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WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR TOXICHT ASD PROBABLY SUJfDAY. TEMPT, FRIDAY 64 to 91. THE DAILY RECORD RECEIVES COMPLETE EIGHT HOUR REPORT ASSOCIATED PRESS. DAILY RECORD AND EVENING-NEWS COMBINED ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE HOSWEL1, CHAVF.S COUX1Y, NEW MEXICO SATURDAY, JFJiE 27, 1931 VOL. STMBEK Mi KILLING HEAT AGAIN RAGED OVER AMERICA TAKING 49 LIVES; FROM OHIO TO PACIFIC HEAT BURNS IPOST AND CATTY NEW FEATURES HOPE TO REACH BEEN ADDED TO WIND, RAIN AND LIGHTNING ADDED TO DISASTERS IN EASTERN POINTS: SUMMER'S SCOURGE STRIKES TERRIFICALLY IN MIDWESTERN STATES.

(By The Associated Press) Killing beat raged over America today. Forty-nine lives have bunieU out since summer went on its iirst rampage Thursday and ged a path ot' destruction across tlie country. From the Ohio river valley to Sonthcrii California, temperatures sizzled at 100 degrees and above. Ko relief was in sight for the week end. The storm god added his wrath yesterday to Viat of a merciless sun.

Michigan, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania were swept by FRENCH GOVT. IS UPHELD BY VOTE OF CONFIDENCE NOME ON SUNDAY ARRIVED TODAY IX EASTEITIf SIBERIA, 1200 MILES FROM SOIL AT SOME Blagoveshchensk, Siberia, June CELEBRATION ON JULY 4 HERE Washington, June mism was reflected by American officials today as the outcome of the peziding for a one year war debt reparations moratorium. Acting Secretary Castle of the state department said he regarded the ap- Posi and Harold Gatty of his age (up or down) for a foot I proval by the French chamber of Amos C. Wickham, who has seen 82 winters and summers, has issued a challenge to anyone with five years OPTIMISM ON SUCCESS OF HOOVER PLAN MELLON AND EDGE TALK TO LAVAL FRENCH STAND ON REPARATIONS AFTER STOUMY SESSIOX DEPUTIES VOTE APPROVAL FRENCH REPLY TO U. Paris, June a major- raking rains and lightning.

lives were lost. Twelve' ity of 197 the chamber of deputies today upheld the French government Whipped across Lake Erie, the on its reply to tlie Hoover morator- Btorin lashed the shoreline from To- ium plan and authorized Premier iedo to Cleveland. two in Cleveland. Lightning killed I Laval to continue negotiations with A street cleaner Andrew W. Mellon, American Secre- was electrocuted by a fallen wire.

tary of the Treasury, now in Paris. Twenty thousand telephone circuits! After a storm session beginning were A falling silo killed a yesterday noon and ending this farmer. A woman in North Olm- morning, the deputies adopted by a vote of 386 to 1S3 a motion approving the government's stand with qualifications. The government 'had made the motion a question of confidence experienced the firs), mishap in their Globe girdling flight when their plane bogged down a mud-hole as they landed here from Irkutsk tonight. The plane's wheels were buried hub deep and all efforts of the fliers to extricate it proved fruitless, even horses, being unable to budge the machine.

The fliers planned to obtain a tractor aC daylight in an effort to pull the plane from the sticky mud. If this failed they said they would have a gang of men dig the machine out, as they determined to continue the flight with as liltle delay as possible. Blagoveschensk, Siberia, June In a shower ot mud and water, Wiley Po and Harold Gatty, American world girdling fliers, landed here at 8 o'clock tonight (V a. m. EST) from Irkutsk, Siberia, 850 miles westward.

