Time To Plant Seeds For Summer Beauty In Roswell
The Roswell city beautification committee urged residents to plant flower seeds and improve premises this summer. Service stations will be inspected for best vegetation results with a prize for the top improvement. Dr. T Neely chaired the effort with Girl Scouts aiding to encourage neater homes and parkings in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
T. Neely
Mmittee
Mary McCullough
Gladys Lutz
Stig Santheson
T. L. Gardner
Ruth Goodwin
C. H. Glover
C. D. Fulgon
H. K. Cobean
Great Struggle To Decide the Fate Of Greece
The Associated Press reports a wide open battle along the British front in Greece with stubborn Allied resistance to the German blitzkrieg. British and Axis actions unfold from Cairo to Tobruk, with Capuzzo and the Escarpment road see sustained bombardments and captures. Yugoslavia’s collapse and Simovic’s arrival in Athens are noted amid reports of prisoners and Panzer thrusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Middle East
Aegean
Egypt
Salam
el Gazala
Tobruk
Cairo
Yugoslavia
Dusan Simovic
Peter II
Paul
Athens
Dne
English Midlands
Australia
New Zealand
H E Samson Named President Of Roswell Rotary Club
Henry E Samson will take office July 1 as president of the Roswell Rotary Club with Hinton Wilmot as vice president. The board re elected Claude Simpson as secretary and named a new board including J D Shinkle J E Johns Roy Norton Jess Miley and T L Gardner. Walter Fulbright completes a successful year as Rotary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Samson
Roswell
H. E. Samson
Hinton Wilmot
J. D. Shinkle
J. E. Johns
Roy Norton
Jess Miley
T. L. Gardner
Three Apaches Die In Auto Wreck Near Alamogordo
Three Mescalero Apache Indians died when their automobile overturned three miles west of the reservation. Arnold Kinzhana died with his wife Beshade and Roy Sundayman. Kinzhuna was once an army scout against Geronimo in the 1880s. Sundayman was the son of the late Apache scout Charles Sundayman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
N. M
Geronimo
Arnold Kinzhana
Beshade
Roy Sundayman
Kinzhuna
Sundayman
Charles Sundayman
Local Weather Readings Summary for 24 Hours
Readings at three hour intervals ending 11 30 a m today show total month to date trace and year to date 4 15 normal for month to date 38 year to date 2 22 sunrise 5 27 sunset 6 29 length of day 13 0 hours yesterday figures and heretofore inconsistent.
Methodist district conference draws 500 in Roswell
More than 500 representatives from 36 Roswell District churches gathered for the M E Conference meetings in Roswell under Rev L Bowman Craven. The event featured layman talks, banquets at two churches, and sessions led by Dan Wilmot and Rev J W Workman with attendees from Albuquerque El Paso and Clovis districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Methodist Church
L. Bowman Craven
Craven
New Mexico
First Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
George Pixler
Carlsbad
Dan Wilmot
Wilmot
J. W. Workman
Albuquerque
el Paso
Clovis
Italians In Ethiopia Said To Be Asking Terms
Cairo April 16 British general headquarters said the Duke of Aosta Italian viceroy of Ethiopia sent an envoy to negotiate surrender. About 40 000 Italians and 36 000 native troops remained in southern Ethiopia. Desert patrols near Salam captured or destroyed Axis vehicles and took prisoners. In Tobruk sector the situation was unchanged. Royal air forces claimed four German planes destroyed at Fort Capuzzo two at Monastir and one at Derna. British said their columns advanced toward Dessie while pursuing Italians elsewhere. Libyan front and Libya’s Strait were tense with no immediate threat to Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Duke of Aosta
Ethiopia
London
Salam
Tobruk
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Fort Capuzzo
