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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
4
Mrs Margaret Patterson announces the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs J A McBoyle. The infant Patricia was born yesterday afternoon at St. Et eteenietal.
Pattern 9412 offers a smart button front frock with side front and back seams to slim hips and waist. scalloped collar may extend to rounded revers with contrasting cuffs, options for ruffling or ricrac trim. pattern includes five main parts and sizing 14 to 32 with fabric and yardage details available.
A brief note urges customers at Phillips 66 stations to purchase a LEE tire. It frames the offer as a quick, straightforward transaction and notes availability at the service locations.
Mrs J W Geelmuyden of Kew Gardens New York announced the engagement of her daughter Miss Thelma Louise Geelmuyden to Mr Earl Woodall Wolslagel of Biltmore Forest Ashville North Carolina and Jackson Heights Queens Thelma is the daughter of the late Jacob Hans Geelmuyden once with Price and Co Roswell She studied at Roswell High School and Virginia schools Her brother radio baritone Walter Cassell is performing at Radio City Music Hall Wolslagel a Juilliard and UNC graduate also studied in Vienna NYU He belongs to Phi Delta Theta Club the 7th Regiment and works for Bankers Trust Co in New York City The wedding will be in early fall.
A social event featured Mr. W. E. Johnson as co host and a brief business session followed by visiting hours. Refreshments were served at the afternoon’s end with attendees including Mrs Brenan Burnett Flood Griess Greaves Link McCracken McCloud McCracken Rheinholdt PhillipsMrs Asa Guffey and hostesses Mrs Joe Long and Mrs W E Johnson.
President Roosevelt faced questions on extending material aid to the Allies and potential embargoes on war materials. He said he was acting within possible authority and had no new direct appeal from Premier Reynaud. He noted no large Japanese scrap orders and discussed navy shipbuilding and possible fleet shifts, while Dietrich described Hitler as healthily active and closely controlling press matters.
A witness describes rapid troop deployments along the German frontiers to the Dutch and Belgian borders with modern equipment. Details on destinations remain secret, suggesting broader operations. The observer senses Hitler aims at Paris while not abandoning plans toward England.
Madrid reports two divisions of Spanish troops and a destroyer occupied the Tangier neutral zone to safeguard independence and neutrality. The move followed a 1928 pact, with no resistance, and occurred after consulting the international commission governing the zone. Diplomatic notes were sent and food shortages reported in dispatches from Ceuta across the straits.
A quotation from the investigation's lead official references the case as “almost cleared up now.” The source notes a Mexican secret post is in charge of the inquiry, suggesting progress toward resolution.
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