Battery a Medals Awarded for Attendance and Service
Brigadier General Russell C Charlton informs Captain Edward Purdy that Battery A will receive 100 percent attendance medals for not missing any drill during the past year. Named recipients include Captain Purdy, 1st Lieut John A Phinizy, 2nd Lieut Coryton M Woodbury, Corporal Fred Tapp, Pvt icl Robert G Belshe, Pvt icl Lawrence Staed en, and Pvt icl Ray J Welty. Purdy also gets twenty years service medal. Sgt Melvin F Klofanda receives ten years service medal.
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Russell C. Charlton
State of
New Mexico
Edward Purdy
National Guard
John A. Phinizy
Coryton M. Woodbury
Open Verdict In Inquest On Death Of George Hewatt
An open verdict was returned at an inquest into the death of 29 year old Roswell resident George Hewatt who was fatally shot near Ruidoso Monday night. Witnesses testified Hewatt claimed he shot himself with a .35 caliber automatic rifle, and a gun matching that description was found in the Branham cabin. Hewatt died at Fort Stanton early Tuesday. a note said Blame no one George.
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George Hewatt
Roswell
Ruidoso
Hewatt
Jackson
Scroggins
George
Billford
Branham
Welch’s
Willie Wynn
Davis
Navy Has 2 500 Airplanes Now On Contract
Navy has contracted for 1,686 planes between June 1 and August 15. Secretary Knox says 243 are combat planes, 1,401 trainers, and 11 miscellaneous crafts. He notes 1,031 combat planes, 1,489 training planes, and 21 miscellaneous craft under contract but not yet delivered as part of overall defense buildup to reach 25,000 planes by 1942. President Roosevelt cites 10,015 planes under construction and 6,361 contracts with 3,854 letters of intent toward formal contracts. Senator Byrd accuses lagging defense efforts and calls for a clearer public picture.
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Lashington
Army
Navy
Knox
Roosevelt
Byrd
D-Va
Stimson
National Defense Commission
Senate
Congress
Douthitt Held To District Court Under $5,000 Bond
Douthitt, a 47 year old Caprock rancher, surrendered to officers after killing Allen Doyal, 55, and was bound over to the September district court session on a $5,000 bond. The preliminary hearing at Tatum drew a large crowd as Doyal family representatives sought a continuance while funeral services were held in Roswell. The hearing ended with Douthitt released on bond. he is represented by Roswell attorneys O. O. Askren and L. O. Fullen.
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Hosbs
N. M
Tto Douthitt
Allen Doyal
Tatum
Doyal
Roswell
Doy
Justice of the Peace
Wickoff
Deuthitt
O. O. Askren
L. O. Fullen
City Beautiful Contest Entries and Bouquets
Entries include Mrs. B C Mossman with a bouquet of ga rs and Mrs. J C Anderson at 113 S Montana with a row of zinnias in the 1st year development of grounds. L L Lane and A S Foster also submitted bouquets of asters and marigolds respectively.
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L. L. Lane
J. C. Anderson
S. Montana
A. S. Foster
Trio Chest Drive To Be Continued
Enthusiastic votes keep the Trio Chest drive for Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Salvation Army rolling. A new committee including Paul Wilmot Ed Williams S P Johnson Jr Ployd Childress and Mrs A D Jones will set the drive date and officers.
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Trio Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Tro Chest
A. F. Madison
Claude Hobbs
R. L. Malone, Jr
Paul Wilmot
Ed Williams
S. P. Johnson, Jr
Ployd Childress
White Sox edge Red Sox 3 2 as Dietrich wins
Bill Dietrich held Boston to five hits and scored the deciding run in the eighth on Larry Rosenthal's double. Chicago won despite five safeties, as the White Sox defeated the Red Sox 3 to 2 in Boston. St. Louis at New York, Detroit at Washington, and Cleveland at Philadelphia postponed by rain.