Monastir
Derna
Dessie
Libya
Mexican Quake Devastates Colima City in April Disaster
Great sections of Colima city left destroyed after yesterday's quake. Water and electricity severed, troops patrolling to curb looting as fires burn on the volcano slopes. Governor Pedro Torres Ortiz reports half the population homeless with thousands displaced. Federal troops removed 36 wounded or dead?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Colima
Pedro Torres Ortiz
Government Information Bureau
Municipal Utilities Regulated By Finances In New Bill
In Santa Fe on April 16, governors and legislators debated extending the state public service commission’s reach to municipally owned utilities through refinancing limits. The administration’s utilities bill aims to control finances, while a senate amendment seeks written approval before bond refinancings, signaling potential partial regulation despite local option exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
State Public Service Commission
Miles
Senate
House
Public Service Commission
Administration Utilities
Commission
James Morrow
Raton
Mrs. Rodden Named Council of National Photographers Assn
Mrs. J. J. Rodden of Roswell has been elected to the Council of the Photographers' Association of America in an announcement published by the association. The Council governs the organization and is elected by mail ballots sent to all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rodden
Council of National Photographers Assn
J. J. Rodden
Roswell
Photographers’ Association of America
Association
Why the Struggle Over the Bills For The Teachers
Santa Fe April 16 Attendants at the state legislature session faced a bitter clash over the teachers contract bill. The dispute masked a broader pattern where teachers are politically loyal to regimes to keep jobs while some districts pressure pay and tax issues. Continued to Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Re-Pressuring Plant Contract Awarded at Artesia
A $250000 contract for a re pressuring plant at Artesia was let by the Loco Hills Re Pressuring Association. Sam Sanders of Sanders Bros Artesia received the contract. Work is to start in about 19 days with Hugh L Johnson Hobbs as president and Chet Dexter Artesia as vice president and GM. A meeting was set in Artesia to discuss a Maljam ar project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
N. M
Artesia
Loco Hills
Sam Sanders
Sanders Bros
Hugh L. Johnson
Chet Dexter
Fred Brainard
Maljamar
Car wreck near Ratón kills Kansas man
Harry H. Loomis of Syracuse Kansas drove his car through a 250 foot barrier pit and roadside before it overturned after returning to the highway. Undersheriff B H Mitchell blamed a tire blowout on U S Highway 85 fifteen miles south of Ratón New Mexico. Motorists found Loomis body on the highway beside the wrecked car. He was driving one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton
N. M
Harry H. Loomis
Syracuse
Kans
Barrow Pit
B. H. Mitchell
U. S. Highway 85
Here
Loomis
Ad Club Plans To Wage War Against Bogus Advertising
The Advertising Club held a luncheon focused on stopping spurious ads and boosting vigilance. Joe Huff led the main talk with Cecil Dale, stressing prompt action against questionable value schemes while John McBoyle directed the program. A stag party was voted for within two weeks, with a committee assigned to set the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advertising Club
Vigilance Committee
Ad Club
Joe Huff
Cecil Dale
John McBoyle
Dies Announces Candidacy for U S Senate Seat in Texas
Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, longtime House Un-American Activities Committee chair, formally enters the race to fill the Morris Sheppard vacancy. He faces Gerald Mann and others. Dies seeks senate approval for his anti communism and anti Nazism platform, opening campaign HQ in Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Tex
