Roswell 1940 Builds and Growth Across Sectors
Roswell's 1940 progress spans defense airport work under CAA and WPA, farm and oil sectors, and a surge in construction. New NM Military Institute and Roswell schools boosted permits totaling 761,067, with major projects including N M M S library, Lea Hall high school, a new auditorium bid, and a $150,000 school bond. Population climbs to 13,482. post office receipts hit a 1940 high at 811,604.07. county clerk fees near 9,000 with 445 marriage licenses. New mayor Thomas J. Hall leads a changing city administration as 1941 promises ongoing growth.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
Chaves
New Mexico Military Institute
Lea Hall
Institute
Highland School
South Hill
Mark Howell
Thomas J. Hall
Charles L. Allison
Roswell Year in Review Points to Growth and Projects
The Roswell area reflected growth in 1940 with population gains in most counties led by Lea County, infrastructure advances on U S 380 and Highway 70, new industries Navajo Weavers and stock feed cubes, rising utility connections, and a planned 1941 New Mexico State Fair plant. Precipitation ran near normal and oil exploration continued around Roswell.
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Roswell
U. S. 380
Hondo
Mescalero
J. P. White Co
Chaves
New Mexico
Pecos
Britain Sees Defeat Day Bombing in 1940 Review
A wartime spokesman analyzes air warfare in 1940 noting day bombers failed against Germany and Britain seeks better night bombing defenses. He predicts Hitler may attempt an invasion in March but warns it depends on German air superiority and praises Allied aircraft production as rising. He rejects propaganda aims and stresses gradual defense improvements to answer night bombing.
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Germany
Britain
Adolf Hitler
England
Hitler
Bardia
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
English Channel
London
RAF
Sir Hugh Dowding
Canada
Washington
German Press Presidents accused in policy shift talk
German papers accuse the German and Italian aim for world domination while denying any such ambition. They fault Roosevelt for unstatesmanlike jitters and for misrepresenting Hitler policy as Axis danger. Nachtausgabe links his claims to antisemitic sources and accuses him of war hate.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Reich
Nachtausgabe
Axis
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Italian and British World War II updates wrap year end
News dispatches describe renewed fighting in the Greco Italian theater with Italian forces claiming Greek losses while British and Allied commanders plan cautious movements around Bardia. Reports also cover German night bombing, sheltering in London, and Rome Syria front exchanges as 1940 ends with rising tensions across Europe and North Africa.
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High Command
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Prevesa
Ionnina
Kotzani
Greece
North Africa
Salam
Egypt
Libya
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Russia
Danube
Moldavia
Rumania
Hungary
Bessarabia
Bucharest
Nikola Marinescu
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Addriatic Sea
Bar
Antivari
Local Officials Confirm New Term Limits and Elected Terms
Roswell and Chaves county residents will see two year terms for most county officials and a four year term for the district attorney. Several officials were re elected to second terms including Harry Puryear Frank Young D P Greiner Rodman M Cookson and I B Rose. James B McGhee remains two years from completing a six year term. Marcielle A Puckett continues as district court clerk. J P and constable terms start two years from the first Monday after election. Pat O Neill re elected justice of the peace for precincts 1 and 2 Hood elected two year term as constable. Julius Skinner named city treasurer with deputies F E Plymote Georgia Anderson and Joyce Hunter continuing. Watts appoints Joe Walton and C R Anderson as deputy district attorneys. Reese district attorney based in Carlsbad with Roswell office support.
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Harry Puryear
Frank Young
D. P. Greiner
Rodman M. Cookson
Clarence M. Cooper
I. B. Rose
James B. McGhee
Marcielle A. Puckett
Chaves County
J. P
Constable
Pat O'Neill
Roswell
H. N
Shorty” Hood
Howard Rose
Hood
Julius Skinner
Will Robinson
F. E. Plymote
Georgia Anderson
Joyce Hunter
G. T. Watts
Joe Walton
Hobbs
C. R. Anderson
Carlsbad
Watts
Dr. Reese
Opposition Voices Split Over Roosevelt Policy on War and Peace
Senator Wheeler of Montana denounced the administration's Europe policy, insisting the United States should push for an immediate end to the war and warning against misreading its stance. Verne Marshall claimed a Nazi peace offer had been rebuffed, while the State Department denied any feasible peace proposals.
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Congress
Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Montana
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Marshall
State Department
Closing Session at National Collegiate Athletic Association Meet
New York December 31. After two days of conventioning the NCAA and football coaches faced closing sessions with little drama. The rules committee may consider widening goal posts to boost field goal kicking while speculation over Ohio State coaching selections abounded. Rumors of moves for Tuss McLaughry from Brown to Dartmouth carried the most weight.
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New “ York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Ohio State Post
Tuss McLaughry
Brown University
Dartmouth
Eng Johnstone Moves to Santa Fe Hda Roswell to Deming
State highway department reshuffles executive personnel as Buron Dwyre announces key moves. Johnstone from Roswell becomes state maintenance engineer in Santa Fe, with Church moving to Roswell and Stockton to Deming. Wylie shifts to Santa Fe, Johnstone to Albuquerque, creating separate maintenance and construction chiefs. Healy and Sedillo remain in roles, now called to active service by the war department.
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Santa Fe, Sv. M
State Highway Department
Burton Dwyre
C. M. Johnstone
Roswell
Santa Fe
J. P. Church
Deming
E. L. Stockton
Albuquerque
Marshal Wylie
George Johnston
Dwyre
Fred G. Healy
Rufus Sedillo
War Department
Child Shot Through Window Improves at Clovis
In Clovis a hospitalized 11-year-old, Wanda Lee Martin, showed slight improvement after a bullet fired through a Watkins farm home window struck her lung area. Sheriff Earl Booth says investigation advances into an apparent assassination attempt possibly targeting Chester Watkins or his 17-year-old daughter Iline, with a .44 caliber bullet as a key clue.
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Clovis
Wanda Lee Martin
Chester Watkins
Here
Earl Booth
Palmer County
Texas
Watkins
Iline
Martin
Roosevelt Criticism Cited Over Sunday Utterances
A brief note records yesterday criticism by a number of individuals directed at others who voiced alarm over certain Sunday remarks attributed to Mr. Roosevelt.
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Mr. Roosevelt
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