Churchill Warns Vigilance Required After Invasion Rumors
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged no relaxation of vigilance in defense preparations as German invasion rumors persist. The air raids continued across France Belgium the Netherlands and Germany with RAF bombers targeting airfields and military sites. In Los Angeles a staged stickup at a wallpaper shop ended with the robber leaving after an unexpected telephone interruption.
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London
Winston Churchill
No. 10 Downing Street
Churchill
Royal Air Force
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Air Ministry
Holland
Los Angeles
Orville Davis
Davis
Food shortage grips wartime France and London mutterings grow
A Paris exile in Tarn details crowded kitchens for 18 relatives and neighbors, missing sugar coffee butter and meat while morale remains high and recovery hopes persist. In London, Japan Britain tensions surge after arrests of Satoru Makihara and Shunsuke Tanabe, with claims of escalating spy rings and retaliatory echoes across the empire.
Japan Objects To U S Ban On Gasoline Sales
The Japanese government formally objected to Roosevelt's embargo on aviation gasoline exports outside the Western Hemisphere. Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi presented the communication to Under Secretary Sumner Welles and said it concerned a commercial matter. Tokyo spokesmen called the embargo an unfriendly act and pressure on Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kensuke Horinouchi
Sumner Welles
Horinouchi
Tokio
Japan
New Continental Planes Will Be Seen Here Soon
Roswell residents will soon see Continental Air Lines new 14 passenger Lockheed Super Lodestar aircraft. Six planes are on order with three delivered in August and three in December, to operate on the Roswell route with flights beginning as trials before full service. The planes have 1250 horsepower Pratt and Whitney twin row engines and cruise at 250 miles per hour. The six old ships will be sold to Canada for military use as light bombers and training craft. R H Herrnstein, Continental general traffic manager, checked reserving methods during his Roswell visit.
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Roswell
Continental Air Lines
Jay Moulton
Continental
Froutton
R. H. Herrnstein
Citizens urged to see Battery A leave for maneuvers
Chamber of Commerce officials urged Roswell residents to attend Sunday at 7 AM at the Armory to watch Battery A depart for maneuvers. They emphasized patriotic duty and the battery’s storied history, hoping the public will bid them good luck and show support for the unit during its camp stay.
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Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Roswell
Second Session Of Scout Camp Opens Tomorrow
The annual Boy Scout Camp at Camp Wehinahpay begins its second session tomorrow. Scouts depart Roswell from the courthouse north side at 8 30 a m and from Bullock's feed store Artesia. Boys from the first session are due back in Roswell between 7 and 8 p m. Camp director Cr Eisler notes a very successful camp with a full program despite daily rains. Minor Huffman of Dallas, deputy regional Scout executive, will inspect the camp tomorrow.
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Camp Wehinahpay
Roswell
Bullock’s
Artesia
Cr. K. Eisler
Minor Huffman
Dallas
Reds beat Bees 3 to 1 in opener of doubleheader
Cincinnati Reds win 3 to 1 as Paul Derringer improves to 16th victory, despite 11 hits allowed by Bill Posedel for Boston in the first game. Libby Sisti homers on nightcap, Bees take 5 to 2 to sweep two games in Boston. Pirates crush Phillies 8 to 0 behind Mace Brown, with Bob Elliott homer. Cubs top Dodgers 2 to 1 as Raffensberger twirls five-hitter. Cardinals rout Giants 8 to 3 with 17 hits led by Mize, Martin, and Kay. Warneke wins nine-hitter.
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Reds
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Bees
Libby Sisti
Rhe Cincin
Hutchings, Riddle & Baker
Picchota, Sullivan and Berres
Pirates
Phillies
Philadelphia
Mace Brown
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kirby Higbe
Bob Elliott
Bucs
Walter Beck
Cubs
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Ken Raffensberger
Chicago Cubs
Bill Nicholson
Pee-Wee Reese
Cards
Giants
New York
St. Louis Cardinals
Carl Hubbell
Daffy Dean
Johnny Mize
Pepper Martin
Ernie Kay
Lon Warneke
Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Freddie Hutchinson
Bagby
Gatehouse
Foxx
Hutchinson, Benton and Sullivan
Indians Handcuff Yankees 5 1 in Aug 3 Tilt
Lefty Al Smith scattered six hits as Cleveland defeated New York 5 to 1. Four first inning runs put the Tribe ahead. Gomez lasted four innings for the Yankees, Hadley, Sandra and Rosar, Smith and Hemsley.
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Cleveland
Yankees
al Smith
New York Yankees
Indians
Tribe
New York
Gomez
Hadley
Sandra
Rosar
Smith
Hemsley
W P A project OK'd for East Grand Plains auditorium gym
The East Grand Plains school will begin construction on a new auditorium gymnasium after a W P A approval from President Roosevelt. Rodman Cooks on, Chaves county superintendent, noted a $28 786 WPA allotment with $11 984 sponsor funds for a total cost of 40 770. The separate building will seat 650 for school and community events, funded in part by a previously approved 15 000 bond issue.
