Sidelights On The News On Gasoline Taxes And Cars
Will Robinson notes mounting gasoline costs amid proposed bills boosting taxes on fuel. AP data show federal gasoline taxes in 1940 reached nearly 300 million dollars, up 31 percent from 1939, with motorists paying 89 percent of charges and industrial users 11 percent. He suggests total car tax could rise to about 10 cents a gallon, and warns the automobile may face heavy taxation as a spread indicting broader tax increases.
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AP Grist
Roswell Daily Record A Roswell News Paper Overview
Roswell Daily Record details its offices editors advertisers and contact numbers. Rates for subscriptions in advance list weekly monthly and yearly pricing. The paper notes May 10 1903 establishment and Associated Press affiliation with New Mexico Newspaper Association membership.
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Roswell
Congress
Associated Press Inc
Associated Press
New Mexico
Assn
Rumors on military training length and defense impact
Official statements discount extended service beyond one year and note Congress must act to extend. Defense programs affect New Mexico with rising prices and taxes, while population shifts and manpower forecasts shape future military needs. Military age pools may peak by 1950 and again in 1965, with declines projected thereafter.
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Congressional
Congress
New Mexico
Roswell
United States
Dust year threats loom from Las Cruces to Clayton
Reports from Las Cruces to Clayton indicate conditions forming for another dust year in 1941. Dust interferes with local affairs and stops soil workers as winds have already damaged the wheat crop in Curry and nearby districts of the old dust bowl. Prepare for the worst as the outlook darkens.
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Las Cruces
Clayton
Curry
Jackson Day Dinner Sparks Democratic Showdown
Tom McCaffrey declares no dinner will occur for Jackson Day while state chairman Ben Luchini, tall sycamore figure, asserts there will be a dinner and fixes March 29. Faithful urged to bathe Friday night March 28 and hold meal tickets for Saturday night.
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Tom McCaffrey
Jackson Day
Ben Luchini
Mr. Luchini
Not For Assessors H B Hening Estimates Livestock Income
H B Hening, a leading state authority, places New Mexico livestock gross at 44 million dollars. He notes these figures are separate from county assessor returns and should be understood before proceeding.
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H. B. Hening
New Mexico
Lid On Loans Again In Roswell Area
The Federal Land Bank briefly halts farm loans in the Roswell area as engineers fix water handling problems. The move, described as routine, usually leads to a recovery over several years and is framed as a normal risk in irrigated regions.
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Federal Land Bank
Roswell
United States
Forest workers map road to Indian Wells near Alamogordo
Lincoln area officers organized a route east from 70 toward the Birdh school area to reach Indian Wells. The wells are ancient storage pots of four to six gallons each, built into rock strata with no known builders or date.
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Lincoln Area
Alamogordo
Prairie of Fire Theory Echoes in Basin Incident
An inferential remark links the event to the Prairie of Fire disaster that wrought havoc in the Tula Rosa basin. The speaker suggests the theory is as plausible as alternatives in explaining the episode.
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Tularosa Basin
Columnist misses Texas references in anniversary notes
Lubbock reader Mrs. J B Corcoran complains the column omits San Jacinto day and Washington on the Brazos events. The writer argues the topic was a slave, a New Mexico legislature and the flu this year, noting Texas subjects do not mix with the other anniversaries.
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J. B. Corcoran
Lubbock
San Jacinto
Washington-on-the Brazos
New Mexico
Texas
Straying Witnesses Delays Civil Suit In Graves Circuit
Farland Robbins, attorney in Graves county, notes four witnesses for a civil suit failed to appear. One is jailed in Mayfield city jail, another in a Paducah jail, a third serving a Missouri prison sentence, and the fourth with the Kentucky national guard at Camp Shelby in Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Mayfield
Farland Robbins
Graves
Robbins
Mayfield City
Paducah
Missouri
Kentucky National Guard
Camp Shelby
Miss
He Needed the Money Theft Trial In North Carolina Jail Hams
A Bertie county defendant charged with stealing six hams from the jail told Judge J B Davenport he took them to raise money to repay ten dollars he had stolen from the mother of a policeman.
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Windsor, N. C
Bertie
J. B. Davenport
Relief At Last For Your Cough From Creomulsion
An advertisement urges relief for coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis with Creomulsion saying it targets the bronchial membranes and loosens phlegm. It touts beechwood creosote and other medicines, claims no narcotics, and offers a money back guarantee if customers dislike its quick relief and sleep aid benefits.
Farley Receives Wry Snowbound Prank Call
In Topeka Kansas a late night prank jolted Rev R E Farley head of the Kansas United dry forces when a caller claimed to be the dry leader and laughed at being soaked after a snowstorm. Farley feared the wind column could topple his frame buildings as the airliner’s flight path passed overhead.
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Topeka
Kas
R. E. Farley
Kansas United Dry Forces
Dr. Farley
The
Kansas Drys
Farmer asks airlines to guide Mighty Heavy Air
A farmer near Lambert-St. Louis airport phoned in to request airline guidance during a period of heavy air conditions. He expressed gratitude if carriers would provide clearer instructions and safer travel options.
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ST. Louis
Lambert
Home Grown Spinach Young and Tender
Anderson's Gardens advertises fresh spinach described as young and tender. The piece promotes local produce with emphasis on home grown quality and seasonal readiness for customers seeking garden produce directly from a local grower.
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues Complete Puzzle
A crossword puzzle with across clues from 1 to 53 and down clues from 1 to 49 lists many common word solutions such as smell noun and verb, ineffective actors, American poet, curved molding, faith, confident, prize, dregs, bill of a bird, poem, fortify, missile weapon, thick soup, Persia, liquid measure, promised solemnly, grain, sea eagle, sleeveless garment, French river, self satisfied, supercilious, thick slice, pleasing, listless, inflamed spots, gentleman shortened, spheres, eat by rules, wide mouthed jug, check, throngs, chills and fever, bare, appear, nouris h, percolate, not high, artless, mistake, muscular strength, Shakespearean characters, type of foot race, dissolves, undivided, exclamation of disgust, moist, wit, purchases, worn out, stump of a tooth, a number, image, blemish, Italian coin, afresh, charactering Little Women, pronoun.
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