British and Free French Close In On Syria Cities
German officials vow to resist U S actions after the sinking of the Robin Moor while London reports the British and Free French forces closing in on Damascus and Beirut. Rumors spread of Stalin negotiations and a massing Nazi force along the Soviet frontier as censorship blocks further details.
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Syria
Russia
London
Adolf Hitler
Joseph V. Stalin
Baltic
Black Seas
Helsinki
Finland
Germany
Kremlin
Berne
Switzerland
Ankara
Turkey
Middle East
Beirut
Damascus
Reuters
Tragic Chicago family killed in Roswell highway crash
A Chicago family of four perished in a head on collision with a southbound truck on the Roswell Clovis highway 34 miles northeast of Roswell yesterday at three pm. Sgt Arthur McGuire his wife and two children were killed instantly though the boy died later at St Marys hospital. The truck driver Lovell Wilson of St Vrain NM survived with injuries. An inquest was set for this afternoon.
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Chicago
Roswell-Clovis Highway
Here
Lovell Wilson
St. Vrain
N. M
Arthur McGuire
Arthur L. McGuire
Mary Theresa McGuire
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pat O’neill
J. P
Wilson
Roswell Auto Company
Clovis
Carlsbad
el Paso
New Orleans
Talmage Mortuary
Hugh
Earl Chandler
Sheriff’s Department
Roswell
Governor Miles to Attend Roswell June 28 Blackout
Governor Miles accepts invitation to Roswell first state blackout on June 28 in observance of Flying Cadet week. He will attend if business allows, arriving early and staying through the defense observance, with possible attendance at related events. Mayor Hall spearheaded the event to promote defense, stressing no danger of attack locally.
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Tom Hall
John E. Miles
Sstate
Roswell
Miles
Hall
National Defense
Lions Club
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Four Injured In Highway Accident Near Vaughn New Mexico
Four Albuquerque youths were injured in a rollover five miles south of Vaughn when their car sideswiped an oil truck. Deputy J. F. Merriman identified the victims as Mr and Mrs Turner both about 20 Kenneth Smith about 15 and an unidentified girl about 15. They were traveling from Albuquerque to Roswell.
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Vaughn
N. M
Albuquerque
Here
J. F. Merriman
Charles Turner
Kenneth Smith
Merriman
Roswell
Local Weather Temperature Readings and Dates
Readings show 24 hour period ending 11:30 am with highs near 80 and lows 56. Precipitation totals for 4 hours ending 11:30 am and month to date about .66 inches, year to date 4.79 inches. Sunrise 4:48 am, sunset 7:07 pm, day length 14.3 hours. normal highs 91 and lows unspecified.
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P.m
A.m
Ormal
Germany Moving Troops to Eastern Border
Moscow says German troops freed from Balkan operations are shifting to eastern and northeastern Germany toward Russia but asserts the movements do not affect Soviet German relations. Tass broadcast the denial of any change in non aggression terms.
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Germany
Russia
Moscow
Balkans
Tass
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Goebbels Warns Of Possible British Invasion
Berlin dispatch notes Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Voelkischer Beobachter proposed England could face an invasion, citing Crete as a model. He warned of potential rapid developments within months, contrasting British hesitation with German technical experimentation. Spokesmen declined to comment on the confiscation.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Voelkischer Beobachter
England
Crete
Britain
Goebbels
Churchill
Beating death case lands Levi Owens in Portales court
Levi Owens remained under 1500 dollars bond after pleading innocent to charges of fatally beating Oscar D. Sullinger at Clovis. Sheriff J N McCall said charges followed Sullinger’s death from injuries sustained two weeks earlier.
German Demands On Russia Rumored
London reports suggest Berlin may press Russia to concede major gains risking a Soviet German rift. British officials say talks between Sir Stafford Cripps and UK leaders center on potential concessions that could loosen Moscow’s grip on the Baltic and Black Seas, amid unconfirmed indications of possible warfare implications.
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Berlin
Russia
Moscow
Baltic
Black Seas
Stafford Cripps
Friday the Thirteenth Crick and Calendar Quirk
William R. Long, a longtime resident and statistician, explains why Friday the 13th feels unlucky. He notes only one Friday the 13th in 1941, three in 1942, and that the date has appeared or will appear 320 times between 1776 and 1976.
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William R. Long
Long
Senate Seizure Bill Moves in House Split Over Provisions
Washington June 13 sharply divided house military committee began debating the Senate seizure bill to allow the president to take over defense plants if production is threatened by strikes or other disputes. Some members say the Connally measure goes too far while others call it weakened by amendments. The bill ties to defer selective service registrants turning 28 by July 1 from active training.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Tex
House
No Pies For These Soldiers In Tennessee War Area
In a Tennessee maneuver zone 56 pies sat uneaten as 30 disappointed soldiers of New York's 106th Field Artillery ordered pies from a farmhouse near their camp. They received orders to move many miles away and had to pay for the pies before they could be served.
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Tennessee
Tennessee War
New York
106Th Field Artillery
Elks To Broadcast Flag Day Program In Roswell
Flag Day will be observed nationwide with a Roswell Elks Club patriotic program on local radio at 1 15. All business firms are urged to display flags.
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Roswell
The
Elks Club
Armed Germans Kept Robin Moor From Flashing An SOS
A Robin Moor survivor says armed German seamen seized the ship's radio to stop SOS transmission before a torpedo sank the freighter. The 4,999 ton vessel went down 23 minutes after lifeboats launched on May 21 in the South Atlantic. One lifeboat with 11 men was picked up. three others with 35 aboard remained unaccounted for.
