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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1939
Page
3
Washington July 24. The 1940 census will have easier name collection with no national prohibition law. Prohibition era hid many names while census takers faced distrust and reluctance. The tale recalls odd names and a Philadelphian who insisted his name was No Name tied to the Bible.
A notice offers a night phone line to request a copy of The Record by calling. It states the office stays open until 7 30 p m every weekday and on holidays, with Sundays closed.
New York July 2 Tony Galento rides a wave of earnings and attention after nearly trading blows with Joe Louis. He and manager Yus sel Jacobs tour venues for roughly $1,000 per appearance plus expenses as he trains for a September 7 bout with Lou Nova in Philadelphia. The crowd adores his fearless style and playful bow between rounds.
Louis E. Fay Jr reports from Strugton Bay Wisconsin that fishing remains good. He caught the largest Northern pike seen there in several years, presenting a notable catch for the season.
Pastor and Louis agreed to a 20 round heavyweight title bout in Detroit on September 20. Joe Louis will defend his crown in his hometown after both sides signed the contract in Detroit in front of Michigan boxing commission member John J. Heltche.
The New Mexico bureau reports June was dry and windy hindering predatory animal and rodent control. Heavy hail damaged traps. a terrier named Smart died after ingesting poison, prompting more trap purchases. Funding outlook for 1940 is uncertain with possible federal increases but state budgets tight. Some counties set up funds under the Taylor Grazing Act to expand work statewide.
July 24 report on American pure-bred dogs matching world standards. Morris and Essex show with 4,56 dogs and 80 breeds. American-bred dogs win best of breed about 60 times. American dogs excel abroad in Germany France and Britain. quarantine hinders sending show specimens to England.
Pete Smith of the MGM Pete Smith Specialties demonstrates duck carving to M. O. Cullen, the nation’s top meat carving expert. The gag lands when Cullen’s heart breaks, a lighthearted scene from the film Cvo nary Carving.
Extension Service launches a state led marketing program to aid cattle and sheep producers. An inventory blank captures class age breed owner contact and sale timing. County agents mail blanks, compile summaries, and share state data with buyers and producers while monthly updates track market movement until peak cattle movement ends.
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania William Hallman suffered a fractured knee and his wife three cracked ribs when their car struck a tree. Their three year old grandson was bruised. The tree was covered with poison ivy and all occupants contracted it.
In Falls City Nebraska a junior baseball outfielder named Elza Kuhl attempted to field a long hit. He toppled losing balance and his cap as the ball rolled away. After a quick recovery he searched for the ball then retrieved his cap and completed the play.
A door and a scanty couple will wed aboard a tank of cherry juice during the Sturgeon Bay cherry festival. Circuit Judge Henry Graass of Green Bay will perform the ceremony as a feature of the festival events.
Columbus, Ind. county auditor Leonard R. Thayer had the office safe combination painted on its side. WPA workers cleaning the courthouse scrubbed the safe and wiped out the inscription, leaving Thayer unable to open the safe.
A Dallas woman testified before Judge Paine L. Bush that she had lived in her trailer for over five years and requested a divorce saying she had had all she could stand. The court granted the divorce.
Miss H. E. Day faced Municipal Judge James Sheehan in Council Bluffs Iowa on overtime parking. She claimed she was shopping for a hat and did not intend to buy one. The judge fined her one dollar plus costs, suspended.
Needham Massachusetts July 22 thief steals an oil burner from a home and leaves the valve open causing 250 gallons to spill. The next night a thief returns to steal another oil burner and the kitchen range, but shuts the valve to avoid further spills.
Governor Arthur H. James orders the attorney general to investigate the shooting of 14 year old Joan Stevens by a Pennsylvania state trooper after her mother Mrs. John Stevens appealed for help. The trooper said the girl presented a gun but it was later found to be a toy.
State troopers rescued Mrs. Bernice Beckwith of Northampton Massachusetts after being abducted by James J Kehoe her ex husband who she divorced six years ago Kehoe was captured in New Salem Massachusetts about twenty miles from her home Mrs Beckwith is shown with her present husband Cyril Beckwith after her return
Col. F. C. Harrington, national Works Progress Administrator, presses in Washington as he acknowledges a growing protest against congressional action increasing WPA skilled labor hours without higher pay. He notes the movement is spreading but not rapidly.
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