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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1940
Page
8
Mrs J E Zumwalt presents a bouquet of dahlias. Mrs H F Fairbank offers unusual flowers and two bouquets of marigolds. Mrs J M Kisselburg displays a bouquet of dahlias.
The Red Cross float in this morning's parade was designed by Mrs H E Miller. On the float rode Grant Williams Catherine Corn and Eva M Bourne school nurse. Homer Dunagan was the driver. Hear Irvin S Cobb speak for Willkie in El Paso broadcast Thursday night 7:30 to 8:30 over KGFL.
Funeral services for Allen G Bennett aged seventy nine who was accidentally killed in an automobile crash on the Roswell El Paso highway will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 at the Talmage Memorial Chapel with Rev Walter Orr of the Nazarene Church in charge. Casket bearers named Brennen Green Dale Lacer. Interment at South Park.
Eastern area parade showcases Tatum High Artesia juniors Eastern New Mexico College and other squads. Col H P Saunders grand marshal leads the procession past Mayor Hall and city officials. Fire Chief Chrisman drives the new Roswell fire truck as spectators praise one of the grandest opening parades in years with judges and chairmen named for floats bands and entries. Cowboy dance tonight at the Armory.
A $50.00 sale lists a surveyors transit and tripod suitable for tank or fence work. The ad includes the seller name Carl Johnson and a casual endorsement of the item.
A fragment lists low priced kitchen items including corn popper 69 cents, canister set 75 cents, food chopper 89 cents, juice press 98 cents, and a drainers and lock lever accessory. The garbled OCR suggests a promotional catalog note with several product prices and a friction tape reference.
A Leadershipstone was hurled through a dining car window injuring Washington correspondent William C. Murphy of the Philadelphia Inquirer with minor hand abrasions. The nominee spent the day campaigning in Michigan labor centers at Pontiac Flint and Lansing, closing in Grand Rapids with a call to keep minds open on issues and a job driven path to prosperity. He also sharply replied to Gov. Lehman denying any anti democratic attitude and urging Lehman to clarify his stance to avoid harming national unity.
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