Dictators Meet as War Duration Valued by Axis Leaders
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Fuehrer east front for five days to discuss the duration of the war and postwar aims while Axis forces reported new blows against the Russians. The secret talks, beginning Monday, followed Roosevelt Churchill talks and amid tense Far East developments. Tallinn fell to German forces as Dnieper Dam and Dnieper City fell to the Soviets, with thousands captured and troop transports sunk.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
East Front
Berlin
Il Duce
Eee
Hitler
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
High Seas
Far East
Domei
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
United States
Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Viipuri
Leningrad
Paldiski
Dnieper
Ukraine
Dnieperoptrovsk
Germans in Argentina vow loyalty to Hitler, Nazi cells revealed
In Buenos Aires, a congressional committee charged German ambassador Edmund Von Thermann with accepting funds from welfare groups and using them for Nazi aims. The probe disclosed 60,000 Germans in Argentina organized into cells swearing allegiance to Hitler, with a margin list including Von Thermann and embassy staffer Gottfried Landstede, who fled by plane amid questioning.
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Buenos Aires
Edmund von Thermann
House of Deputies
Argentina
Adolf Hitler
Raul Damonte Taborda
von Thermann
Congress
Berlin
Foreign Office
Gottfried Landstede
Local Weather Temperature Readings and Limits
Temperature readings at 3 hour intervals cover 24 hours ending 11:30 p m with values between 65 and 85 degrees. Highest 85 lowest 65. Normal for date shows high 38 low 61. Precipitation reads 0 in past 24 hours, month to date 1 64, year to date 20 84. Length of day 13 0 hours.
New Seven Man Board To Control Nations Resources
President Roosevelt created a seven member board led by Vice President Wallace to direct the nation’s natural resources and decide how much material and productive power go to military needs versus civilian use. The move, a reorganization of defense agencies, aims to ease civilian hardships while centralizing arms production leadership. Alva McCauley praised the plan as consolidating needed leadership after criticism of progress and overlap.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Ministry of Supplies
White House
Office of Production Management
Sappy
Bernard M. Maruch
War Industries Board
Alva McCauley
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Cutover To New Roswell Telephone Building At Midnight
Announcement by F. W. Marks Roswell manager of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph says the new two story fire resistant building beside the Post Office will be occupied with the cut over of the new switchboard at midnight Saturday. Old building on 3rd Street to be abandoned and growth in Roswell telephones noted from 2290 in 1930 to nearly 2800 in 1933 with most growth in the past three years.
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F. W. Marks
Roswell
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Marks
Richardson Avenue
Telephone Company
3Rd Street
el Paso
Local Cadet List Omits James A Johnson From Roswell
Inadvertently omitted from the Roswell list of boys attending the Institute this year is James Albert Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs H D Johnson. His father attended the Institute in 1905 and 1906, and his older brother Sam Johnson, is an alumnus who boxed on the cadet team.
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Roswell
Institute
James Albert Johnson
H. D. Johnson
Sam Johnson
City Beautiful Mrs Baldy Honors Mrs Pierre S DuPont Rosebuds
Marie Baldy presents a bouquet to Mrs Pierre S. DuPont during a City Beautiful event. The gesture highlights a ceremonial exchange featuring notable local figures and floral tributes.
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Marie Baldy
Pierre S. DuPont
Five Day Axis Leaders Meeting Ends In Berlin
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini concluded a secret five day meeting on the eastern front. They pledged to remove causes of war and pursue Europe wide cooperation under Axis victory. Attendees included high officials from Germany and Italy, with Ribbentrop and Keitel participating.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
Grave Fears For Laval Life As Emergency Operation Considered
Paris reports doctors sought to operate to remove an assassin's bullet just below Laval's heart to save his life. The 58 year old French leader had a high fever and possible infection with peritonitis feared. Dentist Marcel Dent h is shown improved after his shooting. Colette's home investigated for links to the attack.
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Paris
Aus
Pierre Laval
Laval
France
Marcel Dent
Germany
Dent
Caen
Paul Colette
Dunkerque
England
Charles de Gaulle
Colette
Roswell Nets Over 4100 Pounds Aluminum Drive Ends
Roswell collected over 4,140 pounds of aluminum for national defense as the city completed its curbside drive. Mayor Thomas J. Halil announced the totals and praised residents for their contribution to the effort.
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Roswell
Thomas J. Halil
Japan Seeks End to Chinese War and East Asia Peace
Tokyo reports Premier Konoye conveyed Japan’s aim to end the Chinese war and build a East Asia co pro prosperity sphere. Japanese officials fault Britain and the United States for aiding Chiang Kai-shek, arguing this prolongs hostilities.
