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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1941
Page
6
For sale or rent, used pianos from 50 dollars with easy terms. Ginsberg Music Co. also lists a five room house at 507 South Kentucky. Inquiries for the piano shop at 212 East McGaffey or phone 1345.
A congressional committee warns against government spending as a cure for depressions and urges private enterprise and capital. It cites fascist and socialist tendencies in the economy and proposes corporate charters, merger restrictions, patent law revisions, and broader anti trust measures. A minority counters that the report omits broader questions and may not prevent future economic woes.
For Sale or trade near Roswell: 81 acres farm and home near Claremore Oklahoma three miles out. Three room house barns orchard woodland two creeks spring and hydraulic rain 60 acres in cultivation plenty of water. Trade for similar property near Roswell. Includes 30 acres on Lake Claremore unimproved with log cabin and well good grazing. Value 4000 land value 50 per acre. Cap t Chas F Ward 805.
The piece describes a tense state primary dispute seen as a test of political will in New Mexico. Senators Roach and McWhirter clash with Democrats and Republicans over sessions, caucuses, and alleged dirty tactics. It notes highway funding fights, right of way issues, and invitations to events like White Sands Play Day, highlighting ongoing stalemates near the legislative term’s end.
The Townsendites faced defeat as House Memorial No. 1 was deferred and likely killed. The measure sought Congress to pass a modified old age pension plan, with New Mexico lacking funds for half the cost. Representative Gonzales admitted he had not read the memorial, and Representative Payne halted the effort.
County officials must endure the same pay for two more years as House Bill 42 dies in the senate. The session reveals few county officials earn their pay, while highway projects repeat in title with little real impact. Rail interests and labor groups convene in a businesslike hearing on work cars water quality and crossing signals amid federal oversight.
One of the week’s most interesting committee hearings focused on railroads, with Frank Padilla, noted as the baby of the house, drawing attention for his role and potential impact in the proceedings.
Fort Sumner New Mexico reports William B. McDermott of Detroit and William Rodgers of Columbus were held on charges of armed robbery and automobile theft tied to the kidnapping of J. J. Johnson of Yeso last week. Johnson, a Santa Fe Railway employee, said he was held up and abducted Thursday night, bound and gagged, then left on a sideroad before his car was taken.
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