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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1933
Page
1
Wiley Post completes a record round the world in 7 days 18 hours 49 minutes landing at Floyd Bennett Field. Crew and Balbo plan a Broadway arrival with tornimph. Mollisons crash in Bridgeport hospitalized after their Sea Farer sustains heavy damage.
New York July 24 AP Wiley Post doubts his 7 days 18 hours 49 minutes record around the world will stand long saying someone will beat it in the not distant future. He noted weather rains and fog fought him while the robotic co pilot impressed him more than a human partner. He could have completed the trip in five days with better breaks. He ended the flight with a late Saturday landing and underwent a medical exam after resting briefly.
New York July 24 AP markets rose on renewed buying in a shortened session. Advancing issues topped decliners as shares totaled about 3.7 million. Wheat and cotton posted gains, with U S Steel and other industrials among leaders as bonds firmed on the rally.
Washington July 24 AP The industrial recovery administration began the largest week of its career to mobilize for Thursday zero hour in the mass re employment drive Employers will receive mail ballots to sign pledging to raise pay and cut hours Roosevelt prepares to address the nation at 9 30 pm EST on the progress of recovery efforts Public scrutiny focused on two general codes of fair competition for oil and wool industries with recovery chief Hugh S Johnson guiding the process
The family and associates of Charles F. Urschel, a $23 million Slick Oil trustee, ready to contact kidnappers themselves amid a second tense night without word. Authorities and Urschel’s relatives pursue a rescue as other abductions disrupt the nation.
The national recovery administration steers the steel industry toward higher wages, a 40 hour week, and a 25 to 49 cent minimum for unskilled workers, with about 500 000 affected and 800 000 employed at peak capacity. Cleveland and Wheeling show high output but overall employment lags prior peaks while United States Steel Corporation payroll nears 1.5 billion dollars in 1932. Also reports engineers in New Mexico assessing flood damage from cloudbursts, notably Gallup and Pena Blanca, with extensive property loss and calls for funds from public works to repair streets and canals.
Fort Worth reporters note Elliott Roosevelt and Elizabeth Brown ing Conner arrived by train for a four day California visit. They stayed at a hotel after Ruth Googins wedding in Burlington Iowa. Roosevelt asked reporters not to request statements as they appeared uncomfortable with the crowds.
AP reports the bodies of A. S. Michael 32 and Geneva Cantrell 19 found roadside. Both shot in the back of the head with the girl dragged to bushes and Michael's body in a nearby ditch. A dented car fender suggests a forced stop, blood on hub cap and seats, and Cantrell had been fingerprinted for vagrancy with a stated Oklahoma home.
Center Texas July 24 AP reports a 26 hour 10 inch rain inundated thousands of acres of bottom land. Rivers ran wild and highways were blocked across Shelby and Panola counties as rescue teams worked to assess damage and assist stranded motorists.
Washington July 24 AP George N Peek chief administrator of the farm act told grain industry representatives to put your own house in order or the government will act The farm administration is displeased with sharp price fluctuations in wheat and other grains and seeks reform It will give industry first chance to stabilize prices but will act before Congress resumes in January to prevent farmers losing their farms and hopes due to high production costs and market instability.
Carlos Lopez, 55, of Albuquerque, was struck by a car driven by Howard Raiz of Belen and died hours later. Police say Raiz was about 15 mph and tried to stop. Lopez unidentified for hours until a police observer recognized him. An inquest will follow autopsy.
Three protests from Detroit San Francisco and Denver against the blanket voluntary wage and hour limits were filed with Hugh S Johnson national recovery administrator. Detroit Retail Merchants argue 48 hour week is best and 46 hours would raise costs. Sweetbriar Shops warn the code would cause hardship to small merchants in agricultural towns and ask Johnson to review to prevent injustice.
A state charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm within Roswell city limits was filed this morning against Capitolia Moffett a negro woman who shot and wounded Horrace Brown last Friday Preliminary hearing set for this afternoon in justice court The filing substitutes for an assault with intent to kill to avoid prosecution costs and potential trial outcomes. Up to three years in the penitentiary await a conviction for discharging a firearm within the city.
(AP) Joeha Gatlin, biological survey leader, was told Vernon Bailey, chief field naturalist and author of Mammals of New Mexico, will retire July 31 after 46 years with the bureau. His wife Florence Merrian Bailey, author of Birds of New Mexico, is also noted. Dr. T. S. Palmer, secretary of the American Ornithologists' Union, will retire at month’s end after 44 years with the bureau.
Milwaukee July 24 AP Roger Touhy and three Chicago gang members were charged in federal warrants with the $100000 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr. a millionare brewer of St Paul Minn The case marks a high profile crime involving a Chicago gang and a wealthy Minnesota beer magnate.
Washington defeated Philadelphia in two games. In the first game Washington scored 5 runs to Philadelphia 2. Burke Russell Berg and Cochrane led for Washington while Grove contributed for Philadelphia. In the second game Washington won 10 to 6 with Crowder Sewell Earnshaw Freitas and Cochrane noted for Philadelphia.
No games on the National League slate today as Phillies batters Cochrane McAfee Higgins Coleman and Foxx all hit home runs in the news. The line highlights Philadelphia players making power hits across the league.
Continued testimony before the county grand jury probes the affairs of First Savings Bank and Trust Company now controlled by the state bank examiner. President J M Raynolds began testifying Saturday and was expected to return today while three former employees testified in the morning and more subpoenaed witnesses waited outside.
Secretary Ickes announced a $19,851,648 package for public works aimed at job creation. It covers 14 post offices in nine states, $6.97 million for post offices, $6 million for the war department to continue work at 23 sites, $5.6 million for soil erosion programs, and $1.555 million to complete flood control dams on Vermont’s Winooski River.
Five masked gunmen raided the Olympic Golf and Country Club in Chicago, terrorizing eighty two guests during a dance. Police and city safety forces joined a manhunt, with reported loot ranging from 2,300 to 44,000 dollars including cash and jewelry. The robbers cut phone lines and escaped after about forty minutes on site.
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