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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1940
Page
2
A column argues the United States must bolster defense and anti aircraft stocks while criticizing New Mexico's rat problem and rampant provincialism. It questions wartime cabinet moves and accuses senators of political gamesmanship over Roosevelt’s leadership and reappointment prospects.
Cent press association reports famine conditions in Belgium as the opening gun in the German campaign and expects similar stories about other conquered nations to follow.
Yesterday the Senate confirmed Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war. The rules committee considered requests to push housing and investment trust regulatory bills at 4:30 p.m. Debates began in the House on Hatch anti politics legislation.
In Ventura California a major fire killed twelve circus animals including seven tigers three camels and two elephants Sally and Queenie. Nearby another hay barn fire along the same highway destroyed 11 purebred cattle. Officials consider spontaneous combustion or faulty wiring as possible causes with both blazes extinguished early. Senate and House sessions list Wilson Knox nomination for Navy Secretary and hearings on compulsory military training and foreign domination registration in a tense day in Congress.
Pope Pius XII urged pilgrims in Vatican City not to let patriotism turn into hate. He warned that vengeance brings divine punishment and cautioned that love of country must remain noble, not vindictive, in this hour.
A mix of reader opinions and essays discuss whether the United States should enter war, the role of advertising in national distribution, and how aid to England and China could affect conflict. Letters praise the Mounties, critique political ambitions, and ponder Roosevelt era food aid amid looming European war and Nazi strategy.
The report highlights a New Mexico presence at a Lake Geneva youth congress with accusations of communism and un Americanism while praising toleration. It notes a Kramer resolution failing to gain support and suggests strong anti communism. It also previews Lincoln County community sings at Tinnie and Corona attracting hundreds and offering respite from wartime tensions.
Texas health officer Dr. George W. Cox discusses typhus outbreaks in the state, noting isolated centers and a connection to Las Cruces years ago traced to rat-carriers from El Paso. He aligns current cases with endemic typhus and cites navy veterans for confirmed diagnoses while contrasting world typhus.
Dr. E. P. Sellard of Gallup was elected president of the New Mexico board of optometry at its annual meeting in Albuquerque. Dr. Howard McDonald of Portales was chosen vice president and Dr. Neland Gray Clayton was named secretary.
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