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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1941
Page
6
More than 100 delegates attended the program, with Frank J. McCarthy of Hagerman serving as speaker in place of Governor Miles. The gathering, the largest in years, concludes with an annual banquet tonight.
Ensign Joseph S. McCoy Jr. receives a congratulatory kiss from his fiancée Lynn Allison, both of Washington, as 583 Reserve midshipmen graduate from the U S Naval Academy Annapolis. It is the first class of reservists to graduate since the European war began.
Fred Alexander, once a Westminster college art student and acclaimed Pennsylvania watercolorist, incorporated for 500 dollars to fund a summer in the West Indies. He offers subscriptions at 10 dollars each with a promise that every patron will receive one watercolor of island life.
A columnist muses on a possible U S Japan peace accord mediated by the United States. He argues such agreement would align Britain behind it, remove Japan from the Axis sphere, tilt Russia away from Hitler, and free British forces for Europe and Africa, potentially shortening World War II.
John Hall of McNally-Hall Motor Co announces a May 21 to 31 nationwide spring sale featuring first-line G-3 All-Weather and All-American tires with trade-in deals. The campaign emphasizes longer tread wear, guaranteed quality, and lower prices amid steady rubber costs and rising summer demand.
Santa Fe May 20 conciliator for the U S labor department sought a resumption of negotiations to settle a 22 day Madrid coal mine strike. He planned talks with state labor commissioner Vincent Jaeger and with representatives of the United Mine Workers of America and the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company. The UMWA demanded an open shop, better conditions and higher wages while employers cited a dollar per day rise. the union asked 7 1/2 cents an hour.
A comprehensive crossword entries set covering across and down clues from fuel warmth to price and many common terms including verb phrases and noun forms for quick puzzle reference
A Marian Martin pattern 9714 promotes a youth friendly dress in street or floor length styles with a dewy neckline and gathered bodice. Patterns are available only in junior miss sizes 11 through 18 and require fabrics plus a contrast. Order methods include sending 15 cents for the pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern together from The Foswell Daily Record Pattern Department.
A short lived work stoppage in the anthracite coal industry ended as the United Mine Workers tentatively agreed on a new wage contract for about 100,000 hard coal miners. The deal includes a 7 1/2 percent basic wage rise on contract and day rates, rising to 1 percent after October 1. The union sought a $1 a day rise over $4.62 and a 20 percent boost for contract workers.
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