Allied East Indies fall to Japan as Burma gate opened
Japanese claim mastery of the Dutch East Indies and report Rangoon occupied while British say Rangoon is withdrawing after dynamiting facilities. Dutch confirm only cessation of local military operations. Dutch official Van Mook arrives in Australia to rally defense, stating the fight continues despite Java losses.
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Associated Press
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Burma
India
Rangoon
British War Office
New Delhi
Java
Tokyo
Bandoeng
Soerabaja
Malaya
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
N. E.I
Hubertus J. van Mook
Adelaide
Super War Strategy Board With One Commander Proposed
Senator Hill of Alabama urged President Roosevelt to create a supreme war strategy board led by a single commander for Army Navy and Air. He argued unified command under the president could maximize U S military power, noting air force parity with ground and supply branches and that only the president can coordinate services under the War Powers Act. He favored no new legislation and signaled the idea as a personal view.
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Super War Strategy
Army-Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Senator Hill
Alabama
Senate
Hill
United States
Air Force
Air
Grave Threat To Australia In New Guinea Landings
Melbourne dispatch reports Japanese landing forces consolidating footholds at Salamaua and Lae on the northeast New Guinea coast. The invasions create a threat to Australia, prompting an emergency cabinet session and new defense powers to destroy critical infrastructure if needed. Ten heavy Japanese bombers attacked Port Moresby as the crisis escalates.
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Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Salamaua
Lae
Commonwealth Cabinet
Commonwealth
Port Moresby
Brice to Seek Re-election to New Mexico Supreme Court
Justice Charles R. Brice announced in Albuquerque that he would run for a second eight year term on the New Mexico supreme court. Elected in 1934, Brice said little beyond stating it seems to be the time to do it and he is modest about the bid.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Charles R. Brice
New Mexico Supreme Court
Brice
Lawyer's Club
Supreme Court
Local Weather Temperature Readings and Averages
Temperature readings taken at 3 hour intervals ending 11 30 a m yesterday to today show highs of 65 and lows of 26 with precipitation 0 for 24 hours ending 11 30 a m today. Month to date totals 0 17 and year to date 0 53. Sunrise 7 16 am sunset 7 01 pm day length isi.
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Sears
Toy
Roach Likely to Seek New Mexico Governor Race
State Senator Burton C. Roach of Hillsboro signaled a possible bid for governor to succeed John E. Miles. The 55-year-old Democrat and cattleman told reporters he is seriously considering the run and that if current conditions remain favorable, he will enter the race.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Burton C. Roach
Hillsboro
New Mexico
John E. Miles
Roach
Mexican Governor Dies Of Wounds In Toluca Shooting
Alfredo Zarate Albarran governor of the state of Mexico died from bullet wounds suffered at a party last Thursday. Fernando Ortiz Rubio son of ex president Pascual Ortiz Rubio, 30, is jailed on attempted murder charges and faces likely upgrade to a harsher count. Federal police say a paraffin test on his hands shows he did not fire a gun.
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Toluca
Mexico
Alfredo Zarate Albarran
State of
Fernando Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Another Advance In Prices For N. M. Farm Products
New Mexico farmers saw a general price uptick for February 15. Hogs rose to 10.90 per hundred, cattle to 9.20, veal calves to 10.90, and sheep to 4.50. Beans, cottonseed, potatoes, and apples gained slightly while grains stayed the same. Chickens held steady and eggs fell from 36.6 to 28 cents a dozen. Butter butterfat and wool were unchanged.
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Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
2500 Germans Reported Killed In Red Attack
The Red army struck the Kursk Kharkov front southeast of Moscow forcing recapture of villages after fierce resistance. Moscow radio cited heavy German defensive battles in the south. Western Europe saw German bombing flurries while Africa held no major new developments with Libyan oasis actions and continued Malta bombardment by Axis and British attacks on island positions.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Kursk-Kharkov
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Berlin
Europe
RAF
Africa
Fezzan Oasis
Tripoli
Libya
Axis
Mediterranean
Malta
Isle
Italy
Clayton Re-elected President of N. M. Cattle Growers
Tom Clayton was re elected president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association at the close of its 28th convention in Albuquerque. Delegates urged immediate government action to end strikes harming the war effort and supported selective service policy, economic measures, and veteran industry needs. Lon B Merchant Christmas Black and E G Hayward were elected to posts, with El Paso and Cimarron named in leadership slots.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Congress
Selective Service Boards
Tom Clayton
Lon B. Merchant
Capitan
Christmas Black
el Paso
E. G. Hayward
Cimarron
Hung Jury In Murder Trial Of Caroline Payne
In Bloomington Indiana Caroline G Payne 45 a Bloomington newspaper executive faced a second trial for first degree murder in the July 5 killing of Charles O Mattingly 41 attorney examiner for the Indiana public service commission. The jurors were hung after an eight month jail stay awaiting trial.
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Bloomington
Ind
Caroline G. Payne
Charles O. Mattingly
Indiana Public Service Commission
Surrender of Dutch Troops Reported Near Soerabaja and Bandung
Tokyo reports imperial headquarters announced the unconditional surrender of 93,000 Dutch troops and 5,000 Allied soldiers to Japanese forces near Soerabaja and Bandung in central Java. The surrender occurred at 3 p.m. local time, per Tokyo timing, marking a major capitulation of main enemy forces in the Eastern Java defense area.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Soerabaja
Bandoeng
Java
Boy Scouts To Stage Waste Paper Drive Saturday
Roswell Boy Scouts will canvass the city to collect old newspapers and magazines in a war drive. Similar drives will occur every two weeks. Paper collection is a government assignment for the Boy Scouts of America. Residents should place waste paper on the front porch Saturday morning. G. K. Richardson chairs the campaign. Clovis Scouts have collected over 40,000 pounds and Roswell aims high. Ervin Mitchell of Mitchell Seed and Grain Co. will receive and store the paper until shipment.
