British Planes Hit Bombers as Axis Move in Syria Iraq
RAF planes smash at German bombers near Damascus as Nazi tanks push toward Iraq. Berlin commentary claims positions ready for next blow while Axis officers roam Syria and Iraq. Unconfirmed reports say French planes escort bombers. Iraq orders all Britons to return home within seven days to support the national cause.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Syria
Iraq
Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Channel
Alliance of France With Nazi Germany Threat to the U. S.
The United States breaks with Vichy France amid reports of a growing partnership with Germany. Policy measures target French colonial possessions in the Caribbean and South America, with Martinique singled out for special attention. Roosevelt appeals to the French people to reject collaboration and defend freedom.
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Washington
United States
France
Petain
Germany
Europe
Martinique
Caribbean
French Guiana
South America
New World
Greenland
Denmark
Roosevelt
Vichy
Atlantic
Finish Sending Questionnaires In Chaves Co
Local selective service headquarters mailed the last group of questionnaires to Cha ves county registrants. The county has 3066 registrants with about 2200 classified so far and the board will continue until all are classified. The board meets two nights and one afternoon weekly. A total of 127 Chaves county men have been sent to military camps, with four more needed to reach the 131 quota by July 1. The next year’s quota has not yet been announced.
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Selective Service
Chaves County
Tourist School At 7 30 Tonight At Chamber of Commerce
A large attendance is expected for the second session of the tourist school at the Chamber of Commerce tonight. The meeting runs from 7 30 to 8 30. G S Oettle will speak on a visitor's impression of local tourist attractions, with several surprise features promised.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. S. Oettle
City Council Special Meeting on Highway 285 Route
A special meeting of the city council was called for 5 o clock this afternoon to act on a resolution designating as part of U S highway 285 the portion of the proposed alternate route between Main and McGaffey and the city limits.
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Main
McGaffey
Yankees Win 6-5 Over White Sox In Ninth Pulse
New York scores two in the ninth on triples by DiMaggio Gordon and Ruffing to beat Chicago 6 to 5, ending a five game skid. DiMaggio and Keller homered for the Yanks as Lee and Tresh handled the batteries.
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Yanks
Chicago
New York
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
Red Ruffing
New York Yankees
White Sox
DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Lee
Tresh
Breuer
Murray
Rosar
Dickey
Indians
Boston
Jim Bagby
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Joe Cronin
Sox
Bagby
Cleveland
Desautels
Harris
Judd
Newsome
Putlak
Local Weather Readings End At 11 30 Am Today
Weather data shows 24 hour readings ending 11 30 am with highs near 91 and a low around 61. Normal for date is 82 high and 52 low. Precipitation totals 0 today, 1.10 for month, 9.20 year to date. Sunrise 4 58 am, sunset 6 51 pm, day length 13.9 hours.
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Sie Ss
SG. Ks O
Ek Ss
Ae Eee
GM Strike Averted by Mediation Board Proposal
Washington May 16 General Motors averted a strike in sixty plants by accepting a defense mediation board proposal. The agreement includes a one year contract with the CIO United Automobile Workers granting a 10 cent an hour raise, with no closed shop and an estimated 50 million dollar yearly wage increase.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
Defense Mediation Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Urge Haste On The Ship Seizure Bill Urge Haste On The Ship Seizure Bill
Democratic leaders urged the House to swiftly pass Senate amendments to the ship seizure bill so it could reach President Roosevelt before the weekend. The measure, approved 59 to 20 in the Senate, faces minor amendments aside from one query on forbidding government takeover of idle foreign vessels in American ports.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Bland
D-Va
Merchant Marine Committee
United States
Know Your New Mexico Day Quiz Reveals State Facts
Santa Fe May 16 A state quiz proclaims Know Your New Mexico Day. Coronado explored in 1540 and Santa Fe sits at the end of the Santa Fe trail. Answers cover motto crescit cumundo, settlement San Gabriel 1598, San Juan River, Conchas Dam, and Taos as the tri city Ventures from the state tourist bureau and Earl Stull’s job test draw mixed results.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Coronado
Carlsbad Caverns
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Tri-City
San Gabriel
San Juan
Conchas Dam
Elephant Butte
Taos
Ranchos de Taos
Don Fernando de Taos
Taos Pueblo
Earl Stull
Roosevelt says French appeal comments too serious to interpret
President Roosevelt declined to interpret or expand on his appeal to the French people to reject collaboration with Germany. He dismissed questions as too hypothetical and offered no new remarks on the French situation or potential actions regarding Caribbean territories or European colonies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Martinique
Caribbean
William D. Leahy
Vichy
State Department
United States
Low Bidders Today On Hiway Projects
Skousen Brothers of Albuquerque were low bidders on two of five highway projects opened by the state highway commission. They bid 843,371.68 for 15 miles on state 26 Deming to Florida and 56,198.32 for base course and oil surfacing of 83 miles on U S 380 Carrizozo to San Antonio. Other low bidders included F. O. McDaniel for landscaping on U S 85 north of Raton, D. D. Skousen for 13 miles on state 18 Tucumcari to Ragland, and Hayner and Burn for four culverts on state 83 Artesia to Lovington.