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Tokyo
Konoye
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Chiang Kaishek
Domei
East Asia
China
Tichi Kishi
Board of Information
Nanking
Wang Ching- Wei
Britain
Chungking
Washington
Pacific
Prince Konoye
Kichisaburo Nomura
Natoins
Russia
Far East
Taro Terasaki
Foreign Office
Teijiro Toyoda
Terasaki
Akita Muto
War Office
Takasumi Oka
Navy Ministry
American
Dutch East Indies
Germans Capture Tallinn Amid Baltic Battle
Berlin reports Tallinn fallen to German forces after a night assault. The High Command says Adolf Hitler’s banner now flies over the capital as a naval battle continues. German/Red naval losses include 32 sunk ships and heavy damage to seven others.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tallinn
Baltic
Adolf Hitler
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Increase In Out Of State Cars Entering Roswell Shown
Roswell traffic count shows 949 vehicles entering from 6 am to 9 pm yesterday, a 15.3 percent rise from last Thursday in August 1940 and 37 percent above August 1939. Car counts by highway include Carlsbad 268, Honda 226, US 380 from Tatum 184, Clovis 140, Vaughn 131, with Texas drivers likely predominant. Boy Scouts and Chamber officials commend the community service.
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Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Clovis
Carlsbad
Honda
US 380
Tatum
Vaughn
Texas Ias
Two New Members Elected To Trio Chest Committee
E G Minton and G K Richardson were elected as new members of the Trio Chest committee at the annual subscribers meeting. They replace Paul D Wilmot and Ed Williams who served two years. Holdovers are S P Johnson Jr Thornton Boswell and Floyd Childress. The group will set a date for the 1941 drive benefiting the Salvation Army Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The annual financial report was read by treasurer Floyd Childress.
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E. G. Minton
G. K. Richardson
Trio Chest
Paul D. Wilmot
Ed Williams
S. P. Johnson, Jr
Thornton Boswell
Floyd Childress
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Two Killed Five Injured In Grants Auto Crash
Two people died and five were injured in a highway collision five miles east of Grants New Mexico on U S Highway 66 between an automobile and an eastbound lumber truck. The deceased included Marcus H. Boyd of Weewoka Oklahoma, driver of the car, and Florence Lothian seven of Iowa Ark. The most seriously hurt was Florence Lothian the child's mother. Also injured were Fred 13 and O C Bailey Anton Jack
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Grants
N. M
Here
Marcus H. Boyd
Weewoka
Okla
Florence Lothian
Iowa
Ark
Fred
O. C. Bailey
Anton Jack
Dodgers edge Giants 5 4 to widen NL lead
The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants 5 to 4 in New York to extend their cushion over the idle St. Louis Cardinals to a game and a half. It marks Whit Wyatt's 18th pitching win. Final: Dodgers 5, Giants 4.
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Dodgers
Giants
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Whit Wyatt
Brooklyn
Wyatt
Owen Schumacher
Witting
Adams
Danning
Chicago 00 St Louis 21 rally and notes
Chicago 0 St Louis 21 as Ross and Thresh, Auker and Swift lead small notes. Detroit at Cleveland listed as later game. only games scheduled.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Ross
Thresh
Auker
Swift
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington police declare confessions solve rape slayings
Metropolitan police say Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 38, negro, confessed to the rape slayings of a government stenographer and a young bride plus five other sex murders in New York and Washington. Edw ard J. Kelly states the confessions cover Miss Jessie Elizabeth Strieff case and other homicides. Page Eight continuation.
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Washington
Metropolitan Police
Edward J. Kelly
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe
New York
Jessie Elizabeth Strieff
War Department
Des Moines
Strieff
Roosevelt urges cuts in non-defense spending
President Roosevelt urged shrinking non essential government expenditures during a press conference. The Senate finance committee pushed Byrd proposals for deep non defense cuts as it neared final action on a 3.6885 billion tax bill. It endorsed creating a 14 member panel to seek ways to eliminate or reduce non essential spending and proposed new taxes including a 10 percent levy on electric light bulbs and higher surtaxes on corporate net income to raise hundreds of millions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Budget Bureau
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Thank you Miss Rowin for your kind letter
Thank you Miss Rowin for your nice letter and the Record classified service helped locate you for your school year. We wish you a very successful year in every way.
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Imogene Rowin
Miss Rowin
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Dino Alfieri
Ugo Cavallero
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Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen
Rome
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Versailles
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