Flood Threatened On Rio Grande By Melting Snow
Rio Grande conditions worsen as snow melts increasing flood risk. Levees receive reinforcements near Albuquerque while high waters threaten lowland farms across the region. Renewed snowmelt alarms state officials about possible overflow and flooding in multiple river basins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande Levees
Stanley Philippi
Middle Rio Grande
Colorado
New Mexico
Rancho Chico
Jemez
Pecos
Valley Ranch
Alamogordo Dam
Fort Sumner
RAF Long-Range Blitz Strikes Hamburg Bremen and Berlin
Waves of British bombers hit Hamburg and Bremen with tens of thousands of fire bombs and hundreds of tons of high explosives while Berlin was attacked. RAF crews reached Posen, Poland, on a 550 mile raid, the longest since Italy raids. German reports claimed heavy damage but no Berlin bombs. US Harpoon planes joined raids on northern France and Belgium as Stalin reorganized Moscow diplomacy with concerning Yugoslavia Belgium and Norway.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Bremen
Berlin
RAF
Posen
Poland
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Hull
Kingdom
London
Hitler
Reich
British
Air Ministry
Germany
Hamburg-Bremen
U. S
France
Belgium
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Norway
Moscow
Russia
Balkans
Japan
Far East
China
United States
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Near East
Reuters
Local Weather Readings and Normals for Today
Weather readings at three hour intervals cover 24 hours ending 11 30 am with a high of 90 and low, normals listed. Precipitation totals for 24 hours are 0.00, month to date 1.08, year to date 9.18. Sunrise 5 03, sunset 6 46, length of day 13 7 hours.
Girl Injured In Collision Here
Gloria Thorne 16 of Roswell suffered a minor scalp wound last night in a motorcycle collision at 11th and Kentucky. The motorcycle was driven by Moody Warmath who was injured but not seriously. The car was driven by W O Montgomery. Another accident occurred at Washington and College where a truck driven by Harley Forrester collided with Yvonne McTravis.
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Gloria Thorne
Roswell
Lth
Kentucky
Moody Warmath
W. O. Montgomery
Warmath
Washington and College
Harley Forrester
Yvonne McTravis
Singing Convention At Hagerman
The Chaves County Singing Convention will meet at the Hagerman school building Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Singers from a distance will be taken care of Saturday night, announced by secretary E. C. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Hagerman School
E. C. King
Mr. King
Eric Knight Urges A New Deal For World Peace
Novelist Eric Knight, visiting here, calls for a new deal for the world and says democratic methods are essential. He argues England and America must unite after the war to preserve democratic ideals. Knight, a native Englishman living in Pennsylvania, recently penned This Above All which earned acclaim and became a bestseller. He met Paul Horgan and admired portraits by Peter Hurd at their ranch in San Patricio. Knight, Horgan, and Hurd are longtime literary and art friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Knight
England
America
Mr. McKnight
Pennsylvania
Rebuilding Of Moseley's Cafe To Start Immediately
Moseley's Cafe at 419 East Second Street was gutted by a fire discovered after 2 a.m. The owner Manuel Moseley says rebuilding will begin at once and a temporary opening is hoped within a week to ten days using the portal, garden, and studio. Fire chief cites an electric motor on a compressor as the probable cause.
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Tweedy
Chaves
Board of County Commissioners
State Highway Commission
Lake J. Frazier
Leland M. Quantius
Cross Roads Service Station
Roswell
McGaffey Avenue
Crossroads
Highway Department
Tweedy's
Moseley
East Second Street
Manuel F. Moseley
Chrisman
Separate suit to attack 1941 state office building act
Caswell Neal, a Carlsbad attorney, said he will file a distinct district court suit challenging the constitutionality of the 1941 state office building act. He acts independently of a recently filed building commission action seeking a declaratory judgment. Other signs point to separate challenges.
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Santa FE
N. M
Caswell Neal
Carlsbad
The
Building Commission
Neal
Taxes Near 90 Percent Collected in Chaves County
County treasurer Julius Skinner reports that 89.3 percent of taxes due have been collected by May 7, totaling 366,930.00 against 409,735.64, with 42,805.00 still to be collected across state, county, school, municipal areas including Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman and Lake Arthur, maintaining the county’s strong collection record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Julius Skinner
Roswell
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Conservancy
Chaves
New Mexico Consideres New Internment Camps for Axis Seamen
Sources in Santa Fe report that New Mexico may establish one or more internment camps for Axis seamen. Locations are undecided but plans favor new camps over expanding Fort Stanton quarters. Governor Miles said the plans had not reached him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Fort Stanton
Miles
Anderson Carter Injured In School Ball Game
Anderson Carter fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Powhatan Carter was internally injured in a collision during a junior high game on school grounds yesterday afternoon. He remains under observation at St. Mary's hospital and is somewhat improved today though the full seriousness is not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Carter
Powhatan Carter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Capt Jimmy Says U S Is In The World War Now
Captain James Roosevelt, observing for the U S marine corps in Cairo, says the United States is already in the war except for sending troops. He arrived from Basra and cites Iraq hostilities as deep seated yet British control likely to endure. He suggests U S aid to Britain by relieving in the Far East and taking responsibility for cross border supplies. The Egyptian press reports Premier al Gailani of Iraq may have fallen from power amid protests, signaling possible near collapse and a Britain-led government restoration potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
James Roosevelt
U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Britain
Basra
Iraq
Middle East
Roosevelt
Far East
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Baghdad
London
Opening Session of Tourist School At 7:30 Tonight
Southeast New Mexico attractions will be featured at the Chamber of Commerce tourist school opening tonight at 7:30. A Carlsbad Cavern film and J. B. Headley’s Lincoln National Forest color film will be shown. Joe Bursey, head of the state tourist bureau, will speak. The program lasts an hour with snappy coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Carlsbad
State Tourist Bureau
J. B. Headley
Lincoln National Forest
Joe Bursey
Bursey
Chamber of Commerce Tourist Committee
Jason W. Kellahin
Baseball slated NL games postponed by rain
National League schedule shows Boston at New York and Brooklyn at Philadelphia postponed due to rain with only one game listed as Cleveland beating St Louis 0 4 Feller and Hemsley Kennedy and Grube noted. Detroit at Chicago also postponed by cold weather.
