Yankees Gold Final Game as Benton Walks in Winning Run
In New York Aug 21 relief pitcher Al Benton walked Bill Dickey with the bases full in the ninth to force in the deciding run, giving the Yankees a 6 5 win over the Detroit Tigers. Detroit ended a six game losing streak. Newhouser Sears Co Smith Benton Sullivan Chandler Murphy Dickey. Cleveland beat Boston 4 7 90. hard to parse. Athletics 3 Chicago 0 as Bill Beckman shuts out White Sox to put A's ahead 2-1 in series. Beckman not allowing a hit through five innings.
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Detroit
New York
al Benton
Bill Dickey
Detroit Tigers
Tigers
Newhouser
Sears
Co. Smith
Benton
Sullivan
Chandler
Murphy
Dickey
Athletics
Chicago
Philadelphia
Bill Beckman
Chicago White Sox
Beckman
Italy and Greece on alert as troops mass along frontier
The report outlines massing Italian troops on Greece Albania border with armored units ready. It notes British plans for a broader US alliance against the axis and Gibraltar bombardment claims. It also mentions Greek political tensions and Greek forces canceling leaves amid stalled frontiers.
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Greece
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Rome
Stefani
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Trotsky Victim Of Pickax Attack In Mexico City
Exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky lay near death after a pickax attack at his Coyoacan home. Surgeons called his condition very grave with skull wounds exposing brain and fractures. A self-described admirer, Jacques Mortan Vandendreischel, 36, confessed and cited Trotsky's recent views as his motive. police detained twenty suspects.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Napoleon
Mexico
Trotsky
Coyoacan
Jose Manuel Nunez
Federal District
Stalin Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Ogpu
Jacques Mortan Vandendreischel
Teheran
Persia
France
Belgium
Olice
Vandendreischd
Air Raids Intensify Across England in New Bombing Push
London reports indicate Germany's air force attacked England with scattered raids, focusing on the southeast and Midlands. Eight enemy planes were shot down by 5 p.m. British forces countered with intensified RAF operations aimed at deeper German targets, while Prime Minister Churchill outlined a US base lease plan for British possessions, greeted as rare cooperation.
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Germany
England
Gay
Archibald Linnflair
House of Commons
Britsh
Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Laborite Daily Herald
The
Daily Mail
Willkie Demands Public Debate On Defense Plan
Willkie assails the Roosevelt defense program as hopelessly inadequate and disorganized and proposes a joint debate during one of the president's visits to preparedness projects. He asserts the administration must reveal current and on order military equipment and plans to discuss defense publicly alongside Roosevelt. Willkie plans a New York trip and meets with GOP officials as he seeks broader discussion of a third term and policy issues.
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Tomorow
New York
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Candidates In Hot Battle On Their Records
Democratic candidates exchange heavy verbal barrages in the New Mexico primary campaign focusing on highway building and state payroll patronage. Clyde Tingley and Governor John E. Miles spar over road miles and political hires while Chavez and Dempsey clash on bills passed in Congress. Tingley claims to record road construction and vows to fire perceived carpetbaggers, citing Gail S. Carter and others.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Silves
Clyde Tingley
John E. Miles
Tingley
U. S
Dennis Chavez
J. J. Dempsey
Miles
Socorro
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Dona Ana
Gail S. Carter
A. T. Hannett
National Democratic
Miles Miles Pretty Sure He Will Call The Legislature
Santa Fe New Mexico Aug 21 Governor Miles said he was pretty sure he would issue a call before the September 14 primary for a special session to relieve assessment burdens on the Middle Rio Grande conservancy district and possibly to consider defense bills tied to national defense measures. He also announced steps to form a state council on national defense to cooperate with the national program, asking the public welfare board to act as a nucleus and outlining six fields for focus.
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N. M
Miles
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
Defense Council
State Council On National Defense
National Defense Council
Public Welfare Board
Harriett Elliott
New Mexico
Britain Sells Oil to Japan Amid War Strain
In London liberal MP Geoffrey Mander denounces oil sales to Japan and Burma road closures as unfair. Government under-secretary R A Butler says policy won t block Anglo Iranian Oil. The Houston Chronicle reports British controlled firms supplying Japan after US embargo, viewed as appeasement and a “screwy” situation linking Axis partner Germany with oil from Britain.
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Japan
Burma
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Geoffrey Man- Ger
R. A. Butler
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Houston
The
Chronicle Today
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the Chronicle
England
Germany
Mexican officers appeal courts after Acapulco detention
In Acapulco two army officials detained by government troops for allegiance to Gen. Juan Almazan asked the courts to release them. Gen Alfredo Lezama faces desertion charges after overstaying leave while Gen Jose Garrido is accused of subversive activity. Crem, a labor group backing Almazan, appealed to President Cardenas to halt arrests of its members.
