Roswell Sets March Snow Record With 6.6 Inches
A spring snowstorm moved into Roswell from the south at 4 10 this morning delivering 6 6 inches by 1 30 pm making it the heaviest March snowfall in the city’s history and bringing .67 inch of moisture. Snow was heavy in Lea county and lines were down to Hobbs Lovington and Tatum while roads opened and traffic slowly returned to normal as skies cleared.
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Roswell
Picacho
Kenna
Ft. Stanton
Lea County
Hobbs
Lovington
Tatum
Artesia
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Carrizozo
Mescalero Indian Reservation
Carlsbad
Chaves
Lea
Midwest Cold Wave Leaves 50 Dead Across Several States
An extreme winter blast from Canada caused at least 50 deaths in the Midwest with 20 traffic fatalities reported in Ohio. Temperatures plunged to 4 to 10 below zero as winds up to 85 mph battered North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. A person feared missing on a Lake Superior ice floe adds to the peril as the cold spreads to New England and the South.
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Midwest
Lake Superior
New England
South
Chicago Weather Bureau
Canada
Great Plains
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Yugoslavia Resists German Demands Amid Balkan Tension
Belgrade reports a looming clash as Nazi forces mass on the Bulgaria frontier and in Romania, with Britain sending hundreds of thousands to Greece. Allied naval actions push into Berbera and Cheren as Ethiopia campaigns continue. Lloyds lists shipping losses from German and Axis actions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Romania
Rumania
Soviet Russia
United States
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Berbera
Cheren
Ethiopia
Britain
German Sailors Arrive At Stanton
More than 300 German sailors from the scuttled liner Columbus arrive by train and bus at Fort Stanton in CCC barracks near Carrizozo New Mexico. They are greeted by Captain Welhelm Daehn and immigration officer G. W. Linnenkohl and will remain interned for the duration of the war or until further government action.
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Fort Stanton
N. M
Columbus
CCC
Sierra Blanca Foothills
San Francisco
Carrizozo
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lincoln National Forest
Fort Stanton Marine Hospital
Welhelm Daehn
G. W. Linnenkohl
Immigration Service
Oil Geologist Falls to Death From Nash Agency Garage
Roger W. Sawyer, a 45 year old Oklahoma geologist for Pure Oil Company, plunged head first from the Nash agency garage roof on east Fifth Street last night about 9:30. An inquest found death by fall. Witnesses described Sawyer acting strangely in days prior. He resided in Chickasha and leaves a father and siblings. Burial plans were to be in Chickasha with Talmage Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Nash Agency
East Fifth Street
Roger W. Sawyer
Oklahoma
Sawyer
Frank Pritchard
Standard Oil
Fifth and Main
Pickle Nickson
Nickson
Harry Carson
Alamogordo
Pure Oil Company
Chickasha
Oklo
G. W. Sawyer
Pritchard
Nash
V. 8
Gore
Dee Newton
McNally-Hall Motor Company
Newton
Bill Robert
Oris Reynolds
Lamar Strickland
W. W. Phillips
Pat O’neill
J. P
Talmage Mortuary
Saboteurs blamed after fatal Penn. R. R. wreck near Baden
Pennsylvania railroad officials blamed saboteurs for a derailment on the Cleveland Pittsburgh line near Baden Pennsylvania. The crash sent a crowding passenger train into the Ohio River in a blizzard, killing four and injuring 107. Engineer A R Weigle was killed amid collapsed coal and wreckage.
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Baden
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio River
E. W. Smith
Pittsburgh
A. R. Weigle
Cleveland
No Serious Auto Accidents Reported In Roswell
Despite heavy snow, Roswell saw five minor collisions reported by police. No injuries occurred and damage was slight.
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Roswell
Reverend Gilbert Called to Missouri Pastorate
Rev and Mrs Fred C Gilbert, residents of Roswell for five months, departed today for Maryville Missouri where Rev Gilbert will serve as pastor of the South Side Baptist Church.
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Gilbert
Missouri
Fred C. Gilbert
Roswell
Maryville, Mo
Southside Baptist Church
Powers Re-Roof Grant Street Home on Main Street
Building permits issued to O. M. Powers for re-roofing at 118 North Main, valued at $140. This reflects a minor maintenance project approved by city authorities. No additional structures or services indicated.
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O. M. Powers
N. Main
Knight Of Pythias Meeting Is Postponed
The regular meeting of the local Knight Of Pythias Lodge has been postponed until next Monday night.