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Boy Scouts of
Roswell
Boy Scouts of America
G. K. Richardson
Clovis
Ervin Mitchell
The
Mitchell Seed and Grain Co
Twenty two Held for Drunkenness in City Court
Twenty two persons pleaded guilty in police court today to drunkenness. Police judge Pat O Neill called it the largest number charged in a single day. Most fines were 10 dollars. two repeat offenders paid 15 dollars each and an eight time offender received a 30 day jail sentence.
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Pat O'Neill
Eyewitness account of U S victory over Japanese planes
The report describes a dramatic naval air battle in the Hornets Nest west of the Gilbert Islands. Twenty Japanese heavy bombers attacked. only two of our planes were lost and no surface ships were damaged. Lt. Edward Henry O’Hare and his squadron leader were highlighted for their efforts in downing at least six enemy planes.
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United States
Mandate Islands
U. S
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Tokyo
Mandates
Tom Yarbrough
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Uncle Sam
Edward Henry “Butch” O'Hare
Sourian
Arkansas
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
New Commander Of Japanese Forces In Philippines
The War Department announced General Tomoyuki Yamashita, famed conqueror of Malaya, would command the invaders in the Philippines, succeeding Lt General Masaharu Homma who reportedly killed himself after his retreat failed. The communique noted a 24 hour lull on the Bataan front, while 600 miles south skirmishes continued.
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Washington
War Department
Malaya
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Army Engineers Office To Open In Hobbs New Mexico
Hobbs will host a sub district office of the Albuquerque army engineers district on March 16 to cover a 150 mile radius. The office will employ 17 engineers draftsmen and clerks and handle engineering operations in the area.
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Hobbs
N. M
Chamber of Commerce
Albuquerque Army Engineers District Office
11 Days Without A Fatality On New Mexico Highways
SANTA FE March 9 New Mexico motorists take a bow. Eleven days from Feb 22 to March 5 on the highways without a human life lost, beating the prior six day record. Fifteen people were killed on the highways during the past month, one less than February 1941. A salute to safe drivers and continued life saving on New Mexico roads.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Biggest Taxpaying Week in U S History
Washington reports the largest taxpaying period in U S history, aiming to collect about 2 750 billion dollars for the treasury by March 16. Millions of Americans, including 7 million first filers, must file returns. exemptions have dropped and rates risen to widen revenue.illion
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Washington
United States Treasury
WPA
Air base water deemed safe after probe of sabotage scare
Bur ton reservoir supplying the army air base was declared absolutely safe after chemical tests showed no contamination. A civilian guard fired at a prowler Saturday night, and officials worried of sabotage as the incident occurred near the 3,000,000 gallon reservoir.
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Air Base
Albuquerque
N. M
Burton Reservoir
Army Air Base
Charles Wells
Weather Outlook for New Mexico and West Texas
Forecast covers yesterday and last night with regional weather notes. Expect variable cloudiness and cooler overnight temperatures across New Mexico and West Texas. Winds remain light, with minor precipitation chances in higher elevations and near the border regions.
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New Mexico
West Texas
Bomber Crashes In Columbia River Near Tongue Point
A Catalina flying boat bomber crashed during takeoff into the Columbia River near Tongue Point Oregon, killing Naval Lieutenant and seven enlisted men. The lone survivor was navigator Ensign H R Garrett. Salvage operations began immediately as another Pacific incident involved a missing Army bomber over North Carolina with eight presumed lost crew.
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Seattle
Catalina
Columbia River
Tongue Point
Ore
Army
North Carolina
H. R. Garrett
Fort Worth
Tex
Fall of Bandoeng Has Been Conceded
ADELAIDE Australia March 4 Bandoeng the war capital of the Netherlands East Indies has fallen Lieut Governor General Hubertus J Van Mook said in an interview today Our people are battling us with the resources they have left he added Van Mook who escaped in an airplane with 14 other Netherlands officials said a fair number of naval personnel has escaped from Java We are here to carry on a fight and not to sit and mope he said.
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Adelaide
Australia
Bandoeng
Netherlands East Indies
Genera Hubertus J. van Mook
van Mook
Netherlands
Java
Classified response praised by Mrs. Floyd Childress
Mrs. Floyd Childress said she received a wonderful and quick response to her ad for a housekeeper. The first evening the ad appeared she already had an applicant from Hagerman and secured a housekeeper.
Classified reach across state in Roswell Record delivery
A Roswell Record reader thanks Mrs. Childress noting the paper circulates widely from Hagerman to Artesia and beyond. The message emphasizes that classified ads are read by people across the end of the state and that delivery covers multiple towns.
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Mrs. Childress
Roswell
Hagerman Artesia
Deliv
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Jayton
Texas
Willie Marie Yates
Lamesa
Army Flying School
Lubbock
Miss Yates
Air Corps
Acme Telephoto
Justice C. R. Brice of
Sen. Roach
Gov. Miles
Russia
Clayton
N. M. Cattle Growers
Caroline Payne
Charles Mattingly
Boy Scouts
Jobs
United States Naval Task Force
Army Engineers
H. H. Hurning
N. Lea
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