Planes Built in U S for U S and Britain Outpace Axis output
Washington reports that U S and Britain together produce half of all Allied aircraft, with 44 000 military planes on order rising to 89 000. March output 1 200, yearly total 18 000, projected 30 000 next year. Officials say defense production must surge further to meet wartime goals.
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Washington
American Aircraft Industry
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Britain
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Army
Navy
John D. Biggers
Office of Production Management
Partial Payment In Advance Plan On High U. S. Taxes
Secretary Morgenthau announced a treasury plan to let citizens prepay taxes with a special security. Taxpayers would buy monthly securities to cover a forthcoming tax bill, avoiding cash loans or budget disruption. Defense bonds were deemed unsuitable for this purpose.
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U. S
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Defense
German Air Offensive Expands in North Africa
Berlin reports intensified Luftwaffe operations in north Africa. German forces bomb British troop columns and artillery positions as ground offensives move forward after alleged local Tobruk area successes. Italian troops aided in Tobruk region. Crete strikes target Suda harbor damaging three ships.
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Berlin
North Africa
Tobruk
Crete
Suda
Nurses Examination Announcement in New Mexico
The New Mexico State Board of Nurse Examiners will hold an examination at St Vincent Sanatorium Santa Fe on May 28 and 29 with registration by Teresa McMenamin Secretary 417 South Arno Albuquerque. The board will also meet in Santa Fe on June 14.
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New Mexico
Six Local Schoolboys Help Bedfast Vendor in Garden
A group of six schoolboys traveled six miles to tend the garden of Richard L. Hedge who has been ill and bedfast for 20 years. They weeded and spaded most of his garden to support his only income from selling bulbs and flowers from his small plot.
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Danville
ITI
Richard L. Hedge
Nature warns when backache and leg pains appear
The message notes kidneys remove acids and waste from blood and that 15 miles of tubules can fail, causing pain, swelling, and energy loss. It urges seeking Doan's Pills, trusted for over 40 years, to clear waste and relieve symptoms.
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Nature
Pug
Dean
Axis Forces Gain At Tobruk Amid Siege
Axis troops penetrated Tobruk defenses and fought inside the garrison this morning while fighting continued at the Libyan port. British and Italian reports claim heavy losses for British forces near Salam as Tobruk siege persists. East Africa note counts 5,500 Italians, 2,400 colonial troops, and 93 guns seized around Dessie.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Salam
Libya
Libyan
Dessie
Ethiopia
Albert B Fall Is Much Improved
Albert B Fall former secretary of the interior and ex U S senator from New Mexico recovered from critical illness at the Albuquerque veterans hospital and travelled by train to El Paso Texas to rejoin his family physicians reported marked improvement after months of poor health following his Teapot Dome bribery conviction and prison sentence.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Albuquerque Veterans’ Hospital
el Paso
Texas
Fall
U. S
New Mexico
Harding
Teapot Dome
Colfax County Extension Agent Resigns for PCS Wichita Move
Zenas Brush, longtime Colfax county extension agent, announced his resignation to become assistant secretary with the Production Credit Corporation of Wichita Kansas. He and his family plan to depart Springer around May 15.
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Springer
N. M
Zenas Brush
Colfax
Production Credit Corporation of
Wichita
Kas
Weather forecast for four states
New Mexico shows cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Friday with decreasing clouds in the west. Colorado partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon showers or thunderstorms today and Friday and little temperature change. Arizona rain today and this evening then clearing tonight. Friday partly sunny west is warmer with few afternoon showers in the east and central. West Texas cloudy with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Friday continuing traces of precipitation.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Texas
Employment Week In State May 4 10
Governor John E Miles proclaims May 4 10 1941 as Employment Week in New Mexico urging churches civic groups industry labor and veterans organizations to observe Employment Sunday May 4 1941 to aid workers over 40 during defense preparation with New Mexico Employment Service backing older workers and veterans assistance.
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New Mexico
John E. Miles
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Veterans’ Organizations
State of
City of
Santa Fe
Iraq objects to British troop landings at Basra
An authoritative source says Britain landed a second contingent in Basra despite Iraq objections. Britain argues treaty rights allow transit and asserts Basra arrivals proceeded without incident after the April 17 to 18 landings. The Basra port lies at the head of the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq
Basra
Britain
Persian Gulf
110 Year-Old Aunt Lizzie Plans Wedding Again
Sapulpa Oklahoma May 1 110 year old Aunt Lizzie Deevers says she is in love again with 77 year old neighbor John Knight. She plans to marry as soon as she can get up to cook. She jokes about life with nine husbands and a Cherokee Irish Dutch mix while enjoying a light hearted birthday mood.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Lizzie” Deevers
Sapulpan
John Knight
Lizzie
Guadalupe Votes A Bond Issue In Guadalupe County
Guadalupe county voters appear to approve a proposed 50000 dollar bond for a new courthouse by a safe margin with 20 of 25 precincts counted showing a 137 vote lead. The report notes the outcome as of that partial count and reflects local election results in Santa Rosa New Mexico.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
Guadalupe County
Dream Mine Finder Turns Fortune From Desert To Fame
Grace Finley, 31, a former New Jersey telephone operator turned miner, operates an inclined shaft 37 feet deep 37 miles northwest of Barstow. She earns 19 dollars weekly from copper ore, delivering the grit that rebuilt her health from 102 to 158 pounds through hard labor in the Mojave desert. She followed a dream that led to the mine and to Hollywood for her first trip to entertainment life.
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Grace Finley
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Calif
Miss Finley
Finley
Hollywood
National Park funding for Carlsbad Caverns and Mesa Verde
The House Appropriations Committee, backing higher park funding, proposed 110,309 dollars for Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico and 71,785 dollars for Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
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