New Mexico Military Institute Grants 149 Diplomas
One hundred forty nine first classmen, the largest NMMI class in 43 years, will receive diplomas at Cahoon Armory tomorrow at 8 15 am. Governor Miles will present diplomas. Dr E L Overholser of Washington State College will deliver the address. Cadet sergeant Charles Coleman Martin Jr of Hot Springs will give the valedictory.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Cahoon Armory
John E. Miles
E. L. Overholser
Overholser
Washington State College
Charles Coleman Martin, Jr
Hot Springs
N. M
Corps of Cadets
Institute
Martin
Continue Appeal For Funds To Aid Flood Victims
Red Cross officers in Chaves county again urged subscriptions to flood relief funds for Carlsbad victims. With the goal near $50,000, statewide support is requested as Carlsbad faces a large post flood task. Contributions range from $1 to $100 and may be left at First National Bank Equitable Building & Loan and Chamber of Commerce. donations also taken at Dexter Hagerman and Lake Arthur.
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Chaves County
Red Cross
Carlsbad
Roswell
First National Bank
Equitable Building & Loan Association
Chamber of Commerce
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
One Runway Open For Landings At Roswell Airport
Continental Airlines will use the east west runway at Roswell airport for landings while other runways are oiled. Despite wind variations, landings are expected 85 to 90 percent of days until project completion. Normal operations resumed after rain slowed field.
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Roswell
Continental Airlines
Continental
Local Weather Temperature Readings Summary Card
Temperature readings show intervals through 24 hours ending 11 30 today with highs near 87 and low around 58. Precipitation none in 24 hours ending 11 30 today. year to date 3.97 inches. Sunrise at 4 50, sunset 17 02, day length 14.2 hours.
Holiday fatalities in the U S over week end
New Mexico reports five deaths from floods and autos during Memorial Day weekend as nationwide toll reaches 459 deaths. California leads with 52 fatalities, including 35 on highways, nine drownings, eight misc. Michigan records 43 deaths. Notable losses include two young children in a Pecos river wagon accident and Lyman Gilliland drowned near Roswell.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
National Safety Council
California
Michigan
Pecos River
Anton Chico
Lucero
Tecolotito
Las Vegas
Lyman Gilliland
Carlsbad
Berrendo River
Roswell
Lynn Kemper, Jr
Denver
la Bajada Hill
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Cruz Otero
WPA
Capitan
Carrizozo
Guards Proposed for Carlsbad Elephant Butte Dams
Washington reports the reclamation bureau recommends congress protection funds for Carlsbad and Elephant Butte in New Mexico. Six thousand dollars for guards during 1942 plus six thousand for the Rio Grande project power plant and dam at Elephant Butte. A federal power commission call for a special supervisor and added day and night guards is noted as fears of sabotage rise. The testimony cites 800 million dollars invested in western irrigation works and risk to residents below reservoirs if breached.
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Washington
Carlsbad Reclamation Project
Elephant Butte Dam
New Mexico
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
West
Bureau
Interior Department
Rio Grande Project
Elephant Butte
Federal Power Commission
Fort Stanton
FPC
F. O. Hagie
National Reclamation Association
Hagie
Pioneer James Duncan Dies at 90 in New Mexico
James Scott Duncan, a 90 year old pioneer New Mexico Indian fighter and political figure, died Saturday night in Las Vegas. A statehood campaign leader, he came to the territory as a trooper in 1866 and later ran in freight business ventures. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
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Las Vegas
N. M
James Scott Duncan
New Mexico
Duncan
War Priorities Act Signed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed a wartime priorities act allowing mandatory priorities on orders or contracts for foreign governments under the lease lend terms and, in some cases, to government or private industry. The measure expands the prior use beyond army and navy contracts and extends to iron ore shipments enabling Canadian vessels to carry ore between Great Lakes ports during the 1941 season.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
White House
Army
Navy
Office of Production Management
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
OPM
England
Two Children Drown After Wagon Incident in Pecos River
In Tecolito near Anton Chico Guadalupe Guadalupe San Miguel counties and Las Vegas mounted unit aided recovery of two children from the Pecos river. Jesus Lucero aged 16 months and Adela Lucero aged three were pulled from the water after a wagon wheel struck a rock and overturned while fording the stream. The incident left Fabiola and Adres Lucero as survivors.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Pecos River
Tecolito
Anton Chico
Jesus Lucero
Arsenio Lucero
Adela Lucero
Lucero
May Sales Tax Receipts Totals Rise In New Mexico
New Mexico sales tax collections for May reached 354773, up 18332 from May last year and 27998 from April. Compensation tax in May was 34145, down 7230 from a year earlier.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Walpole Dead at 57 in London
Sir Hugh Walpole, renowned novelist, died in London at age 57 from a heart attack after a week of illness. An obituary noted there would be no mourning by his request, and that he continued writing as naturally as breathing throughout his life.
