Pacific War Worsens as Japan Struggles in Burma India
The week end and today saw intensified conflicts around the Pacific. United Nations air forces hit a seaplane tender a tanker and two submarines near the Coral Sea. Japan seeks to relieve a trapped column in Burma China and a large invasion fleet gathers for a possible attack on Bengal. Wavell reorganizes India’s three armies to confront the northwest push as Britain and the United States rush planes to Indian bases.
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Associated Press
Coral Sea
Australia
Burma-China Front
India
Pacific
United Nations
Chungking
China
Burma
Chetang
Waeington
Archibald P. Wavell
Bengal
Wavell
Japan
Nephew Of The Founder Of Menaul School Is Dead
William James Menaul, nephew of Rev James Menaul founder of Menaul school, died Sunday in Albuquerque aged 59. Born March 3 1863 in Canadencia Pennsylvania he moved to Albuquerque in 1884 and spent most of his life on a ranch north of the city.
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Albuquerque
N. M
William James Menaul
Menaul School
Canadencia
Menaul
James Menaul
Local Weather Summary for Today and Past 24 Hours
Temperature readings show 88 as the high and 53 as the low for today with 24 hour values ending at 11 30 am. Precipitation remains trace for the 24 hours to 11 30 am with year to date totals at 3.01 inches. Sunrise is at 6 01 and sunset at 7 47 making a 13.8 hour day.
U S Announces Air Raid On Tokyo Great Damage Done
Washington reports a major air raid on Tokyo with 4000 casualties and fires burning for two days. The first communique after weeks of silence cites targets around Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and nearby localities. High altitude and low altitude bombing details are given along with civilian impact and fire control efforts.
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U. S
Tokyo
Washington
Japan
United States Army
War Department
Yokohama
Nagoya
Opposition Grows Against Government Seizure of Cars
In Washington on May 11 opposition builds in the Senate to bills allowing government seizure of privately owned automobiles. One plan would create a 5 billion dollar stockpile fund for cars tires and parts. Another would set a 40 mph national limit and authorize commandeering speeding vehicles. Senators warn of a terrible reaction if some cars are seized while others are not.
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Washington
Senate
Downey
D-Calif
Reynolds
D-Nc
Connally
D-Tex
Senatcr Byrd
D-Va
Army Plane Damaged In Accident At City Airport
Second Lt. D. E. Bower piloting an ATGA from Lake Field Phoenix Arizona ground looped on landing at Roswell Municipal Airport at 2 25 Sunday afternoon causing damage to the left wing landing gear and bending of the right gear. Parts are en route from San Antonio for Roswell repairs. No injuries to Lt. Bower or Private J Gaffney. A board of Air Force officers will determine the cause.
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D. E. Bower
Lake Field
Phoenix
Ariaona
Roswell
Bower
San Antonio
Texas
Japs Continue Their Drive Up The Burma Road
Heavy fighting persisted at Chefang inside China on the Burma Road as reinforcements arrived to replace wiped out units. The Chinese communique confirmed fall of Bhamo and Myitkyina, with the Japanese attacking east of Lailem and Kunghsin while Chinese forces under Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell resisted.
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Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mandalay
Lashio
Yunnan
China
Excelsior Springs
Washington
Veterans Administration
General
Hagerman Bay War Casualty Name Ovid A Hensley
Navy casualty list No 2 released May 11 names three New Mexicans enlisted personnel from Albuquerque and Hagerman The injured include apprentice seaman Ovid Alvy Hensley USNR son of Paul Avery Hensley of Hagerman covering December 7 1941 to April 15 1942.
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Navy Department
Washington
Albuquerque
Ovid Alvy Hensley
USNR
Paul Avery Hensley
Hagerman
County Grants Right Of Way For Road South Of City
The Board of Chaves County Commissioners approved a federal request for a one mile right of way west of Orchard Park for a road to a nearby project. They also granted a 17 mile east corridor for an oil pipeline from Hightower Eddy County to Roswell’s Valley Refining plant with a $500 bond. An army air corps zoning request covering two miles around the air base was approved. Chairman Harry Puryear presided with two other commissioners present.
