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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
4
Pattern 9454 offers a junior miss size dress with soft or tailored options. It features a gay yoke lace cuffs calot and velveteen accents, with panelled lines and side waist seams for flare. Order details include fabric yardage, price, and a request to send coins to The Record Pattern Department.
The Chaves county 4-H Club girls held a dress revue at the basemat of the Methodist Church. First place winners across year groups earned a trip to the state encampment in Las Cruces August 19 to 24. Prizes funded by local shops and decorations provided by community members highlighted the event.
Frances Bear Wolfe reports on Roswell happenings including marigold and aster bouquets for the Chamber of Commerce, obituaries for Miss Edna Walburn of Van Wert, Ohio, and garden club plans. Also notes travel, housing guests, a nasal operation, a birth announced at Woolworth, and a Society picnic at the Bottomless Lakes with members and pledges listed.
The piece notes Britain’s stance on the war’s turning point with Benito Mussolini claiming destiny for Italy. It reports British warnings of possible Italian advances in Africa and suggests the Nazi blitzkrieg threat to England may be a diversion to seize Africa.
Lt. Colonel and Mrs. H. P. Saunders hosted their bridge club at the Poplars on East Fifth Street with gladioli centerpiece. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. Worthington, Dr. and Mrs. Williams, and others, then continued with bridge on Military campus.
Dizzy Dean went 11 innings as Tulsa defeated Shreveport 6-2 in Shreveport Louisiana. A 2-2 tie at 10 innings gave way to Dean's return to form as he struck out two, walked two, allowed six hits, and used a new psychological sidearm delivery in clutch moments of the game. Marie Wrigley, Cub expatriate, appears to be on a comeback trail toward the majors.
Dan Luther Edwards reflects on Psalm 51 10 asking for a new creation not mere reform He emphasizes a clean heart over reputation or outward life claiming inward purity effects outward change He prays to God the One Creator to wash within and transform the root of sin into new life.
A seaside themed recipe feature explains Commo dore Cake a Marble style dessert once served by Sir Thomas Lipton to his yachting guests. It also provides brews and a Nautical Punch recipe using strong tea lemon juice orange juice rum and ginger ale with mint garnish.
A British report outlines Italian forces massing on the Libyan frontier with two divisions ready to push toward Egypt and a Somaliland campaign under way. Observers fear a grand axis strategy to seize the Red Sea gateway and threaten Suez, while Britain concentrates on desert warfare and coastal defenses.
In Tucson Arizona on August 7 Dick Jerome Bisbee pitcher was charged with disturbing the peace after a fist was thrown at Elmer Olsen Tucson out fielder. Fans swarmed the field but officers restored order and Jerome was escorted from the field as Olsen continued playing. Tucson won 8 to 2.
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