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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1952
Page
2
Argentina holds a massive public viewing of Eva Peron after her death Saturday night. President Peron delays the funeral and extends all viewing time to allow all mourners to see the first lady, with crowds paralyzed city life and government urging quiet.
The Treasury for the first time in over two decades offers two percent interest on one-year certificates. It swapped $2.416 trillion in two series of 11 month notes bearing 8 per cent to meet demand in a tight money market. The move follows a shift in Federal Reserve policy to curb inflation, reducing purchases of government securities and keeping funds scarce for loans and investments.
Francis M. Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Russell of Roswell Route 2, was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for outstanding duty with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. He also earned the Korean Service Ribbon with one campaign star as a tanker with Tank Company, 17th Infantry Regiment. Russell arrived in Korea last May after enlisting in January 1951.
District Judge George T Harris delayed condemnation proceedings for a county road on Caprock after ruling property owners were improperly served. Assistant District Attorney Paul Snead said new service would be sought to proceed soon. The case involves Mrs Adam Zimmerman and the state highway project No SP FAS-108.
Bakersfield residents endure a string of earthquakes with county offices operating on vacant lots and the courthouse feared to collapse. General Hospital sections shut, homes burned, and hundreds camped outside after tremors on Tuesday. An exodus of frightened locals is underway.
Julius Madkin of Los Angeles recalled stashing two fifty dollar bills in an old telephone directory. He traded older directories for a new Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company volume, then spent hours sorting through about ten thousand directories before locating the money.
New Mexico opposition to a 127 million dollar pipeline from the San Juan Basin to the Pacific Northwest was filed with the Federal Power Commission. L W Leibrand of the Public Service Commission and officials from OCC urge more information before intervening as hearings are set for August.
Homer Youngblood Jr., a farmer living several miles west of Lovington, escaped injury yesterday when his light airplane struck a post and crashed during takeoff three miles west of town. The incident occurred in an open field near the airstrip with no other injuries reported.
Command says use of military personnel allowed continued operations on a limited basis. Korean longshoremen averaging 50 cents daily demand 1 40 per day, signaling wage dispute affecting dock work and supply chains.
Robert A. Vogeler, a trustee of Peekskill Military Academy, said he will not lecture on techniques of espionage if a fall course is offered. He spent 17 months in a Hungarian prison as an accused spy and stated the idea was never discussed with him.
In Albuquerque reported by M. F. Miera chairman of the Employment Security Commission, New Mexico reached a new non-farm employment peak of 167 460 persons on June 15. The prior record was 164 000 in May with gains mainly in transportation and utilities as buses resumed service after strikes and gas companies expanded facilities.
Santa Fe area news reports that the attorney general’s office says issuing a weekly debtor list by a collection agency does not violate the 1951 law. The rule bans public posting of a dead beat list for debt collection, but the opinion notes the listing to subscribers does not constitute forced collection.
At Drug Stores everywhere. In Roswell, at Platt and Pecos Valley Drugs.
R. Paul Huggins, vice president of Western Gulf Oil Co, in charge of California operations, was named a vice president of Gulf Oil Corp and the Gulf Refining Co yesterday to oversee crude oil purchasing. He succeeds in expanding Gulf’s procurement leadership.
In East Germany the Free German Youth greet each other as friends while still in blue shirts. When they mature into full party members they switch to calling one another comrade. This evolving salute marks a rite of passage within the communist youth organization.
A self styled mountain and village corps of Communists invaded a field camp near Tokyo to present lantern slides. A brawl erupted with about 50 construction workers leaving several laborers seriously injured. Kyodo News Agency reports 17 Reds tangled with workers and nine Communists were arrested.
In Pusan Korea 1500 Korean stevedores remain on strike into a second day as U S and South Korean forces unload military cargo from ships at the busy port. Army Second Logistic Support and allied troops guard the activity amid tensions over the stoppage.
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