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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1941
Page
4
The piece argues high rejection rates among prospective U S military volunteers reflect a national deficiency in physical fitness. It blames parents and schools for neglecting physical training and urges mandatory exercise in all schools and communities to improve lifeskills and future success.
In New York Oct 24 a brief on racing notes mentions Dusty, a colt trained for two year old status on Jan 1, with plans to face Whirlaway in California. It also notes Frankie Sinkwich diet chatter, Jimmy Ray and Abe Simon feud activity, and Michigan versus Minnesota betting lines in Minneapolis.
A civic editorial urges stopping labor strikes during national defense efforts. It argues many protests are petty, cites dues fights and union discipline, and insists a strictly enforced act ban work stoppages in defense work to protect workers and defend the nation.
Albuquerque dispatch notes Grand Lodge gossip about the Texas Lost Company of 32 civilians and two young priests who vanished after departing Austin in 1848 bound for Santa Fe. The tale links to burned records of the Roman Catholic Church and Masonry, with scraps from unofficial papers suggesting padres sought passage with Texan horsemen through San Antonio and Paso del Norte to Santa Fe.
In the Scottish Rite Cathedral records, a Masonic charter is noted as sent to a Santa Fe group, indicating an official transfer of lodge affiliation or recognition within the broader fraternal network. The entry emphasizes administrative steps and the periodic expansion of lodges across regions.
In May 1848, a charter was set to Texas as the mother of Masonry in the western lands. Captain Ephraim Starr led the party and was told to present the charter to designated parties in Santa Fe who would identify themselves.
Elliott Crosby spent two years seeking clues on a Masonic company with possible Texas to New Mexico links and annexation aims. He rode from Austin to Santa Fe to trace routes and talk with tribes, but found no living informants or evidence of what happened to the Texans.
Mr and Mrs Wesley Foster Jr announce the birth of a seven pound ten ounce boy at St Marys Hospital naming him James Webb Foster. Both mother and baby James are reported doing well.
LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO Oct 24 A church conference assignment move reverses earlier plans keeping the Rev L Bowman Craven as district superintendent in Roswell while the Rev Clyde K Campbell moves to Albuquerque as district superintendent Campbell said he learned of the change after earlier notices said he would go to Roswell as district superintendent.
Minor Key Bill Meyer of Kansas City may be the exception to the Yankees rule of not keeping a minor league manager beyond three seasons. He wants to stay, and locals in Kansas City favor him. Flair joined the Red Sox late last season after starting in a program run by Doc Prothro for the Little Rock Travelers. Virgil "Fire" Trucks returns to Detroit next year after a season with Buffalo and works as a night switchman in a Birmingham railroad yard during the off-season. In 70 games last summer in the Trenton Interstate League, not one player hit a homer over the fence.
Quote attributed to Ralph Stahlnecker cites the partisan football fan as the blindest observer, contrasting blindness in dense darkness with sight in a lightning flash and urging readers to see beyond bias in sports coverage.
Odds and ends note Howey Boyle questions Pitt missing Texas on this year's schedule A grid official who has seen the best claims that Tommy Colella of Canisius could be on anybody's All America The report that Arky Vaughan won't be with the Pirates next season seems to be the goods with a chance he may join the Dodgers infield
Jack Crain, famed Texas back, is also rated the department’s best advertising salesman. He and two teammates sold ads for the football program last summer, with Crain alone generating an extra fifteen hundred dollars beyond any prior total.
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