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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
9
The American Railroads Association reports New Mexico railroads spent 14,097,162 for materials and wages in 1940. Taxes to state and local governments are not included. 1939 taxes totaled 1,848,812. Fuel and equipment purchases reached 2,309,027, with wages totaling 11,788,135 for 6,071 employees in July 1940.
Hagerman news items note visits by Mr. and Mrs. E A Paddock and Marian Paddock to Clovis while Hal Ware welcomes a baby girl in Newport News Virginia. Woman's Club election Friday. seniors perform a play with cast including Johnny Boykin Helen Goodwin Wanda Lee Frazier and Roselle Basinger. Receipts total sixty five dollars for a club project amid local visits and Tornado aftermath reports.
The piece notes that Lend-Lease needs may require about 15 million cases of canned tomatoes, prompting plans to plant 580000 acres in 1941. This 43 percent jump from 1940, highlighted by F F Whitley, will push New Mexico growers to expand acreage, spurred by price incentives and fertilizer use though AAA payments remain unaffected by the expansion.
Five held or questioned in Albuquerque and Lebanon as FBI links arrests to the Los Angeles Citizens National Trust robbery of March 21. A. Bryce reports one suspect in custody in Albuquerque while another man and a woman were taken from Lebanon, and two more suspects had been arrested in Los Angeles. A car with New Mexico plates tied to the Waynesville arrest.
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion will tour New Mexico on May 13 to 14 en route from St Louis to California. He will be met at El Paso escorted through Carlsbad Caverns and hosted at a Legion banquet in Artesia before a public address. Warner recently returned from England to study conditions firsthand.
Sheriff R D Laumbach of Harding county at age 32 earns praise from Judge Livingston N Taylor for nine arrests and nine convictions in four months. The effort saved the county at least $2000 in court costs, with Taylor calling him one of the best sheriffs he has worked with.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation agreed to study a New Mexico delegation's plan to develop a reclamation bureau project for the middle Rio Grande conservancy district. Delegation members Judge Bryan Johnson Frank Butt and Stanley Miller met with Senator Dennis Chavez and RFC officials. No firm decision was reached, but RFC will review the loan status to judge feasibility.
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation teams with the American Red Cross to boost tomato distribution for relief and school lunches. Canners are urged to submit offers now to supply canned tomatoes after the new pack, with early acceptance aiding rapid expansion and smoother operations. Additional fresh tomato purchases and processing may follow to safeguard growers’ prices in open markets, with planned extra supplies in the south and west in fall 1941.
Col. Russell C. Charlton urges all registrants and inductees to protect civilian jobs by informing employers of Selective Service status and training plans. The act guarantees job restoration after training, with seniority preserved unless changed circumstances prevent it.
Roy L. Cook, chairman of the state employment security commission, announced that older workers are receiving heightened attention, tied to Governor Miles' May 4-10 Employment Week. He noted veterans among the displaced and urged continued cooperation, citing increased employer interest and a strengthened obligation to veterans during these times.
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