Man Saved From Drowning Near Roswell
Clifford Dick Whiteman a federal fish hatchery worker at Dexter was saved after drowning in the brood pond west of Dimmitt Lake at the Fin and Feather Club Roswell yesterday afternoon Cecil Bonney and L Q Corman assisted with the rescue but Whiteman was pulled ashore unconscious and could not be revived despite artificial respiration efforts The incident prompted a park lifeguard to be called for aid.
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Clifford
Dick) Whiteman
Cecil Bonney
Dexter
Whiteman
Mr. Bonney
Bonney
Corman
Mr. Corman
A. L. Bailey
Fin and Feather Club
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Jack Causey
Charles Lawey
Goodart Farm
Lovers Lane
Ban on liquor at Juarez is off for 30 days
Juarez a border city of 40 000 began a protest against President Cardenas ban on hard liquors. Governor Gustavo Talamantes lifted the ban for 30 days to allow talks with the president while labor leaders planned a showdown, with unions forming a delegation to Chihuahua City. The move followed a citywide shutdown and mass meetings as bars and businesses reopened with wines and beef offered at cafes.
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Dix
Juarez
Chih
Mex
Juaristas
Rio Grande
Cardenas
Gustavo Talamantes
Chihuahua City
Talamantes
Chihuahua
Water Fills Highway East of Roswell Yesterday
The highway east of Roswell was underwater for about a half mile near Bottomless Lakes State Park all day yesterday. A highway crew with a truck and maintainer aided cars through as water receded today. the road is muddy but passable with no danger.
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Roswell
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Highway Department
Charles M. Johnstone
Coyote Draw
Charles Lawey
Johnstone
Military land bill authorizes 5 million for 14 facilities
Washington July 20 The House completed congressional action on a bill authorizing a 5 million dollar appropriation to buy land for 14 military facilities during 1941 and 1942. The measure goes to the White House and provides for the purchase of 51300 acres at Fort Bliss Texas.
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Washington
House
White House
Fort Bliss
Texas
Bisbee Bees Pay Delinquent Sales Taxes
The Bisbee Bees of the Arizona-Texas League paid off delinquent sales taxes to avert seizure by the state tax commission. Sheriff I V Pruitt had a warrant served two days earlier. the club mailed a $236.84 check to bring the Bees current after three seasons of refusal.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Bisbee Bees
Arizona-Texas Baseball League
State Tax Commission
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Bees
Guggenheim visit to Dr Goddard in Albuquerque
Mr and Mrs Harry Guggenheim of the Guggenheim foundation arrived by plane for a visit with Dr Robert Goddard conducting rocket tests here sponsored by the foundation They stopped in Albuquerque on their way to the west coast and will return Saturday with Bill Cutter who will fly them back to Albuquerque for their onward trip.
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Harry F. Guggenheim
Scientific Foundation
R. H. Goddard
Guggenheim Foundation
Dr. Goddard
Mrs. Guggenheim
New York
Albuquerque
Roswell
Bill Cutter
Cutter
West Coast
Killing of Polish Soldier Heightens Danzig Tension
A Polish soldier Witold Budziewicz was shot near the Polish Danzig frontier village Postelau, triggering a spike in tensions between the Free City and Poland. Polish officials accuse a Danzig border officer Max Stein of shooting on Polish soil, while Danzig claims self defense. Conflicting accounts surfaced as the Polish commissioner Maryam Chedacki consulted with Danzig senate officials amid rising unrest.
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Free City
Danzig
Postelau
Poland
Witold Budziewicz
Max Stein
Stein
Budziewicz
Budziecz
Mariam Chedacki
President plans to save eighty million by not filling vacancies
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt seeks teeth for a plan to trim the federal payroll by not filling vacancies caused by resignations deaths or retirements in order to save up to 80 million a year. Budget officials note turnover is about 5 percent, making savings uncertain. total executive civil staff numbers exceed 902,000 with a 9 billion spend this year and a 3.5 billion deficit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
Bell
Harold D. Smith
Smith
Treasury To Borrow 200 Million Monday
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Commodity Credit Corporation would borrow 200 million dollars from the public Monday to roll over expiring crop loans held by banks. Most loans on corn, cotton, and wheat under the program run for one year and banks may renew or sell to the government at term end to avoid farmer calls.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas Boys Enter Boxing Tourney Here
Local Kiwanis Lions boxing meet set for July 31 to August 2 draws entries from Mentone Texas boys Lester McKee and Bob White. Event aims to boost Kiwanis milk fund and Lions Bar Boys Club with noted participants like Cliff Holloman and Spec Stewart shaping the field.
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Mentone
Texas
Lester McKee
Bob White
Kiwanis and Lions Clubs
Kiwanis Milk Fund
Lions Bar
Limits on Oil Regulation Highlight Texas Illinois Debate
Senator Clint Small of Amarillo asserted states can regulate petroleum within constitutional bounds, criticizing Illinois for lack of controls while urging a future law to curb major pipelines draining gas from smaller wells. The interstate oil compact commission adjourned as it weighed fall meeting sites.
