27 Jan 1942
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1942
Page
1
The department of agriculture warns of a possible eight to ten percent shortfall in fats and oils, over a billion pounds, due to reduced Pacific shipments. Farmers are urged to plant more oil bearing crops this spring to offset the deficit, with assurances that overall food supply remains ample.
Congress faces calls to restrain labor and agriculture like other sectors, risking inflation with higher prices and wages. War Production Board hints at recovering copper and other metals from obsolete engraving materials, while ink conservation measures are debated. A census notes 140 metropolitan districts housing nearly half the population, centering on major urban cores such as New York City, raising questions about wartime urbanization and migration trends.
A WPA announcement by Commissioner Howard O Hunter states that all persons discharged from the war production program and ineligible for unemployment compensation will receive WPA jobs. Unemployed are about 3.8 million, with 2 million more expected, risking five and a half million. post-change labor will face shortages. War relief appeals urge defense bonds and stamps purchases to finance armament, while New Mexico court notices cover quiet title suits and probates in Roswell and Chaves County with hearings set for 1942.
The text notes 1941 national income exceeded 92 billion dollars due to wartime needs, averaging 698 dollars per person. It marks a 16 billion rise from 1940 and nearly 9 billion above 1929’s peak, while mounting costs in millions of cases offset these gains.
Secretary Ickes said land management agencies will pursue enlarged programs in 1942 including the most extensive reseeding effort for western range lands. Plans call for development of over a million acres of public land that year, compared with about a fifth of that amount reseeded last year.
The program pledges reseeding of non existent or scant grass areas this spring with limited grazing after one season. The Secretary predicted the initiative would boost the country's beef and lamb production nearly immediately.
In a tense jailbreak, Hutch, Pierre, David, and Rusty plot a river escape from a French château. Pierre slips into a guardless path as Hutch overpowers a sentry in a brutal struggle. Hutch dons the dead guard’s uniform, retrieves boots, and prepares for a dangerous downstream exit into the watercourse.
A satirical piece lists expected tax rises and social changes shaping daily life. It rails against higher fares, freight rates, car use taxes, bank taxes, and sales taxes while predicting fewer tires left on family cars and rising prices for milk, eggs, and butter. It warns of ambulance rides, confiscations, and war on liberty speed limits. It also foresees changes in motion picture talent, Valentine cards, and radial taxes. The tone critiques policy shifts and public anxiety in unsettled times.
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Milwaukee Sheriff complains of deputy photos sold to houses of ill fame making evidence harder to obtain. Idaho Falls Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins recounts nearly freezing incident and a joking telegram offering $10,000 to recreate the scene with possible Alaska flight next April.
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