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Newspaper

Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1942

Page

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Lineups For Spring Grid Game Night Announced

Roswell high announces lineups for the annual junior senior spring football game at Bremond Field Friday night. If rain delays end, junior seniors clash proceeds with starters listed and injuries noted. The match caps spring practice for Coach Corn's 1942 squad.

Corn Roswell High School Dhe Bremond Field O. C. Graves Junior Shaw Donald Newberry Paul Dollahan Sherwood Grossman Bob Thompson Arthur Wishard Raymond Agalla W. ¢. Coleman Ane Lund James Crocker Jimmy Sanders Charles Malone Miller Palmer McCarter John Powers John Walker J. E. Pritchard Ben Kelly Paul O’meara Alfred Morrison Job Melendez Billy Thompson Bob Hall

US Torpedo Boats Hit Japanese Cruiser Near Cebu

Two of Bulkeley’s motor torpedo boats attacked a Japanese light cruiser protected by four destroyers during operations near Cebu. The tiny boats damaged the cruiser and it began sinking as the Japanese fire overwhelmed them. The navy noted possible duplication with an army report of Bataan casualties and captured troops, including 1400 New Mexico guardsmen among about 37,000 killed or captured.

Navy Bulkeley Cebu Army New Mexico Bataan Corregidor New Manila Subic Mandalay Joseph W. Stilwell Yyinmana Toungoo Rangoon Philippines U. S. Navy John D. Bulkeley Philippine Archipelago Cebu Island

Food shortages across Europe threaten wartime supply lines

The department warns of strict enforcement of rationing in Germany and dwindling wheat and rye supplies. Denmark faces threatened production due to late spring and fertilizer shortages. Germany aims to secure food from occupied Ukraine and Russia to sustain troops and local populations, while labor shortages in southern Ukraine push Germany to recruit from cities.

Germany Europe Denmark Ukraiian Russia Ukraine

Murder and Rape Under Japanese Occupation in Hong Kong

Reports detail nine month food shortages for prisoners of war and famine among internees, with rice and beans as main rations. Atrocities included murders and rapes in presence of officers, widespread looting, and public abuse of British subjects. Internees were moved from boarding houses to a Stanley prison with no visitors, as elderly victims suffered most. British denouncements followed prior Chungking dispatches.

Stanley Victoria Hongkong Chungking

Byrd Seeks Probe Of War Production Slowdowns

Senator Byrd cites a letter from Daniel S. Ring on efforts to curb deliberate or inefficient slowdowns in war production. Ring says a uniform program with multiple agencies is being developed, while noting two slowdown classes: intentional labor engineered delays and unorganized, morale or supervision problems.

Cies Byrd D-Va Daniel S. Ring Washington Senate Naval Affairs Committee C. W. Fischer Virginia Maritime Commission Ring Army Nnavy War Production Board War Labor Board Labor Pepartment Conciliation Service Bureau of Labor Standards

Federal land development spurred by farm-out method

Dow notes state regulators will focus on production and conservation at the source while the National Conference of Petroleum Regulatory Authorities works to coordinate with industry committees and the Petroleum Industry War Council. The group seeks fair crude prices to protect settled wells and support exploratory drilling and urges Ickes to promote public land development with a lease reducing royalty to one eighth.

Dow National Conference of Petroleum Regulatory Authorities Petroleum Industry War Council Ickes Amet Universal

Wall Street Mixed With Slow Trading On April 22

In New York the stock market showed slight price favors for the lower side as dealings lagged. Among decliners were U S Steel Youngstown Sears Roebuck General Motors Douglas Sperry Pennsylvania Southern Pacific and Standard Oil New Jersey, while Dow Du Pont and Allied posted gains. Turnover reached 253700 shares, with curb market activity tighter. Bonds rose with rail and utility leadership. Chicago wheat finished 3/5 to 3/4 cent higher, corn unchanged to down 1/8. Late trading saw New York cotton futures up 40 to 65 cents a bale.

