Flying Cadet Week Gov Miles Drives Air Recruitment
Roswell Daily Record and Yucca Theatre partner with the United States Recruiting Service to publicize air corps opportunities during Air Cadet week from June 15 to 29 proclaimed Flying Cadet Week by Governor John E. Miles. Newsreels sound tracks and theatre publicity will back efforts, with Ted Jones arranging wider theater promotion for the Roswell Blackout and related observances.
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Roswell Daily Record
Yuccan Theatre
United States Recruiting Service
Roswell
Record
John E. Miles
Yucca
Ted Jones
Cadet Week Brisk Week for Roswell and Allies
British and Australian airmen reported a successful raid on the Aleppo airfield with claims of a direct hit on a large German bomber and extensive damage to fighters. RAF notes support to Anglo Free French advances in Syria, plus heavy strikes along the African front including Benghazi, Martuba, Gazala, and Tripoli. South African aircraft attacked Italian positions in central Ethiopia, with two Allied planes reported missing. Belgians were said to fight alongside British and Free French forces.
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Aleppo
RAF
Middle East Command
Middle East
Syria
Benghazi
Martuba
Gazala
Fleet Air Arm
Tripoli
Brace
el Gubba
Ethiopia
General Headquarters
Teletypes Installed In Weather Office In Post Office Building
Two teletype receivers and a sending unit were installed in the local weather bureau on Saturday. A new Civil Aeronautics Authority circuit will be in operation by July 1 giving expanded reports from stations nationwide. The local office will send and receive surface weather and upper air data at regular intervals through the circuit. R. W. Beisel of the C A A installed the teletypes. his headquarters are in Fort Worth.
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Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Weather Office
R. W. Beisel
Fort Worth
New Period of Scout Camp Opens Today
A new period of Camp Wehinahpay opens today for Boy Scouts from Chaves and Lincoln counties. Local Scouts will ride a chartered bus from the south side of the courthouse at 9 o clock, taking a light lunch. Each week-long session gathers Scouts from eastern New Mexico regions at the Sacramento mountains near Weed.
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Chaves
Lincoln
New Mexico
Sacramento Mountains
Weed
N. M
Re Check of Brake and Light Stickers
State police will conduct a re check on brake and light stickers Monday. Car owners who have not obtained the sticker should do so at once.
Local Weather Summary for Saturday Morning and Evening
The report shows a high of 88 and low of 65 with normal highs 91 and lows 61 for the date. Precipitation in 24 hours ending 8:30 p m Saturday was trace. Month to date 0 66 inches and year to date 15 18 inches. Sunrise 4 48 a m sunset 7 08 p m length of day 14 3 hours.
Ready for Final Blow at Biblical Town of Saida
British naval guns and Australian artillery bombarded Saida as an allied assault nears, following French legionnaires exchange of fire with British soldiers seeking peaceful entry. Heavy action around the town’s batteries aims to minimize casualties as forces push toward Bierut, with French aircraft active overhead.
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Saida
French Foreign Legionnaires
Bierut
Beeson Heads Dallas for Selective Service Advisory Board Meeting
Dr. C. F. Beeson left Saturday night for Dallas to attend a conference of the selective service medical advisory board at the request of Adjutant General Charlton. He will return at the end of the week.
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C. F. Beeson
Dallas
Selective Service Medical Advisory Board
Charlton
Crowds Set for Roswell Last Weekend in June
Roswell plans a busy weekend with a trial state blackout on Saturday night led by Mayor Tom Hall. Governor Miles may attend a public dinner, while a Bob Crosby Carl Arnold World Championship Steer Roping Match sponsored by the Lion’s Club rages at 2 PM Sunday.
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Roswell
Tom Hall
John E. Miles
Mayor Hall
The
Lion’s Club
State Military On A War-Time Basis
Santa Fe New Mexico June 14 Adjutant General R C Charlton said the state military department is on a war time schedule all divisions including selective service open from eight in the morning to five in the evening six days a week all year or until further notice
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Santa FE
N. M
R. C. Charlton
New Mexico Military Department
Selective Service
Missing El Paso woman linked to dairy worker murder
In El Paso on June 14 a 27 year old woman is sought as a possible link in the bludgeon slaying of En rique Valles, 60, whose body was found in a shallow grave near Carlsbad road. Detectives say she is sister to one of three men being questioned and disappeared days after suspects divided clothing, personal effects and money from the victim. Valles was killed May 2 by a blow from an automobile crank.
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EL Paso
Texas
Enrique Valles
Carlsbad Road
Valles
Survivors Tell Of Long Ocean Ordeal After Ship Sinking
Twenty six survivors of the Anchor Liner Brittania spoke of twenty three days at sea in a small lifeboat. Shell wounds thirst and exposure cost lives as sharks trailed the boat. The Brittania was sunk by a German raider about six hundred miles off Dakar, French equatorial Africa.
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New York
Brittania
Dakar
Hitler Pressure on Stalin Intensifies Front in Finland
London reports German forces in Finland have grown to two divisions as 130 divisions face Soviet Russia. Rovaniemi hosts 30,000 troops, while Germany and Romania mass Luftwaffe and ground forces. The Daily Telegraph cites Russo-German strain and hints Hitler seeks concessions from Stalin amid broader pressure.
