Churchill Launches V for Victory Campaign Across Occupied Europe
London July 20 Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched a mass intrigue campaign to mobilize Europe’s conquered peoples under the V for victory banner. A radio message read by Col Britton urged symbol V marks and Morse code prods to show defiance against Nazi rule. Reports from Denmark Norway and other territories indicated arrests guerilla acts and fires as the V campaign spread.
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London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Great Britain
Col
7 Britton
Britton
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Great Air Attack On Moscow Alleged
STOCKHOLM July 19 UP Swedish press reports quoted Radio Leningrad claiming a Nazi Luftwaffe raid on Moscow had ruined the Kremlin and that Moscow radio stations were out. No confirmation from Berlin or Moscow. Other broadcasts spoke of battles near Tallinn and Narva on the Estonia Russia frontier.
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Stockholm
Radio
Leningrad
Moscow
Kremlin
Atteck
Estonia
Berlin
United States
Aftonbladet
Radio Leningrad
Academy of Sciences
Tallinn
Latvia
Naraw
Russians mass 1,000,000 army to defend Baku oil
ISTANBUL July 19 United Press reports diplomatic sources say Russia has massed a special army of 1,000,000 in the Rostov area to block a German thrust toward the Baku oil fields. An elite Soviet demolition corps is said to be ready to wreck oil wells if the fields must be abandoned. Sources claim 4,000,000 troops exist as reserves in the central sector.
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United Press
Istanbul
Russia
Rostov
Baku
Kiev
Turkey
British Bombers Hit Dunkirk Docks In Major Raid
British heavy bombers struck Dunkirk docks and Blenheims hit German shipping off the Dutch coast, destroying 22 000 tons and setting ships ablaze. Four Messerschmitts shot down, three British bombers and two fighters missing. weather limited night raids over Britain. Sir Archibald Sinclair boasted 300 000 tons sunk in four months.
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London
Dunkirk
Air Ministry
Liberal Party Assembly
Archibald Sinclair
RAF
Bomber Command
Germany
Channel
Reich
Great Britain
Reds Claim Red Army Intact in Fierce Fighting Near Smolensk
Moscow dispatch reports Russians insist the Red army remains intact and fierce as it checks a major German offensive toward Moscow, with heavy combat near Smolensk and in the Polotsk Nevel and Bobruisk sectors. Soviet briefs claim 71 German planes and 47 tanks destroyed in recent days amid ongoing air and ground battles.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Polotsk-Nevel
Bobruisk
Leningrad
Bessarabian
Kiev
Soviet Information Bureau
Red
Albuquerque Still Fighting The Bugs
Albuquerque, New Mexico, battles an invasion of chinch bugs described as fair chinch bugs by county farm agent Frank L. Wayne. The pests flooded the city Thursday night through Friday and today, prompting extreme measures including the fire department burning weeds to curb hatching.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank L. Wayne
Miss New Mexico to Compete for Miss America Title
Ted Jones of the Yucca theatre announced a local Miss New Mexico selection will enter the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City September 1 to 7. A August local contest will pick three entrants named Miss Roswell, Miss Chaves County, and Miss Pecos Valley to advance to the state finals. Entries from girls aged 16 to 24 are being accepted by phone or at the box office.
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New Mexico
Atlantic City
Yucca
College star and veteran aviator honored in brief note
A graduate of Iowa State College with a B S in 1940, Boswell played varsity football as end for three years and captained the 1939 Iowa State team. After college he ranches then joined Uncle Sam's Flying Cadets. He starred as a tackle on Roswell high team.
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Iowa State College
Boswell
Iowa
Local Defense Unit 10 to be organized at Roswell meeting
A Civilian National Defense Council will direct local defense activities in Roswell. A 3 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, July 29, called by Mayor Thomas J. Hall, will prepare the organization with invitations sent to about 175 civic groups, veterans, churches and agencies. Sub committees will run Defense Bonds sales and a speakers bureau while special police and deputy units and auxiliary firemen may be formed. The committee includes Col. D. C. Pearson, Harry Leonard, G. S. Whicker and Mrs. R. R. Hinkle, acting under orders from F. H. LaGuardia and Governor John E. Miles.
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National Defense Council
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Hall
Mayor Hall
Col
D. C. Pearson
Harry Leonard
G. S. Whicker
R. R. Hinkle
Luchini Returns to Lead New Mexico Employment Service
Benjamin D. Luchini, chair man of the state employment security commission, returns from Washington after talks with Social Security Board officials and the Bureau of Employment Security. He calls a meeting of local office managers Thursday and Friday in Albuquerque to discuss the revised unemployment compensation law and labor market needs.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Benjamin D. Luchini
State Employment Security Commission
Washington
Social Security Board
Bureau of Employment Security
New Mexico Employment Service
Luchini
Hitler Mussolini in Another Meet at Brenner Pass
Moscow radio reported by the United Press that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were to meet at the Brenner Pass in a few days to discuss the war against Russia. The exchange would cover eastward progress and potential Italian troop replacements for German occupiers in occupied European countries, freeing hundreds of thousands of German soldiers for the campaign.