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Recife
Brazil
United States
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Orizio
Charge Frauds In Sale Oil Gas Leases
In Santa Fe New Mexico June 13 witnesses testified in U S district court charging oil and gas lease salesmen O E Barnes and B F Woods with mail fraud They allegedly milked purchasers out of thousands in fraudulent oil promotion schemes including Frances F Proctor of Everett Massachusetts who invested 1600 and received nothing
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
U. S. District Court
O. E. Barnes
B. F. Woods
Kansas City
Frances F. Proctor
Everett, Mass
Machinists Strike in Bay Area Shipyards Ends
AFL machinists in San Francisco Bay area faced a return-to-work order under telegraphed instructions from Washington. The resumption of defense shipbuilding worth $500 million hinged on their response, with Harry Hook, the city business agent, suggesting a potential Monday return as the page continued to Page Four.
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Associated Press
Defense
San Francisco Bay Area
AFL
International Executive Council
Washington
Harry Hook
San Francisco
New Commander For Salvation Army Corps In Roswell
Adjutant Jan Hoogstad will take over the Roswell Salvation Army corps from Clovis. Lieut. Bud Tucker, who has led the corps during Capt. John Gioscio’s illness and death, will return to Las Cruces. Hoogstad and his wife with two children are due to arrive next Wednesday.
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Jan Hoogstad
Clovis
Roswell
Salvation Army Corps
Bud Tucker
Salvation Army
John Gioscio
Tucker
Las Cruces
Adj
Carlsbad Flood Relief Drive Totals $714.91 Contributed
Roswell residents donated a total of $714.91 to the Red Cross flood relief for Carlsbad. The sum was raised entirely through voluntary cash contributions, with no solicitation conducted, announced by Mrs. L. O. Pullen, chairwoman of the Chaves county Red Cross chapter.
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Roswell
Red Cross
Carlsbad
L. O. Pullen
Chaves County
Weather conditions shift from Atlantic to Middle West
Over the past 24 hours precipitation covered the Atlantic states to the Middle West with rain reported in the Panhandle Colorado and Oklahoma. Cool conditions prevail except in Arizona and the South Atlantic and Gulf states. A low pressure system forms over Arizona extending into New Mexico while another low sits over the upper Mississippi Valley. Local forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday.
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Atlantic States
Middle West
Panhandle
Colorado
Oklahoma
Arizona
South Atlantic
Gulf States
New Mexico
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
New Mexico to Send 330 More Draftees by July 10
Santa Fe announces New Mexico must furnish 330 more draftees to the army by July 10. The call, the first since April, includes 300 whites and 30 negroes. More than 2,800 New Mexico men have already joined through selective service.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Indians Beat Reds 2-1 in Muddy Six Inning Show
In Cooperstown, the Cleveland Indians defeated the world champion Cincinnati Reds 2 to 1 in a rain drenched six inning exhibition at Doubleday field. Dorsett limited the Reds to five hits while Pearson and Turner also allowed five. The game ended by agreement due to the muddy field. Batteries were Dorsett and Susce for the Indians and Pearson, Turner and West for the Reds. Brooklyn-St. Louis played a night game with no other schedule.
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Indians
Reds
Cooperstown
N. Y
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati Reds
Doubleday Field
Carl Dorsett
Monte Pearson
Jim Turner
Sinking of the Robin Moor: Welles deems it deliberate
Summer Welles, undersecretary of state, stated the Robin Moor sinking was clearly deliberate and accused Germany of violating submarine warfare rules. He cited 11 survivors' testimony and promised a vigorous protest after full depositions are reviewed. The state department's May 21 account says the ship was torpedoed after passengers were given 30 minutes to abandon ship.
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Washington
Welles
Germany
United States
Brazil
State Department
South Atlantic
Berlin
England
No N M Law For Use Naturopathy
Santa Fe New Mexico, June 13 Assistant attorney general Howard F Houk ruled there is no authorization for naturopathy under state statutes. The opinion answered a Albuquerque district attorney inquiry about a chiropodist also claiming naturopath status. Houk said chiropody is exempt from the basic science act but urged the doctor to cease naturopathy. The legislature previously attempted to legalize naturopathy.
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Santa FE
N. M
Howard F. Houk
New Mexico
D. A. McPherson, Jr
Albuquerque
Houk
Congress in recess as testifies on emergency powers
In recess secretary Morgenthau testifies before the banking committee on a bill to extend emergency money powers. The interstate commerce committee hears T A M Craven on a White resolution to probe FCC chain broadcasting rules. House debates amendments to an 886 million relief appropriation and Ways and Means studies a new tax bill. Senate confirmed Byrnes as associate justice and Stone as chief justice, with Jackson as associate justice. An appropriation bill for operating Congress was approved and Connally amendment allowing presidential control of defense plants during strikes was discussed.
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Morgenthau
Banking Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
T. A. M. Craven
PCC
FCC
Chain Broadcasting
HOUSE
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Connally
Sold Out Flyers Show Classified Ads Work
Mrs S O Miller of Montana street sold a supply of flyers after placing a Record classified ad. In a three day run the items were all gone. She credited the ad with solving problems and saving worry, calling it a sure payoff.
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S. O. Miller
Montana
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Susce
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