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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
4
The notice promotes pattern 9421 a summer playsuit with back buttoning top shorts jacket and bonnet reversible pieces uses ric rac detailing and pocket accents. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with fabric amounts listed and ordering directions including book and combined pattern prices.
Miss Jeanne Pritchard daughter of Mrs. Clarence C. Pritchard and William L. Card son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Card were married July 3 at seven thirty in the First Methodist Church Roswell. The Rev. Thomas W. Brabham officiated, with family in attendance. Mrs. Card will reside in Pecos where Mr. Card works for Leader Wholesale Grocery Co. The couple left for Pecos after the ceremony and plan a August wedding trip.
Miss Roberta Vandewart and Thomas Rogers Duffin plan a July wedding at the Vandewart home in Roswell. Invitations note a garden ceremony at 510 South Pennsylvania Avenue with the couple to wed in the morning.
British navy pounded the Oran fleet and compelled a surrender of key French ships at Mers El Kebir. Bretagne sunk, Dunkerque and Provence reportedly set afire, with several destroyers damaged. In Alexandria, French units remained aboard as Britain offered pay and continued war to prevent French ships from falling into German hands.
In occupied Paris, German officers bring families, cafes close at 9:30 PM, curfew at 10, and theatres show only old films. News is tightly controlled with DNB and German radio, while shortages threaten food, transport remains hampered, and newspapers dwindle to two while new anti-Semitic papers emerge.
June Storey and Mary Lee are named for top femme roles in Ride, Tenderfoot Ride from Republic starring Gene Autry. Errol Flynn arrives in Mexico City and will head back to Hollywood in ten days. Claudette Colbert models for Paramount’s Arise My Love. Jon Hall injured by a powder charge on Kit Carson set and hospitalized. Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Bela Lugosi signed for Kay Kyser’s You’ll Find Out, first comedy for all three. Clark Gable sighted in Prescott Arizona buying cattle ranch, Brian Donley wraps When the Daltons Rode and films Brigham Young in Nevada. Don Brown declines Western test deal. Moon Over Burma guard details and art theft risk. Jimmy Van Heusen to compose tunes for Love Thy Neighbor.
Rome dispatch reports the capture of Kassalla an important post in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan by Allied forces. The move strengthens positions in the region and signals a shift in control amid ongoing campaign operations.
Two Navajo braves and a San Juan papoose captured major honors at the All-Indian pow wow in Flagstaff Arizona Paul Armso of Tohatchi New Mexico was named the best all around cowboy and Wayne Free remained a standout performer in the event with cheers from local crowds.
In Crownpoint New Mexico two year old Corinna Ann Trujillo daughter of Racita Trujillo of San Juan Pueblo Chamita NM earned the better baby honor. The cow pony race winner from the event is land of Crownpoint NM. Edith Geyer Agent ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE 402 1/2 No. Main St. 71-213c.
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