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Germany
Finland
Russia
The
Daily Telegraph
Rumania
Josef V. Stani
Tass
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Adolf Hitler
Ankara
Soviet
British Isles
Stalin
Inquest On Highway Crash Kills Four In New Mexico
Deputy sheriff Lamar Strickland told an inquest the truck was partly on the wrong side of the road at impact. A Chicago police sergeant, his wife, and two children died when their car collided head on with the truck 34 miles from Roswell. Driver Lovell Wilson was injured. owner Fart Chandler was in Roswell to return him. No charges filed yet as district attorney investigates.
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Sheriff's Department
Roswell
Chicago
Lamar Strickland
Here
Arthur McGuire
Strickland
McGuire
Fart Chandler
St. Vrain
N. M
Lovell Wilson
Wilson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hay grading demonstration planned at E O Moore farm
An all day event near Dexter will feature hay cutting grading raking chopping and baling demonstrations next Wednesday. The event is sponsored by the extension service with assistance from several implement companies.
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E. O. Moore
Dexter
Extension Service
Methodist Assembly Opens Tomorrow in Sacramento Mountains
The annual Methodist assembly for young people begins Monday at the Sacremento mountains assembly grounds near Weed. About 20 attendees from Roswell churches, plus sessions for intermediate and adults, run over six days with noted teachers and recreational directors guiding the program for New Mexico Methodist Conference churches.
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Sacramento Mountains
Weed
Roswell
New Mexico Methodist Conference
President Roosevelt freezes continental European assets in US
President Roosevelt issued an executive order freezing all continental European assets in the United States to curb Axis financing of subversive activities. The measure covers cash, ships, and funds from Germany, Italy, and occupied nations including Albania, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, and Poland, with licenses to lift the freeze for Finland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USSR under strict assurances. Continued to Page Four.
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Roosevelt
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Poland
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Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Axis Con
U S Strikes Blow At Axis Powers To Curb Subversives
The United States, amid warnings over the Robin Moor sinking, issues a sweeping order freezing continental European assets to curb Axis loot and subversive activity. Roosevelt’s move aims to block defense-related patents and other wealth transfers, with licensing controls guiding remaining trade, while noting implications for Russian ships and Japanese cooperation.
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United Press
United States
Robin Moor
Axis
Germany
Italy
America
Roosevelt
Europe
White House
Sumner Welles
Washington
Japan
Maritime Commission
British Sink At Least Nine More Axis Warships
Britain reports sinking at least nine Axis ships and crippling parts of Germanys high seas fleet with sea and air offensives. Submarine raids inside Axis harbors near Benghazi Lampedusa and Mytilene claim several vessels sunk, including Italian armed merchant cruiser and multiple schooners while damaged craft rise in the North Atlantic.
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Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Mediterranean
Norway
Skagerrak
Brest
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Admiralty
Benghazi
Lampedusa
Malta
Tunisian
Mytilene
North Atlantic
Army to Ask For Another Billion
Washington June 14. Congress expects a request from the army for 1 billion dollars to expand pilot training facilities and camp construction as a supplement to the 10 billion dollar army supply bill. The request would go to the Senate appropriations subcommittee handling the peacetime appropriation. The measure passed the House and awaits hearings next Wednesday under Sen. Elmer Thomas. Fiscal year ends July 1. Plans for a four week recess were dropped after House leaders did not grant consent.
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Congress
Army
Congressional
Senate Appropriations
House
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Thomas
Plateau Singing Convention at House June 14 15
The Plateau Singing Convention will be held at House in New Mexico on June 14 and 15. All singers are invited to attend.
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House
Military Moves Hint at Impending Explosion in Europe
United Press reports on a weekend of European tension with signs of a possible major German行动. Stockhom and Berlin blackout fuel rumors of German plans. Norway coast mining, Stavanger port bans, 300 farms seized for a Western air base, and increased land traffic control. A Gotland traveler noted large German convoys, patrols, and 32 German planes over the Baltic island, with Russian planes present. Finland to Norway troop movements cited, while 130 German divisions faced Russia. Turkey hints Britain may be targeted. RAF daylight raids hit northern France air bases after Ruhr and Brest strikes. At sea, British submarines pursue German targets.
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Stockholm
Norway
Stavanger
Kristiansand
Gotland
Baltic
Finland
Germany
London
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Romania
Turkey
British Isles
Britain
Royal Air Force
France
Ruhr
Brest
Oiling of One Runway Completed at the Airport
Roswell municipal airport completes blacktopping on the northwest southeast runway as part of the national defense improvement project. Continental Airlines planes are now landing on this runway while the other three are being oiled. All four runways are expected to be oiled by month’s end. Lighting equipment arrival remains uncertain.
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National Defense Improvement
Roswell Municipa
Continental Airlines
Marriage Licenses Listed for Roswell Artesia El Paso Areas
Robert C Arnold and Helen Mercer both of Roswell. Creighton Gilchrist and Phyllis Bartlett both of Artesia. Bruce Roger Cabot of Artesia and Mozelle Rose Pate of Lake Arthur. Jimmy Vann and Kathryn Swann both of El Paso. Chester Barton of Dexter and Alta Hamrick of Lake Arthur.
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Robert C. Arnold
Helen Mercer
Roswell
Creighton Gilchrist
Phyllis Bartlett
Artesia
Bruce Roger Cabot
Mozelle Rose Pate
Lake Arth
Jimmy, Vann
Kathryn Swann
el Paso
Chester Barton
Dexter
Alta Hamrick
Lake Arthur
Mrs J W Dudley Praises Record Classifieds
Mrs J W Dudley says she is sold on Record classified on two counts. She uses it often and gets splendid results and reads it daily with much enjoyment. She leaves little else to add and the sentiment rounds out a positive note for the publication.
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J. W. Dudley
Record Classified
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