Japan Drives at Alaska or Siberia Plausible War Plan
Washington May 2 Experts split over reports Japan plans either a Australia strike or a broader effort to cut American supply lines in the south Pacific. Some see a war of nerves with feints toward Australia before a Siberia or Alaska move, while others argue Australia or supply routes are the real objective.
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Washington
Australia
South Pacific
Siberia
Alaska
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
U. S
Berlin
Shanghai
Japan
Pacific
Russia
Germany
Burma
China
India
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Tornadoes Kill At Least Twenty Across Oklahoma and Kansas
A series of nighttime tornadoes across northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas left at least 20 dead and many injured. Okfuskee county accounted for ten fatalities, Shildsville and Pawhuska reported multiple deaths, with additional casualties near Welty Dewey and Laharpe. The disaster struck Osage cattle country and surrounding communities, prompting emergency responses.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
United Press
Okfuskee County
Shildsville
Okemah
Welty
Pawhuska
Fisher
Okla
Tulsa County
Dewey
Laharpe, Kans
City Beautiful Contest Entries Miss Blanche Cullen
Miss Blanche Cullen displays a bouquet of iris featuring 12 varieties in the City Beautiful Contest entry. The scene highlights vibrant colors and diverse iris types as part of the municipal beautification showcase.
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City Beautiful
Blanche Cullen
Local Weather Temperature Readings End At 11:30 A M
Weather data show 3 hour interval readings ending 11:30 AM with temperatures around 52 at 6:30, 65 at 9:30, 79 at 6:30, 73 at 13:20, and 67 at 9:30. Highest 80, lowest Friday night 49. Normal for date 78/48. Month to date total 0 to date 2.94.
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Towecuebera
Tadar
Stee
Man Burned When Auto Overturns Near Roswell
Zachariah Purdy of Oklahoma City was seriously burned in a late Saturday crash west of Roswell when his Model A Ford overturned. His clothing caught fire from gasoline in the tank and he was rushed to St Marys hospital with extensive burns.
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Zachariah Purdy
Oklahoma City
St. Mary’s Hospital
Burns
Roswell
Ot Eedy
Rosa
Acci
Mandalay claimed by Japs as Burma battle nears end
United Press reports Japan claimed Mandalay was taken, while Burma fighting raged near the city as Chinese troops slowed the advance along the Burma Road. Allies noted British withdrawals north of the Irrawaddy and bridge destructions despite Tokyo’s assertion.
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Mandalay
Burma
Chinese Repulse Jap Attacks In Northern Burma
A Chungking communique reports a Japanese advance in the Lashio sector of Burma repulsed with heavy losses. Chinese forces in Taungyi killed 1,350 Japanese troops and destroyed six 14 ton tanks. AVG pilots claimed 14 Japanese zeros over Loiwing while refugees, including 100 British women and children, were evacuated to India aboard US transports before the Japanese reached Lashio. Japanese forces pushed near the Yunnan frontier but were repulsed by Gen Stilwell’s troops.
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Chungking
China
Lashio
Burma
Taungyi
Taungeyi
India
AVG
United States Army
Hsenwi
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chung
Roy Long Charged With Assault On Daughter
A complaint in J P court by District Attorney Watts charges Roy Long with assaulting his 13 year old daughter Josie Long intended to maim disfigure and injure her. Preliminary hearing set for next Friday at 10 before Pat O Neill J P.
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J. P
Watts
Roy Long
Josie Long
Pat O'Neill
Japs Force Tired British Back In The Mandalay Area
Allied forces report Japanese mobile columns with tanks and bombers pushed British troops back toward Mandalay in Burma. Chinese reinforcements repulsed a Japanese advance north of Lashio as British defenses withdraw north of the Irrawaddy. The Burma front shows heavy losses and concerns over broader Japanese offensives into China and India.
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New Delhi
India
Mandalay
Burma
Lashio
China
Irrawaddy River
Myitnge
Chungking
Hsenwi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Monywa
Aunming
Japan
Officers Arriving Daily At Roswell Army Flying School
Colonel Alvan C. Kincaid of the Roswell Army Flying School oversees daily arrivals of officers from west coast flying fields. Specialists in their branches join Roswell as construction keeps to the original schedule. start of operations remains unofficially announced but imminent as training intensifies.
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Roswell Army Flying School
Alvan C. Kincaid
Roswell Army
Roswell Retail Sales Rose 22 Percent in March 1942
Census figures from 27 Roswell firms show March 1942 retail sales up 22 percent over March 1941 with Albuquerque down 2 percent and Santa Fe down 4 percent. First quarter totals for Roswell rose 1 percent year over year while Albuquerque and Santa Fe fell 6 and 15 percent respectively. Apparel stores led gains with 41 percent, general and department stores up 18 percent, drugs up 15 percent, lumber 10 percent, furniture 8 percent, and motor vehicles down 63 percent from March 1941.
