Iceland and Atlantic defense as a naval priority
The writer argues that U S naval occupation of Iceland is necessary to protect the Atlantic coast from German threats. They warn that if Iceland fell into German hands Denmark or calander control would not shield the U S. Similar outposts exist in the Pacific, and action is needed to secure Atlantic bases before the threat grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
United States Navy
Atlantic
Boston
United States
Europe
Africa
Pacific
Germany
Greenland
Cape Verde
Azores
Roswell
China
Siberia
Driver Can Collect For Pneumonia
SANTA FE New Mexico July 8 The state supreme court ruled pneumonia from work as a truck driver qualifies for workmen s compensation. Justice H L Bickley dissented. C R Stevenson awarded compensation and attorney s fees after illness from dust and motor fumes while driving for Lee Moor Contracting Company. The decision reversed a district court ruling and a prior supreme court split opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
State Supreme Court
H. L. Bickley
C. R. Stevenson
Lee Moor Contracting Company
Numa Frenger
Supreme Court
Reunion after 30 years links Las Vegas sister
Mrs Edna McGaughey of Las Vegas New Mexico sought help from chambers of commerce to locate her brother Clarence Leritz separated for three decades. The St Louis chamber traced him to the city and the reunion was set for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Bureau of Missing Persons
Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas
N. M
Edna McGaughey
Chambers of Commerce
Clarence Leritz
St. Louis Chamber
Quiet at Ecuador Peru frontier as mediation urged
Border tensions between Ecuador and Peru eased briefly after days of patrol clashes. Ecuador claims Peruvians dug trenches and moved troops while Peru blames Ecuador for aggression. Regional mediators including Argentina, the United States, Brazil and possibly Chile discussed offering services. Huacquillas faced yesterday air attacks as frontier quieted since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Ministry of Defense
Amazon
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Huacquillas
Federal Moves To Prevent Strikes In Defense Industry
Contested labor action at Western Cartridge Company and other defense labor developments are reported. Marshall urges removal of guard and selectee limits, Iceland debate rises, and labor boards plan to set up committees as the war effort expands. Also noted are wage talks at White Motor and suit notice in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Marshall
Army
Stimson
Iceland
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Marshall
Associated Press
Alton, Ill
Western Cartridge Company
National Defense Mediation Board
War Department
Office of Production Management
Douglas Brown
Princeton University
OPM
AFL Chemical Workers Union
White Motor Company
Cleveland
CIO
Washington
City Stays Accounting Details for Airport Bond Uses
City notes $248000 in bonded debt and $176000 in outstanding bonds. Jail fund expenditures totaled $5352.51 leaving $2147.49. Airport purchases funded by $33490 state defense loan. $19000 to retire airport mortgage and $8975 to reimburse the general fund for land purchases. General fund receipts total $119219.16 with diverse sources and total disbursements $11262.68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Defense
General Fund
Sekartes Saperec Aise
Prig. & Publ
Oo. Co Ees
Roswell Vote on Flood Control Sparks Debate
The Roswell flood control vote unfolds with opinions split over urgency and funding. Officials note decades of flood costs versus prevention, and residents await tally. The era’s wider news discusses Dempsey’s Interior post, U S-China war, and rising tensions in the Pacific as Japan presses for gains.
Enormous Losses Continue on Fronts Far and Wide
German pursuit advances toward Kiev and Luftwaffe bombing cripples the Leningrad to Murmansk railway. Finnish forces claim gains on the Karelian Isthmus with heavy Russian losses. British and American naval actions in Iceland spark Axis warnings as RAF raids pound northern France and the Ruhr. Night raids hit multiple German cities with several Allied aircraft reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiev
Soviet Ukraine
Leningrad
Arctic
Murmansk
Karelian
Axis
Iceland
Atlantic
Rome
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Kokumin
Berlin
RAF
Germany
France
Ruhr
Channel
Southampton
British Continue Air War With Raids On France and Britain
British air force raids against France eased as bombers moved inland to targets near Lens and Bethune after dawn. A synthetic oil plant between Lens and Bethune caught fire. German raids hit Southampton with casualties and damage to the business district. British planes drove off a morning assault on a south coast town with no reported bomb damage. Berlin reports British bombers caused property damage in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Calais
RAF
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Krafeld
Cologne
Osnabruck
Munchen- Gladgath
Frankfort
Munster
Amsterdam
den Helder
Ostend
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Air Ministry
France
Channel
Lens
Bethune
Lille
Southampton
Berlin
Foul Play Continues From Page One in Sandoval Case
Investigators identified a body crushed beneath an adobe wall after a blast at a vacant Albuquerque residence. Sheriff Romero and officials linked the remains to Sandoval, with family members and the man’s sister in Los Angeles aware of the tragedy. A nearby search was hampered by heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Calillo
Rolando Matteucci
Ramon Gutierrez
Albuquerque
Sandoval
Romero
Abelicio
Ezekiel Sandoval
State Highway Department
Nora
State Employment Bureau
Las Cruces
Josephine Sandoval
Los Angeles
Red Army halts Nazi drive on Dnepr front slows Baltic advance
Soviet dispatches report heavy German losses along the Dnepr in Ukraine with 35 heavy tanks and two infantry battalions destroyed. Fierce battles persist near Ostrov toward Leningrad and in the Borisov area on the Baltic front as Soviet forces resist near Lepel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvina
Berezina
Reichswehr
Novograd Volyn
Bobruisk
Dnepr
Novograd Volynski
Ukraine
Red Army
Dnestr
Ostrov
Leningrad
Moscow
Borisov
Baltic Front
Polotsk
Upper
Lepel
Referendum push on state capitol bill gains momentum
R G Bryant spokesman for a statewide campaign says petitions likely to force a referendum on the capitol building bill will be completed this weekend. At least 25 percent of voters from the last general election are required to sign. Bernalillo County has 4000 signatures from the county taxpayers association.
