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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
8
The New Mexico rainfall offered welcome moisture amid drought, while Roswell council approved forming a committee to beautify South Park Cemetery under city control. The piece notes decline in southern lynchings, warns against propagandist mail, and comments on copper production, Mexican oil output, and U.S. silver policy amid wartime concerns.
A 260 page book on Polish acts against Germans is dismissed as propaganda. The piece argues free mail circulation fuels misleading literature and urges muzzle action. It discusses New Mexico primary and general election costs, candidate expenses, and perceived barriers for poor candidates. It notes Eagle Nest fish fry crowds, oddities in mullet abundance, and Townsend movement voters in Illinois.
The Santa Fe System carloadings for the week ending May 4, 1940, were 18,029, down from 20,117 in the same week in 1939. Receipts from connections were 6,195 versus 6,216 a year earlier. Total cars moved were 24,224, compared with 26,333 in 1939. The Santa Fe also handled 24,867 cars in the preceding week of this year. Record Want-Ads Get Results.
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