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Acapulco
Juan Almazan
Alfredo Lezama
Jose Garrido
Crem
Almazan
Cardenas
French Fear Nazis Will Occupy Still More of France
CHANCY Switzerland August 21 Britain’s long range bombing raids against northern Italy and southern German war industries heighten Petain regime fears of wider German Italian occupation in France. Bases on Vosges Jura slopes intercept bombers as fear grows Italian bases at Marseille Rhone valley and German bases south of the Loire. Vichy sources say winter resistance could push occupation across most of continental France. Government expenditures reportedly exceed wartime levels as tensions mount.
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Italy
Petain
Germany
France
Vosges
Jura
Marseille
Rhone Valley
Loire River
Vichy
August Biggest Tourist Month
New Mexico's July tourist travel rose 607 cars from June but fell 1,101 from July 1940, state tourism head Joseph Bursey reported. He predicted August would become the state’s biggest tourist month, citing July totals of 5,932 cars and 17,944 passengers, with declines centered at Anthony Clayton and Hobbs.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
State Tourist Bureau
Joseph Bursey
Bursey
Anthony, Clayton and
Hobbs
Bids Open Sept 4 for New Mountain States Telephone Building
Bids for the construction of a new telephone exchange building by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company will be opened September 4 at the current exchange site. The new structure will rise on company property in the 300 block on North Richardson, just south of the post office.
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
North
Richardson
Big Industry Seeks Cash For Patriotism
Senator Lee asserts leaders of industry show an unpatriotic attitude by delaying contracts for planes guns and ships to protect profits He urges Burke Wadsworth draft bill amendment to require lenders to fund the government at 1 percent interest during manpower drafts.
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Lee
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United States
Senate
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Bottomless Lakes Road To Be Oiled
Bottomless Lakes Road from Highway 380 to the state park will be blacktopped immediately. The work is directed by district highway engineer Charles Johnstone after word from state highway engineer Burton Dwyer. Roswell Chamber of Commerce officials and Governor Joan Miles pushed the project, with the governor presenting the request to the highway commission on Aug 9. The state highway department will perform the work with its own machinery, and two truck by-passes around the city will also be oiled at no city cost. Mayor Thomas J. Hall and city engineer Lea Rowland discussed the by-passes with Gov Miles and Dwyer in Santa Fe. The chamber celebrates the Texas Highway Commission’s recent letting of 17 miles between Bronco and Plains, the last unpaved segment on the Roswell Fort Worth direct route, a fifteen-year effort by the chamber.
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Burton Dwyre
Joan Hall
Roswell
State Highway Department
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Main Street
Atkinson Avenue
Atkinson
College South
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Sunset Avenue
McGaffey
Thomas J. Hall
Lea Rowland
Miles
Dwyer
Santa Fe
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Texas Highway Commission
Bronco
Plains
Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce
Britain Seeks Military Alliance With United States
London reports unofficial but well informed sources indicate Britain is pursuing a military alliance with the United States. Discussions on mutual defense with Canada hint at a wedge toward a full accord, promising joint diplomacy in the Far East after the European conflict and defense of Canada and British possessions.
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Balkans
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Dobruja
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Gibraltar
The
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la Linea
Spain
Stefani
Mediterranean
Far East
Great Britain
Pacific Isles Joint Control Stressed by Officials
London sources cite the 1938 Britain United States accord on Canton and Enderbury as proof Churchill’s claim that the two nations pursued common interests before World War II. Officials stressed no new defense leases or prices are involved and noted prewar air fueling plans for small Pacific islands.
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British Foreign Office
Canton
Enderbury Islands
Pacific
Churchill
Britain
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Office
Pacific Ocean
Surplus Pinto Beans to be Offered by Agriculture
One hundred thousand bags of surplus New Mexico pinto beans will be offered for purchase under the surplus commodity program. A. W. McDonald, field representative for the Department of Agriculture, will report to Washington with a decision likely by September.
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Mountainair
N. M
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
A. W. McDonald
San Francisco
Department
Washington
Bandit Arrested At Artesia After Firing At Officer
Trenton DeLeon a 20 year old paroled convict and jailbreaker was arrested in Artesia after firing at night officer Jimmy Elliott during a robbery attempt at Dunns Garage. He pleaded guilty at Carlsbad to robbery with firearms and assault to kill and is held on 2500 bond. Police investigate possible links to other region robberies including Hagerman. DeLeon previously paroled from Texas penitentiary after burglary term and escaped from Vernon jail following car theft arrest.
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Artesia
Jimmy Elliott
Dunn
Carlsbad
Justice of the Peace
Ballard
Elliott
de Leon
DeLeon
Texas
Vernon
New Mexico Weather Forecast Clouds and Storms Likely
Afternoon and evening cloudiness and thunderstorms are expected with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Temperatures show little change across the period.
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New Mexico
Classified Ad Succeeds in Selling Peaches
Miss Laureen Nelson said her two line ad for Peaches for Sale sold the entire crop. The Record notes the effectiveness of brief classifieds in turning up buyers and completing sales.
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Laureen Nelson
Fred Nelson
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