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Santa FE
N. M
Clint C. Small
Texas
Amarillo
Ilinois
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
E. O. Thompson
Small
Illinois
Panhandle
Clint Small
Santa Fe R R Has An Accident
Santa Fe railroad crews replaced ties and rails damaged when the westbound fast mail train's locomotive broke a drive rod 30 miles east of Gallup New Mexico. The engineer Herman Freeman of Albuquerque and fireman Norman Kerr of Gallup were likely saved by the upgrade speed reduction to 50 miles an hour. The drive rod punctured the boiler. three miles farther downgrade could have caused a wreck. The train arrived over three hours late with an emergency engine.
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Gallup
N. M
Santa Fe Railroad
Here
C. W. Hamilton
Herman Freeman
Albuquerque
Norman Kerr
Fresh Fire Threatens Yellowstone Timber Area
In Yellowstone Park Wyoming a wind driven forest fire burned about 1500 acres with 1000 acres believed controlled late yesterday by 500 firefighters. A new outbreak near the original lightning start forced Edmund B. Rogers to order 100 fresh men as flames raced along ridges.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Edmund B. Rogers
Six starters at Arlington Park in Derby week chatter
Arlington Park preliminary notes point to a six horse field for Saturdays classic. Four Derby top finishers from 1939 appear in the running, with Johanstown gaining popularity as the possible short priced favorite if weather remains dry. Charlesdon and William Woodward figures are noted for workouts and acclaim.
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Chicago
Charledon
Johanstown
William Woodward
Kehoe Charged In Abduction Case In Northampton
James J. Kehoe 24 a former convict faces charges of kidnapping his divorced wife in Northampton Massachusetts He pleaded innocent in district court and is held on eleven thousand two hundred dollars bail for a July 28 hearing He also pleads innocent to robbery while armed larceny and carrying a dangerous weapon He was committed to Hampden county jail The woman and her present husband were not in court when arraignment occurred The arrest came after Kehoe was seized in a tourist cabin twenty miles from the abduction scene He was accompanied by Mrs Bernice Beckwith 27 who had divorced him about six years earlier Her alleged abductor reportedly took money from the three and forced them into his car until Beckwith escaped Police said the man then drove away with Beckwith and fired at her pursuers
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Northampton
Mass
James J. Kehoe
Kehoe
Hampshire County
Bernice Beckwith
George J. Bernier
Senators Rally Past Tigers for 8 7 Victory in Slugfest
Washington built an 8 7 win over Detroit to clinch the series two games to one as Roberto Estatella belted a go ahead homer in the eighth. Hank Greenberg Earl Averill and Roy Cullendine homered for Detroit in a back and forth American League clash.
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Washington
Detroit
Washington Senators
Roberto Estatella
Hank Greenberg
Earl Averill
Roy Cullendine
Tigers
Smith told to leave the state in resignation fallout
Former Louisiana State University president Dr James Monroe Smith says in a federal petition that he was advised to leave Louisiana after resigning on June 25 and that there was no ground for criminal charges. He faces ten forgery counts and one of operating a confidence game in stock and grain deals and a bank loan, with $10,000 bond on each count.
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New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Richard W. Leche
Weather outlook for four states shows fair to cool trends
New Mexico and Arizona expect generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Colorado forecasts fair skies tonight, Friday partly cloudy and cooler in the north central and eastern portions. West Texas remains fair in the east and north with scattered showers in the southwest tonight and Friday.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
West Texas
Pirates Defeat Giants to Move Into Fourth Place
In New York Pittsburgh Pirates topped the New York Giants 8 to 4 as a five run third inning fueled the win. Klinger and Berres along with Gumbert Lynn Coffman and Oden secured the victory while the Giants suffered their sixth consecutive loss.
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Pirates
Giants
New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Klinger
Berres
Gumbert
Lynn
Coffman
Oden
Cowboy reunion parade promotes event in New Mexico
A Las Vegas booster delegation wearing cowboy regalia arrived to advertise the first annual cowboy reunion set for August 4 6 in Las Vegas New Mexico sponsored by the American Legion. The group visited Pecos Santa Fe and Bernalillo during their mission.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Las Vegas
American Legion
Pecos
Santa Fe
Bernalillo
Cherokee Kee-to-wah Nighthawks dance for sacred fires
In Gore Oklahoma on July 20 hundreds of Kee-to-wah nighthawks, a secret Cherokee clan, danced the seven sacred fires from nightfall to sunrise. The ritual honored tribal heroes and recalled the 1829 Trail of Tears journey from Georgia to Oklahoma.
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Gore
Okla
Georgia
Oklahoma
Works Financing Act replaces self liquidating label
Washington July 20 The administration dropped the term self liquidating from the 2.8 billion lending program bill to evade objections while keeping the core idea of funding loans for recoverable assets. The bill’s new title is Works Financing Act. a revolving fund was cut and repayments go to the treasury. Senate leaders pressed for quick action with cross party cooperation on a swift vote as neutrality issues were shelved.
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Barkley
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Treasury
Congress
McNary
R-Ore
Brankley
D-Ky
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Lewis A. Barrows
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