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London
Sir Hugh Walpole
Hugh
Commencement Horse Show Opens With Large Cadet Crowd
A grand commencement horse show by Institute cadets drew the largest crowd ever at the institute this morning. Winners list includes Woolworth Trophy horsemanship first year basic class with A. V. Pace leading, Col. Holman trophy open jumping winner H. A. Morris, Stewart Trophy polo ponies light weight won by J. S. Dublin, Roswell Laundry Trophy heavy weight polo ponies first place S. H. Stokes, Pecos Valley Drug Co. Trophy horsemanship second year advanced, and G. T. Watts Trophy first year advanced horsemanship.
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Institute
Woolworth Trophy
A. V. Pace
L. Chandler
R. M. Miller
W. P. Thompson
Col. Mholman
H. A. Morris
N. M. M. I. Cadets Award Winners Named at Commencement
Awards for honors won by N M M I Cadets were presented at Sunday and today ceremonies. W P King received Polo Trophy and Polo Marked Ability honors. R B Jowell earned Polo Accuracy. L S Wilcox won Veterans of Foreign Wars Medal. R D Cleve led basic rifle score. H B Pearson topped basic rifle team scores. Dillman and Pearson received Ackerman-Fuller medals. Jason W James rifle medals list multiple cadets including J E O'Neal and W R Simpson. Continued to page eight.
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Cecil Kyte Polo
W. P. King
Sears Roebuck
J. R. Puffer
von Tempsky
Corp. C
Jason W. James
Dillman
R. J
Wunnicke
C. E
O’neal
J. E
Nobles
J. B
Mills
R. G
Simpson
W. R
Bock
F. G
Cook
H. C
Etienne
W. J
Dumke
E. R
Great Physical Development Of Cadets At N M M I
Cadet records at New Mexico Military Institute show striking gains over two years. The corps added weight, height, and measurements across body parts with new cadets often posting the largest increases. Cadet groups, by troop and sport, display varied strongest gains in weight, chest, thighs, and waists amid overall robust development.
Cardinals halt Dodgers streak in 5-4 win
St Louis Cardinals ended Brooklyn Dodgers nine game win streak and took sole first place with a 5-4 victory. Johnny Hopp triple and Jimmy Brown long fly produced the deciding run in the ninth after the Dodgers tied in the eighth. Batteries White Krist Shoun Mancuso and Owen vs Wicker M Brown Swift Davis Owen.
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Cards
Dodgers
Brooklyn
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ohnny Hopp
Jimmy Brown
St. Louis
White
Krist
Shoun
Mancuso
Wicker
M. Brown
Swift
Davis
Owen
Batters lineup and scores from early baseball games
New York 020 11 Cleveland 210 02 Batteries Russo and Rosar Feller and Hemsley. Boston 320 300 1 Detroit 100 0000 Batteries Dobson and Pytlak Newsom Thomas and Tebbetts. Washington 000 012 Chicago 001 000 Batteries Sundra and Early Dietrich and Tresh Philadelphia at St. Louis rain.
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New York
Cleveland
Russo
Rosar
Feller
Hemsley
Boston
Detroit
Dobson
Pytlak
Newsom
Thomas and
Tebbetts
Washington
Chicago
Dietrich
Tresh
Inquest Held Over Lyman Gilliland Death
An inquest was held this morning into the death of Lyman A. Gilliland whose body was found on the Berrendo river bank after his car was washed from a draw. The jury returned a verdict that the death was caused by accidental drowning.
