine at Jack of Clubs Lake is mentioned.
In the same region the historic mining locality has shown more favorable prospects. Creeks in the area yielded great sums in earlier days and remain a point of interest for ongoing exploration and potential returns.
Governor Arthur Seligman was confined to the governor's mansion in Santa Fe with a flare-up of influenza, as reported from Santa Fe on December 29. The illness prompted officials to announce he remains under medical care and observation.
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