Nazi Troops Seize Guernsey and Jersey on English Soil
German forces captured the English island possessions of Guernsey and Jersey, 90 miles from Plymouth, in what the Nazi regime terms a coup by air. The islands, evacuated, flank Cherbourg operations and bring Hitler’s troops closer to Britain. Hungary meanwhile mobilized reservists on the Romanian frontier as tensions rise in the Balkans.
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Associated Press
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hitler
Britain
Calais
Balkans
Hungary
Mescalero Apache debutantes at four day celebration
Mescalero, N M July 1 Four buckskin maidens Clara May Myrtle Wilson Thelma Peso Marjorie Chico make tribal debut at sunrise launching four days of ceremonies and feasting requiring each to kindle a fire. The event draws delegations from New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and swells the village population with tents and new facilities.
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Mescalero
N. M
Clara May
Myrtle Wilson
Thelma Peso
Marjorie Chico
Indian Agency
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Three Roswell youths injured in highway crash near Dexter
Three Roswell young people were badly hurt in a head on collision 1 1/2 miles south of town on the Dexter highway about midnight Saturday. The injured were Earl Clardy driver with three broken ribs and lung injury Jean Cauhape with multiple facial fractures and knee cap fracture Edna Malone with a deep forehead laceration. Oliver Younger 22, driving the other car, is held in the county jail. Younger was intoxicated and left the scene. Dr H A Bishop of San Luis Calif was in the car but uninjured.
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Roswell
Here
Dexter Highway
Earl Clardy
Jean Cauhape
Edna Malone
H. A. Bishop
San Luis
Calif
Oliver Younger
Younger
Henry Vendenbout
Dexter
Ann
Death toll in Texas floods reaches nine
HALLETTSVILLE Texas July 14 The flood toll rose to nine as rescue crews combed mud soaked river bank homes across southern and central Texas. Mayor Traxler put damage at about 1 million with Red Cross aiding several hundred homeless. Floodwaters surged on the Colorado and Guadalupe rivers near La Grange Columbus and Victoria amid 20 inch totals. Dozens missing after a 36 minute flash flood on the Lavaca. Over 300 Hallettsville families homeless. typhoid vaccine requested as health officials urged precautions.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Texas
J. G. Traxler
Red Cross
la Grange
Columbus
Victoria
Colorado River
Guadalupe
Hallettsvilles
Harvey Renger
Cuero
Austin
Five More Liquor Licenses Issued In Roswell
Roswell city council approved seven liquor licenses at a Friday meeting and five more on Saturday. The Green Lantern and Smoke House paid $1,000 annual city licenses under protest, signed by Leland P. King, claiming the city license is excessive and discriminatory. Gilkeson Hotel Bar Elks Club and Star Bar received licenses, with Green Lantern and Smoke House seeking refunds of the excess.
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Roswell
Green Lantern
Smoke House
Standard Liquor Stores, Inc
Gilkeson Hotel
Elks Club
Star Bar
Leland P. King
Grant For Hope Dam Approved Near Hope
A $50,000 federal grant for the Hope Water Users Association to build a retard dam on the Penasco River above Hope was formally approved. The project, located nine miles west of Hope, follows a local cash contribution of $10,000 and support from 36 Hope water users who contributed $7,600, with the remainder from Artesia businessmen. Preliminary work has begun to ready the site.
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Hope Water Users Association
Penasco
Hope
Lorin F. Jones
Middle Pecos
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hope Water
Artesia
Jones
Hungary on complete war footing as Balkan peace is threatened
Budapest reports Hungary at wartime footing amid grave Balkan tensions. New incidents on the Romanian border heighten risks of invasion into Transylvania, signaling a potential broader European conflict between two war theaters and imperial powers.
