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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1934

Page

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Grand Jury Slams Gallup Liquor Ring Targeting Navajos

Albuquerque AP report states 116 true bills and 36 no bills were returned after a five day session. The jury condemned Gallup liquor sales to Navajo Indians by minors, naming Green Front Saloon run by Alfred Jaramillo and Remigio Mirabal. It urged revocation of licenses and stricter controls, noting 139 cases involving 194 defendants, with 27 indicted already jailed.

Albuquerque Federal Grand Jury Gallup Green Front Viollatins Grand Jury West 66Th Avenue Alfred Jaramillo Remigio Mirabal Salocen Liquor Board Santa Fe Gallo

Douglas Quits As Director Of The Budget

President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Lewis W. Douglas as director of the budget and named Daniel W. Bell acting director. The move follows disagreements over unemployment relief and drought aid costs, with Douglas opposing expanding Public Works and larger outlays while Roosevelt presses relief plans amid looming textile labor actions.

Douglas Hyde Park Roosevelt Lewis Douglas Daniel W. Bell N. Y Lewis W. Douglas Douglass Sveral Congress Arizona Public Works Administration Harry L. Hopkins Rexford G. Tugwell Hopkins Tuswell White House

Soviet Derby at Moscow Opens with Government Owned Horses

Report describes a 36 race Moscow meet with horses owned by the state and entered by army units and collective farms. It notes half the races are run and half trot, and mentions David Harum would have liked the ribbons. The writer plans to test Russia’s commercial aviation next, flying toward the Black Sea via Ukraine and the Caucasus.

Moscow David Harum Russia Ukraine Caucasuas Black Sea

Turner speeds toward record in transcontinental flight

Col Roscoe Turner, veteran speed pilot, resumed his bid to best his transcontinental record after a delay. He lifted his monoplane at Burbank at 3:03 a m PST aiming to average 300 miles an hour over 2465 miles to New York, with speeds cited at 330 mph.

Albuquerque N. M Burbank Calif Roscoe Turner Turner Union Air Terminal New York

State tennis tourney gets under way here

The New Mexico state tennis tournament opens in Roswell with seeding set at the annual New Mexico Tennis Association meeting held at the Gilkeson Hotel. Albuquerque will host next year with alternating sites, while officers E L Blumenschein and Gladys Bass begin new terms. Top seeds include Bill Byrd in men's singles and Aurelia Phillips in women's singles, with morning results listing multiple close matches across divisions.

Roswell New Mexico Tennis Association Gilkeson Hotel Albuquerque E. L. Blumenschein Taos Gladys Bass Dick Crawford Bill Byrd San Antonio New Mexico Aurelia Phillips Louis Kahn el Paso Dick Bean Wray Jonz Shay Shea Charles Berningham Perry Bean May Pelle’ Long Mary Caroline Whitmer Helen Blumenschein Perry Pean John Beatty Darrell Hudson Phoenix Rickie Feuille FE Paso Wilson Chapman Marty Burkstailer Burnett Mason Shields Haugart Kirkwood John Rhea Jim Fanning W. W. Schreffler Tommie Blanco Robbie Putcher Carlsbad J. C. Dunlap Joe Adams Stella Maye Lanham Midland Texas Frances Cordon

Labor Day Message from Frances Perkins Highlights Reforms

Labor Day message from Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins notes that welfare programs are essential for recovery and industrial management. It states that most March 1933 recommendations are in effect and many reforms should be made permanent within Democratic procedure and the federal state system. It emphasizes surveying unemployment insurance to outline full economic security.

Frances Perkins Associated Press Labor Department

W C Davidson Died Sudden in California

W C Davidson known as Bill Davidson died suddenly this morning in San Gabriel California after moving to a lower altitude per his doctor. He left Roswell as a noted highway engineer who served as state highway engineer from 1927 to 1931 and later became a respected consultant. He was 53 and survived by his wife Doris Parsons and two children Billy and Ralph. Funeral details in Roswell are not yet announced.

Phoenix Davidson W. ©. Davidson Bill” Davidson Roswell Doris Parsons Ralph M. Parsons Parsons Billy Ralph Davidson Mr. Davidson Grant City University of Missouri R. C. Dillon

BASEBALL TODAY'S SCORES FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

American League games produced a seventh inning spread with Boston defeating Philadelphia 7 to 8 in a nine inning contest. Washington trailed New York 5 to 1 after seven but rallied for a 5 to 1 win. Chicago and St. Louis matched a 2 to 3 result after a tense early frame. Detroit edged Cleveland 1 to 2 as pitching held firm through the late innings. New York defeated Brooklyn 4 to 3 in a tight 10 inning finish. St Louis beat Chicago 4 to 2 in a decisive late surge. List of batters and pitchers shows multiple contributors across games.

Highways 10 Value Million to Be Let Sept 14

Santa Fe AP reports bids for about a million dollars in highway work to be opened Sept 14. Projects include US 79 surfacing near Clovis Portales, railroad underpass substructure in Tucumcari, widening in Albuquerque, surfacing in Clayton Kenville Union County, and bituminous and cement paving along various state roads in Bernalillo Dona Ana Sandoval Colfax Harding Socorro and other counties. Roswell Chamber seeks six mile west Roswell work. reply from State Highway Dept says it will be included in later September letting.

