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Newspaper

Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1940

Page

8

Lithographs At Roswell Museum Exhibition Showcases Color Lithography

Roswell Museum Art Center displays colored lithographs by three Illinois artists including portraits and landscapes. A feature highlights Max Kahn process lithographs, detailing stone preparation and inking. The exhibit explains Currier Ives methods and runs about two weeks with daily hours 1 to 5 and 7 to 8 except Sunday night.

Roswell Museum Art Center Illinois Max Kahn Currier & Ives

Puckett Honored By Eddy County Lawyers

Henry Puckett was recognized for twenty years of service as court reporter in the Fifth Judicial District. The Eddy County Bar Association presented him a fountain pen at a Carlsbad ceremony as lawyers praised his work.

Fifth Judicial District Henry Puckett Eddy County Bar Association Carlsbad

Oveta Mullings Dies Suddenly at Age Nine

Oveta Rose Mullings, nine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mullings, died at 10 30 am today at the family home 409 South Main Street after a brief illness. Born April 2 1931 in Stanford Texas she moved to Roswell two years ago. She was a top student and loved by playmates and schoolmates. Survived by parents a brother James Edwin and sisters Martha Ellen and Juanita Fay Mullings. Funeral services pending at Ballard Funeral Home.

Oveta Rose Mullings D. A. Mullings South Main Street Oveta Stanford Texas Roswell James Edwin Mullings Martha Ellen Mullings Juanita Fay Mullings Ballard Funeral Home

Maria Rodriquez Dies in Infant Death

Maria Rodriquez infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Rodriquez died after a brief illness at the family home 400 East Hendricks. She is survived by three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon with interment in South Park under Ballard Funeral Home direction.

Maria Rodriquez Martin Rodriquez East Hendricks South Park Ballard Funeral Home

Colonel Smyer Retires From Pecos Division to Albany Staff

Colonel C E Smyer, longtime superintendent of the Pecos division of the Santa Fe Western Lines, is named an aide on Governor Miles of New Mexico's staff on the eve of retirement. Miles praised Smyer for 47 years of faithful service to rail and state citizens, as Smyer requests formal retirement ceremonies. J E Lester succeeds him.

Colonel Smyer Pecos Santa Fe Western Lines C. E. Smyer Miles New Mexico Southwest Pecos Valley J. E. Lester

Beeson to Return to Office January 8

Dr Beeson will resume duties in his office on Monday January 8 returning to a 1 to 4 pm schedule as listed.

Dr. Beeson

Security Benefit Association Meeting Friday Night

Notice states a Security Benefit Association meeting Friday at 7:30 p m. All members are requested to be present.

Security Benefit Association

Malone Heads to Chicago for ABA Bar Committee Meeting

Attorney Ross L. Malone Jr. traveled to Chicago to join the Bill of Rights Committee of the American Bar Association. The group reviews a National Labor Relations Board ruling touching Ford Motor Co and whether Henry Ford was denied freedom of speech. Mrs Malone plans a Denver visit during his absence.

Ross L. Malone, Jr Chicago Bill of Rights Committee The American Bar Association National Labor Relations Board Ford Motor Company Henry Ford Malone Denver

Moseley Speaks on Weight Lifting at Lions Dinner

Manuel Moseley of the Roswell Weight Lifting Club addressed the Lions dinner last night. He shared the sport’s history and the benefits of weight lifting for participants.

C of C Referendum To Be Mailed Soon

The Chamber of Commerce will mail ballots after January 16 after directors approve the ballot content. A committee lists 40 projects, from which members will pick ten as the major program for the next three years. A 1937 referendum saw 82 percent participation.

Chamber of Commerce

Merchants to Meet. Hereford Cattle Talk at Roswell Event

Roswell Merchants Association plans a meeting next Tuesday night at the Nick son Coffee Shop. Curtis Hill will give the principal talk on Registered Hereford cattle and their value to eastern New Mexico, with A. D. Jones and N. H. French also speaking. Eastern New Mexico Hereford Breeders Association members will attend the dinner, tied to the annual Hereford sale set for January 6.

New Mexico Roswell Hereford Breeders’ Association

Roswell People In Briefs And Local Notes

Willie Merritt returns from California and worked from the Rose Bowl boundary suspecting remote control. John Powers labors to clean up a place while Sam Hameed relocates to Brownfield Texas. Clocks line a North Main Street block and offer time estimates. Willis Warner jokes about great men being dead. M S Hamilton splits time Artesia Hobbs. R M Tigner keeps banker hours. Jack Fleming takes a few days off from Amarillo duties.

