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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1941
Page
6
The Roswell Daily Record reports on Judge McGhee urging a community house for youth, New Mexico school funding concerns, Governor Miles’ new term, and Carlsbad Cavern visits. The fiction serial Trial Without Jury follows Michael Osborne’s return and legal intrigue over Miss Octavia Osborne's vast trust while a murder mystery lingers.
Philosopher Will Durant notes that the modern claim progress is real only emerged in the last century. He argues the shift reflects changing cultural narratives rather than absolute improvement. The remark frames progress as a contested concept within contemporary thought.
Washington January 2 Congress reacts favorably to a broad monetary legislation program urged by Federal Reserve officials as a safeguard against financial instability. The discussion centers on measures to strengthen monetary policy and curb risks to the economy.
Will Sidelights On The News notes Cecil Seavey at KGFL Roswell faces cataloging thousands of phonograph records as local stations shed music trust tightness. Tom Swafford takes over Yucca Drug in Hobbs, planning a formal opening after stock and alterations. Bill Donnelly, Hobbs schools superintendent, traveled New Year’s with Mrs Donnelly and relatives to Albuquerque and on to the Caverns White Sands and a Mexico trip.
Fred Tipton, veteran meat cutter and wrestling promoter, is back in town and traveling widely as the grunter-and-groaner fad has faded. He says he will settle here if someone shows a need or backing.
Louis Fantoni, a noted radio master and figure in the Roswell air lanes, lies gravely ill in the hospital. He has long been remarked for his helpful work and international recognition in radio broadcasting.
Joel Buckner, the fort Stanton Sanitarium’s first chief clerk until its turnover to the U S Public Health Service in 1896, died after forty four years as a government accountant. He was remembered as a fine chap by many inter mountain people, and in later years he worked with the forest service.
George Blanco White, athletic instructor at the State University, reported that his wife defied his order last Monday and delivered the fourth child, a fine boy, after he had predicted a girl. White had expected a girl and had stated two pairs.
Irving Marsh, attending school at Denton, returned home for Christmas enabling a reunion of the Akin Male Quartette. The group features Jack Deason on first tenor, Max Shepherd on second tenor, Raymond Hitchcock on first bass, with Marsh providing a reliable second bass at his old corner.
Director Mrs W W Akin presided at harmonic sessions including a radio programme for unseen friends. Marsh returns to school prompting the quartet to suspend melodic service until he comes home or a substitute second bass is found.
Grover Welter returns from a mineral survey at Dog Canon South guided by Oliver Lee kin, confirming the Butterfield trail route as far as the stage station and spring on the north shoulder of the Cornuda mountains. Station rock walls stand while springs are filled. Cornudas hills lie along the New Mexico Texas line between Signal Peak and El Paso about twenty miles north of Highway 66.
Ed Staunton, a government official based here, recalls a $10 bill that started as a family Christmas gift twenty years ago. The bill moved from a Portland Oregon brother to a Mansfield Ohio sister and back, remaining in good condition through multiple holiday exchanges.
A scrambled crossword from Anderson's Gardens offers clues across many topics. Shows Italian river, Hawaiian islands abbr, Brazilian coin, and numerous short words like only, keep, and meet, with multiple missing entries to fill.
A simple, budget friendly lunch option that is easy on her figure and light on your wallet offers satisfying choices without excess calories or cost.
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