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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
10
Mrs. Carol McPherson, worthy matron of the Eastern Star, plans a caravan to Las Vegas for the thirty-ninth grand chapter convening March 20. National figures attend led by Effie Easton, grand matron, and Charles Townsend, grand patron.
Roswell Daily Record printed every evening by Record Publishing Company with city editor and night phone numbers listed. Rates show annual subscriptions at four dollars six cents in New Mexico and six dollars per year elsewhere, with carrier rates at six dollars per year.
A London briefing reveals a Nazi plot to cripple Britain using the Wotan Brigade of Jewish refugees and a Communist front. Sir Hector McAllister outlines the scheme, its planned targets, and the thwarted plan, while Meredith and Beef reflect on the near-miss and demand justice.
The State Health Department has issued regulations for heaters in tourist camps and is now conducting inspections to enforce these safety standards. The move aims to reduce fire risk and protect campers while ensuring compliance across facilities. Officials urge camp operators to review guidelines and prepare for forthcoming checks.
The Albuquerque Journal notes that safety rules should be fully established by next fall to ensure camps and tourist homes are completely safe before another winter. Health departments will check that needed corrections are completed, reducing accidents in the coming season.
In Kansas City on March 5 the National Intercollegiate Basketball tournament organizers announced that seven more teams have entered, bringing total registrations to 17 for the event to be held March 10 to 16. Tournament manager Emil S Liston said today that twenty eight more teams are expected.
Quintet qualifiers include Alma College Sioux Falls State Panhandle Aggies of Goodwell Louisiana State Normal Kent State Teachers Pittsburg State Teachers and Dakota Wesleyan. Tarkio College Owls travel to defend their 1940 tournament title. Meet sponsored by the National Intercollegiate Association with Liston as executive secretary.
The University of New Mexico Lobos begin a limited baseball season by facing the New Mexico Miners in Socorro. The March 5 date marks the team’s first game as they kick off a shortened schedule in Albuquerque area play.
Coach John Dolza delli said the team has four booked games with the Miners and two with Arizona University. He also listed two more tentatively scheduled contests and a potential mid May game with the Albuquerque Cardinals of the Arizona Texas League amid light competition.
Clarence Cooper of Chaves county notes only 3 percent of property owners filed renditions in Curry County while Bernalillo reaches 66 percent. Cooper’s district shows about 75 percent of 10 000 entries, leaving 2600 still to process daily. Owners missing the March 1 deadline face a five percent penalty.
Jeff Liston notes about 1400 cars not yet decorated for 1941 as more than 4000 tags have been issued. With liability stopping non compliant cars, the remaining vehicles are likely stored in family garages or similar places.
TOM REID and fellow county agents oppose a weed control bill. It requires locating patches and removing them with costs placed as a land lien. Agents say the duty is nearly impossible to fulfill and warn it could disrupt ten years of local prosperity, noting lumber remains a key, though not sole, factor.
Chester Carr promotes the Samaritan Lodge No. 12 initiatory degree to be conferred Thursday night. Members are urged to attend on time or risk trouble. Visitors are welcome.
Allen of Clovis says several Japanese are employed in the shops at that point including roundhousemen and machinists. He supports a proposed bill memorializing Congress to make the employment of aliens on transportation systems illegal.
H L Grant of Dallas, in town for a day en route to Santa Fe federal session, is unimpressed by U S Attorney Everett Grantham announcing about 150 grand jury cases. Most involve postal and narcotic violations, transporting stolen cars, and draft evasion. Some evaders will go to CCC like camps. George Fuller, Alamogordo HQ, celebrates Breece Lumber sale in Otero county, Alamo mill, Sacramento mountains timber, payrolls of 25000 monthly and 600 to 800 new jobs, as Prestridge Seligman assumes new ownership.
M A Crawford, manager of Pecos Valley Packing, praises the Tenderized Ham line for catching on with trade. He explains tenderized does not imply cooking, but that the meat is fully processed in curing to tenderize without altering flavor or nutrition.
W. E. Whitmore of KGFL praises Amarillo native Ted Taylor as national director chosen at the Texas association gathering in San Antonio. Taylor will be the Texas contact for Texas Broadcaster Music Inc steering the campaign against ASCAP seen as a lifeblood drain on locals. Whitmore cites BMI secretary Carl Haverlin, NMMI alumnus, with kin in Roswell aiding his access.
D P Greiner county clerk states none of his clerical staff are under 21 despite an attorney general ruling that deputies in New Mexico must be 21 or older. All women in Chaos county clerk office are over 21, some by a small margin. Phone classified to No 11.
Doctors describe kidneys as 15 miles of tiny tubes that purify blood and keep health. Fatigue leads to nighttime waking, backache, swelling, and headaches. Doan's Pills are marketed as relief and claim to flush waste from blood, supported by decades of use.
Artesia news covers visits by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stevens and family from Pinon, convalescence updates on Mrs. Melson and her ill infant, and Mrs. Edward Louie recovering from surgery at Artesia Memorial hospital. The Artesia Alfalfa Growers Association sets a March 11 banquet at the Artesia hotel roof garden, with an afternoon meeting to discuss by law changes. Also listed: emergency loan options for farmers in Carlsbad and Artesia, birth of Herman Johnson’s son February 28, Tom Terry ships a carload of sheep to Kansas City from Artesia.
A compact word puzzle listing across and down clues including German composer fish types bird parts tides gazes egress and more with entries for gods nouns and common terms. It also references yesterday's answer and ends with a friar's title clue.
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