Noted "Fagin" of Okla. Bandits Dies in Battle
Tulse Okla July 13 AP The Fagin of the Cookson hills is dead.
13 Jul 1934
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1934
Page
1
Tulse Okla July 13 AP The Fagin of the Cookson hills is dead.
An army of 500 state troopers police and volunteers hunted dense woods around Hartsdale New York for 18 month old Bobby Connor missing since last night. Authorities believed the child was held for ransom and an itinerant peddler who visited the Connor home may be involved. Bloodhounds lost the trail and the search continued amid community tension.
The State Department said it regrets German protests over Hugh S. Johnson's Waterloo speech. A German envoy protested, arguing Johnson’s remarks could not be treated as official. Hull avoided questions on other topics.
Warren Cobean, a Mexico-based businessman, spoke at the Lions Club meeting on "Legislation in Mexico." He described exchange medium issues due to imported goods, praised the educated, multilingual Mexican middle class, and noted foreigners with money are welcome while job-seeking outsiders are not. He highlighted Mexico City Lions Club as the largest in Lions International and said Mexico City invited the 1935 convention, with Grand Rapids hosting that year. Sylvester Johnson Jr. presided.
In Albuquerque and Bernalillo County last night one man died and another was seriously injured in separate assaults. Ruben Silva, 35, died after a blow to the chin allegedly struck by Bernardo Lujan. Walter Hackman, a rancher, lay seriously wounded with two knife wounds attributed to J. C. Smith. Lujan and Smith are in jail awaiting autopsy, inquests, and further investigation. The causes appear unclear with possible land disputes or a dispute over apples. Hackman reportedly faced a paring knife attack.
Alamogordo New Mexico July 13 AP McMurry College of Abilene Texas awarded a 50000 dollar summer school campus site in the Sacramento Mountains twenty miles south of Cloudcroft by the New Mexico Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South The grant was accepted by the college board of regents with plans to open a 1935 summer session The offer included half interest in 400 lots for summer homes and three months free use of all buildings on the Sacramento Methodist Assembly site of 160 acres where the new campus will be located.
London reports Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, said Britain supports an Eastern Locarno pact without a secret alliance. He noted Anglo-French talks foster peace and urged Germany to join the eastern pact and the League of Nations, stressing the move is a peace measure amid European security efforts.
Albuquerque mayor Clyde Tingley announced plans to persuade President Roosevelt to set up a summer White House in New Mexico. A discussion with Postmaster General James A. Farley is slated for next Tuesday in Albuquerque. The Jemez Mountains site, 75 miles northwest of Edward Flynn, is favored for its Rocky Mountain access and rapid Albuquerque communications.
Gallup New Mexico July 13 An Aehea junior band from Salt Lake City swelled the crowd near 250 as Ahepans rushed to finish business for the convention. The morning session would elect district officers and pick the next convention city with El Paso contending for the 1935 meeting.
Susie Mae Winston today became a candidate for the office of assessor of Chaves county subject to the Democratic county primary likely in September. Known as Tiny Winston in Roswell she has lived thirty years here and worked four years in county assessor Saunders office and was a Roswell post office clerk. She has never held public office but is regarded as qualified and capable to perform county assessor duties if nominated.
The Public Works Administration allotted 1 million dollars to continue lower Rio Grande improvements and rectification near El Paso Juarez. The plan aims to control flood waters by flood channels and shortening the river from 155 to 86 miles. About 2,500 workers are already employed under the original allocations.
Rain postponed Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston 1 0 1 St Louis 0 0 0 0. New York 0 0 2 Detroit 0 0 1 0. Washington 2 0 1 Cleveland 0 0 0. Beebe notes. Pittsburgh 6 New York 7. Chicago 6 Boston 7. Cincinnati 8 Brooklyn 6. St Louis at Philadelphia.
A terse listing shows players with affiliations such as W. Ferrell of Boston, O'Doul of New York, English of Chicago, F. Herman of Chicago, Berger of Boston, Moore of New York, Lopez of Brooklyn, Hefey of Cincinnati. The fragment hints at a roster or draft-related note without clear context or outcomes.
The American Legion post will host a barbecue in honor of Senator Bronson Cutting when he visits here in early August.
One person was fined 17.50 in police court today on a charge of drunkenness. Another, charged with drunkenness, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for 4 p.m. today.
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