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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
2
In London today Milo M Thompson describes shopping in a postwar city district. He notes crowded shops with varied foods, rationing only for meat and offals, and plentiful bakery goods and teas. The piece contrasts prewar prices with current conditions and highlights daily life in England.
Directors of the Chaves County Building and Loan Association declared the regular semi annual dividend for the last six months of 1940. The 4 percent annual earnings will be payable January 1 to all investors. The association has paid such dividends since 1920, totaling $236,633.97 to stockholders. President Will C. Lawrence noted the year’s strong performance and many new friendships with investors and borrowers. All accounts up to $5,000 are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Senator Don Dickason of Albuquerque said he will introduce legislation to move New Mexico’s primary to July and to handle primary contests through courts rather than county commissioners. He also plans to refile a nonpartisan judges amendment and a ban on lawmakers working state jobs during office. Dickason opposes moving to a state convention delegate system, praising the existing primary as preferable and noting it reduces machine control.
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