Democracies prepare for possible military clash with Japan
United States and Britain wage economic pressure on Japan over Indo China aggression. President Roosevelt orders Philippine troops under US command, Hawaii alert, and paratroops moved toward the Panama Canal. Naval officials fly to Honolulu as Japanese assets are frozen and Thailand warned of possible involvement. Russians stall in drive on Leningrad while Allied air power bombards.
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United Press
Japan
Far East
United States
British Empire
Philippines
Roosevelt
United States Armed Forces
Hawaii
Fort Benning
Panama Canal
Manila
Singapore
James V. Forrestal
Navy
John Towers
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
San Francisco
Honolulu
Thailand
Domei
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
Odessa
Royal Air Force
Salt Lake City Captures Notorious Bandit Clifton Davidson
Clifton Davidson, once jailed in New Mexico for safe crackings and later escaped from Wewoka Oklahoma while awaiting murder trial, is now in custody in Salt Lake City Utah on a burglary charge. He had been released to Oklahoma authorities to face murder charges in Seminole and escaped during transfer. He pled guilty to the prior offenses and received life sentences under the habitual criminal act.
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Clifton Davidson
Wewoka
Okla
Salt Lake City
Utah
Roswell
Davidson
James B. McGhee
New Mexico
Gov
Miles
Oklahoma
Seminole
New Mexico Penitentiary
Local Weather Summary and Temperature Readings
The report lists morning and evening temperatures for Saturday with highs near 91 and lows around 67. Normal values, precipitation trace in 24 hours, month to date 3.75 inches, year to date 19.75 inches, sunrise 6:08, sunset 7:61, and length of day 13 hours.
Pepper Warns Japan Next Move Will Invite War
Sen. Claude Pepper urged democracies to warn Japan that any further aggressive move would trigger armed action in the Pacific. He said ships and planes with guns would oppose Japan if it attacks, as the Axis ally faces an anticipated economic strangulation from Western blockades.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Claude Pepper
Fila
Thailand
Pepper
Netherlandsolonial
Philippines
Britain
Malaya
India
Philippine Armed Forces
United States Command
Douglas A. MacArthur
U. S. Army
Philippine Army
Will Hamper
Great Britain
Canada
Yokohama
Britain Ready To Use Military In A War With Japan
London reports that Britain and Commonwealth nations will unleash full economic and military power against Japan. Asset freezes cover much of the globe and vital imports are disrupted while forces in Singapore Malay Burma bolster imperial routes. New Zealand’s Fraser signals willingness to fight if needed as war clouds loom.
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London
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Singapore
Malay
Burma
Manchester
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Fraser
Germans Declare Vast Forces of Red Reserves Fail Gain
Berlin reports say Soviet reserves launched a fierce counterattack east and northeast of Smolensk, trapping Russian forces north of Smolensk trying to break out. German accounts claim the operations were repulsed with heavy losses and prisoners took many, as the general advance could resume.
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Berlin
Smolensk
Moscow
Advanced First Aid Class Planned At Junior High
An advanced first aid class will be organized at 7 30 tomorrow night at Junior High School if demand exists. Eligible are those who completed the standard Red Cross first aid course. The Chaves County Red Cross chapter sponsors with Homer Dunelan as instructor. Attendees should bring a textbook two triangular bandages and standard course certificate card.
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Red Cross
Chaves County
Red Cross Chapter
Homer Dunelan
Finish Seal Coat on Airport Runways
Roswell municipal airport seal coat on all runways was to be completed by last night. The east-west runway finish was reported yesterday afternoon with the other runways already done. Taxiways will receive seal coat next, followed by a large concrete apron at College Boulevard end of the airport. Lighting equipment parts are arriving, with full installation hoped by September.
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Roswell
National Defense Airport
College Boulevard
Building Permits for Two Homes Filed in City
Leland Quantius applies for a frame siding house at 1402 West 6th with a $2600 estimate. W I Whitcamp files for a five room house at the corner of Holland and Hendricks with a $1200 cost.
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Leland Quantius
West 6Th
W. I. Whitcamp
Holland and Hendricks
Montgomery pleads not guilty in bad check case
Sam Montgomery appeared in J. P. Court and pleaded not guilty to the bad check charge. Bond was set at $500. The date for the preliminary hearing has not yet been scheduled.
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Sam Montgomery
Section One Roswell Daily Record July 27 1992
Section One of the Roswell Daily Record dated Sunday July 27 1992 features brief items and notices. Readable pages include local briefs, community notices, and column glimpses from the section.
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Roswell Daily Record
Civilian Defense Unit Meeting Set By City Leader
Mayor Thomas J. Hall chairs a 3 pm Tuesday Civilian Defense Unit meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to organize the local defense effort. Representatives from Roswell groups are invited to plan national defense projects and form committees. The 1st committee includes C. Pearson, Harry Leon, S. Whicker, and Mrs. R. R.
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Thomas J. Hall
Civilian Defense Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Civilian Defense Organization
Roswell
C. Pearson
Harry Leon
S. Whicker
R. R
British claim control of Mediterranean lifeline after Malta attack
London reports that a week of Mediterranean fighting culminated in an Italian E boat attack on Malta’s harbor. Observers say a large convoy of reinforcements likely reached Valletta despite heavy bombings since 1940. First Lord of the Admiralty A P Alexander called the convoy’s arrival an important mission to a dangerous spot near enemy bases.