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Santa FE
N. M
Skousen Brothers
Albuquerque
Me Highway Commission
Deming
Florida
State
U. S
Carrizozo
San Antonio
F. O. McDaniel
Raton
D. D. Skousen
Tucumcari
Ragland
Hayner and Burn
Las Cruces
Artesia
Lovington
Rio Grande Threatens Bridge At Socorro U S 380
Rio Grande jeopardized a 1700 foot bridge on U S highway 380 at San Antonio near Socorro, risking washouts that would block traffic to Carrizozo and Roswell. Engineers noted the river bottom shifted two feet, crews widened channels, and CCC workers crossed under traffic control as conditions eased later.
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Rio Grande
Socorro
U. S. 380
N. M
San Antonio
Here
Carrizozo
Roswell
San Antonito
CCC
Escondido
Albuquerque
U. S. Highway 380
Colorado
New Mexico
Erle L. Hardy
Weather Bureau
State Police Break Up Madrid Mine Picket Line
Union strikers clashed with workers at Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company mines in Madrid New Mexico. State police dispersed picketers with tear gas loaded cars and ordered no further action. Police chief Tom Summers pledged to protect life and property and halt further picketing to prevent violence.
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Madrid
N. M
Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company
Tom Summers
Summers
School Bus Drivers Complete Red Cross First Aid Course
Twenty one Chaves county drivers completed the Red Cross standard first aid course earning the distinction as the first county to finish. Eleven studied in Roswell under Mrs Louis E Fay Jr while ten trained at Hager man with Tode Brenneman assisted by Mrs Mary Nail and J A Strong. Instructors came from the Roswell Red Cross First Aid Instructors Club.
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Chaves County
Red Cross
Roswell
Louis E. Fay, Jr
Hagerman
Tode Brenneman
Mary Nail
J. A. Strong
Strike Situation Improves But Labor Talks Stall
Negotiations to avert a soft coal strike hit a snag while a GM walkout was avoided as the company accepted a national mediation board peace plan. GM holds 750,090,060 in defense contracts. In New York Southern coal operators and UMW CIO adjourned a wage conference with little hope for agreement. John L Lewis warned of a possible 330,000 miners strike across Appalachian areas if no deal emerges. A Senate committee urged immediate settlement of the AFL CIO machinists strike at San Francisco delaying 500,000,000 in shipbuilding as hearings were set to probe who blocked shipyard reopenings.
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Associated Press
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
New York
Southern
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
L. P. Putnam
Appalachian
Senate Defense
AFL
San Francisco
Truman
D-Mo
Washington
Quality of Pecos Valley Waters Is Subject of Talk
Finch White of the United States Geological Survey spoke at the Roswell museum on the Pecos River water quality project. The talk outlined the U S G S program, field lab use at New Mexico Military Institute, and the value of long term records for irrigation impact and future water use in the Pecos Valley.
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Water Resources Branch
United States Geological Survey
Pecos Valley
Roswell Museum
Finch White
Chaves County
Tom McClure
New Mexico
New Mexico Military Institute
Pecos River
White
Roswell
Nazis and British Set To Clash In Near East Front
British air forces attack German warplanes in Damascus Rayak and Palmyra as Nazis push toward Syria Iraq and the Suez. Reports from Reuters and French agencies note German tanks and transports in French Syria with Turkey’s nonbelligerent stance. Axis personnel seen in Iraq and Syria, signaling broader Middle East infiltration.
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London
Syria
Suez
Britain
Middle East
Cairo
RAF
Damascus
Rayak
Palmyra
Reuters
U S Will Use Her Fleet to Protect Freedom of Seas
President Roosevelt addressed Germany’s Red Sea danger zone by recalling past U S naval actions to safeguard commerce and freedom of the seas. He noted Barbary pirates and Caribbean privateers as historical precedents but declined to specify modern equivalents or potential U S steps. He stressed freedom of the seas as policy and hinted future actions depend on effectiveness of declarations.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Red Sea
United States
New American Republic
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Suez Canal
I Am An American Day Observance in Roswell Sunday
Roswell joins nationwide Citizenship Day events with a one hour program at 3 p.m. in the Junior High School auditorium. George Threlkeld, chair, notes likely attendance of naturalized citizens and hopes native born residents join to show patriotism for America.
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Roswell
George Threlkeld
Congress
Chaves County
America
Community Singing At Hagerman Sunday
Community singing will be held Sunday afternoon at the Hagerman school building. The public is cordially invited to attend and take part.
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Hagerman School
Classified Serves As Reliable Worker Says Mrs Brown
Mrs R R Brown praises the classified section as the most reliable worker she has ever had. It sells and rents for her and does about everything she asks, proving that a classified can be a faithful servant in a busy small business.
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R. R. Brown
Mrs. Brown
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