Continued Rise Of Rio Grande Floods Likely
Evacuation plans were mapped for valley communities below Albuquerque as flood waters of the Rio Grande rose toward flood stage. Snowmelt from northern New Mexico and Colorado fed the river, which neared six feet at Albuquerque and rose half a foot at the Colorado line. The state guard prepared to replace the national guard in training camps, with rubber boats, trucks, blankets and other supplies staged at the Albuquerque armory for emergency use.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Colorado
Colorado Line
State Guard
National Guard
Revised Catholic Bible edition on Paterson presses
The new revised edition of the New Testament for Roman Catholics and English speakers is off the presses at Paterson New Jersey. National director Rev Harry C. Graham and Rev Alexander Wyse examine the volume which features a modern translation, clearer wording, and removal of obscure passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paterson
N. J
Harry C. Graham
Holy Name Society
Alexander Wyse
Hess Informs Germans By British Radio As War News Grows
British radio reports quote Rudolf Hess talking and writing content that could unsettle Germany. BBC broadcasts flood Germany with Hess coverage while Berlin papers show limited attention. Churchill may interview Hess after initial questioning. German forces push in North Africa and ship raids continue along European coasts.
Senate Will Hike Crop Payments to Boost Farm Income
The Senate approved legislation to raise government loans on cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco to 85 percent of parity, aiming to support farmers under acreage and marketing controls. The measure passed 75 to 2 and heads to President Roosevelt, with veto chatter possible. Loan rates would be cotton 13.49 cents per pound, wheat 96.22 cents per bushel, corn 69.87 cents per bushel, and penalties for excess production set at 50 percent of parity.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Bankhead
D-Ala
Agriculture Department
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
Hess Said To Be Writing Reasons For His Flight
London reports Rudolf Hess is writing and reading words that will make the German high command sweat. The BBC says it launched a propaganda push with 10 broadcasts daily to Germany as a Churchill-Hitler deputy meeting was planned. Berlin officials say Hess planned a Glasgow peace visit to contact the Duke of Hamilton and other peace movement figures.
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BBC
Germany
Hess
London Daily Mail
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Duke of Hamilton
Glasgow
DNB
Scotland
Churchill
Britain
Hitler
Red Sea
Roosevelt
United States
England
North Sea
Helgoland
Holland
France
St. Nazaire
Ostend
Belgium
London
Rudolf Hess
British Broadcasting Corporation
Weather conditions May 14 in the U S states
A barometric depression moving eastward through the northern states centers in eastern South Dakota this morning. Rain has fallen since yesterday across the northern states from the Pacific to the Mississippi and into adjacent Canada, with one Canadian station reporting 3.6 inches. Elsewhere in the United States the weather is fair with little cloudiness. Cooler temperatures spread south and west of the mountains to Utah and Nevada, while the east remains cool from the Mississippi but warms in the far south. Plains states see above average warmth with minimums above 60. New Mexico and western Texas report 58 to 60. Continued fair weather is forecast tonight and Thursday, with a trend to cooler Tuesday. Travel from Roswell will be clear. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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South Dakota
Pacific
Mississippi
Canada
United States
Utah
Nevada
Plains States
New Mexico
Texas
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Strikes Threaten National Defense Harmony Across Key Industries
Strikes and strike threats press defense production as Appalachian coal fields and General Motors face walkouts. CIO leader John L. Lewis warns of mass mine withdrawals by May 21 if southern operators fail to accept a new wage contract. Auto Workers set a 7 am deadline for GM talks while temp coal agreements raise pay but reject full consolidation.
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Associated Press
Appalachian
General Motors
Defense
San Francisco Bay
Colt’s
Hartford
Conn
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Southern
G. M
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Union
Wold
Lewis
Dif
Trout Season Opens With Bleak Prospects Across New Mexico
Roswell fishermen head for the mountains as the 1941 trout season opens amid high muddy streams. No gal Lake and Eagle Nest offer better bets, while Ruidoso Creek and Gila waters may yield limited catches. Officials warn it could be weeks before stream fishing improves.
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Nogal Lake
Ruidoso
Bonita
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Elliott Barker
Eagle Nest
el Vado
Ruidoso Creek
Gila
Mogollon
Eagle Nest Lake
Local Weather Summary From Readings Ending 11:30 Today
Readings show 24 hour period ending 11:30 am with 3 hour intervals yesterday morning and today morning. Highest temperature 93, lowest 58. Normal highs 81 and lows 52 for the date. Precipitation totals: 24 hours ending 11:30 am today and month to date 1.10, year to date 9.20. Sunrise 4:59, sunset 6:49, day length 13.8 hours.
Varner Automobile Recovered After Theft Suspect Abandoned Car
Frank Varner’s 1937 Ford stolen from his home Monday night was found abandoned north of Artesia last night. Local officers reported the recovery and ongoing investigation.
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Frank Varner
Artesia
Mrs. Mattie Winston Dies In El Paso
Roswell resident Mrs. Mattie Winston 79 died yesterday in El Paso while receiving medical care. Husband W C Winston and several children survived. Funeral services set for 3 PM tomorrow at Ballard Chapel in Roswell with relatives from El Paso Santa Fe and Overton Texas heading home with the body.
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Mattie Waskon Winston
W. C. Winston
el Paso
Winston
Roswell
Roy Daniel
Winston Daniel
Musical Program By School Children Draws Large Crowd
Roswell school children performed at de Bremond Stadium drawing a near capacity crowd last night. Choruses from 4th 5th and 6th grades sang while the Roswell school band played. The program earned many favorable comments from attendees.
