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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1934
Page
8
Clovis New Mexico July 5 AP single event victory at the Clovis track meet as Hornbuckler narrowly defeats Jones. End of the 18th event revealed a close finish with a photo finish style result, details sparse due to partial OCR.
An elderly Roswell resident, born in Louisiana on November 10, 1857, died at five o'clock in the afternoon after a long residence in Roswell of twenty three years. She left behind a host of friends and was a former member of the First Baptist church.
Claude Simpson of the Roswell Chamber praises a Texas Oklahoma newspaper campaign by the state highway department promoting New Mexico as a vacation land. The chamber mails literature to 1465 inquirers and distributes bulletins to respondents, calling it a highly constructive effort.
Police fight with striking workers on Rincon Hill as barricades form on Harrison Street. Shots fire over a milling crowd injure bystander Hodges and bystanders Grimm Simmons Hart. A warehouse truck overturns near Third and Brannan as officers pursue the fighters. Authorities weigh calling in the National Guard.
An evangelist Jno R Freeman conducts meetings on church grounds at 494 East 5th Street, spending the Fourth in the grave at South Springs. The Hagerman Church of Christ was represented by Rev. Hey and others. Meetings at Roswell and Hagerman continue.
Mrs. BK L Secarritt sustained minor cuts and bruises when the auto veered off the road west of the railway crossing on East McGaffey. Driver Mr Scarritt escaped injury. He blamed a large insect for distracting him, claiming the crash occurred after he reached for it. The car toppled into a steep bank and onto a railway bridge. both occupants didn’t realize the car had left the road until impact. Vehicle badly damaged.
Mrs R F Adams of Greenfield writes The Record to correct that her son Wayne Adams is from Greenfield, not Roswell. She states his sister is Mrs Victor Wyly nee Aylene Adams, not Aylene Sargent.
Mr and Mrs O J Warman of 611 North Richardson announce the birth of a daughter at St Marys Hospital at nine oclock this morning. The baby weighed 9 pounds 11 ounces and she has not yet been named.
Local advertisement offers free sample deliveries of literature and sanitation goat dairy services with a contact phone. The unusual copy emphasizes a playful branding line The Name Implies and invites inquiries to arrange tastings or shipments.
For sale a Jersey cow with her heifer calf, described as a fine milker. Address Route ie Box B5 A J5t3x.
Roswell plans to hire veterans for the drought relief effort in New Mexico. Mayor J. E. Moore received a letter from R. R. Gibson of Albuquerque noting President Roosevelt’s authorization for an added quota from cities over 2,500 within drought counties. Ten application blanks were given to Lake J. Frazier for Roswell veterans to apply through the American Legion post. Pay is 30 dollars monthly, with three fourths to a dependent. Eligible riders are honorably discharged World War I veterans who served between April 6, 1917, and July 2, 1921 and are in need of work.
Henry D. Waggoner of Roswell is seriously ill at the veterans hospital in Albuquerque. He fell ill last Sunday and was taken there Monday. An encouraging report from Albuquerque this afternoon said he is better.
Mrs Will Haegler and four children have returned to Cimarron New Mexico after two years in Switzerland. The Haegler family, formerly of Roswell, are well known locally. Mr Haegler runs a hotel in Cimarron. He and his wife went to visit his mother in Switzerland.
A regular council session heard limited routine business and a delegation from the east side complained the 4th and Garden church revival caused a disturbance. The council voted to have Chief Frank Young notify organizers to adjourn by ten p.m. Mayor Moore presided with Aldermen Brockheuser Glover Johnston Norton Tigner and Wilkins present and Allison Dunn Fellows McCullough absent.
Senator Borah rebukes government control of newspapers and criticizes bureaucracy as a dangerous, destructive force. He recalls the press freedom fight and argues against limiting newspaper growth as a counterpart to limiting stores or factories.
Local weather bulletin notes yesterday’s showers in the mountains with rain reported at Ruidoso and Pine Lodge. Strong moisture bound for the high country as temperatures cooled and roads remained slick in some sectors.
President Thornton Boswell assumed charge of the year's work and outlined plans in an address. Howard Glover was elected a new member as the Rotary club set its committees for the coming year.
Realistic Beauty Shop offers permanent waves for 2.50 with guaranteed service. Phone number listed as 640 for inquiries and appointments.
A bright new neon sign lights Purdy's Furniture Store drawing attention from passersby. The display highlights the shop's name and promises modern home furnishings.
The White House released an executive order by President Roosevelt abolishing the National Recovery Review Board headed by Clarence Darrow.
J. M. Hervey and H. M. Dow with Miss Dorothy Day return to Roswell after a ten day legal matter in San Antonio. The Fourth of July in Roswell passes quietly with no police or sheriff calls and no cases in police court today.
An order appears with signatures Paul Carrigan and W. M. Attest Elmer Riemen as secretary validating the document.
Above are some of the buildings in the $10,000 Boy Scout Camp in the Sacramento mountains one of the best planned Scout camps in the Southwest. Fifty or more Roswell Scouts will camp here from July 9 to 14.
In Harriman Tennessee the Harriman Hosiery Mills shut down amid a wage earners crisis affecting 653 workers. A view shows the mill with attorney T Ashbury Wright Jr. denouncing the withdrawal of the eagle while striking employees march down Harriman's main street.
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