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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1933
Page
7
Roswell Daily Record listing staff roles and advertising rates including society editor city editor and advertising manager with subscription and carrier pricing details and publication note.
The notice confirms exclusive AP rights for republication of its news dispatches and any locally published special dispatches, reserving all republication rights to the Associated Press as credited or not.
The eight hour law takes effect Thursday limiting mercantile employers to eight hours daily and six days weekly. In Roswell many dry goods stores plan 8 to 5 hours on weekdays and 7 to 5 on Saturdays, with 9 to 5 or 7 to 5 variations for others. Some grocers align with the rule by staggering shifts, while others may alter hours to comply. Public cooperation and housewives reworking shopping times are urged to ease the transition.
A prominent New Mexico Democrat states that Cutting and another figure will run for the United States Senate on the Democratic ticket next year. The speaker predicts defeating that ticket with Jim Hinkle and Ed Mechem and invites citizen input on the matter.
In a tense editorial tone the piece argues against tax sales and a past tax law, urging voter approval for a government overhaul. It asserts the people’s will clashes with a corrupt political machine, predicting an overwhelming vote to overturn current control.
Bart Purgess, now head of the Folly Island Bayleys household after his father’s sudden death, contends with a hidden family history. A red canoe visitor spurs intrigue as Alice, Mrs Bayley, and siblings host a houseboat supper. Bart discovers his father left a double lineage and a fortune for the Bayleys, while facing pressure to keep the truth from Alice and Wyattville.
Doris Blake’s column narrates a quarrel over appreciation in marriage, exploring how wives juggling chores may seek recognition and altered roles. A scene with Mrs Bayley and Bart reveals social norms and subtle tensions among a wealthy, busy family. The piece, dated 1933, hints at future installments.
A compact collection of aphorisms decrying untested virtue and empty religiosity. The sermon stresses praise for tested virtue, genuine faith through hardship, and gratitude in prayer, warning that effortless wins and ignorant innocence yield hollow piety.
A playful prompt asks to nominate the most seen girl in Roswell by noting where she works rather than naming her. It mentions an office of Doctors Galloway and Williams and pivots to social commentary on politics and law, ending with a quip about a judge and the constitution.
A Plaza Hotel ballroom hosts an Oxford Group gathering with twenty plus Oxford men sharing testimonies on four guiding principles absolute honesty purity unselfishness and love. Americans from California to Canada report finding God directed life and release from life’s handicaps. Dr Frank Buchman closes the meeting as editorials praise the revival among students and adults. The popular book For Sinners Only is highlighted.
Six new electric light sign posts have been installed along the unemployed colony's main street below Riverside Drive in the seventies, improving illumination and visibility on the corridor.
A parenting piece by Gladys Huntington Bevans notes that fatigue from hunger or late meals makes children irritable and disobedient. Experienced mothers avoid scolding when tired, while new mothers may suffer until they learn better practices.
Community visitors and summer guests in Ruidoso include Mr. and Mrs. Womack of Clovis at the Page home, Miss Edith Head and Edith Roberts visiting ten days, Red Tankersley returning to Brownfield, and families from Boerne El Paso and Shreveport in residence or visiting. A Dallas Tribune piece quotes parenting advice on tired children. Episcopal Conference activities feature a NM Texas delegate baseball game 29-14 and Boy Scout dances.
The New Yorker notes a Fifth Avenue overheard exchange in which a man asks another with a frown, what business was it that you are not in any longer. The brief scene captures a moment of idle, urban chatter reflecting on professional change.
A Harvard graduate has been hired as the new school janitor, while several Ph D holders work in Macy's store basement earning seven dollars a week.
Hotels establish inviting sidewalk cafes with tables under awnings on Vanderbilt Avenue. Natives are seen enjoying noon day beer with apparent great enjoyment at the upper level seating areas.
Shops flaunt formal piques and linen hats with premiere perfume crepe de chine frocks. The text touts a distinctively new material and stylish display, highlighting fragrance and fabric trends in the shop windows.
A satirical note reflecting on income tax payments in 1930 1931 and 1932. The piece muses on how without taxes one might face life in Leavenworth, portraying a grim silent reminder of fiscal choices.
Washington June 10 AP The senate appropriations committee approved an emergency deficiency appropriation of 232000 for immediate payment to white settlers in New Mexico for lands lost to Pueblo Indians.
George Seele of Roswell announces a new swimming pool project in Ruidoso. The concrete 44 by 66 foot facility will include a private playground, heated water, tile sides, and dressing rooms. It will meet Red Cross specifications and all details are to be confirmed.
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