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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1933
Page
8
Two men, whose ages and names are unknown, stayed at the New Modern Hotel last night and left this morning with a number of quilts. police sent descrip tive officers to towns nearby to be on the lookout.
Funeral services for Thomas W. Daties killed near Rio Rancho New Mexico Sunday night are held at Talmage Memorial Chapel with Reverend Henderson of the Methodist Church South presiding. A male quartet will provide music as pallbearers Otis Breneman Stanley Lodewick Paird and Stig Santheson carry the casket. I O O F Lodge 12 conducts at South Park where interment will take place under the direction of Talmage Mortuary.
A car radio from Philco is advertised at 39.95 installed. Falcons Electrical Service at 125 West and St, phone 289, urges readers to upgrade their vehicle sound system with the latest model.
Russell Charlton formerly captain of Battery A and now a captain with the Albuquerque police visits Roswell to attend the funeral of Set. B. F. Leonard.
Capsule notes from this week’s Liberty highlight Charlie Chaplin in the main feature with brief mentions of Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in August True Story. Dustin's.
A brief notice announces a new modern system offering lessons with no age limit and accepting both beginners and advanced pupils on moderate terms. It instructs to call Norma Bogan at the listed phone number 1417-R for details.
Caleb Cullen notes Roswell has not had real heat, recounting Barstow California at two in the morning last Saturday when the thermometer hit 108 and 110 at Needles at sundown as he returned to Los Angeles after a visit.
The Eastern New Mexico Area Boy Scout Council will launch the largest expansion drive starting September first to grow both Scout troops and Cub packs and broaden all Scout activities. A district commissioners meeting last night shaped initial plans with details to follow after a board meeting.
Auteuil France July 18 AP America s Davis Cup tennis team worries about finances more than the inter zone finals with England at Roland Garros Stadium Friday Saturday and Sunday. Despite the 1933 appropriation matching last year bills run 30 percent higher due to the weaker dollar. Captain Bernon S Prentice says early advance sales indicate a sell out and the rival teams will share net profits. Eilsworth Vines Wilmer Allison George Lott and John Van Ryn are in prime condition and confident of overpowering England to reach the challenge round against France next week.
The column remarks on the world’s largest unringed bell in Moscow, then shifts to garden weed control and a hoe for next year. It adds a note on why stars twinkle, explaining dust and water particles in the atmosphere cause the flicker.
Ranchers warned they may need extra hands to move cattle and run herds without wire fences if an order by Ickes requires removing all fences on federal land. The move could cripple normal ranching and force many to close. Some hope for a reconsideration from the secretary.
The Sharkey Carera fight film at the Yucca boasts a knockout moment that audiences should witness. A vivid scene unfolds as the crowd reacts to the decisive strike and the fighters leave the stage with high impact.
Miss Ruth Moreen Burum died this morning at St Marys hospital in Roswell after pneumonia. She was raised in Roswell, studied at local schools and Texas University, and was active in the Methodist Church. Survived by mother Mrs O Williams, a brother Clyde Fulrum, three half sisters Catherine Vivian Evelyn Williams, and a half brother Kenneth Williams. Funeral plans to be announced.
Lovington prominent resident Wesley McAllister traveled to Roswell today. Local observer noted his presence in the city during daytime activities.
Cupid presided as Rev. C. C. Hill united Charles Raymond Hinkle and Linska Davis of Roswell, Homer Daniel and Viela Dugan of Dunlap NM, Garland Martin of San Diego CA, and El nor D. Chambers of Santa Ana CA. Marriage licenses issued to J. D. Dugan of Dunlap NM and Winnie Hughes of Hereford TX, and to Ramon Cobas and Lillie Arag on, both of Roswell.
In district court today Zoie and W N Perry won against J W Strokes and Nellie and C J Howe won against C J Stokes in automobile accident damage suits. Damages are yet to be determined.
Santa Fe July 18 AP The denial by lieutenant governor A W Hockenhull of seeking a federal job opened a talk of repairing political fences. Rumors of federal appointments and a possible special session moved through Capitol circles as names like Tackett Robertson Vidal Hatch Bratton Barker circulated amid factional Democratic tensions and shifts in leadership.
In Albuquerque on July 18 a Corrales man Luis Garcia Jr. 35 was hunted on a charge of assaulting his wife with a deadly weapon. A coroner's jury ruled Garcia died by suicide from a shotgun blast in his father's yard, hours before his body was found after his wife reported the assault.
At the regular meeting, secretary Bob Fall announced Roswell Kiwanis Club earned second place in Kiwanis International Achievement Contest Blue Division for clubs 40 members and under. Fall said the club would likely have won first with representation at the Los Angeles convention. The same club has topped Southwest District contests three years running and netted $60 profit from last week’s Caseys Trial milk-fund show, including a $10 Theatre donation. From Jan 1 to Jun 1, the club distributed 7,823 bottles of milk to undernourished children.
The Interior Department described changes to fencing actions, noting June 3 1925 and November 21 1927 orders allowed unpunished long term violators to keep fences on public lands. Secretary Wilbur reaffirmed in 1931, but Secretary Ickes later revoked those orders and ordered removal of all unlawful fences in the states through Louis R. Glavis and Santa Fe investigations.
The funeral plans for Set B F Leonard were not yet arranged as of three o clock this afternoon and a funeral day was not set. Paul Leonard, with the army air corps at Kelly Field, was expected to arrive from San Antonio later today.
At a post noon meeting the Pecos Valley Artesian Water Conservancy Board rejected all thirteen bids for plugging forty leaky abandoned wells. Chairman Dr A D Crile said no reply yet on the board authorized request for 75000 from the federal government under the Public Works Act to plug 150 wells.
Advertises reconditioned Hotpoint Eureka and Hobson vacuum cleaners at bargain prices from L F Woodhead Electrical Company. Also offers living room suite for sale at 1110 West 6th Street. Notes an association with the Four-H Club described as anti administration.
Readable fragment notes bed rooms described as reasonable and hot water always at Lorraine Apartments located at 203 North Pennsylvania. The OCR ends with J18tfe.
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