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Lyman A. Gilliland
Berrendo
City Beautiful Mrs C M Coper Seeks Unusual Flowers
Mrs C M Coper of 1104 North Lea seeks guidance on classification for a yellow hollyhock described as unusual flowers. The inquiry notes a city beauty context and asks for horticultural categorization assistance.
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C. M. Coper
N. Lea
British Able To Take 15,000 Men From Fallen Crete
London reports that Crete fell and France allied with the Axis, narrowing the Mediterranean as a link to the Middle East. Observers say Britain must send vast tonnage of munitions to bolster Suez defenses with hopes of U.S. help. Suez now serves mainly as an outlet for British ships in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Fallen
Crete
London
Darlan
France
Mediterranean
Britain
Middle East
United States
Suez Canal
Suez
Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr Crile at Cadet Graduation
Dr. Austin D Crile delivered a down to earth baccalaureate urging cadet graduates to be strong vigorous men and to follow the sermon on the mount as their life rule. He warned against propaganda and urged study and fact checking as the service filled Lea Hall with a cadet concert orchestra and vocal solo performances.
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Austin D. Crile
Institute
Dr. Crile
Lea Hall
F. E. Hunt
Crusaders
S. M. Schlofman
E. P. Riede
R. S. Plummer
A. L. MacLea
H. P. Saunders, Jr
Lee Henrichs
Woolley
W. W
Harris
O. S
McNatt
R. L
Smith
G. F
Pope Pius XII Outlines Moral Principles In Radio Address
In a Vatican radio broadcast marking the 50th anniversary of Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, Pope Pius XII spoke on fundamental social values. He urged balancing use of material goods, labor and family, warned against excessive state interference, and affirmed individual and family rights across physical spiritual and moral life.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Leo XIII
Snow in Amarillo on June First Stuns Texas Panhandle
Snow fell in Amarillo Texas on June 1 announcing a rare weather event for the Panhandle. A brief flurry was followed by rain and hail as residents noted the unusual cold spell in the normally hot area.
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Texas Panhandle
Mediterranean Closer to Axis as Hitler Mussolini Meet
Informants in London say the Mediterranean is effectively an Axis sea after Hitler and Mussolini renewed a complete agreement at Brenner Pass. The fall of Crete and France’s Axis alignment have severed the sea link to Britain, making transit perilous for warships amid two bottlenecks. The Brenner talks mark another major phase in the war as the two dictators confer for hours.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Mediterranean
London
Crete
France
Britain
Middle East
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Greece
Berlin
Musso
Middle Rio Grande District Shaky, Commissioner Says
Washington June 2 The Bureau of Reclamation chief told a Senate subcommittee the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District in New Mexico has a finances so shaky it needs rejuvenation A joint physical and financial review is under way to determine river works and project viability The Army and bureau plan surveys on river silting and sand management with approval anticipated soon.
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Washington
John C. Page
Bureau of Reclamation
Senate Appropriations
Rio Grande Conservancy
New Mexico
Senate
Interior Department
Congress
Chavez
D-Nm
Reclamation Bureau
Rio Grande District
Page
Elephant Butte Dam
Bureau
Army
Expert Praises Roswell Classifieds Spirit of Enterprise
Miss Edith Hull advertising expert from Chicago New York and Palm Beach visits Roswell and praises The Record's classified page as a sign of the town's up to date spirit. She says she knew Roswell possessed enterprise and is delighted with the town.
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Edith Hull
Roswell
Chicago
New York
Palm Beach
Roswell Praise Marks Classified Estimate
Thanks to Miss Hull the message expresses appreciation for Roswell meeting expectations and acknowledges a favorable estimate of classified work. The tone is gratitude and approval without additional details.
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Dr. Overholser
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A.m
U. S
Mexico
Pioneer
Pecos
Walpole
N.M.M.I
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Cubs
Philadelphia
Danny Letwhiler
Pirates
Dick Errickson
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Lanning
Wilkie
Lopez
Errickson
Berres
A. D. Crile
Riede
E. P
Plummer
R. S
Glamann
Hewitt
E. L
Hall
J. F
Artschwager
R. E
Pope
Amarillo
Tex
Axis
Cenfer
Rio Grande
Miss Hull
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