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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
6
H L Bailey of six miles southeast of Roswell says she has unusually early tomatoes and has sold some to Anderson's Garden. This comes about a month before most area tomatoes are ready for market as local shipments arrive.
Mrs A W Ferrin and her daughter Marjorie of Garden Grove California arrived yesterday from Carlsbad to visit Mr and Mrs Clifford Ferrin and their many friends of Roswell They will spend the summer in New Mexico with family and friends.
Local ad touts quick repair service for radios with affordable pricing. Service by Falcons Electrical, 125 W Second, phone 289, promising no ruinous costs.
A sample labeled Goat Milk arrived with an IIT Ar Adv tag referencing ARY GOAT DAIRY and Plane 769W. The name implies a brand or slogan, suggesting a promotional or test shipment linked to a dairy project or advertisement.
Mrs L J Hicks hosted Mr and Mrs Ford and their two children from Indianapolis Texas during their Week eng visit They toured Carlsbad Caverns and Bottomless Lakes Mrs Ford is Hicks sister and accompanied by her family.
L. J. Hicks announces continued wrestling and boxing under his exclusive promotion at the armory. He will sub let the building for dances and other entertainments, with the first house located south compress.
Found heifer branded S on right side, near first house west of R. R. on Country Club road. Owner may recover by paying pasture fees. advertisement requests identification and claim.
Rio de Janeiro June 25 AP dispatches report a suppressed Bahia revolutionary plot. Police arrested Antonio Cavalcanti Mello, an American oil company employee, as leader. The zero hour for the revolution was allegedly set for last night at p.m. during St John’s Day fireworks celebrations.
Robert Jones held in Port of Spain was identified as Arthur C. Wikson, the suspect in the killing of Mrs Irene Debolt. Leo Rattigan, sister of the slain woman, identified Jones as Wilson. Extradition chances hinge on a cable from District Attorney Roy Jackson as Sheriff Chris P. Fox reports the long search since November 7, 1933, when Debolt's nude body was found near Van Horn. Jones, a lounge steward aboard the Lady Nelson, was arrested June 2 in British Guiana at US request.
Acting Chairman John Bingham of the Democratic State Central Committee called a Santa Fe meeting for July 9 to name a successor to Ed Swope who resigned to become warden at McNeil Island Washington. The group may also set a date for the state convention, typically held in August.
Charlie Wooldridge reports the theft of his Chevrolet sedan from Kipling's curb last night with no trace so far. Also notes the AP report of Jimmy Wedel, speed flier, killed in a plane crash after setting a land plane record in Chicago last September. Eastern New Mexico Fair grounds work progresses ahead of October fair.
Large trucks and cars parking in the alley west of Main street hinder passage. Fishermen are accused of keeping all they catch regardless of size. Roswell Mothers learn Yucca theatre hosts a Kiddie Revue on July 11 1934 to crown “The Personality Kid” winner.
The Albuquerque American Association of Highway Officials announced by Frank Butt that the next annual convention will be held in Santa Fe in November with about 400 attendees.
Miss Chaney Kathryn Miller of Clovis is named Grand Worthy Advisor and Miss Dorothy France of Las Cruces is named Associate Advisor as the Santa Fe Rainbow Girls close their first annual assembly after selecting Las Cruces for the 1935 meeting.
The Albuquerque area reports a quarter inch of rain easing dust and drought locally. The storm did not raise Rio Grande water or improve roads significantly. Conservant Beach Lac area is being drained to supply irrigation water to downstream points.
Mrs. Don Rankin of Albuquerque, a resident since 1887, passed away after nearly two years of illness. In Clovis, a Jinx on the Santa Fe railway caused a third derailment in a year as broken arch bolts on a loaded tank car broke and dumped 18 other cars, all empty, along the right of way. No injuries reported. The derailments in the past year occurred within 190 yards of the station at Tolar, 49 miles west.
Washington June 25 AP Farm Administration officials said the possibility of purchasing old ewes for canning purposes in emergency drought areas was under consideration. The government already is making cattle purchases in similar areas.
