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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1939
Page
2
A local column discusses The Return to Religion by Link and praises its argument for a modernized Golden Rule guiding international law and personal conduct. It also surveys Taos New Mexico modernization, highway progress from Ragland to Las Vegas, and broader federal relief figures with commentary on government finances.
Questions and answers explain how the new permanent registration system works in New Mexico. Voters may stay registered for life unless they move counties or registration is cancelled for specified reasons. The article lists six cancellation conditions and provides guidance on eligibility, proof, penalties, and registration timing and methods. It also notes a separate state sale tax figure and coal bid notice.
Candidate McNutt argues in the Orient treaties broken, famine and pestilence widespread. Surrender of the Philippines could lead to absorption by Japan and a greater Pacific threat to the U.S. west coast. He says the islands hold vast mineral wealth and, if kept by the United States, would benefit both Filipinos and Americans.
Scriptural meditation on selflessness recounts a southern girl seeking a woman’s charm. The elder replies that charm lies in “you” being focused on others. Horace Bushuel laments that if he could live again he would avoid pushing others and choose consideration, underscoring charity over self.
The fiscal year just ended saw about nine and a quarter billion spent by the federal government, with receipts far short by more than three and a half billion. The national debt approaches forty billion as deficits mount. Despite pledges of economy, administration and Congress plan higher outlays next year. Roosevelt proposes a large lending program of 3.86 billion, while foreign demand for copper surges, with about 24,000 tons purchased for foreign accounts amid a wary outlook.
Paul V. McNutt, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, returning to Indianapolis, urged preserving the Philippines as an American strategic outpost in the Orient. The Las Vegas carnival and ordinance dispute stalls progressive action, with council in committee and fall action anticipated, allowing traveling shows to continue. The National Park Service’s Quarterly on archaeology and regional topics touts accessible, free education material distributed by Hillary A. Tolson of District 3.
Matias Vigil and Fulgencia Velasquez face a district court jury here for the hammer slaying of Juan B. Velasquez. The trial is set for tonight as the reported case proceeds through the justice system.
Three socially prominent Virginians seized Count Igor Cassini in Washington and tarred and feathered him after he allegedly objected to an item in his column. Cassini, 22, is a grandson of the late Count Arthur Cassini, Russian ambassador to the United States under McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
Joe Scott of Western Reserve University wins the national AAU decathlon in Cleveland for the second straight year, totaling 6,671 points, 175 ahead of last year. His best event was the pole vault at 12 feet 5 inches, just shy of the world mark.
Fifty one year old Pappy Don Morton pitched for an Omaha amateur league team and fanned 13 batters. He also drove in a run with a single as his team won 5 to 2.
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