Japan Seeks New Move Into Thailand In Asia Widening War
Reports from Bangkok say Japan offered Cambodia and Laos to Thailand in exchange for allegiance to a new regional order, risking anger from Britain and the United States. Tokyo’s push follows a breach of the French Indo Chinese protocol and prompts protests over possible bases and territorial rights in Southeast Asia. Continued on Page Five.
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Laos
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Tokyo
Malaya
Indo-China
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State Department
White House
Senate
Discrimination Against Pecos Valley Cotton Protested
The Roswell Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee protested government cotton loan discrimination against irrigated Pecos Valley Mesilla Valley Rio Grande Valley and West Texas cotton. Senators and representative were asked to intervene and have replied they would push for removal of the bias. The group says irrigated Pecos Valley cotton is unfairly valued lower than humid southern cotton, lowering mills’ purchasing power. Pecos Valley cotton is high standard and has earned premiums in the past.
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Pecos Valley
Agricultural Committee
Roswell
Carol and Elena to Stay in Reforma Hotel Suite
Mexico City July 29 Former King Carol of Romania and Mme Elena Lupescu expected to arrive today from Vera Cruz after traveling by steamer from Havana. They were to stay in the presidential suite of the Hotel Reforma joining Vera Cruz visit.
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Mexico City
Carol of Romania
Mme
Elena Lupescu
Vera Cruz
Reforma
Havana
Local Weather Report Ends at 11 30 am Today
Temperature readings at 3 hour intervals show yesterday afternoon and today morning values with highs near 86 and 85 degrees, lowest around 66, and a peak 108 noted in the data. Precipitation trace in the last 24 hours, monthly total 3.82 inches, year to date 19.82 inches, with normals 2.16 and 7.65 respectively. Sunrise 5 09, sunset 6 59, day length 13.8 hours.
Greatest Battle Of All Time Rages On Red Nazi Front
Churchill in parliament says the United States advances to the verge of war as Soviet claims counterattacks reach all major fronts. U boats claim sinking 19 British ships totaling 116 500 tons in a Atlantic convoy raid, with a destroyer and corvette also reported sunk. Churchill defends war production and notes US aid growing in strength.
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Atlantic
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United States
Germany
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Russia
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Kiev
High Command
White Sox edge A's 1 0 in opener of AL race
Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 1 to 0 to open a three game series that will decide fourth place in the American League. Luke Appling drove in Taft Wright with a fourth inning triple for the only run as the Sox shaded Philadelphia. Batteries Smith Turner Marchildon Wagner.
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Philadelphia
Chicago White Sox
Athletics
Luke Appling
Taft Wright
Smith
Turner
Marchildon
Wagner
Baseball Scores and Battery Assignments From New York to Pittsburgh
Scoreline snippet shows New York versus Cincinnati and Brooklyn versus St Louis with listed battery pairs. Boston and Pittsburgh collide with combined pitchers and catchers named, while Philadelphia meets Chicago with a set of batteries including Pearson and Beck and others.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Pearson
Beck
Grissom
Warren
Lee
French and McCullough
State Guard UNH Holds First Meeting
Roswell's newly formed State Guard unit met at the armory for its first gathering. Captain Walden Bassett leads three officers and 31 enlisted men including 1st Lt Lea Rowland and 2nd Lt Hinton Wilmot. Regular drills set for Mondays at 7:30 with training by unit officers and seasoned members.
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Roswell
State Guard
Walden Bassett
Lea Rowland
Hinton Wilmot
Drowned Cow Pulled From The Hondo
A cow drowned after falling from the center pier of Kentucky Avenue bridge into the Hondo river was pulled out by city workers and buried in 45 minutes from 4:45 to 5:30. A truck assisted the recovery. Ownership unknown. The Hondo ran nearly full through town due to heavy rains west of Roswell.
