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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1935
Page
7
Roswell Daily Record of Roswell New Mexico outlines advertising rates subscriptions and mail details. The notice lists pricing by carrier per week per month and six months with yearly rate claims and states it is entered May 19 1903 as Second Class Mail Matter under federal act. It notes Associated Press rights and local news reserved.
Judge G A Richardson advocated planting drought resistant trees along Roswell to Hagerman Artesia and Carlsbad highways. He noted damp borrow pits and federal highway beautification programs could fund the project creating scenic breaks and steady forest growth while employing workers.
In the matter of the estate of Benimon D Ballard deceased a probate petition seeks ascertaining rights and distribution. Leroy R Ballard James J Ballard Leona Ballard Sterling and S E Ballard are named as only claimants with West Half and other lands described, and all others cited to appear March 9 1935 to show cause.
In a Chaves County probate page multiple items appear. A featured argument asserts a stronger Army and Navy as defense, noting twenty million yearly costs and potential 200 to 400 million over decades with war risks. The piece stresses national defense over pacifist opposition and possible long term savings against damages. It also includes a probate notice for Edwin S. Wood estate with final report hearing set for April 15, 1935 in Roswell.
The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce promotes a program to plant and care for trees across New Mexico. Officials urge civic groups and residents to participate, citing urban shade, air quality, and community beautification benefits.
Mércé promotes a plan to plant trees along four miles north of Highway s to the Storrie canal in cooperation with a Bureau of Public Roads beautification program. The idea calls for towns to establish shade belts along their territories to improve arid highway corridors and enhance scenery for travelers.
Saturday's issue carried an editorial titled Double Dose of Taxes that should have been credited to the Las Vegas Optic but was missing the attribution due to an oversight.
In Chaves County New Mexico the probate court appointed Etty Parker administratrix of W L L Parker deceased on February 21 1935. Creditors must file claims with the County Clerk within one year from appointment or be barred.
Rhoda Cornboise is betrothed to Maj. Ralph Stornack due to her mother’s ambition while secretly loving Colin Briarley, a prisoner. Rhoda elopes with Colin on the eve of her wedding, returns to face a forced marriage plot, discovers Stornack’s murder of a solicitor to seize her inheritance, and plans to sign away her fortune under pressure from Stornack and accomplices as Caermaen orchestrates escapes for Colin. Rhoda’s fear and moral conflict mount as a mock marriage is staged to transfer the inheritance, with Rhoda wavering between love and survival as the plan unfolds.
Cattle and sheep markets show brisk demand as yearlings sell up to seven cents a pound and fat lambs fetch high prices on the Denver market. Mortgage insurance loans emerge, Roswell trees plan grows, and New Mexico politics and notices color the year with figures of debt, insurance, and state funding.
The piece notes Senator Hatch backing actions to aid Curry county farmers after last week’s wheat losses. It mentions preparations to plant corn on devastated fields and an array of local efforts tied to New Mexico events, including water in a desert lake and various regional notes across Clovis, Portales, Socorro, and Albuquerque. The item also covers tax, license, and highway topics, plus a few light local curiosities and statewide political mentions.
Alfred Letourner and Franco Georgetti led the field at Madison Square Garden after 10 hours of racing, clocking 190 miles 9 laps. Bobby Thomas and Eddie Testa held a two lap edge over Avanti Marinetti and Willie Grimm with 152 laps completed.
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