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London
Mediterranean
la Valletta
Malta
A. P. Alexander
Japan Enters Economic War With United States
Tokyo orders freezing of all American assets and American territories and the Philippines. The action, effective at midnight, is seen as a test of U S measures and could shape future U S Japan relations. Reports from Bangkok say Thailand weighs counter measures while Japan’s silk market faces turmoil.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
American
Philippines
National Broadcasting Company
Eighteen Buildings Planned for Duke City Air Base
The War Department awards a contract to Bradbury and Marchant for 18 new Albuquerque Army Air Base structures including officers mess hall medical facilities and ordnance buildings at a total cost of 195,801. The project commences in July with construction to follow.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Army Air Base
War Department
Bradbury and Marchant
Aare
Mhess
Roosevelt mobilizes 200000 Philippine troops for US forces
President Roosevelt ordered economic warfare against Japan by mobilizing 200,000 Philippine troops and the Philippine navy into U.S. armed forces. The move, along with severed economic ties, signals full preparedness in the Pacific and a shift away from appeasement policies.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Philippine Navy
America
Philippines
Pacific
Japan Mobilizes Forces for Southeast Asia Invasion Talks
CHUNGKING July 27 reports say Japan demanded Thailand join the new East Asia order and dispatched 20 troop transports from Canton toward Indo China. An estimated 250000 Japanese recruits mobilized July 7 to 18, with Manchukuo hosting 70 divisions. Japanese navy blocked Tsushima Straits en route Vladivostok as U S freezes Japanese assets.
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Chungking
China
Board of Military
Japan
Thailand
East Asia
Canton
Laos
Cambodia
Indo-China
Manchkuo
Korea
North China
Tsushima
Russian Pacific
Vladivostok
Shikoku
United States
Trade Between U S and Japan Halted By Asset Freeze
SAN FRANCISCO July 26 UP Trade between United States and Japan totaling more than 100 million dollars annually was halted tonight under retaliatory asset freezes by both nations. Japanese American commerce continued to Page Seven.
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San Francisco
United States
Japan
Peru and Ecuador Stop Hostilities
Reports from Guayaquil and Quito say Peruvian Ecuadorian border hostilities ceased at 6 p m. A Peruvian informant noted calm in El Oro while Peruvians attacked Macara in Loja province after protests over a consulate coat of arms incident. Gunboat Calderon and dispatch boat Atahualpa arrived from Puerto Bolivar with minor damage in clashes near Jambeli. Sunter Welles urged acceptance of Argentine peace proposal. both nations have replied favorably.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Buenos Aires
Quito
Macara
Loja
el Oro
Ecudor
Puerto Bolivar
Calderon
Atahualpa
Jambeli
United States
Sumner Welles
Peru
E. S. Kerrigan Dies From Staircase Fall
E S Kerrigan, 39, co owner of the Carlsbad Current Argus, died in Tulsa after a fall at his home. He moved to Oklahoma in 1939 and served as sports editor of the Tulsa Tribune and a reporter for the Tulsa World.
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Tulsa
Okla
Edwin S. Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Carlsbad
N. M
Argus
Oklahoma
Tulsa Tribune
Tulsa World
Youth Week opens with four Roswell churches program
Four Roswell churches initiate Youth Week tonight at First Methodist with open forum sessions and a 7 30 Sunday service led by James Robertson of Carlsbad. A youth carvan mission team from New Mexico Texas and Kansas will guide activities through Friday consecration service. A city wide religious census will be conducted each morning.
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Methodist
Roswell
First Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist
First Presbyterian
First Christian
Audrey Price
Bellview
N. M
Thelma Willis
Arlington
Texas
Anna Rupert
Kansas City
Kansas
Mary Frances Jones
Houston
Paul McConnell
Second
Pennsylvania
James Robertson
Carlsbad
Young Peoples Conference of
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Werome
Nazi Drive Stalled as Red Defenses Hold Front
London reports that Germany’s second blitz against Russia has been checked by Soviet and Allied resistance. Churchill and Stalin exchanged letters stressing Britain’s aid to the Soviet Union, contingent on American help. Golikov’s Washington talks with U S authorities signaled lend lease coordination.
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London
Germany
Russia
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Great Britain
United States
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Philip Ivanovitch Golikov
Washington
Jerry Hopkins
Swimming Ban at Bottomless Lakes Rescinded
Oscar Greene announced that C. E. Hollied informed him the order banning swimming in lakes other than Lea Lake at Bottomless Lakes State Park has been rescinded. The public is warned that no protection is provided at other lakes and swimming remains at swimmers risk.
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Oscar Greene
Chamber of Commerce Parks and Recreation Committee
C. E. Hollied
State Park Commission
Lea Lake
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Hollied
Chamber of Commerce
Bottomless Lakes Park
Mirror Lake
Classified ad proves effective, renter says
Mrs J D Hearn of 204 W Alameda praises classified advertising, noting Record Classified rented her apartments and declares she will place ads for rooms again, confident they will be rented.
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J. D. Hearn
W. Alameda
Record Classified
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