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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
4
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Roswell DeMolays hosted last night at the Masonic Temple a 6:30 banquet honoring mothers. Seventy six guests dined on a three course menu as DeMolay leaders and Masons served under Arthur Allison. Mayor Thomas J. Hall spoke praising DeMolay and Joseph Fowler received the Chevalier degree in a ceremony after the banquet.
J L Pope former Roswell resident now living in Memphis Tennessee is visiting here and has many friends in town.
Four Girl Scouts joined a Montgomery Ward Parade group this morning led by Mrs. Harry Carr. The article lists many local residents, births, travel plans, and community happenings including golf, theatre, and family news with multiple named individuals and regional places.
Camp started with a lively arrival and the season's activities in Carrizo. Old timers Gaye Lair and Gayle Armstrong return, riflery and riding classes run by Anne Askren and Betty Jo Hunt, violin by Hazel Powers, and a show weekend planned. Local Roswell visitors expected, first vaudeville Saturday, guests Edgar Baie Jr. and Jimmy of Houston stay with Mrs. Younger. Do you know prompts add color to daily life.
The piece reports Japan pressing Britain to halt arms shipments to China via Burma, considering occupation of Indo-China and Burma, and seeking closer Axis ties after suspicions about Germany and Soviet links. It notes U S relations strained since Jan 26 and reactions to Stimson, with British raids on Babelsberg and Berlin air raids shaping wartime sentiment.
Italian submarines sunk three enemy ships while heavy bombing hit French bases at Bizerte in Tunisia and Marseille on the French coast. Bombs struck Arab homes near Moharrem Bay and damaged three houses at Chatley Beach near the city. Anti aircraft fire and fighters forced Italians east along Alexandria waterfront with civilian casualties reported. British air and ground forces were active in Africa. Royal Air Force at Cairo reported a bombardment and heavy smoke from a large warship in Tobruk, Libya.
British and French naval forces repelled enemy raids while Italian planes claimed to have razed the Marsha Matruh high command headquarters in Egypt. Italians also bombed bases at Bizerte and Marseille, hitting a cruiser at Bizerte and damaging an arsenal and shooting at oil tanks. A hit was reported on another cruiser.
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