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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
3
The Artesia high school band directed by E L Harp will depart by bus at 6 tomorrow to join a mass band of 35 Southwest schools at the Sun Carnival in El Paso. The group performs at 5 Tuesday and 1 Wednesday afternoon, and at El Paso hotel lobbies on New Year’s Eve Tuesday night.
The Rocky Mountain states share a total of about 15 million dollars includes New Mexico receiving 694 308. WPA defense projects account for 403 434, public buildings defense housing 285 000, and 5 874 for defense training. Denver anticipates a 25 million ammunition plant next year. The Albuquerque air base contract was not included.
A biographical sketch of E L Harp director of the Artesia high School band appears in the 1941 edition of Who's Who In Music. Mr Harp has been included in several annual editions of this book.
Wanda Lee Martin, 11, wounded by a gunshot fired through a window in a home near the Texas New Mexico border. Doctors report no change but hope remains as investigators question two men and pursue leads in the cross‑state case.
The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce voted confidence in housing 344 German seamen from the scuttled liner Columbus at Fort Stanton in an abandoned CCC camp near Carrizozo. The chamber said no reason existed for New Mexico communities to object and expressed trust in the border patrol to manage the men.
In Clarion Pennsylvania a 43 year old mechanic Frank Dearolph confessed to killing his uncle Reuben Levi Wentling and his 12 year old cousin. He said he was glad it was over and claimed the elder Wentling’s death followed suspicions of a prior family murder. He pleaded guilty to the elder Wentling murder and faced later charges for assaulting Elizabeth Wentling.
Six persons perished in a wooden building blaze in Easton Maine including five Smith sisters Doreen Marie Carlene Irma and Linda and Mrs Ralph Davenport 19 with three others escaping through a window aided by neighbors Mr and Mrs Smith and their 11 year old son James survived by leaping to safety to the ground through a window Roswell air service links to major airlines offering rapid coast access
A Los Angeles clothing firm proposed a $2,500 per day contract for screen star Alice Faye. The plan would send her to 10 cities in 10 days to model wardrobes as an invitation to attend a spring showing in Los Angeles in January 2022.
AP special notes wide variation in liquor rules across states for New Year’s Eve. Michigan will waive 2 a.m. closing but Gov Dickinson disapproved. Indiana enforces 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. holiday ban. Ohio keeps 2:30 a.m. with possible lax enforcement. Wyoming allows club or train dodges at 1 a.m.. Connecticut 3 a.m. with county and community limits. Minnesota 1 a.m. limit with rare night owl licenses. Maine beer from 6 a.m. hard liquor 7 a.m.. Atlanta hotel serves hangover breakfast at 5 a.m. with aspirin.
The second inaugural of Governor John Miles will begin at 10 a.m. on New Year's Day in the state house of representatives chamber. Herbert Gerhart, head of the arrangements committee, said the program includes music, the governor's salute, and special events, with the inauguration climaxing at noon. The inaugural ball and formal reception at the palace of governors are omitted due to the governor's recovery from a minor operation.
Roswell Townsendites prepare for a nationwide celebration of the founder’s birthday on Monday January 13 The Roswell Club will meet next Friday to finalize arrangements including a central figure box supper speeches and dances A new official staff for 1941 will be seated and Townsendites urged to attend with a friendly welcome Fast Farming DUE WEST S C Farmer J G Hagen harvested corn ploughed with a tractor and planted five acres of wheat before midnight a neighbor requested the machine for the next day
Roswell officials tout abundant parks as evidence of city planning for the future, arguing Roswell already has many parks that are larger and more beautiful than its population warrants. The statement emphasizes optimism about continuing green space development.
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