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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
2
Roswell's baseball club faces Roswell Army Flying School team next Sunday afternoon in a benefit game for the recreational fund of the R A F S. The air base squad will feature former college and high school stars and the net proceeds go to the recreation fund. The game at Roswell baseball park starts at three o'clock with admission of 35 cents.
Washington June 2 The War Department urged a compromise to a long stalemate over the military pay bill proposing $40 cash monthly and $10 in bonds for lowest ranking army navy and marine personnel as an alternative to the $50 demanded by the House and $42 approved by the Senate. The plan aims to curb costs while offering a postwar bond option. Senate action and a direct vote on the $42-$50 dispute loom as LaFollette signals a discharge motion despite administration urging delay.
Weather bureau projects the Rio Grande will drop slowly over the next three days from Otowi to San Marcial, with flows between 9 000 and 11 000 second feet. El Vado dam lake falls a fraction, discharging 2 890 second feet and holding about 181 362 acre feet.
New York June 3 Wide World reporting the U S Golf Association plans a strong return with the Hale America Open. Top pros and amateurs will compete in sectional qualifiers this weekend with exhibitions for non qualifiers. Notables absent include Snead Oliver Ward Turnesa Yates Fisher due to service. Corp Jim Turnesa notes hot putting at PGA despite limited practice.
Jack Dunn the third, a good college player and traveling secretary for the Baltimore Orioles, played for Princeton against the soldier team at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. He fouled a ball into the stands a spectator hesitated to return it and a soldier asked for all balls to be returned so they could give them to the Phillies. The fan handed the ball back.
Les Steers, who last year was setting high jump records for the University of Oregon, has moved to the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. He is now helping to break records in building liberty ships, not facing Oregon State College but changing to a different field of competition.
Memphis Commercial Appeal guest star Sam Atcheson offers a witty retort on golf club care, emphasizing that neglect and weathering hasten wear. He warns that poor maintenance accelerates decay, urging owners to practice regular upkeep to preserve equipment and course integrity.
Eddie Collins recounts Tom Yawkey calling from Alaska to check the Red Sox in a ninth inning chase. Yawkey listened to a ball by ball description until Jimmy Foxx struck out with a runner on base, then hung up in disgust and learned two weeks later Cronin hit a game winning homer.
The article notes four motor Navy patrol bombers cost about 700000 dollars each and Scout Bombers about 143000 dollars. It urges readers to buy War Bonds and Stamps, contributing at least ten percent each payday to meet local quotas, as production speeds rise to arm the Navy for Britain.
The Pirates dropped ten straight and 16 of 18 after a 17 to 2 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pete Reiser sparked 20 hits, while Les Webber held Pittsburgh to five. Other NL results saw Si Johnson edge Elmer Riddle in a 1-0 Philly win, and Schumacher, Beazley, Harder, Wynn, and Trucks contributing in various late-season games.
Vernon G. Sorrells price officer for the Office of Price Administration will meet the Roswell Chamber of Commerce from 1 30 to 4 30 tomorrow afternoon to discuss problems under price regulations. A discussion meeting on government regulations will follow at 7 30 tomorrow night in the district courtroom.
Sixteen year old Marilyn Erskine plays Claire Chaffee in the CBS David Harum series. The Suny haired actress has been broadcasting since age two and a half, starting at a Buffalo station, drawing many admirers.
The Associated Press reports baseball results with the Brooklyn 17 to 2 over Pittsburgh, Philadelphia 1 to 0 over Cincinnati, New York 5 to 1 over Chicago, and Boston 3 to 4 against St Louis in a night game.
American League Cleveland beat Boston 7 to 2 while Detroit defeated Philadelphia 3 to 0. St Louis led Washington 1 to 0 in a nite game and Chicago at New York was postponed.
American Association games show Kansas City 2 Toledo 1, St Paul 3 Louisville 4, Minneapolis 5 Milwaukee 7, Columbus 3. Inaganapolis 3-4, St Paul 1-3, Louisville 5-4, Minneapolis 4-5.
In the International League, Syracuse beat Montreal 4 to 2 while Montreal won 4 to 2 in the other game. All remaining games were postponed, shaping a light schedule and signaling shifting league momentum.
