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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1940

Page

3

Ranchmen Camp Meeting a Resounding Success

The Ranchmen's Interdenominational Camp Meeting on Nogal Mesa near Capitan drew 100 campers and 250 to 650 at services over four days. Five services daily fed 650 at the chuck dinner. Prominent speakers included Dr. Thomas Brabham of Roswell. Attendees came from New Mexico and Texas. all events were noncommercial and built a strong spiritual fellowship.

Nogal Mesa Capitan New Mexico Texas Thomas Brabham Roswell

Multiple Candidacies Form In New Mexico Race

In Albuquerque former district judge Fred E. Wilson announced filing nominating petitions for Congress as Democrats push a growing candidate field. Other filings include Lyle Brush for state land commissioner, Threet for Dona Ana district attorney, Watts for Eddy Lea Chaves district attorney, Salazar for Espanola mayor, and Republicans Fowler for state supreme court justice Frenger for state treasurer. Hatch act debates flare between Burton Dwyre and John Emmons as officials warn of political activity during leave.

Clinton P. Anderson Albuquerque Burton Dwyre GOP John J. Emmons Dwyre Emmons Lyle Brush Cimarrfon Dude Rancher Martin A. Threet Las Cruces Dona Ana Otero Torrance Lincoln G. T. Watts Roswell Eddy Lea Chaves Diego Salazar Espanola Tate Tingley C. H. Fowler Socorro Supreme Court George W. Frenger Manuel Martinez Truchas M. W. Hamilton Santa Fe Seth Alston Lovington Maurice Miera

Mussolini's Campaigns and Graziani’s Desert Strategy

The text weighs Mussolini's risky bid in Africa and notes Britain's fragile global hold. It highlights Graziani as a master of desert warfare, credited with turning World War I-era campaigns in Libya and Cyrenaica, and considers potential regional impacts on the Near East and oil interests if Axis influence expands.

Far East Orient Japan England Near East Persian Gulf Turkey Dardanelles Balkans Hitler Mussolini Rodolfo Graziani Graziani Cirenaica Libya

Kennecott Copper Slashes Price to Eleven Cents

New York reports Kennecott Copper Corp cuts copper price by half a cent to 11 cents a pound, the first revision since February. The move aligns with custom smelters and smaller producers, aiming to win business as demand lags domestically and abroad after France’s capitulation. Major producers quickly matched the 11 cent quote.

New York Kennecott Copper Corp Kennecott France Japan

Thief Leaves Note After Iron Tonic Heist

In Dallas a truck break in by an itinerant medicine seller led to the theft of five iron tonic bottles. A small note was left with the line advising that eagerness to help others can cause neglect of self. The incident suggests a peculiar motive or message.

Dallas

Dedicate Plaque To Bandelier's Memory

M R Tillotson, regional national park service director, dedicates a bronze plaque in the Rito De Los Frijoles administration building to Adolph F Bandelier the archaeologist and student of early southwestern Indian culture The site becomes Bandelier national monument The ceremony part of a three day Bandelier conference marking his 100th birth anniversary in Bern Switzerland The event drew anthropologists and visitors forty miles north of Santa Fe including remarks that Bandelier studied Pueblo Indians and wrote pivotal works debunking romantic theories about American Indians. Follow up tours included Frijoles ruins and Pecos Pueblo with Coronado conference plans in Albuquerque by University of New Mexico.

Santa FE N. M M. R. Tillotson National Park Service Rito de Los Frijoles Adolph F. Bandelier Bandelier National Monument Tillotson Secretary of the Interior Icries Bandelier Bern Switzerland Southwest Frijoles

Want Complete Text Cudahy's Interview

The State Department asked Ambassador Kennedy in London for the full text of John P. Cudahy's interview in which he described Belgium's food situation as famine approaching. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said the interview, criticized in Britain, was released without department authority and he would comment after reviewing an accurate Kennedy text. He noted Cudahy also claimed Germans behaved better than U.S. soldiers in the last war.

Washington State Department Kennedy London John P. Cudahy Belgium Sumner Welles Cudahy Welles United States

Age Gap Elopement Fails Court Battle in Pittsburgh

In Pittsburgh on August 7 Judge G Calcom McDonald criticized the 23 year old wife and 64 year old husband who eloped in 1936. He ruled the May and December marriage unwise, ordering Meyers to pay $8 weekly child support for their two year old daughter. He blamed both partners for the union and noted the husbands previous wives' deaths.

Pittsburgh G. Calcom McDonald Harry Meyers Meyers

Missouri Senate race yields Truman lead in early returns

In Missouri, official partial results from 4,124 of 4,447 precincts show incumbent Harry S. Truman ahead of Governor Lloyd C. Stark and Maurice M. Milligan for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, with totals 241,357 for Truman, 236,181 for Stark, and 114,158 for Milligan.

ST. Louis Missouri United States Harry S. Truman Lloyd C. Stark Maurice M. Milligan

Log Cabin Hides in Moreno Valley Isolation

Raton New Mexico August 7 a log cabin sits isolated in the Moreno valley ringed by mountains. A lone setting seems to shelter its occupants from neighbors and weather as authorities probe a developing local mystery.

Flood Waters Weaken After Rain Near Estancia

Heavy rains northwest of Estancia drive water from foothills toward Witt ice plant six miles north. Water stood about a foot deep in spots this morning with minor damage and authority appeals issued as rainfall measured a half inch locally.

Estancia N. M Witt Ice Plant

Farmers fined for torching horses in Kentucky

Floyd Stafford and Jack Mitchell were fined ten dollars plus costs after being charged for pouring an inflammable liquid on two horses at Scottsville Kentucky and setting them on fire to force labor. The incident occurred yesterday and the case details indicate cruelty to animals and unlawful burning.

Scottsville Floyd Stafford Jack Mitchell

Hale Jumbo Cantaloupes and Livingston Margle Tomatoes Ad

On sale at 602 East Second Street and 1113 West Second Street opposite Lees Camp and Camp Chaves on North Hill. Ask for them at your grocers. We deliver five or more anywhere any time. Phones 122 and Red 21 11. Also Hale Jumbo Cantaloupes and home grown Livingston Margle Tomatoes. Wholesale orders filled at all times.

East Second Street West Second Street Lee Camp Chaves North Hill

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