Water carnival draws big crowd at municipal pool
About 1000 spectators attended the second annual water carnival at the municipal pool. Portales and Carlsbad swimmers swept events with Portales winning water polo against Roswell and Carlsbad taking the relay and diving titles. Notables included Frank Weinneis and Hampton Martin as diving winners, with ten year old Jim Leakon of Roswell taking third. The event featured clowns, Girl Scout demonstrations, and remarks of thanks to Roswell residents and visiting swimmers.
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Portales
Carlsbad
Roswell
Frank Weinneis
Hampton Martin
Jim Leakon
Sherman Creek
Dorothy Smith Lorentzen
Jim Erwin
Sherman
Angus Creek
David
Robert MacKay
Everett Connally
Tom Gallivan
Pete Klingsmith
Robert Conwell
Milton Perdergrass
Jim Mederick
T. J. Fitzsimmons
Frank Menners
Hamtom Martin
George Lamb
Victor Gallivan
Rev. Howden
Frank
Victor Galivan
Bernard Gorey
Orval Kisselpurg
Wilkin Johnston
Dorothy Cole
Jane Smith
Betty Cox
Marjorie Shrecengost
Frances Orton
Elizabeth Jackson
Orval Kisselburg
Joe Marshall
Gene Kimbrough
Brownies
Girl Scouts
Marion Jo Cowan
James Cowan
Frances Urton
John Ed Johns
Harry Carr
Montgomery-Ward
Artesia
Vance Helderman
Eugene Conner
Jim Cunningham
Weldon Owens
Rufus Creek
al Mallory
Dale McCright
Frank Wenness
Vy. J. Fitzsimmons
Walter Cave
Kent
Verna Bohannen
Clovis
Jacqueline Hayes
Jim Rodrick
Burt Fletcher
Milton Pendergrass
Francis Barnes
Bud Pendergrass
Ralph
Richard Simmons
Lawrence Las
Britain bolsters defense as Italy and Germany clash globally
Amid July reports, Britain receives another Austrian troop contingent while Gibraltar fleet sails to aid the UK. Petain bans secret orders in France, New Caledonia rejects armistice terms, and Japan pushes influence in Indo-China as German raids endure.
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Sardinia
Haifa
Holy Land
Africa
Egypt
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Tangier
Morocco
Genoble
France
Gibraltar
United Kingdom
Petain
Far East
Japan
Indo-China
New Caledonia
British Japan spy ring arrests prompt clash over motives
British and Japanese officials traded protests over arrests of two prominent Japanese businessmen in London. Makihara and Tanabe, linked to Mitsubishi and Mitsui, were held under aliens order amid a broader drive against enemy sympathizers. Tokyo described the action as shocking while Britain denied retaliation and stressed ongoing investigations.
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Canada
Australia
Burma
Japan
Makihara
Tanabe
London
Korea
Britain
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Home Secretary
Home Office
Shigemitsu
Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha
Putney
Scotland Yard
Special Branch
British Warned Hit Scored On Hangars And Runways
British reports say raids hit hangars and runways while Nazi planes on the ground were bombed and machine gunned from low altitude. Oil depots attacked in five German points. new fires started at Hamburg and Salzbergen as Berlin depicted in ruins.
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England
Karl Schweickhard
Scandinavia
North Sea
France
Schweickhard
Schlesiche Zeitung
Germany
Britain
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Salzbergen
Italy
Rome
Cagliari
Sardinia
High Command
Masonite Uses Highlight at Dealers Dinner in City
A banquet at Nickson Hotel Coffee Shop showcased Masonite features for lumber and building supplies dealers and contractors. Cecil Brooks and Harley Ward outlined production and new kitchen and bathroom uses while Earl Haddon discussed sales services. Demonstrations included full scale kitchen and bath panels and farm applications.
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Nickson Hotel
Kemp Lumber Co
Cecil Brook
Masonite Company
Harley Ward
Earl Haddon
Cecil Brooks
Cecil M. Brooks
E. W. Hadland
Poultry & Farm
Cc. E. Gregory
James Lee
F. F. Gressett
R. V. Young
R. W. Vorhees
L. S. Croissant
H. G. Davenport
Tom Reid
Chas. A. Jones
Bob Williams
G. E. Huntly
Flo Austin
F. L. Smith
Geo. H. Bradford
Bill Burkstaller
Walton Davis
Pete Brown
Youth 23 Held as Kidnaping Suspect in Socorro
Socorro New Mexico Aug 3 A 23 year old man was held in jail at Los Lunas for safekeeping after a brief kidnaping scare. He was arrested 2 1/2 miles west on Magdalena road by undersheriff Donato Lovato and rushed to Los Lunas to avoid a crowd at the city hall. A 15 year old girl who was with him and her 13 year old sister had alerted authorities after being forced into the car on the way home from a show. Police blockade and searches followed as the couple began returning toward Socorro.
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Bucharest
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Romania
Hungary
Mihail Manoilescu
Manoilescu
Budapest
Ion Gigurtu
Salzburg
Mussolini
Rome
Bulgaria
Transylvania
Dobruja
Juliu Maniu
Socorro
N. M
Los Lunas
Magdalena Road
Donato Lovato
Los Unas
Reeves Seeks County Commissioner in Democratic Primary
Austin Reeves, a 54 year rancher from the Penasco valley, seeks the Dist 3 county commissioner seat in the Democratic primary on Sept 14. A long time Democrat, he served 25 years as road overseer and on the Elk school board, with nine children educated in Roswell. He pledges fair, impartial leadership if elected.
