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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1939
Page
2
A party from Koswell visits Fort Sumner Vaughn and other points north on a goodwill tour to foster neighborly relations with Roswell. Participants sacrifice time but welcome meeting people in the regions visited, a promising venture with expected positive results.
A public gathering on the courthouse steps will celebrate the completion of the new highway linking Roswell and Hobbs with surrounding communities. The festive street dance invites all residents to express joy at this eastern New Mexico milestone and its regional significance.
A devotional reflection on knowing Christ beyond doctrinal knowledge. It urges experiential faith, presenting Christ as Savior Redeemer Guide comfort and strength in temptation. Paul’s prayer is illustrated by the claim that Christ now lives in the believer.
A national alarm on preventable fires cites 80 percent avoidable blazes and urges individual responsibility. The piece links carelessness from cigarette ends to unattended camps as the core causes, urging a broad prevention campaign and personal action to curb future fires. It also references local disputes over parking policy and city commission decisions in Clovis and Portales, noting tourist patterns and local governance.
In Tucumcari Congressman Jack Dempsey says a 2.5 million dollar fund for the Arch Hurley irrigation project will be restored and work will resume. The banquet at Tuke signals about 40,000 acres to be reclaimed, with sedimentation not a major issue. CCC camps support hundreds of boys, though the system limits real work, and their good will continues at Lake Arthur and Carrizozo. A Coronado Cuarto Centennial project funds museums, including a permanent Portales Junior College campus museum, boosting regional tourism and long term cultural benefits.
Announcement favors keeping the present David Hill route on the Mosquero Logan road. The long steep incline remains, seen as a striking roadway in the state. Government plans keep the line from Logan to the hill foot, with the state handling the rest. The 2.10 mile hill is praised for its majesty especially in evening or snow.
The big desert CCC plant at Carrizozo will be torn down and rebuilt at Tokay about twenty miles south of Socorro. Two camps remain on the west side of the mountains, with Tularosa and a camp near Corona still active. Lake Arthur shifts to Carlsbad terrain reducing Pecos valley camps to three between Cottonwood, Bitter Creek, and Eddy county.
The plan reroutes from Andrews Texas via Eunice to connect with Highway 62 at the Half Way House, shortening travel to Carlsbad Caverns. Officials expect a thorough survey, with highway department estimates to follow. Construction is not planned this year, but 1940 is near.
East-siders watch Las Vegas gambling move toward nickel-snatching machines and open gambling in Old Town with interest. They expect Judge Irving Moise to consolidate evidence and potentially deliver a pivotal shakeup, as primitive Las Vegas has never fully quit gambling since prohibition. The Santa Rosa judge is feared to be a firm magistrate.
Museums for the Duarto region stand as one of the few venues where the east side of the state will attend a discussion about a quarter million investment. Local officials and cultural groups push for funding and a shared plan to boost regional heritage projects.
Portales reports a new student residence system ahead of fall term at the Junior College. Housing director Mrs J Frank Potts inspects each lodging to ensure strict standards before students register. Approved residences face monthly checks under a code by The North Central Association of Colleges.145 lodging places passed preliminary tests signaling progress.
Clovis city commission has abandoned its plan to install parking meters as provided in a recently passed ordinance. The decision ends the effort to implement meters in city streets, avoiding anticipated enforcement and revenue changes.
Cotton acreage planted for pure seed hit a new high with 3,065 acres applying for inspection, up from 2,217 acres last year. New Mexico State College and U S Field Station partner with the New Mexico Crop Improvement Assn to supply foundation seed.
Gallup New Mexico August report says Navajo facing starvation this winter due to severe drought. Reservation superintendent E R Fryer plans to ask Washington for federal relief. Fryer departed for the capital, describing the Navajo plight as desperate as rains remain unusually scarce in Arizona. Hopi priests in Mis hcengonovi prepare a snake dance for rain tomorrow.
Father Divine, a Negro cult leader, sought to buy the 700 acre Vanderbilt estate at Hyde Park near the president’s ancestral home. He offered Mrs. James Laurens Van Alen of Newport $80,000. Once valued at $500,000, the deal collapsed.
A survey by the New Mexico State Employment Service in Quay Roosevelt and Curry counties seeks to count workers for broom corn harvest starting about September 1. J A Tadlock says harvest prep is underway and registration at local employment offices is advised to learn job details and work duration.
A health note promotes Mentholatum as a quick remedy for nose dryness and irritation from dust. It claims it soothes mucous membranes and eases breathing. The product is advertised for sunburn windburn and cracked lips and offered in jars or tubes for 30 cents at drug counters.
In Philadelphia the state boxing commission recorded forfeits of 1000 dollars each by Lou Nova of Los Angeles and Tony Galento of Orange New Jersey to insure their 15 round heavyweight bout set for September 7. The scene includes Nova, George Jones, Leon Rains, Galento, Ray Carlen, Mike Jacobs, Herman Taylor, and Joe Jacobs in attendance.
A local eatery advertises licious fried chicken dinner with phone contact 1267 to place orders and have meals ready upon arrival.
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