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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1941
Page
4
The New Mexico legislature thwarted an anti-primary bill after discovering a hidden flaw, preserving the wide voter approval of the primary law. The Record notes the ad page’s strong results and reflects on World War I and growing defense efforts, with discussions on national defense, industry unions, and regional Arizona and Balkan wartime coverage.
Meeting minutes reveal the Roswell and Pecos Valley lender loaned about eight million dollars to homeowners over the years, with directors J. F. Hinkle E. C. Gessert J. Q. Cummins H. D. O. Hammond and R. H. McCune expected to be re elected. Officers include J. F. Hinkle as president R. H. McCune as vice president and Lee Hurd as attorney.
Greek leaders and Crown Prince visited Piraus to assess damage from a German air raid. King George II drove through air raid alarms to the seaport while Greek fortifications endured heavy shelling and aerial attack. The high command claimed strong resistance with several enemy tanks and aircraft destroyed and some prisoners taken amid evacuations.
Mrs. Hinkle asks county residents to cooperate with the State Council of National Defense by registering club name address and telephone number. Mrs. Hinkle is aided by Mrs. M L Worton of Roswell as sub chairman. committees named by Mrs. Hinkle and Mrs Norton will be announced once finalized.
Sheriff Frank Young traveled to Phoenix to pursue C. H. Cope, sought on a bad check charge. Cope faces authorities in the county after the warrant was issued for the offense.
The United States vows swift military and other aid to Yugoslavia after Germany's dawn attack. Hull, fresh from Roosevelt, says the nation will support those defending against conquest. In Britain, 109 P-40 fighters have been sent to Western Allied squadrons via Bathurst, as global conflict widens. Later, the Allied response includes reopening a plant for 7,800 workers while CIO UMW and miners negotiate a new coal contract amid disputes over wages and the North South pay differential.
Allied and Yugoslav air strikes targeted Hungarian airfields at Pecs and Szeged near Yugoslavia. Reports from Swiss and Bulgarian agencies describe alarms, blackouts, and disputed involvement by Bulgaria. Bulgarian irregulars reportedly captured. Romanian dispatches note casualties in Dorsova Arad and Timisoara from Yugoslav raids. Belgrade fires increase as communications in the Balkans remain disrupted.
The steel strike seeks a 10 cent wage increase with the CIO union pressing similar demands on U S Steel, the nation’s largest producer. Secretary Perkins told Congress that coal field stoppages should clear soon. Allis-Chalmers walkout, tied to $45 million in defense orders, nears settlement as mediation succeeds and union ratification is awaited.
Reports from Berlin and wartime dispatches describe Nazi bombers striking Belgrade Sarajevo Mostar Ljubljana Kumbar and Podgorica while Yugoslav forces counter with artillery on the Albanian frontier. Allied efforts include British actions in Greece and American and French reactions in Marseille and New York as the war widens across the Balkans.
British reports claim 70,000 Italian troops may have scattered into mountains and deserts between Addis Ababa and Aduwa to wage guerilla warfare or make a stand. In Libya a major battle east of Bengasi shapes up as German Italian forces push east of Looyan. Massawa road cleared, free French patrols near Asmara, while Eritrean columns march toward Dessye and Gondar. Addis Ababa has seen a large South African contingent amid a 1000 mile seven week advance through Italian Somaliland and the Ogaden. Debra Markos reportedly hosts Ethiopian patriots led by Haile Selassie as Duke d Aosta’s fate remains unknown.
A British communique from Greece reports that five Messerschmitt 109 fighters were shot down yesterday over the Rupel Pass near the Greek Bulgarian frontier by a small formation of Hurricanes.
Bragg Auto Co. announces Cadillac agency for Roswell. W. J. Bragg and L. E. Bragg confirm the move, with Bill Bragg praising Cadillac as the standard of the world. They will also continue Nash automobiles. The Braggs have moved to 504 South Kansas in Roswell.
The Italian high command announced that the naval base of Spalato and Cattaro an arsenal at Theodo near Cattaro and an air base at Mostar were bombed yesterday in the opening of Italian hostilities against Yugoslavia. It said the blows were to avenge Yugoslavia desertion of the Axis.
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