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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1940
Page
2
The fair reports all community exhibit space filled after a recent allocation, with calls for more entries in the classified and domestic arts sections. Organizers urge farmers to enter livestock before entries close, while noting the need for expanded grounds to accommodate growth.
British and German forces traded blows as Dakar casualties mounted with 185 killed and 363 wounded while Berlin faced another day of RAF and German raids. Ciano was reportedly en route to Berlin for axis talks after Rome–Berlin discussions.
London reports a major night operation aimed at Berlin with 4000000 residents sheltering for two hours and 48 minutes. Civilian casualties are described as several, with damage said to be limited to homes after prior British air raids.
Israel Peterson, charged with drunken driving, claimed he had attended church. The prosecutor asked what the preacher spoke about. Peterson recited Nahum chapter one verse three in full, and the jury acquitted him.
The article explains wartime draft registration steps, including receiving and returning a detailed health and family questionnaire within five days. It outlines four classifications, appeals processes from local boards to state and national levels, and notes that most excuses for not registering by October 16 are few, with college students deferred until July 1, 1941 if enrolled.
Twenty four steers huddled in rain at a Nebraska stockyards pen when a broken power cable electrocuted all but one steer. The lone survivor stood apart in the corner and lived. Home Grown Strawberries Anderson's Gardens advertisement.
Great Falls Mont Sept 25 Amid bids for the 1941 National Reclamation Association convention Albuquerque New Mexico Phoenix Arizona and Bakersfield California were named as contenders. Judge Frank R Day Plainview Texas urged the Texas Panhandle join New Mexico or Oklahoma to gain greater benefits from the reclamation program noting the region currently lacks water and storage capacity.
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