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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
4
The writer notes contradictory war reports from Russia and Germany and urges truth in public discourse. They critique labor unions delaying defense production and highlight floods in the Southwest with costly highway damage, praising federal action to fund flood control while urging extended city and federal efforts.
In Portales the rain record prompts forecasts of tomato cannery output, with twenty five car loads possible under good conditions while excessive showers ruin fruit for most uses. Beans yield sixteen car loads worth about twelve thousand dollars, and broom corn may reach five hundred thousand with fair breaks. other crops like sweet potatoes, peanuts, dairy, and poultry also face altered prospects as moisture and irrigation shape the valley’s farming, power, and water supply.
Eastern New Mexico College announces its first Y organization with a student-led setup and adviser council. Dr. H C Gossard notes aims include fostering religious thought, bringing speakers, and linking with church programs while building volunteer teams to serve rural and city churches. Officers elected last spring include president Mahota Robertson as enrollment resumes this term.
The text lists names of officers and advisory board members across Portales and Melrose with parallel enrollments. It names presiding officers, secretaries treasurers, council members, and advisory board participants including Mrs. Humphrey and Mrs. Gossard, plus Messrs Ogburn and Moore.
Santa Fe October 1 state wide Girl Scout program chaired by Mrs John E Miles began today. The campaign, urged by President Roosevelt to train girls for civilian defense, will be backed by a large group of state civic and fraternal organizations eight of which attended a meeting at the governor mansion yesterday.
The New Mexico Educational Association will hold its 56th annual convention in Albuquerque on October 22 23 24 and 25. Secretary R J Mullins announced that the theme centers on defending democracy through education.
Santa Fe New Mexico district court decision awarding M. D. Woodward 150 dollars from F. P. Kilburn was reversed by the state supreme court in a three to two ruling. Woodward claimed breach of contract against Kilburn Burial Association.
State land commissioner H. R. Rodgers estimated today that floods have caused at least 50 percent crop damage across the Pecos valley this year, signaling substantial agricultural losses for local growers.
Santa Fe New Mexico. The state compensating tax brought receipts of 34696 dollars in September, up sixty percent from the same month last year according to the bureau of revenue.
Washington October 1 Rep Patman asked Chairman Marriner S Eccles to recite the wording on a federal reserve bank note during price control hearings. Eccles could not say the exact wording. About 40 people were present and no one could muster a reserve note. Patman sought a note to read in an ad.
Santa Fe New Mexico October 1 Governor Miles directed additional state police to Roswell to manage traffic in flooded areas. He requested at least two officers, with a preference for four if feasible.
Twenty men died when the Ethel Skakel, carrying steel rails from Los Angeles to San Juan, sank in ten minutes during a Caribbean gale. Survivors, including a captain who went down with the ship and a radio operator who urged rescue, described a brutal two day battle at sea before navy destroyers and coast guard cutters plucked them from wreckage 375 miles from San Juan.
Governor Miles postponed the October 16 flood control conference and added the Gila river valley to Pecos and Hondo river considerations. No date is set, but the meeting will occur in October when all attendees can attend. Officials from Pecos Hondo irrigation districts and city state and federal representatives will be invited, with Gila area officials also sought.
Francisco Pacheco, a Guadalupe county links to the old west, died Monday in Tucumcari at age 73. The Puerto De Luna and Santa Rosa pioneer was son of Antonio Pacheco, famed hunter and ally of Billy the Kid.
A battalion of the 79th Coast Artillery from Ft. Bliss was rerouted to Hobbs New Mexico and will not stop in Roswell due to floods. The unit will proceed to Amarillo tomorrow by motor convoy after spending tonight in Hobbs.
Production resumed at one Chrysler Dodge plant after an agreement with CIO UAW officials while 20 000 workers remained idle at Briggs Plymouth and Chrysler's Mack Avenue sites due to Briggs frame disputes. Eight Pittsburgh hotels were idle as 2 000 service workers demanded 15 to 20 percent raises, with Washington hotels threatening similar strikes and 3000 workers at 16 leading hotels pledging to strike at midnight if demands were unmet.
Andersons Gardens advertises honey dew melons with a promise of guaranteed satisfaction. Fresh fruit selection highlights quality and value for buyers seeking ripe, flavorful produce.
British Premier Churchill warned that Hitler still holds the initiative in all theaters except the air. He noted the possibility Hitler could strike England Africa Egypt and Spain if he chose to stand on the defensive in Russia. The Ukraine campaign and Poltava loss shape the German plan, with winter risks possibly forcing a defensive dig in or shifting forces to future offensives.
Water from the South Spring River floods Missouri Avenue and parts of Riverside Drive in Roswell. Mayor Hall says the level has dropped a foot in key streets while the city awaits a new Army air base site. State guardsmen report good crowd control. no casualties reported. Pumps operate in basements. courthouse and city hall see water intrusion. Many residents use the Santa Fe bridge to move about.
Secretary Ickes told a senate committee that its Eastern seaboard gasoline shortage claim gravely handicapped the oil conservation program. He cited a survey showing only 3,192 tank cars available and noted Cities Service sought 1,000 cars but obtained 162 from 76 companies.
Tim Wheeler of Roswell, who led the Roswell baseball club last summer, is stationed at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas, after enlisting in the air corps.
Newly redecorated partly furnished home at 1030 North Missouri. Contact Geo Zink Senior by phone 878 or 966J for details. Advertisement classifies as a rental listing in a local paper.
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