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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
1
A car wreck near Montoya New Mexico yielded two unidentified male bodies. Federal agent Alex Street of the Justice Department arrived in Tucumcari to assist in the investigation into the mysterious deaths.
Reports detail an NRA driven cut in hours affecting cotton garment workers and a push to reopen auto factory codes. The piece covers labor board actions, AFL wage talks, and government study into NRA impacts across industries with focus on textile and aluminum disputes.
Ogden police search for three men after four girls from prominent Utah families were bound and threatened in a ravine while on a picnic. The girls escaped as horsemen approached, with one man armed. Chief R. C. Moore says kidnapping for ransom is possible.
President Roosevelt hurried to the White House amid reports of a sharp quarrel over a new NRA structure. He spoke after paying respects to the late Henry Rainey and traveled with delegation members Bacharach Treadway OConnor Norton. The drought crisis and recovery program also demanded attention.
Highlights include Chicago beating Boston 7 to 6 in seven innings with Lyons and Madjeski among the Battery. Cleveland tops New York 9 to 2 in nine innings as Hudin and Weiland secure the win. St Louis defeats Philadelphia 3 to 0. Detroit beats Washington 3 to 9 in a nine inning loss. Phila over Pittsburgh 5 to 6 in nine. Brooklyn sinks Chicago 3 to 1. New York and St Louis meet 0-1. Boston and Cincinnati postponed due to rain.
Washington reports of a rift between Hugh S. Johnson Donald Richberg and Frances Perkins over NRA control prompted officials to deny a break. Richberg said discussions would proceed to action while Johnson denied any split and prepared for a White House meeting.
Fire from Canada scorched the Blackfoot National forest in Western Montana while burning toward Wigwam Creek. Four Americans were hospitalized as crews of 675 fought a 45,000 acre McLendon Butte blaze in the Lochsa river basin. The Pete King creek fire surged beyond control with a 100 mile perimeter as 2,100 firefighters pressed lines. Av ery, Idaho, remained near danger as the Martin creek blaze neared control in the St Joe National forest, with 6,000 acres burned.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, once Hollywood's power pair, were seen after Mary filed for divorce fourteen months ago. Fairbanks, back from Europe, met Pickford four times in two days, car rides and dinners marking possible thaw in their separation. Mary appeared happier, suggesting tattered romance may mend.
Washington reports the American Liberty League begins a continental campaign to recruit 3 to 4 million property owners to judge the new deal. Led by Alfred E. Smith and John O W Davis for Democrats and James W Wadsworth and Nathan L Miller for Republicans, the group aims to defend constitutional rights and promote individual initiative while not opposing Roosevelt.
Evangelist R H Askew 28-year-old evangelist walked into the Nashville police station alleging he was kidnapped by three men in Raleigh North Carolina and dumped from their car in Nashville A ransom note demanding 25000 for the “four square gospel” preacher was turned over to police and sent to Amy Semple McPherson in Los Angeles.
Five persons were killed and a sixth seriously injured when an automobile carrying them was struck by a train at a private grade crossing near Bigwood Ontario. Victims include E Roberts of Quebec a Canadian Pacific railway tour contractor John Francis of Huntington West Virginia Edith Weston of Chicago Julia Johnson of Cicero Illinois Donald Schell 19 driver of the car and his father Thomas Schell critically injured taken to Parry Sound.
Havana reports Major Angel Echevarria and Captain Augustin Brice were condemned by a four court martial for taking part in a revolutionary bid against Col. Fulgencio Batista. The attempted revolt, planned for September 4, was crushed in Pinardel Rio Province at Camp Columbia outside Havana.
Battery A of the 158th field artillery, New Mexico National Guard, will return to Roswell Sunday after training at the Las Vegas camp since August 12. Part travels by truck, part by train. truck arrivals Sunday night, train arrivals Monday morning. This is the unit’s second year with four trucks and a station wagon. The battery, formed as a four motor unit before last summer, has four officers and 65 enlisted men at camp.
Albuquerque August 23 AP S P Vidal U S collector of internal revenues whose name has emerged in the A L Zinn state supreme court case was unavailable for comments and was said to be in Gallup. Former Judge Wright has questioned two witnesses after depositing answers to determine if Vidal cashed a 3300 check signed by Vidal payable to Zinn on January 30 or 31.
Construction is underway on 47 of about 75 day schools for Indian children in New Mexico and Arizona. In about two weeks, work will begin on a Rock Point day school near Shiprock with a projected cost of $50,000, according to construction superintendent Roy H. Bradley.
F Herman Chi and N Davis are listed in St Louis in the latest local notices. The fragment confirms names connected to the city but provides no further context or actions.
State Highway Engineer G. D. Macy visited Chama and its region to inspect road conditions. A new highway is under construction near Tierra Amarilla from Carillon by the Bureau of Public Roads.
An unsettled pattern continues tonight and Friday with cooler conditions expected on Friday. Temperatures range from mid 60s to mid 90s on Wednesday, with continued warm spells around the area as a front slowly moves through.
Scattered rain fell yesterday afternoon and last night across eastern New Mexico. Roswell reported .03 inches, then .01 more later, with the heaviest rainfall in mountain districts west of Well. Roads Capitan Ruidoso and Cap Nogal saw washouts, while Picacho, Hondo, and upper Penasco areas received varying showers. Lea county and south of Artesia also saw precipitation.
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