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Orchard Park
Board of Chaves County Commissioners
Fooswell
Dexter
Roswell
Hightower
Eddy County
Valley Refining Company
Army Air Corps
Harry Puryear
P. D. Wilkins
Austin Reeves
Scrap Drive Urges Chaves County Metal Rubber Collection
Wayne Drysdale chairs the Chaves County Conservation Board urging immediate scrap metal and rubber collection across Chaves county to relieve a national shortage. The drive targets tires, tubes, overboots and other rubber items, with local dealers pooling loads to processing mills in Roswell. Households are asked to search yards and basements, with trucks donated for pickups and a date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Drysdale
Chaves
Chaves County Conservation Board
Roswell
Weather Forecast for New Mexico Today
Temperatures this afternoon and tonight will be about the same as yesterday afternoon and last night.
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New Mexico
Germans Deny The Use Poison Gas In World War II
Berlin broadcasts deny German troops used poison gas and recall Hitler pledges to refrain. Dienst Aus Deutschland says assurances hold. Churchill threat seen as political maneuver, observers warn. London reports forewarned gas offensive could be swift and terrible.
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Berlin
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Oeen
Britain
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Germany
Dient
Reich
London
Russia
Baseball scores from today including two American League games
The scoreboard shows Philadelphia or Boston 000 01200 and Detroit Cleveland 000 100 00 with pitchers Podgajny Nahem Warren Earley Lombardi and batters details. Only game scheduled.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Podgajny
Nahem
Warren
Earley and
Lombardi
Postal Employes Elect Officers in New Mexico
H A Delgado of Santa Fe was elected president of the United Postal Employees of New Mexico succeeding J A Werner Albuquerque post master. Santa Fe was chosen for next year’s convention. Other officers include Clyde Nihari Lake Arthur first vice president William H Nygren railway mail clerk second vice president Chas E Miller Albuquerque letter carrier third vice president Mary McCullough Roswell postmaster fourth vice president H N McCarter Roswell secretary treasurer.
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Albuquerque
N. M
May li
H. A. Delgado
Santa Fe
United Postal Employes of
New Mexico
J. A. Werner
Clyde Nihari
Lake Arthur
William H. Nygren
Chas. E. Miller
Mary McCullough
Roswell
H. N. McCarter
Sidelights On The News The Passing Throng
Robert C. Dow slated for attorney for the Federal Land Bank at Wichita in town for a Sunday dinner with Mrs and Miss and Junior, a ranking cadet at the New Mexico Military Institute, comments on the Coral Sea battles. Judge Jim McGee, with a broken thumb from a fishing trip, laments skepticism about his injury and recalls Clyde Oden as a cottage neighbor. Ed Carver of Clovas, visiting on the Sabbath, discusses the wheat loan fixing at 1.14 a bushel, noting 98 cents in 1941 and the large volume of wheat kept by Uncle Sam, while avoiding comment on storage. More on page five.
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Robert C. Dow
Federal Land Bank
Wichita
Junior
New Mexico Military Institute
Coral Sea
Jim M’gee
Elephant Butte
the Butte
ED Carver
Clovas
Uncle Sam
List Of Men From State Thought In Hands Of The Japs
SANTA FE New Mexico May 11 Adj Gen R C Charlton said he was convinced that 106 officers and men of New Mexico's 200th Anti Aircraft National Guard Regiment on Corregidor were scattered individuals not from one battery. Preliminary survey found no preponderance from any community. Fate of 106 and others left behind on Bataan unknown. War department had said losses were heavy. Charlton said Red Cross and Swiss legation would expedite word of captured survivors and casualties. Supplies for prisoners, even recreational gear, would be provided as needed. Cargoes are being assembled. Immediate details not known.
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Santa FE
N. M
Adj
R. C. Charlton
New Mexico
War Department
Bataan
Charlton
Washington
International Red Cross
Swiss Legation
Japan
Philippines
Tode Brenneman Wins State Rifle Championship
Roswell shooter Tode Brenneman won the New Mexico state rifle title at the M. M. I. range amid high winds with 131 of 150. Paul Wright of Silver City placed second with the same score, but Brenneman's 1 000 yard edge secured the championship. Grant County Rifle Club won team honors at 874, Santa Fe second at 866.
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Otis“Tode
Brenneman
Roswell
New Mexico
New Mexico Rifle and Pistol Association
Paul Wright
Silver City
Wright
Grant County Rifle Club
Santa Fe Rifle Club
George Murray
Clyde Osborne
Jack Hardin
N. M. White
L. D. Wilson
Santa Fe
Model Planes Are Given Tryouts For Contest Saturday
Visitors at the municipal airport watched local gas model airplane flyers prepare for a big contest next Sunday sponsored by Mayor Hall and the Kiwanis Club. A ten foot pusher model by Joe Brown attracted attention as Dean Powell tested a timed descent gadget and Frank Greene tried a new motor after losing one in an updraft.
