Convocation Backs Five Year Plan For New Mexico Southwest Texas
Bishop Frederick B Bartlett outlined a five year program to advance the Episcopal Missionary District toward becoming a diocese within ten years. Delegates from Albuquerque Fort Stanton Marfa Mesilla Park and more gathered for the convocation in support of leadership training and revival of The Southwest Churchman. A banquet addressed by George A Weiland and Donald W MacKay capped the event as plans moved toward college church work and broader district promotion.
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Frederick B. Bartlett
Episcopal Missionary District of
New Mexico
Texas
Bartlett
Woman’s Club
George A. Weiland
New York City
S. T
Dr. Kelley
Albuquerque
Fort Stanton
Marfa
Mesilla Park
la Mesa
Gallup
Carlsbad
Pecos
Raton
Silver City
el Paso
Fort Bliss
Santa Fe
Farmington
Tucumcari
East Las Vegas
Las Cruces
Fort Sumner
Artesia
Glencoe
Canutilla
Alamogordo
Southwest
Ross Calvin
Lincoln National Forest
Clovis
Portales
Rising Rio Grande floods threaten Middle Valley
Emergency guards strengthen river patrols along a 200 mile stretch as the Rio Grande rises slowly from thundershowers and snowmelt. Bernardo’s levee broke, Espanola sees eight inch rise, and Albuquerque’s river passes five feet with flood stage at seven.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
Espanola
Middle
Bernardo
el Vado
Chama
Colorado
San Luis Valley
Santa Fe Railroad
Conservancy District
Socorro
Acacia
Pecos
Belen
Conservancy
Riverside
CCC
Negro Man Shot Sunday Afternoon in Virginia Street Incident
Fred Deming colored man was shot in the arm Sunday afternoon at 211 South Virginia during a rent dispute. Mrs Elvish Springfield colored woman is alleged to have fired the shot per investigating officers. Deming declined to file a complaint. no witnesses exist and Springfield was not arrested.
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Fred Deming
South Virginia
Elvish Springfield
Deming
Local Weather Summary With Temperature Readings
Readings show 24 hour interval data ending 11 30 today with a high of 82 and low of 57. Normal for the date is a high 81 and low 51. Precipitation 24 hours ending 2 a m today is 0 01 inches, month to date 1 10 inches, year to date 9 20 inches. Sunrise 5 00 am, sunset 6 48 pm, day length 13 8 hours.
Hitler's Shadow Injured In Plane Crash
Berlin reports Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess, Hitler's close ally, crashed while flying his own plane against the Fuehrer’s orders. Adjutants accused of permitting the flight have been arrested as officials assess Hess’s injuries and health.
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Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
National Socialist
Hess
London
Augsburg
Germany
Hitler
Hitler names Hess as successor in case of death
Adolf Hitler announced on September 1 1939 the first day of the war that he selected Rudolf Hess as the No 2 man to succeed him as Fuehrer if he dies. Hitler's first choice was Marshal Goering Hess 47 years old was often called Adolf Hitler's shadow due to his near constant proximity.
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Adolf Hitler
Hess
Fuehrer
Hitler
Marshal Goering
I Am An American Day Program at Junior High
A one hour observance titled I Am An American Day will be held Sunday May 18 at three oclock in the junior high school auditorium. Roswell residents are invited and urged to attend the local program as part of nationwide observances.
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Junior Righ
Roswell
Strike at Boston Navy yard halts 30 million in defense work
More than 900 American Federation of Labor skilled craftsmen walked out at the Boston Navy yard in South Boston tying up a 30 million dollar defense program. Spokesmen blamed the action on hiring of 1 200 WPA and civil service workers and warned of broader walkouts if the dispute isn t settled.
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Boston Navy Yard
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor
Navy Drydock
South Boston
Mass
Navy Yard
KE. A. Johnson
Building and Construction Trades Council
WPA
Civil Service
G. M
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
Defense Mediation Board
Washington
Hudson
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Hudson Motor Company
Roswell Rotarians Attend Vaughn Charter Meeting
Roswell Rotarians will attend a charter night meeting of the Vaughn Rotary Club on Tuesday evening at Vaughn. Seventeen Rotarians have promised to go with three more expected. Vaughn Rotary president A. E. Huntsinger leads the club, sponsored by Ft Sumner Rotary, part of a regional lineage tracing back to Roswell Rotary founded in 1920.
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Roswell
Vaughn Rotary Club
Vaughn
New Mexico Transportation Company
Chamber of Commerce
Vaughn Club
A. E. Huntsinger
Vaughn Bank
Ft. Sumner
Portales
Senate panel approves bill to seize idle foreign ships
Washington May 12 The Senate commerce committee backed legislation to take over idle foreign ships in U S harbors with an 11 to 4 vote and added an amendment restricting any seizure to vessels not owned by foreign governments. The panel also approved rules to void transfers within 60 days of the president's message and to ensure equitable treatment for alien sailors, with conditions excluding those convicted of sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Bailey
D-Nc
United States
Roswell Baptist Church Calls Carthage Pastor
Rev Arthur DuLaney of Carthage Missouri has been invited to serve as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Roswell. A reply from him is expected soon on whether he will accept the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur DuLaney
Carthage, Mo
First Baptist Church of
Roswell
British Action Against Axis In Mediterranean Deepened
British forces in the Mediterranean report progress with land and air operations against Axis targets. Bombing of Stuka nests on Sicily and raids across North Africa from Salum to Tripoli. Unconfirmed reports say Cantania Comiso bomber nests damaged and RAF pilots claimed hits on fleeing troops.