Their monoplane, a mud hole "Winnie Mae" in landing, but and Premier Laval had taken the stead was killed by lightning and a boy was drowned in Maunee Bay, near Toledo, wten waves knocked a boat to pieces. In Detroit, a score of persons injured as wind and rain damaged buildings, homes and automobiles. At Selfridee Field, a I man was killed in the wreck of a' A farmer was killed by lightning near Yale. A woman died ot fright in Pittsburgh, where the rainfall was heaviest since 1903. Another woman was killed by a tree blown down in Somerset, Pa.

Summer's scourge struck terrifically in the midwest. Illinois had ten more heat deaths, eight of them in Chicago, where the temperature was shoved down to 78 at noon yesterday by lake winds, only to soar to 95 again by evening. The weather bureau predicted 98 for today. At Canton, an all-time June fcigh of 104 was recorded. Over allj Cleveland, Jane the state, the mercury hovered near Onio tcday vep aired its tlie century mark.

jwuses, garages, sheds and wires and The burning sun took five more i ea ned away broken trees and debris (Continued, on page five) OHIO TO EXTENT TWO MILLIONS SEVEJi KILLED AXD SIXTEEX IN- JLUED IX OXE WORST STORMS STRIKING STATE lives in Iowa, five in Missouri, four in Indiana, four in Minnesota and two in Kentucky. The welter spread into the Da- 'kotas. In Wisconsin, only the Lake Michigan ports were moderate. Over all the grain worked at night in washed up by miniature floods after it, had experienced one of its worst which caused an. damage, injury to sixteen and death for seven persons.

belt, farmers their fields. Horses dropped dead in 'harness yesterday in many places. In Adams county, Illinois, the humane society forbade heavy work for horses, in the sunny hours. At Cherryvale, a farmer dropped dead shocking wheat. For ten days, the state has; roasted at 100 Sandusky and above.

It was 104 at Salina; far south Out of tlie 56-mile wind, spectacular electrical display and 'lieavy rainfall which dashed tiieir force against northeastern Ohio yesterday came of rescue and rapid retreai trctn swiftly rising flood waters. p. m. EST Saturday) for Khabarovsk, Eastern Siberia. Tim Jiop will be 350 miles over the Bureya mountains.

The Americans said they expected to reach Khabarovsk easily, and if reports were favorable would refuel and take oK immediately for Nome, a daring flight. The fliers said their plane was in perfect condition. On arriving at Khabarovsk, they said they ftoped to receive Japanese meteorological reports. If these reports were favorable, they expected to take off without delay on the flight of more than 2,000 air miles to Nome over the Sea of Okhotsk and the stormy Bering Sea. This flight is considered one of the imost dangerous in the entire trip around the worU.

Shanghai, June 27 Willy Post and Harold Watty, American the world fliers, arrived at Blagoveshchensk, Siberia at p. tonight (6 a. ni. The fliers landed in a mud hole but were not "harmed. They had come from Irkutsk, 850 miles westward.

They planned to leave for Water spouts were reported seen in Lake Erie. The storm swept through Ohio between Connsaut on the east and the west, reaching as Columbus and eeattsf- ing its force around Cleveland. Two of the dead were struck by lightning-; one man was killed When he touched a live wire; two boys and The Pacific Coast, from San Fran- a maa were drowned, and a farmer was killed when his silo was blown 103 at Emporia. Oklahoma, too, burned up. A new season higti was- reported at 104.

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Taking advance of this $5.00 offer you 4 save $4.00. On the yearly oasis, the regular rate for New Mexi- co subscribers- is $7.50, making a saving for this offer of $2.50. This offer is now in effect, running to next Tuesday night, June 30. over onto him. Lightning Kills Mexico City, June men were killed by lightning in a storm which caused considerable property damage yesterday in the port city of Acapulco.