Wall Street New York U.S. Steel Youngstown Sears Roebuck General Motors Douglas Sperry Pennsylvania Southern Pacific Standard Oil N. J Dow, du Pont Allied

Kansas City Livestock Market Report April 22 Kansas City

Hogs salable 2 500 slow overall with top at 14 10 while most bids run 14 00 to 14 10. Cattle salable 3 500 with total 4 000. steers bid 15 25 lower on average good to choice. short feds 13 00 down. heifers steady to 15 higher. stockers and feeders slow to steady. Sheep salable 10 600 with thin early trade. fed lambs and springers weak, Arizona lambs above 14 00, fed wooled lambs above 13 25.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City Arizona

Chicago Produce Market Report April 22 1920 Prices Steady

Chicago produce market shows steady prices across butter eggs and poultry. Butter receipts 606893 firm. eggs 30216 firm with fresh graded lots. poultry live trucks steady with varied weights and breeds including Leghorn roosters and Plymouth Rock varieties, turkeys and ducks also listed with price points.

Chicago Plymouth Rock White Rock Springs

Curb Market Prices in New York on April 22

Closing prices for Alum Co Am 81, Alum Goods 12 1/2, Am Book 22, Ark N Gas Pf 6 1/2, Carrier Corp 4 7/8, Cit Sve 2 1/4, Ford Met Ltd 1 1/4, Hecla Min 4 1/2, Humbie Oil 50 1/2, Ins Cc N Am 58 3/4.

CURB New York Alum Co Am Ark N Gas Carrier Corp Ford Met Ltd Humbie Oil

Chicago Grain Market Moves on May Wheat and July Corn

Chicago April 22 closing. WHEAT for May 1 21 1 8 to 1 4. July 1 23 1 2 to 5 8. Sep 1 25 3 4 to 7 8. CORN for May 85 5 8 to 1 2. July 89 1 4. Sep 91 1 4.

Chicago

Boston wool market activity on April 22

The Boston wool market showed low activity with occasional sales of Ohio De laine at 47-49 cents per pound grease. Graded half blood combing bright wool traded around 49-50 cents, grease. Graded three-eighths and quarter blood combing bright fleeces were quoted at 52-53 cents, grease.

Boston USDA Ohio

New York Wool Futures Close Lower On April Trading

In New York on April 22 grease wool futures ended 1.7 cents lower with Dec at 100.6B Certificated spot grease wool 101.0N. Wool top futures fell 0.8 to 2.0 cents with May at 12% support and July at 129.5B Oct 130.7 Certificated spot tops 127.6N. B Bid and N nominal prices noted.

New York Jly

New York Cotton and Bond Markets Report

New York cotton futures closed higher by 25 to 55 cents a bale with May at 19.45 and December around 19.87 19.89. Middling spot quoted at 21.04. Treasury bonds and Federal Farm Mortgage Home Owners Loan notes closed unchanged at 104.31 and related issues noted.

New York Federal Farm

Sugar Rationing Begins May 5 Nationwide

The Office of Price Administration announced that the first sugar rationing by stamps starts May 5. One pound of sugar can be bought with the first stamp valid May 5 to May 16. Restaurants and bakers face reduced allotments while households register May 4-7 at grade schools to receive four stamps for purchases through late June.

Washington Office of Price Administration OPA

City Commended for Driver Licenses Cooperation

A letter from Al S. Roughton director of the Division of Drivers Licenses to Mayor Hall commends Roswell for cooperation. A recent state check found Roswell due an additional 75.40 from license receipts and it will be paid immediately.

al S. Roughton Division of Drivers Licenses Hall Roswell

Parks Visits Roswell on Fort Sumner Trip

R. R. Parks, once a well known Roswell resident, visited the city yesterday during travel to Fort Sumner and the Carlsbad Caverns. Now based in Los Angeles, he had been in Arizona on defense work and previously ran a planing mill here about six years before leaving 17 years ago.

R. R. Parks Roswell Fort Sumner Carlsbad Caverns Los Angeles Arizona Mr. Parks

New Mexico oil sees relief from pipelines despite coast limits

Transportation issues persist as tank balance strains shipments. Dow outlines several pipeline plans, including routes from east Texas to marketing points and a Hobbs to Borger link to ease New Mexico output. A Grayburg to Valley Refining line would aid Artesia producers, while west coast outlets face long term consideration. Ickes signals non nationalization and expects state action to shape outcomes.

Dow East Texas New Mexico Hobbs Borger Phillips North Grayburg Valley Refining Company Washington Ickes

Visitors From Wheaton Illinois Visit Roswell Daily Record

Reverend Robert Stewart of First Presbyterian Church Wheaton Illinois and Arthur W Cooley Inland Newspaper Representatives met Roswell Daily Record staff. Cooley, brother of Harold Cooley the record advertising manager, travels with fellow visitors in Roswell.

