Frakes British Clamor For Action Against The French
The British public clamors for action as RAF bomb Beirut oil depot in French ruled Lebanon. Britain says it has precautions in regard to Syria. Cairo reports troops occupy Mosul. Kaiser Wilhelm II dies in Doorn as Germany laments Britain's maritime lifelines. A flood control plan for Roswell seeks a five mill levy for three years to widen Spring and Hondo rivers and build a low west levee.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
London
Britain
Syria
Middle East
Cairo
Mosul
Iraq
Egypt cabinet resigns amid fear of Axis advance
The Egyptian cabinet resigned amid grave war fears as British air forces bombed a petrol depot at Beirut Syria. Berlin reports Hitler sent condolences to Wilhelm II’s family. Roswell voters will decide July 8 on a five mill flood control tax for three years, funding river-boosting works with an estimated cost near 104 thousand dollars. The plan doubles Hondo and Spring River capacity to about 2,000 second feet.
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Lea Rowland
Roswell
City of Roswell
New Mexico
Spring River
Hondo
Associated Press
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
Middle East
RAF
Syria
J. M. Hervey
J. H. Mullis
Rowland
North Spring River
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Second Street
Second
Hall
Chaves County Taxpayers’ Association
Army Engineers
Captain James Roosevelt departs Cairo after Middle East observer duty
Captain James Roosevelt son of the U S president leaves Cairo after three weeks as special observer with the British Middle East Forces. He may report on Near East war material needs and recommendations for rapid delivery to the region.
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Middle East
James Roosevelt
U. S
Cairo
Egypt
Archibald Wavell
Britain
Roosevelt
Near East
Permit Granted for Flying Service at Raton
SANTA FE N M June 4 Permission to operate charter scenic and student flying services at Raton was granted by the state corporation commission today to Santa Fe and Air Trails Inc directed by Harlee Townsend of Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
N. M
Raton
State Corporation Commission
Santa Fe and Air Trails, Inc
Harlee Townsend
Mechanized But Without Weapons in Topeka Parade
In Topeka Brig. Gen. R. C. Rodgers criticized a 1500 troop mechanized parade as pitiful stating the trucks were without any guns. He noted the absence of machine guns anti aircraft guns side arms and rifles and blamed a lack of weapons from supply.
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Topeka
Will Rogers Jr and Bride Honeymoon in New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Will Rogers Jr were in Santa Fe on a ranch hunting honeymoon. The bride, daughter of the late humorist, plans a home near a pink mesa likely near Gallup for Rogers to serve a forthcoming army tour. She is a Tu l a rosa native who lived there until age three.
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Santa FE
N. M
Will Rogers
Gallup
Rogers
Local Weather Summary From 3 Hour Readings Today
Weather readings show temperatures from a low near 55 to a high near 80 with traces of precipitation. Normal highs for the date run around 88 with lows near 59. Sunrise at 4 49 and day length about 14 2 hours. Year to date precipitation totals 14.58 with month to date at 4.20.
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II Dies At Doorn Exile At 82
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm II died at his Doorn estate in the Netherlands after a prolonged illness. He was 82 and is to receive a military funeral with full honors by Hitler’s orders. Survived by wife Hermine and children including Louis Ferdinand, Karl, and Franz Joseph, with Louis Ferdinand and others present at his death.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm II
DNB
Holland
Imperial Germany
Doorn
Amsterdam
Germany
Fuehrer
Princess Hermine
Duchess of
Brunswick
Louis Ferdinand
Karl
Franz Joseph
Henrietta
Kaiserin
Pottsdam
Hohenzollern
Friedrich Wilhelm
Kaiser
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Machinists May Tie Up Work On West Coast Airplanes
California defense orders at Consolidated Aircraft Corpora tion face a strike threat as AFL International Association of Machinists Local 1125 plans a vote next Tuesday. The union seeks higher wages from 50 to 60 cents an hour with automatic raises to 75 cents, job classification, and union shop conditions for 14,000 of 16,000 Consair workers. Negotiations have stalled with no counter proposals cited. Continued to Page Four.
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AFL International Association of Machinists
Consair
Cor
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
United Mine Workers (Cio
City To Buy Its Part Of Right Of Way For highway
City council votes 7 to 2 to pay 8075 for land needed inside Roswell city limits for the U S Highway 285 alternate route. Easements for a 100 foot right of way to be secured on other tracts. Cruse property bought in fee simple. Condemnation avoided, city attorney says costs about 250 if pursued. Loaned funds from state highway department to cover purchase. Route runs about 8 miles southeast from South Main and McGaffey to near Crossroads Station.
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Roswell
Brockheuser
Burrow
Malone
R. F. Cruse
Cruse
State Highway Department
South Main
McGaffey
Crossroads Station
Dexter Road
Mayor Hall
Roy Daniel
City Council Finance Committee
Allen
Great Struggle For Control Near East Is in the Making
Britain asserts strengthened position in the Middle East by reoccupying Mosul Iraq and taking precautions in Syria to block Axis routes toward Suez. Vichy reports air attacks on Beirut oil depots, while Damascus notes French Levan main defense readiness. Baghdad martial law follows rioting as Berlin views new Iraq regime under British protection. Page Four continuation expected.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Iraq
Suez Canal
Mosul
Syria
Suez
Vichy
France
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
The
Levant
Baghdad
Berlin
House of Commons
Crete
Speeding Work On Western irrigation
The Tucumcari irrigation project in New Mexico gains Senate action to speed western reclamation work in the next fiscal year. Contracts may be let for $17.95 million across nine projects, including Tucumcari with $1.55 million under the new authority, and total reclamation funding reached $82.726 million. Senator Hayden notes expedited completion is possible with PMA approval to avoid conflicts with defense needs.