Press dispatches said one of th victims, a soldier, was killed lightning struck his bayonet. The Municipal power plant was put out of commission and the city was in darkness last night. Storm oil Coast Washington, Juno The weather bureau today issued the fol- lowning storm warning: "Advisory northwest storm ings ordered 9 a. m. Brownsville, to Corpus tropical disturbance central less than one hundred miles east or east-northeast of Brownsville, moving west-northwest," le'sas Warning Corpus Caristi, Texas, June tropical hurricane reported moving 100 miles off the Texas-coast early today, between Brownsville and Corpus Cbristi, was expected to strike the Texas coast around 2 causing winds with a velocity; of 50 to 60 miles per hour.

Storm warnings had been given till craft plying the gulf near Corpus Christ! without damaging either plane or Post and Gatty said they were in perfect condition ami planned to depart at about 3 a. tomorrow (2 Khabarovsk, easteia Siberia, at 3 a tomorrow morning (1 p. m. EST Saturday). If weather conditions are favorable they will attempt a non-stop flight straight across the remaining stretch of Siberia, the Gulf of Tar- tary, the of Okhotsk, the Kam- race on July connection with the American Legion celebration.

Mr. Wickham submitted this challenge to George Cowan, commander of the Charles M. deBremond post today, stating that any one accepting might name their own terms as to distance, sta'fting time and other general conditions. An old-fiddlers, contest was added today to the program for tlie July 4 celebration. The contest will be held on the picnic grounds at Haynes Park, during the afternoon, all old time fiddlers being urged to enter.

The fire works display will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock at tie Roswell airport, a location which provides ample parking space and where the fireworks may be seen from any point. The barbecue will be served promptly at 12 o'clock noon, and a arrangements 1 are being made to feed 5,000 persons. There will be food for more if they arrive, it was said. The celebration will open on Friday night with a dance at the Haynes park on "a big platform which is being erected today. The dance will start again Saturday afternoon, deputies of the reply of that nation as an indication of the strength of the government itself and not as an unalterable expression in i'avor of the French counter-proposal.

President Hoover kept a close watch upon developments. Although he had hoped to be able to leave'last night for his mountain camp, he remained in Washington throughout this morning, where would be in closer contact with his emissaries in Paris, Secretary Mellon and Ambassador Edge. These two entered conferences with French officials to seek to reconcile the views of the two nations. Mr. Castle, who will be in charge at the state department during Secretary absence in Europe, predicted several days would elapse oefore the Imited States would reply formally to the French counter proposal.

He expected the negotia- July. 4 and will continue until midnight. tions to extend beyond the week end in view of 'the wide ramitications to i which the international conferees are giving: their attention. South American affairs also drew the attention of government officials today. At both the white house and the state department it was said that federal reserve and private banks Paris, June (AP) Premier Laval and Andrew W.

Mellon, American Secretary of the Treasury, conferred for two hours and a half today on the momentous issues raised by Prance's answer to President Hoover war debt proposal, and an- ounced at the conclusion of the conference that they would meet again A brief official communique was issued at the close of the meeting. IPierre Laval received in his private room today Secretary Mellon and U. S. Ambassador Edge and continued the discussion of President Hoover's proposal and the French reply," the communique said. Stimson Optimistic i New York, June 21 Secretary btute Henry L.

Stimson. was optimistic concerning an international agreement on thu proposed debt (BY ARTHUR BRISBANE) This column does not necessarily reflect the editorial views ot this newspaper. It is printed because of our desire 10 have all phases of controversial questions presented. Americans Can Fly. A Wasted Life.

Stocks Wlin Hat. Money in tile 1'ursc. Copyright, 1929, by King Features Syndicate, Inc. moratorium as he the liner Conte European vacation. he is expected to Baseball Today's Scores League (Continued on page five) SPECIALMEETNG OF CITY COUNCIL BE HELD MONDAY Cincinnati Ot'2 10 1 JNew York 010 001 11 .2 Batteries: Carrell, Benton, Kolp and Sukeiorth; Berly and Hog-au.