Robert Stewart First Presbyterian Church Wheaton Illinois Arthur W. Cooley Inland Newspaper Representatives Roswell

Clyde Oden Visits in Roswell

Albuquerque man Clyde Oden, seen as a potential gubernatorial candidate, spent yesterday in Roswell meeting with local political leaders to gauge sentiment about his candidacy. He did not issue statements but discussions centered on prospects this fall.

Clyde Oden Albuquerque Roswell Oden

Paris Hostage Executions Reported Amid Revolt in Occupied Paris

Asserted secret in Paris announces more French hostages executed as Vichy seeks reprieve for 20 held at St Nazaire. Nazi measures in Paris impose 11 p m curfew and close public places after a German soldier’s assassination. Soviet front gains in Karelia and reports of a spring offensive loom, while Berlin denies April start claims.

Paris France St. Nazaire Bern Switzerland Red Army Karelia Leningrad Associated Press Soviet Caucasus Adolf Hitler Berlin Fuehrer Hitler RAF Germany Reich Donets River Ukraine Moscow

Allied Victories and Burma Retreat Reported in War Dispatches

Allied air forces claim successful raids at Rabaul and praise for defenders as duties in Australia are expanded for long range operations. Meanwhile British and Chinese troops retreat in western Burma near Yenangyaung as Japanese reinforcements pour in ahead of the monsoon. In the Philippines, PT boats attack a Japanese cruiser off Cebu, leaving it sinking, while Tokyo warns of renewed air raids as prison counts rise.

Rabaul New Britain George H. Breit Southwest Pacific Australia Burma Yenangyaung Bataan Rangoon

War losses and North Africa report brief

Report notes planes destroyed in the period March 22 to April 18 with a loss of 239 Soviet aircraft. On the North African front the German high command states there were no important military operations during the period.

Roswell Ball Club Opens Season at La Mexicana Bar

Roswell's baseball team meets La Mexicana Bar at the fair grounds Sunday at three o'clock in the season opener. Admission is free. A week later Roswell hosts the Carlsbad Miners. A new pitcher, Sam Schooler, is added from the air base, a right handed soldier.

Roswell la Mexicana Bar Fairgrounds Carlsbad Miners Air Base Sam Schooler

Revival Services At First Baptist Church

Dr. C. E. Hereford spoke to a large audience on What Jesus Means To Me at the First Baptist Church revival. He described Jesus as real and precious for past, present, and future acts and stressed his role at judgment. Tonight’s topic is Why I Am A Christian with the choir directing singing at 8 o'clock.

First Baptist Church C. E. Hereford Jesus

Infant dies in Tinnie family funeral held

Roma Jewell Rollins infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Rollins died last night. They reside at Tinnie. Brief funeral services were held this afternoon with Rev A A DuLaney officiating and burial took place at South Park. Talmage Mortuary directed the arrangements.

Roma Jewell Ralph Rollins Rollins Tinnie A. A. DuLaney South Park Talmage Mortuary

Government warns against spreading rumors after raids

Japanese authorities denounced baseless rumors as a punishable offense after surprise raids on Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and Kobe. A military spokesman minimized damage saying not more than a dozen houses were destroyed in Tokyo as unrest was addressed.

Japan Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya Kobe

German hostage release efforts linked to St Nazaire raid

The aim was to free Jean Blanchard a key Metal Workers Union leader among 20 hostages seized by Germans after last month s St Nazaire raid. Blanchard s detention stirred labor circles Francois Blanche the St Nazaire mayor was freed recently amid diplomatic talks in Switzerland over a reprieve for all 20 captives with initial death sentences delayed for negotiations.

Jean Blanchard St. Nazaire Blanchard Metal Workers Union Francois Blanche Switzerland Vichy

Bid Made for the City Bond Issues

Boettcher and Co of Denver urge Roswell to offer 115000 dollars in bonds at public sale. The 40000 dollar airport land loan payoff bonds will be issued. The library and airport administration bonds may be held back pending permission from the government due to WPB construction curtailment orders.

Hall Boettcher and Co. of Denver Roswell State Board of Finance

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