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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1933
Page
6
The Roswell Record notes concerns over a state treasurer succession law, high proposed income tax rates amid war, and calls for government cost cuts. It highlights the newspaper’s campaign to boost farmer readership through trades for subscriptions and notes farmer messages offering produce in exchange for the paper.
The New Mexico State Tribune reports a 35 percent salary cut for university staff, the sharpest in state spending cuts. Officials claim the move may be necessary, yet it jeopardizes keeping qualified faculty and could push educators to other states or non teaching work. The piece argues politicians’ salaries far exceed those of instructors, fueling potential brain drain and institutional decline.
Jere Kane reads a diary entry claiming they will try to silence a woman. He retraces recent events surrounding the director's murder in Hollywood, weighing motives of revenge and possible blackmail tied to a trio of women nicknamed Buddy Nanette and Evelyn Deanne, and the suspected finances behind the director's extravagant life.
A central press account details a near flawless small slam in contract bridge with precise bidding and defensive plays. The narrative shifts to a suspenseful crime scene where Kane faces Inspector MacQuarrie, who reveals a crucial clue about Lillian Hull and the murder of Richard Bailey, intensifying the plot.
Louis A Johnson, national commander of the American Legion, will address the Sojourners banquet in Washington on January 7. Thirty minutes of the address will be broadcast coast to coast on NBC from 10:30 to 11 p m EST. His talk will cover national defense reductions and the Legion program, citing Luke 11:6 about a strong man armed. The Legion posts nationwide will hold defense study meetings that evening.
Eiza White reports Roswell may host the next National Wool Growers convention drawing 3000 to 5000 visitors. Notices of deaths, travels, oil exploration, and local social events fill the day with Dr E H Skipwith marked as an El Paso pioneer. John Mullis and Hert Wiggington plan a January 8 wedding at Garner home with Rev John W Smith officiating.
Antoinette Donnelly reports Alta’s diet shows three buttered toast meals and bread for lunch and dinner, then describes a plan to balance calorie needs with gym work. The article praises exercise for women and older men, encourages regular participation, and outlines simple at home routines to build flexible, youthful body conditioning.
State gasoline tax collections for 1982 totaled about $862,920 with about $23,920 in refinids deducted. Mrs A P Hill, state tax collector, announced the figures noting 1931 collections reached $2,504 and $2,764 for 1980.
Albuquerque reported that internal revenue office collections for the last quarter of 1932 exceeded the same period in 1931 by seven thousand dollars. The total amount collected was not specified in the available text.
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