First St. Louis 000 000 2 0 Brooklyn 031 002 12 0 Batteries: Johnson, Stout and Wilson; Phelps and Lopez. Second St. Louis 101 OOOi 10 Brooklyn 200 000 01 Batteries: Haliahan and Mancuso; Clark and Lopez. First Pittsburgh 200 260 17 2 Philadelphia 000 014 6 17 3 Batteries: Wcod, Swetonic and 'Phillips; J.

Elliott, H. Elliott, Bolen and Davis-. Second Pittsburgh 01000010 Philadelphia 030 001 00 Batteries: French, Spencer and Grace; Benge, Collins and Davis. Chicago 101 000 17 1 Boston 7 1 Batteries: Bush, Faber and Hartnett; Cunningham, Haid and Spohrer. I were considering some measure of i economic relief for Latin American I countries.

Castle said there was no thought of any moratorium on private debts, the President's plan having specifically exempted private debts and loans from his plan. Since there were no inter governmental loans in Latin America the President's moratorium plan could not apply there and the federal reserve board has no responsibility for the private loans. In response to questions he indicated the federal reserve board was an independent body 'which could not be influenced by the administration beyond suggestions. Decision as to whether these suggestions- would be carried out rested entirely with the board. FEDERALJlBER ON EAST ROAD BE OF GREATEST New York Cleveland 410 000 5 11 2 112 105 15 0 Mayor Robert L.

Bradley this morning called a special meeting of the city council to meet here next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of considering the water conservancy district plan, in so far as ft applies to Roswell. Attorneys Clarence Hinkle and Emciett Patton who assisted in drawing the bill passed by the last state legislature authorizing the creation of the district will be pres- Washington 020, 100 4 American League First Batteries: Jol-nson, Wrfinert and Perkins, Jorgens; Ferrell and Myatt. Second New York 100 Cleveland OOC ent to explain the matter to council. theiChicago ..000 000 0 Batteries: Mar berry, Fischer and Bradley said this morning that any tax would be welcome to" attend this session. Under the law Roswell Join in the petition for the of the district by passing a resolution authorizing the proper city officials to sign for the city.

over the valley generally hare figned tor the creation the district and in order thef machinery for plugging leaky abandoned wells in- the TaBey may be get In motion it is necessary for Roswell to act now, it was said, Spencer; Moore, Frasier and Tate, Grube. i Boston 000 2 St. Louis 100 0 VBatteries: Russell and Berry; Blaeholder and Ferroil. Philadelphia 301 ttJO 0 Detroit 2200100 Batteries: and Cochrane; Herring and Hayworth. announce disoov- ery of "crime sctoor for boys.

HELPTOROSWELL 26 ESCAPE BAD WRECK OF TRUCK ON THE RUIDQSfl The new highway each of vital importance -to Roswell, have just been made by the American Association of State Highway officials meeting in Washington, according to word received here today by the chamber of commerce. Under one of the'hew designations U. Highway 60 relpaces the present number U. S. 366 from Amarillo to Clovis and IT.

S. Highway 70 replaces U. S. Highway 366 from Clovis to El Paso. S.

Highway No7 70 begins at New Bern, North Carolina and provides one of the most popular and best all year, routes from eastern and southern points to the west. Now motor tourists may start on U. S. 70 at Atlantic coast and keep the road all the way to El Paso. particular designation was not the chamber of com- ll 'be of the greatest asked for by 'meree, but advantage in increasing tourist travel to Roswell and other southwestern points, it is believed.

The other designation, which has one of the chief objectives of Roswell chamber of commerce for a htun-ber of years, was the nmnber- of the road east out "oMRoswelL While the number to be used ihas not been announced the numberwiSI start at Albany, Texas, at the junction of U. S. Highway 80. From Albany the highway will P863 through Stamford, Aspermont, Post, Brownfield? Tatum, Roswell, Hondo, Carrizozo. and oq to- Socorro waere it will 60.

From Hondo to Socorro the new number will take the place of the present designation U. S. Highway, No. and reparations sailed today ou Grande i'or a During his trip join forces with Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon in urging Europe to accept the Hoover plan.