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Knight of Pythias
K. P. Lodge
Final Rotary Lecture Moves to Junior High Auditorium
The Roswell Rotary Club relocates the final In stitute of Understanding lecture to the junior high school auditorium next Friday at 8 pm. Manoah Leide-Tedesco, renowned composer conductor and critic, will deliver the free public talk on Human Values In A Changing Order.
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Manoah Leide-Tedesco
Institute of Understanding
Roswell
Rotary Club
Woman’s Club
Lea County Draft Board Inducts Draftees With Short Notice
Hobbs New Mexico March 17 Lea County draft board clerk A L Langford said delays in medical report returns and state HQ pressure to meet signed quotas caused inducting sodine draftees tomorrow with no five day notice. 2200 questionnaires sent from about 3000 registrants. additional forms prepared as a reserve for future calls.
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Hobbs
N. M
A. L. Langford
Lea County
Santa Fe
Langford
British Troops In Balkans Spread Nazis Out Thinly
British expeditionary force to Greece boosts Anglo Allied morale with American aid. The Balkans could erupt into a broader conflict, potentially altering the war’s course. Hitler must keep a strong eastern air force as he fights Britain, leaving Nazi forces spread thinner than before.
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Balkans
Britain
Greece
America
Balkan
Hitler
England
British Isles
Fuehrer
Royal Air Force
Robinson Views On Session Start In Santa Fe
Santa Fe reporters recap the fifteenth general assembly opening. Governor John Miles asserts party control as a test of strength centers on senate resolutions aiming to remove A. and M. College from the North Central Association. Resolution No 6 targets gubernatorial appointment power. No 11 clarifies regent appointments under current law. No. 10 wins prior approval from President Milton. Representative Albert Gonzales of Dona Ana County created No 6.
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Santa FE
Fifteenth General Assembly
John Miles
Miles
Senate
A. & M. College
North Central Association
Milton
Albert Gonzales
Dona Ana
Roswell
New Publisher Summers Takes Charge at The Daily Record
Thomas G. Summers assumed management and the title of publisher at The Daily Record guiding the paper. He arrives from Hobbs where he led the Hobbs Daily News Sun since 1936, after prior posts in Silver City and California. Summers comes from a long line of newspaper publishers, with family ties to Missouri and Arkansas. The Summers family relocated to Roswell over the weekend. Mrs. Summers is from Missouri and they have no children.
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Thomas G. Summers
The
Record
Summers
Hobbs
Hobbs Daily News-Sun
News-Sun
Daily
Silver City Daily Press
Silver City
New Mexico
California
G. W. Summers
Hartville
Missouri
Democrat
Arkansas
Roswell
New Mexico to Vote On Changes In Boards of Regents
Santa Fe New Mexico voters will ballot at the next state election on a constitutional amendment for staggered six year terms for regents of higher education. Governor Miles and the legislature assured action soon after convening the session. The move aims to aid New Mexico State College in readmission to the North Central Association. The association meets March 22 to list accredited schools. Senate also reported 32 measures with three killed and three recommitted.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Miles
Senate
New Mexico State College
North Central Association
Justice of the Peace Courts
National Guard
Weather forecast for four-state region
Weather outlook for New Mexico Colorado Arizona and West Texas. New Mexico shows partly cloudy west and mostly cloudy east tonight and Tuesday with snow or rain in southeast areas. Colorado expects generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the east. Arizona foresees fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with slightly warmer central and east parts. West Texas reports partly cloudy north and cloudy south with snow in the central area and rain in the south tonight and Tuesday, with cooler conditions in the south and continuing cold in the north.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Kansas City Slayer May Be In Las Vegas
Las Vegas New Mexico March 17 State and city police questioned a suspect in the slaying of Leila Adele Welsh a 24 year old Kansas City beauty found slain in her bedroom eight days ago. Police prepared to send pictures and fingerprints to Kansas City authorities. The suspect 41 years old five feet 11 inches with grey curly hair walks with a limp and weighs 150 pounds was taken into custody when a Kansas City to Los Angeles bus halted in Las Vegas. He said he had visited his father in Pleasant Hill Missouri near Kansas City for two months and was en route to his home in Hondo California.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Leila Adele Welsh
Kansas City
John Wootton
Roy Vermillion
Albert Hathaway
Los Angeles
Pleasant Hill
Hondo
Calif
Classifieds pull in the motors Purdy seeks
Purdy placed a Record classified ad seeking a 10 horsepower electric motor and phoned to say missing the ad would push him into the motor business. He claims the ad helped him locate all motors for sale in the valley, illustrating how classifieds uncover answers.
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Will Purdy
Record Classified
Mr. Purdy
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