Weeds and War Talk Dominate Roswell Column
This Roswell column blends wartime briefing with local concerns as it cautions that convoying war materials to Britain by Allied ships could draw the United States into war. It notes Willkie’s stance on aiding Britain, warns of Nazi blockades, and reflects on taxes, Memorial Day plans, weed problems, and the selective service registration announced in Washington for men born after October to begin July first, with a year of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Congress
Wendell Willkie
Germany
America
Roswell
South Park
Washington
Belle Davis In Great Lie Screen's Most Magnificent Love Story
The Great Lie stars Bette Davis and opens at the Yucca theatre. A sweeping romance praised as the year's finest screen entertainment, Davis portrays a good woman who tells one lie to protect loved ones, risking everything for them. The film is directed with sensitivity and features Davis delivering a natural, likable performance.
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Belle Davis
Bette Davis
Yucca Theatre
Miss Davis
Bette
Rip-Roaring Tire Sale At Auto Service Company
Roy Green, manager, announces a 50 percent Seiberling tire sale running now through May 31. It features Seiberling tires with heat vents for air cooling and other unique features, offered as a factory rebate for this yearly event.
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Roy Green
Auto Service Company
Seiberlings
Seiberling Tires
Seiberling
Armold Transfer Adds New Van and Expands Service
Armold Transfer Company in Roswell adds a new moving van to its nine-truck fleet to better serve household moves nationwide through Aero Mayflower. The firm employs 12 to 20 people, runs a 10,000 square foot warehouse, and offers storage, crating, and obli gation free estimates for moves in the United States Canada and Mexico. The article also notes a nearby news item about Germany before the Nazi occupation of Athens and a Berlin radio signal cut, attributed to Royal Air Force action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armold Transfer Company
Aero Mayflower Company
Nationwide Furniture Movers
United States
Canada
Mexico
Arnold Transfer Company
Roswell
Hills Bros
Armold Transfer
Germany
Athens
London
Radio
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Nazi News Blackout Sparks Berlin Contact Silence
Zurich May 10 German officials reportedly reimposed routine news blackout as telephone operators could not reach Berlin. No reason given for the blackout and no immediate indication of Nazi moves.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Berlin
Forgotten drums and dress found after school contest
Pueblo reports high school instrumental contest left behind two drums a trombone and a girl's dress and undergarments. Paul West of the Chamber of Commerce organized a search across Colorado to locate owners, using classified notices as needed. The long list of names appears to be potential owners scattered across multiple states from Santa Fe New Mexico to California and Texas.
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Ille
Texas
Frank Reid Harlocker
Honolulu
Hawaii
Monroe Harris, Jr
Phoenix
Arizona
Aloysius Frank Harter
Ralph Elliott Hartman
Wichita
Kansas
Samuel Rhodes Heard
Plainview
Paul Browning Higgs
Amarillo
Pat Earl Hooks
Itasca
Berne Hudson Hopkins
la Jolla
California
Charles Peterson Hoyt
Robert Madison Hunt
Ft. Leavenworth
Frank Hunt, Jr
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jim Moss Inks
Austin
William Monroe Jackson, Jr
Hobbs
Dale Harlan Johnson
Clovis
Richard Slaton Jones
Maurice Powers Kane
Salt Lake City
Utah
William Bertram Kerrick
Santa Cruz
William Charles Kimble
Douglas
William Porter King
Lexington
Kentucky
Charles Edgar Lakin
Kingman
Jack Aiken Lancaster
Bakersfield
Hiram Wheeler Lewis
James Compton Lobit
Dickinson
Elliott Carothers Loy
Houston
William Austen Luck
Silver City
Robert Bass Lyons
Ordway
Colorado
Harvey Alonzo McKaskle
Seligman
Frank Gillespie McKnight
Berino
Jack McKnight
Sodus
New York
