Ominous rise in Japanese naval power reported
Allied headquarters in Australia reports a buildup of Japanese naval activity around New Britain and the Solomon Islands. Japanese ships near Bougainville were attacked, with no details given. The warning notes continued danger to Australia while Allied forces claim diminishing pressure on Port Moresby due to strikes on Lae and Rabaul.
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Allied
Australia
New Britain
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Solomons
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lae
Guinea
Rabaul
Air Corps
Ballard Funeral Home Moves to New Bert Ballard House
Ballard Funeral Home will relocate next week to 910 South Main Street in the former home of Dr D D Swearingin and Mrs Swearingin. Ballard bought the property last summer, remodeled it with a north side addition, and expanded grounds to accommodate large funerals. The new site, built by Roswell pioneer Charley Joyce, replaces eleven years at 121 West Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard Funeral Home
South Main Street
Bert Ballard
D. D. Swearingin
Charley Joyce
Roswell
West Third Street
Local Weather Readings and Monthly Averages Summary
Readings show 24 hour period ending 11:30 am with three hour intervals. Highest 65 and lowest 49 related to normal highs 79 and lows 49 for the date. Monthly totals show precipitation 0.00. month to date 2.94. normal 0.14. Year to date 2.87. Sunrise 6:05, sunset 7:44, day length 13.6 hours.
Bureaucrats Pushed Around By Proposal To Seize Private Cars
Washington May 7. Seven government officials endorsed a plan to requisition private automobiles and pay for them. Senator Johnson of Colorado and three other senators opposed a bill authorizing the government to take private cars or parts and seize cars from offenders at over 40 mph. The Office of Price Administration ordered local rationing boards in 17 eastern states and DC to limit nonessential motorists to two to six gallons of gasoline weekly amid the dispute.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Colo
Office of Price Administration
Seaboard States
District of Columbia
Amonett Elected Deputy District Governor of Lions
E. T. Amonett was elected deputy district governor of the Lions Club at the district convention in Silver City. Roy Carey of Carlsbad was chosen district governor, with Meclinton of Santa Fe and Pastelle Cooper of Las Cruces filling the other posts. War dominated the agenda as delegates toured the Chino Copper mine at Santa Rita and the Hurley smelter, with Walter Dexter of Oakland as chief speaker. Delegates reported a good meeting and reminded members of tonight's stag party at the Fin and Feather Club followed by a horseshoe pitching event and picnic dinner.
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E. T. Amonett
Lions Club
Silver City
Charles’ Boreing
Amonett
Fayette Davidson
Roswell
Roy Carey
Carlsbad
Lions Meclinton
Santa Fe
Pastelle Cooper
Las Cruces
Chino Copper Company
Santa Rita
Hurley
Walter Dexter
Oakland
Lions International
Lion Club
Fin and
Beecher Lank Dies at 91. Roswell Bootmaker Remembered
Beecher Lank a bootmaker for over 70 years died at four o'clock yesterday afternoon in his rooms at 205 East Seventh Street He would have been 92 next Monday May 1th Born May 11 1850 in Lafayette Ind he began bootmaking at 18 in Kansas City He came to Roswell in 1914 worked at Amonett's until 1939 He kept active until a few days before his death Funeral plans incomplete Ballard Funeral Home in charge No surviving relatives.
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Beecher Lank
East Seventh Street
Mr. Lank
Roswell
Amonett’s
U. S. Grant
United States
Lafayette
Ind
Kansas City
Texas
Arizona
Lank
Ballard Funeral Home
Planning Board Meeting Attendance by Local Officials
W A Losey Guy Rowe and county agent Tom Reid plan to attend the New Mexico Agricultural Planning Committee meeting in Las Cruces on May 13 and 14. The trip underscores county interest in agricultural planning and development activities.
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W. A. Losey
Guy Rowe
Tom Reid
New Mexico
132 Red Cross Certificates Awarded Here
In a Tuesday evening event 132 Red Cross certificates were awarded for first aid and home nursing training linked to the film Before the Doctor Comes. Recipients span Junior Home Nursing Motor Corps and Staff Assistance with Mrs. L. O. Fullen presenting, and Will C. Lawrence honored for Red Cross war fund work. About 700 attendees viewed the program, with H. E. Samson giving a prelude talk.
