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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1939
Page
2
A fragmented discussion on poverty, health, and etiquette, praising courtesy, civility, and polite conduct as essential social lubricants. It notes the value of kind words, restraint, and consideration in work and personal interactions and reflects on wages and record-keeping in want ads.
The piece centers on man’s pursuit of God and God’s ample response. It asserts that when man seeks God or calls, God meets him or answers with faithful love. Dwelling in the secret place of the Most High yields protection under the Almighty’s shadow.
The Roswell chamber of commerce is praised as the driver of steady progress. Community members unite to fund and guide a wide range of initiatives from marketing and highways to flood control and timber conservation, yielding more inquiries, construction, and a brighter economy.
Hobbs faces significant difficulties as a state audit is conducted, creating pressure and uncertainty around his finances and administrative decisions. The article notes mounting scrutiny and potential implications for his governance and public support.
Mayor J Ross Walker submitted his resignation as Hobbs mayor though not yet acted upon. The deputy auditor removed the city treasurer for a $524 short and charges against council members totaling $3009 for questionable payments. The city faces delayed audit reports, mandamus clashes with the state auditors, and anxiety over oil price cuts and potential shutdowns affecting New Mexico revenues and school funding.
The piece argues US maneuvers are modest beside European drills and notes Americans fear a gap in defensive forces. It asserts air attacks against the US would fail and emphasizes continued, though growing, national defense expenditures to deter any threat to American freedom.
The piece argues against the proposed constitutional amendment on Sept 16 to authorize up to 200 million dollars in debt, predicting 400 per capita burden and loss of public input. It criticizes the educational lobby and questions the New Mexico Educational Association being used as a political tool.
The annual N M E A convention will convene in Albuquerque on October 26 with nearly all state teachers expected to attend though no legal right to direct exists. Enclosures are being prepared to urge each teacher to support the constitutional amendment submission. The lobby’s influence may shape impressions if attendance or support is rumored.
The passage argues that voters in New Mexico and the state tax payers should remember their rights and resist attempts to pressure teachers. It says even a large voting bloc would not be swayed by coercive measures and urges teachers to vote as they choose without influence to deny participation.
Just over a month remains for the final moratorium on delinquent 1938 taxes. Pay by September 31 at 5 pm to avoid interest or penalties, with only usual half year charges. The exemption applies to all, aiding lands with issued tax certificates not yet deeded. If back taxes exist, paying now saves a substantial amount, as future generosity is uncertain.
A state board of liquor control plans a pint a month bring-in limit for those traveling to buy whiskey in foreign states or towns. Critics doubt constitutionality as an interstate commerce issue, but locals see little saving against buying from local dealers who pay taxes and employ people. Enforcement remains uncertain, but offenders may be starved of demand. Wise shoppers may drop whiskey when visiting El Paso.
The piece argues that sacred value is not tied to money, stating that all beings are equally sacred to the Creator. It emphasizes humility and the equal worth of every person, from a baby to a senator, as humans made of flesh, bone, blood, and skin.
Leon H. Harms, secretary manager of the State Fair, ordered 3,750 ribbons in bright colors for winners in live stock, agriculture, county and other exhibits at the 1939 fair opening September 24. The total is likely the largest ever from New Mexico, about double last year’s due to the addition of the Junior Fair with 4 H and scouts entering fat calves, sheep, swine, crafts and foods, plus new senior division competitions in art and philatelic displays.
Dr Harvey Dillon superintendent of the Louisiana Training Institute is named in the Ouachita parish grand jury indictment for embezzlement. He faces charges for taking items including livestock such as two sows and goats, multiple hay bales, feeds, gear, and miscellaneous goods as part of a broad corruption probe.
C V Hemphill cites a 1938 act amendment allowing New Mexico wheat growers to market all wheat within their acreage allotment without penalty, aligning wheat with cotton quota rules. Cotton quotas are active, while 1939 wheat quotas are not. New Mexico is outside the Commercial Corn Area. A separate notice discusses a Lafayette Indiana case in Chicago where Janet Middleton financed Howard Shaw's $10,000 honeymoon, claiming love as motive.
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