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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1941
Page
1
Rome and Berlin deny reports of riots in northern Italy and uprisings as German troops allegedly moved through Milan. British cautions on unrest prove the rumor mill runs ahead of events while Derna and Tobruk theaters shift with Allied and Axis moves in North Africa.
A Gallup suspect held after a Saturday night robbery is believed connected to last Friday’s local safe cracking that netted 640 dollars. Authorities in New Mexico and Texas hunt the accomplice who fled amid gunfire at Gallup and Albuquerque. The arrested man wore new shoes taken from Johnson Lodewick and had Coca Cola tokens tied to a local plant theft. The shoes belonged to Cecil Anderson, an employee of the firm.
Rome and Berlin denied reports of rioting in northern Italy and German troops policing the country. Italians called the stories a ridiculous invention while CBS cited Belgrade dispatches of clashes in Turin and Milan. Food dictator Tassani imposed ration cards for rice and spaghetti, limiting one dish daily. Italian high command spoke of patrol activity on the Greek Albanian front and Libyan actions near Derna Tobruk corridor as Libya forces pressed east and south of Derna.
French Indo China and Thailand agreed to an armistice after accepting Japanese mediation. Hostilities halt at 10 a.m. today 8 p.m. Sunday. A termination commission of French Thai and Japanese officials will meet in Saigon, French Indo China on Wednesday.
San Francisco reports state 35 German sailors led by Capt William Daehne will depart by train tonight to join about 400 fellow seamen en route to a deserted CCC camp in southern New Mexico. They faced exile after the Columbus scuttling of December 1939 and have been held at Angel Island since arrival a year ago as excludable aliens.
Work has begun on interior improvements at the First National Bank. A new teller's cage will be added on the south, the three existing cages modernized, and rubber tile flooring installed. Operations stay open daily. work is outside banking hours and expected to take about two months.
A barometric low remains central in northwestern Mexico with high pressure across central and northern states from the Rockies to the Mississippi. Rain and snow affect the Midwest to the Northeast, while the southwestern states see cloudiness and rain in Texas and New Mexico. Unsettled conditions persist in the Pecos valley with cooler readings near the border. Travel from Roswell faces unsettled, cloudy weather in most directions except west of the mountains.
Willkie meets Prime Minister Churchill in London for a two hour luncheon and discusses wartime reports and his planned talks with Eamon De Valera. He tours London sights, tours the ruined financial district near St Paul’s, and reiterates he acts as a private citizen. He hopes to stay about two weeks and then visit Ireland, staying in London for three or four days before touring.
The University of New Mexico will offer one or two extension classes in Roswell on literature or speech if enough people sign up soon. Interested persons should notify J. D. Shinkle, city school superintendent, or call 561 and leave their names. One course will run with 20 registrations, two courses with 30.
The Rt. Rev. Henry Tucker indicated a bishop for the New Mexico and West Texas diocese would be named late this year or early 1942. He met 40 clergy and laymen and said the missionary diocese designation may change to a regular diocese. Acting bishop The Rev. Frederick Bartlett has served since the death of Bishop Frederick B. Howden.
New York January 27 hospital attaches reported continued improvement in the condition of John Sloan a 69 year old artist of New York and Santa Fe New Mexico who contracted pneumonia after an abdominal operation last week.
Secretary Hull told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U S aid to Britain has helped resist German invasion and that the British aid bill would not drag the United States into war. He said Japan aims to seize Indo China and that mutual understanding with Japan has been fruitless, noting private testimony for national security.
An anti aircraft training center bans mountain climbing after Private Joe S Seever of the Arkansas National Guard 206th coast artillery reg isment is injured on Mt Franklin. He was marooned on a ledge for hours as a football sized rock struck him and he was rescued by fellow soldiers aided by a camp searchlight and ropes. He is hospitalized in William Beaumont for shock exposure and injuries.
Ira E. Clark of Minneapolis Deputy Supreme Chancellor will visit the local K P Lodge Damon No 15 at Castle Hall tonight. He is touring New Mexico this month visiting lodges and will be joined by L P McHalifey of Lordsburg Grand Chancellor for New Mexico. All members are urged to attend tonight's meeting.
Washington reports protests over the Carrizozo New Mexico post office site chosen by contractor Otto Prehm. Representative Anderson notes the January 9 contract and faces complaints from business leaders and local officials about parking and location. He seeks cancellation of the contract, though Prehm did not protest.
Secretary Ickes announced two soil and moisture conservation projects in New Mexico. Hatch Hot Springs covers 240000 acres in Sierra County and Ambrosia Lake lies in western New Mexico. The move marks the transfer of the soil conservation service from the Agriculture Department to the Interior Department.
Work begins on a motion picture based on Edna Gladney Fort Worth child welfare leader. Set mainly in Green Bay Fort Worth and Texas towns the film covers 1906 to the present with Greer Garson as Gladney and Walter Pidgeon as Sam Gladney.
W F Welty a Roswell resident was fatally injured when struck by a 1941 Ford pickup on the Roswell Dexter highway about ten miles south of Roswell. The driver Jackson Mathis from Artesia Auto Co was following 50 to 75 feet behind and both drivers testified the slick pavement caused the collision. Welty crossing from east to west in front of his Cumberland home died en route to Roswell. A coroner jury found the death unavoidable by the driver.
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka said American China policy blocks friendly ties. Domei quoted him before a House budget committee stating that as long as China remains the U S first line of defense, U S Japan friendship remains an idle dream. Dispatches from Shanghai note a new Chinese offensive recapturing Miyang and 1,200 Chinese killed.
OSWEGO N Y Jan 27 An explosion fire at Fort Ontario wounded 14 soldiers from Harlem s 369th anti aircraft regiment in the supply wing of the administration building Most injured suffered second degree burns while rescuing army records A board of inquiry was named to determine origin and damage with no implication of sabotage
Berlin reports British raids on western and central Germany during the night killed four people and wounded six. Fires were quickly extinguished and damage deemed slight. German high command also acknowledged losing three aircraft. Additionally seven German planes attacked British shipping off the southeast coast with two direct hits on a merchant ship and a burning merchantman seen after bombing on January 25.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with much colder conditions in the Arkansas Valley. New Mexico expects cloudy skies with rain south tonight and rain or snow central and east Tuesday with little temperature change. Arizona features partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with high clouds and occasional light rain in the extreme southeast and little temperature change.
Mrs Pauline Dabbs, an attractive Lincoln county widow, pleaded guilty today to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her husband in 1939. District Judge Numa C Frenger sentenced her to two and a half to three years in prison and remanded her to Lincoln county sheriff for transport to Santa Fe.
J W Cooper a 56 year old salesman was killed when his car left a roadway near Guadalupe Mexico and plunged into a canal. Reports to Juarez police said the vehicle jumped an embankment while heading toward Juarez.
Ernest M. Haley of Haley's Market runs an Elm trees for sale classified ad in Record. He says the early placement was to start people thinking and buying, and notes the response has been splendid as thoughts lead to purchases.
Mr Haley notes that a strong classified message prompts reader thought and leads to purchases. He underscores the sales chain from persuasive copy to buyers and expresses pleasure at selling Elms.
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