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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
3
A brief article notes the incorporation of a new venture in Albuquerque led by Walter J Dolde and several other named incorporators, outlining their plan to establish the company and its local aims.
Nighttime fighting erupts as German parachute troops land and seize key points along the Maas Waal lines while Dutch forces defend the right bank. Amsterdam and The Hague mobilize civil defense as Britain and France back allied pilots. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the state supreme court session is postponed to June 3.
State news from Las Vegas reports Jap Leonard Hoskins Post 24 of the American Legion endorses Frank S. Vaughn of Las Vegas for state department commander for 1940 41. A letter soliciting support was mailed today and the commander will be chosen at the Santa Fe state convention next month. Also in Santa Fe petitions for Jessie Gonzales renomination as Democratic secretary of state appeared in the statehouse. she has not yet announced candidacy.
George E. Rieder moved from Baltimore to Colorado Springs to serve 32 hours at the local post office. The stint is part of completing a probationary period for a government job, a return driven by work requirements rather than nostalgia after 37 years away.
Santa Fe New Mexico State Corporation Commission chair man Robert Valdez accepted an invitation to address a New Citizens Day program in Silver City on May 19. The invitation came from Ben Deck.
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