Just A Moment And Yucca Pageant Notes In Roswell
Don Wilkins notes a possible Max Baer comeback and mocks easy living. Troop 17 of local Boy Scouts offers an auction service taking half of proceeds. Grace Johnson wins Miss Roswell with Marteal Graham Miss Pecos Valley sharing second. Mixed reactions to beauty selections. August contest names. Witty quip on finding a soft thing under one’s hat. Landlady quips about a sculptor husband.
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Will Purdy
Walter Harrison
Gero Hill Jr
Harold DeShurley
Billy Minton
P. V. Thorson
Yucca
Grace Johnson
Softball Managers To Meet Tonight At Ball Park
A meeting of all softball team managers is scheduled for six o'clock this evening at the ball park to discuss league matters and arrangement of scheduling.
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Ball Park
Salvation Army Helps Hire School Boys for Jobs
The local Salvation Army can assist those seeking to employ school boys for steady summer work or odd chores such as lawn care and cleaning. Contact via phone at 756.
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Salvation Army
Firemen's Dance at Fire Station Saturday Night
Public invited to a Fire Station event featuring the Chowning Brothers orchestra on Saturday night June 15. Admission is 75 cents with proceeds benefiting the fire department.
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Chowning Brother Orchestra
Baby Shoes Mrs Day’s Ideal Baby Shoes
Advertisement note for Mrs Day's Ideal Baby Shoes at Art Gift Shop located at 107 West Fourth Street open until 6 p m every day.
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Baby Shoes
Mrs
Lost Grey Suit Case In Roadside Find Between Roswell And Artesia
A lost grey suitcase was taken from a car Monday morning June 10 on the highway between Roswell and Artesia. It contains one purse one ladies suit seven dresses and several other small items. A reward is offered if the finder returns the case to J C Penney Company in Roswell or Artesia.
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Roswell
Artesia
J. C. Penney Company
Bus To Take Roswell Scouts To Camp In Sacramento Mountains
P. W. Thorson the Boy Scout executive announced a bus is secured to transport Roswell Scouts to the Scout Camp in the Sacramento mountains Sunday. All Roswell Scouts meet by the north side of the courthouse at eight in the morning carrying baggage and lunch as the bus will arrive at camp after lunch.
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Boy Scout
Roswell
Sacramento Mountains
May Claim Wife Knew Nothing of Kidnaping
Tacoma lawyers invoke old English law to argue Mrs. Harmon M Waley may escape life sentence for the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Margaret Waley, 19, and husband await a federal grand jury in Olympia over a $200,000 ransom case.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harmon M.waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Waley
Thurston County
Olympia
Margaret Thalia Waley
George
Idaho
Margaret Waley
Spokane
Mahan
Plane Lands Here With Weilers From El Paso
Mr and Mrs Jack Weiler flew a Monocoupe into Roswell airport yesterday on their return from a trip East. They spent the night, then departed for El Paso this afternoon.
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Jack Weiler
Roswell
el Paso
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Overstreet dies after short illness
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Overstreet died at six this morning after a brief illness. Brief funeral services were held at ten thirty and burial was made at South Park.
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R. S. Overstreet
Lurial
South Park
Delay in coal strike likely as Roosevelt seeks postponement
Washington June 14 AP President Roosevelt asked for postponement of the soft coal strike due next Monday. John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers predicted the request would be granted. The delay aims to allow Congress to pass the Guffey coal stabilization bill creating a "little NRA" for the soft coal industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Congress
NRA
Braddock Agrees To Fight Schmeling Next Summer
New York June 14 AP Jim Braddock newly crowned heavyweight champion agreed to defend his title at Madison Square Garden against Max Schmeling, former titleholder, in the summer of 1936. This ends any chance of a September title bout.
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New York
Jimmy Braddock
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
Britain and Germany Reach Naval Agreement
London reports high British sources confirm a bilateral treaty restricting the German navy to 35 percent of the underage British naval strength.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Train Breaks Down Between Kenna and Roswell
A southbound Santa Fe passenger train developed engine trouble this afternoon between Kenna and Roswell. A locomotive from Clovis was sent to assist, with expected arrival in Roswell at 4 30.
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Santa Fe
Kenna
Roswell
Clovis
Hammill announce birth of baby boy at St Marys
Mr and Mrs J E Hammill announce the birth of a baby boy at St Marys hospital at 2 o clock this morning. The infant weighed 9 3 4 pounds.
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J. E. Hammill
St. Mary’s Hospital
Alleged Drunk Driver Crashes Near Cotton Complies
D C Cowles allegedly drove a Model T into a ditch about a quarter mile south of the cotton companies last night. He is held in the county jail but no charges have been filed yet.
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D. C
Funeral services for Willie Earl Lock held in town
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Willie Earl Lock eighteen at four o clock at Schuler's Funeral Home by Rev H D Jeffdat pastor of the Church of Christ with music from the church choir. His father and mother Mr and Mrs Zed Win Lock two brothers and four sisters attended. Burial was in South Park with Schuler's Funeral Home directing.
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Willie Earl Lock
Schuler’s
H. D. Jeffcdat
Church of Christ
Zed Win Lock
South Park
Schuler’s Funeral
Dell Parsons Killed in Terrero Mine Accident
Santa Fe reports Dell Parsons a 31 year old Terrero mine worker died today in a mine accident. Details were not available.
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Santa Fe
Dell Parsons
Terrero
Devastating Continent Continues as Town Is Cut Off
Eyewitness account recalls heroism as residents flee a doomed town. Telephone operators stayed at their posts to summon help before abandoning their posts as roads to the factory were sealed and service halted. Six foreign correspondents trying to enter were detained by secret police.
Stolen Ford Found Hidden In Arroyo East Of Roswell
A 1929 Ford coupe owned by Jim Moss of Roswell, taken June 1, was found hidden in an arroyo about 25 miles east of Roswell. A sighting led Sheriff Perry Bean to verify the vehicle, which had no damage but was missing a set of Moss's mechanic tools. Moss resides at the Roswell Hotel Annex.
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Jim Moss
Roswell
Perry Bean
Moss
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