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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1940
Page
6
Roswell Daily Record prints its publishing details including offices, staff roles, and contact numbers. It notes rates by mail and carrier, a May 10 1903 filing date, and AP and state association memberships.
Today in Washington the draftNumbers drawn determine how many of about seventeen million registrants may be called for military training in coming years. Crile, Republican candidate for Congress, is profiled with notes on his background.
Moira pursues distraction in imagination and ritual meals after a pause at Covak's Travel Agency. She anticipates a Sunday service and dinner for two, hoping to rekindle a distant romance with Tarry while managing fragile hopes, social signals, and a careful lunch of partridges.
France faces winter unemployment with a proposed plan mirroring Townsend pensions. Minister of Industrial Production aims to pension workers over sixty at 3000 francs yearly if they do not work, while restricting older job seekers from labor exchanges. The program targets freeing jobs amid mass joblessness, with broader aims of public works and trimming married women from civil service.
Will Tack, Amarillo columnist, is in the dog house from both sides over his dog imagery and pet versus property debates. National Candy Week prompts readers to eat more candy and share boxes, while noting Americans’ high candy and carbonated beverage consumption. Beth is urged to vote. Franks asks about voting on amendments, absentee ballots, split sessions, and state primaries.
The columnist declares support for Roosevelt citing opposing gangs and for Miles due to broad gang backing. He argues Roosevelt as the only real president for the common herd and praises Miles as a good governor, claiming clarity in his view.
Announcement over the weekend notes Roosevelt county rising to second class after reaching a total valuation of 8.5 million dollars. The upgrade brings higher pay for county officers and a general boost in government efficiency, with several counties in the state hampered by insufficient salaries undermining local administration.
New Mexico legislative document proposes to divide regular legislature sessions into two thirty day terms with a recess, outlining reading limits, bill restrictions, and governor action rules. It states submission to voters in November 1940 and lists publication dates October 7, 14, 21, 28, 1940. It also includes a divorce suit notice in Chaves County District Court involving F. F. Collins and Lilie Irene Collins with a November 23, 1940 deadline for appearance.
An Auburn man jailed repeatedly for vagrancy abandonment drunkenness and larceny is again detained at Auburn prison. He is easily identified by a tattoo on his right forearm reading Death before dishonor.
The clued grid lists across and down terms from Turkish money to rye and hammer. It shows a mix of definitions including mythic beasts, public notices, and antique wordplay with entries like Divulged by clue and various verb phrases.
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