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Austin Reeves
Penasco Valley
Reeves
New Mexico
Elk School Board
Hayes County
Texas
Why Hitler Plays Poland and War Risks Europe
The text argues Hitler cannot expect a swift victory and faces a war of attrition. It warns Europe is sliding toward chaos unless it ends wrangling and stabilizes its economy, aligning with Cordell Hall’s earlier forecast of ruin in prolonged conflict.
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Europe
Hitler
Cordell Hall
City Beautiful Contest Entries Showcase Participants
Entries listed include R Lowrey with a bouquet of zinnias and Mrs N B Wilson of 408 W 3rd with a porch screen. Also featured are Mrs R F Entrop of 708 N Kansas with 1st year development of new grounds, petunia bed, row of zinnias and Mrs G W Griswold of 706 N Kansas with 1st year development of new grounds, 1st year evergreens, row of zinnias.
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R. Lowrey
N. B. Wilson
R. F. Entrop
Kansas
G. W. Griswold
Cotton Bale Cover Program Continues and War Notes
The article discusses economic strategy under war pressures, referencing Germany’s improved resources and the British blockade, then details the Cotton Bale Cover Program continuation for the 1941 fiscal year. It explains 25 cent payments to six approved manufacturers for producing bale cover patterns to aid cotton producers and related buyers.
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Surplus Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
Clayborn Wayne
New Mexico Extension Service
Hollywood racing season ends today at Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park closes its third turf meeting with a Sunset handicap field of 12 including Kayak II Advocator Can t Wait Specify Van Bo Hysterical Beautiful II Big Flash Mount Vernon II and Tolia II. A final postfight crowd of 30000 is expected for the mile and one half race as the field hopes to claim the $20000 added purse.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood Park
Charles S. Howard
Myron Selznick
A. A. Baroni
Specify
van Bo
George S. Strat
Tension Between Catholic Church And Santo Domingo
In Santa Fe New Mexico on August 3 1939 tensions rose between the Santo Domingo Pueblo and the Catholic Church as a mass to mark a lifted interdict was threatened. Red Bird Domingo Indian spokesman disputed a permanent reconciliation and claimed only August 4 service permission. Archbishop Gerken warned no mass if Bird represents the pueblo.
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Santa FE
N. M
Santo Domingo
Red _ Bird
Gerken
Rudolph Gerken
Bird
George W. Blodgett
Pueblo
Church
Man collapses on park bench amid mystery death
A man collapsed on a park bench and died after saying his name would appear in tomorrow morning's papers. The sole clue was a laundry ticket the unseen killer could not recall, as cotton fabric covers point to new Department of Agriculture use projects for U.S. raw cotton.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cowboy Reunion At Las Vegas Rodeo Opens Strong
LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO August 3 The second annual American Legion Cowboys Reunion opened before 8000 attendees including Governor John E Miles. Contestants from New Mexico and six other states competed led by Ferris French El Palomordo atop Holy Smoke for four seconds in bronc and Shorty Keltso from Walonga Oklahoma in bulldogging. Palmer Coburn Clovis was seriously injured but progressing.
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Las Vegas
N. M
American Legion Cowboys
John E. Miles
New Mexico
Palmer Coburn
Clovis
Ferris French
Alamogordo
Red Durrett
el Paso
Miners Seek Democratic Nod in NM Congress Race
Miners enters the Democratic race for Congress as district attorney J C Compton of Portales withdraws his candidacy for reelection. Patton on leave from Washington DC wage hour post plans a state tour with a platform emphasizing honesty and equal representation. Other NM figures enter or adjust campaigns with Chavez ally Gonzales named state vice chairman and women’s division leader Grace Meleven. Republican Remley leads GOP speaker efforts as party officials face Hatch Act resignations in Albuquerque.
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Congress
J. C. Compton
Portales
Patton
Washington, D. C
Labor Department
Lake Frazier
Roswell
Floyd Kennedy
Albuquerque
Robert Heath LaFollette
Clinton P. Anderson
J. J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez
Miguel Levya
Eliseo C. Gonzales
Wagon Mound
Chavez
Grace Meleven
Santa Fe
George Remley
R. C. Miller
Bernalillo County
Suburban extortion plot unraveled by police
Young man admitted involvement in a bomb incident at a Sears store last July 24 and in sending letters to store manager Rowland H. Davie demanding 100000 under threat. Police traced clues to a scrap iron wire and a home lab where a seven foot submarine was built for a money drop scheme. Arrests followed as two accomplices faced charges as accessories.
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Gorman
Sears Roebuck & Company
Rowland H. Davie
South Side
O’gorman
Walter Minx
Lake Michigan
Davie
Price Adjustment Payments Made To Cotton Growers
Price adjustment payments for 1940 are arriving to farmers in Chaves County via the ACA. Checks totaling $103,348.96 have been distributed to 476 growers, about 61 percent of the total expected for the county. The benefit, 1.55 cents per pound on normal production, applies to all cotton producers who plant within their farm's acreage allotment.
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Melvin Mitchell
ACA
Chaves County
Greene Reaches Finals in Westinghouse Contest
Oscar Greene of Southwestern Public Service Company won $50 for first prize in the Southwest district in a Westinghouse Electric Company contest. He is among eight district winners eligible for the $1,000 national prize after advancing from a prior $25 step win. Contestants submitted recordings of a Westinghouse store sales talk.
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Oscar Greene
Southwestern Public Service Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse
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