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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1940
Page
2
The Record reports a new air service plan connecting Roswell with Hobbs and Carlsbad to El Paso and Albuquerque, boosting eastern state connectivity. It calls for modernizing Roswell airport and city ownership, improving mail and passenger times, and integrating with nationwide routes.
A letter page column offers plain truths about amendments and voting fears, discusses welfare relief and the idea that government aid shapes youth, and condemns reliance on government support. It includes local notes about Clarence Cooper, J L Hayward, Turkey Fisher, Julius Goodart, and others visiting or reporting conditions in their areas.
Came O. N. Kelly of Clovis spoke of a sheep sale and claimed a Panhandle norther could drop temperatures 50 degrees in an hour. Only Judge Emmett Patton, formerly of Henrietta, could verify northern lore, and some of Kelly's yarns were accepted.
Came E FE Jernigan, a veteran cow man from Hope and the Penasco country, said there had been no over-deposit of snow or other moisture anywhere below the high hills.
Came Tip Warren of Pecos says the electric arrangement at Red Bluff dam is justified and only lax collection remains. Came R G Perry of Red Oak Texas attends Dr D D Swearingin's funeral and plans a California trip to visit a son for several months.
John Smith claims the AP report on miners’ Christmas lighting was CID propaganda and asserts the real miners supported paying bare costs for greenery about eight and a half cents each. He questions CIO credibility and returns from Madrid with his view.
Dame Benito Gonzales of Puerta de Luna denounces the claim that Guadalupe was the ancient capital and destined to be on the new Highway 84 route. He dismisses the assertion as unfounded and misleading.
A compact religious note on the meaning of the Lord's Prayer for every person including the healthy and the sick, followed by local notices about those attending a Masonic meeting and a legal suit in Chaves County New Mexico. Also brief item about a man fined for speeding while rushing aid to a sick cow.
Rush week at New Mexico A and M runs January 29 to February 4 for first semester freshmen. Fraternities plan one exclusive party and sororities one large dance and one small house gathering. Candidates require a 1.5 grade average to pledge.
Governor Culbert L Olson will resume the extradition hearing for Kenneth Daggett in Sacramento on January 29. Daggett is charged with an unspecified crime and faces possible removal to another jurisdiction. The case centers on suspected wrongdoing prompting the extradition request.
Mrs Bertha F An deres created a problem for executors over a $4 000 estate Two beneficiaries are an unknown niece in Switzerland and an unknown friend with $2 090 in value The notice identifies the unclear heirs and the remaining distribution question for probate proceedings
In Grant county New Mexico yesterday Daggett faced a hearing on a $100 embezzlement charge. He denied he was employed by the Grant County Board of Education from which he is accused of embezzling funds.
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Representative Joe Montoya, chair of the house judiciary committee, campaigns for two proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on next November. The measures seek a split session of the legislature and a voting system for legislators temporarily away from home, amid a strong urging from allies.
A compact newspaper teaser from Walt Disney promotes a turkey dinner with all the trim mings tomorrow, urging readers not to miss the event and implying a festive menu and dining opportunity.
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