Italians Claim A Victory In Sea Fight With British
Axis forces in North Africa near Tobruk report a Libyan battle ending in favor of German Italian troops after destroying enemy defenses near Acroma and crossing the Via Balbo toward the coast. British and South African units at Ain El Gazala were cut off as Rommel advanced. British withdraws acknowledged.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Libya
Tobruk
Acroma
Via
Balbo
Ain el Gazala
Erwin Rommel
Glider Pilot Training Open to Men Aged 17 to 36
Men aged seventeen to thirty six may enlist for glider pilot training if they pass qualifying tests. Applicants must meet Army General Classification Test, Aviation Cadet 10-A or 10-B scores and the glider pilot physical standards. Selected graduates receive Second Lieutenant commissions while others become Staff Sergeants on flying status.
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Aviation Cadet Air Corps
Army of the United States
Warns Use Of Sulfa Drugs Dangerous
Medical experts urge tighter control of sulfonamide use. Prof. Ernest C. McCulloch of Washington State College warns that all sulfonamide drugs carry varying harm and can be fatal, not the universal cure they are portrayed as.
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Salt Lake ,City
Ernest C. McCulloch
Washington State College
Local Weather Temperature Readings and Stats
Readings taken at three hour intervals over the last 24 hours end today 11 30 am show a high of 92 and a low of 57 with today’s early reading at 3 36 am. Normal high 91 low 61. Precipitation 24 hours to 12 30 am today zero. month to date 0.40 inches. year to date 3.35 inches. Sunrise 5 48 am Sunset 8 08 pm length of day 14 3 hours.
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Aioe
Lay Off Police And Firemen In Ohio's Capital
Columbus mayor Floyd F. Green laid off half the police and firemen amid a municipal financial crisis.178 officers and 190 firefighters were cut while other departments also faced staffing reductions. Green rejected pleas to halt the order and said more money must be raised to restore full service. Voters had rejected a 2.5 mill levy to cover a 1942 shortage.
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Columbus
Floyd F. Green
Ohio
Green
Oil shortage warning for Atlantic states in June
Petroleum coordinator Harold L. Sexes warned that heating oil supplies cannot be guaranteed for next winter in the Atlantic seaboard. He urged easterners who heat with oil to switch to coal immediately. Stocks in the east at the end of May were 55 percent below the prior year.
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Washington
Harold L. Sexes
Atlantic Seaboard States
East
New Mexico and West Texas Weather Forecast Highlights
Weather forecast notes warm conditions across New Mexico this afternoon with mild tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected in the extreme northeast. West Texas remains warm this afternoon and stays warm and mild through the night.
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New Mexico
West Texas
63 Indicted On Lottery Charge
U S district attorney J C Lehr announced 63 residents of the United States Cuba and Panama have been indicted as conspirators in a large international lottery operation run through Republica de Cuba hospital funds lottery A companion indictment charges 16 for mail fraud The scheme promised 365000 in prizes but paid only 32500 to winners The arrest was scheduled for today following a judge order to suppress the indictment to aid arrests
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Detroit
U. S
J. C. Lehr
United States
Cuba
Pana@mia
Republica de Cuba
Lehr
Ernest A. O'Brien
Ernest J. Mansfield
Jacksonville
Fla
Hava
Mansfield
New Mexico Reaches USO Drive Goal First
New Mexico becomes the first state to hit its USO fundraising quota with Chaves County exceeding its $3,800 goal by more than $500. State director Mabry praised the campaign as a success and noted other states nearing their targets.
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New Mexico
Will C. Lawrence
Chaves
USO
T. J. Mabry
Mabry
New York
Russians Claim Germans On Defense In Kharkov Front
Soviet dispatches from Moscow on June 16 report a three day German attempt to cross a key Kharkov river was repelled by Russian hill fortifications, forcing Germans back to the defensive. Germans also mass seven artillery regiments around Sevastopol in an effort to breach Russian defenses of the Crimean city, including a Big Bertha siege gun.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Crimean
Paris
Pick-Up Service For Scrap Rubber
John S. Powers of Phillips Petroleum offers a scrap rubber pick up service for Roswell residents and nearby areas. Call 666 to schedule the truck within 25 miles or request a farther pickup if a load is built. One cent a pound paid, proceeds go to USO Red Cross Army relief and Navy relief.
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John S. Powers
Phillips Petroleum Company
Powers
Roswell
Clovis
USO
Red Cross
Army Relief
Navy Relief
Grass fire tackled in vacant lot at 511 East Reed
Firemen extinguished a grass fire at noon in a vacant lot located at 511 East Reed with no damage reported. The quick response prevented spread and authorities noted no injuries.
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East Reed
Voters Defeat Isolationist Republican in Maine Primary
Portland Maine June 16 U S Rep James C Oliver once an isolationist before Pearl Harbor lost renomination to Robert Hale a Roosevelt policy ally. Hale a Harvard lawyer and social figure in Portland is cousin to Democrat former Senator Governor Louis J Brann. Oliver promised to resign and join the army if defeated.
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Portland
U. S
James C. Oliver
Pearl Harbor
Maine
Robert Hale
Roosevelt
Hale
Louis J. Brann
Livestock Interests Face Modified War Truck Rules
Albuquerque June 15 Undersecretary of the interior John J Dempsey said in a Washington wire that the 75 percent return load truck rule for livestock growers would be modified and objectionable features dropped. There will be no restrictions to hamper movement of livestock and other perishable agricultural products. The New Mexico Cattle Growers Association executive committee opposed the truck load restrictions and gasoline rationing for cattlemen at Hot Springs last week.
