Fierce Libyan fighting continues as Rommel presses
London reports Churchill in Commons saying Rommel’s drive against Tobruk was foreseen and likely failed. He cites captured documents indicating Rommel aimed to defeat British forces and seize Tobruk. Yet Auchinleck warns battle is not over as fighting rages with high tank losses on both sides.
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London
Churchill
Libya
Irwin Rommel
Rommel
Tobruk
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
United States
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
North African Front
Page
Russian Army In New Jab At Germans
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army attacking German lines at two points northwest of Moscow in Kalinin and another northwest sector. The offensives aim to keep the enemy on the defensive and prevent his own counter offensive. No major changes in positions were noted.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kalinin
Local Weather Readings and Temperatures for 24 Hours
Temperature readings at three hour intervals over 24 hours ending 11 30 am show highs of 88 and lows of 59. Normal values are 87 and 58. Precipitation 0 in the last 24 hours, month to date 0, year to date 2.95. Sunrise 5 50, sunset 8 02, day length 14.2 hours.
Germans Fleeing From Rhineland To Escape Bombs
Allied air assaults devastate Essen and threaten German industry as 1,036 British planes raid the Reich in a night of heavy bombing. Churchill forecasts greater efforts with U S air support while Germans flee the Rhineland amid mass evacuations and continued raids across northern France.
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Rhineland
Associated Press
Germany
Essen
Krupp
Winston Churchill
Reich
Churchill
United States
Adolf Hitler
Cologne
New York Times
Gravelines
Hardelote
France
Fock Wolff
Gene Schuck Appointed Local Chairman of ODT
Gene Schuck of Hill Lines Incorporated named local chairman of the Office of Defense Transportation by the state advisory board. He will oversee rubber, equipment and manpower rulings and advise on carrier and delivery regulations. Rulings may change and are on file with Schuck at 121 East Third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Schuck
Hill Lines Incorporated
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Schuck
East Third
Large UN convoy reaches North Russia after U boat war
A large United Nations convoy carrying American and British war supplies to Russia reached a north Russian port after five days of battles with German U boats and over 100 Nazir planes. The Admiralty called this period the most difficult of the year for Arctic convoys, noting only six or seven allied ships were sunk despite German claims of 18 ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
Russia
Admiralty
Roosevelt Seeks War on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania
President Roosevelt urged Congress to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania arguing they declared war on the United States as instruments of Hitler. He cited their military activities against the United Nations and plans to extend them. The message was sent to the House of Representatives as the Senate was not in session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
House of Representatives
United States
Hitler
United Nations
Senate
Star Actors Now Show For Uncle Sam On Broadway
A 300 member cast of performers serving in the army will star in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army opening July 4 at a Broadway theater. The highest paid is staff sergeant Ezra Stone at $72 per month. others earn from $21 to $72 monthly as they perform under wartime constraints at Camp Upton during rehearsal.
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New York
Sam
Gold- Wyn
Hollywood
Salares
Mr. Whiskers
Irving Berlin
Broadway
Berlin
Uncle Sam
Ezra Stone
Stewart Churchill
Earl Oxford
Joe Cook
Jules Oshins
Ntight
Shins
Lessy
Fred Kelly
Gene
Camp Upton
Timber Deal Costly To State Asplund Asserts
Santa Fe New Mexico June 2 Director Rupert Asplund of the State Taxpayers Association says the land commissioner transfer of a 50,000,000 foot lumber contract to Howell Gage of Eddy County caused a substantial loss to the state and may be questionable. Gage is Eddy County sheriff. The contract was transferred three weeks before a 20 percent timber price rise. land officials could have cancelled and rebid for better terms. The timber, in Otero County, originally was owned by W. S. Cook Lumber of Oklahoma City, relinquished, then assigned to Longwell and to Gage in 1941 at $2 per thousand. Subsequent March and April contracts averaged over $3 to $5.25 per thousand.
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Santa FE
N. M
Rupert Asplund
State Taxpayers’ Association
Howell Gage
Eddy County
Asplund
Gage
H. R. Rodgers
Otero County
W. S. Cook Lumber Company
Oklahoma City
T. B. Longwell
Longwell
Army hospital to be built in Santa Fe
Senator Dennis Chavez announced that a new $4,000,000 Army hospital with 1,560 beds will be started soon on the southern edge of Santa Fe New Mexico. The site was chosen to house the facility in the near future.
Allied Raids Sink Japanese Subs and Air Bases
Allied airmen conducted three night raids on Japanese bases with no losses and damaged or destroyed nine of 30 attacking aircraft. MacArthur announced two of three Japanese midget submarines wrecked in Sydney harbor were located and recovered. one buried with a torpedo visible. Divers hauled hulks for inspection. Six naval personnel died, 13 missing or believed dead, and ten injured after a ferry depot ship was fatally damaged by a torpedo explosion near shore.