Iceland Outpost Expanded In Atlantic Blockade Zone
The United States takes over a Icelandic outpost deep in the intensified counter blockade zone around Britain. President Roosevelt said American forces will replace the British garrison as concerns grow over potential Nazi actions near Iceland and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Iceland
United States
Gridley
Britain
Trinidad
British Guiana
Americas
Germany
British Isles
War Department
Ireland
U. S
Reichswehr
Denmark
Iceland Policy Sparks Mixed Global Reactions
Rome notes intervention after American forces reach Iceland. British papers hail the move as an Atlantic lake uniting Britain and the United States while warning of targets in the Azores and Dakar. German officials decline comment as Rome and London discuss the shift in European waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Iceland
London
Atlantic Ocean
Britain
Daily Mail
Atlantic
America
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Dakar
New Mexico cattle shipments rise in June totals
Albuquerque reports 12,321 cattle shipped in June, up from 9,433 a year ago but 10,000 head less than last month. First half year totals show 6,896 under 1940’s six months, with June district totals for Las Vegas, Tucumcari, Roswell, Carlsbad, Lovington, Clovis, and Hobbs listed. Farmington notes fruit harvest opening in the San Juan basin as cherries and small fruits arrive and apricots near ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
Las Vegas
Tucumcari
Roswell
Carlsbad
Lovington
Clovis
Hobbs
Farmington
San Juan Basin
Icelandic Geography and U S Occupation Force Notes
A fragmented report notes Strong U S forces led by Marines may form the core of an occupying landing announced by President Roosevelt. It mentions Marshall’s June 23 disclosure of a special mission force with a marine officer in command. It adds Iceland roughly the size of Kentucky with 120000 inhabitants and hydroelectric geysers feeding Reykjavik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
U. S
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Continental
United States
Kentucky
Iceland
Reykjavik
Weather forecast for four-state region
New Mexico sees scattered showers and thunderstorms north and over the continental divide today and through Wednesday with little temperature change. Colorado expects widely scattered afternoon or evening showers or thunderstorms west and central today and mountain and east areas Wednesday, with cooler air in showers. Arizona forecasts fair conditions in the lower Colorado River valley with widely scattered thundershowers otherwise, and mountains to see showers and thunderstorms general in the period. West Texas remains fair this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
New Mexico
West Texas
Continental Divide
Colorado
Colorado River Valley
Farmers Protest Penalty on Wheat in Oklahoma
Oklahoma farmers and groups in Kansas protest a 49 cent per bushel excess wheat penalty tied to the AAA quotas. A federal suit challenges the penalty while a Kansas-led push forms the National Agricultural Producers Association. Rep Rizley seeks to cut the rate to 15 cents ahead of a House hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
AAA
Kansas
Missouri
National Agricultural Producers Association
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Nebr
Rep
Rizley
R-Okla
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Johnson
Kingfisher County
AAA Board
Secretary of Agriculture
City Beautiful Roses and Gladiolas in Bloom
Mrs John McClure received a bouquet of roses and gladiolas while Mrs A F Madison was given daisies. Mrs George L Reese of 711 W Alameda featured a century plant standing 15 feet 3 inches tall with 17 flower clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McClure
A. F. Madison
George L. Reese
W. Alameda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board of Education
Roswell City Schools
J. D. Shinkle
Clarence E. Hinkle
R. E. Morris
Congress Fight
State OF
Paul Romano
District Court
Chaves County
State of New Mexico
Helen Romano
George Threlkeld
First National Bank
Marcielle A. Puckett
John J. Dempsey
Interior
Dempsey
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Federal Maritime Commission
Interior Department
Carl A. Hatch
Japan
Bessarabia
Russia
Romania
Pagene
Domei
Mann Jonasson
Smith Machinery Company
Montgomery Ward
2Nd & I
Roswell, N. M
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