In the Pacific Coast League Sacramento defeated Seattle 5 to 0 while Portland beat San Diego 2 to 1. San Francisco hosted Hollywood in the remaining scheduled game with a result not listed.
In baseball action the Birmingham team defeated Nashville 4 to 2 while Little Rock edged Chattanooga 3 to 2 and Memphis beat Atlanta 4 to 3. New Orleans at Knoxville was postponed.
Tulsa defeated Beaumont 6 to 4 while Shreveport beat Oklahoma City 3 to 2. Houston crushed Fort Worth 4 to 0 and San Antonio edged Dallas 8 to 7 in a set of Texas League results.
Regional scores show Pampa Amarillo Lamesa and Albuquerque edging Lubbock with tight results. Notable performances include Hawkins Riordan Waren Landreth and others for UVO and several strong pitching efforts. Clovis and Big Spring games yielded lopsided endings as Bohnen Janicki Evans and Brown contributed.
Standings by the Associated Press list Williams of Boston leading in runs with 46 and in RBIs with 56. Spence of Washington tops hits with 65 and triples with 7. Kolloway of Chicago and Higgins of Detroit share doubles with 15. Kuhel of Chicago leads in stolen bases. Bonham of New York tops pitching with Z.
Speen Phelps of Pittsburg Mic. leads in runs with Ott of New York 36. Mize of New York has 58 RBIs. Fernandez of Boston and Reiser of Brooklyn tie for hits with 53. Reiser also has 16 doubles. Slaughter of St. Louis has 5 triples. Camilli of Brooklyn leads in home runs. Miller of Boston has 8 stolen bases. Pitching leader French of Brooklyn at 4-0.
Australia’s prime minister John Curtin bluntly challenged Japan to attempt an invasion and declared that with American reinforcements the enemy faces its southerly limits. Across China, Chiang Kai-Shek reports Japanese drives near Chuhsien and Hankow setbacks as Tokyo aims to seize rail links, while in Australia Allied fliers continue raids on bases north of the continent and the Port Moresby area.
Hagerman mourns long time resident Tom Lattion who died Friday after extended illness. Unmarried, he lived with his sister Mrs Jacques Mich elet. Funeral services were held Saturday under Mason Funeral Home with Shade Lawn interment. Survived by four sisters a brother nephews and nieces and grandnephews and grandnieces.
NEW YORK June 3 Pvt Billy Conn remains in Governors Island hospital though the cast is off his left hand fractured in a kitchen quarrel with his father in law James Smith of Pittsburgh. CAMF WHEELER Ga June 7 Private Ralph Babe Ellis says his 15 home runs 13 doubles and three triples in 71 trips are aided by shifting tobacco from right to left jaw as he swings. He bats left handed.
The 1942 Miami Hurricanes football squad loses players to draft and enlistments but coach Harding expects at least 21 to return. These players have been accepted for officer training, allowing them to finish their college education before active duty begins.
Sidelights discuss pressure on Congressman Clint Anderson and colleagues over fire protection adequacy. The piece argues that lacking safeguards could bring hard luck if a fire occurs, condemning the handling of rubber conservation due to a lack of common sense.
A Oklahoma election dispute blocks farmer Josh Lee Barredt from filing for the state upper house. Senator Josh Lee protests, Congress defers to Oklahoma authorities. Oklahoma’s law aimed at high profile name filings, tied to Will Rogers, blocks the candidate. Many Sooners in New Mexico watch the fallout.
R G Bryant of Portales Roosevelt County emerges as a forceful figure in New Mexico politics. He opposed the state capitol extension, helped block the law as unconstitutional, and became a longtime belligerent defender of local interests. His influence is celebrated by supporters and noted for shaping postwar policy in the region.
T. T. McCasland, peanut king of Fortales, estimates 10 000 acres of ground-peas in Roosevelt county and predicts 5 000 000 acres planted nationally this year as seed administrator. Goober shipments move from the frozen stock to adaptable soils as labor issues persist, with white collar workers failing to adapt to farm work across states.
Promoters in Camden report the Garden State track is near the end of construction with a July 18 opening planned for a $1,500,000 park. They cite ideal weather, ongoing talks for special train and bus service, and wartime transport constraints as key factors affecting the 49 day meet. Church prayers for rain failed to halt progress as officials await government clearance and customer turnout.
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