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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1941
Page
7
A local park committee urged safety while allowing open swimming at other lakes. They cited Lea Lake as designated with a lifeguard and ten cent dressing room fees. Some swimmers may choose other lakes, provided they swim at their own risk. The Soviet counteroffensive news update followed, noting Vyazma as a base and Russian losses after a large clash.
The Cotton Spinners Association and rayon processors held emergency meetings to reorganize production and allotments. Officials blamed US actions for disrupting Pacific trade, while stock markets fell sharply in Tokyo, signaling economic pressure as Japan weighs potential exemptions and continued oil access from the Dutch East Indies.
Senator Pepper notes dependence on foreign silk and supply markets while Roosevelt cites Japan's Indo China aggressions as the basis for freezing orders. Japanese ships hesitated to enter U S ports as the measure unfolds, with about 40 off the coast and only one in an American port. Sumner Welles says the action gives flexible control of Japanese exports imports and finance but declines to discuss a full embargo or Japan's credit freezes.
U S forces push toward Indo China with potential consequences for the Dutch East Indies, straits settlements, and Australia as Roosevelt signals further measures. An embargo and seizure of Japanese ships in American harbors may come, while credits are frozen and U S and Japanese relations worsen. The fleet at Lahaina Roads remains on alert as Philippine forces mobilize under a long-planned plan.
British daylight raids with four motor American built bombers struck Emden as Berlin was hit in heavy raids. The air ministry noted the fortresses can fly at high altitudes, with reports of Gneisenau damage and ongoing night raids. RAF attacks also hit Hamburg and Hanover while vessels and patrols were engaged off Boulogne.
The article reports RAF bombing of Emden, Berlin, Hamburg, and Hanover with Stirlings and four-motored craft. It notes Italian claims of sinking 70,000 tons of British shipping and torpedo actions at La Valetta, Malta, while British forces claim Malta's convoy fate remained secure. In the Far East the Allies target Japan economically, freezing assets and ending trade treaties, hurting Japanese imports. The Dutch seek security with Britain and Australia as Canada acts against Japanese shipping.
Britain and Australia pledge stiff measures in response to Japan occupying Indo China. Netherlands and exiled Dutch officials back a Pacific defense arc from Burma to Australia. Freezing actions touch South Africa, Bombay, Singapore, and Malay states as Washington and London curb Japan's imports via a 86 percent dependency share.
The Admiralty signaled a risky Sicilian route suggesting enemy bases while British forces claimed a largely damage free convoy through three days of Axis air and sea attacks. They reported destroying about a score of Axis aircraft, 12 or more Italian E-boats, and an Italian submarine amid several engagements centered on Sicily and Malta.
The report describes freezing orders crippling trade with Japan, delaying three Japanese vessels and an Asama Maru bound for Honolulu, plus a mystery about Taruta Maru with 270 passengers and silk valued at $3 million. It notes potential $50 million annual losses for San Francisco and other regional impacts on California cotton, oil exports, and overall coast trade.
In Washington on July 26 the Soviet Union announced confidence in victory and established a distinguished military mission in the capital. The mission will coordinate with Britain and the United States, parallel the British purchasing mission, and handle ordering, inspection of finished work, and fulfillment of Soviet orders for war materials for Russia and its allies.
Santa Fe announces the August petroleum allowable for New Mexico is 112990 barrels daily, following the U S Bureau of Mines recommendation. The July allowance was 108000 barrels daily.
In the harbor at La Valetta the convoy was repulsed by coast defenses and the royal air force with at least 12 E-boats sunk. Admiral Alexander hailed the convoy as a memorable naval achievement while the Admiralty denied Italian claims of sinking 70,000 tons of merchant shipping from the British convoy.
Reports say some of the war’s fiercest clashes unfold in the Smolensk region as Nazi spearheads push along the main highway toward the Soviet capital. The German high command notes pursuit of the beaten enemy continues on the front, but bad roads and weather slow the offensive in its sixth week, while Soviet forces encircled north of Smolensk struggle to break the ring.
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