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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
2
The Chaves county registration nears full electors despite a difficult state law and surpasses general election turnout. Quay county also shows registration well above last election’s vote. The piece urges all eligible residents to register, asserting nonregistered voters are unfit to vote.
The article argues New Mexico needs improved farm roads to link farming areas with towns and main highways due to heavy traffic on secondary routes. It notes traffic rivaling main highways and emphasizes constructing more robust farm roads to connect communities and relieve congestion. It also discusses Thanksgiving Day timing and Roosevelt’s proclamation, urging broader national observance.
Workers strip mud from historic items and begin repair after flood debris. Craftsmen assess salvageable pieces and plan restoration efforts, aiming to preserve era details while stabilizing structures for safe display.
A Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing in El Paso approved air mail service from Albuquerque via Roswell Hobbs and Carlsbad to El Paso with rollout within sixty days. The move would shorten transit from Roswell Hobbs Carlsbad to Albuquerque and Santa Fe from two days to a few hours, connecting southeastern New Mexico with national air routes.
Discussion on how both parties court Black voters in New Mexico and nationwide. Notes Roosevelt's appeal to northern Black voters and debates whether a permanent partisan realignment is possible. Mentions Jack Garner’s portrayal by southern whites and the role of Negro leaders in the political landscape amid shifting registration and primary dynamics.
The New Mexico registration figures rise aided by local county clerks. D P Greiner in Chaves counts above 11 000, nearing the estimate with August growth likely to exceed a dozen thousand. In Quay county Carl Faubion extends surveys to country precincts and totals reach 5909 with a warm bye election precedent showing 3421 votes cast last year and a notable share of independents and Republicans.
Governor Miles leads a state wide inquiry into drunken driving arrests since January 1 to uncover any “fixing” or lax penalties. The probe spans judicial districts as average justices of the peace and police courts face scrutiny over biased fines and releases. Officials debate remedies while broader concerns about education and parental judgment on college plans are noted as a possible societal miseducation trend.
The passage notes tourists returning home as school opens around September 5 after Labor Day, with delays from San Francisco and New York fairs affecting travel. It discusses miseducation costs in the United States, estimates of student fitness for college, and views from education commentators about high school as the true university of the people. It also mentions President Roosevelt’s plan to move Thanksgiving earlier to November 23, 1930s context, plus a Confederate Reunion in Trinidad with about 10,000 attendees and limited Civil War survivors.
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