Strains Grow Over U S Japanese Ties Amid Hostage Move
The Tokyo government barred the American liner President Coolidge from calling at a Japanese port, leaving about 100 U S citizens aboard unable to return home. The move follows talks with the American embassy, and Japan allowed 20 American officers to board but refused private citizens. The Coolidge will proceed from Shanghai to San Francisco without port calls.
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Washington
Tokyo
Japan
State Department
President Coolidge
United States
Britain
Russia
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Coolidge
Shanghai
Foreign Office
San Francisco
RAF Blasts Nazi Bases and Docks in Daylight Raid
RAF flying fortresses hit Brest docks in daylight raid on August 16. One bomber damaged by seven enemy fighters on return, crew suffering casualties but brought aircraft home. Four raids across the Channel with heavy rail bombing. 19 German fighters shot down. Blenheims escorted by fighters hit rail centers and an airdrome near St Omer. one enemy patrol ship set on fire. Four British fighters missing. German plane attacked northeast Scotland warehouse fire, several thousand gallons of whiskey burned. another bomber shot down at sea off the southwest coast.
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London
Brest
France
Air Ministry
Channel
Blenheims
St. Omer
Holland
RAF
Scotland
Reds smash Finnish attacks as front fights on
MOSCOW Aug 17. Red army forces repelled large Finnish assaults in the north and kept pressuring German and Axis troops along the 1,800 mile front. An official communique claimed 55 German planes destroyed in 48 hours while Soviet losses included 25 planes. Front dispatches noted Russians abandoning some cities while waging bloody rearguard actions, with fierce battles at the southern front as Germans pushed into Ukraine.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Berlin
Stettin
Rush Of Answers Delays Report On War Questionnaire
Readers of the Record voiced strong views on the international situation in a questionnaire. Most opposed voting for Senator Burton Wheeler and Lindbergh, with many letters condemning their positions. Final results and ballot counts will appear in Monday's edition after late mail is processed.
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Adolph Hiller
Charles A. Lindbergh
Burton K. Wheeler
Dog Pelter
Congress
Japan
Hitler
Lindbergh
Wheeler
Roswell Daily Record August 17 1941 Section One Highlights
Sunday edition section one from Roswell Daily Record dated August 17 1941 presents eight pages of local news and notices. The brief header announces the section total and page count for readers.
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Roswell Daily Record
Local Weather Summary From Readings Through 11:30 A.M Today
Temperature readings at regular intervals over 24 hours ending 11:30 a.m. show a high of 88 and a low of 66. Normal for the date is 90 high and 64 low. Precipitation in 24 hours ending 11:30 a.m. today is 0, month to date 1.61, year to date 20.81. Normal month to date 1.19, year-to-date 8.94. Sunrise 5:21, sunset 6:43, length of day 13 hours 22 minutes.
Roswell Man Harry R. Andrew Dies After Illness
Roswell resident Harry R. Andrew died Saturday at six o'clock after a brief illness following an acute cerebral attack. Born in Bannockburn Scotland on December 31 1865 he came to the United States in 1888 and later moved to Roswell in 1910 to work in railroad boiler inspection before starting a business on East Second Street.
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Harry Right Andrew
Roswell
Mr. Andrew
Andrew
Bannockburn
Scotland
United States
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
East Second Street
Roosevelt to act within 48 hours on Kearny ship plant
Defense officials disclosed that President Roosevelt is expected to take action within 48 hours to reopen the strike-bound Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock plant at Kearny New Jersey idle ten days. The plant covers $493 million in orders for warships and merchant ships as officials from the Navy Maritime Commission and defense mediation board weigh options.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp
Land donation aids air base highway project
Ross L. Malone Sr contributes one parcel near St Marys Hospital to straighten the road and remove a 100 yard jog. The city agrees with bondholders to fund paving of the remaining strip as the new straight road is extended toward the hospital.
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Ross L. Malone Sr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Russia Claims To Have Stopped The Great Nazi Drives
British and Soviet sources hailed a forthcoming three power Moscow conference and predicted that Anglo American Soviet war production would break Nazi Germany. Reports said German offensives were being repulsed from Lake Onega to west of Kiev, with only in southern Ukraine claimed as under control. Observers expected planes to reinforce the Red Air Force and US aid to focus on the Atlantic and Pacific, while Russian fronts reported heavy clashes and rapid German advances toward Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa.
