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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1939
Page
5
Grady Kinsolving, 49, publisher of the Corpus Christi Caller Times, died today in Temple Texas. He had been undergoing periodic treatments here for a stricture of the esophagus.
The 8490 ton Tide Water Associated Oil vessel from American Boat reports no rescue details as four Japanese ships race to aid the Bokuyo Maru a Chilean nitrate freight carrier. Bokuyo Maru left Los Angeles July 2 bound for Yokohama July 22 with radio signals fading, raising fears of danger to the wireless room. No explosion risk cited, though nitrates remain highly inflammable.
Led by an Oklahoma delegation about 200 people arrived in Santa Fe for the interstate oil compact commission meeting set for tomorrow and Thursday. Governor Leon Phillips of Oklahoma state senator Tom Anglin and T C Knopp Jr arrived last night to pressure California and Louisiana to join. Seven states are members.
The Lydick Roofing Company of Albuquerque was chartered today by the state corporation commission. Authorized capital stock is $10,000 with $4,000 issued. Incorporators include Ned Lydick of Fort Worth Texas J M Hooks Elmer Jobe and Price Hooks of Abilene Texas and H D McElreath of Albuquerque.
After an 18 day trial in Seattle a jury returned a guilty verdict for 22 year old Burgunder in a desert murder case. The father Robert M Burgunder urged life imprisonment and insanity defenses. prosecutors pressed for the death penalty. Sentencing set for 9:30 a m July 24 with motions for new trial anticipated.
San Francisco July 18 A government witness in the Harry Bridges deportation hearing testified he feared reprisals and was expelled from the marine cooks and stewards union in 1938 over charges tied to his fight against the Communist party. John Layton Leopold of San Francisco, a $36 a month instructor in maritime training, said he had known Bridges since the 1934 waterfront tie up. He said Bridges asked why he did not join the rank and file and walked away when Leopold said he would not align with the Communist party or rank and file. Leopold said he fought communists who sought union control through continual strikes.
Fay Ola Patton seeks 4500 dollars in district court alleging D. Skousen and J. E. Skousen doing business as Skousen Brothers took 45000 cubic yards of gravel and caliche worth ten cents per yard from her property and refused payment. Attorney J. M. H. Cullender represents Patton.
Jack Russell, 39, an Oklahoma desperado wanted for the Ringwood Illinois kidnapping slaying and other abductions, was captured at Ozark Arkansas after a car chase and gun seizure. He had been driving a stolen Kansas City police car and possessed a pistol from McAlester. He faced multiple state and federal warrants and was linked to several kidnapping cases in Illinois Wisconsin Oklahoma and Kansas.
A dramatic action photo from Toronto shows Rosie the elephant grabbing keeper Ed Lewis with her trunk, lifting him and throwing him to the ground as other elephants trample him. The injured keeper was expected to recover.
The authoritative source says Japan would set next steps, either pursuing negotiations probably at Moscow or adopting reprisals for raids. Manchoukuo protests a Furoruji strike near the Outer Mongolian border. Retaliatory threats target Russia’s Blagoveshchensk, with a Soviet raid on Halmarshan, signaling a possible second Russo Japanese war favoring Japan if it begins within a year.
The president said few issues have commanded such unanimous backing in official circles as the administration’s neutrality position. He noted the entire foreign service, including non-Democratic career officers, supports the policy.
Five political and business figures face indictments over a scheme to sell LSU furnishings worth 75000 dollars. Seymour Weiss leads the group, joined by Dr. James Monroe Smith, Louis Lesage, Monte M. Hart, and J Emory Adams. Bond set at 10000 each. investigations continue.
Fritz Kuhn, self described leader of the German American band, failed to appear in Southbridge district court seeking to answer charges of drunkenness and using profane language after a brush with Webster police. Judge Louis Rieutard called the case after a nearly two hour delay. Kuhn was arrested yesterday by Officer Henry Plasse, held four hours, and released on $54 bail.
Prof E A White recounts deep sea fishing near New Orleans and drought conditions west of Houston and San Antonio. Nazarene Church begins a July series with Rev Dallas Baggett from Bentonville in charge and Walter Forsee directing music. Local circles, ranging Baptist W M S and Presbyterian Missionary Society, held meetings with lessons and refreshments. Hagerman Sewing Project reports a $657.60 monthly payroll, 2975 garments in six months, supporting seventy workers with medical and school support. A Griffith Park Los Angeles July picnic honored Mrs Susie Cowan Lankford with about fifty attendees. A new baby girl Jane Ellen Lathrop born June 29 at Stillwater Oklahoma. Nearby Hagerman residents visited Roswell show Yucca. list of attendees included multiple names.
Sam Gregory of the Dexter bar caught a fourteen pound catfish in the Pecos this week and is shown at the Dexter Drug Store for exhibition. Other items note Mrs. Virgil Jones hosting a Wednesday Bridge Club, a family picnic for Mrs. D. E. Dowden, and travels of local residents to and from Illinois California and Tucson with several visits and arrivals around Dexter.
Four gunmen robbed Raritan State Bank at noon. They tied eight people in a vault and escaped in a suspected stolen car with about 12 000 to 14 000 dollars. A timing device slowed the vault, preventing a larger haul.
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