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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1940
Page
2
The average auto owner pays about 125 dollars annually in taxes including police and other costs. The proposal of a so called super tax fails to gain universal support amid rising tax burden and public concern.
The Taos county tax roll completion prompts caution as state auditors pursue delinquent properties. Judge Livingston Taylor offers a penalty-free payment window until Feb 5 with a May 1 delinquency for the second half. The piece argues consolidation for efficiency, proposing Taos attach to Colfax or Santa Fe and limiting New Mexico to about a dozen counties, though it concludes consolidation is unlikely.
William Stripp of the Aeronautical Institute of Technology in Los Angeles is in Roswell enrolling students. He says five Southern California companies estimate a need for twenty thousand trained men this year. All white American citizens over 18 are eligible. For details see Mr Stripp at the Nickson Hotel. he stays until Thursday night.
The Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission summarizes Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 1510 to 1554, noting his 1540 land expedition from Compostela through Sonora to New Mexico in search of Quivira, his winter near Bernalillo, and the mixed historical views on his route and the site of Quivira, while acknowledging his expedition as Spain’s early knowledge of the Southwest. It also mentions Cabeza de Vaca’s earlier proximity to Roswell and the ambiguous landmarks of Coronado’s path.
Dr. C L Puckett health officer for the Fifth Judicial District celebrates 15 years in public health. He vaccinated over 200 Jal schoolchildren, expanded from Eddy to Lea and Chaves counties, and built a strong preventive program with staff and a cooperative medical community. He started with 1,800 vaccinations in 1926, faced opposition, but established school vaccination laws and disease prevention excellence.
The piece argues for including motor vehicles in the proposed super tax. It cites New Mexico and national data showing autos paid 1 781 095 000 in 1938, with 563 751 000 to the national government and 1 217 344 000 to state and local authorities. It notes gasoline and tube charges and questions if road funds were properly allocated.
The El Paso Chamber of Commerce plans a road barbecue at Pine Springs on February 12 near the Texas New Mexico border. It marks New Mexico getting something from Texas and features a playful wager between Governors Clyde Tingley and Harry Allred. Alfred Underwritten, the event is a several hundred dollar bet tied to Lincoln’s Birthday observance.
A fragment summarizes quotes from Ruskin on true composition and the energy of every part aiding the whole. It mentions a change in troop arrangements and a humorous note about cold weather affecting uniforms and file-closers. The piece ends with a playful remark about bunnies abandoning a plan.
Firecracker barrages stir first classmen who speculate on privileges. Ernie Heuter falls for a mail from a single sweetheart, waiting by the post office. Rumors swirl about new Army Blues by Government Inspection and Bromfield eyeing a starting spot after a previous, iffy, claim.
In Philadelphia a customer robbed taxi driver Frank ONeill of six dollars and his cab but earned a police good word from the driver who observed the thief obey every traffic light. The driver said the thief stopped for each signal, a remark that drew local attention to the incident.
Mrs. Mary F. Parker, 33, was knocked unconscious when her car hopped a curb and struck a vacant lot then crossed another street into her backyard. She revived unhurt.
A Pasadena woman telephoned a nearby beach city police to say she had left an iron burning. The sergeant confirmed the address but said she was half an hour late. Firemen were already on the scene and saved the residence.
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