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Catro
Egypt
Britain
Middle East
Sicily
North Africa
Salum
Tripoli
Iraq
Rutba
Mediterranean
Cantania
Comiso
Bengasi
Gibraltar
PAF
Derna
Jedabaya
el Gazala
Libya
Italy
Health and Safety Program At Scout Court Of Honor
Roswell Sea Scouts present a health and safety program at Boy Scout Court of Honor in the district courtroom tomorrow night at 7 30. Judge Pat O Neill health and safety chairman of the Eastern New Mexico Area Council directs the program. D N Pope Court of Honor chairman presides.
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Roswell Sea Scouts
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Pat O'Neill
Eastern New Mexico Area Council
D. N. Pope
Court of Honor
Grand Chancellor to Visit Local Knights of Pythias
A special meeting of the Knights of Pythias Lodge is set for 7 30 PM at the K P Hall to host L P McHaffey Grand Chancellor for New Mexico from Lordsburg. All members urged to attend refreshments will be served.
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Knights of Pythias Lodge
L. P. McHaffey
Lordsburg
State of
New Mexico
K. P. Hall
Red Cross Water Safety School Heads Here in June
The Red Cross will run a water safety school here in early June under Lt. Archenhold. A call goes out for qualified life saving and water safety instructors to join the program. Selected instructors will be sent by the Red Cross with expenses paid to the national aquatics school at Colorado Springs in mid July. Contact Mrs. L. O Fullen or Miss Dorothy Dow to volunteer.
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Red Cross
Archenhold
National Red Cross Acquatic School
Colorado Springs
L. O Fullen
Dorothy Dow
London Memorials Damaged In Blitz Raid
London officials and Arthur Greenwood surveyed wreckage in the House of Commons after a night raid left Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, Big Ben, and Westminster Hall severely damaged. Rubble rose 50 feet near vaulted ceilings as fires consumed blocks across the capital.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
Britain
House of Commons
Greenwood
Westminster Abbey
British Museum
Big Ben
Westminster Hall
Abbey
England
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Bremen
Convention of Hoboes of America Sets Health Camps Proposal
Delegates at the 33rd annual Hoboes of America convention in Jersey City, with about 200 delegates from Newfoundland to California, favor government subsidized health camps for old and disabled hoboes and a one cent a mile railroad rate for migratory workers. Tonight’s session moves outdoors for a jungle jamboree featuring all the chicken mulligan delegates can eat. The tavern backyard is decorated with mountain laurel.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hoboes of America, Inc
Newfoundland
California
Palliums Granted to 20 Archbishops in Secret Vatican Ceremony
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII conferred palliums on 20 archbishops including leaders from San Antonio Montevideo Ottawa and Montreal in a quiet consistory. Archbishop Lucey of San Antonio sent officials to receive his pallium. The event likely concluded without the pope addressing the cardinals on international affairs.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
San Antonio
Texas
Montevideo
Ottawa
Montreal
College of Cardinals
Robert E. Lucey
George J Harris Father of US Border Patrol Dies
George J Harris, 65, known as the father of the U S border patrol for shaping the service, died in San Antonio on a Saturday. He headed patrol operations in 1932 with El Paso as headquarters and arrived in San Antonio in January as inspector in charge of the immigration service, ending a 37 year career.
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San Antonio
Tex
George J. Harris
U. S. Border Patrol
el Paso
Immigration Service Office
Warneke Guides Cardinals Past Pirates 6-2
St. Louis pitcher Sean Lonnie Warneke held the Pirates to seven hits as the Cardinals won 6-2 in Pittsburgh. Vince Dimaggo drove in both Pirate runs with a fifth inning homer with a man aboard. The line score shows St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 2 with Warneke earning the win.
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Pirates
Pittsburgh
Sean Lonnie Warneke
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Vince Dimaggo
Pirate
St. Louis
Warneke & Mancuso
Heintzelman
Lanahan
Dietz & Davis
Red Sox hammer Yankees in five run first inning
Boston defeats New York 8 to 4 as Jimmie Foxx belts a three run homer in a five run first inning. Lefty Grove improves to two wins this season allowing ten hits with four runs in the third. Yankees pitcher Gomez, Breuer, and Branch struggle while Rosar, Grove, and Peacock handle the Boston battery.
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Red Sox
Boston
Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Lefty Grove
New York
Gomez
Breuer
Branch & Rosar
Grove & Peacock
Body of Wells Victim Found in Cajon Canyon
San Bernardino Calif May 12 two posse members asked where killers hide a body then found 24 year old David Raymond Wells shot four days earlier near Cajon Pass. Wells is sought along with his half brother Alfred Wells 30 suspected of killing David’s wife Jean 20 and friend Rose Destree 17. Local lawmen press search in southwest Nevada and northwest Arizona as 1000 men scour rugged canyons.
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San Bernardino
Calif
David Raymond Wells
California
Nevada
Arizona
Wells
Alfred Wells
David
Jean
Rose Destree
Cajon Pass
O. E. Hawkins
E. E. Thompson
Thompson
Hawkins
Mrs. Wells
Miss Destree
Classified ad by Wayne Adams seeks milk cows in Hagerman
In Record classifieds this morning Wayne Adams of Hagerman placed an ad remarking he must rush home before the paper is out or his place will be overrun with cows. The note ends with a casual sign off.
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Wayne Adams
Hagerman
Record Classified
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DuLaney
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Convention of Hoboes of America
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