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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
2
In August 1918 a thanksgiving service at the Amiens cathedral featured a priest urging tolerance toward a defeated foe. The piece argues that Allied disassociation from wartime fever and adherence to Christian counsel might have altered the postwar trajectory and Versailles outcomes.
Archbishop Rudolph Gerkin cancels the eucharistic congress planned for May in Santa Fe and Albuquerque after the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce refused to sponsor a $10,000 fundraising drive. The decision ends a statewide effort that would have drawn thousands of Catholics from across the country, with New Mexico towns mocking the reluctance to commit funds.
Joe M Evans of El Paso and southwest Texas has written a fifth book titled A Corral Fur of Stories. The collection, rounded up by Evans, contains clean but punchy tales of hunting cattle ranching and life in the Southwest. Roswell and famed ranches and brands appear. Evans, a seasoned hunter and rancher, shows deep religious leanings in his outdoor writing.
The article notes Turkey joining the British and French alliance, dealing a blow to Germany and Russia. It details Turkish refusal of Russia demands to close the Dardanelles and Black Sea to British and French ships while remaining open to Russia. It suggests war escalation hinges on a longer, broader conflict with more nations entering. The text concludes that the war has not truly begun yet.
Felix Beyer, a German economist now in the United States, argues in Iron Age that Germany faces a four to eight month collapse due to shortages of iron ore machinery fuel oil copper wheat and other materials. He cites tired workers declining output and older labor force from continued conscription, suggesting Allied inaction on the western front stems from this knowledge.
Sidelights on the News notes Hobbs and Lea county backing a reconstructed New Mexico National Guard unit. The chamber of commerce promotes potential economic benefits and security for oil fields, arguing a $30,000 start is justified. Health City Sun Birthday reflections praise Albuquerque’s Sun on its twenty years and its cheerful, philanthropy-minded role in the state press.
A damaged OCR fragment shows fragmented price values such as 25¢ 18¢ and 25¢ in a small sale listing. The readable bits point to a brief classified item or ad noting prices but lack full context or entities.
A historian notes that Coronado and other Spaniards were Catholic, arguing the faith deserves spotlight at the Cuarto Centennial celebration. The remark frames religious heritage as a central theme in the commemorative events.
In the Probate Court of Chaves County New Mexico Elia Walker appointed administratrix of the estate of Fannie Kirven deceased by Judge Emmett Patton. Creditors must file claims with the county clerk within six months or be barred. Dated October 13 1939. Associated Press item October 20 1914 notes German attack on Arras and Belgian army extension to the Channel.
A mixed list of crossword clues across and down with numbers and fragments. The page includes entries like English game Hebrew letter Ascend Dancers' cymbals fruit beak of a bird originator of Popeye roadside ditch weeps convulsively and a long down list with clues such as Domestic pets on East, Laughing Indian palm, Recess via 10, Empower shore, Malicious, Hebrew dry burning of a measure building, Epochs, Sleeping, Prongs place, Starch from, An entire range, Any place of ideal perfection, Steal, Large wine cask, Pair of horses, Gull-like birds, New, Hog, Shed copiously, Body of water, Annex. The text ends with a scrambled, partially legible header and note: Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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