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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
7
Roswell Daily Bernard, Roswell New Mexico, records publication details and print rates for six weeks and month, listing staff roles Editor City Editor Advertising Manager and circulation figures. It notes second class mail status under the 1879 Act and Associated Press rights for republication of news dispatches.
The U S Weather Bureau notes Roswell had a dry December with 0.13 inch precipitation versus 0.66 normal, leaving year to date losses of 4.40 inches. The piece urges a wet season and spring to avert more dust storms, and cites temperature data, plus editorial praise for New Mexico magazine’s industrial and agricultural focus.
The Doctor warns that soils in the Mississippi valley are being suicidally misused, predicting that continued erosion could mirror the fate of the once fertile Gobi and Sahara. Dr Lowdenmilk cites 51 million acres destroyed in the West and 200 million more at risk.
The speaker notes dust storms are not new in the southwest, recalling historic memory among settlers. The text urges preventive measures through planting and conservation to curb increasing storms, arguing that action should be taken by any possible human means.
Atlanta January 2 AP Mrs Eugene Talmadge wife of Georgia governor says she is too busy with cotton planting to visit the White House. She declined Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt invitation for January 8 the day before a national Democratic committee meeting. She will not accompany her husband to the capital due to busy weeks at her Telfair county cotton farm.
Gov. Clyde Tingley, en route to Santa Fe, said he would return in about a week with an architect from the Warm Springs foundation to select a site for the proposed crippled children’s hospital in Hot Springs. Local citizens pledged to deed ground to the state once the site is chosen. Say you saw it in The Record.
The column surveys Townsend movement doubts and state politics with Oklahoma figures, New Mexico court actions, CCC camp renewals, charity drives in Hobbs and Carlsbad, and civic tales from Aztec to Las Cruces. It praises Bronson Cutting, Dempsey efforts, and local generosity while lampooning bureaucratic schemes.
Kent Camerell, a wealthy sportsman, travels to Hawaii with fiancée Sharlene Standling after Cora Manning’s suicide request. news turmoil follows as Cora regains hope, while Sharlene contends with fear and Stuart Pennington’s quiet devotion amid a public scandal and a Dreamlike voyage toward Honolulu.
The Literary Digest tabulation from forty eight states shows 60.47 percent against the New Deal and 39.53 percent in favor on the question of approving Roosevelt's policies to date. Majorities oppose in thirty six states. six or more states, including New York and Pennsylvania, show high opposition. The report notes a national swing and identifies regional patterns with southern states more supportive than New England and Pacific regions, while electoral votes align with broad disapproval.
The Democratic National Committee reported 1935 expenditures of $502,924.35 and unpaid obligations totaling $401,315.20 with unpaid pledges of $1,926. The group started 1936 with $22,710.76 cash on hand for Roosevelt’s reelection. Chicago reports two snowstorms triggering a cross country weather tag, with a Midwest to East impact forecasting nasty conditions.
Twenty one of New Mexico's thirty one counties will host Jackson Day dinners on Wednesday night January 8. Local speakers from each county are expected to participate and address attendees during the events across the state.
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