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London
Moscow
Lake Onega
Kiev
Ukraine
Josef V. Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Red Air Force
Russia
United States
Fountain Head
Atlantic
Pacific
Red Army
Kholm
Leningrad
Dniester River
Black Sea
Odessa
Bug River
Uman
Nikolaev
Colummn
Krivoi Rog
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Budenny’s
Germans Claim Major Gains In War In Russia
Berlin reports a new offensive on the central front toward Moscow and a Finland to Leningrad drive. German forces advance about 180 miles in seven days toward the Ukraine’s industrial heart. Helsinki says Finnish troops seized Sortavala on Lake Ladoga, with German columns north of Leningrad pushing around Lake Peipus.
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Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Finland
Leningrad
Ukraine
Helsinki
Sortavala
Lake Ladoga
Lake Peipus
Kaekisalmi
Odessa
Nikolaev
Russia
Black Sea
Dnepropetrovsk
Red Army
Air Base Fund Surpasses $33,000 as Subscriptions Grow
Will C. Lawrence reports the air base fund has topped 33 thousand dollars after a surge in subscriptions within 24 hours. He notes about 23,039.75 was received plus roughly 2,000 in pledges from absent backers, with more checks expected by mail.
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Air Base
Will C. Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce Special Finance Committee
Lawrence
Roswell Army Base to Serve as Permanent Training Center
The War Department reveals plans for a permanent twin bombing base four miles south of Roswell. Construction will use brick and concrete, signaling a lasting facility intended to replace Moffett Field in California as the Army shifts property to the Navy. The Record also notes a PR note from W C AC TC at Moffett Field offering further details.
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United States War Department
Roswell
Moffett Field
California
Army
Navy
W.C.A
Condemnation Suit Tweedy Land Again Postponed
The Chaves county commission seeks to condemn John Tweedy's land for the U S highway 285 right of way south of Roswell. Judge James B McGhee postponed the hearing again to next Wednesday to obtain proof from the state highway department at Santa Fe. Prosecutor Robert McConnell and special counsel J M Hervey led the case for the plaintiffs. Frazier and Quantius represented Tweedy.
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Chaves
John Tweedy
Roswell
James B. McGhee
State Highway Department
Santa Fe
Robert McConnell
J. M. Hervey
Frazier and Quantius
Mr. Tweedy
Survey Started On Army Air Base Road Near Roswell
A state highway plan starts a road from Roswell to a new Army Air Base four miles south of Roswell. It will join the YO crossing road at South Park, oil the route to that point, fix a sharp South Main St turn near St Marys hospital, and adjust south of South Park for air base land. Two miles of new road will be built and oiled, with construction hoped to begin within two weeks as a defense project eases material access.
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State Highway Department
Roswell
Army Air Base
South Park
South Main Street
St. Mary's Hospital
President Roosevelts Sea Conference Returns to Washington
President Roosevelt returns from a 13 day at sea conference with Winston Churchill aboard the Potomac to report world developments and reassure the nation that US involvement in the war remains limited. He plans a Washington arrival tomorrow and may seek billions for lend lease while continuing aid to the Soviet Union.
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Rockland
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Washington
Greece
Crete
Churchill
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Cordell Hull
Congress
Soviet
Russia
Three-Power Allied Accord Sways War Outlook
Roosevelt and Churchill reach a shared understanding for joint Anglo American action across continents while Moscow and London anticipate a Moscow talks with Stalin. British and Russian officials hail a three power rapprochement that could doom Hitler. Germans report east front gains from Sortavala to the Ukraine, as Russian fighters resist in street by street combat. Berlin and Moscow both claim heavy bombing, while anticipation grows of a production entente among United States Britain and Soviet Union.
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United Press
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
London
Moscow
United States
Pacific
Great Britain
Josef V. Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Berlin
Stettin
Britain
Soviet Union
Stalin
City airport nearing completion after drainage work
Mayor Tom Hall announced the city airport is almost finished with only backgrading from the runways remaining. The work covers about 175 feet on the east side to improve drainage and related actions.
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Tom Hall
Pleasant Story Ads Fill Housekeeper Post Quickly
Mrs Maggie Rogers of Price and Company placed a Record classified ad for an experienced housekeeper and quickly found a match. She praised the ad system saying it drew many responses and made the process easy and swift.
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Maggie Rogers
Price & Company
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