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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
4
The piece urges public action to end Roswell flood conditions while noting federal river Pecos report awaited. It defends local handling of Nazi sailors at Fort Stanton, criticizes sensational publicity, and cites travel growth at Carlsbad Cavern with April visitors reaching 16,349 and four month total over 50,000.
The report details Iraqi premier Rashid Ali Al Gailani urging Moslems to brace for public safety, while Britain battles Axis advances around Tobruk and in Greece. It notes Tobruk fortifications breached, German dive bombers silencing British batteries, and the BEF losses in Greece. Crete defense anticipated. Churchill cabinets reshuffled with Beaverbrook rising to influence wartime production. 5000 Australian troops landed from Greece to Egypt amid ongoing Allied operations. Little air activity overnight with a Merseyside raid noted.
Axis and allied reports say Iraqi forces mass and prepare to entrap British positions in Iraq as Premier Rashid Ali Al Gailani calls for a sacred struggle. Mobilization extends beyond 28 000 troops with armed units moving toward British bases and Basra encircled while Turkey and Syria watch closely.
Congress debates Morgenthau theory as defense spending soars. Officials consider taxes to fund a potential 19 billion dollar budget, with Harold D. Smith split between 19 and 24 billion projections. House Ways and Means weighs 170 economists urging defense tied tax policy to curb currency inflation. Hart of Iowa State and Harris of Harvard push special national defense levy.
Storm disruption spanned Hobbs to Clayton as heavy rains swollen the Canadian and Pecos rivers. Raton Arroyo flooded, bridges and roads washed out, Bashful spillways, and Carlsbad bathhouse flooded. Albuquerque and Clovis reported rainfall, with 3,600 second feet rushing down Raton Arroyo and some towns declaring watch for floods while rail and highway services faced closures.
The senate commerce committee debates a provision in a bill allowing the president to requisition and pay for about 80 idle foreign flag vessels in U S ports. Critics call it an act of war while supporters foresee a compromise enabling Axis ships use in American coastal trade. Some expect a majority to restrict usage to American needs.
Police report a major water disruption as the Hondo watershed swelled late Sunday and Monday, with towns including Carlsbad Clovis Vaughn Albuquerque Hobbs Alamogordo and Roswell seeing low water levels. Chief Henry Eller and Harry Thorne led checks 10 to 12 miles up the river, finding little water and no alarm yet. A crew of 14 men fixed the breach at the end of Kansas Ave using 250 sacks of dirt while patrols warned motorists away from Vaughn and Clovis at the Berrendo bridge. The Pecos carried water east of Roswell but not bank full, and the Hondo remained a heavy flow near Roswell amid the flood watch.
L R Burk, a Pecos Valley pioneer from Hagerman, died of a heart attack at 60. He lived in Hagerman since age 11, actively supported the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge, held I O O F offices, and served as town marshal. A farmer and cotton buyer, he is survived by his wife, four children, and seven grandchildren. Mason Funeral Home to handle arrangements.
Judge Harry L. Patten of Clo vis sat in for Judge James B. McGhee in district court hearing civil matters today.
Howard Turner of Roswell, Minnie Dea Smith of Ruidoso, Leroy Carpenter of Dexter, and Frances Harris of Roswell appear in a community register or social note listing residents and their towns of origin.
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