City Urged to Build New Fair Plant in Roswell
Roswell officials heard a plea from the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Association to build a new fair plant. A council committee, including Aldermen Tigner Glover and Daniel with City Engineer Lea Rowland, was tasked to study the proposal and report next meeting. The fair board offered to deed new fairgrounds to the city and push for a WPA project for a permanent grandstand at the rodeo site.
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The
Fair Association
Hall
Tigner, Glover
Daniel
Lea Rowland
W. H. Hortenstein
Fair Board
E. E. Patterson
R. H. McCune
West Alameda
Tom Reid
Hortenstein
North Main
Roswell
New Mexico
Willkie Held Holding Co for GOP, Ickes Says
Secretary Ickes held a press conference stating Wendell Willkie and his supporters formed a political holding company for the Republican Party. He claimed the GOP was liquidated at the Philadelphia convention to liquidate goodwill assets and create a new structure led by Willkie. Willkie in New York said party lines may matter little in the coming campaign as voters split over the new deal.
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Washington
Ickes
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
GOP
Philadelphia
Senator McNary
Oregon
New York
Willkie
New $5 Billion Defense Plan Aims For 50 000 Planes
A vast supplementary defense program to exceed 5 billion dollars to rapidly expand air power, tanks, and guns, with the army receiving about 4 billion and the navy 1 billion. The plan, discussed at the White House with Roosevelt, will be submitted to Congress next week, pending navy factors. Packard Motor Co tentatively to build 9,000 aircraft engines for US and Britain, subject to approval. Henry Ford declines to join the order, pledging work only for the United States.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Defense Commission
Packard Motor Company
United States
Great Britain
William S. Knudsen
Commission
Packard
Henry Ford
United
Arandora Star Sinking Kills Hundreds Off Ireland Coast
London reports the German submarine torpedoed the British liner Arandora Star bound for Canada with about 2000 internees, many Italians and Germans. Survivors say lifeboat stampede caused heavy loss of life as bodies drifted in the water. A Canadian rescue vessel aided the survivors.
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London
Ireland
Canada
Building Army And Navy Air Bases Over Far Alaska
In Fairbanks Alaska on July 3 the army has completed runway prep on a 4500 acre interior site for an air defense base and training center at the top of the world. Five Alaska bases are under construction by army and navy costing perhaps 25000000. Alaska is designated as the North Pacific bulwark of air and sea defense. Sitka Anchorage Unalaska and Kodiak progress rapidly with troops landed at Anchorage for base security. Fairbanks tests show runway concrete can withstand extreme temperatures. Army air defense plans for Alaska are developing.
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Associated Press
Fairbanks
Alaska
Army
Navy
Congress
North Pacific
Sitka
Anchorage
Unalaska
Dutch Harbor
Kodiak
Army Air Base
Baseball Today's Scores
Baseball scores from today are compiled for page five. The brief item notes results across games with final tallies and key performances. Teams, venues, and standout players are referenced to guide readers to detailed box scores and game recaps on page five.
Five Sentenced To Penitentiary By Judge McGhee
Five men were sentenced to penitentiary terms by district judge James B. McGhee on guilty pleas. Rue Wheeler got 15 months to 2 years for theft from W. C. Mc Cullough. Virgil Gooding 3 to 4 years on bad check charges. John Whittenburg 2 to 3 years for forgery. Leslie Motyl 5 years on a bad check charge under habitual criminal law. Frank Boyles 18 months to 2 years on two bad check counts. Riley Meador had sentence deferred after pleading guilty to forgery. Marlin Harris pleaded not guilty to four forgery charges. bond set at $1,000 per charge.
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James B. McGhee
Rue Wheeler
Sander
W. C. McCullough
Virgil Gooding
John Whittenburg
Leslie Motyl
New Mexico
Frank Boyles
Riley Meador
Bill McBride
Marlin Harris
Gabrel Gomez
Gromo Mercantile Company
Lake Arthur
Bees Rally To Take First Game Of Doubleheader
In Philadelphia, Boston Bees beat the Phillies 8 3 after six runs in the final inning. Joe Marty hit a ninth inning homer for Philadelphia. Postponed end of third due to rain in the second game. Dodgers-top Giants 7 3 as Peewee Reese homered in the ninth for Brooklyn.
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Phillies
Philadelphia
Kirby Highlee
Boston Bees
Joe Marty
Philadel
Posedel
Berres
Beck
Millies
Dodgers
Giants
New York
Peewee Reese
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn
Wyatt
Casey
Fitzsimmons
Mancuso
Franks
Phelps
Hubbell
Brown
Melton
Vandenberg
Danning
Williams and Foxx power Red Sox past A's 12 11
Boston explodes for six runs in the ninth led by Ted Williams and Jimmy Foxx homers, yielding a 12 11 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. Williams connected with two on, while the game featured Besse Dean Potter Wagner Heving Glenn for Boston and Knott Tresh Trout Nelson Tebbetts for Philadelphia. Other games included Detroit at Chicago and St. Louis at Cleveland. New York at Washington postponed by rain.