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Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Transylvania
Nine Candidates For County Offices File Petitions
Nine candidates for Chaves county offices filed petitions with the county clerk to appear on the Democratic primary ballot under the new state law. The Sept. 14 primary includes filings for county clerk D. P. Greiner, treasurer George Wilcox, sheriff Frank Young, county commissioners Dist. 3 Monte Goodin Louie B. Heick, Dist. 2 M. L. Norton, assessor Clarence M. Cooper, Harry Puryear, and Dist. 3 M. L. Kuykendall.
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Chaves
D. P. Greiner
George Wilcox
Frank Young
Monte Goodin
Louie B
Tigers Win Openers Over White Sox 3 1
Detroit bats back Buck Newsom as he scatters six Chicago hits to take his 11th win and give the Tigers a 3 1 series lead. Rigney Appleton and Tresh homered for Chicago while Newsom and Sullivan held the White Sox to one run. St Louis at Cleveland night game. Athletics defeat Red Sox 9 1 on 15 hits. Hayes two homers Rubeling two hits. Potter allowed eight hits.
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Tigers
Chicago
Detroit
Buck Newsom
Detroit Tigers
White Sox
Rigney, Appleton & Tresh
Newsom & Sullivan
Athletics
Boston
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Frank Hayes
al Rubeling
Nelson Potter
Sox
Philadel
Potter & Hayes
Bagby
Ostermueller & Desautels
Giants overpower Bees in July 1 baseball rout
New York Giants beat Boston Bees 7 to 1 as Cliff Melton allowed six hits and earned his seventh win. Hank Danning, Mel Ott, and Tony Cuccinello homered for the Giants. Dodgers edge Phillies 4 to 3 on a first-inning burst aided by Dixie Walker and Joe Medwick. Other scores show Pittsburgh and Chicago a scoreless tie and Cincinnati topping St Louis 10 to 0.
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National League Giants
Boston
New York
Cliff Melton
Boston Bees
Southpaw
Hank Danning
Mel Ott
Tony Cuccinello
Picchota & Berres
Melton & Danning
Dodgers
Phillies
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dixie Walker
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn
Philadel
Presswell, Davis & Phelps
Mulcahy
Johnson & Atwood
Red Troops Rush To Seize Romanian Territory
BUCHAREST July 1-4 Trainloads of Romanian wounded arrived in the capital after clashes with Russian troops on the Prut river. Reports say the Russian army is increasing the tempo of occupation in Bessarabia and northern Bucovina with parachute troops dropped in unoccupied areas. Refugees say state police and Soviet shock troops were parachuted into towns and villages to round up aristocrats and block gold movements. Budapest reports a Hungarian corps mobilized on the Romanian frontier after border incidents. Police actions and mass arrests accompanied the continued Russian advance.
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Tine Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Romania
Transylvania
Red Cross
War Ministry
Bucharest
Prut
Bessarabia
Bucovina
New Chairmen of Legion Auxiliary
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 14. Mrs. Henry Brock of Gallup and Mrs. Ben F. Pior of Artesia were named to head Legion Auxiliary departments for the coming year. Brock is Americanism chairman. Pior is national defense chairman. Other chairmen named include Opal Kinney, education of veterans orphans. Frances Richardson, national news. Ruby Bryant, membership. Gertrude Martin, publicity. Mrs. John Evans, trophies and awards. Hugh Hall, constitution and by-laws.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Henry Brock
Gallup
Ben F. Pier
Artesia
American Legion Auxiliary Department
Brock
Don E. Woodward
Americanism
Pior
National Defense
National Committee
Opal Kinney
Raton
Frances Richardson
Roswell
National News
Ruby Bryant
Gertrude Martin
John Evans
Hugh Hall
Carlsbad
Independence Day Rodeos and Mock War Across New Mexico
New Mexico prepares a busy Fourth of July with rodeos across six fronts and a mock battle by ROTC units from Las Cruces to Santa Fe. Hot Springs plans an restive invasion themed celebration while Santa Fe hosts a Lions Club fireworks display amid fire restrictions.
