Russians Hurl Germans Back In Fiercest Fighting
Soviet high command reports major German drives against Sevastopol and Kharkov repelled with great enemy losses. Front-line dispatches estimate 150000 enemy dead and wounded last week. Soviet counter-attacks and annihilation of parachute troops marked a heavy offensive at Sevastopol and Kharkov fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russian High Command
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Black Sea
Crimean Black Sea
Rubber Collection Starts Tomorrow in Roswell
Mayor Hall called for unqualified cooperation in the nationwide scrap rubber drive beginning tomorrow and ending June 30. Citizens to haul scrap to filling stations for one cent a pound. oil firms to forward to the government with no profit. Continental stations already collecting. Dr. G. D. Allen and Cecil Naramore contributing. Roosevelt urged reduced driving and speed to conserve rubber for aircraft and tanks in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Roswell
Continental Oil Company
Roswel
Six or Seven Of The Big Bombers Forced Down In Turkey
United States four motor bombers joined the war in Europe bombing the Mu Romanian oil fields that fuel Germany. Six or seven bombers forced to land in Turkey while returning to secret bases, with a savage Libyan desert battle nearby as British and Axis armor clash 138 miles from the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United States
Germany
Ankara
Turkey
Services Today For Mrs. M. Y. Monical
Funeral services for Mrs. M. Y. Monical of Dexter, who died last Thursday, will be at 2 30 PM at the Dexter Methodist church with Rev. J C Lancaster and assistants officiating. Burial in Ingerman cemetery. Survived by husband, two sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Y. Monical
Dexter
Dexter Methodist Church
J. C. Lancaster
J. G. Anderson
H. C. Garrison
Emmett Jarnigan
John Reid
Raymond Durand
F. L. Mehlhop
Frank Thomas
Leo Nowak
Ingerman
Monical
Local Weather Snapshot for Saturday
Weather data lists morning and afternoon readings with highs around 76 and lows near 62. Normal highs reach 91 and lows 6. Precipitation shows 0 in 24 hours ending 11 pm Saturday, month to date 0.40 inches, year to date 3.35 inches. Sunrise 5:48, sunset 8:08, day length 14 hours 3 minutes.
Japanese Force In The Aleutians Not A Grave Matter
Japanese task force remains loose near the Aleutians as U S Army and heavy bombers press to drive enemy landings from Attu and Kiska. Congress leaders say incursions may be a feint and islands occupied hold little value. officials note bad weather can mask movements. Continued coverage on Page Two.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Ernest King
U. S
Aleutians
Navy
Attu
Kiska Harbor
Trusco
Aieutiam
Congress
Tomi Connally, D
Tex
Selate Foreign Relations Committee
A. B. Chandler
Army
Midway
Office of Indian Affairs
Drive For Funds To Put On 1942 Fair In October
Eastern New Mexico State Fair and rodeo plans a 1942 event with dates October 7 to 9 and 19. A Tuesday fundraising whirlwind by business and professional leaders begins to secure funds, with George Evans leading the finance committee. Workers meet at 7:30 AM Tuesday at Nickson Coffee Shop to minimize disruption to their schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
George Evans
Nickson
Funeral Services For Mrs Phillips At 2 P M Today
Funeral services for Grace McDonald Phillips Roswell attorney who died Friday are at 2 PM at Ballard Funeral Home with Rev Henry H Heard leading and Chaves County Bar Association members as honorary pallbearers Interment at South Park Born 1887 in Billings Montana she practiced law in Roswell 16 years and had argued before the U S Supreme Court Survived by her parents notes her community work and Republican involvement Also reports a pup saved a child from a rattlesnake bite in Sacramento but the snake killed the dog and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McDonald Phillips
Roswell
Henry H. Heard
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Ballard Funeral Home
Main Street
Cecil Kyte
L. O. Fullen
Col. J. D. Atwood
Howard Buchly
Clarence E. Hinkle
Curtis Hill
Chaves County Bar Association
South Park
Phillips
San Francisco
Billings
Montana
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
University of Washington
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Chaves County Surpasses Navy Relief Drive Goal
Chaves County exceeded its $1200 quota for the Navy Relief Society, raising about $1300. County chairman Walden Bassett praised contributors and thanked all for supporting families of service members in the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. campaign ran by mail and drew a wonderful response.
