Japan presses in Southeast Asia as Britain fears reach
Japanese demands for military bases in Thailand and control of rubber, rice, and tin threaten Southeast Asia. London sources say Japan offers Laos and Angkor in exchange, widening the war’s reach toward Singapore, Burma, and India. RAF airfields in Burma are expanded as reinforcements arrive, and Shanghai dispatches note joint China-Russia planning if Japan turns on Siberia.
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Associated Press
Japan
Thailand
Siam
London
Laos
Angkor
Britain
Singapore
Burma
India
Bay of Bengal
London Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Shanghai
Siberia
Early Decision On Plan to Build Capitol Offices
The New Mexico supreme court may rule soon on Governor Miles plan to fund a $1,000,000 state office building to ease capitol congestion. Briefs filed by both sides in suits challenging the act set oral arguments for August 11 with Chief Justice Brice designating Judge Frenger to sit. Rebuttal briefs are due within 10 days.
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Santa FE
N. M
Supreme Court
Miles
C. R. Brice
Numa C. Frenger
Las Cruces
A. L. Zinn
Child Dies From Drink of Gasoline
In Albuquerque on August 1 Nellie Joe Deering a three year old girl died after drinking gasoline from a neighbor's jar. She was thirsty and the fatal dose was consumed while playing.
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Albuquerque
Nellie Joe Deering
Local Weather Temperature Readings Then and Now
Readings show temperatures at three hour intervals over 24 hours ending 11:30 a m today with yesterday figures for p m and today for a m including 2:30 and 5:30 times. Highest 93 lowest 66 with normals 91 and 66. Precipitation 0 01 inches in 24 hours ending 11:30 a m today. Month to date 3 83 year to date 19 83. Sunrise 5 10 sunset 6 58 length 13 8 hours.
Aluminum Strike Is New Threat To Nat's Defense
The CIO demands elimination of a sectional wage differential as aluminum workers in Badin North Carolina and Alcoa Tennessee seek parity with New Kensington Pennsylvania. After Alcoa rejected the CIO request, union president N Zonarich asked to meet in Washington with Sidney Hillman to resolve the dispute. Also, an AFL shipbuilders union in Jersey City rejected a new contract from Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock and hinted at a strike vote. In New York City a city wide electricians strike continues at 8,000 workers, with 285 ordered back to work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, delaying a $70 million expansion while Con Edison fights to add 600 union workers.
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Associated Press
CIO Aluminum
Washington
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
N. A
Zonarich
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Hillman
Badin
N. C
Alcoa
Tenn
New Kensington
CIO
Jersey City
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
AFL Electrical Workers Brotherhood
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Consolidated Edison Company
Lutherans to Observe Day of Humiliation And Prayer
The Lutheran Church announces a day of humiliation and prayer on Sunday August 3 in view of world conditions. Rev R A Hingst notes Zephaniah's prophecy about God's wrath and distress as a call to repentance for today.
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R. A. Hingst
God
Zephaniah
Judah
Jerusalem
Heavy Building At Albuquerque In 1941 Records Note
In Albuquerque New Mexico the first seven months of 1941 saw building totals rise by 324000 over 1940, reaching 1576903 in permits. Residential construction in the last month reached 134050 for 44 units out of 168553 total.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Food Prices Rise In Albuquerque Meat and Staples Surge
Albuquerque Tribune reports staples up 35 2/3 percent and meat cuts up 31 percent over the past year. Since Feb 1, staples rose 29 1/3 percent and meat 10 1/2. Butter up 48 percent eggs 56 flour 11 sugar 23 coffee 20 lard 56 pork 54 bacon 25 ham 29 leg of lamb 3 cents round steak 26 pot roast 7 1/2.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Tribune
Gun purchase ends in fatal self infliction in Detroit
In a crowded east side Detroit shop on August 1 a loaner gun sale turned tragic when Wade Burnette 27 was killed by a shotgun blast after urging clerk Jerome Skelly 41 to show a shorter barrel. Burnette pressed the gun to his heart and fired, the homicide squad reported.
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Detroit
East Side
Jerome, Skelly
Wade Burnette
Earl Anderson
Police Homicide Squad
Burnette
Skelly
Nette
City Beautiful Miss Kerr Triumphs In Local Beauty Pageant
Miss Margaret Kerr of 206 Wrest Tuden wins the City Beautiful contest featuring a red hot poker plant named tritoma as the centerpiece prize and local judges awarding top honors to Kerr in a springtime ceremony.
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Margaret Kerr
Wrest Tuden
Mexico Rejects German Demand Amid Roosevelt Blacklist Dispute
MEXICO CITY August 1 Protesting Germany's demand that Mexico publicly condemn President Roosevelt's blacklist of pro Axis firms Mexico shows its resolve with a stern rebuke and states it will respond with tangible evidence as the dispute unfolds, continuing on page fight.
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Mexico City
Mexico
a _ stern
Roosevelt
Army Plans Use Falcons as Weapon at Fort Monmouth
Falcons are headed to the army signal corps for a pilot test to replace carrier pigeons and airborne troops in combat roles. Training for falconers begins as the first batch of trained birds arrives from California, under Lt. Thomas MacClure who leads the project.
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Fort Monmouth
Army
Signal Corps
Uncle Sam
California
Thomas MacClure
Spec Stewart Wins First Round Match In Amarillo Meet
Verne Stewart the New Mexico state golf champion won his first round match at the Amarillo Country Club invitation tournament defeating Norris Russell of Denton three and one. Stewart earned medalist honors yesterday with a two under par 68 and advances to face Grover Austin Jr of Pampa who beat Stanley Marsh Jr of Amarillo five and three.
