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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
2
Governor Miles plans a July 27 radio address in New Mexico focusing on highway safety enforcement and drunken driving. He may also address livestock on roads and nighttime glare as factors in accidents along with driver responsibility.
The text argues that coercion in elections and relief money is not prevented by war status. It notes Japan fights hundreds of thousands of troops abroad while denying a formal war declaration. It concludes that diplomacy can be humorously unreliable in politics.
A letter from John Caldwell in Houston claims Governor O'Daniel will run again and win a larger vote, despite broad newspaper opposition. The piece compares his stance to Roosevelt, notes legislative friction, and predicts a lively 1940 primary with multiple candidates and shifting party lines in New Mexico and eastern counties.
The regis tration returns in New Mexico show a larger unenumerated share than initially predicted with about 25 percent not listed. In several counties the unlisted proportion nears 50 percent and in Harding County some areas are slightly higher.
The article discusses Hobbs clerks union efforts to close grocery stores nights and Sundays as part of organized labor aims. It notes stores now stay open until 9 p m or later and Sundays, causing long clerk hours, reflecting attitudes in oil boom towns and oil towns where conventions are ignored.
The hot spell shows Albuquerque’s water system holding up with wells supplying most demand. June usage hit 190 million gallons without notable well drawdown. Debates rise over mountain water piping and costly filtration. Texas tax discounts and New Mexico’s strict tax sale rules are noted. A well filled basket theme promotes the Ruidoso singing convention next Sunday with emphasis on bringing baskets.
A brief reflection on Simon of Acts chapter eight who offered money for spiritual power. It notes Simon’s mercenary motives, the meaning of simony, and warns that mere form without divine power false religion, urging true Christians to seek genuine godliness over money or status.
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