Churchill Roosevelt talk stirs plans for second front in Europe
Leaders in Washington and London discuss wartime strategy as Churchill meets Roosevelt in the United States. Molotov warns of evolving Allied collaboration while gains in Sevastopol remain contested and Libyan and Caucasus fronts threaten wider conflict. The visit signals possible future Allied offensives in western Europe and intensified pressure on Axis forces.
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Washington
Britain
America
Atlantic
Europe
Stephen Early
Early
Winston Churchill
England
United States
Churchill
United Nations
Weia
Molotov
Doath
Libya
Leaders planning for victory drives across two fronts
Washington and London pursue war strategy with talks between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Molotov’s Moscow visit spurs hints of a coordinated Anglo Soviet American plan for a second front in Europe in 1942, aiming to divert Nazi力量 and accelerate Allied gains.
Local Weather Readings and Temperature Totals
Readings at 3 hour intervals over 24 hours ending today 11:30 am show highest 102 and lowest 66. Normal for date highest 91 and lowest 61. Precipitation 0 for 24 hours ending 12:30 am today, month 0.40, year to date 3. Sunrise 5:49, length of day 14.3 hours.
Main Purpose Of the Visit Of Prem Churchill
London dispatch outlines Churchill’s Washington visit aims to secure U S help to hold the Middle East against expected German pushes from Libya toward Egypt and from Ukraine toward the Suez region. It notes Egypt’s strategic importance, potential 1943 delays to Western Europe offensives, and the desire for more American tanks planes and ships in the Mediterranean to safeguard allied supply lines and Russia.
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Associated Press
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Great Black Sea
Crimea
Caucasus
North Africa
Soviet
Atlantic
London
London Daily Express
Middle East
Libya
Egypt
Soviet Ukraine
Washington
Stephen Early
Ukraine
United Nations
Hitler
Middle Eastern
Nazi
Suez
Indies
Russia
Suez Canal
Marshal Rommel
Itomimel
Iraq
Crete
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Malta
Italy
Africa
Rommel
Singapore
Turkey
Sweden
Two More Large Tracts Taken Over For Flying School
In Santa Fe New Mexico on June 19 the government seized two additional large tracts in Chaves County for expansion of the Roswell air base and training school. Federal Judge Colin Neblett signed condemnation actions granting immediate possession with compensation to be determined by appraisers. One suit claimed 1,894 acres owned by the state. another named several individuals owning 1,800 acres.
Cancellation Of All Fairs Asked By The Government
Washington dispatch reports the government called for postponement of all state and county fairs non essential conventions and group tours until the war ends. Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman urged civilians to limit use of trains and buses, saying control could be avoided if travel is restricted. He also advised farmers not to run tires for non essential trips.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Eastman
ENM State Fair Board to decide on 1942 cancellation
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair Association board will meet soon to decide whether to cancel the 1942 fair scheduled for October 7 through 10. If cancelled it would be the second consecutive year the local fair is not held after 1941 floods washed out the event following 18 straight annual runs.
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Eastern New Mexico State Fair Association
W.H. Hortenstein
Chaves County B and L Pays Its Dividend
Investors in the Chaves County Building and Loan Association will receive their regular semi annual dividend on July 1. Directors declared the dividend at the monthly meeting yesterday. The association organized in 1920 has paid a dividend twice yearly since. Accounts up to 5000 are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Directors include W Lawrence, C W Grier, Geo E French, C A Baker, G N Amis, and Cecil Bonney.
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Chaves County Building & Loan Association
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
United States
Chaves
Cubs overpower Giants in first game of doubleheader
Lou Novikoff homered and added a triple and two singles as the Cubs crushed the Giants 7 to 4. New York mustered 12 hits led by Johnny Mize's eighth homer, with Olsen surrendering the loss in the opener. The second game details follow the Chicago 3 10 0 and New York 0 1 0 2 box lines.
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Cubs
Giants
New York
Chicago Cubs
Lou Novikoff
New York Giants
Johnny Mize
Vern Olsen
Chicago
Olsen
Bithorn
McCullough
Carpenter
McGee
Koslo
Feldmar
Adams
Danning
Early leads Detroit to 4 run win over Washington
Hudson and Early pace the Tigers as Detroit defeats Washington 4 to 0. White and Tebbeits contribute late innings. New York faces Cleveland at night, while Boston plays Chicago and Philadelphia meets St. Louis in other league action.
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American League
Washington
Detroit
Hudson and Early
White and
Tebbeits
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Roswell Endures Fourth Straight 100 Degree Day
Roswell records indicate a fourth consecutive day with the maximum reaching 100 degrees or higher. By midday today the thermometer stood at 95, after a 102 degree peak yesterday and Wednesday, with 100 degrees on Tuesday. Humidity has been low, easing discomfort, unlike other regions. The longest stretch at or above 100 in history was 14 days in June 1924, with 19 such days that month. The all time Roswell high is 107 on June 14, 1939. Weather officials warn tires wear faster at 100 degrees and advise cautious driving in the heat.
