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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1935
Page
1
Local report notes state troops in Terre Haute amid a general strike. The piece also mentions Santa Monica and Uvalde, with commentary on politics, employment, and a satirical jab at Congress and inventions including a flying safety pin.
The British naval buildup in the Mediterranean centers on Malta with a stronger fleet including three new battle cruisers. Officials say the shakeup is unrelated to Italian moves and reflects broader fleet reorganization, alongside home‑fleet reassignments.
A massive explosion and blaze at the Hiram Walker Distillery, Peoria, caused about 2.7 million dollars in damage to the rackhouse and facilities, with six million gallons of whiskey ignited. Twelve workers were injured, one missing, and rescuers searched the caskhouse for John Barton while William Hulsebus was later found alive. Firefighters battled the eleven story, 150 by 180 foot blaze as flames raged through the rackhouse and cooperage shop, drawing crowds as special railroad crews moved liquor from danger. Plant cost was about 5 million with 1.5 million in improvements since completion a year earlier. cause undetermined.
Berlin reports that Prussia banned the Catholic War Veterans, seen as a move to purge Catholic influence. Goering announced the action under a 1933 protection decree, stating confessional veterans split Volksgemeinschaft. Meanwhile anti Jewish measures intensified with child restrictions and mass public displays discouraged.
Seattle AP reports W H Love, 29, won a city diaper changing championship by completing a 16 second diaper change for his seven month old son Jerry. Six men competed after women withdrew amid handicap disputes, with Love favored at 10 to 1 and praised for his training and family experience.
Washington July 23 The Senate approved the administration AAA bill after two weeks of debate. The measure limits processing tax suits, validates crop contracts, allows quota restrictions on imports, and includes a $50 million work relief option for sub-marginal lands. Final vote 64 to 15. An amendment guarantees minimum cotton allocations under Bankhead Act for certain previous production levels.
Gallup officers and state troopers, aided by Indian Service, hunted for a dead man and abandoned car near Amrosia Lake after Navajo witnesses reported the sighting. No body was found and the possible location remained uncertain.
Baseball scores show Philadelphia and Pittsburgh rain postponed while Boston and Cincinnati post strong showings. In Terre Haute, National Guards used tear gas to disperse a milling crowd amid a citywide strike, with guards stationed around utilities as unions press demands and retrenchment.
July 25 is the firm deadline for free cotton certificates applications in Chaves county. All producers who have not applied must go to the cotton adjustment office in the courthouse basement by July 25. Late applicants will be issued certificates later than the main batch. Measurers report about 40 percent of cotton field acreage checks completed with close alignment to signer figures and strong producer cooperation, says L C Brown, county agent.
Las Cruces New Mexico reports a 1935 census population of 6,673, an increase of 862 from the 1930 figure of 6,811. The Las Cruces Mesilla Valley directory released this week provides the updated tally.
Judge James B. McGhee was elected president of the Chaves County Game Protective Association at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. New officers include Herman Crile as vice president James M. H. Callender as secretary and W A Losey as treasurer. Other board members are Ed Roberts R L Malone Sr Claude M. Allison and H P Saund.
Washington officials say minting half cent and one mill coins will cut sales tax inequities in 22 states and earn seigniorage profits. Secretary Morgenthau announced Congress will be asked to authorize the new coins, possibly copper, with the mill coin as the smallest US denomination.
Santa Fe July 23 AP Grover Conroy state highway engineer said after a San Francisco highway meeting that federal aid road work will begin immediately. Two federal aid projects will be advertised. a Pecos bridge and paving in Santa Rosa, plus a project between Española and Abiquiu. Bids expected within a week or 19 days. Conroy also works on the works relief phase of the highway program.
New York wins 7 to 5 over Detroit in the opening game of a doubleheader before 50,000 fans. A sensational running catch by George Selkirk saved Jo-Jo White’s would-be homer in the ninth. Home runs by Mickey Cochrane and Hank Greenberg highlighted the scoring along with Lou Gehrig’s two runs.
Santa Fe reports Attorney General Frank Patton will fly to Washington to press New Mexico’s Alamogordo dam case. Texas protests to the interior secretary threaten litigation over water rights if funds are released. A. T. Hannett, newly appointed assistant attorney general, will join Washington hearing later.
Silver City New Mexico July 23 AP within about an hour after their marriage Mr and Mrs George Gaylord were treated at Grant County Hospital for painful cuts and bruises following a near serious automobile accident on the Fort Bayard highway Returning from a dance after the ceremony the couple rode with Charles Gray and Calvin Graef when the car left the road overturned in a ditch Mrs Gaylord suffered facial cuts while George Gaylord was badly bruised Gray had a deep arm cut severing a tendon Graef escaped with minor bruises all four left the hospital by nightfall
The summary presents several baseball results with innings, runs, hits, and errors. Cleveland beat Washington 021 to 010 in a rain-delayed end of the third. Chicago fell to Philadelphia 000 to 020 in nine innings. Detroit defeated New York 210 to 0x with strong pitching. New York edged Detroit 000 to 100 in another clash. St Louis knocked down Boston 000 202 111 to 7 14-3, highlighting multiple pitchers.
Paul Dean struck out 12 in a four hit effort and Joe Medwick hit two homers as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Giants 6 to 1 in the first game of today's doubleheader. Gehrig and Greenberg are noted stars in the era with others like Klein Berger and Det Am. referenced in the partial clipping.
Roswell businessmen plan a good will tour to Carlsbad and nearby towns on Saturday August 10. The school band will ride along and perform in all visited towns and at the American Legion state convention in Carlsbad. The Legion requested the band for August 10, prompting the trip.
Mrs. R. H. Cawthon of Montrose California is recovering after a wreck four miles west of Vaughn New Mexico. Her husband and daughter were not hurt. Cawthon sustained a broken collar bone in the collision. the car was badly damaged.
A leather swimming bag was reported lost near Lakes containing three suits and eye toilet articles. The owner asked to be contacted at phone 738-W. At 7:00 P.M. the bag was returned intact, demonstrating quick results from RECORD advertisements.
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