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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
6
The page presents a vintage cross word puzzle by Eugene Sheffer with a dense grid of horizontal and vertical clues. The puzzle mix includes word lengths, partial entries, and several garbled OCR fragments, reflecting typical newspaper puzzle pages with many unfilled or unclear entries.
Postmaster Jess L. Trewitt of Artesia visited over the weekend and declined to discuss politics as Uncle Sam shifts to sense rather than age limits in recruiting trained help.
Boyd Williams Sr and Jr of Elk visited Roswell Saturday and discussed local changes since Pelicans arrived around the turn of the century. They noted flood damage on the Penasco partly repaired but not fully neutralized.
Miss Carolyn Went Worth Shaver, a popular army camp entertainer, was in Roswell over the Sabbath visiting her relatives and friends.
Brother Lieut. Shaver visits for a few days from Washington while four Shaver brothers serve in the Army and the sister contributes with voice and an Irish harp.
Red Poorbaugh, initially rejected for a commission due to physical reasons, will undergo another examination at Lubbock in the coming days. He previously was certified as fit for service in the ranks, leaving several unexplained aspects in his case.
Bud Collier now living in Las Vegas studied Roswell methods for handling the dog issue. He notes his town is plagued by packs of homeless cars and lacks action from a catcher, pound, or rabies based sanitary law. The problem grows as do the dogs, and some solution may be possible this time.
Monte McCracken, touted as the state’s best junk man, holds about 800 tons of scrap iron and steel but cannot move it due to no applicants for the heavy labor. He has appealed to authorities and sources with no success and risks quitting unless WPA or others intervene.
G. T. Harris, once Hobbs lawyer, left for the oil capital at weekend with aims to rob a political club formation and to load up provisions and his car for a longer ride. He traveled by various means and planned to return home after a long state journey.
Earl Morris the Honda storekeeper and ranchman and his general superintendent visited Roswell for a short town outing. They slipped away from the soil and trade for a few hours to shop and enjoy pictures, amid stories of how the pair rose from modest beginnings to prominence in the Bonito and Ruidoso region where waters meet.
G. C Longley a chemist in the interior department completed collecting bread and roll samples from Pecos valley bakers on Saturday for analysis and weight records. He stated his visit was a routine call and had no other purpose.
The speaker questions if such a government action exists and defers to the department of justice for verification. Rex French, finishing four years as state treasurer, says he will move back to Raton after December 30 and invest in insurance as his career exit. He notes he has never faced a smear during his time in office.
Carl W. Dudley Billy Joe Shelton and Ernest O Henry of Roswell were recently assigned to the California replacement train eerie at Camp Roberts a2.
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