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Albuquerque
N. M
John J. Dempsey
New Mexico
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Dempsey
UCT
Cattle Growers Association
Hot Springs
Story of the Discovery Of The Japs Off Midway
Captain Logan Ramsey reveals navy long range patrol bombers found the Japanese fleet off Midway. A night torpedo attack marked a first in aero amphibious warfare. A patrol crew survived eight days at sea after a forced landing, fending off sharks in rubber life boats.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
U. S. _ navy
Midway
Logan Ramsey
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Midway Island
Ramsey
Elks Club Opened To Service Men Roswell Fly School
Facilities of the Roswell Elks Club at 2nd and Richardson are opened to men stationed at Roswell Army Fly School. Announcement stated the club offers its services to servicemen on base, expanding community support during training operations.
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Elks Club
Roswell
Why Not Cooperate With War Regulations Looming
A reader urges acceptance of wartime controls on commerce. Grumbles about package sizes packing changes and altered fabrics ignore the burden on merchants who must absorb costs and labor losses. The piece calls for good humor and cooperation from consumers to ease the transition.
Air base to spend 500000 for more buildings
Dallas June 16 A authorization for construction on additional buildings for a flying school at Roswell New Mexico costing over 500000 was announced today by Colonel S E Scotti Southwestern Division engineer.
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Dallas
Roswell
New Mexico
Col. S. E.E. Scotti
Southwestern Division
Rubber Campaign Begins Strongly As Nation Gathers Scrap
Washington reports a robust start to the rubber drive as citizens dump discarded tires and other rubber items into a national collection. Undersecretary Patterson says army rubber use will drop 25 percent, with tanks and tires reduced, and warns civilian rubber won’t be available before 1944. Some stations lack scales and some adults refuse the penny per pound, but several communities are already nearly cleared. Cincinnati group formed after Pearl Harbor has collected 39 million pounds.
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Washington
America
Patterson
Army
Cincinnati
Pearl Harbor
Baseball Scores and Battery Lineups From Today's Games
In this brief box score snapshot Hamlin Lanning and Lopez lead Pittsburgh, while Podgamny and Livingston supply batteries for St. Louis. New York beats Detroit in the first game with Donald Dickey and Benton Henshaw Tebbets handling catching duties in the doubleheader. Rainy or postponed nights affect Philadelphia Chicago Boston St Louis Washington dates.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Hamlin
Lanning
Lopez
Podgamny
Livingston
New York
Detroit
Donald
Dickey
Benton, Henshaw
Tebbets
Powerful American Air Fleet Hits At Axis Warships
The United States Army Air Force joined RAF operations in the central eastern Mediterranean. Liberator bombers, largely American-manned, helped in a sea air attack that set two Italian battleships afire, sank a 10,000 ton cruiser, and damaged a smaller cruiser and destroyer. German and Italian reports contradicted each other on the results as the fight centered on British supply lines to Malta and North Africa.
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Associated Press
United States Army Air Force
RAF
Mediterranean
Cairo
Italy
Africa
United States
Coral Sea
Midway
Malta
North Africa
Party Honors Navy Man In Kenna With VFW Induction
About 200 people gathered in Kenna to honor Hugh Burton Beavers home on furlough from the Navy after serving aboard the U S S Marblehead. The event included a chicken fry, participation by the Portales State Guard Company and Portales high school band, and Beavers was inducted into the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enlisted October 11, 1940.
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Kenna
Little Community
Here
Hugh Burton Beavers
Navy
U. S. S. Marblehead
Beavers
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
State Guard
Portales
Roswell Couples Win Marriage Licenses
William Matteo of Roswell and Viola Smith of Phoenix are granted a license. James O Hogan and Ollie Mable Cabrera, both of Roswell, obtain a license. Bernard Emerson Keys of Roswell and Barbara Lois Looney of Bakersfield Calif. George R Morris and Laura Beighly, both of Roswell. Swain Sterling and Wanda Joyce Large, both of Roswell, receive licenses.
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William Matteo
Roswell
Viola Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
James O. Hogan
Ollie Mable Cabrera
Bernard Emerson Keys
Barbara Lois Looney
Bakersfield
Calif
George R. Morris
Laura Beighly
Swain Sterling
Wanda Joyce Large
State Guard Dance at Armory Next Saturday Night
Popular event sponsored by Company 21 of the State Guard to be held at the armory next Saturday night. Everyone is invited and men in the service will be admitted for half price.
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Company 21
The
State Guard
Navy reports new American air blow to Japanese forces
American fliers battered a Japanese invasion force off the Aleutians in a third consecutive Pacific defeat. Navy losses listed include a cruiser and an aircraft carrier damaged, plus multiple cruisers a destroyer a gunboat and a transport. No American losses reported.
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Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway Island
Navy Department
Aleutian Islands
Six More Merchant Ships Lost To Subs
The Associated Press reports six new Allied and neutral merchant ship sinkings in the western Atlantic, raising total losses to 271 as the Navy probes the four month disappearance of the New Orleans freighter Miraflores. Miraflores, last seen February 15, joins Cyclops as a wartime mystery, with Axis submarines not yet active in its voyage area.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
Cuban
Gulf of Mexico
South America
West Iines
New Orleans
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
U. S. Navy
Brazil
One Day Service Claimed in Classified Rent Find
Mrs Agnes Person of 505 North Penn rented a bedroom the first day the classifieds appeared, a repeat claim reflecting rapid service.
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Agnes Person
N. Penn
Classified ad duties demand crowd handling
The note hints that success lies not in securing results but in managing the ensuing crowds when acting as a Record Classified ad. It emphasizes readiness and practical service in handling readers and buyers amid a busy marketplace scene.
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U. S. Navy Bureau of Public Relations
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Acme
Kharkov Front
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Oliver
Will Robinson
Lebeet
Boston
Vander Meer
Hemsley
Javery and Kluttz
St. Louis
Pollett
W. Cooper
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Danning
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