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Newspaper

Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1939

Page

3

Lorraine Nelson Wins State 4-H Style Contest in Las Cruces

Lorraine Nelson of East Grand Plains won first place in the state 4-H style review at Las Cruces earning a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago this fall to compete nationally. County agent Tom Reid wired the announcement to The Record this morning as the Chaves county delegation attends the state encampment at State College Las Cruces this week.

Lorraine Nelson East Grand Plains Las Cruces Chicago Miss Nelson Tom Reid Chaves County State College

FOR THE BEST in Office Machines and Supplies

Roswell Typewriter Co advertises office machines and supplies with phone number 674 and address 215 N Main as a local business notice in Roswell.

Roswell Typewriter CO

Bow Legged Cowboy Contest At ENM State Fair

The Eastern New Mexico State Fair will feature a bow legged cowboy contest with a $10 prize for the pair with the largest bow. Judging begins at 10 a.m. Thursday Oct. 5 on a platform in front of the bank. Eligible participants are bona fide cow hands and ranch employees. contestants with insufficient bowing are disqualified. The event aims to add fun and publicity to the fair.

New Mexico

State Cars Only For State's Use

Governor Miles announced strict rules banning state owned cars for non officials and non employees unless with special permission. The memorandum states cars were purchased to assist state departments and not for friends or relatives. He cited reports of non authorized drivers and urged taxpayers to see state cars used for state business only.

Santa FE N. M Miles

Notice to Creditors in J P Morgan Estate Chaves County

In the Probate Court Chaves County New Mexico the estate of J P Morgan deceased is administered by W A Losey appointed August 7 1939. Creditors must file claims within six months with the Probate Clerk or be barred.

Chaves County State OF New Mexico J. P. Morgan W. A. Losey New Mexico

Wayne Drysdale Honored At New Mexico Legion Banquet

About seventy friends celebrated Wayne Drysdale being elected New Mexico Department Commander of the American Legion at a banquet in Roswell. He noted state membership reached 130 percent of its quota, near 3200 statewide, with national totals over a million. Drysdale, former commander of Charles M. De Bremond Post 28, spoke on progress toward Legion goals and credited the Auxiliary.

Wayne Drysdale New Mexico Department American Legion Ingalls Memorial New Mexico Drysdale Legion Mr. Drysdale Lordsburg Charles M. de Bremond Roswell Legion Auxiliary Lake J. Frazier Roswell Post James B. McGhee Pat O’neill Will Robinson H. H. Lewis Billy Gilbert Rusty Hendricks Harvey Guess Linner

Roosevelt Urges No Bombing of Civilians in War Plea

Roosevelt appeals to all belligerents to refrain from aerial bombing of civilian populations and unfortified cities, warning that hundreds of thousands of innocent lives would be lost. He orders naval ships and army posts notified as war erupts with Germany invading Poland and cities bombed.

Europe Roosevelt Congress State Department Atlantic Bullitt Paris Poland Warsaw Krakow Hull White House Army Navy Biddle Builitt Germany

Bandit Robbed Camp Camino Last Night

A bandit stole about $40 from Camp Camino last night at ten fifteen. McMillian was forced to the floor. Mrs. Carter handed over money from the register. The bandit, unmasked, was 25 to 30 and fled around the south side. Police arrived within five minutes. The report mentions air raid alerts and wartime dispatches in Poland with German attacks near Krakow, Katowice, Czestochowa, and Danzig, as air raids and evacuations continued in the area.

Camp Camino Ike Carter Vernon McMillian McMillian Danzig Milawa East Prussia London Germany Dzialdowo Chojnice Warsaw Upper Silesia Czestochowa Foreign Office Edward Kulikowski Washington Everyoene

German Planes Bomb Polish Cities In Two Wave Attack

German planes bombed Poland in two waves across east Prussia and western front. Initial reports said Katowice and Grodno were hit with casualties unclear. Targets listed include Kursk, Gydnia, Thorn, Galystock, Gorodno, Dihivo, Pydgoszcz, Krakow, Czes towice, and Wojnitze.

Westerplatte Danzig Poland Grodno East Prussian Katowice Reuters Warsaw East Prussia Dzialdowo Wojnitze Kursk Gydnia Thorn Galystock Gorodno Dihivo Pydgoszcz Waraw Krakow Czestowice

Signal Echoes Through Silent Entrance as Gas Masks Absent

A fragment describes a scene where a signal was sounded and people waited calmly in open entrances due to a lack of gas masks. The wording hints at a tense emergency or drill, with attention on preparedness and restraint amid potential danger.

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