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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1941
Page
8
Freddie Elliott won first prize in a ladies flag tournament at the city golf course this morning. Marion Jo Cowan finished second and Mrs. Wilbur McKnight third. Twenty three women participated and a noon luncheon was held.
Mrs. Sylva Meyners has moved to Thomas A. Harrison office at 100 East and St. She will continue to offer the same service as before as steno and notary public, inviting patrons to visit.
Lonnie Miller of Roswell and El ton Bruner of Huntsville Texas. Thomas R Gallaway and Sadie Grounds of San Antonio Texas. Bill Adams of Duncan Arizona and Elsie Cleo Collins of Abilene Texas.
Andersons Gardens advertisement targets truckers with wholesale produce offerings including onions cabbage beets carrots and beans.
A well baby clinic is planned at East Grand Plains school on Friday at 1 p m. The notice also advertises ice cream at 30c per quart and milk shakes for 10c with fountain service. Fresh Texas watermelons are 30c each at Bi Lo Food Market 408 East 2nd St. Phone No 11.
The inning details show base runners erased on a caught stealing at first, a short fly caught by Williams, a strikeout by Ott, a fumbled catch by Dickey, and a groundout by Dickey. No runs, no hits, and no errors recorded. Derringer replaces Feller on the mound for the Nationals as York and Reiser appear in the field.
Hack singled in the fourth, Moore lined out, Reiser grounded into a double play. No runs on one hit, one left, for the Nationals as Elliott moved to right. Doerr and Travis traded late outs, J DiMaggio hit a long fly to center, Williams doubled, Travis scored, Heath struck out. One run, two hits, no errors, one left.
In a pitcher dominated game, National pitchers held American to five runs in a 7 to 5 win. York and Dickey produced early hits, while home runs and errors were scarce as Cronin and several batters were retired by strikes or defensive plays.
Walters doubled on a drive along the left field foul line. Hack sacrificed, advancing Walters. Moore flied out, Walters racing home after the catch. Heath misplayed Reiser's high fly for an error as Reiser reached second. Mize grounded out. One run, one hit, one error for American Sixth. Trains popped to Vaughan. J DiMaggio walked. Williams flied out with DiMaggio on first. Heath walked. Boudreau singled, DiMaggio scoring Heath to third. York flied deep to Reiser.
National League action as Slaughter singles and Williams errors, Vaughan belts a homer to right, Herman doubles, Lopez sac flies to send Herman to third. Medwick faces, Hack walks, Moore fans leaving Herman at third. Two runs, three hits, one error, two left. Passeau starts for the Nationals in the American Seventh as Dickey lines out and Gordon grounds out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none.
National Eighth Smith Chicago southpaw and Hayes formed a new battery for the Americans. Mize doubled to the right field fence, Slaughter struck out, Vaughan homered to the second tier. J DiMaggio hit a double, Williams fanned, D DiMaggio drove in J DiMaggio with a single. Attendance 54 674.
In the ninth, National leadoff Passeau faced D DiMaggio in deep right as Lavagetto bats for Hack and Foxx records a foul out. Keltner singles and Gordon follows, with Keltner advancing to second on a fielding miscue. Travis walks as J DiMaggio arrives with bases loaded, scoring Keltner on a fielder’s choice. Williams hits a towering homer as the crowd roars, yielding four runs on three hits with no errors.
New York stocks finish with mixed gains and losses on July 8, listing closing figures for major companies such as AmAirl AmCan AT&T Phillips Radio and many others. The report shows numerous price points across transportation, steel, oil, and utility sectors.
Deputy Sebastian Maes faces a $5,000 bond after a coroner's inquest found he fired the fatal shot at Charles Lujan, 20, as he bolted from Mora county courthouse while being handed over by a surety in a peace bond. Lujan died later at a Las Vegas hospital.
A Red Cross official disclosed that additional arc nurses have sailed from a Gulf of Mexico port on a slow steamer to reach London, with the port name and vessel kept confidential. Only one other detachment is reported en route, having left just days earlier.