The Chaves County Commissioners met but had not transacted any business beyond routine matters as of press time.
George Smith and L B Jones reported the apple worm drive near Roswell is abandoned after codling moths were found in nearby orchards. The committee had sought owners consent to pull and destroy apples to protect orchards near town.
In San Antonio on June 25(AP) more than 200 women packed the courtroom as a jury was chosen for the divorce trial of Mrs Wineta Long Welburn Jr. Judge W W McCroy ordered women admitted first. The petition accuses extreme mental cruelty. the minister argues no divorce due to dissolution of marriage.
In Texico New Mexico a car carrying five year old Jimmy Melton and his mother Mrs Lewie Paul Texico was struck by an eastbound Santa Fe passenger train at a crossing. The boy suffered severe injuries including fractures jaw and back injuries and is reported as probably fatally injured. Mrs Paul sustained non life threatening injuries. Both were taken to Baptist Hospital where the boy remained in shock with multiple injuries.
The Record announces S. P. Johnson Sr. as a candidate for county commissioner subject to Democratic primary approval. The announcement identifies Johnson as the party nominee candidate pending primary results.
The article outlines a ten cent admission for a doubleheader and notes big games tonight between CCC Lake and Camp Camino, plus two exhibition games next Saturday featuring league managers and all star teams. It also mentions the first half ending Thursday, the second half starting Monday, CCC Malone games this week, and CCC teams exiting the second half.
A Tiny Tot Revue for ages 2 to 8 is set for July 11 at the Yucca Theatre, the final night of the Bathing Beauty contest. One Tiny Tot will be named The Personality Kid of 1934 by audience applause, wearing a bathing suit in the event.
Los Angeles report says Mrs. Sibyl Fidanque of San Jose, questioned by Justice Department agents, may be suffering amnesia after a confusing episode. She was found in El Paso with her son Jack, who flew there, claiming she remembered nothing of events. A Santa Monica beauty operator had identified her by dyed hair.
The report traces Ed Stanton and three other escaped prisoners moving across the New Mexico and Texas border. A chase centered on Roswell with a gunfight at a county jail area where bandit Frank Wallace was fatally wounded. Stanton was captured after a prior Lincoln county pursuit.
Mrs. Clarence Irwin submits a beautiful bouquet of Shasta daisies for the City Beautiful Contest, the first daisy entry received in the competition today.
Santa Fe reports De Baca county incurred a 531.50 loss from the Fort Sumner robbery of the county treasurer's office. Treasurer Billie Abrean told State Comptroller Juan N. Vigil that the loss was not insured because the commissioners let the policies lapse.
Galveston June 25 Spot cotton held steady at 20 up with middling grade priced at 12.30. Sales reached 175 bales as buyers and sellers settled on current market levels.
A stock brief from New York shows prices for multiple rail and utility shares including Amn Cyan B at 17 3/8, Am Sup Pow at 3/4, Humble Oil at 42 1/4, Swift & Co at 17 1/2, Gulf Oil Pa at 6i, Texan at 6815 T/8, and United Gas at 2 5/8, with a range of other listed equities such as Ford Mot Ltd, Penn Road, and Trans Cent Air.
A weekend series of devastating wind and electrical storms across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois left at least six dead. Five hundred dancers fled a Mundelein dance hall destroyed by fire after a lightning bolt. Fontana Lake Geneva saw a block and 15 boats destroyed by fire from damaged wires. Farm buildings leveled near Menomonie and Rice Lake with $250,000 loss. A brick plant and other buildings damaged at Stanley totaling about $100,000. Property damage estimated around several million dollars.
Furniture Hospital Upholstering and repairing. As work guaranteed. 208 East 6th St. and Hardcastle. Adv. M3tf £ c.
A short notice advertising the D M C Threads Art Gift Shop located at 107 West 4th Street. The ad mentions items for sale and provides a street address for the business.
In Poona on June 25 an explosion occurred in front of the Municipal Hall where Mahatma Gandhi was present. He escaped death or injury by three minutes while five people were injured by the blast.
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