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Roswell
de Bremond Stadium
Rise in Artesian Pressure Head
An editors note by E G Minton Jr artesian well supervisor reports April and May rainfall lifted artesian pressure head across the basin from the northern tip to the southern boundary. Ground moisture reduced irrigation needs and caused wells to shut off. Middle Berrendo River flood runs fed the water table near the surface three miles west of the Berrendo highway bridge, raising record levels in two recorder wells.
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E. G. Minton, Jr
Pecos
Berrendo
Berrendo Highway
Knudsen May Quit As Head of the OPM
The Senate military committee approved a bill expanding the Office of Production Management powers to designate priority production of materials and equipment for defense. The panel moved to broaden mandatory authority, while trimming certain provisions.
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Knudsen
OPM
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Office of Production Management
Second Session Of Tourist School On Friday Night
The tourist school at the Chamber of Commerce resumes Friday night with a second session. G. S. Oettle of South Africa will present the main task on Roswell tourist attractions and how visitors are treated.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. S. Oettle
South Africa
Roswell
I Am An American Day observance program announced
A local observance set for next Sunday at three o clock in the junior high school auditorium features Col H P Saunders Jr Captain Harry E White and Dr Austin D Crile among speakers. The one hour program includes patriotic music pledge of allegiance natl anthem invocations and three formal addresses.
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H. P. Saunders, Jr
Harry E. White
Austin D. Crile
George Threlkeld
J. F. Hinkle
John C. Martens
Thomas W. Brabham
New Mexico
Roswell
All
Gov Miles Calls Meeting of Flood Control Agencies
Gov Miles called the heads of flood control agencies to a 4 pm meeting in Santa Fe to coordinate federal, state, and local efforts for Rio Grande flood emergency. He dismissed rumors that El Vado or Santa Cruz dams were in danger and urged readiness across agencies.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
Rio Grande
State Engineer’s Office
Highway Department
U. S. Weather Bureau
Middle Rio Grande
Axis Powers To Talk About The U S
ROME May 14 The major three power pact nations were understood to have conferred recently and observers said U S involvement via convoys was likely the main topic. Talks among Italy Germany and Japan may have covered relations with the United States and Soviet Russia. The pact pledges an all for one fight to any new nation in Europe or Asia.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Germany
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Il Giornale D’italia
Il Lavora Fascista
Texas Repealing N. M. Water Pact
Austin officials report the Texas House voted to repeal the Pecos River water sharing compact with New Mexico after New Mexico failed to act. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Texas
N. M
Austin
Tex
House of Representatives
New Mexico
Pecos River
Senate
Demurrer Filed To Tweedy's Petition For Road Injunction
District attorney G T Watts on behalf of the county commissioners filed a demurrer in district court to John Tweedy's bid to enjoin the proposed U S highway 285 alternate route south from Roswell. The filing also seeks condemnation of part of Tweedy's farm for the right of way, arguing land acquisition progress and insufficient actional facts in Tweedy's injunction petition.
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John Tweedy
Roswell
G. T. Watts
Watts
Tweedy
Charge U S Plans Attack On Japan
Rome newspapers report that Germany Italy and Japan discuss U S war involvement while Fascist media urge Japan to fight if America enters. A Berlin Nazi spokesman says Hess episode will soon be eclipsed by world changing events though no military action predicted. A British radio notes Hess may still be talking.
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Associated Press
Germany
Italy
Japan
Rome
United States
America
Il Giornale D’italia
Il Luoro Fascista
Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Baseball Box Scores and Weather Notes From Philadelphia and New York
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh box scores list Hughes Johnson Bruner Hoerst Beck Livingstone Strincevich Bauer Dietz Klinger Becker Davis and Brick/Strincevich. Brooklyn Cincinnati batters Wyatt Owen Derringer Riddle Hutchinson Lombardi. New York at St Louis and Boston at Chicago postponed due to rain. Weather forecasts cover New Mexico Colorado with fair, clouded high elevations, showers or thunderstorms in northern mountains, cooler conditions.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hughes
Johnson
Bruner
Hoerst
Beck
Livingston
Strincevich
Bauers
Dietz
Klinger
Baker
Davis
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Santa Fe Grand Jury In Recess As Officials Depart
Santa Fe county grand jury, without the district judge and district attorney, is in recess until June 2. Judge David Chavez Jr and District Attorney David Carmody left for Gallup to oversee McKinley county’s regular court term opening today. Several witnesses remain to be questioned when the panel reconvenes.
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Santa FE
N. M
Santa Fe County
David Chavez, Jr
David Carmody
Gallup
McKinley County
Man Pleads Guilty To Bad Check Charge In Roswell
Ed L. Thomas, brought back from Las Vegas by deputy Lamar Strickland, pleaded guilty to a bad check before Pat O Neill J P. He was held to district court under a $1000 bond.
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Ed L. Thomas
Roswell
Las Vegas
Nev
Lamar Strickland
Pat O'Neill
J. P
NYA Applications To Be Taken Friday In Roswell
NYA applications will be taken in the Roswell Chamber of Commerce on Friday May 16 from 830 to 200 o'clock. Area Youth Personnel Supervisor Mr Morper says that clerical and sewing projects now employing 60 youths will increase to 80 in the next days. Those aged 17 to 25, unmarried, unemployed, and out of school or soon to be out of school should meet Mr Morper for an interview or write Box 488 Carlsbad for an application blank.
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NYA
Roswell
Once a Reader Always a Reader in Classifieds
Mrs. Florence M. Painter states she reads records classified to keep up with others and stay posted. She notes long habit of reading the Record classified section as her method to stay informed.
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Florence M. Painter
Reader appreciation note from a classified readers
A reader thanks Mrs. Painter for a compliment and notes steady loyalty from thousands of classified readers, expressing enduring engagement with Record classified sections.
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