Louis Pyron Milner, Jr
Monroe
Louisiana
Arthur Moore
Washington
D. C
Charles Webb Morris
Clayton
Missouri
Herbert Andrew Morris
Kirkwood
Vincent Lee Morrison
Mexico City
Mexico
Edward Palmer Murphy
North Platte
Nebraska
Roger Armstrong Naylor
Grant Andrew Nisbet
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Jack Benjamin Nobles
Midland
Ewell Kay Nold, Jr
James Edward O'Neal
Pueblo
Earle Long Overholser
Pullman
Edward Henry Oxenham
Park Ridge
Illinois
Harold Elmore Parsons
Lubbock
Robert Melvin Patterson
Kansas City
William David Patterson
James Randall Patten, Jr
Hubert Brice Pearson
Robert Anthony Peiser
New Orleans
James Gilbert Percy
Chico
Fred L. Perkowski
Carlsbad
Wayne Everett Phillips, Jr
Baker
Oregon
Roy Rife Priest, Jr
Rankin
John Raymond Puffer, Jr
Addison Roswell Raber
Borger
Charles Cameron Read
Mountain City
Nevada
William Howard Rivers, Jr
Elgin
Douglas Groves Roberts
Charles Ainsworth Rockwood, III
Indianapolis
Ind
Earle Harris Rogers
William Garvey Ramadka
James Michael Ryan, Jr
San Antonio
David Edward Sauble
Springer
Robert Warren Schoeb
Augusta
Richard Henry Schubach
Eawin Dent Selby
Fort Leavenworth
Joel Bernard Shapiro
Ernest James Sharp, Jr
Denver
John Shirk Shortle
Tipton
Indiana
Don Byron Shuster
Santa Fe
Dexter Walden Smith
Goodhue Wilson Smith
Waco
Jack Maryhar Smith
Lester Atchley Sprinkle
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
S. H. Stokes
Sonora
Thomas David Stribling
Neil Ewing
Tasher
Donald Raines Thompson, Jr
el Paso
Dan Trahey, Jr
Las Vegas
Colo
Paul West
Chamber of Commerce
Terrapin Painter Returns to New Mexico Lands
Carl Twadell the terrapin man returns to the southwest to collect land turtles for painting New Mexico scenes on their backs. He scouts Santa Fe Gallup and now Carlsbad to depict the famous Caverns while shipping the painted terrapins to friends from Alaska to the north.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Carl Twadell
Southwest
Twadell
New Mexico
Alaska
Santa Fe
Gallup
Carlsbad Caverns
Gene Autry Tops Money Winners of 1940 in Film
The Pecos Theatre opens a two day run of Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in Back in the Saddle. Quigley Publications ranks Autry among 1940's top money making stars at the national box office. Autry credits his success to his cast, crew, and his partner Burnette while maintaining a modest, friendly persona.
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Gene Autry
Republic
Smiley Burnette
Pecos
Quigley Publications
Gene
Melody Ranch
Blue Eyed
Mr. Autry
65 Visitors Attend East Grand Plains Lunch Project
Sixty five people visited the East Grand Plains school hot lunch project during last Thursday and Friday noon open house. The program will continue next year under PTA sponsorship with Mrs. Alta Baily directing the kitchen and three aides from the WPA.
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East Grand Plains
Alta Baily
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Ruoiusner
Mgr
Perfeek All Ees Onnwe
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Italy
House of Lords
Commons
Colorado Springs
Joseph Herbert Rabb
Safford
John Henning Turbeville
William Frank Vander Weyden
George Elmer Wade, Jr
Hagerman
Hugh Frederick Walts
John Blaine Williams
Joe Bannell Worsham
Charles Edward Cheyenne
Wunnicke
Armcoeld
Armold Transfer CO
George Millett Clancy
Isham Blake Cogdell, Jr
Altus
Oklahoma
Herman Charles Cook, Jr
Waxahachie
J. Ray Corliss
Oakland
Thomas Dudley Cramer
Robert William Daniels
ITI
Edward Eells Darrow
Carthage
Ray Davies, Jr
St. Petersburg
Florida
Roy Edward Dial
Bristow
Tampico
Tamps
Richard Kimball Gardner
Grenrock
Elmer Logan Garnett, Jr
Leon Lamar Gill
Beeville
Tex
James Howard Glass
San Bernardino
Calif
Donald Jewel Grantham
Duncan
Robert Shaw Grimmett
James Seawald Guleke
Amar
Tog
Purdy Electric Company
N. Main
Gladnost
Lorraine
Barbizon
Quinlan & Coty
Miss Swank
Marvelous Cou
Montgomery Ward
Nnagal Moikgornwee
2Nd & Main Roswell
DE Luxe
Chevrolet
Roswell Auto Company
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