Martin Dies
D.-Tex
House
Senate
Morris Sheppard
Dies
Texas
Gerald C. Mann
Southern Methodist University
W. Lee O’daniel
Mann
R. J
Jack) Ballard
Wichita Falls
A. F. Harding
Fort Worth
West Texas
Colorado
Mitchell County
Marshall
Congress
Greeks Report Very Heavy Fighting In Northern Greece
Greek and British reports describe heavy fighting along the Greek front amid German mechanized thrusts. Germans have not yet breached main defenses as they push toward the Siatista pass and Vardar valley. Greek HQ says Western Macedonia troops withdrawn to new lines after inflicting heavy losses on attackers. Reinforcements arrive amid hazardous terrain and continued clashes near Mount Olympus and Salonika area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Ionian
Siatista Pass
Macedonia
Bitoli
Monastir
Vardar
Salonika
Mount Olympus
Headley To Show New Movie At Tourist School
J B Headley will present his latest color motion picture Autumn at the first tour ist school session in the Chamber of Commerce building Friday night May 9. The film features Roswell White Mountains and Sacramento Mountains. Joe Bursey head of the State tourist bureau will speak. Col Thomas Boles Carlsbad Caverns NP superintendent speaks at the second session May 16. Third session May 23 not yet arranged. event runs 7:30 p.m. inviting all interested in tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Headley
Chamber of Commerce
Jason Kellahin
Headley
Roswell
White Mountains
Sacramento Mountains
Joe Bursey
State Tourist Bureau
Col
Thomas Boles
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Kellahin
Breece Lumber President Seriously Ill in Albuquerque
Col. George E. Breece, president of the Breece Lumber Company, was reported seriously ill at a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
George E. Breece
Breece Lumber Company
Jurors Named for April District Court in Chaves County
Sheriff Frank Young announced the juror list for the April term for Chaves County district court. Jurors report at 9 a.m. Monday to begin criminal trials before Judge James B McGhee. Regular panel includes H D Burdette, Don E Gillespie, Fred M Nelson, Arthur C Lacer, and others. emergency panel lists B M Mills, Arthur B Crockett, B Vaughn, H G Moberly, and additional names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Frank Young
James B McGhee
H. D. Burdette
Don E. Gillespie
Fred M. Nelson
Arthur C. Lacer
Louis P. Richart
Hugh F. Carpenter
Byron B. Wilson
Ben B. Ginsberg
A. W. Johnson
Walter B. Binns
Frank Garrod
J. S. Griffith
Roy H Daniel
Henry D. Bedford
William R. Foster
M. D. Trout
Harry W. Blythe
Jack Hubbard
Alton Corn
Howard Amason
Charles L. Allison
Harry McCrie
Jack T. Deason, Jr
Charles L. Michelet
G. L. Erwin
Fred L. Pettett
Hamilton E. Miller
B. M. Keohane
C. H. Arrington
Earl Bonham
B. M. Mills
Arthur B. Crockett
B. Vaughn
H. G. Moberly
Ernest Greer
Royce Lankford
Henry W. Ware
Ernest M. Haley
Tom Didlake
John Hobbs
Sam McKinstry
Grady Welter
Walter J. Fulbright
Ernest Carper
J. W. Lee
Baseball Scores and Battery Pairings From Evening Card
Box scores show Philadelphia at New York 101 11 and 001 10. Boston at Philadelphia 010 021 and 010 000. Detroit at St Louis 00 00. Chicago at Cleveland 000 3200. New York at Brooklyn 000 020 0. Boston at Philadelphia 000 000. St Louis at Cincinnati 02000 02000. Pittsburgh vs Chicago postponed due to rain. Batteries list Potter Hayes Breuer Murphy Dickey etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Potter and Hayes
Breuer, Murphy and
Dickey
Brooklyn
Gumbert
Danning
Higbe and
Owen
Army surveys 28 new camps for 800,000 troops
Robert P. Patterson disclosed that 28 cantonment sites are under survey to house up to 800,000 additional troops. He indicated plans consider calling 200,000 more men, but stressed no current plans to expand the Army beyond 1.4 million by June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Marriage Licenses Granted in Texas and New Mexico Couples
