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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1941
Page
7
Rasong Beckwith argues that desertions rise due to expanded wartime Navy enlistment and lower standards. He credits past selective recruiting for near zero desertions and blames discipline gaps, family stress, and inherited patterns of shirking for current losses. He contends human nature, not service, drives desertions.
Play boy heir Tommy Manville announces plans to marry Beverly Paterno as his fifth wife. She seeks divorce from Joseph P. Paterno before the wedding and Manville intends to adopt Paterno's four year old son Joseph Jr. and name him heir to the asbestos fortune.
In Santa Fe the American Credit Association representatives study the Fed plan to curb installment credit with an 18 month limit and down payments. Marriner Eccles proposal calls for 20 percent down on large purchases and variable terms on household goods. Col lier cites 84 percent of major New Mexico sales on installments and argues limits could cripple dealers and hurt employment, while supporting legitimate anti inflation aims.
Notice announces Sinclair Station at 2nd and Virginia now under new management offering wash and grease jobs and a promotion about Golden Sweet Cantaloupes from Anderson's Gardens Adv.
Washington reports unified tank control will push U S and British defense programs to boost tank output to exceed 1 billion dollars yearly. Britain expects more tanks for combat use as American production ramps up. Roosevelt and Byrd clash over defense figures while plans include 10 000 tanks overall and 3200 medium and light tanks for four armored divisions. A tank pool and OPM integration under Lt Col Christmas are established. Jones announces four pig iron plants to aid defense, with Birmingham set to start in six months and others in 10 to 15 months.
Classified notice promoting home grown Golden Bantam sweet corn with contact to phone classified listing No 11.
Miss Beverly Nell Brookshier of Roswell won the Miss New Mexico crown in the state Miss America final at Yucca theatre. She will travel to Atlantic City to represent New Mexico in Miss America from Sept 1 to 7, with expenses paid. Runner up was Miss Clay Jernigan of Clovis. third Marjorie Adams of Roswell. fourth Mamie Destree of Roswell. fifth Toby Sadler of Dexter.
MOSCOW August 23 Lieut Gen F N Mason Mac Farland head of the British military mission here sat that the Red army had launched a counter offensive in the Smolensk area. He watched a Soviet division drive Germans back nine miles and seize artillery batteries and noted more Soviet planes in the air than German.
Keen Rafferty, former associate editor of the Baltimore Evening Sun and recent Eastern New Mexico College faculty member, becomes Director of Extension and Public Relations at New Mexico Highlands University. He will oversee new releases, extension classes, teacher placement, and public relations as Highlands advances a 100000 dollar aviation and defense training program under Smith Hughes NYA and National Defense plans.
Promoter Mike Jacobs said the Joe LouisLou Nova heavyweight title bout would be moved from September 19 to September 29 at Louis requests. Louis managers cited peak condition concerns and notes about golf and a Chicago divorce. Nova camp called the delay a run-out tactic and criticized the change as unfounded.
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