New Building To Embody All Latest Hospital Trends
St Marys hospital plans a four floor main building adding to the existing structure. Estimated cost for the building itself is about 135000 dollars. Ground was broken April 30 for the four story addition to house up to date equipment and services.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
W. E. Wirtz
Amarillo
Roswell
St. Mary’s
American College of Surgeons
Vorhees
Standhart
British Troops Move On Iraqi Forces From Three Sides
British forces reportedly advance on Iraqi units from three directions as raids hit England. Planes in bright moonlight engage Nazi raiders while Franco German talks hinge on imports. Rioting intensifies in Syria as British troops beat back Axis forces in North Africa.
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England
Syria
Axis
North Africa
British Report Details Iraqi Assault On Habbaniya Airdrome
London reports say Iraqi attack on Habbaniya continues with Iraqi artillery bombardment resumed and British losses including aircraft and casualties. Berlin broadcasts claim 3000 plus British troops moved from Transjordan toward Rutbah while Ankara says British advance on Baghdad. News notes German cheerleading of Rashid Ali and possible Arab destabilization.
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Iraq
Habbaniya
Royal Air Force
Ministry of Information
Mosul
Middle East
Rutbah
Transjordania
Radio Berlin
Radio Baghdad
Berlin
Haifa
Rutbach
Rashid Ali Al-Gailani
Syria
Palestine
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud
Final Warning Given On Brake And Light Stickers
State police in Roswell issued a final warning yesterday on brake and light stickers. Automobile owners who do not have the new stickers after May 5 will face prosecution, officers said.
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Roswell
FBI Agents Will Inspect Jap Liner Heiyo Maru
Federal agents will board the Japanese liner Heiyo Maru when it arrives in Los Angeles to lock over 47 German citizens on the passenger list. The Germans are traveling home via the trans Siberian railroad. Agents will inspect baggage of several Germans leaving Los Angeles aboard the liner before it departs for San Francisco.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles Harbor
South
Central America
San Francisco
Local Weather Summary from Friday to Saturday
Weather data shows highest 60 and lowest 48 with Friday night low. Precipitation 24 hours ending 8:30 pm Saturday is .76 inches and month to date .89 inches. Year to date is 8.99 inches with normal 2.79. Sunrise Sunday at 5:07 am, sunset at 6:42 pm, day length 13.6 hours.
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Suna
German Raiders Bombard British Isles Amid Moonlit Blitz
London reports swarms of German bombers striking Liverpool and Merseyside with high explosives and incendiaries for a third night. Night fighters claim six raiders destroyed as Luftwaffe attacks spread to the northeast coast, causing casualties, fires, and rescues amid the continued “battle of the moon.”
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London
Liverpool
Merseyside
Roosevelt Visits Wilson and Monroe Homes in Wartime Tour
President Roosevelt at Woodrow Wilson birthplace in Staunton Virginia plans a Sunday noon address on aiding Britain and patrolling seas for defense of the new world against the Axis. The stop marks opening of Wilson birthplace as a national shrine and recalls Wilson’s 1917 break with Germany.
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Charlottesville
America
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
James Monroe
Wilson
Staunton
Britain
Seven Seas
New World
Germany
United States
Roswell Sells Twenty Defense Bonds and Stamps
Postmaster Mary McCullough announced that Roswell sold twenty United States defense bonds totaling 2043 dollars along with many defense saving stamps. The largest Roswell bond, 750 dollars, was bought by D P Greiner, county clerk, with sale nationwide starting May 1.
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United States Defense
Roswell
Mary McCullough
Defense
D. P. Greiner
Roswell Tourist School Friday Night Civic Event
The Chamber of Commerce hosts the first session of the tourist school at 7 30 Friday evening at the Chamber. Joe Bursey director of the state tourist bureau will speak and show a Carlsbad Cavern movie. J B Headley presents a Lincoln National forest color film as three Friday sessions follow to boost visitor reception and promote seeing all of New Mexico.
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Joe Bursey
State Tourist Bureau
Carlsbad
J. B. Headley
Lincoln National Forest
New Mexico
Jason Kellahin
R. W. Aldrich
Wesley Foster, Jr
Bruce Poorbaugh
Winston Daniel
Judson Goodart
Eastern New Mexico Hit by Widespread Heavy Rains Saturday
Eastern New Mexico endured another heavy rain event Saturday, with a broad storm dousing the region. The Roswell Clovis highway reopened to all traffic by two PM after high water blocked it since Friday. Travelers from Clovis via Tatum reported a heavy downpour along the route, while a Roswell Santa Fe trip noted rain throughout the journey there but not on the return between Vaughn and Roswell. Reports indicated heavy rains east of the mountains, but Alamogordo and Carrizozo saw no such rainfall.
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New Mexico
Roswell-Clovis
District Highway Office
Roswell
Clovis
Tatum
Santa Fe
Vaughn
Alamogordo
Carrizozo
26 American Ships Reach British Port
CBS heard a British broadcast saying 26 American ships loaded with war material have reached Port Suez, one of Britain's most important Middle East ports. The report cites London sources.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
U. S
Britain
Port Suez
British Broadcasting Corporation
CBS
London
Middle East
Draft Boards to Defer Defense Workers
Washington May 3 Deputy selective service director Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey ordered all local draft boards to defer workers essential to defense production. He said boards must maximize manpower efficiency and consider the defense program in selecting deferments while ensuring needed defense materials are produced.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt
Hershey
Germans Seek Entry to Morocco in Vichy Report
A Vichy report claims France will allow German tourists to enter French Morocco and Germany seeks colonial gains in Africa as part of Franco-German collaboration. Fernand Debrinon reportedly signed 1,800 visas for the first group of German civilians to visit Morocco, signaling an end to a prior travel ban and granting equal rights with other foreigners.
