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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1940
Page
8
The Roswell Daily Record masthead lists contact numbers for offices and editors and notes advertising rates and affiliations. It includes statements about circulation, AP news use, and membership in the New Mexico Newspaper Association.
Friday’s report says the fair shows real improvement with larger parade, more exhibits, and daily rodeo exhibitions. Attendance on opening day is reported as the largest yet, despite space constraints during the transition to new grounds. The piece endorses speeding plans to relocate fully and reflects on wartime tensions, stressing American resolve and readiness to defend the western coast if needed.
The passage argues that despite Nazi and Fascist boasts the English navy controls the seas including the inland Mediterranean. As Axis imports dwindle, Britain could win the war through its sea power, with Britannica noting its rule of the waves in the absence of American competition.
The Roswell Fair closes Old Timers Day with floats, barbecue, and mingling politicians led by Governor Miles. The piece notes aging attendees, shifting crews, and the fading memory of figures like Captain Lea and Billy Atkinson as life in Chaves county moves on.
A historical remark denounces employing aliens in defense related work as a major blunder. The speaker argues it worsens unemployment among millions of Americans and claims a strong nation should rely on its own citizens rather than foreign labor in defense industries.
New Mexico readers debate Attorney General Jackson pursuing oil combinations for restraint of trade while noting broader monopoly concerns in cement lumber steel and other sectors. opiners discuss John W. Davis supporting a six year presidential term and extending the idea to congressional terms amid critiques of political practice and term limits.
Debates question why the oil industry is singled out as the most deserving target for strafing among all combinations. Proponents argue economic impact and strategic relevance drive the focus, while critics warn of broader collateral harm and global supply consequences.
In a measured debate the speaker urges fairness and argues against singling out President Roosevelt as the sole target of harassment. The remark encourages broader scrutiny of all leaders rather than focusing on one individual.
After thirty eight years writers discuss Finis Andersons homestead filing in the San Andreas mountains where he was a neighbor under Gene Rhodes distant control. No surveys or taxes beyond cattle and minor improvements. land valued at about ten cents an acre. Officials slow to act and unlikely to affect the claim. the government machinery would not change the situation.
The article argues the current forty hour week for government and interstate workers is two hours below federal standards and not applied to all workers. It condemns the partial coverage as ill balanced and akin to class legislation, contrasting it with the broader public welfare aims.
Many people fail to grasp the significance of 4H Club calf sales featured at New Mexico fairs. Buyers pay three to four times typical values, underscoring strong demand for competitively raised stock.
The article explains that elevated calf prices are partly to cover production costs and fund youth education in cattle industry basics. It notes big business supports bidding up calves through institutions like McNally Hall Sears Roebuck First National Bank Ford interests and cotton interests to assist bright youngsters who will lead tomorrow’s flocks.
Some residents question why Gov Miles rejected Maurice Miera’s invitation to debate state issues. The retort cites an old Badee neighborhood saying: Do not argue you cannot convince each other. The remark echoes a century old wisdom about avoiding fruitless clashes.
In New Mexico the pinon harvest yields the year’s best nut crop while walnuts and other nuts demand explosive defenses. A Roswell party returning last Sunday brought home 25 pounds of pinon, shining a light on storehouses packed by pack rats and the odd moral question of robbing their nests.
Allan Sloan, raised in Las Vegas, cashes in $5.00 from Colliers by arguing there is no flawless emerald or perfect invention. He hints at more such claims to come, noting gaps in perfection across various items and roles.
Tucumcari police chief Jimmie Durett vows to crack down on speeders after city ordinance sets downtown limit at 15 mph and residential streets at 25 mph. He warns enforcement will require extensions on Fus Gado, but promises it will function.
Oakland City College students will join well leaders this week near Mount Vernon Indiana as the college shifts to prospecting in the southern Indiana oil field to support itself. The first oil well is now being drilled and a rooting section will cheer when it is brought in.
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