Confusion Mounts Over Gas Rationing In East
Eastern residents face unclear rules as gasoline rationing registration enters its second day. Officials report widespread questions on legitimate needs while some applicants misstate facts. Bronx deputy administrator Chesley logs 50 calls about missing ration cards and Providence official Hogan warns of strict review and penalties for abuses. Mayor calls attention to regional, nationwide treatment remains unequal.
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Associated Press
Eastern
Seaboard
Adolph J. Chesley
Bronx
Providence
R. I
Edward T. Ho-gan
Meeting Tonight of Civilian Pilots at Roswell School
Lt Col John G Armstrong of Roswell Army Flying School will speak at a meeting tonight for civilian pilots and others interested in flying. The Roswell Junior High School session at 7 30 pm is announced by Richard Callens, manager of Roswell Municipal Airport, with discussion on traffic patterns, flying regulations, and local airspace. Moving pictures for aviators will be shown.
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John G. Armstrong
Roswell Army Flying School
Roswell Junior High School
Richard Callens
Roswell
Col. Armstrong
Casualties In Philippines Rise With 107 New Names
The War Department announced 107 additional Philippine deaths, including 23 officers and 84 enlisted men, raising total U S casualties to 511 since Pearl Harbor. The list covers 14 states and next of kin have been notified. further casualty lists may follow.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Islands
Pearl Harbor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Local Weather Readings With Temperatures and Precipitation
Readings show 3 hour interval temperatures ending 11 30 a m yesterday and today with highs 84 and lows 49. Normal for date 81 51. 24 hr precipitation today 0 month to date 0 37 year to date 3 10. Sunset 7 49 day length 13 8 hrs.
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Zoday
Japanese Strike Into China 100 Miles From Burma
Japan reinforces and pushes northeast into Yunnan toward Paoshan, 100 miles from Burma and 180 miles along the Burma Road. Chungking dispatches say Lungling force moves up inside China in a possible encirclement from the west. In Burma, Chinese forces clash south of Myitkyina as Japan claims Salween bridge dynamited and large arms shipments captured en route to Chungking. RAF air base at Akyab bombed. page continues.
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London
China
Yunnan
Paoshan
Burma
Chungking
Lungling
Myitkyina
Rangoon
Salween
New Delhi
India
RAF
Akyab
Anti Nazi Outbursts Rise in Paris and Laval Setbacks
Bomb blasts strike two German frequented Paris restaurants and several German hostelries while hotel detonations kill Nazis. Reports hint at hostages’ retaliatory executions and growing disarray around Laval’s pro Axis program as Vichy talks with Abetz and Darian continue amid possible moves against U S relations, Martinique neutrality, and fleet fate.
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Associated Press
Paris
Oberg
Gestapo
Vichy
France
Laval
Otto Abetz
Hitler
United States
Washington
Martinique
Jean Darian
City Beautiful Contest Entries
Entries list participants Mrs. J Marshall at 711 West 7th Street and Mrs. Ethan Allen at 110 North Kansas with climbing rose displays for the City Beautiful Contest.
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City Beautiful
J. Marshall
W. 7Th Street
Ethan Allen
Kansas
Roswell High Announces Commencement and Baccalaureate
Roswell High School today announced the baccalaureate service on Sunday night May 24 and commencement Friday night May 29. J D Shinkle, city school superintendent, issued the notice. Rev Arthur A DuLaney, pastor of First Baptist Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. For the third year, the commencement program will be by the graduating class with no outside speaker. Dorothy Belle Rea is valedictorian and Grace Marilyn Nance is salutatorian.
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Roswell
J. D. Shinkle
Arthur A. DuLaney
First Baptist Church
Dorothy Belle Rea
Grace Marilyn Nance
Mayor Urges Air To Attend I Am An American Day
Mayor Thomas J. Hall urged Roswell residents to attend the I Am An American Day observance at 4 PM next Sunday on the New Mexico Military Institute parade grounds. The event honors new citizens and naturalized residents, with NMMI cadets and the cadet band leading a short program and a parade. Company 21 of the New Mexico State Guard sponsors the event by request of the Department of Justice.