Bob Beal of Tex and Gail Cox of Tex license together with Mary Sue Cox of Lamesa Tex. Hubert Samples of Elkins New Mexico and Billie Nicholas of Kenna New Mexico also obtain marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Beal
Gail
Tex
Mary Sue Cox
Lamesa
Hubert Samples
Elkins
N. M
Billie Nicholas
Kenna
Honor Rolls For Six Weeks At Senior and Junior High
Senior High honor roll names Eva Blanchard Sara Dobbs Lisette Gessert Shirley Jones Benjamin Kessel Lu la Mae Owen Jim Rodrick Juniors Evelyn Dawson Janice Hall James Lacy Lucius Lorenzo Jack McCarter Marilyn Nance Suzanne Norton Dorothy Belle Rea Charlotte Reese Marjorie Robertson Sophomores Flo Austin Sophia Blanchard Winnie Blount Helen Carrigan Norah Dearr Jean Dickenson George Dixon Ben Emmett Tommy Flora Estelle Henson Billy Hereford Lois Lillian Hill Richard Lowe Helen Lewis Elsie Lloyd Imogene Rowin Don A Smith June Sorrells Junior High Jimmie La Rue Boff Ruth Ann Carothers Dolly Cave Jere Clayton Louis Fay Johnny Hall Marylin Huff Betty Jean King Eugene O Neal John Neathery King Elissa Miranda Bertha Reavis Wilbur Stilwell Betty Van Doren Elma Coates Ollie Mae Grizzle Billy Ayres Alice Borthwick Cecil Hensley Juanda Blancet Patsy Blea Iva Kindsfather Patsy Patterson Virginia Strike Grover Williams Betty Lou Chesser Rosemary Wiggins Barbara Brockman Danny Gallivan Bessie Hughlett Charles Pennington Wayne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Blanchard
Sara Dobbs
Lisette Gessert
Shirley Ann Jones
Benjamin Kessel
Lula Mae Owen
Jim Rodrick
Evelyn Dawson
Janice Hall
James Lacy
Lucius Lorenzo
Jack McCarter
Marilyn Nance
Suzanne Norton
Dorothy Belle Rea
Charlotte Reese
Marjorie Robertson
Flo Austin
Sophia Blanchard
Winnie Blount
Helen Carrigan
Norah Dearr
Jean Dickenson
George Dixon
Ben Emmett
Tommy Flora
Estelle Henson
Jimmie la Rue Boff
Ruth Ann Carothers
Dolly Cave
Jere Clayton
Louis Fay
Johnny Hall
Marylin Huff
Betty Jean King
Eugene O’neal
John Neathery King
Elissa Miranda
Bertha Reavis
Wilbur Stilwell
Betty van Doren
Elma Coates
Ollie Mae Grizzle
Billy Ayres
Alice Borthwick
Cecil Hensley
Juanda Blancet
Patsy Blea
Iva Kindsfather
Patsy Patterson
Virginia Strike
Grover Williams
Betty Lou Chesser
Rosemary Wiggins
Barbara Brockman
Danny Gallivan
Bessie Hughlett
Charles Pennington
Wayne
Committees On Cantonment And Defense To Meet
The Chamber of Commerce national defense and cantonment committees were to meet this afternoon for general discussion and a situational check. Claude Simpson said no new developments exist on securing an army air unit for Roswell. The directors will hold their monthly meeting at 6 30 Friday night at Nickson Coffee Shop to consider the year’s budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce National Defense and Cantonment
Defense Committee
Roswell
Claude Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Simpson
Nickson
Miss Martha Cowan Rents Apartment Through Classified Ad
Miss Cowan says the classified ad gave her a secure feeling about renting her apartment. She praises the Record classified section for always being there to serve, noting the confidence it provides to advertisers and renters alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cowan
Record Classified
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Associated Press
Yugo- Slavia
Rotary Club
M. E. Conference
Jefferson Memorial
Will Robinson
Siatista
Sharp
Boston
Masterson and Ferrell
Wagner
Pytlak
Detroit
St. Louis
Newsom and Sullivan
Auker and
Swift
Chicago
Cleveland
E. Smith
Appleton and
Tresh
Milnar
Hemsley
Salvo
Pearson and
Livingston
Cincinnati
M. Cooper
W. Cooper
Vandermeer
Lombardi
Pittsburgh
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