World War II Era Legislation Extends Army National Guard Terms
The past congress extended service for National Guard, selective service, and reserve forces to 30 months, with Senate approval 37 to 19 and House tally 203 to 202. The piece lauds Roswell fund drive for an Army Bomber Base, notes potential inflation, and reports national debt surpassing fifty billion dollars as Europe experiences riots and resistance against Nazis. It contrasts public support for allied efforts with opposition from isolationists.
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Congress
National Guard
Senate
House
Hitler
Mussolini
America
Whip aggressors now to secure world safety
The author argues that America must defeat aggressors to safeguard future peace and civilization, warning that failure would lead to a drift into world savagery. The piece also criticizes Charles Lindbergh for staying in Germany and violating English hospitality he previously sought.
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America
Lindbergh
Germany
England
President in Capital as Yard Strike Continues
White House aides keep President in Washington over the weekend to discuss possible government action on the shipyard dispute. More than 18,000 Marine and Shipbuilding Workers union members walk picket lines after U S Steel subsidiary rejects a defense mediation board’s maintenance of union membership proposal. The strike follows President Roosevelt’s Atlantic trip with aid Minister Churchill. an executive order to seize the yard was not expected before Monday.
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White House
Industrial Union of Marine
Roswell Plans Two Mile Roswell AAF Advanced Flying School
Roswell will host a twin engine Advanced Flying School and a Bombardiering program as part of the West Coast Air Corps Training Center. Bids for land lease and construction are to follow favorable lease negotiations. Initial activation set for March 7 with 69 cadets and 40 bombardiers, expanding to 140 cadets and 110 bombardiers per class, totaling about 500 on site.
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Roswell Army Air Base
Roswell
West Coast Air Corps Training Center
United States Army Air Corps Reserve
United States Army Air Corps
Mathers Field
California
Stockton Field
Luke Field
Phoenix
Arizona
Victorville
Higley
Air Corps
Inventor and Singer Harry R Andrew Dies in Roswell
Obituary notes Harry R Andrew a noted nailpicker inventor and talented Scotch folk singer. He married Rose Bird in 1914 and Survived by wife son John L Andrew and three stepsons. Services at Talmage Memorial Chapel with A F and A M involvement and burial at South Park.
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Page One) Co
Andrew
Rose Bird
First Christian Church
Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry
Roswell
United States
Richard C. Dillon
Rotary International Club
Vienna
Austria
Europe
Roswell A. F. & A. M
North
Pennsylvania Avenue
R. C. Dillon
D. C. Pearson
Frank Young
Onus White
Will Hortenstein
L. M. Castleberry
A. F
A. M
South Park
Heavy Rains Soak Mountain Regions and Nearby Areas
Heavy rains soaked the mountains west last week with continuous downpours in the Ruidoso areas. The Roswell region north and east received rain Friday night, and the country club area reported heavy precipitation nearing an inch. Canning Cucumbers and Dill Andersons Gardens ad.
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Roswell
Country Club
President and Churchill unite to plan wartime actions
President Roosevelt said Churchill has achieved complete unity with Britain and the United States, enabling smoother joint action in any eventuality. Conferences, mostly aboard USS Augusta, with one on HMS Prince of Wales, covered every continent. He avoided predicting closer entry into war, stressing only material support and information exchange as a turning point in past and future policy. Delays were due to Greece and Crete campaigns, and he urged democratic nations to explore the Nazi threat carefully. Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Home Grown Anderson's Gardens Adv.
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Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
England
America
British Isles
Congress of the
United States
Lindberghs
The
Wheelers
Churchill
Great Britain
U. S. S. Augusta
H. M. S. Prince of Wales
Britain
Greece
Crete
More Gains In The World War Unity Against Axis
President Roosevelt, returning to Rockland Maine on the Potomac after a 13 day voyage with Churchill, said Anglo American understanding is complete and fronts may expand as Russia seeks more bomber planes. British air forces intensified over northern France bombing rail heads and downing 10 German fighters.
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London
Moscow
Russia
United States
Roosevelt
Rockland
Churchill
Stalin
Britain
France
Royal Air Force
Russians claim decimated Germans on narrow Smolensk front
British and Soviet accounts describe heavy German losses and halted advances as the Russians claim a heavy two day German attack failed on a narrow front near Smolensk. Reports note German forces dug in and show no immediate push toward Moscow with withdrawals behind the Dnieper.
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Rame
Smolensk
Moscow
Dnieper
S. S
Adolf Hitler
United States Navy
Japan
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Air Base Fund Surpasses Goal Despite Over Subscriptions
The committee led by John Hall A F Madison and Mr Lawrence praised broad support for the air base fund. They noted most donors contributed more than asked and only a few exceptions kept the drive from finishing in one day. Seventy two workers did fine work as the committee prepares final lists and invites further subscriptions midweek.
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John Hall
A. F. Madison
Mr. Lawrence
Calf Ropers Parade At Hobbs Today
Contestants in the roping contest at Hobbs will parade this afternoon led by the Lea County sheriff's posse just before the opening. The parade starts at 1 PM and ends at the roping arena with clubs from Carlsbad Clovis Lovington competing against Hobbs. Joe Black is president of the Hobbs club.
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Hobbs
Lea County Sheriff's Posse
Carlsbad
Clovis
Lovington
Hobbs Club
Joe Black
German and American forces in a pressured withdrawal
The article notes German units holding together under terrific pressure while American production strengthens anti Axis prospects, shifting balance in the ongoing combat scenario. It emphasizes that despite German resilience, American industrial output supports allied capabilities in the conflict.
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Roswell Daily Record
Record Publishing Company
Business Office
Society
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Homas G. Summers
E. Mason
DW. L. Scarritt
H. B. Cooley
Mgr
New Mexico
Berlin
Vichy
Balkans
Norway
Netherlands
Poland
Czechoslovakia
William H. Davis
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
L.H. Korndorff
Classy
Divine Justine
VOGUE
Vogu Ks
Tommy Sumrow
Sanitary Barber Shop
Harry R. Andrew
Velvet
Santos Brown Timber
Golden Oak Navy
Kelly
Roswell, New Mex
Porto
Golden Bant
Anderson’s Gardens
Adv
Air Base Fund
Bob Lancaster
Beauty Shop
Luzier’s
Yolanda Pierson
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