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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
8
The Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church begins Monday June 24 from 8 30 to 10 30 each morning with four departments Beginner Primary Junior and Intermediate and a nursery for workers children under three. All ages 4 to 16 are invited regardless of church membership. Enroll Friday at 3 o clock at the church.
Roswell shop Amonetts advertises Bear Dynamic wheel balancing to stop shimmy road crawl and tire wear, claiming sole availability in the area with satisfaction guaranteed. June 2013 ad snippet.
Local Montgomery Ward sponsors a 10 am parade from its store through city streets to promote safer cycling. Roswell prizes will be awarded by Mayor Hall, Mrs. C E Mason, and Manuel Moseley to the top ten decorated bicycles. Ninety five entries have signed up with E Robertson by 9 am.
The committee approved an amendment allowing 7 percent profit for manufacturers and ship builders on negotiated contracts, and barred the navy from disposing of on hand or on order ships and materials. The move follows disclosure that 23 harbor defense mosquito boats were released for sale to Britain.
Roswell auto company advertises Koolair car coolers available for immediate purchase at 12 95. The notice also promotes carpenter work for kitchen cabinets new floors or repairs with contact number 1243W and a June 19 date fragment.
Republican leaders urged keeping America out of war as a party line while CIO head John L. Lewis denounced the President’s national service plan as a "fantastic" idea. Delegates pressed the campaign, Willkie ally Halleck named to lead strategy, and candidates moved to lock down delegates with no clear path to the nomination.
Too Late To Classify For Sale about 10 tons loose hay damaged by rain. Oldsmobile 1938 sedan clean priced right. FURNISHED apartment private bath 405 N Penn. Two room and three room houses at 710 W 9th. Two used washing machines and portable typewriters offered by Western Auto and Sears Roebuck. Soiled neckties cleaned at Excelsior Cleaners.
Drysdale predicts national defense will dominate the New Mexico American Legion convention with talks on unity and patriotism. Governors and leaders highlight membership gains, pensions unlikely to rise, and candidates for Drysdale’s post considered as cities bid for the 1941 conclave. Local and federal officials weigh Fifth Column dangers and mobilization amid wartime tensions.
Legionaires expect to march fourth at the Boston national convention after increasing their membership from 3157 last year to 3466. In 1939 they ranked thirty ninth in the parade.
In Alamosa Colorado, a fraternal order plans a degree night with twenty five candidates described as prisoners of war. The Texas department and Santa Fe will each stage degrees culminating with a final degree and wreck Saturday night. The promenade or public hazing is set for nine o'clock tonight.
H. W. Jim Neely of Albuquerque, departmental adjutant, expects Legion membership to rise sharply in the coming months due to the European situation.
In Kearney Nebraska two youths, Jean Feskgn aged 15 and Charles Kidder aged 16, walked away from the State Industrial School and began hitchhiking eastward. Their attempt ended when they flagged down an oncoming car driven by Fred Dickson, the school superintendent, abruptly stopping the escape.
Garden fresh produce advertised includes summer squash green beans cabbage peas spinach asparagus dewberries and cherries from Andersons Gardens with emphasis on freshness and assortment for summer purchases.
The Rotary Club met at the Nickson Coffee Shop at noon to day and heard two fine talks. Major George L. Erwin spoke about national political conventions and outlined the procedures for the two major party conventions planned in Philadelphia and Chicago. Reed B. Harlan discussed relations between business competitors as individuals, delivering an exceptionally fine, well prepared talk. Oscar Green, president, presided.
The Navy pressed for two special dredges to be used with the fleet in case of operations in South America where harbors are sandbar obstructed. The discussion tied to a $4 billion fleet expansion bill facing uncertain immediate House action amid rules committee handling and Democratic leader Rayburn signaling possible delays.
An item notes a dining location called Monk's Bright Spot and references Chicken in the Rough with a date notation 6 1914c, implying a historical restaurant reference or menu note in a periodical.
James Baca aged 49, longtime New Mexico figure and state world war adjutant general, died in a Santa Fe hospital. Funeral at St Michael’s College auditorium, burial likely at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Survivors include widow Mrs. James Baca, two daughters Antoinette and Frances, step parents Nicanor Baca, sister Mrs. M V Dohrer, brother Jesus M Baca. Pallbearers listed.
German motorized units cut northeast from Lyon today to Bellgrade near the Swiss frontier only 15 miles from Geneva, according to French reports received here.
The American-born duchess had already departed and the Duke of Windsor left his Riviera residence by automobile today en route to Spain. The report from Cannes, France, notes the late afternoon departure time.
Galveston on June 20 reports spot cotton steady with middling at 19.00 pence, no sales recorded.
In New Orleans June 2014 spot cotton closed dull and unchanged amid limited sales. Middling bought at 11.00 cents per pound with total sales around 235 bales. A stray ad about a wheel aligning machine appears in the text.
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