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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1939
Page
4
SVAI GHIA AVEO. Rita of Ponca City Oklahoma, and £ 44415 are expected to arrive today to visit Mr and Mrs Floyd Childress and other friends. The Willises are former Roswell residents.
Monday events include a Rainbow picnic and swimming at Cahoon Park, a covered dish luncheon by the Womans Association of First Christian Church, a First Baptist Class meeting at Maggie Rogers home, and a Methodist Missionary Society July luncheon in church parlors. Wednesday Kiwanis ladies night at Nickson Hotel Coffee Shop. Thursday Lions Club ladies night at Fin-Feather Club.
A Houston visit features a bear family reunion garden supper at 805 North Kentucky Avenue hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Daughtry. Guests include E A Anderson and daughter Ann of Houston, soon moving to Atlanta, plus Ann Ballard Johnson and numerous Daughtry family members from Corpus Christi and nearby areas.
Camp Mary White opened June 18 with 38 girls and 16 counselors from six states. The event highlights include Old Timer's Night on July 1 with cowboy costumes, horse show, chuck wagon supper, and square dancing. Roswell guests join July 1 and 2 as Council Member Days while Frances Morse and Shirley Feather lead staff activities.
The New Mexico chief Summers promoted Roach and Gonzales to honorary lieutenant and filled captaincies from sergeant and patrolman ranks. No assignments change until after July 10 when new captains meet in Santa Fe to discuss duties and rules. Boundary districts align with highway districts with Albuquerque headquarters in Bernalillo county courthouse and Santa Fe in the state office.
A historian argues that restoring power to devalue would place a dangerous duty in the president's hands, noting there was never a mind capable of handling such responsibility with trust. The remark emphasizes concerns over concentrated executive authority and the risks of misusing devaluation powers.
Mr and Mrs P A Martin and son Gabe have returned to Roswell after ten months while Mr Martin completed a full course at the American Institute of Laundering in Joliet Illinois He resumes work at Roswell Laundry and Dry Cleaners on July 3rd Also noted are travels and visits of local families and friends to Hobbs, Topeka, FitzGerald, San Francisco and Boulder in June and July 1938.
Andy Devine tours New York with wife for Coney Island and Liberty Island sights. Joy Hoages adds 4 000 air miles for Des Moines premiere of Career. Vera Zoring to Norway on honeymoon after On Your Toes. Warn Southern weighs pastries. Charles Laughton sails for The Hunchback remake at RKO. Madeleine Carroll out in Paramount gown at Lacey’s. Jane Withers, in Stanford testing, advances beyond grade peers. Juanita Quigley’s eighth birthday surprise. Deanna Durbin dines with Gloria Vanderbilt. Duncan Renaldo to stay with Republic in Three Mesquiteers after Raiders Of The Wasteland. Joan Bennett ranches with daughters. Bonnie Elmerie lands major break in Lady Of The Tropics aria rewrite with Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr.
Stanley Phillippi became chief engineer of the Middle Rio Grande conservancy district and pledged to push the rehabilitation program. W C Oestreich resigns today but stays to finish talks with the state tax commission on repurchasing delinquent lands. Officials plan to return to Santa Fe to resume discussions, while showers aid the water crisis and El Vado reservoir releases continue.
Gertrude Wilkerson hosts a late midnight Roswell Country Club dance with guests including Gertrude Runyan Helen Johnson Roberta Henderson and several Hagerman residents. General and Mrs Cruse of Washington DC and Atlantic City stay in Roswell while Miss Frances Staton and Eugene Ammons wed in Dallas. Local birth and illness notes also reported.
New York bonds closing prices show Treasury 3 1/4s at 110.11 and other issues 2 1/2s and 2 3/4s with varied yields as of July 1. In Chicago, the Mercantile Exchange was closed with butter at 1,576,280 pounds and eggs quantity 19,997. no futures trading occurred today.
New Orleans spot cotton closed dull with a five point rise. Sales totaled 22 bales, middling at 9.45 cents per pound.
In Santa Fe on July 1 a suit was filed in federal court by U S district attorney Everett Grantham to condemn 440 acres in Otero county for the White Sands park project. J L Lawson and others were named as defendants.
Wall Street showed modest and selective gains as European war talk faded and monetary moves from Congress provided little clear direction. A firming tone near the close left favorites up fractions, with light buying and some short-covering by hedge traders. The market anticipated a quiet Fourth of July week with banks and commission houses lightly attended and a two hour total of 184,200 shares traded.
Kansas City livestock prices show hogs mostly steady to 15 higher with late sow top at 6.90. Cattle and calves for the week: fed steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower. light calves and yearlings steady to weak. cows steady to 25 lower. stockers and feeders strong. Notable: choice 1020 lb steers at 10.25. loads of choice steers around 10.00. bulk fed steers and yearlings 8.50-9.75. calves and yearlings 8.00-9.00. stock steer calves 10.50-11.00. other replacement cattle 3.56-9.56. sheep and lambs generally firm with tops around 9.50 for good natives. Texas lambs at 7.00-7.50. odd ewes 3.50.
In Boston during the past week a slightly improved tone was noted with a few house transactions and higher business activity than the prior week. Graded territory wools eased slightly while original fine territory wools held steady. Midwest fleeces were firmer and graded combing bright fleeces ranged 28 to 32 cents per grease for various Delaine grades.
Cotton futures rose to session highs on July 1 as New York and New Orleans buyers supported gains. July at 9.35, October 8.65, December 2.46, January 8.35, May 8.21, with middling spot at 9.75. Also listed: various curb market prices and Chicago grain closes for July wheat, corn, and oats.
Spot cotton in Galveston steadies on July 1 with middling grades at 9.22 cents and no sales reported.
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