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Roswell
Weather Bureau
Calling For A Civil Air Patrol War Time Forest Fire Aid
Washington reports the Agriculture Department calls the Civil Air Patrol to aid wartime forest fire defense. National CAP commander ordered field units to assign personnel and planes for forest protection, cooperating with the Forest Service, state forestries, and other federal agencies. CAP exceeds 50,000 volunteers and 10,500 aircraft. Per diem pay and hourly flying rates to pilots and observers on authorized missions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Civil Air Patrol
Office of Civilian Defense
Department
CAP
Forest Service
Willkie Likely to Not Seek Public Office Again
New York June 18 Wendell L Willkie former 1940 Republican presidential candidate said he doubts he will ever aspire to public office again. He spoke at a dinner honoring Robert F Wagner a possible dark horse for New York gubernatorial contest.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert F. Wagner
Willkie
Rodgers Attacks Taxpayers Assn Over Timber Contract Dispute
Santa Fe New Mexico report notes State Land Commissioner H R Rodgers bluntly challenges Rupert Asplund of the New Mexico Taxpayers Association to publish membership, funding sources, and amounts. Rodgers replies to Asplund’s criticism of a timber contract with sheriff Howell Gage of Carlsbad, questions Asplund’s role and pays, and hints at political motives ahead of election.
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Santa FE
N. M
Rupert Asplund
The
New Mexico Taxpayers Association
H. R. Rodgers
Asplund
Land Office
Howell Gage
Carlsbad
Rodgers
Bac
Final Figures Aluminum Drive Disappointing
Washington reports the wartime pots and pans aluminum drive collected about 11.2 million pounds of aluminum and scrap against a 20 million forecast. Only 6.4 million pounds was aluminum with 15 million forecast. about 5.7 million pounds of aluminum ingot sold to RFC Metals Reserve, for resale to war industries. Shipping delays hindered distribution and use of the material.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
RFC Metals Reserve Company
Griffith Officials Attend Yucca Theatre Opening In Roswell
Highest Griffiths from Dallas Kansas City and Oklahoma City travel to Roswell to attend the 7 PM opening of the Yucca Theatre. The rebuilt venue showcases improved decor cooling and state of the art movie and talking equipment. Local Griffith managers and wives from New Mexico and West Texas join the event with Ted Jones noting the reopening will restore normal hours after a phased schedule.
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Griffith Theatres
Yucca
Griffith Enterprises
Roswell
R. E. Griffith
Dallas
Texas
H. J. Griffith
Kansas City
Missouri
L. C. Griffith
Oklahoma City
R. I. Payne
Griffith
New Mexico
West Texas
Marlin Butler
Pecos
al Cook
Monahans
Frank Maxes
Carlsbad
Jack Baldock
Portales
Tom Blair
Gallup
Roy Bartlett
Artesia
Pecos Valley
Ted Jones
Last Rodeo Rope Giants Lions Show in Roswell
Roswell readers are urged to see Crosby and Arnold clash at the rodeo grounds next Sunday. Promoters may turn this event into a Roswell fair tourney, but the piece notes it could be the final horseplay of its kind for a while. The Lions' civic gifts are praised and public backing urged.
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Crosby
Arnold
Rodeo Grounds
Roswell
Roswell Fair
Rubber collection gains steam in plains area
Talking with Frank Collier of Lubbock reveals strong public awareness in the Plains Athens about waste rubber. More than 200 tons of used gum have been collected up to last night, mostly from old tires, while other scrap forms lag behind.
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Frank Collier
Lubbock
Athens
Allied Leaders Appearing Now In A Gloomy Role
Lewitt Mackenzie analyzes World War II dispatches noting Axis pressure raises casualties and morale sags among allied nations. He suggests continued hard fighting ahead despite no signs of a dramatic turn, reflecting on France and Belgium’s fall and the war’s grim outlook.
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Lewitt Mackenzie
Churchill
France
Belgium
Dun
Desert Fighters Press Axis On In Tobruk Siege
British desert fighters harass Rommel's right flank after withdrawing to new frontier positions in Egypt. Tobruk remains held but cut off from overland routes as Germany moves large 210 millimeter guns to siege. Ritchie’s eighth army strikes from the south behind Rommel’s lines to constrain enemy columns to the coast.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Edwin Rommel
Tobruk
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth
Rommels
Hl Adem
Sidimezegh
Council Approves Liquor Licenses For Two Local Businesses
The city council approved two liquor licenses at a five o'clock special meeting. A bar at 120 North Main operated by Dot Sargent and a package store at 104 South Main run by Ann Cabber will open. Mayor Hall directed the street and alley committee to study Main Street lane markings to separate slower and faster traffic, aiming to ease congestion and speed movement through the business district.
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North Main
Dot Sargent
South Main
Ann Cabber
Mayor Hall
Main Street
Let Contract For Carlsbad Air Base
Colonel Stanley L Scott announced the award of a construction contract for under 5.006 million dollars to E. S. McKittrick Inc of Los Angeles for building temporary airfield structures at an air force training school in Eddy County New Mexico. Albuquerque district engineer will supervise construction.
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Dallas
Stanley Il. Scott
Southwestern Division
Airforce
Eddy County
New
Eeeco
E. S. McKittrick, Inc
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
R C Thomas Funeral Tomorrow at 2 P M
R C Thomas seventeen year old son of Mr and Mrs Bide Thomas died Thursday morning of an acute heart attack. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at two o'clock at the Talmage Memorial Chapel with Rev B A Philpott officiating. Interment at South Park. He lived in Roswell since 1934 and worked at Platt Drug Co as a delivery boy. Survived by parents two sisters and one brother.
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R. C. Thomas
Bide Thomas
Talmage Memorial Chapel
B. A. Philpott
the Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Robert Baldwin
Delbert Pack
J. B. Slatten
Jim Davis
Sidney Brewer
Dick Wicher
South Park
Thomas
Roswell
Kenna
New Mexico
Platt Drug Company
Classified Ads Convert Reader To Believer
Ralph Page of 409 West College says front page classified stories seemed too good to be true until he tried a classified and sold pallets in two days. He praises classified ads for delivering quick offers and swift sales.
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Ralph Page
W. College
Mr. Page
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