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National League
Boston
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Feller
Hemsley
Kennedy & Grube
Convocation Of The Episcopal Church Tomorrow
The Right Reverend F B Bartlett bishop of Idaho and district will open the convocation at St Andrew s Church tomorrow at 2 p m with about a hundred attendees. Sessions run 3 p m onward with multiple committee activities, a bishop council at 8 p m and a Holy Communion prep. Music by St Andrew s choir, new organ and pianist noted, sermon by Bishop Bartlett at 10 a m Sunday service.
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F. B. Bartlett
Idaho
New Mexico
West Texas
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Fifth and
Pennsylvania Avenues
Woman’s Club
du Bose Murphy
el Paso
H. Heard
Roswell
D. Matthews
St. John’s Cathedral
Albuquerque
C. F. Kinsolving
Santa Fe
Mr. Murphy
R. Y. Davis
F. B. Howden
Ft. Bliss
H. Pierce
Raton
F. B. Ellison
Las Vegas
F. B. Nichols
Bishop Bartlett
Ross Galvin
Kinsolving
Reginald Fisher
Heard
C. W. Bassett
Dean Matthews
G. Valliant
C. W. Grier
St. Andrews Church
Verle
Kenneth Wilson
Jack Deason
Alva Wilson
Bartlett
George A. Wieland
El Coyote Distributed At Roswell High Party
Roswell high school PTA hosted an afternoon gym party to distribute El Coyote the annual book praised for its patriotic theme and two color plate of the high school building. Gilbert Buck is named as a debated author with Hall-Poorbaugh Press printing. Edith Brabham edited, George Carothers advised, and staff included Swearingin Haley Williams Dobbs Thoma Blanchard Sallee Rodrick Williams Herring Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Swearingin
Levita Haley
Rosalyn Williams
Sarah Elizabeth Dobbs
Paulyne Thoma
Louise Blanchard
Ted Sallee
Jim Rodrick
Mack Williams
Betty Herring
Shirley Ann Jones
Major Purdy To Take Command Of Anti Tank Battalion
SANTA FE New Mexico May 9 Governor Miles announced the appointment of E L Safford of Santa Fe as assistant adjutant general, to succeed Major Edward Purdy who leaves the state military department to command the 104th Anti Tank Battalion at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
Adj
R. C. Charlton
E. L. Safford
Edward Purdy
State Military Department
104Th
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
British Attack on German Cities Is Most Destructive
London reports the largest RAF bombing armada for a single night striking Hamburg and Bremen with incendiaries and high explosives. The raid targeted shipyards and U boat bases while Berlin Emden and St Nazaire were also hit as the air ministry notes a growing British air power aided by U S aircraft. The night weather aided the attack and pilots describe vast flames and smoke over both cities.
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London
Hamburg
Bremen
Air Ministry
Reich
RAF
Berlin
Emden
Germany
St. Nazaire
France
Posen
Poland
Britain
United States
Roswell High seniors receive athletic sweaters at first ceremony
Nine seniors in Roswell High School’s graduation class were awarded athletic sweaters during a school assembly led by coach Poe W. Corn. Recipients include Dick Brenneman, Warren Cobean, Glen Haley, and others across basketball, tennis, golf, and cheerleading.
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Roswell High School
Poe W. Corn
Dick Brenneman
Warren Cobean
Glen Haley
Robert Dennis
Johnnie Cowan
Geo. DeShurley
Frank Joyce
LeRoy English
Lorenzo Burciago
Glen Dennis
Ben Kelly
Johnny Cowan
George DeShurley
Raymond Ayalla
Tommy Dresser
Helen Jewett
Sissy Young
Miss Jewett
Miss Young
Arlie Roberts
Mamie Destree
Beverly Brookshier
Eylie Saunders
Coach Corn
Paul H. Deaton
Lenore Winnie Blount
Bernice Santheson
Rachel Crowder
Fara Wilson
Vera Lee Green
Aileen Tapp
Dorothy Rea
Excellent Work Praised By Local Reader For Classified Ad
Mrs. Walter Anderson of 411 South Missouri thanked the Record for a fast effective classified ad that rented her room the first day it appeared and brought a tenant who has become like family, praising the paper’s excellence.
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Walter Anderson
S. Missouri
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Upper Pecos
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I Ae
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Brooklyn
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Episcopal Church
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el Coyote
Purdy
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