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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
8
Miss Jeanne Cauhape Miss Edna Malone and Earl Clardy were injured in an automobile accident last Saturday night. All were reported improving today. Miss Cauhape and Mr Clardy remained at St Marys hospital this morning, with Cauhape expected to be discharged to her home later today.
Dorothy Harrell of the Realistic Beauty Shop at 111 West 4th Street announces a collaboration with Mrs Rachel Youree and invites all old and new customers to visit. Phone number 640 for appointments.
Roswell Auto Company announces improved wheel aligning service to cut tire wear. Located on I-2t2c, the shop pledges enhanced alignment methods and efficiency for customers.
Dr. A D Crile remains homebound after last Thursday auto accident. He is improving though bruised and shaken. doctors say he was not seriously hurt and his condition is stable as he recovers.
A crook robs a crack in the front axle of your car and robs you of mileage. See Roswell Auto Company for front alignment services. TM 1-212c Record Want Ads Get Results.
Funeral services for Mrs. C. B. Krukenmier will be held Wednesday at four o’clock at the Little Gray Church in Dexter where she served as treasurer of the church and Sunday school. The Rev. John G. Anderson and Rev. A. O. Hood will officiate with music by Mrs. L. Martin. Emma Heick, who moved from Indiana in 1922, held posts with Roswell Auto and Artesia Ford. She and C. B. Krukenmier married July 3, 1924 and lived in Artesia and Dexter. she also led the Dexter Woman’s Club. Mason Funeral Home in charge.
Ted Jones, district manager for Griffith Theaters, announced a slight price increase at Roswell cinemas Yucca and Pecos due to the new defense tax which took effect July first. Yucca shows remain 30c with 3c tax on most days, 33c with tax on Friday and Saturday. Pecos marks 25c on Sundays and Mondays plus 3c tax totaling 28c, and 20c on other days with no tax up to 20c.
About 1 000 copies of New Issue Of continued from Page One will be mailed by the Roswell Chamber of Commerce to public libraries and inquirers. Claude Simpson, secretary, wrote most articles with Cleve Hallenbeck supplying the climate piece. The magazine, printed by Hall-Poorbaugh Press, lauds Roswell as a leading publicity vehicle.
Dempsey halted in Santa Fe en route to Washington while speculating on a possible bid against Dennis Chavez. Former Governor Clyde Tingley also faced talk of challenging Governor John Miles as New Mexico begins its new primary system with candidate filings underway.
Governor proclamation fixes September 14 primary. Albuquerque chatter flags Tingley entering if Chavez opposes Dempsey. Santa Rosa petitions push “Tingley for governor.” Democrats file in quirked ballot order. Carl Faubion charges discrimination as Carmody and six others seek land commissioner. Secretary Jesse Gonzales to investigate. Carmody denies advantage. Additional declarations include Valdez, Trujillo, Sedillo, Burg, and others among incumbents Gonzales Corrigan French Bickley.
The Navy reports 2,221,105 tons built or planned in U S ships. Britain reportedly owns 408 ships totaling 1,991,709 tons. The United States aims for a 533-ship fleet, excluding a proposed 70 percent expansion of 4 billion dollars that would add 200 battle crafts if approved by the Senate.
Stimson says the United States will not seek war but will defend itself if attacked. He argues against purely passive defense and notes modern weapons require greater distance from shores. He cites Puerto Rico Bermuda Newfoundland and northern Canada as essential to a national line of defense amid wartime hazards. Also, Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District finishes a new observation well west of South Spring. Martin Steele reports the 553 foot well will get an automatic water level recorder next Monday.
Judge James B. McGhee returned to Roswell last night and will be in his office tomorrow, signaling his plan to resume duties after a brief absence.
Public notice advertises Dr T E Boggs as graduate optometrist at 309 N Main St offering eye examinations and eyeglasses ground in own lab. Broken lenses duplicated by expert technicians. Phone 21 for appointment.
St Louis July 2 John L Lewis CIO president endorsed U S Senator Burton Wheeler for president before the Townsend Convention. He said Wheeler is the only Democrat who can win the nomination and defeat Willkie, praising Wheeler as a man of the people with labor and democratic principles and a stance for peace at home and non intervention in Europe.
Mrs Minnie S Ilfeld 62 a lifelong New Mexico resident and member of a prominent family died after a heart attack at a Las Vegas hospitalsurvived by husband Ludwig W Slfeld three sons Max Taos Carl W Las Vegas and Dr Frederick Ilfeld Los Angeles She was born in Silver City and moved to Las Vegas as a youth Funeral services set for 2 30 Wednesday afternoon with Rabbi Starrell of Albuquerque officiating
The report says German capture of heavy French artillery and large quantities of equipment. Figures cited compare French losses in Belgium and the Battle of France, with estimates of French casualties and Allied air losses. Also mentions a German raid on northeast England, Hungary's mobilization, and a Kiel Canal attack on the Scharnhorst.
The United States Army Air Corps would have fewer than 450 combat planes for continental defense if war started tomorrow, with under 1,300 for the western hemisphere and the Philippines. In 1940s terms, production and obsolescence leave many aircraft unusable, while factories produced under 2,000 military planes last year. The GHQ air force dispatched a last minute concentration at Barksdale Field within 24 hours as Langley Field called for flyable units.
Marriage licenses issued to Robert Hutchinson and Dorothy Jones of Roswell. Curtis Ray Lee of Roswell and Dorothy Hart of Brownfield Texas. Delores Mendoza and Anita Castro of Hagerman.
Mrs. T. J. Deason submitted a bouquet of zinnias as an entry in the City Beautiful contest reflecting local civic beautification efforts and community participation.
Dr I J Marshall announces his associate is his brother Dr Steve Marshall physician and surgeon at 215 West Third with office phone 30 and residence 787.
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