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Red Cross
L. O. Fullen
Chaves County
Will C. Lawrence
National
Lawrence
Red Cross War Fund
H. E. Samson
Urges Seizure Of French Islands Off U S Coast
The article reports a 1940s debate in Congress over seizing French Caribbean and South American possessions to thwart Axis use. Senator Pepper pushes immediate action to seize islands including Martinique and Capes Verde, while Senator Connally ties it to Madagascar tensions and a possible armed conflict with France.
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U. S
Washington
Madagascar
United States
Western Hemisphere
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Florida
Portugal
Spain
Atlantic
Portual
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Martinique
French Guiana
Building permits issued for repairs and remodeling
R. E. Griffith Theaters Co. at 118 West Third receives fire repair permits ranging from 15000 to 18000 dollars. Jackson Horne Grocery Co. Ltd. moves and remodels a building at 401 South Main for about 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Griffith Theaters Co
West Third
Jackson-Horne Grocery Co. Ltd
South Main
Jap forces sweep along Burma road into Chinese territory
Chinese army spokesman says a Japanese mechanized spearhead with air support advanced 23 miles along the Burma road into Yunnan province and reached Chefang with heavy fighting ongoing. The drive prompted speculation of a larger push toward Chungking as Wanting customs station was occupied on the border.
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Chungking
Burma Road
Chefang
Yunnan
Io Rapid
Burima
China
Japanese Forces in Burma Push On Into China
An army spokesman reported Japanese troops occupy Wanting on the China Burma frontier and drive a mechanized spearhead along the Burma road toward Chefang about 25 miles beyond Wanting. Heavy fighting continued as Chinese forces fought around Mandalay and denied reports of Japanese advances into Bhamo province and Yunnan. The Japanese air offensive persisted with intensified activity from Hankow air bases amid fears of Allied air counterstrikes.
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Changeing
China
Wanting
China-Burma
Burma
Chefang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Indo-China
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Japan
Hankow
Sugar Day Registration Extended One More Day
In Santa Fe New Mexico state rationing administrator S M Graf extended the sugar registration period through tomorrow. The original deadline was tonight. He warned that those who fail to register now must wait until May 21 and register at local rationing board offices, else stamps will be removed to cover the expired period. Graf cited slower than expected turnout and noted nearly a quarter of Santa Fe’s 20 000 residents had not yet received books by noon.
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Santa FE
N. M
S. M. Graf
Sugar Board declares registration can be completed today
The local sugar board states it will not delay folding over another day and can finish registration on site today.
Prohibit Use Of Copper Brass And Bronze In Many Commodities
The War Production Board bans copper brass and bronze use after May 31 in over 100 civilian items including pins Christmas tree bulbs neon lighting for signs musical instruments cooking utensils and electric razors. The order signals a full halt to production of many listed items where no copper substitutes exist.
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Washington
War Production Board
Weather Postpones Multiple American League Games
The American League games Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston Detroit at Washington and St Louis at Philadelphia were all postponed due to bad weather.
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Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Weather-Postponed National League Doubleheader Summary
In a weather disrupted twin bill the Brooklyn at Chicago Boston at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at St. Louis games were postponed. The first game Pittsburgh beat the Pitts 15 to 2 in 12 innings while the second game ended 0 0 between New York and Pittsburgh with Koslo Danning Heintzelman and Lopez listed as pitchers and catchers.
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National League
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Koslo
Danning
Heintzelman
Lopez
Sidelights On The News On Illiteracy In New Mexico
Mrs Grace Corrigan state superintendent of schools and the NMEA seek excuses for the illiteracy shown by the census. They blame low teacher pay while ignoring broader public indifference. Citizens in many counties fail to value education and school funds are diverted or delayed.
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Grace Corrigan
NMEA
New Mexico
Corrigan
Navy sinks eight Japanese ships near Solomon Islands
The navy stated eight enemy vessels including seven warships were sunk near the Solomon Islands, with four more badly damaged, at a cost of three American planes. Submarines added three more enemy ships sunk in the western Pacific, pushing total U S losses to date above 230 vessels sunk or damaged. The May 4 action involved surface ships and aircraft, marking a major engagement since Java Sea.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Pacific
United States
Australia
Navy
Java Sea
Hinkle Elected National DAR Vice President General
Local word reports Mrs. R. R. Hinkle has been elected to the national post of vice president general for the D A R. Both Mrs. R. R. Hinkle and Mrs. F. Hinkle are in Chicago for the announcement and duties.