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Boston
Ted Williams
Jimmy Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Williams
Philadel
Besse
Dean
Potter
Hayes
Wagner
Heving
Glenn
Knox Gets 9 to 5 Approval Of Navy Committee
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee approved Colonel Frank Knox, a Chicago Republican, to be secretary of the navy by nine to five. The vote clears the way for Senate action early next week on both Knox and Henry L. Stimson for secretary of war. Knox faced questions about a report he favored sending U S soldiers to Europe and denied it. Stimson, a veteran cabinet member, won approval 14 to 3 from the Military Committee for the war post.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Frank Knox
Chicago
Senate
Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Naval Committee
United States
Europe
Navy
Stimson
Military Committee
Roosevelt
New Record Set For County Clerk's Fees
The county clerk's office posted record income for the year ending June 30, totaling 10342.25 dollars, the highest in Chaves county history, as reported by county clerk D. P. Greiner.
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Chaves County
D. P. Greiner
Coronado Street Banners Put Up
Coronado banners were installed over Main Street as part of the Coronado celebration campaign donated by the 2030 Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Many stores and businesses have added decorations and more are expected to follow.
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Main Street
2030 Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Coronado
Jap Army Seeks Strong Attitude in East Asia
Tokyo dispatch reports Great Britain refused Japan’s demand to close the arms route through British Burma to Chiang Kai-Shek’s Chinese forces. Undersecretary R. A. Butler said Britain would raise questions with the United States if it accedes. The note was conveyed to the British ambassador in Tokyo with further reply to come.
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Great Britain
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Britain
United States
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
London
Robert Leslie Craigie
Foreign Office
Robert
Furth
A Miles Message For The Year 8813
Governor Miles writes an optimistic greeting to western hemisphere inhabitants for the year 8813. The note predicts continued New Mexico progress from 1540 to 1940 and will be photo graphed printed on platinum. It will be sealed in Oklethorpe University’s world civilization crypt in Georgia with notes from other officials and an encyclopedia copy.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
New Mexico
Oklethorpe University
Georgia
New Commander of Salvation Army Here
Capt and Mrs John Gioscio have assumed duties in Roswell Salvation Army succeeding Major and Mrs C A Peterson They were transferred from Inglewood California and they have a small daughter Eva Lee
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John Gioscio
Salvation Army
Roswell
C. A. Peterson
Giosco
Inglewood
Calif
Eva Lee
Tornadic Winds Wreck Three School Houses in Texas
Tornadic winds last night wrecked three school houses in Thorndale San Gabriel and Desmond Texas. The central Texas area suffered extensive damage to buildings and crops with no loss of life reported. Thorndale bore the brunt of the storm as it ripped through the area.
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Taylor
Tex
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Desmond
Texas
Six Teens Killed Crossing Rail Near Maywood
In Chicago on July 3 three girls and three boys, all teens, were killed instantly when struck by a train at a grade crossing near Maywood as they sped to a hospital after one girl complained of appendicitis. The party had gathered at a roadhouse prior to the incident.
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Chicago
Maywood
Weather forecast for Four Corners region and neighbors
New Mexico expects fair west and cloudy east with occasional rain over mountains east of the Rio Grande tonight. Thursday brings fair conditions and warmer temperatures in the east. Colorado remains partly cloudy with showers or thunderstorms in mountains and east, and warmer in the east Thursday. Arizona stays fair and warm tonight and Thursday. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday, with warmer conditions in the north.
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New Mexico
Rio Grande
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Negro Is Caught Attempting To Break In Gross Millers
Zeno Lewis pleaded guilty to possession of burglary tools and received five years in the penitentiary after being arrested while trying to break into the Gross Miller Grocery Company. He admitted breaking into the Lowrey Auto Company on June 20 and was sentenced to one and a half years, to run concurrently with the first sentence. Tires stolen from Lowrey Auto were recovered. He previously faced a one to two year sentence for possession of stolen goods from Lea county. Lewis also admitted breaking into Cummins Garage but nothing was stolen. Police officer Charles Blake arrested him shortly before midnight.
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Zeno Lewis
Gross Miller Grocery Company
James B. McGhee
Lewis
Lowrey Auto Company
Lea County
Cummins
Charles Blake
Proclamation by Mayor Declares National Defense Day in Roswell
Mayor Thomas J. Hall proclaims Monday July 8 1940 as National Defense Day in Roswell New Mexico. A two thousand strong ROTC detachment from Fort Bliss and a seventy five man Army unit will demonstrate maneuvers and equipment to boost recruiting and public awareness of national defense. The event includes a parade and program to familiarize citizens with the U S Army and its role in national defense. J H Dekker City Clerk attests the proclamation.
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Fort Bliss
Texas
Roswell
United States Army
Thomas J. Hall
New Mexico
Precautions Against Mosquitoes Urged by Health Officer
County health officer Dr W W Phillips urges emptying water from all cans and oiling water storage tanks to prevent mosquito breeding. He noted Spring River had been oiled.
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W. W. Phillips
Spring River
Still Another Experience In Local Advertising
L A Shaw of Shaws Grocery sold his Capistrano pottery after placing a three line ad in Record Classified. He plans a new shipment to meet demand, convinced that if classifieds move ceramics they can move butter eggs meat and vegetables.
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L. A. Shaw
Shaws Grocery & Market
Record Classified Aids Roswell Shoppers
The Record Classified helps hundreds in Roswell and nearby areas find what they want. The notice urges readers to use the classifieds to locate products services and opportunities efficiently.
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