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White Sox
Boston
Bill Dietrich
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Larry Rosenthal
Chicago
Dietrich
Tresh
Fleming
Heving
Foxx
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pirates Blank Phillies as Sewell Wins 12th of Season
Rip Sewell pitched a three hit shutout, earning his 12th victory as the Pirates defeated the Phillies 5 to 0. Only two Phillies advanced to second base. In other scores, New York and St. Louis played to a draw, Brooklyn and Cincinnati rain, and Boston beat Chicago 5 to 3.
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Pittsburgh
Rip Sewell
Pirates
Phillies
Truck Caves In Front Of Building East Of Roswell
A Ford truck plunged into the H. C. Allison building about a mile and a half east of Roswell after a Ford pickup truck on Highway 280 struck it at 5 15 yesterday afternoon. Ross L. Collison drove the striking truck and Johnnie Brooks drove the pickup. Charles Cooper riding with Brooks suffered a broken arm and Gilbert Brooks in the pickup sustained a nose injury. No one else was injured. Collison began to turn left toward the Irl Wolfe farm when Brooks attempted to pass. Both vehicles were traveling east. Con stable Hood investigated.
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H. C. Allison
Roswell
Highway 280
Ross L. Collison
Johnnie Brooks
Charles Cooper
Brooks
Gilbert Brooks
Collison
Irl Wolfe Farm
Hood
Dohrer Visits Roswell in Secretary of State Nomination Bid
Lena B. Dohrer of Santa Fe, candidate for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, visited Roswell today. Ed Ehrer pled guilty before Judge Pat O Neill to two shoplifting charges and was held to district court.
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Lena B. Dohrer
Santa Fe
Roswell
Ed Ehrer
Pat O'Neill
J. P
Campaigning In New Mexico Grows Warmer
A sweep of campaign notes from New Mexico includes Governor Miles and Clyde Tingley seeking the governorship, J J Dempsey and Dennis Chavez planning appearances, and congressional hopefuls Floyd Kennedy Louise Coe S L Burton Gibbons and others campaigning across Las Cruces Albuquerque Las Vegas and rural towns with future events listed. Dennis Chavez plans a brief state visit after the draft bill passage while Dennis Alston calls for a strong Hatch act and housecleaning in state government.
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Associated Press
Miles
Las Vegas
Clyde Tingley
Mosquero
Rov
Seth Alston
Albuquerque
Rep
J. J. Dempsey
Taos
G. L. Gibbons
Congress
KOB
S. L. Burton
Chama
Espanola
Governor Miles
Jal
Eunice
Carlsbad
Representative Dempsey
Logan
San Jon
Tucumcuri
Tingley
Rio Arriba
Louise Coe
Tierra Amarilla
Parkview
Floyd Kennedy
Chavez
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Dennis, Jr
Appropriations Committee
Hatch
New
G P A Meeting To Be Held Tonight In Ingalls
The Chaves County Game Protective Association hosts a watermelon feed at the Ingalls Memorial Home at 7 30 p m. All members urged to attend and bring a guest. No charge. Principal business is electing delegates to the New Mexico G P A meeting in Albuquerque on September 1 to 2.
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Chaves
Traffic Count To Be Made Tomorrow In Roswell
A traffic count of all out of state cars entering Roswell on all highways leading into the city will be made from 6 am to 9 pm tomorrow by the Chamber of Commerce with the assistance of Boy Scouts.