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Kentucky Avenue
Hondo River
Roswell
Hardy Day Observed For Erle L Hardy In Albuquerque
The Albuquerque Kiwanis Club will honor Erle L Hardy tomorrow with a Hardy Day luncheon. Hardy, head of the local weather bureau, is being promoted to Fort Worth Texas and will explain the influence of baseball on New Mexico weather at the gathering.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuquerque Kiwanis Club
Hardy
Erle L. Hardy
Fort Worth
Tex
New Mexico
Britain Rejects Any Peace Offer to Crush Hitler
London July 29 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden rejects any thought of peace with Hitler. He said Britain hopes for United States aid to help reconstruct Europe and keep peace through the generations, both now and then. Continued to Page Eight.
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Hitler
London
Anthony Eden
Europe
United States
Ask Congress Tomorrow Price Control Powers
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for price control legislation in a message to be sent tomorrow. Senate Majority Leader Barkley reported general policy agreement on the proposed measure, though a final draft was not yet finished. The plan seeks legislative sanction for government actions to prevent defense program price rises beyond reasonable levels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
McCormick Dies After Being Struck Near Artesia
Horace M. McCormick, 60, a Pecos Valley resident for 35 years, died from injuries after being hit by a car while crossing Highway 285 near his farm north of Artesia. Witnesses said he appeared confused after alighting from a car and ran into the roadway as the other driver could not avoid him.
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Artesia
Horace M. McCormick
Pecos Valley
McCormick
Senator Clark proposes U S take over Latin America and Canada
Washington July 29 Senator Clark a Democratic senator from Idaho urged the United States to assume control of all Latin America and Canada except a few holdouts in his view. He criticized the good neighbor policy as a failure and suggested using soldiers in the hemisphere, even mentioning puppet governments as a possible method to extend U S influence.
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Washington
Clark
Europe
United States
Building Permits Issued for Two Local Structures
Miss Lucille Bates files permit for a frame building at 707 South Michigan costing 2500 dollars. James M. Hill secures permit to construct apartments and a business building at 304 6 West 3rd with a 6000 dollar valuation.
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Lucille Bates
South Michigan
James M. Hill
West 3Rd
Low Bid For Units For Flying School
The Lembke Construction Company of Albuquerque submitted a low bid of $427,688 for constructing 125 living units for civilian and enlisted personnel at the Las Vegas gunnery flying school, the Public Buildings Administration announced.
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Washington
Lembke Construction Company of
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Nev
Public Buildings Administration
Merger Cuts 9743 Jobs Across Treasury Offices
Consolidation of 50 field accounting and disbursing offices into 19 regional offices puts New Mexico Wyoming and Colorado under Denver HQ. Dismissals number 9743 employees by September 30.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New Mexico
Wyoming
Colorado
Denver
German protest over Belmonte letter in Bolivia plot
Berlin notes to South American governments call the Belmonte letter false and warn of Nazi plots. German sources blame the Dies committee for provoking an Argentine inquiry and suggest US pressure to push South American bases. Berlin cites a broad anti Roosevelt sentiment in foreign press and officials.
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Belmonte
Bolivia
Ae Aus Deutschland
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Wilhelmstrasse
Elias Belmonte Paron
Ernst Wendler
la Paz
U. S
Dies Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Dienst
Roosevelt
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Rejections Lead To Readvertisement Of Raton Underpass
Santa Fe New Mexico reports that the state highway department will re-advertise for bids to build an underpass under the Santa Fe railroad tracks at Raton after rejecting all offers at a recent bid opening. Office engineer Clyde Faulk said the low bid of 149 thousand 666 dollars came from Frank Kenney of Denver, about 20 thousand dollars below earlier estimates.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Highway Department
Raton
Clyde Faulk
Frank Kenney
Denver
Faulk
New Mexico School Mergers Save Funds
State superintendent Grace Corrigan announced that consolidating school districts under a new statute saves about 132000 dollars annually. She praised parents and local boards for supporting cost reductions through consolidation.