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Port Moresby
Comraunique
Douglas MacArthur
Sydney Harbor
Navy
J. M. Makin
Australia
Diplomas Awarded To 141 Graduates At The Institute
Governor John E. Miles presented diplomas to 141 New Mexico Military Institute graduates at a morning commencement in the new auditorium. The large audience filled 1500 seats as Major General Innis P. Swift praised discipline as essential to soldiers, noting its role in America's fighting record. Governor Miles urged graduates entering military service to pursue further schooling and training, while cadet sergeant Alden McCheskey Evans of Fort Worth led the valedictory. Certificates were distributed to 104 high school cadets, and the program opened with The Star Spangled Banner and prayers prior to commissioning notes for 38 cadets.
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New Mexico Military Institute
John E. Miles
Innis P. Swift
Fort Bliss
Texas
Swift
Bataan Peninsula
America
Miles
Passie
New Mexico
Alden McCheskey Evans
Fort Worth
F. S. Wright
Austin D. Crile
Institute
H. P. Saunders
Cavalry
Reserve
T. C
Junior College
Evans
A. M
Wertheim
R. H
MacLean
A. L
McInnis
N. P
Lovering
E. i
Pearson
T. L
Spencer
A. N
M. T
Tolleson
J. N
Simmons
J. P
Anderson
J. E
Lusk
J. F
Penasco Recovery Seen After Severe Floods
Sidelights on the News notes flood damage from Mayhill to Pinon crossing in the Penasco valley. Farmers show resiliency after government aid and restoration efforts, with orchards and fields ruined but back toward recovery at sites like the Boyd Williams ranch. Continued to Page Seven.
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Penasco
Mayhill
Pinon Crossing
Austin Reeves
Boyd Williams
Cotton Futures Slide To New Low On Liquidation
New York June 2 broad scale liquidation pushed cotton futures down two dollars a bale to the lowest level since late February. Deliveries from July through January fell under the 19 percent level on the break. Uncertainty over Roosevelt's order on duty free raw material imports and ongoing Washington legislative ambiguity fueled the selling.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Annual Meeting of Cha ves County Taxpayers Association
The Cha ves County Taxpayers Association will meet Thursday night at 7 30 in the Chamber of Commerce air conditioned rooms. Officers will be elected and six proposed amendments to the state constitution, notably the second and sixth, will be discussed. The meeting will be brief and targeted to taxpayers.
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Chaves County
Meeting Tonight For Employers In Roswell Area
Employers and farmers in Roswell and nearby areas are urged to attend a 7 30 tonight meeting at Junior High School on occupational deferment under Selective Service. Brig Gen Chariton state director and Lieut Commander Cook will lead the briefing.
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Roswell
Chariton
Selective Service
Cook
Kiwanis Inside Talk on Oil and Rubber Relief
Kiwanis club heard Hiram Dow of the national oil compact commission describe distressing oil and rubber conditions but offered a hopeful timeline for relief. Dow warned of sinking state revenues while noting pipeline plans. W. O. Montgomery and Henry Barber were elected directors and Lake J. Frazier named program director for the next quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Mr. Dow
National Oil Compact Commission
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Dow
W. O. Montgomery
Henry Barber
Lake J. Frazier
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
Brooklyn or Pittsburgh 011 batteries Weber and Owen Wilkie Lanning and Lopez. Philadelphia 000 0000 Cincinnati 000 0000 batteries Johnson and Livingston Riddle and Lamanno. New York Chicago 0 batteries Schumacher and Danning Lee and McCullough. Boston at St Louis night game. Cleveland 100 101 Boston 000 000 batteries Harder and Hogan Wagener Dobson and Conroy. Lee at New York postponed Detroit at Philadelphia night St Louis at Washington night
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Weber
Owen
Wilkie, Lanning and Lopez
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Johnson and Livingston
Riddle and Lamanno
New York
Chicago
Schumacher
Danning
Lee
McCullough
Cleveland
Harder
Hogan
Wagener
Dobson
Conroy
RAF Strikes Essen Ruhr Arsenal in Major German Raid
London reports 1036 RAF planes attacked Essen focusing on the Krupp munitions works. Churchill says the two raids mark a new, harsher phase in Britain’s air offensive against Germany and promises greater strength with US air support. 25 bombers failed to return.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Germany
Essen
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Krupp
United States
Cologne
House of Commons
Cologne Raid Kills 20000 and Wounds 54000
New York report cites private advices from neutral observers in Berlin. RAF raid on Cologne killed about 20,000 and wounded 54,000, many critically, triggering mass evacuation of Cologne and other Rhine towns toward Munich. Industries hit include a majority of chemical and machine tool plants.
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New York
Cologne
Rhineland
New York Times
Berlin
Munich
Aachen
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Mainz
Two Line Ad Delivers Jobs and Help
A two line classified ad by Mrs. John B. Beers drew both a house keeper and a new job for her, effectively turning her listing into an informal employment agency. She asked to kill the ad as its success overwhelmed her bylines.
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John B. Beers
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Coalie
Eaea
Arriva
Last Light
North
Rostock
Baltic
Royal Air Force
Britain
Rumania
General Swift
Will Robinson
The
Annual Meeting of Taxpayers’ Assn
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Geo. P. Knapp
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