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Mayor Hall
Kiwanis Club
Joe Brown
Dean Powell
Frank Greene
Tax Plans Debated in Congress for War Bond Funding
Congress debates compulsory wage deductions to fund war bonds. Senate finance chair George proposes a 3 to 10 percent withholding on all wages while Rep. Gore outlines a scale starting 6 percent for $20 to $30 earnings, rising with income to fund bonds. High earners face a $25,000 annual limit after taxes.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
Gore
D-Tenn
Roosevelt
All Ready For The USO Drive Here
Seventy five business and professional men will meet at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday at ten to finalize the USO campaign. Chaves county is tasked with 3800 dollars toward a national goal of 32 million. Campaign leaders plan immediate start and hope to complete the work within days, coordinating Roswell and surrounding areas with a large list of local volunteers and officials.
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Chamber of Commerce
USO
Chaves County
W. C. Lawrence
A. F. Madison
Roswell
Bob Daughtry
R. H. McCune
W. C Lawrence
Paul Wilmot
J. E. Johns
Ed Williams
H. H. Ball
E. G. Minton
Cecil Bonney
W. W. Merritt
Jim Rallis
Col. J. D. Atwood
H. E. Samson
Walden Bassett
J. R. Daughtry
Charles Dobbs
Bill Purdy
Bob Dakens
Judson Goodart
J. Q. Cummins
Harry Moberly
B. V. Elizey
Ed Carmichael
H. H. McGee
George Balderree
Will Hortenstein
Roy Norton
Chas. Butler
N. Kessell
Guy Nickson
George Evans
T. H. Boswell
D. J. Shreeengost
Carl Clardy
Lester Lane
F. L. Austin
Capt
C. F. Ward
Jim Jennings
S. W. Lodewick
R. M. Tigner
Henry Johnson
Sidney Prager
Paul McEvoy
Tom Summers
Fayette Davidson
J. W. Duncan
S. P. Johnson, Jr
B. B. Wilson
Ed Amonett
Selem Curtis
W. T. Neeley
Joan Hall
R. B. Wakefield
B. B. Ginsberg
Warren Cobean
J. D. Shinkle
Mary McCullough
George Carraway
Reed Harlan
L. J
British War Leader Reports On Potential Gas Warfare
Prime Minister Churchill delivered a forceful wartime report highlighting the possibility of gas warfare and Britain’s vow to strike back if Germany employs gas. British press warn civilians to carry gas masks while praising Britain's capacity to wage such warfare and noting Nazi warnings from Crimea.
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Associated Press
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Crimean
Daily Mail
Review of Carban State's Oil Refineries in New Mexico
State geologist John M. Kelly urged the Office of the Petroleum Coordinator to review data prompting a request to curb crude processing. A 30 percent cut was ordered in district 3, affecting small New Mexico refineries that total about 10,000 barrels per day and supply roughly half the state's gasoline. Named plants include Johnson-Lodewick Roswell, Malco, Continental Artesia, New Mexico Asphalt and Refining Artesia, Continental Farmington, McNutt Brickland near El Paso, and Petroleum Products Prewitt.
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District 3
Kelly
New Mexico
Johnson-Lodewick
Roswell
Malco
Continental Ana
New Mexico Asphalt and Refining Companies
Artesia
Continental
Farmington
McNutt Refining Company
Brickland
el Paso
Petroleum Products Company
Prewitt
Quickest way to rent a room advertises ready
Mrs Shaw of 305 W 3rd advocates a single six word classified ad to fill a vacancy the same day it is vacated. She warns others not to advertise until prepared to answer inquiries, stressing prompt, reliable service.
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Weather Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Hill
D-Ala
Herring
D-Iowa
Burma Road
Veterans Hospital
George Lerner
Ft. Bayard
N. Mex
Hagerman Bay
Ovid A. Hensley
AME
Detroit
Cleveland
Trout and
Tebbetts
Kennedy, Gromek and
Denning
Postal
Will Robinson
The
Clyde Oden
Corregidor Island
Tode Brenneman
Mediterranean
Carban State
Mrs. L. R. Tweed
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