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Roswell
Bureau of Census
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Mar
New Mexico
J. C. Capt
Registration For Sugar Rationing Opens Tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow through Thursday residents of Roswell and Chaves county plus the nation will register for wartime sugar rationing. Registrations occur at Roswell grade schools and village schools, with farm and ranch registrants at county schools. Hours vary by location from 4 to 9 p m with several sites listed and staff from teachers and the PTA assisting.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Mountain View
East Grand Plains
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Berrendo
PTA
Col Fitzgerald Checks Up On Air Base Supplies
Col Gerald Fitzgerald, an army veterinarian from Roswell, inspected San Antonio establishments supplying food for the Roswell Army Flying School yesterday. He is part of the Fitzgerald family of Roswell and grew up in town.
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Col. Fitzgerald
Col
Gerald Fitzgerald
San Antonio
Roswell Army
Fitzgerald
Roswell
Sidelights On The News Day Of Prayer In New Mexico
Gov John Miles proposed a day of prayer for peace. The procession to churches drew thousands Friday and many others prayed at home. The piece emphasizes faith, prayer’s power, and the urging to attend church weekly.
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New Mexico
John E. Miles
Women riflemen trains at AWVS courses in Lovington
There is a real sense in the AWVS courses teaching women to use rifles at Lovington and other points. Every woman should know how to keep and use a rifle. The modern 22 calibre rifle is deadly up to 75 yards. May the Lord grant that their use in.
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AWVS
Lovington
Airliner Crash Kills Seventeen In Utah Mountain
Seventeen bodies were recovered from Ensign Peak after United Air Lines lost a mainliner in a rain storm en route from San Francisco to New York. Civil Aeronautics inspectors traveled from Washington to join the probe. The Wasatch crash raises five year fatalities to over fifty in the range.
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Salt Lake City
Ensign Peak
United Air Lines
Wasatch Mountain Range
Here
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
San Francisco
New York
British Bombers Upset Hitler Plan Submarine Drive
British Lancaster bombers wrecked Germanys biggest U boat engine factory at Augsburg damaging interior machinery and roof in a daylight April 17 raid. Air ministry said many submarine hulls would be useless for a long time, as RAF weather curtailed further attacks and German northern France airfields faced night raids.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Air Ministry
Augsburg
Hamburg
RAF
Norwegian
France
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Police Handled Record Number Of Cases In April
April set a new high in police activity with 228 persons arrested or held, excluding traffic-court citations. Drunks led with 110 arrests for common drunkenness plus six drunk driving, six drunk and disorderly, and other alcohol related offenses. Vagrants numbered 21, with many other offenses listed. Police court fines totaled 2283 assessed and 1478 collected, plus fourteen on sentences.
West Coast Japanese Evacuations Expanded to 6500
General Dewitt ordered 6500 Japanese from parts of California, Arizona, and Washington to evacuation centers between May 8 and 9. Areas include Seattle tracts, Hayward in Alameda County, San Mateo County, Los Angeles, and southern Arizona. Evacuees report to civil control stations for relocation. Total evacuated or ordered now exceeds 42,000.
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San Francisco
John L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
California
Arizona
Washington
Pacific Coast
Dewitt
Seattle
Puyallup Assembly Center
Alameda County
Hayward
Tanforan Assembly Center
San Mateo County
Los Angeles
Santa Anita
Mayer and
Cave Creek
Forced labor to boost German war production in occupied lands
Allied intelligence reports from London say Adolf Hitler drafted 2,500,000 forced laborers from occupied countries and may conscript women to speed up war production. The reports cite manpower and material losses on the Russian front as driving the push, with factories in occupied areas operating day and night under Nazi control.
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United Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
County drive to raise 3800 opens May 11 in Chaves
The USC financial campaign for Chaves county opens May 11 with a county quota of 3800. Will C. Lawrence says the executive group will meet at the chamber of commerce to finalize plans. The national goal is 32 million with 600 stations nationwide.
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USC
Chaves County
Chamber of Commerce
Will C. Lawrence
United States
National Committee
Fragmented Classified Notice From Daily Record
A damaged snippet from a Daily Record classified section shows repeated apologies about the classifieds continuing to operate after completion. It reads as an apologetic note on process rather than a clear public item. The text reflects a generic meta-comment rather than a specific event.
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