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Chaves County
Navy Relief Society
Walden Bassett
Bassett
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Keep the Flag Flying War Bond Appeal 1942
A 1942 wartime appeal honors President Roosevelt and urges Americans to support the war through War Bonds and Stamps. It emphasizes unity, sacrifice, and the need to fund guns, tanks, and planes for victory, urging everyone to contribute one dime per dollar.
Make Rubber Quickly And At All Costs And Avoid Waste of Gasoline
H M Dow of Roswell, chairman of the national conference of petroleum regulatory authorities, urged rapid synthetic rubber production to reduce gasoline rationing. He argued genuine rubber output would argue against rationing in plentiful areas and warned scrap rubber efforts depend on refinery and oil-well production, impacting fuel supplies. He cautioned that forecasts for synthetic rubber by 194x were uncertain and urged urgent action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Dow
Roswell
National Conference of Petroleum Regulatory Authorities
Dow
Army Tests Prove Substitutes For Strategic Metals
The War Department announced that the Army Air Forces and manufacturers have advanced substitution of non strategic materials for aircraft. Training planes now use wood fuel tanks and plastics, plywood, and reduced aluminum and magnesium. Aluminum is eliminated on one trainer. other designs cut aluminum by 565 pounds and magnesium by pounds per plane. More trainer types are being updated as engineering and production allow. Woodworking plants are subcontracting large scale, and new skilled labor has been tapped. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
War Department
Passing Throng Hears News From Roswell Area
A. S. McCamant, longtime Lincoln County sheriff, sold his ranch near Corona and moved his family to 105 North Washington Roswell. Homer A. Cates left Hagerman, joining the air base shop in Roswell while lingering quiet, steadfast. Bernard Wilson, once Strauss, notes German disquiet over Nazi aims as Hitler pressures for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. McCanant
Lincoln County
Gallo
Corona
Roswell
North
Washington
Bernard Wilson
Strauss
Germany
Hitler
Gestapo
Blazing Battle Near Tobruk Drives Axis Forces
Cairo June 13 UP A blazing desert battle raged just 13 miles from Tobruk as British imperial arms held their ground and inflicted heavy damage on Axis armor sweeping from Bir Hacheim. RAF aircraft blasted bases as ground forces clashed around El Adem Acroma and El Racem with fierce fighting continuing in scorching heat.
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Acairo
Tobruk
Bir Hacheim
Erwin Rommel
el Adem
Acroma
el- Racem
Royal Air Force
Empire
General Headquarters
al Adem
RAF
Office of War Information Created by F D R
President Roosevelt merges all government information units into one agency named the Office of War Information. Elmer Davis leads the agency with authority to issue directives, eliminate duplication, and streamline war information. The move excludes certain offices but coordinates with censorship and Latin American affairs. A policy committee chaired by Davis sets basic information policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Lmer Davis
Office of Facts and Figures
Archibald Macleish
Office of Government Reports
Lowell Mellett
Information
Office of Emergency Management
Robert W. Horton
William J. Donnovan
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Byron Price
OWI
Price
Davis
War, State and Navy Departments
Joint Psychological Warfare Committee
Rockefeller
Dempsey to Visit Roswell After Washington Return
Dempsey, a formal candidate for the Democratic governor nomination, will be in Roswell after returning from Washington to meet Chaves County residents and discuss campaign issues. He will resign as interior secretary upon arrival in Washington and restart his campaign after June 20. Meanwhile Senator Dennis Chavez endorsed Judge Bryan G Johnson for the Democratic nomination and urged a party house cleaning, as Johnson campaign activity began with a Roswell club led by George T Harris and Lake Frazier as temporary chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Dempsey
Roswell
Washington
Chaves County
Dempsey
Interior Department
United States
Dennis Chavez
Bryan G. Johnson
Chevez
Johnson
George T. Harris
Hobbs
Lake Frazier
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Faro Cies
Eer Eil
HM Caer
Russia
Cecil Naramore
Continental
G. D. Allen
Bureau of Animal Industries
Tokyo
Berlin
Ow. Sat. P. BM
Sacramento
Micky
Jean Luce
Raymond Luce
Fort Jones
Jean
Luce Ranch
President Roosevelt
U. S. Treasury Dept
Will Robinson
The
Homer A. Cates
Hagerman
Pecos
Jim Williamson
F.D.R
Byron Johnson
Chavez
Mrs. J. D. Hendrix
E. 6Th St
Irene Barnett
East 2Nd
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