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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1942

Page

3

City Beautiful Contest Prize List Announced

Roswell Advertising Club announces annual City Beautiful Contest prizes with entries accepted at the Chamber of Commerce. Local firms sponsor cash and trade prizes for categories such as best bouquet and bed, best lawn, and best yard features across Roswell, with several subscriptions and Cola cases among awards.

Roswell Advertising Club Chamber of Commerce Pecos & Chavez Theatres Hall-Poorbaugh Press Price & Co Huff’s Jewelry Roswell Floral Co Mountain States Telephone Co Allison Floral Co Sunset Creamery Glover’s Flowers Pecos Valley Trading Co Southwestern Public Service Co Kemp Lumber Co Western Auto Supply Co Equitable Building & Loan Assa Cobean Stationery Co Purity Baking Co Merritt’s Johnson-Lodewick, Inc Pecos Elmore Printing Co Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co Purdy’s Furniture Co Firestone Wilmot Hardware Co Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co Kipling Big Jo Lumber Co Roswell] Laundry Co Clardy’s Johnston Pump Co McNally-Hall Motor Company First National Bank Central Hardware Co Safeway Stores Gross-Miller Grocery Co Roswell Seed Company White Mattress Company Montgomery Ward Will C. Lawrence Panhandle Lumber Co Bailey

More Casualties in Philippines

The War Department released 75 additional U S soldiers killed in action or dying of wounds in the Philippines. One New Mexican, Marten G. Rogers of Albuquerque, was listed. The department said this completes the American casualties reported from the Philippines. Many deaths occurred in the final days of Bataan and Corregidor not yet reported.

Washington War Department United States Philippines Marten G. Rogers Rachel Rogers Albuquerque Bataan Corregidor

What To Do If Air Raid Is Reported

Practical wartime guidance urges calm and no panic. Instructions cover home and public settings with steps to secure rooms, shut off utilities, seek shelter, and avoid exposing windows or vehicles while awaiting all clear.

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