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Associated Press
Haliday
New Mexico Range
National Defense Program
Knights of the Saddle
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Rio Grande
Pecos
Las Cruces
Carlsbad
Santa Fe
Lions’ Club
U S Battle Fleet Returns to Honolulu After Routine Exercise
United States battle fleet units, absent from Hawaii for a week, anchored at Lahaina Roads near Honolulu. Admiral James O Richardson called the departure and return a routine wartime training exercise with no advance notice, though speculation swirled over world events. Ships reportedly stayed within 250 miles of their bases.
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Honolulu
United States
Hawaii
Lahaina Roads
James O’richardson
New Mexico Primary Opens Amid Protest Over Ballot Order
Governor calls first direct New Mexico primary as Carl Faubion accuses the secretary of state of barring him and others from the top line. Faubion, Quay county clerk, says David Carmody filed first and was allowed in ahead of him and other candidates including Dennis Chavez and H. R. Rodgers while Faubion waited since 4 45 a m.
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Dennis Chavez
H. R. Rodgers
Bureau of Revenue
Faubion
Secretary of State
Rex French
Arsenio Velarde
Carmody
Virginia Montoya
Chavez
Civilians Evacuated From British Colony Amid Unrest
In Hong Kong on July 1 a gray Canadian Pacific liner carried about 4,500 British women and children out of the colony. Other ships were crowded with passengers including some Americans, who await orders to depart. The American liner President Coolidge stayed at port on Washington’s orders as Americans prepare to evacuate their women.
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Hongkong
Coolidge
Washington
Building Permits Totals for First Half of 1940
Permits issued in the first six months of 1940 totaled 212 445 with June reaching 41 000. A 25 000 permit covered the Parquay Store at 6th and Main. In June three permits for new houses costing 2 000 or more were issued. No permits yet issued for the new grade school the Mark Howell school addition or the N. M. M. I. building under construction.
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Parquay
6Th and Main
Mark Howell
Roswell Rotary Plans New Officers Meeting
New officers directors and committee chairmen of the Roswell Rotary Club meet tomorrow night at Ed Williams home to plan club work for the coming year.
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Roswell
Those Interested In Air Training Should Register Now
Chamber of Commerce officials urged locals to sign up at noon for the proposed Civil Aeronautics Authority pilot training in Roswell. A ground school would run to September with about six hours weekly and five $325 flight scholarships for the top five, contingent on Washington contracts and enrollments. Officials said a final decision hinges on how many qualify.
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Chamber of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Roswell
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Washington
Burns claim life of Mrs. C. B. Krukenmier
Mrs. C. B. Krukenmier died at St. Marys hospital at 7 o clock this morning from burns received when the family home at Dexter burned last Tuesday. She had lived in the valley 17 years, coming from Indiana. Her husband survives. The boy was taken to the Mason Funeral Home at Hager man. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of a sister in Tucson who is visiting in Chicago.
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C. B. Krukenmier
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dexter
E P Slack Dies in Birmingham Alabama
E P Slack former East Grand Plains resident died suddenly at his Birmingham home. He left here in 1918 and had lived in Birmingham since. Survived by wife Grace Eccles and four children including Elizabeth Slack Ruth Slack Eugenia Slack and William Slack. W R Eccles and Elizabeth Slack are Roswell relatives. Funeral attendance planned by Elizabeth Slack and Mr and Mrs Eccles.
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E. P. Slack
East Grand Plains
Bigham
Ala
Birmingham
Mr. Slack
Elizabeth Slack
Roswell
W. R. Eccles
Slack
Eccles
Grace Eccles
Pitt McPherson
Ruth Slack
Eugenia Slack
William Slack
Real Estaters Claim First Day Ad Credit
Ed Carmichael notes his real estate ads work quickly and cites a long habit of real estate men promoting classified service. The piece suggests they started classified ads centuries ago and remain eager users of Record Classified.
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Ed Carmichael
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Raffensberger & Collins
Cincinnati
Moore & Lombardi
Warneke & Owen
Han- Shi River
Chiang Kai
Red
Danube River
Legion Auxiliary
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Elida
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Rotary Conference
Roswell Air School
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