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LES I. S. Weather Bureauee
Roswell
New Parade Grounds
New Mexico
Anaes Oe
Crimea
Thomas J. Hall
TJ Am
James R. Kelly
Institute
Ted Hunt
Company 21
New Mexico State Guard
Department of Justice
Louis M. Prager
Gas Model Plane Contest At Roswell Next Saturday
A dozen gas model airplane builders will compete at ten o clock next Saturday morning at the west end of 8th Street south of the municipal airport. Mayor Hall awards a sweepstakes cup, with other prizes from local businesses. Sponsored by the Cloudhoppers Club and directed by Frank Greene, the event promotes aviation principles to youths with government support.
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8Th Street
Mayor Hall
Cloudhoppers Club
Frank Greene
Roswell
Professor Threw Coffee at Colleague in Lunchroom Fight
In Santa Rosa California a language professor, Howard T. Wheeler, 47, was not renewed after a dispute with Otto Carl Ross, 33, an engineering instructor at Santa Rosa junior college. Wheeler allegedly threw coffee at Ross and then fought him after Ross called President Roosevelt a communist, a claim Ross disputes. The college president had recommended Wheeler's dismissal and Ross retention pending further inquiry, and the trustees adopted the decision.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Roosevelt
Howard T. Wheeler
Santa Rosa Junior College
Otto Carl Ross
College Board of
Floyd Bailey
Wheeler
Ross
Hospital Day Observance At St Marys
Dr I J Marshall lauds St Marys Hospital as the most modern in the Southwest during National Hospital Day program at St Marys Hospital Visitors toured the new addition opened weeks ago noting ultra modern beds operating rooms X-ray lab sterilizing room maternity department and modern kitchen a five day old lab result helped save a life by confirming cancerous tissue and need for further tissue removal
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Roswell
Southwest
I. J. Marshall
St. Mary’s Hospital
James R. Kelly
Marshall
Resumption of Air Battles for Australia Predicted
Allied observers predict the resumption of air battles over Australia's outer island defenses as the Japanese navy may renew the Coral Sea clash. Remnants of the first invasion fleet hide behind islands awaiting reinforcements while the main fleet concentrates north of New Guinea and New Britain near Truk. Giant American bombers and Allied aircraft claim success wiping Japanese bombers from the skies during a ten day campaign. Bad weather slows operations and MacArthur reports no combat in the Southwest Pacific theater.
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Allied
Australia
Coral Sea
New Guinea
New Britain
Japan
Marshal
Caroline Islands
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Soldier Pay Rise Debate Hints at $42 Monthly Base
A House panel signaled the likely $42 a month base pay for soldiers and sailors, with hopes for $50 a month ignored. Committee leaders warned the extra raise would be dropped in conference, citing the bill’s half billion dollar annual cost and political limits. Continued to Page Four.
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Washington
Congress
May
D-Ky
Senate
Sidelights On The News Carl Woods Doctor And Gentleman
Carl L. Woods a Lincoln physician and neighbor died last week. For decades he served mountain communities regardless of race or payment, often traveling remote fastnesses day or night to provide care. Many owed him nothing as their earning power was limited. He accepted WPA work without expectation of pay and even tried to use Borito fruit wine for sale, then the text notes continued on page seven.
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Carl Woods
Lincoln
Carl L. Woods
USO Campaign In Roswell Passes The $2550 Mark
Roswell USO fund has passed the $2500 mark with many teams yet to report. Although short of the $3800 quota, organizers expect full public response after more calls. Subscriptions should be left at the Chamber of Commerce or First National Bank. every man woman and child is urged to contribute to entertainment and recreation for Chaves county servicemen.
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Roswell Uso Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Blocksom
First National Bank
United Service Organization
Chaves County
USO
Soldier Saves Ten In Flaming Airliner
Miles City Montana May 13 A young sergeant Carl Dinius kicked out a window and yanked open the jammed cabin door to save stewardess Lois Hallem and nine passengers trapped in the wrecked Northwest Airlines transport. Two army men aided others as three pilots died in the crash after overshooting Miles City airport in strong wind.
