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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
8
The piece argues for prioritizing a subset of Roswell Chamber of Commerce goals including flood control, airport development, a municipal auditorium, fairgrounds, library improvements, playgrounds, and site development. It endorses broad participation and warns against over-pruning the list while backing infantile paralysis fundraising and resisting deep federal spending cuts.
Harper's Bazaar outlines stylish travel wardrobes for twenty winter resorts. Florida outfits range from evening finery for Palm Beach to sunwear and golf dresses in Miami and rustic linen looks in Boca Grande and Hobe Sound. Hollywood suggestions include slacks for day, black silk for nights, and a fur when the sun goes down, with a focus on versatile jackets and tennis dresses for resort life.
The piece notes Bobbie Burns birthday events on January 25 with Hagerman Lodge of Masons in Friday night celebration and similar gatherings at Lubbock and El Paso. It discusses Burns as a poet, denying excess causes of death and praising his writings in dialect or Anglican version. It also reports a New Mexico lynching anecdote from 1878, detailing Kennedy’s execution and the preserved heart tale, inviting further recollections.
The Las Vegas electric plant failed causing a twenty five minute blackout. With no regional power links, residents lit candles and used flashlights as coal oil lamps dwindled, awaiting restoration. In Reeves County poll tax totals lag 1400 behind 1938, threatening many voters' eligibility at next Wednesday’s close.
AP checks show Kirby hot lunches are well received in several municipalities and country schools. In Mosquero 160 pupils eat daily at noon and may rise with more donations of meat, sugar, shortening, eggs and vegetables. Holman Mora county reports enrollment surge as Catechists and WPA join, with Mora town noting many return to work or enroll for first time.
Since the State Planning Board began under chairman Lyle Brush and rear guard E. L. Manson, observers see potential for the board to justify its existence by aiding New Mexico's two key public health centers the Children’s Hospital and the Socorro TB sanitarium. Critics urge the board to recommend directing state funds to these facilities and remaining welfare needs after the earthquake.
The editor jokes that flowing gas mains will end wood cutting and ash hauling but warns experience from other towns shows women may resist fires, making coffee, and yard work. The piece notes gas is good yet not wholly lovely for housewives.
Dr J W Hannett chair of the Las Vegas Mental Hospital announces a $500000 extension near, boosting capacity from about 700 to 1100. Voters favored hospital bonds previously, but political hurdles delayed them. The plan would also affect A M College and Portales school, with strong public support anticipated once funds are secured.
A poem argues against entering war, railing at hysteria and war propaganda. It asserts resolve to defend homeland while criticizing munition makers and press for sensationalism. Roswell by Harry Chapman is cited. EXPERTS TO AID STATE IN NEW MERIT SYSTEM ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 24. Social Security board experts will assist New Mexico’s merit system for state jobs. Ralph S. Trigg named to seek loans or temporary tech help from Washington. Headquarters to be located here.
A dense set of crossword clues and fragments including across and down entries such as A cleft hoof, Rubbishe, Brass worker, Chapters abbr, Force, Father, Amacaw, Mien, Disheartens, Tilted up, Certain, A fiend, Letter S, Peels, Warp yarn, Dream, Vex, Wear away, A check stub, Devoured, Cut grass, Day abbr, Sediment, Towards, Fawns upon, Border, Make near, Siberian river, Sphere, Land measure, Locusts Sailor, Metal- Soak flax, Funeral vehicles, One of an African tribe, Chemical unit for gases, Wharves, A continent, Crills and fever, Shear, Oil of roses var, Like, Part of to be, Not over, Slave, Covered avenues, Flora of a region, A color, Simpleton, and many numbered entries with years and months implied by the closing lines Therefore Yesterday's Answer.
A brief note describes employing a temporary staff comprising two or three workers to handle peak workloads or short term projects. It outlines the arrangement as a supplemental workforce rather than permanent hires, indicating duration aligns with needs.
Dallas January 25 announced by George Schepps president of the Dallas Rebels of the Texas Baseball League. Plans to purchase baseball clubs in Class C and D with hopes for a West Texas New Mexico League team. Working agreements now taboo. Rebels aim to farm out young prospects through outright ownership of at least two farm clubs. Schepps did not name any specific team.
Doctors explain kidneys contain miles of tiny tubes filtering blood. Most people pass about 3 pints daily. when kidneys fail waste remains in blood causing backache, swelling, headaches, and fatigue. Doan's Pills offer relief and aid flushing waste from the blood.
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