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Santa FE
N. M
Grace Corrigan
New Mexico
WPA approves 53148 for Santa Rosa junior high school
Presidential approval of a 531,148 WPA allotment for construction of a new Santa Rosa junior high school was reported from Washington today to Mayor L. A. Thornton in Santa Rosa New Mexico.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
Santa Rosa Junior High
Washington Today
L. A. Thornton
Churchill Warns Britain Worst In War Is Not Over
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britain of a potential German invasion in September and urged maximum vigilance by Sept. 1. He rejected calls for a war production minister and noted the severance of relations with Finland. He praised Russia and the United States but warned the worst is not over, stressing German resources and the danger of complacency.
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Britain
London
Winston Churchill
Finland
Russia
United States
England
Large Auto Court To Be Built North of Roswell
E. V. Overman of Oklahoma announced plans to build a large auto court just north of Roswell on North Main Street. The 2 1/2 acre tract, bought from H. B. Sallee via Vickers Investment Co., offers 300 feet of highway frontage and 280 feet depth. About $50,000 will be spent with contract likely to be let next week. Overman traveled the Southwest seeking a good site and chose Roswell as the best location.
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Oklahoma
Main Street
H. B. Sallee
Vickers Investment Co. Mx
Overman
Roswell
Aluminum drive piles up scrap for defense from 11 counties
The scrap aluminum drive is piling up truckloads for defense. State defense coordinator G. D. Macy told Mayor Tingley that Albuquerque will receive all aluminum from McKinley, Sandoval, Bernalillo, Valencia, Torrance, San Juan, Guadalupe, Quay, Curry, De Baca and Socorro. Contributions will be stored locally, county by county, until orders arrive to ship elsewhere.
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N. M
G. D. Macy
Tingley
McKinley
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Bernalillo
Valencia
Torrance
San Juan
Guadalupe
Quay
Curry
de Baca
Socorro
Oil production totals rise in weekly US report
Daily crude oil production in the United States rose by 182,990 barrels to 3,865,365 for the week ended July 26, according to the Oil and Gas Journal. Texas output increased by 197,340 to 1,428,610 barrels, while the Rocky Mountain region fell by 1,870 to 107,670 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Rocky Marine
Counter Attacks Reported Across Major Battlefront
Soviet counter attacks have spread to all front sectors in one of history’s great battles. Germans push in Smolensk and Zhitomir regions face firm resistance as Red Army forces hold key rail and highway hub at Smolensk after 12 days of combat. Heavy German losses described, trench fighting reported in the north near Parkhov.
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Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Parkhov
New Mexico Power Projects Discussed by Rio Grande Basin
The Rio Grande basin committee of the National Resources Planning Board met to review two hydroelectric schemes for New Mexico. Plans include the San Juan trans-mountain water diversion and a White Rock Canyon dam between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Washington announced the San Juan project’s tentative inclusion in a western power developments list submitted to a Senate subcommittee.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande Basin
National Resources Planning Board
New Mexico
Engineering and Water Commissions
Colorado
Texas
San Juan
White Rock Canyon
Santa Fe
Washington
Colorado River
Continental Divide
Rio Grande
Reclamation Bureau
Senate
Convoy System For Liquor Runners
Oklahoma City reports Uncle Sam facing convoy trouble as liquor runners moving from Texas into dry Oklahoma adopt a convoy system. U S district attorney Charles E Dierker says convoys lead liquor trucks and signal them when spotted, reflecting war report ideas.
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Oklahoma City
Uncle Sam
England
Texas
Oklahoma
Charles E. Dierker
U. S
Dierker
You ll Find Good Buys in Record Classifieds
Mrs J Max Littell of 1308 N Ky says she reads Record classifieds for many reasons. She notes she has used them often with excellent results and occasionally finds a good buy. The ad section pays to keep up with the classifieds.
Classified Surprises Demand Quick Action for Good Buys
It notes that daily reading makes surprises in classifieds essential and urges quick responses for real bargains termed good buys by Mrs. Littell. The message emphasizes acting now to avoid missing items.
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