Carrier Lexington Sunk in Coral Sea Battle Update
Dramatic wartime image shows crew abandoning the Lexington after a blast during the Coral Sea clash. About 150 sailors died and over 2,000 were saved as destroyers and other ships helped recover men amid smoke and debris. The battle yielded U S victory with lighter losses compared to Nipponese forces.
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Lexington
United States
Navy
U. S
Sims
Australia
Pan
Panikon
Merriam-Webster
G. & C. Merriam Co
Local notices from Artesia patrons and visitors
Mrs. Jim Banta of Hope visited her daughter Deb Moore in Cottonwood. Mrs. Clint Powell is ill with pneumonia in Roswell. Wayne Norris’s sons suffer whooping cough at home. Roy Lamon and family visited Miss Dorothy Norris and her kin in Roswell. Eugene Buck and sister Mrs. Fred Nelson visited Buck families from Carrizo Springs and Fort Worth. Mr. Buck ill. Mrs. Ralph Pearson and Miss Marguerite Nelson hosted a June 4 bride shower for Miss Helen Parker in Cottonwood with croquet, gifts, and a large refreshment crowd. Louis Buck and daughter Mrs. Esery Equeals and Mrs. Gladys Chaser with Richard Eugene Buck arrived for a three-week visit, with plans to visit Hot Springs. Eugene and Louis Buck received a surprise gift shower with a mock court trial at the Buck home. Miss Jimmie Kelley and Ed Taylor Jr. married May 29 in Roswell. The newlyweds will live on J. L. Taylor’s Cottonwood farm.
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Clint Powell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Roswell
Wayne Norris
Roy Lamon
Dorothy Norris
Lamon
Luther Lamon
Texas
Fred Nelson
Fort Worth
John
Roy
Noah
Charlie
Jimmie Buck
Buck
Ralph Pearson
Marguerite Nelson
Helen Parker
Pearson
Cottonwood
Esery Equeals
Gladys Chaser
Richard Eugene
Oklahoma
Eugene Buck
Jimmie Kelley
Luther Kelley
Ed Taylor Jr
Ed Taylor
Miss Kelley
Mr. Taylor
J. L. Taylor
Russian Lines Hold Through A Bloody Weekend
DeWitt Mackenzie reports that Russian defenses held during a brutal weekend as Hitler pressures the Kharkov front and Sevastopol. He notes heavy fighting, Soviet casualties, and the aiming of Nazi forces to breach Red lines to reach the Caucasus. Attention shifts to Murmansk and Arctic supply routes as Axis seeks to cut Allied lifelines.
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Hitler
Kharkov
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Crimea
Black Sea
Caucasus
Timoshenko
Fuehrer
Arctic Park
Murmansk
Zimmerman Wins California Horseshoe Championship
Guy Zimmerman of San Francisco won the California horseshoe pitching title in Santa Cruz on Sunday after a qualifying round of 94 ringers from 106 pitches, with officials claiming a world record for qualifying rounds.
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Zimmerman
Santa Cruz
Calif
Guy Zimmerman
San Francisco
California
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Artesia News
Jim Banta
Hope
Deb Moore
DeWitt
DeWitt Mackenzie
Russia
War Production Board
Nelson
Burma Road
Atlantic
Arctic
China
Burma
Japan
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
Maki
Taye
Eed Aes New International
Empson NO. 1
Eureka
Cal
Delmonte
Sheffords
Lipton’s
Cudahy
Loin
Peyton
Kraft’s
Longhorn
Ey Atta
oSee Libby
Bea
Arizona
Crombie’s
Black Valentine
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