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DAR
R. R. Hinkle
F. Hinkle
Chicago
Kenna Boy On The Marblehead Home Soon
Burlon Beevers of Kenna New Mexico serves on the U S S Marblehead which was reported sunk twice by Japan but arrived safely at an American port recently. His mother Anna Kimmons says he will likely get a furlough and return home for a few days. He joined the navy in October 1940.
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Burlon Beevers
Kenna
N. M
U. S. S. Marblehead
Anna Kimmons
Burton
Navy
Mrs. B. M. Clark Died Early Today
Mrs. Sarah Jane Clark, wife of Benjamin M. Clark, died at the family home in Roswell at noon. Born September 17, 1879 in Dunnville Illinois she was 62. Survived by six children, a brother Elmer Poulston of Kemp Arkansas, and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements await word from Talmage Mortuary.
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Sarah Jane Clark
Benjamin M. Clark
West Thirteenth Street
Church of Christ
Effie Hill
Sarah Lovelady
Memphis
Tennessee
Edna Clark
Cooperton
Okla
I. V. Smith
Roswell
Evelyn Chestine
Lemoncove
California
Jon W. Elis
G. M
Russians Claim Successes In Leningrad Area
Russian dispatches report Red Army forces crossing bogs west of Leningrad captured a junction held all winter, severing the road between the northern and southern siege wings. Hitler’s headquarters cited heavy casualties and a lull elsewhere. Italian commands noted British activity in the Mediterranean and an attempted raid on Crete. In North Africa, Italians said British armor reached east of El Mechili and were driven back by heavy artillery. British bombers struck Stuttgart thrice and hit the French invasion coast. German attacks on England were light.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Hitler
Mediterranean
Kupho
Crete
el Mechili
Tobruk
Stuttgart
England
USO to Open Club at Roswell Army Field
The USO national committee approved a club for Roswell, with mayor Tom Hall informed by regional rep E J Keyes. USO will direct soldiers recreation at Roswell Army Flying Field, cooperating with Civilian Defense Recreation Committee and local civilians. fundraising aims at 3800 dollars toward a national quota of 32 million for the year.
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National Committee of the United Service Organization
USO
Roswell
Tom Hall
E. J. Keyes
Roswell Army Flying Field
Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Committee
Civilian Defense Council
USO Finance Campaign Committee
Chaves
Roswell High to Host Junior Senior Basketball Game Next Week
Coach Poe Corn announced a junior senior boys basketball game to be held at Roswell High School next week with the date to be set soon. Spring practice has produced a promising squad for next year, featuring five lettermen including Jimmy ee-Mel endez, Bill Thompson, and cc Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell High School
Poe Corn
Jimmy Ee — Melendez
Bill Thompson
Cc Coleman
British Seize Diego Suarez in Madagascar Operation
British land and naval forces captured the Diego Suarez naval base at Madagascar's north tip and surrounding area, costing over 1,000 lives. The action followed a dawn landing and a hard defense by colonial troops loyal to Vichy France, with Churchill stating the plan spanned three months and involved 23 warships.
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London
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Churchill
House of Commons
War Office
Admiralty
Ministry of Information
Courrier Bay
Diego
Encirclement Reported West of Leningrad by Reds
Moscow May 7 The Red army on the Leningrad front drove a wedge between German forces and encircled a Nazi detachment west of the city. Red Star said Russians captured a junction point Germans held all winter breaking the road linking northern and southern wings. Thirty seven villages recaptured on the northwestern front with Leningrad in the area. Soviet reports said 1650 Germans were killed in three villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Red Star
City Beautiful Contest Entries
W C Garges of 404 North Kentucky submits an iris bed entry in the City Beautiful Contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Beautiful
W. C. Garges
North
Kentucky
One-Time Rent Ad Pulls Quick Result Says Record
A brief note on Mrs. J. H. Mulroy and her ad at 305 North Kentucky. The Record classified section is praised for fast responses to one-time rent ads. The piece argues that with any request someone will respond, and if there is no answer it cannot be done.
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J. H. Mulroy
North
Kentucky
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