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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1941
Page
6
Roswell Daily Record published every evening by Record Publishing Company with staff and office details. Includes subscription rates and contact numbers for business, society, and night editors. Mentions 1903 filing and Associated Press affiliation.
On Saturday March 8 1941 a remark notes that if Texas controls all water, flood control along Pecos may be Texas’s responsibility, to keep Texas water off New Mexico property. The tongue in cheek statement mentions New Mexico property and interstate water concerns without formal action.
The writer recalls four years since major floods in Roswell and valley towns, noting three floods in a week and the Berrendo rampage. They warn a future wet period is inevitable and could be harder to manage than the last, with damages estimated from a half million to a million dollars. Call for action on flood control, discussed for forty years.
A peculiar reflection compares modern Senate talkers to ancient Rome’s Nero era scapegoating and a rumored great fire. The passage notes the enduring tendency to overtalk in politics across eras.
The piece notes Roswell has had lucky fire records and warns that windy season brings risk of grass fires. It mentions falls see most fires due to dry browned grass, spring less likely, and highlights an efficient fire department.
The passage muses on Spring as a force of life in both living and inanimate matter. It notes rocks allegedly growing and containing evidence that oceans once covered the land, leaving marine deposits enshrined within the stones. The reflection ties natural growth to geology and paleoenvironments.
A reflective column critiques state finances and governance focusing on Miles administration, tax proposals on gasoline and tobacco, and the Colorado plan as a path to curb waste. It notes flood control, education funding, and opposition to extra appropriations while referencing Raton’s renamed Swastika avenue and broader political concerns including election probes and historic accuracy in media.
Will Robinson notes the New Mexico legislature faces broad gim mes that threaten public funds and defy Governor Miles warnings against new taxes. The article frames the proposed measures as an overt raid on the treasury, with political framing around accountability and fiscal risk.
In Sitka a Sabbath morning scene unfolds from Echo House, where Captain Dynamite Danny O M oore dictates memoirs while his granddaughter Sondra types. A dramatic interruption arrives as a gunboat Falcon threatens the Glory of the West, setting a clash of law and frontier enterprise against a backdrop of O M oore Seiners, Ltd. and Sitka’s storied ancestry.
Sitka alive with love and intrigue as Captain O'Moore, once rivaled by a former affair with Jacqueline Reynall, returns to wed Tanya while the former lover’s shadow and Echo House hint at darker currents. Dyna mite Reynall lands, drawing Sondra’s wary gaze at the old Rus sian port’s edge.
A list of new fiction and non fiction titles with authors including Caldwell Clements Fedorova Goodrich Green Hitchens Hilton Hindus Jamieson Kaup Marquand Marsh Perry Rinehart Swanson Whipple Whitney Waters and non fiction works by Adamis Greenbie Kozlenko Kraus Lundburg Miller Rayner Reynolds Valtin Winston Dive Bomber and a note to phone classified to No 11.
A column urges renewing religious instruction in schools and a return to faith as the nation’s foundation. It cites dangers from ignorance of the Bible and notes historical examples where state worship supplants humane values. The author stresses that education rests on religion and calls readers to attend church tomorrow.
General Innis P. Swift urges religious instruction for Selective Service trainees as essential to national and personal character, criticizing lack of Christian education at home and recommending government provision of spiritual training alongside physical and military education. Also notes stamp program extension debate, local church society meetings, and health updates on Mrs. Knoll and Miss Palmer with funeral and church calendar details.
General Charlton has halted plans for a new Albuquerque armory after salvagers offered only two demolition tenders. He refused both as insufficient. The article notes demolition often fails to cover costs and recalls Roswell workers earning under two dollars daily, while labor laws hinder salvage profitability.
Washington March 7 top-ranking members of the military and naval committees were reported to have the approval of Democratic House leaders for a nine man committee to investigate the national defense program. The arrangement would speed work due to members’ familiarity with both war and navy establishments.
The senate campaign investigating committee reported that the major parties spent almost 22 million dollars in the 1940 presidential contest and urged Congress to fix rigid limits on political funds and tighten election laws. Republican groups were credited with about 15 million while Democrats exceeded 6 million.
Federal judge Justice James H. Proctor ruled against directing acquittal of the American Medical Association on Sherman Act charges. He did order acquittal for four co-defendants in the trial proceeding in Washington.
Hollywood March 7 James Stewart received draft classification 1A making him immediately eligible for military service. The actor and Oscar winner now joins the pool of available draftees as war mobilization continues.
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