Roswell Daily Record Information and Masthead
Roswell Daily Record publishs evenings with staff listings E MASON editor DW SCARRITT city editor H B COOLEY advertising manager and subscription rates for mail in New Mexico and Roswell per week and year details. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and the New Mexico Newspaper Association and notes its second class mail status under federal act.
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Record Publishing Company
Business Office
Society
Audit Bureau of Circulations
E. Mason
Neeneeene
Roswell
New Mexico
Associated Press
Assn
Columbus and Northmen Discovery Debate Spreads Across Nation
On Columbus Day 1940 readers revisit who found America first. The piece contrasts Leif Ericson’s Norse voyage with Columbus, notes Asia-Africa migration theories, and reflects on wartime News and poll histories including Literary Digest and Gallup. It mentions local participation in Digest polls and questions the accuracy of public opinion surveys.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Europe
Columbus
Leif Eiriksson
Greenland
New World
North America
Asia
Americas
Bering Straits
Literary Digest
Gallup
Digest
Tts
NLOVE'S INTERLUDE Drama of Moira and Tarry ends in tragedy
In a tale of love and social ambition Moira Carewe, daughter of an ethnologist, and Tarleton Griggs fall for each other while parental pressure pushes Tarry toward Lady Careen Kilmorny. A love triangle unfurls at a hunts meet, a leap to Devil's Leap leads to Careen's death, and the pair drift apart. Moira trains in New York beauty work, then faces renewed hope in Paris before Griggs senior wrecks their plans. The story tracks wealth, power, and heartbreak across a turbulent era.
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Moira Carewe
Tarleton Griggs
Joseph Griggs
Tarry
Pater
Careen Kilmorny
Careen
Moira
Moire
Paris
Griggs
Baden-Baden
Sadie Vandergelt
South America
Tourney Park
Boston
New York
School of Applied Design
Beauty
Deverneys
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Mrs. Rules
Cora Deverney
Cora
Evelyn Groves
Evelyn
Notice to Creditors and Court Actions in New Mexico
The items announce a pending divorce suit in district court of Chaves County between F F Collins and Lilie Irene Collins with a November 23, 1940 appearance deadline. An estate administration notice for Jennie T Searcy requests claims within six months. Other notices include a notice to creditors in Roswell and a report on German French prisoner release talks, dated late Sept to Oct 1940.
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District Court OF
Chaves County
State OF New Mexico
F. PF. Collins
Lilie Irene Collins
F. F. Collins
D. A. Calderon
Roswell
New Mexico
Jennie T. Searcy
Probate Court
Pleasant Dreams and Dust Bowl Masons in Roy New Mexico
A reflective column recounts Masons in Roy New Mexico adapting through dust bowl years and reconstruction. It notes lodge setback, efforts to rebuild with American Legion ties, and travels to Portales Clovis San Jon Tucumcari Logan as communities stayed connected.
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Dust Bowl
Southwest
Roy
Harding County
Clayton
Mesa
New Mexico
Meisure
Nara Visa
Logan
Roy Lodge
Portales
Clovis
San Jon
Tucumcari
Distant Rabbit Ear Mountains Highlight Historic Trail Route
A distant showing of the Rabbit Ear mountains north of Clayton captures attention as the Santa Fe trail’s South Fork threads through the desert. The Masonic talk between Fort Union soldiers and desert Texans surprises, with Captain Meade and Captain Graham noting the event in terse reports to Austin. Details emerge from aged sources across both states.
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Clayton
Fort Union
Meade
Austin
Graham
Daily Crossword Clues and Political Ad Text Compiled
A mixed page item lists a large crossword puzzle with numerous across and down clues covering beetles cloth fragments epochs and more, followed by a political advertisement stating proposed constitutional voting law changes and the 1940 general election submission details. It cites requirements for absentee voting registration secrecy and party balance in election boards.
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Board of Registration
Adv
Albuquerque And Carlsbad Lead In New Businesses
Albuquerque and Carlsbad head New Mexico in attracting new business firms per a survey by the Unemployment Compensation Commission. Bernalillo County logged 19 new employing units in September while Eddy County reported 16 new firms. The report notes the third quarter of 1940 data.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carlsbad
Unemployment Compensation Commission of
New Mexico
Bernalillo County
Eddy County
New Mexico Employment Gains By Quarter Across Counties
The report shows a 5.2 percent rise in covered employment from late 1939 to 1940 with the second quarter up 6 percent and the first quarter up 4.7 percent. Eddy county leads with a 15.46 percent jump, Torrance 12.2 percent, Sierra 9, Rio Arriba 8.5, and Socorro 3.83 percent. out-of-state firms under unemployment laws rise 11.7 percent. Total jobless insurance coverage in New Mexico reaches 4,756, up from 3,257 a year ago and 1,499 for the year thus far.
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Eddy County
Torrance County
Socorro
New Mexico
Sears Southern Industrialization Sale Kickoff Ad
Jimmie Shults promises the best shoe sale for the whole family starting Thursday October 17 from 10 to 1. Local ad highlights Sears promotion and timed event.
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Sears
Relief At Last for Your Cough From Creomulsion
A dental ad style claim touts Creomulsion as a powerful cough remedy that reaches the bronchial area to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed membranes. It emphasizes no narcotics, time tested ingredients, and a money back guarantee if it does not quickly relieve the cough.
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Nlove
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Dom
Joe Deverney
Faith
May Christie
King Features Syndicate, Iy
Boise City
Okla
Dalhart
Texline
Des Moines
Raton
God’s Country
Delbert Paddock
H. J. Johnson
Femme Aid
State OF
New Metico
United States
Albert William Braun
Mescalero
Fort Sam Houston
Father Braun
Sixth U. S. Infantry
Mescalero Reservation
A. J. Schuler
el Paso
Wendell Willkie
Democratic National Committee
Willkie
Italy
France
Austria
Hungary
Greece
Balkan Countries
Africa
Marcielle A. Puckett
Papis
Berlin
Germany
Spartanburg, S. Co
No. 11
American Legion
Donald Duck
T’s A
Dewey
Will Robbinson
Daily Crossword
Charles Lamb
Dictrituted *Y Kine Fratures Syndicate, Inc
Jimmie Shults
Berkey
Brunswick
RED Crown Bowling Carnival
East Second Street
Walt Disney
Moseley’s
Coronado
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