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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
3
Victoria visited a major English city where four thousand children sang on a platform. The next day the queen sent a telegram to the mayor asking if the children all got home safely, a line that resonates with universal parental concern.
The Federal Power Commission said New Mexico has the highest average bills for 12 typical services, with Arizona Arkansas New York Rhode Island and Wyoming also high. The commission noted that average household electricity bills have fallen 11.7 to 15.4 percent over the last four years amid survey results.
The text notes that rates were 4 to 20 percent higher than private power in communities under 2500 residents, but 2 to 33 percent lower in communities over 2500, showing size-based tariff differences.
Washington dispatch reports the wage hour administration will streamline its structure by cutting regions from 17 to 15. New Mexico shifts from Denver to the Dallas region, which also oversees Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas, with Dallas as headquarters.
Col. Ernest O. Thompson of Austin Texas accepted to be chief speaker at New Mexico's Jackson Day dinner set for January 8 in Albuquerque. Thompson is Texas state railroad commissioner and chairman of the interstate oil compact commission. Ralph Trigg, Jackson Day chair, said Governor Miles will also speak as reservations exceed 100.
Mrs. Clara Cary Murphy died in Albuquerque after attending the funeral of Mrs. Annie Vaught. She was stricken with a heart attack while entering a taxi following the funeral. She was a life member of the Daughters of the American Revolution at El Paso Texas.
The Santa Fe Railway System announced November operating income of 1,874,599 dollars, down 369,779 dollars from the prior period. President Edward J. Engel released the statement detailing the decline and summarizing factors affecting revenue.
Gross for the System was $13,713,125, down $56,593 or 0.4 percent from November 1938. Operating expenses rose to $10,615,027, up $368,028 or 3.6 percent year over year. Railway tax accruals totaled $1,328,077, a decrease of $1,115.
Edgar C. Thrupp of the Engineering Institute of Canada predicts 1940 will bring the most destructive earthquakes of the 20th century. He cites Anatolia’s quake as validation and flags July 20 to August 5 and October 20 to November 10 as periods of heightened risk.
James Wheeler-Hill, secretary of the German American Bund, was arrested in New York on an indictment charging perjury in the second degree. The three counts cite 15 alleged contradictions Wheeler-Hill made to the grand jury during an inquiry into Fritz Kuhn, band leader, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a larceny conviction.
Secretary Ickes in his annual report says Indians will continue as a part of American life for years not dying out or merging. He notes growing Indian population, rising land pressure on reservations, and renewed government effort in self government and rehabilitation including credit, land purchases, irrigation, and health improvements.
Secretary of War Woodring, in his annual report, calls for an army in being complete in men and weapons trained to full efficiency. He argues that modern weaponry and global conditions require defense not be measured by money or manpower alone.
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