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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1935
Page
7
Roswell editorials discuss the new New Mexico governor cutting highway staff waste and improving relief programs, while critics in Washington urge patience. The column notes Huey Long’s senate rhetoric about wealth shifts and mocks rapid speed obsessions, ending with a serialized fiction excerpt about Cara Follette and Dan Mun amid tension and romance.
Cara Follette plans to marry for money after being drawn into a business intrigue with her father and the rival Harmer. In Mulligan’s camp Cara and Jerry Flint clash as Harmer, posing as Mulligan, romances her while Jerry proves self serving. Harmer rescues Cara and plans a return trip as she admits marriage for money.
New Mexico debates highway renumbering and routing led by H Louis Kahn. The plan reshapes Route 70 from Clovis to El Paso via Roswell, Hondo, Alamogordo, and beyond toward San Antonio, Caballo, Phoenix, and more. Officials push reconnections, No 3 improvements, and federal funding to accelerate multistate corridor progress.
Camp Chatter Newell Porter notes a smooth operation amid a surge of new enlistees including 49 recruits with 8 more pending from Texas. Dreath Relief transfers to Clovis camp, clothing scarce, work limited to KP and chores, with dances, chaplain talks, and an upcoming educational program planned amid holiday disruption.
Promises of a major fight and broader entertainment fill the year prospects. CCC expansion could lift enrollment toward seven hundred thousand while the Regular Army totals about 118 thousand to 120 thousand, with pensions looming as a prosperity boost. All American trial excitement draws camp interest and Roswell gossip weaves through daily routines, including a lighthearted note on peanuts and a price for flowers.
The corn hog program foresees simplified forms and procedures for 1935. Producers will sign once, provide changes from 1934, and indicate farm location and hog base status. Officials will speed contract handling by classifying applicants and transferring adjusted 1934 data to new contracts.
Under Ordinance No 526 all drivers in Roswell must have a driver's license. The 19235 licenses are issued by the City Clerk's office and must be obtained by January. Enforcement begins after this deadline. Frank Young, Advertisement.
Beautiful modern two lot home at corner of 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue now for sale at a bargain. Suitable for farmer or unfurnished. See R. H. M at Roswell Building & Loan office.
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