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East Grand Plains
Roosevelt
Rodman Cookson
Chaves County
Cong. Dempsey
Miners Back Tingley Ahead in New Mexico Race
The United Mine Workers of America gathered 50 representatives from 3,000 members in Albuquerque to draft a legislative program for the coming election. Frank Hefferly, UMWA president for New Mexico and Colorado, voiced strong support for former governor Clyde Tingley and said miners would poll candidates on the program. Hefferly praised Tingley as the man who aided workers with legislation and mining law amendments. The union aims to push laws protecting mines from oil and gas competition, a state wage hour law, unemployment and workers compensation reforms, and a Waggoner act style framework. The meeting coincided with former attorney general Frank Patton announcing his candidacy.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Santa Fe
Frank Hefferly
Denver
UMWA
New Mexico
Colorado
Albuquerque
Clyde Tingley
Hefferly
Tingley
Frank Patton
Silver City
Why Hitler Makes Peace Offers After His Final
Why does Fuehrer Hitler, having spread peace leaflets over England, pause in victory to urge Britain to seek peace. The piece notes Nazi claims of an unstoppable military machine and references Stimson’s warning that Britain could fall within thirty days, questioning Hitler's motive.
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Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Fuehrer
England
Europe
Britain
Stimson
Great Britain
Fantastic Plot Is Broken By Police Arrests
Milwaukee police solved a wild bombing and $100 000 extortion plot aimed at using a homemade submarine for escape. Three Milwaukeeans were arrested and admitted involvement. Walter Paul Minx 23 ornamental iron worker Kurt Frederick Minx 27 and Daniel Carter 28 were detained on an open charge with further questioning planned before warrants.
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Milwaukee
Arthur J. Burns
Burns
Walter Paul Minx
Kurt Frederick Minx
Daniel Carter
Eugene O
Britain rounds up many Japs in empire
London reports a broad roundup of Japanese across the British empire under wartime aliens regulations. Among those arrested are Satoru Makihara and Shunsukei Tanabe, London managers for Mitsubishi and Mitsui, as authorities cite national security. Officials deny retaliation for Japan’s actions and stress coincidence of arrests with broader security concerns.
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Associated Press
Japan
Great Britain
London
Empire
Satoru Makihara
Shunsukei Tanabe
Britain
Mitsubishi and
Mitsui
Mitsubishi
British Empire
Bids Opened For Roswell High School Addition
Bids for adding a gymnasium and four vocational training rooms to Roswell High School will be opened on August 20. The project, funded by a $150,000 bond issue approved last spring, will extend the west end of the current gymnasium and run north south. The existing gym will become an auditorium.
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Roswell High School
Dinner Honoring Gov Miles and Roy Rogers Tickets On Sale
The Record offers dinner tickets for a Monday banquet at Nickson Coffee Shop at 6 30 p m honoring Governor Miles Mrs Miles and Roy Rogers for 1 The governor will present a colonel's commission to Rogers on the Yucca stage about 8 15 p m pledge support to film production in New Mexico and invite the industry to shoot here A Main Street street dance runs from 9 30 p m sponsored by The Record and the Yucca Theatre.
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John E. Miles
Roy Rogers
Record
Yucca Theatre
Nickson
Yucca
Miles
New Mexico
Main Street
Continental Air Lines
Army Planes Stop Here On Way To California
Four army planes landed at Roswell airport this afternoon en route from Kelly Field San Antonio to California. Two Boeing pursuit planes head to Oxnard and Ontario for ground school, while two B 18 Seversky training planes return to Kelly Field. Capt. J F Wadman commanded the flight and the fliers would stop at Albuquerque tonight.
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Army
Roswell
Kelly Field
San Antonio
California
Oxnard
Ontario
Calif
J. F. Wadman
Albuquerque
Tobe Stewart Pioneer Resident Died Early Today
Tobe Stewart a Roswell pioneer and former police chief died early today after months of illness. Born in 1862 in Vernon Texas he came to New Mexico in 1896 and lived here ever since. He is survived by son Dean Stewart daughter Nora Stewart Eppers brother in Oklahoma and sister in Texas. Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 pm at Talmage Memorial Chapel with Rev Thos W Brabham leading. Interment at South Park with six casket bearers named.
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Tobe Stewart
Roswell
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Billy Atkinson
Vernon, Texas
Dean Stewart
Nora Stewart Eppers
Oklahoma
Texas
Talmage Memorial Chapel
Thos. W. Brabham
Methodist Church
Frank Young
Perry Bean
Marcus Jones
E. L. Berry
O. M. Powers
Charles Dobbs
South Park
Tingley Attacks State Merit System In Albuquerque
Former governor Clyde Tingley denounces the state merit system claiming it would raise salaries by 14000 dollars yearly for lower bracket state jobs. He opposes Governor Miles, arguing the plan fails to lower government costs and would extend merit rules to all state employees. The system now covers six state institutions and departments.
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Albuquerque
Clyde Tingley
Tingley
John E. Miles
Pardon The Personal Proves Classified Readership
The Society Editor notes a clash over page popularity with Classified as she placed a housekeeper want ad and now answers many calls. She admits proof is possible by trying one ad, claiming Society rivals Classified in readership when tested.
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Classified
S. E
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