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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1934
Page
7
The Lane liquor law in New Mexico has broken down with bootlegging thriving and officials unsure how to act. Reports from across the state describe open illicit sales on main streets and disorderly houses. In Gallup eleven bootleggers were arrested with gambling closes, reflecting broader national trends after restrictions eased.
A critique argues that government enters business leads to red tape, favoritism, and taxpayer costs while private firms must earn profits. Public executives lack personal financial stake and tax pressure, enabling deficits and odd bookkeeping, as politics remains inseparable from government enterprise.
In this New Mexico probate notice and political commentary the recorder notes an investigation into election practices tied to Huey Long and the Democratic machinery. It comments on state employee fund use for campaigns and criticizes the Progressive regime while praising reform efforts at the insane asylum and a postmaster general stance. An estate administrator for B C Moots is named, with filing deadlines for claims.
Grover Whalen resigns as NRA administrator for New York and general manager of John Wanamaker to become chairman of the board of affiliated corporations, a liquor distributor group. He recommended deputy administrator LU. if. Wolff as his successor.
A fragment notes Farley pressing Congress to back a pending Texas plan despite objections from 84 Democrats. It alleges Farley warned dissenters to support continuation of federal cuts, portraying it as a political threat to influence the next Congress.
AP summaries of U S public debt figures list peaks and lows from 1929 rise to 1924 money in circulation totals. It notes postwar estimates for June 30 1935 and a 3 percent interest projection for 1925, indicating mounting annual debt service.
Roy Vickers tale unfolds with Roland staging a perilous rescue of Miss Harner and capturing the Whisperer amid a gas masked standoff. A dramatic confrontation ends with one foe wounded and the pair fleeing to safety, groundwork for a continuation tomorrow.
The piece collects reader letters noting FDR’s currency stabilization debate and a Hungary style plan involving perpetual 4 percent annual depreciation, 96 percent repayment, and daily coin redesign. It discusses Miss Edith M. Thomas’s gold coin confiscation case and broader questions about gold recall, plus state debates on taxation, Taylor leasing, and education funding.
A speaker proposes accepting residents from other states to save thousands of dollars annually for New Mexico residents and to provide opportunities for local youths, arguing the idea offers benefits beyond existing public venues and sources of entertainment.
A reminiscence on beauty ideals and the strain of social etiquette. The piece notes how facial tension from petty disputes, hosting duties, and daily worries shapes a stubborn jaw and mouth, with a tease about relaxing one’s expression to ease life’s demands. It then shifts to a probate notice in Chaves County New Mexico dated 1933.
L. O. Miller of Henryetta Oklahoma praises Thedford's Black-Draught as a biliousness remedy that prevents headaches and dullness. He notes occasional use suffices and calls it worth the cost. Children enjoy the new pleasant syrup form.
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