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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
8
The Record received a clever cartoon from Ted Sallee a talented young Roswell artist. It serves as a plug for The Record and the paper appreciates the favor while wishing Sallee success in his drawing career.
Ed Swart, longtime Roswell resident with many local friends, wrote The Record that he is in good health while staying in Tulsa Oklahoma. He lists 501 South Cincinnati Street as his address.
Police said only one notable accident occurred during the four day Institute commencement. Sunday night at the intersection of 13th and Richardson a collision involved Mrs Mildred Hanawald of Albuquerque and Arthur Blanscott of Roswell. No injuries reported though both cars were damaged.
A local classified item reports a Roswell seller offering guns on easy terms while warning that Jehovahs Witnesses oppose flag salutes. The note includes a quotation from Carl Johnson and a street listing style contact line.
Fresh vegetables gathered daily from our garden include English peas new beets turnips parsley radishes leaf and head lettuce mustard greens and other greens. Milk depot at 1303 E 2nd St advertises fresh dairy with new management Mr and Mrs Co F Trapp and prices 25c per gallon for sweet milk 20c for buttermilk and butter.
Guaranteed tubes are protected against all road hazards when installed in a new National Tire. Any dealer nationwide will adjust. Roswell Auto Co. advertising copy notes coverage and dealer accessibility with practical warranty wording.
Richard Marshall Kendrick of Brownfield Texas and Glory Gaines of Hobbs obtained a marriage license indicating their intention to wed.
Regular communication of Roswell Lodge No 18 A F and A M set for Thursday June 6 at 7 30 p m By Order D E Gillespie W M Attest Elmer H Riemen secretary
Grady Luck, brought back from Hereford Texas, pleads not guilty before Pat O Neill J P to a forgery charge. No preliminary hearing date set. Bond set at 500 dollars. Gus Reynolds also pleads not guilty to a bad check charge with bond of 500 dollars and no hearing date yet.
Local car service advertises a complimentary check on its wheel alignment machine at Roswell Auto Co, inviting motorists to drop by for a free inspection. The notice runs as a short classified item with no dates or extra details.
All persons indebted to Dr Swearingin are urged to make payments at Dr Morrison's office located at 308 West 2nd Street. The notice lists Mrs D D Swearingin and appears in a historical newspaper segment dated June 1 with the 6t6c marking.
Mrs. Grant Knox seeks a building permit for a frame store building at 107 East McGaffey with estimated cost of 200 dollars. The notice records the permit action and property details.
Russian officials indicated Moscow has accepted Sir Stafford Cripps as the new British ambassador, though formal notice was pending. House leaders questioned whether Cripps would press outstanding issues with the Soviet government. Indications suggested no immediate military cooperation with the Allies, but potential for improved political and trade ties. Dewitt Mackenzie called Moscow remarks a significant development if officially official.
Santa Fe and Roswell high schools gain eligibility from the New Mexico High School Athletic Association board. St Michael's College of Santa Fe reclaims eligibility after missing membership due to postseason Catholic tournament play. NM Military Institute high school gains eligibility for the first time, potentially forcing changes to schedules and requiring reinstatement steps.
The report details heavy 30 ton tanks in town streets near Lille and Enclos, with bombs destroying buildings and tearing tanks apart. It recalls a large tank battle near Enclos, describes wreckage, fallen soldiers, and littered letters from loved ones. It visits towns like Cambrai Arras Bethune St Omer Lille St Pol Armen tieres and notes partial damage to Ypres Ghent Bruges Ostend.
Air raid alarms were sounded briefly in northern Sweden after at least two foreign planes were sighted high over the iron ore port Boden and Piten, two northern fortresses. The planes vanished before identification.
The cake walk planned at East Grand Plains for Friday night has been postponed for one week, delaying the community fundraiser and activity.
Berlin dispatch from Dunkirk says three French generals among 40,000 prisoners taken in the fall of the Allied channel evacuation port yesterday. Swiss authorities close southern Valais Canton including St Barnard and Simpson Passes to civilians unless armed with passes, amid possible France Italy border clash.
The liner Manhattan with 1,914 Americans aboard reported it would reach New York Monday afternoon instead of Tuesday. U S lines said passage was sped by British contraband authorities at Gibraltar allowing passage without the usual search delay.
London broadcast reported that British pursuit planes compelled German transports attempting to reinforce northern Norway to abandon their landing. The official wireless wavelength heard by CBS carried the update.
Clinton New Jersey June 5 1936 John Henry Curtiss 69 died today He served as Hunterdon county sheriff in 1935 and was guardian of Bruno Richard Hauptmann during the Lindbergh baby kidnap trial He was known for his role in the high profile murder case in New Jersey.
Boston June 5 The president adds a newborn grandson as Anne Clark Roosevelt gives birth to a seven pound nine ounce son to John Roosevelt, his youngest son. Dr Charles G Shedd delivered the child at the Richardson House reporting both mother and baby in excellent health.
Classified items include an 8 ft G E Refrigerator for quick sale in good condition. Lost key ring with keys with reward offered. Housing ads list furnished cottage for couple at 613 W Mathews with phone 1470. Also a four room furnished apartment with garage near 100 South Sea and a 3 room unfurnished at 1513 No Missouri with phone 613. A help wanted ad seeks a west town live-in housekeeper. phone 240.
Berlin reports German army right wing advances south and west along the English Channel toward Le Havre and Rouen in a broad front. The aim is to separate Britain and France and establish bases for assault on England. London says RAF heavy bombers targeted Ruhr refineries and fuel depots with some losses. Paris notes Paris primary schools to close after German bombing killed children.
At Art Gift Shop located at 107 West 4th street a sale offers children’s slacks and sun suits in sizes from 1 to 10. Frames and displays highlight bargain prices as spring apparel circulates through the shop.
Paris reports Charles Julien Massoni, ex captain of the French air corps, and three others were condemned to death by a military court for running a spy ring that handled French aviation secrets. The court linked Massoni's prewar actions to German air raids on French airports.
London dispatch reports a German high command bulletin claiming the Weygand Line is broken at several points and a crossing of the Somme river has been forced. The report emphasizes German gains and shifting fronts in the ongoing military situation.
In Ottawa, Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe announced in the house of commons the outlawing of more than a dozen organizations under defense of Canada regulations, including the Communist party and the National Unity party. In New York, AVAC reported Lawrence A. Jump and Jan Glowacki, missing AVAC drivers in Europe, are alive and safe.
Paris reports French military authorities claim a night trap caught German tanks in a new Somme defense system. Details of the system were not described.
Swedish dispatches report British French and Norwegian troops smashing eastward along the Narvik railway have stormed the German defenses at Sidvik about halfway between Narvik and the Swedish frontier. Narvik is Allied held as forces press to free the line into Sweden from German control.
London report states Lord Beaverbrook, minister for aircraft production, issued an urgent directive to accelerate warplane output. The brief release outlines heightened priorities and potential staffing or material reallocations to meet strategic targets.
German radio reports incendiary bombs from an enemy aircraft struck Cologne damaging apartment houses with no injuries. Four English bomber crewmen burned to death after being shot down near Aachen. Bonn and nearby villages also suffered bomb damage.
Lord Baden-Powell, head of the Boy Scouts, sent a message to all scouts urging still further effort to aid the allies in the war.
Mr and Mrs Hardin McAdoo of Carlsbad welcomed a baby girl born yesterday in Carlsbad. The mother Ina Mae Harper once lived in Roswell.
Continental Oil Co. announced that Johnnie Manning leased the Continental Station at 5th and Main Streets. The personnel include Ed Thompson and Wm Hastie.
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