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Washington
New Mexico
Senate
House
General Treasury
Reclamation Bureau
Tucumecari
Hayden
D-Ariz
Office of Production Management
Weather Conditions Forecast for Roswell and Vicinity
Light rain fell in parts of the northern and central Rockies and central Texas with light to moderate precipitation in the Ohio and lower Missouri valleys and upper Great Lakes. Cool morning across the plains, warmer in the lower Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf and Atlantic seaboard. Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Little temperature change. Mead B. Wetherbe.
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Rockies
Texas
Ohio
Missouri
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Great Plains
Colorado River
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Arizona
Ohio Valley
Roswell
Mead B. Wetherbe
City Departments Praised For Flood Efforts
Mayor Thomas J. Hall praised the police chief Eller city manager Fulton city engineer Rowland fire chief Chrisman and all department members for untiring efforts during the floods. The council echoed thanks and also commended C C Co Camp Border Patrol and others for aid. A letter from Claude Simpson Roswell Chamber of Commerce commended Chief Eller and the police for their calm clear information and judgment during the emergency.
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Eller
Fulton
Rowland
Chrisman
Thomas J. Hall
C. C. Co
Claude Simpson
Roswell
Henry Eller
Police Department
Less Gasoline And Less Oil for The U. S. is The Plan
The nation faces a gasoline and fuel oil shortage beginning July 1 with shortages expected to worsen through autumn and into next year. Experts urge strict restrictions on oil use, gasless Sundays, and lowering home oil temperatures by five degrees this winter to protect defense production. No federal program yet. A report was sent to Secretary Ickes by a petroleum industry committee.
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Ickes
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
United States Takes Over British Shipping Routes
The United States moves to control key British shipping lanes from the United States and Canada to Australia and New Zealand as Britain appears to withdraw from maritime activity outside the war zone. A dozen British vessels will be released for Britain's war effort, signaling Britain’s cargo tonnage needs. A Senate panel heard that several new cargo ships have already been converted into aircraft carriers, underscoring strategic shifts in the Atlantic lifelines.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
Britain
John J. Dempsey
Senate
Captured: Clifton Davidson in Pontiac after jail escape
Clifton Davidson, once sentenced to life for four robberies in New Mexico, escaped from an Oklahoma jail while awaiting murder trial. He has now been captured in Pontiac Michigan, per New Mexico State penitentiary officials via Sheriff Frank Young.
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Clifton Davidson
Oklahoma
Pontiac
Mich
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Frank Young
Young
Davidson
Santa Fe
James B. McGhee
Miles
British bombers hit Axis convoy off Tunisia
Cairo report says RAF Middle East bombers scored a highly successful attack on an Axis convoy off Tunisia. One 8,000 ton ship blew up with debris injuring nearby ships and a bomber, another vessel of about 5,000 tons was set ablaze, and additional ships were damaged.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tunisia
RAF Middle East Command
Braves Rally To Beat Cardinals 4 2 In Boston
Braves score three unearned runs to defeat St Louis 4 to 2 and move into second place behind idle Dodgers. Box shows St Louis 000 002 000, Boston 200 100 10x. Gumbert and Mancuso vs Johnson and Mass. Other games postponed by rain with Pittsburgh at New York Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
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Boston
Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis
Gumbert
Mancuso
Johnson
Mass
Scoreless baseball and weather Outlooks Mentioned
Washington and St Louis played to a 0 0 tie with Anderson Evans Oster Mueller Ferrell noted. New York rain in Cleveland and Boston at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Chicago night game. New Mexico partly cloudy with afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change today tonight and Thursday.
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Washington
St. Louis
Anderson and Evans
Ostermueller and Ferrell
New Mexico
New Mexico Woman Named On National Federation Executive
Mrs J D Atwood of Roswell, a prominent club woman, was named dean of the department chairmen for the General Federation of Women's Clubs and thus joined its executive committee. She previously led Citizenship and has served as NM federation president and director, the only New Mexico woman to hold such posts in the federation.
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J. D. Atwood
Roswell
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
General Federation
Atwood
John L. Whitehurst
Eration
Department of Citizenship
Roberta Lawson
New Mexico
New Mexico Federation of Woman's Clubs
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Siami Referendum On State Capitol
Bernalillo county taxpayers association launched a drive to collect signatures for a referendum on the $1,000,000 capitol building law. Edgar Knight named petition chairman to seek 2,500 signatures in Albuquerque. Petitions must cite 3/4 of counties and 10 percent of last election vote. Graham attacked the act as creating new debt without public approval claiming poor timing for construction.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bernalillo County Taxpayers’ Association
Hugh Graham
Edgar Knight
State Taxpayers’ Association
Graham
Classified Tells The News
Two line ads from McGuffins shoe service advertise cowboy boots and curios for sale. The couple note Roswell residents discover their offerings only after reading the Record classified section, illustrating how classifieds spread news and invites others to try them.
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C. C. McGuffin
McGuffin
Shoe Service
Record Classified
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