Santa Fe Highway Commission Curry County U. S Clovis Portales State Connection Quay County Tucumecr Bernalillo County Albuquerque Clayton Kenville Union County Dona Ana Lag Cruces Alamogordo Bernalillo Laguna Valencia San Juan County Aztec Cedar Hill Socorro Magdalena Colfax Harding Couties Springer and Mosquero Sandoval County Cuba la Ventana Roswell

The Warmest August Ever in Roswell

Roswell recorded its warmest August with an average of 80.4 degrees, surpassing the 1926 high of 79.6. July also set a heat record at 82.6, while the first three weeks of August averaged 82.8, marking sixteen straight months above normal.

Auto Accident West of Here Last Night

A car left the road two miles west of the Riverside Camp thirty five miles west of Roswell at 6 30 PM injuring five occupants. Mrs W D Smith of Elkins suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries and was taken to St Marys hospital with Mrs H L Trontner and her daughter.

Riverside Camp Roswell W. D. Smith Elkins H. L. Trontner St. Mary’s Hospital

Republicans 10 Meet Santa Fe on Sept 24th

Santa Fe September 1 AP Mon day Sept 24 Republican nominating convention will be held at Santa Fe opening at 10 o'clock that morning. The executive committee fixed time and place and apportioned delegates at 878 total with one delegate per 75 votes for R C Dillon in 1928. County apportionment listed for numerous counties. The public is invited to Republican headquarters and committee members will assist visitors. Meeting at Santa Fe to select temporary chairman and keynoter on Sept 23.

Santa Fe State Central Committee R. C. Dillon Berralillo Catron Chaves Colfax Curry DeBaca Dona Ana Foldy Grant Guadalupe Harding Hidalgo Lea Linecoln Luna McKinley Mora Otero Quay Rio Arriba Roosevelt Sandoval San Juan San Miguel Sierra Socorro Taos Torrance Union Valencia P. L. Rapkoch Ucino P. H. Hill, Sr Espanola H. S. Murdock Springer Joe Tondre Los Lunas Otto Smith Clovis George Craig Albuquerque Lorenzo Delgado Las Vegas Prager Miller Roswell Lorenzo Armijo Hot Springs Tito Melendez Holman Jose D. Sena Rapkoch Republican

Carlsbad approves Pecos River dam plan near Alamogordo

Carlsbad New Mexico voters approve a $2,000,000 dam and reservoir project on Alamogordo creek to supplement Lake McMillian and Lake Avalon. The measure passed 313 to 24, reflecting strong local support for irrigation improvements along the Pecos River 200 miles north of Carlsbad.

Carlsbad N. M Carlsbad Irrigation Project Alamogordo Creek Pecos River

Road conditions from Roswell to Vaughn reported

Will Robinson arrived from Vaughn reporting a very wet road from Ramon, about 70 miles north, to about 40 miles north. He left Vaughn at noon and reached here about eight. A draw near Wire Lake flooded the highway delaying a dozen cars as heavy rain and some hail fell.

Will Robinson Vaughn Ramon Wire Lake

Complete Refinancing Roswell Drainage District

A wire from Walden Bassett in Kansas City as a Roswell Drainage District representative states the refinancing of the district with the RFC is complete and he will return home tomorrow. He carries old bonds while new bonds have been issued. The update notes Hagerman and Dexter Greenfield districts will close refinancing by Tuesday under E C Gessert, who will return home then.

Liquor Control Board New Mexico Gallup Interior Albert Vohs Clovis Walden Bassett Kansas City Roswell RFC Hagerman Dexter- Greenfield E. C. Gessert

Neumann Announces Democratic Candidacy for Congress

Carlsbad New Mexico September 1 AP E K Neumann attorney general announced his bid for congress on the Democratic ticket. He closes his fourth year as attorney general after helping defend the Colorado river compact with Colorado and Utah lawyers and winning most cases on emergency legislative measures including severance tax and referendum. He also chairs the State Motor Patrol commission and serves on the state liquor board and interstate river commissioner.

Carlebad N. M E. K. Neumann Neumann Colorado Utah Nuemann State Motor Patrol Commission State Liquor Board

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W. J. Barker Liquor Place Pereent Silver City Las Cruces No” Bille Apse Eee National Labor Board Washington Lloyd Garrison Garrison Thomas McMahon United Textile Workers Emil Rieve American Federation of Fall Fashioned Francis J. Gorman The United Textiles Workers Gorman George A. Sloan Cotton Textile Institute National Labor Relation Board National Labor Relations Board She Federal Emergency Relief Administration Labor Board Henry I. Harriman Chamber of Commerce of the United States Fea Col. Turner Speedy Flier Sec. of Labor W. C. Davidson California San Gabriel Associated Presse American League Boston Philadelphia Welch Grove & R. Ferrell Wilshere Mahaffey, Marcum & Berry H B New Yorki Stewart & Bolton Deshong van Atta MacFayden Jorgens Chicago St. Louis Earnshaw & Madjeski Knott & Grube Detroit Cleveland Bridges & Cochrane Hildebrand & Berg RHE Brooklyn Schumacher & Mancuso Leonard Babich Munns Lopez Hallahan &Delancey Lee, Root, Joiner & Hartnett O'Farrell Ruth Verger Moore McNair Pha Collins Delancey Foxx Averill Cleve Pecos Valley Chamber of Commerce State Highway Department G. de Macy Here Hesses
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