Willie Merritt California Willie Nevada

Mrs. Gray Succumbs After Long Illness

Mrs. Joseph H. Gray dies at 1:30 am at Hagerman Farm southeast of Roswell after six years of illness. Born January 1, 1905 in Pine Bluff Arkansas she joined Pine Bluff Baptist Church at seventeen. Survived by husband three sons Joe Andrew Walter Ralph Joseph H Jr and two brothers Henry and Dee Green of Pine Bluff. Ballard Funeral Home in charge. funeral arrangements pending.

Joseph H. Gray Hagerman Farm Roswell Mrs. Gray The Baptist Church Pine Bluff Arkansas Joe Andrew Gray Walter Ralph Gray Joseph H. Gray, Jr Henry Green Dee Green Ballard Funeral Home

Republicans Debate Trade and Absences At Caucus

United States imports are blamed as Vandenberg argues for concessions in return. Two senior Republicans, Borah of Idaho and Taft of Ohio, are absent from the party caucus. Taft was slated to speak in Chicago tonight as NBC-MBS at 7:30 M.S.T.

United States Vandenberg Borah Idaho Taft Ohio Chicago

Public Salary Tax Act 1939 Enforces Tax Returns

The Federal Income Tax Act of 1939 requires all state and local employees including teachers to file Federal Income Tax Returns. Couples with combined net income at least 2500 and singles with net income at least 1000 must file. Requests for forms go to the Collector of Internal Revenue in Albuquerque New Mexico. Forms for 1939 covering 1939 1940 will be released January 3 1940 at the Albuquerque office.

Collector of Internal Revenue Albuquerque New Mexico

Fairbanks Estate To Widow and Son In Probate

New York report states Douglas Fairbanks left one half of his estate to widow Lady Sylvia Ashley with a cap of one million dollars. His son Douglas Fairbanks Jr received 12 40ths of the property not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars. Total bequests to wife son brothers and other relatives capped at two million. In Sweden a reported submarine attack on the 485 ton Fenris near Ulenborg prompted flags of possible Soviet involvement. Crew of 15 saved by a nearby lightship. nationality undetermined but suspected Russian.

New York Douglas Fairbanks Sylvia Ashley Mary Pickford Santa Monica Calif United Artists Miss Pickford Buddy Rogers Douglas Fairbanks Jr Fairbanks Stockholm Gulf of Bothnia Fenris Ulenborg Bothnian Gulf

Soviet raids resume on Finland but Helsinki spared

Soviet bombers attacked Voika near Kovala killing an 18 year old girl and a man, injuring 15 women and a man, and setting ten houses ablaze. Viipuri suffered bomb damage with details pending. Dutch air defenses shot at unidentified planes over Utrecht, which fled as fighters rose.

Finland Helsinki Voika Kovala Viipuri

Marriage license granted for Elmer Otto Sanley and Bessie Marie Stevens

Roswell residents Elmer Otto Sanley and Bessie Marie Stevens obtained a marriage license. The couple, both of Roswell, plans to wed.

Elmer Otto Sanley Bessie Marie Stevens Roswell

British cruisers in South Pacific gather near Montevideo

Four British cruisers concentrated off Montevideo prompting speculation of a hunt for a German raider like the pocket battleship Graf Spee. Ajax sighted with Cumberland and Shropshire, Achilles sailing from Buenos Aires to join. Exeter part of the force that defeated the Graf Spee.

South Pacific Montevideo Admiral Graf Spee Ajax Cumberland Shropshire Achilles Buenos Aires Exeter Graf Spée Graf Spee

Severe cold wave grips Ohio and West with deaths and outages

A brutal cold wave across the Midwest and plains drove temperatures to 25 below in Montana and zero in Cincinnati and Toledo. At least four deaths occurred from the cold, gas outages troubled several towns, airplanes were grounded, and icy roads threatened motorists. The North region saw milder spells elsewhere as the weather persisted. Church notes: St Andrew's Church Women host Epiphany Tea Monday 4 to 6 at the parish hall.

Catur Ohio Cincinnati Toledo Napoleon Indianapolis West Virginia Illinois Colorado Wyoming Montana Denver Cheyenne Butte Mont Helena Billings Glendive Fort St. Andrew's Church St. Andrew’s

Three Children Die in Suburban House Fire Near Overland

In Overland, Missouri, three Tate children aged under ten were believed killed when a one story frame home burned. The parents were away from the residence when the blaze started. the mother was visiting neighbors and the father had gone to work. Police and fire officials investigated the fast spreading fire.

ST. Louis Jan William Tate Overland

Graduate Optometrist T. E. Boggs at 308 N Main St

T. E. Boggs offers eye examinations and glasses fitted in house at 308 North Main Street. Glasses are ground by expert technicians with immediate duplication of broken lenses. Phone for appointment.

DE. T. E. Boggs Graduate Optometrist N. Main St

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