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French
Morocco
Germany
France
Africa
Fernand Debrinon
Paris
Reichstag To Meet To Hear A Declaration
In Berlin on May 4 the Reichstag will convene at 6 p m to hear a declaration by the Reich government. The session will be broadcast on all German radios. It was not officially confirmed that Adolf Hitler will address the gathering, the first since July 19, 1940 after France campaign.
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Reichstag
France
Hitler
Cruiser Voltaire Missing in London Report
The admiralty said the armed merchant cruiser Voltaire is overdue and must be considered lost. The 13,301-ton Lambert & Holt liner was converted into a merchant cruiser and is the 13th such vessel admitted by the admiralty since the war began.
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London
Admiralty
Lambert & Holt
Diplomats Attacked as Iraqi Crowds Target Leaflets
In Baghdad on May 3, the INB news agency reported that Iraqi crowds in Baghdad attacked British diplomats distributing anti government leaflets. The crowds seized and burned the leaflets. An Iraqi communique said war operations favor Iraq and urged public peace, while denying seeking Berlin aid and asserting Iraq can face the British alone.
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Ankara
Baghdad
Rutbah
Iraq
Iraqi
Transjordania
Berlin
Budapest
INB
British Clash With Iraq Forces On Gulf
British and Iraqi forces clashed at Basra on the Persian Gulf with British air bombing and artillery push driving Iraqi forces back. Basra, Iraq’s only sea outlet, has been used to land troops and war matériel while fighting continued at Habbaniya airbase where RAF planes were destroyed and casualties reported.
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London
Basra
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Habbaniya
Royal Air Force
Nazis Pleased By The Uprising In Iraq On British
German sources express satisfaction at Iraqi hostilities and hint at possible uprisings in Iran and Afghanistan as part of a spreading Arab holy war against Britain. Reports on Axis aid remain unconfirmed and Iraq denies requesting formal assistance.
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Iraq
Berlin
Iran
Persia
Afghanistan
New U S Plane Is Best Dive Bomber
Vultee Aircraft in Los Angeles announced a new dive bomber named Vengeance. The British call it the most deadly of its type and have contracted for an unspecified number. It reportedly embodies RAF and Luftwaffe combat lessons and offers greater range and load than prior models. Northrop Aircraft also builds it under license in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Vultee Aircraft
Royal Air Force
Germany
England
Vultee
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
California
Wheeler Charges Law Is Violated
U S Senator Burton K Wheeler accused members of President Roosevelt's cabinet and New York bankers of pressuring the president to violate the constitution by sending convoys into combat zones to aid Great Britain. He named Navy Secretary Knox and War Secretary Stimson, calling them warmongers alongside Dorothy Thompson, Walter Winchell, and Wendell L. Willkie, pledging to oppose them unless Roosevelt repudiates this bloc.
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N. Y
U. S
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
Great
Republic
Stimsons
Knoxes
Dorothy Thompsons
Walter Winchells
Indiana
Barefoot Boy
Wendell L. Willkie
Wrecked Plane Sighted Near Pulga California
Two pilots sighted a Porterfield monoplane wreck in a ravine south of Pulga but could not re locate the site on a second aerial survey. J Marshall Shinn of Quincy is feared dead after borrowing the plane for a trip to Fresno and Sacramento. A nine man Brush Creek ranger crew conducted a ground search aided by a portable radio, while weather halted ground and air efforts. Shinn’s disappearance was noticed after Dr John W Moore returned from a fishing trip.
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Calif
Porterfield
J. Marshall Shinn
Roy Lampson
Portola
Fred Russell
Pulga
Forest Service
Russell
Marysville
Lampson
Brush Creek
Oroville
Shinn
John W. Moore
Freno
Fresno
Orval Myers
Sacramento
Dr. Moore
Christian Family Week Observance May 4 11
Families urged to attend church together as Christian Family Week runs May 4 to 11. A covered dish banquet will be at 6 30 p m Monday in the basement of First Methodist Church as part of the observance. Families invited from other churches to join the dinner.
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First Methodist Church
Pearson To Speak At Two Rotary Conferences
Col. D. C. Pearson of Roswell funded as featured speaker at two Rotary district conferences. He speaks Monday morning at Flagstaff Arizona and Monday evening at El Paso for the 115th District. Pearson, former district governor, is a candidate for Rotary International board from Zone 1. Roswell Rotary’s Walter Fulbright Earl Patterson and others plan to attend El Paso. The 115th District covers New Mexico and West Texas.
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D. C. Pearson
Roswell
Rotary International
Flagstaff
Ariz
el Paso
Col. Pearson
Rotary
Walter Fulbright
Earl Patterson
New Mexico
West Texas
Classified ad brings quick buyer for Plymouth sedan
Mrs Annie Moore of Bray Moore Shop reported a rapid sale after placing a Plymouth sedan ad in Record classifieds. A man on her porch claimed he saw the ad in the paper moments earlier and bought the car, remarking on the ad’s speed.
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Bray- Moore
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