New Mexicans Shine in Frontier Days Roping Events
At Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days New Mexico cowboys earned a third in bulldogging and a fourth in steer roping. Homer Pettigrew of Grady placed third in bulldogging with 18.1 seconds combined time across three steers. Pat Lewis of House tied for fourth in steer roping at 28.6 seconds. Bob Crosby of Roswell, hindered by a right arm injury, finished fifth in calf roping with 23.5 seconds. Hub Whiteman of Clarksville claimed bulldogging in 16.3 seconds. California and Texas entrants won steer and calf roping with 23.7 and 19.5 seconds.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
New Mexico Cowboys
Rodeo
Homer Pettigrew
Grady
N. M
Pat Lewis
House
Bob Crosby
Roswell
Chaves County
Hub Whiteman
Clarksville
Clay Carr
Visalia
Calif
Tony Salinas
Encinas
Tex
Provisions of New Draft Bill Outlined By Senate Panel
The Senate military committee released its final draft proposing universal registration for men aged 18 to 64. If passed in August, registration could occur in September with first contingents of 400,000 to begin training October 1. The bill defines ages by the birth anniversary and sets limits on age groups for training and service in home defense units. Run dates listed as July 29 and August 5, 12, 19. In New Mexico, a divorce suit against Horace Buchanan was filed by Modemia H. Buchanan, with default danger if not answered by September 13, 1940, through Lake J. Frazier’s Roswell office. The filing notes the case number 10,497 and a district clerk’s seal. In Indiana, a baby girl’s arrival at the Ruckelshaus home astonished parents as she is the first daughter born in seven generations.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Congress
United States
Jly
District Court OF
Chaves County
State OF New Mexico
Lake J. Frazier
West Fourth Street
Roswell
N. M
Marcielle A. Puckett
Indianapolis
John K. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Water Carnival Friday Promises Splashy Event in Roswell
Entries are arriving for Roswell's second annual water carnival to be held Friday at eight. Swimmers and divers are urged to sign up at the pool. Events include multiple freestyle races for boys and girls, a 50 yard open race, a relay, and an underwater race, plus a variety of dives on low and high boards. Clown acts featuring Elmer and a few friends will entertain between performances, with pageant numbers on the program for non swimmers.
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Enties
Roswell
Gaynor
Elmer
Tom Gallivan
Bud Pendergrass
Jim Rodrick
Joe Marshall
Edward Day
Ralph
Richard Simmons
Burt Fletcher
Milton Pendergrass
Walter Whitmore
Frances Barnes
Lawrence Lasley
Charles C. Lewis
Jim League
Douglas Carr
Mexico to Send Anthropologists to Coronado Meet
Albuquerque august 12 will host the Anthropology Conference of the Coronado Congress bringing sixty eight delegates from universities museums and Mexican government bodies. Noted scholars including Dr Frank H H Roberts Dr Ignacio Marquina and Dr Kenneth Disher will attend with sessions chaired by Dr D Brand. The event is funded by the United States Coronado Exposition Commission.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Southwest
Paul F. Walter
Congress
Mexico
Frank H. H. Roberts
Smithsonian Institution
Colorado
United States
Ignacio Marquina
Department of Prehistoric Monuments
D. Brand
Anthropology
New Mexico University
Kenneth Disher
United States Department of the Interior
Julian Steward
Bureau of American Ethonoloy
Earl Morris
Carnegie Institution
Herbert J. Spinden
Brooklyn Museum
Arthur Woodward
Los Angeles Museum
F. H. Douglas
Denver Art Museum
Malcolm Rogers
San Diego Museum
Marie Warmington
Colorado Museum of Natural History
J. P. Mera
Laboratory of Anthropology
Santa Fe
Harold S. Colton
Museum of Northern Arizona
Flagstaff
Forrest Clements
University of Oklahoma
Fred Eggan
University of Chicago
Emil Haury
The
Univer
Sealed Lips and Missing Relative In Pittsburgh
A worried caller asks a Pittsburgh morgue attendant about a missing relative fearing foul play. The man is described as five feet eight inches tall, in a dark suit with a gray hat, and he stutters. The attendant notes no stutterers among the staff. In Kansas City a music store manager receives a letter and money order from an Iowa farmer requesting phonograph records of God Bless America and Let The Rest Of The World Go By.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Grant Eye
Iowa
America
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