"1 have been asked to comment on last night's vote of the French chamber of deputies I decline, except to say that I am very optimistic as to the ultimate result," he declared. The statement which was the only one he would mako tc reporters, who boarded the liner to question him, interpreted as a denial of a statement him a few hours earlier. In the earlier report he had been quoted as saying last night's vote confidence by the French legislators was a clear indication that France and the United States would reach a satisfactory agreement on the debt and reparations moratorium. Secretary Stimsou boarded the liner an hour ar.d a half before sailing time. After granting a brief interview and poking for the' photographers, he to his suite and at once began the work which o.iid would occupy most of his time on the to Europo.

WEATHER FORECAST For Roswell and the Pecos valley: Generally fair tonight and probably Sunday. For New Mexico: Fair tonight and Sunday; little change in ft Las Cruces, June 3ix persons, including twenty-three girls, who were injured in a truck wreck on the Huidoso yesterday were on the road to recovery today. Rather miraculously, no one was killed, when the huge two ton truck carrying twenty-eight persons rolled backward down a steep grade, crashed through the rail on a bridge and landed upside down in Ruidoso creek. Charles Reidling. accompanied by his two small sons, Harold, 12, and Charles, 14, with the girls from a summer camp.

Two girls escaped unhurt. All of the girls were from Las Cruces and vicinity. All of the injured were resting easily today. The girls were all members of the Dona Ana Four-H club and were returning from their annual encampment on the Ruidoso. 566.

This road gives Roswell an east and west federal numbered highway together' with all- the advantages which go with such a designation. With these two designations two ot the inost important highways' in all the southwest passed Roa- of which is oae of the- most important in the country, Americans can fly, and prove it. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, on their way around the world, planning to make the trip "in 10 days," if possible, dropped down at the royal air force airdrome in England, at 7:43 a. New York time, yesterday. They had crossed the Atlantic ocean in 16 hours and 17 minutes, beating all world's records.

They stayed 40 minutes in England, then started for Moscow via Berlin. Later in the day they landed at Berlin and they expect to be in Moscow today. That would interest Jules Verne, who described a purely imaginary trip around the world in EIGHTY DAYS. Oklahoma is interested in that flight. Wiley Post lives in Oklahoma City.

The flying ship is named Winnie Mae, who it- the wife of Leslie Payne, whose father backed the expedition. Flying will be a "regular business" day, an'l soon. Recently the body of a very young, woman was found washed up by the surf near New York. Photographs show that she was most beautiful as a child and a marvelously beautiful girl at 18. The waves washed up a young woman barely 20, ruined by alcohol, drugs and' the life to which they lead.

Murder had letters written it was suicide. beeu suspected, but to a man show that One public official says the letters were forged to (Continued on two) ONE DEAD ANDTWO MAY DIE RESULT FIRE IN CLOVIS Clovis, (AP) One child was burced to death and two other iiersout- may die as the result ot' fire which destroyed the home of E. W. Williams on the outskirts of Clovis at noon today. The dead child is Bruce Williams, whose body has net been found, and Louise Williams am! the father are in the hospital, probably fatally burned.

Mrs. Williams and another' son, Ralph, suffered other children minor burns. Three working in a field nearby rescued the injured. The fire started when Louise attempted to kindle a fire, using gasoline. The explosion threw fire over the kitchen.

All of those burned were in the room. Bruce is believed by firemen to have been trapped in the. basement. Williams is a cattle buyer. REVERSED IN BERNMU) ELECTION CASE Santa Fe, June New Mexico supreme court reversed Judge H.

A. Kiker initlie Bernalillo county: clerk election contests and remanded the case for new trial on merits. Nine rules of court were set forth' in the syllabus! Following a dispute over the and recount, the district court on election contest held that Will Rogers, Democrat, had been and 'Mrs. Lucy Scott, Republican,.