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London
Moscow
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Russia
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Bond Set For Lafon In Slaying Case At Silver City
Amos Lafon of Silver City was granted $10,000 bond pending trial for the killing of Dixie Owens owner of a Tucumcari dance hall and bar. Owens was shot June 26 during a fight at a roadhouse near Silver City.
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Silver City
Local Weather Report Summary
The report lists 24 hour weather ending 8 30 p m Saturday with 0 inches precipitation Total month to date 1 78 inches and year to date 17 78 inches Normal month to date 1 32 inches and year to date 6 81 inches Sunrise 5 03 am sunset 7 05 pm length of day 14 0 hours
Germans Claim Red Army Facing Demoralization Near Moscow
Berlin dispatch reports German military spokesmen asserting the Soviet front is breaking up as panzer columns near 200 miles from Moscow drive along the Smolensk road. German authorities say dive bombers are smashing communications behind Soviet lines.
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Berlin
Red Army
Moscow
Smolensk
Bolivia declares state of siege amid Nazi subversive act
Bolivia proclaimed a nationwide state of siege after pro Nazi elements linked to the German legation attempted subversive actions. German minister Ernest Wendler was declared persona non grata as police rounded up suspected rightist figures. Armando Arce, editor of La Calle, was detained and a warrant issued for Carlos Montenegro in Cochabamba.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Legation
Ernest Wendler
Enrique Peneranda
Armando Arce
la Calle
Carlos Montenegro
Cochabamba
Oroposal
O Jibway Draft Appeal Rejected By Board
Austin O Jibway a Lobo football star has appeal rejected and remains classified A 1. He will be drafted when his number comes up after seeking a year long deferment to finish his degree. He is noted for his college gridiron career.
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Albuquerque
Austin O’jibway
Lobo Gridiron
Robbery Charge Against Indianapolis Man in Trading Post Heist
R C Langdon of Indianapolis has been charged with robbery for the daytime holdup of Maisel's Indian Trading post. Officers say he was identified as the man who held up the store, took 144 dollars, and fired a shot while fleeing.
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Albuquerque
N. M
R. C. Langdon
Indianapolis
Langdon
Centers for scrap aluminum expand to Albuquerque and Las Cruces
Santa Fe reports that Albuquerque and Las Cruces may join Santa Fe as scrap aluminum collection centers in the national drive announced by F. H. LaGuardia. State defense coordinator Glenn D. Macy notes the drive starts July 24.
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Santa FE
N. M
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
F. H
Russians mass forces for major counteroffensive near Moscow
British reports from London indicate the Red Army is massing air and mechanized units west of Moscow to counter German panzer advances toward the capital. Marshal Timoshenko reputedly kept armies intact on the Moscow front as German pressure grows, with observers cautious that a wedge between Red Army wings has not yet formed. A sizable bulge is thought to have been driven into the central front on the Poltosk Nevel sector.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Semyon Timoshenko
Poltosk-Nevel
Major Kelly to Speak at Defense Day Program
Major James R. Kelly of New Mexico Military Institute will speak at the National Defense Day program on Thursday at 11 30 a m in front of the courthouse. Roswell residents urged to donate aluminum utensils to aid national defense with collection starting by 9 a m on Thursday. Boy Scouts will collect and transport items to the courthouse lawn for reception by a Girl Scout committee. Lions Club and city trucks assist. Mayor Thomas J. Hall called for large attendance from organizations and businesses.
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James R. Kelly
New Mexico Military Institute
Thomas J. Hall
Roswell
Lions Club
Germans Claim 200 Mile Reach On Moscow Front
United Press reports German panzer columns within 200 miles of Moscow claim Soviet forces are collapsing. Soviet replies note a naval victory and continued defense of Smolensk. Soviet air and naval units sink 11 transports and an oil tanker while Britain launches efforts on other fronts.
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United Press
Moscow
Smolensk
Baltic
Polotsk-Nevel-Smolensk
Pskov
Leningrad
Novograd-Volynsk
Kiev
Josef Stalin
National Defense
Marshall Semyon K. Timoshenko
Legation
Ukraine
Red Army
Polotsk-Nevel
Bobruisk
Missing Lorius estate receiver Sparks New Clue
EAST ST LOUIS July 19 A fresh note emerges in the Lorius Heberer estate disappearance case. Frances Hardwick once receiver of the estates valued at 14417 was listed missing after being removed by Circuit Judge Alfred D. Reiss for failure to file administration reports. Hardwick, once secretary to Lorius in his coal business, is reportedly in Missouri.
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East ST. Louis
Lorius
Heberer
New Mexico
Frances Hardwick
George M. Lorius
St. Clar County
Hardwick
Alfred D. Reiss
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Ill
California
Second Robbery At Swafford Pharmacy Within One Month
The Swafford Pharmacy at 500 1/2 West Second street was robbed Friday night for the second time in a month. Twelve dollars in cash and a .38 Colt pistol were taken, per proprietor Tom Swafford. Entry was via a back window. The prior robbery occurred June 26, with a small loot. Police continue a thorough investigation but have not identified the culprits.
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Swafford
West Second Street
Tom Swafford
Are You Classified Minded
Mrs. John Minton praises the Record’s classified page for keeping her informed while reading the front page daily. The piece highlights how classifieds gain readers and create a favorable, practical understanding of the section’s value.
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