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Amarillo
Tex
Verne
Spec) Stewart
New Mexico
Amarillo Country Club
Norris Russell
Denton
Stewart
Grover Austin, Jr
Pampa
Austin
Stanley Marsh
Nazi Diplomats Get In Trouble In South America
Latin American actions against Nazi influence target German diplomats across the region. Argentina may withhold support for the US blacklist, while Chile expels the German consul general from Valparaiso for the second time. Wendler from Bolivia and the Valparaiso consul general are linked to alleged passport forgery and a Bolivian putsch conspiracy.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Western Hemisphere
United States
Mexico
Roosevelt
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Ernst Wendler
Valparaiso
Wendler
Val- Parise
Foreign Office
GOP Leader Gets Big Fine and Jail
Camden New Jersey August 1 Enoch L Johnson Atlantic City Republican leader married a former showgirl in his resort home last night and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a $20000 fine on a federal income tax evasion conviction. Judge Albert B Maris imposed the sentence after Johnson admitted income of 124000 in 1936 and 1937 mainly from numbers operators. The wedding followed shortly before his postponement of a new trial.
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Camden
N. J
Enoch L
Nucky) Johnson
Atlantic City
Albert B. Maris
Johnson
Florence Osbeck
Philadelphia
Congress Argues Over Draft Law with Army Waiting
Washington August 1 Senator Hill Alabama said sponsors reached a compromise on army service extension to max 2 1 2 years for citizen soldiers. An amendment would cap the extra service for selectees guardsmen reservists and regulars at 18 months in addition to the current 12 months. Continued to Page Five.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Seven Chaves county men named for Aug. 12 induction
The Roswell and Dexter residents listed John Churchill Emmett Wiley Williams Lionel Melendez Levi Hawthorne Omer Wilkins Walter Patterson and Wilton Emerson will travel to Santa Fe August 12 for selective service induction. The notice adds 21 year old registrants from July 1 awaiting questionnaires, bringing the county total to 147 inductees.
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Chaves County
Santa Fe
John Churchill Emmett
Roswell
Wiley Donald Williams
Dexter
Lionel Melendez
Levi Hawthorne
Omer Edward Wilkins
Walter Lionel Patterson
Wilton Willard Emerson
Chaves’ County
Roosevelt Praises Russian War Effort as Magnificent
President Roosevelt told a press conference that Russia’s resistance to the Axis was magnificent and better than German experts expected. He said Russia would not come under the lease lend bill terms and could pay for war equipment bought in the United States. Hopkins’ return date and possible China route remained unsettled. He offered no comment on Far East conditions or oil shipments to Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Moscow
London
China
Far East
Japan
Britain
Rieck Pleads Guilty in Roswell Car Theft Case
Arthur J. Rieck pleaded guilty to theft of a 1941 Mercury sedan taken in Roswell. He was stopped after a police chase that ended east of the city on Highway 380 with a scalp wound from rifle fire. A company owner and a woman companion, Esther Lucy Wawrzyniakowski, were tied to the case, with the latter found asleep in a Plymouth coupe miles away.
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Arthur J. Rieck
Pat Oneill
J. P
Rieck
Highway 380
East 2Nd Street
Roswell Auto Company
Esther Lucy Wawrzyniakowski
Roswell
Waxahachie
Texas
George Slaughter
East 4Th Street
Yanks blank Browns as Gomez shines in 9-0 victory
Vernon Gomez tossed five hitters shutout as the New York Yankees hammered St. Louis Browns 9 to 0. Tom Henrich slugged two homers and two singles, while Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a double and a single. Team totals show 14 hits for New York, with Auker and Newlin taking the loss for St. Louis.
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Yanks
Browns
New York
Vernon
Pirates defeat Giants as DiMaggio drives key rally
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Giants 6 to 3 in a nine defeats in ten games for New York. Vance DiMaggio hit a bases loaded single sparking a four run third inning. Batteries Hubbell McGee Adams and Danning Butcher and Lopez.
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Pirates
Giants
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Vance DiMaggio
Keystone
New York
Hubbell
McGee
Adams
Danning
Butcher
Lopez
German Forces Exhausted But Claim Moscow Advance
London reports say German invasion armies along the Soviet front appear stalled and near exhaustion while Moscow cites optimism from officials. Nazi dispatches claim Red Army losses near Smolensk with 35,000 prisoners and 245 cannons captured, as battles on the eastern front continue with German claims of progress.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
London
Moscow
Harry S. Hopkins
Hitler
Roosevelt
Smolensk
Fuehrer
East Front
DNB
Steal Texas Oil Case to the Jury in Massive Conroe Trial
In Conroe Texas the Strickland land case to the jury involves 6000 defendants and about 10 million dollars in oil tract ownership. The trial began August 18 1940 with 92 year old plaintiff John Vince ill in Louisiana. 150 attorneys four weeks for closing. forecasts a week or more to verdict.
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Conroe
Tex
Strickland Land
Wilson Strickland
John Vince
Louisiana
Texas
Strickland
Vince
Wilson Stricklands
Conroe Field
California
Georgia
Nobody in Town Reads Classified Like Record
Mrs. Ted Jones praises the Record classified and asserts every resident reads it. The columnist agrees, emphasizing the paper’s role in tracking moves, rentals, and sales for the town.
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Ted Jones
Mrs. Jones
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Dayton, O
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Spec Stewart
South America
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Axis Magnificent
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Lee
Dietrich
Tresh
Leonard
Early
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Owen
Olsen and McCullough
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Lombardi
St. Louis
State Military Department
W. W. Sterling
Eighth Corps
Army Air Corps
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