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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1940
Page
2
A brief readable fragment notes a local event with names obscured and minimal details. The item mentions a community venue and date but specifics are unreadable, leaving only vague references to a meeting and nearby street location.
The piece notes the President’s budget is moderate yet double Hoover’s top yearly outlay, portraying Roosevelt as fiscal restraint compared with past excess. It predicts New Mexico Democrats nearly certain to win if united, while Republicans display weak leadership and little public confidence.
The article weighs Secretary of State Hull as a potential Democratic presidential nominee if the President does not seek a third term. Hull supports free trade and tariff reduction, though his stance may be confined to his region. It notes broad Democratic and Republican voter sentiments toward a third term and party spending. It also mentions a possible wire company merger and national defense tax ideas, plus Carlsbad Cavern visitor counts rising to 218,383 last year.
The piece discusses a defeated 1.45 million bond issue and the likelihood it will be put to voters again in 1940. It notes the secretary of state’s unclear plan, potential harm to two popular amendments for a legislative split session and absentee ballots, and the political maneuvering around campaigns and funding.
A fragmentary evaluation calls something timely sound and economical with praise phrased in mixed English and Spanish, ending abruptly as a remark about the Santa Fe railway not being fully clear. The note hints at a decision or opinion but remains incomplete and non-specific.
The feature presents Gerald Cassidy’s desert and Santa Fe Trail calendar as a valued art piece likely to be hung in prominence. It then discusses Governor Lee O.Daniels and other states’ pension and social security struggles, contrasts New Mexico’s situation with Colorado, and argues for potential redistricting and minority representation considerations ahead of census outcomes.
Col Thomas Boles, Carlsbad Caverns superintendent, announced 1939 saw 218382 visitors to the caverns, lauding it as the greatest natural wonder. He notes growing interest in New Mexico and nationwide, with potential to rise toward a quarter of a million next year as repeat visitors remain eager.
In Dear Side Lights a reader contrasts the Quesenberry firing by the A and M College Board of Regents with Shakespearean and biblical references. The writer mocks federal interference claims and laments bureaucratic misfits, calling Uncle Sam's picks brilliant misfits in the alphabet sub-strata.
The Santa Fe System carloadings for the week ending December 30 1939 were 13 740, down from 14 570 in 1938. Receipts from connections totaled 4 539 versus 4 115 in 1938. Total cars moved were 18 279 compared with 18 685 in 1938. The system handled 22 635 cars in the preceding week of last year.
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