Butter receipts 1,616,481 and eggs 27,236 show market unchanged in Chicago. Poultry live movements listed by weight and breed with firm prices and minor shifts, including hens over 5 pounds at 19.5 and various breeds like Plymouth Rock and White Rock trading around 21.5 to 24.5 with other categories unchanged.
Chicago grain prices for July including corn oats and hemp? futures show July at 1.06 3/4 to 1.07 for July wheat. Corn July 74 1/2 to 76 1/2. Oats July 38 1/4 to 39 1/4. Bond market notes New York Treasury 3 1/4s at 46-44 107.30. Fed Farm Mtg unquoted. Home Owners Loan: brief.
SANTA FE July 8 New Mexico moved to settle its long standing dispute with Colorado over Costilla river waters. The interstate streams commission authorized five engineers to survey the watershed as a basis for an interstate agreement dividing the waters. The U S circuit court at Denver has withheld action on litigation pending efforts to settle by compact. In two other interstate water controversies acting state engineer W C Smith said the board took no action yesterday.
Grease wool futures edged down .1 to .3 cent with Oct 93.8 and Dec 93.7B, while Wool top futures fell .3 to .7 cent with Oct 119.7B and Dec 118.6B. Certificated grease wool spot at 93.8N and certificated spot wool tops at 125.0N. B Bid. N Nominal.
New Orleans spot cotton closed 21 points higher on July 8 with sales of 2,638 bales. Middling price quoted at 14.96 cents per pound.
London reports that American Red Cross representatives fear a detachment of nurses from a 65 member group sailing for Harvard hospital in Britain is overdue. Officials in Washington say 10 nurses who left June 5 are awaited, but there is no particular anxiety about their status.
Montgomery Ward & Company invites orders for wrist watches. Two days to dispose of estate property on North Hill. Two modern lots with outbuildings offered at reasonable terms. Call Mrs Scroggs Spring River Camp or write to 299 South Tulane Albuquerque New Mexico. Aurora Borealis observed in Santa Fe lights appeared around 3 15 am lasting about 40 minutes with colored streamers across the sky from the north.
Kansas City stockyards show hogs 3 000 salable, heavyweights 5 10 higher, top 10.80. cattle 5 000 salable with calves 600, feeders scarce, early sales median to choice steers 9.50 11.00, grass fat cows 6.50 7.50. sheep 5 000 with spring lambs scarce, Colorado springers above 11.25, ewes 4.85.
Boston July 8 reports demand for combing three eighths blood territory wools rose moderately on the market. Prices around 92 to 93 cents secured basis amid new government contract demand. Other territory wools were slow with combing three eighths and one quarter bloods bright fleece selling a few lots at 46 to 48 cents in the grease.
A curb market style listing shows stock quotes for Alum Co Am Ark Nat Gas Bliss Carrier Cities Service El Bond & Sh Hecla Min Humble Oil with various cents. An advertisement invites readers planning construction or painting to contact R. V. Young at Triangle Lumber Co 23rd and N. Main with a time stamp 6 10t30c.
Dr T E Boggs at 309 North Main Street offers eye exams and glasses fitting with in house lens grinding. Broken lenses can be duplicated immediately. Phone number listed for appointments.
Wall Street rose to new highs for the year on July 8 as inflation hopes and U S occupation of Iceland spurred buying. Major industrials gained while several names led the advance including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Santa Fe New York Central American Smelting Phelps Dodge Du Pont Allied Chemical General Electric Union Carbide Goodrich Montgomery Ward. Transfers reached 13 79 909 shares with strength in commodities such as cotton wheat silk sugar and cottonseed oil. Pepsi-Cola lagged along with Dow Chemical and Johns Manville.
Cotton futures in New York ended with gains of 11 to 19 points. July closed at 15.05, October 15.27 to 15.28, December 15.37 to 15.28, March 15.46, May 15.16, with Middling spot improving to 15.92.
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