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Miles City
Mont
Carl Dinius
Lois Hallem
Northwest Airlines
Dinius
Alfred Albert Allen
Cottage Grove
Oregon
Savannah
Eugene Shank
Minneapoli
Donald H. Nygren
Minneapolis
Carl R. Martin
Seattle
Northwest
Ainess
54 Men Believed Killed In Bad Mine Explosion
USAGE West Virginia rescue teams announced 47 of 54 miners were believed dead after a massive explosion at a northern West Virginia coal mine. Workers recovered 23 bodies as they fought through rock and coal with oxygen, while crowds and families watched. Funeral homes prepared as officials warned the death toll could rise.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Morgantown
David Christopher
Christopher Coal Company
Baseball scores and battery details from multiple games
Cincinnati 0 Cincinnati 0 Brooklyn 2 1 Batteries Vandermeer and Hemsley Davis and Owen. Chicago 0 0 Boston 0 0 Batteries Mooty and McCullough Tobin and Lombardi Mass. Pittsburgh 0 New York 0 Batteries Butcher and Lopez Koslo and Danning.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Vandermeer & Hemsley
Davis & Owen
Chicago
Boston
Mooty & McCullough
Tobin & Lombardi
Mass
Pittsburgh
New York
Butcher & Lopez
Koslo & Danning
Monty Stratton Relieved in Wild 16-10 Lub bock Win
In Borger Tex Monty Stratton former White Sox pitcher and 1938 hunting accident survivor pitched in relief for Lub bock as Borger battered him for eleven hits and eleven runs in the seventh inning of a 16 to 10 defeat. Stratton also singled in his only at bat.
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Monte Stratton
Borger
Lubbock
Tex
Monty Stratton
Chicago White Sox
Stratton
Perry Smith Charged With Knife Attack In J P Court
Perry Smith faces charges of attempted assault with a deadly weapon after a complaint filed in Pat O Neill's J P court cites an alleged knife attack on Wilson Wheeler. Smith has not yet been arraigned.
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Perry Smith
Wilson Wheeler
Pat O'Neill
J. P
Cadets Land At City Airport In Arizona Flight
Aviation cadets from Luke Field Phoenix Arizona piloted a routine training flight and landed at the city airport at 1 p m today. The six A T sixes were noted as part of standard training operations.
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Luke Field
Phoenix
Ariz
Kerch Offensive Claims Victory Amid Ongoing Fighting
Allied reports show German field headquarters claiming the Kerch isthmus battle near the Crimea was decided with encirclement of Russians and 40,000 prisoners. Dispatches note 50 miles remained to Kerch city as heavy combat continued, marking a test phase of Hitler’s spring offensive.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Kerch
Crimea
Caucasus
Kerch Peninsula
Kerch Strait
Hitler
Less Fuel Oil For 15 More States
The War Production Board extends fuel oil curtailment to 15 midwestern states starting June 15. Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Wisconsin face deliveries ban for oil used in new equipment after June 15. Oregon and Washington see 50 percent cuts in fuel oil and gasoline deliveries. In 17 eastern states and D C card rationing begins Friday with fuel oil for new installations banned and gasoline deliveries limited to 90 percent of last year.
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Washington
New War Production Board
Ulinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Oregon
District of Columbia
Five Killed In Army Bomber Crash Near Paine Field
Everett, Wash May 13 A twin motor bomber crashed late yesterday just outside Paine Field killing five army fliers. The crash occurred in a wooded area between the field and Puget Sound causing a gasoline fire that engulfed the wreckage. The bomber was on a routine training flight. It marked the fifth bomber crash in the Pacific Northwest in 10 days with 25 airmen lost.
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Everett
Wash
Paine Field
Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest
Frantic Mrs Johnson Seeks Killing of Rent Ad
Early booster call reports Mrs. Carl Johnson begging to cancel yesterday's rock house for rent or lease ad. She says the calls drove her to frenzied desperation and accuses her husband Carl Johnson of bragging about classified success, prompting her request to stop the ad.
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Classified
Carl Johnson
Rock House
Johnson family praised as boosters for classified group
A local classified boosters group expresses gratitude to Mrs. Johnson for joining their list. Carl Johnson is noted as a charter member, with the family described as 100 percent supportive.
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Johnson
Carl Johnson
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