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Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Alston Calls for Clean New Mexico Politics and Hatch Act
Lovington banker Seth Alston warned leaders of old factions that a new era has arrived in New Mexico politics and urged a strong Hatch Act with teeth. He criticized Democratic bossism, called for complete administration change, and tied relief fund misuse to partisan campaigns amid cross-claims in gubernatorial races.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Seth Alston
Lovington Banker and Stockman
New Mexico
Alston
Democratic Party
Miles
Clyde Tingley
Queen Of Jornado Dies At Hot Springs
Mrs Emma Graham known as Queen of Jornado dies after long illness at Hot Springs New Mexico She and her husband C J Graham moved to southern New Mexico in 1884 with 600 horses They founded Monticello school and later Cutter ranch Ailing during 1918 influenza she helped 25 families survive Funeral held at Cutter and burial followed on the ranch Surviving are husband two sons Neil and Earl and daughter Mrs A B Sowell
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Hot Springs
N. M
Emma Graham
New Mexico
Graham
Grahams
Cutter
Jornado del Muerto
Passage Of The Conscription Bill Assured
Washington August 28 The senate approved a Burke Wadsworth conscription measure adding power to seize manufacturing plants for defense. The 69 to 16 vote empowers the president to condemn and operate plants through war and navy departments if no agreement with owners is reached. Senators Wheeler Holt noted potential moves toward a declaration of war with Germany as debate continued.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Overton
D-La
Navy
War Or Navy Departments
Wheeler
D-Mont
Burke- Wadsworth
Holt
D-Wva
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
Hitler Seeks Balkan Peace Amid War Fire
Adolf Hitler acts as behind the scenes peacemaker in the Balkans from his Obersalzberg chalet as bombers attack Britain. Count Galeazzo Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop head to a four power talk in Vienna on Transylvania while a Romanian Russian border clash leaves hundreds dead. Romania offers to cede 10 425 square miles of Transylvania to Hungary to end the dispute.
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Associated Press
Obersalzburg
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
British Isles
Nazifuehrer
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Europe
Rumania
Hungary
Count Ciano
Vienna
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Transylvania
Hitler
Britain
Red Army
Bucharest
Warlofs
Brake Light Stickers Due September First
Capt. Jackson of the state police asked The Record to remind automobile owners that brake and light stickers for the final period of 1940 are due Sept. 1. They may be obtained now at all authorized stations.
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Jackson
Leasing Case Goes to State Supreme Court
ALAMOGORDO N M Aug 28 Mrs Lorna Shipleys bid to stop Otero county commissioners from leasing highway equipment faced the state Supreme Court today Judge Irwin S Moise had dismissed a prior suit finding the funds sourced from the Taylor grazing act not tax money Her appeal to the high court remains pending and the earlier case covers the essential points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
N. M
Lorna Shipley
Otero County
State Supreme Court
Irwin S. Moise
Weather overview for the United States and Roswell
A weather summary notes precipitation confined to a belt from the Missouri River to the Atlantic and in the lower Mississippi valley with two inches in northwestern Louisiana. Cloudy conditions persist where rain fell, while other regions remain partly cloudy to clear. Daytime highs exceed 90 in the north and Montana, over 100 in the southwest. Travel from Roswell should expect fair weather for 36 hours. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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Missouri River
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
Canadian
United States
Montana
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Aliens Apply for Registration Under New Federal Measure
By morning only four aliens had registered under the new federal defense registration for non citizens. Registration began yesterday and runs until December 27 with penalties for noncompliance. Post offices are designated Registration sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCullough
Clardy Dairy Runs Read It Ad To Twenty Thousand
Carl Clardy manager of Clardy's Dairy explains a nightly classified institutional ad. He says twenty thousand readers will think of their products when they read the ad, a move he considers good business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Clardy
Clardy’s
Clardy
Connecting name and business fuels nightly audience reach
The speaker notes that linking a personal name to a business in the minds of thousands each night will naturally promote the business. The comment underscores brand association as a driver of growth and visibility.
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Doveree
Lonon
RAF
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Thames
England
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Dover
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Alps
Piedmont
Lombardy
High Command
Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
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Douthitt
City Beautiful
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B. C. Mossman
Ators
National League
Philadel
Mulcahy
Warren
Sewell
Higbe
Atwood
Rowman and Ferrandes
Melton
Danning
Warneke
Owen
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Errickson
Berres
French, Root and
Collins
U. S
N. C
GOP
Jornado
Wiley
R-Wis
Chamber
Wheeler ‘D-Mont
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Balkans
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