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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1935
Page
1
Kansas City march 25 AP drought damage looms large as dust storms afflict farms. Abandoned homes host emaciated stock while crops wither under sun and wind. Authorities estimate losses in the millions as farmers seek rain to curb ravages.
The Pecos Valley Music Festival session closed with officers named: President Mrs Jeffie Lee Bynnum Carlsbad New Mexico Vice President Harry F Taylor Portales Secretary Treasurer Mrs Geraldine Reed Farrell Carlsbad. Roswell pupils Marilyn Love Mildred Herring Evelyn Dawson Dorothy Deason and others earned gold medals while future plans move the festival name to New Mexico State Music Festival with next session set for Carlsbad.
Chicago dispatch reports six killed and 16 seriously burned after a panic crush at the Gay Club Rendezvous in Morton Grove. The single exit doors opened inward trapping patrons as flames from a ceiling heater swept the hall. survivors described victims jumping from windows and a chaotic scramble amid drapes and a packed dining bar area. Names of the dead include Fred Anderson, Jack Cocker, Arlene Harvey, James Hronek, Helen Johnson, and Robert Wolfe. two others, James Bradford and Gerald Mickelsen, remain critical as investigations proceed.
County and city officers raided a gambling place over the poor hall at First and Main, seizing a poker table and chips. Nine men were arrested, some on relief rolls, and arraigned before Judge James B. McGhee. Pleas ranged from guilty with suspended sentences to fines of 50 dollars. One man was fined 1000 dollars and six months in jail with suspension.
Funeral services for Mrs. George H. Buss who died after 38 years in Roswell will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Ballard Chapel. A Christian Science service will feature reader A C Gross with music by John Hedgcoxe and Mrs Ralph Vandewart. Casket bearers include Will Hortenstein George Etz H O De Shurley G H Hockenson W A Vickers and Dr C H Culdice. Burial follows at South Park. Emory Reber of Rock Springs Wyoming arrived to attend. Mrs Buss sisters Mrs John Allen of Beaver Cross Nebraska and Mrs Della Stephens of Lena Illinois expected this afternoon. Pecos Valley Trading Company will close after two PM tomorrow.
Berlin March 25 Reichsfuehrer Hitler and British foreign secretary Sir John Simon held talks in the Chancellery amid tense speculation over whether the negotiations would steer Europe toward peace or war. Hitler pressed for Germany to have a strong army a capable navy and a sizable air force to defend western Europe from Bolshevik invasion. The first conference with Eden ended at noon and both sides were described as seeking a durable settlement despite lingering distrust among diplomats and officials.
Beverly Hills writer D4 DaGeen remarks that holding companies attract praise from employees while the public misreads them. He warns against naming bad outfits and criticizing printing money, noting the uncertainty of effects and that money creation is easier to print than to earn. He requests no explanations or wires on the topic.
Governor Clyde Tingley departed Hot Springs New Mexico after inspecting Elephant Butte lake and proposed infantile paralysis hospital sites. He heads to El Paso then Roswell for a joint meeting of the New Mexico Cattle Growers and Wood Growers associations tomorrow.
Gallup New Mexico March 25 AP Fermin Lucero twenty one and Jim Ryan AL are jailed facing charges after allegedly robbing Charles Swatzell Ramah New Mexico rancher of four dollars yesterday Sheriff M R Carmichael said the pair admitted the crime They attempted to force Swatzell to endorse a check for a large cattle shipment but the ranchers outtalked them
Hitler and Sir John Simon met in a cordial session to discuss eastern Europe security. Britain dropped the mutual assistance clause, Germany pledged no attack on Russia, and both sides agreed to pursue a regional eastern Locarno pact before broader League topics. Germany offered amity with Lithuania if minority rights are respected.
Woodlan Saunders a former Roswell resident and state bank examiner based in Santa Fe, along with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ballard of Roswell, were badly hurt when their cars collided six miles past Kenna at seven o clock. J M Hampton of Santa Fe was also injured. Ballard is precinct one constable. all were taken to St Marys hospital in Roswell.
The 4.38 billion work relief measure with 31 Senate amendments stalled in the House, delaying action until tomorrow despite White House pressure to send it to President Roosevelt by Saturday. Administration officials oppose the amendments and failed to force the House to reject them. In El Paso, Estelle Bard McNamara, 34, and her fiance L. L. Hermansader, 22, both Sedalia, Missouri, shopped for a wedding ring after McNamara secured a Juarez divorce last week.
The Ontario government instructed a police guard at Dafoe hospital near Calander to guard the Dionne quintuplets around the clock amid an alleged plot to kidnap the babies and move them to the United States by air and road.
F. M. Schueneman now operates Industrial Transfer Company in Roswell with offices at 208 East Seventh Street. He previously ran a transfer firm of the same name in Wichita, Kansas. Schueneman and his family reside at 409 South Richardson.
Washington March 25 AP More than 30 members of the silver bloc agreed to force immediate House passage of all Senate amendments to the 4 880 000 000 public works relief bill including the Thomas silver rider The group conferred with Senator Thomas and designated Representative Dies to move concurrence on the floor A committee was appointed to confer with Speaker Burns to defend parliamentary rights The bloc backed the motion unanimously Meantime the administration outlined plans to employ 3 5 million directly and similar numbers indirectly The Senate interstate commerce committee urged enactment of the Black bill for a 30 hour week in industry to create 6 million jobs
Frieda Daniels, a stenographer in the Office of the Attorney General, attended the funeral of her husband Herbert Daniels. He was an employee of the Border Serum Company and was killed in an auto incident while en route to Santa Fe to visit her. They planned to celebrate their wedding anniversary next week.
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