Skelly Gasoline and Oils On Sale In Roswell
H E Bissell announces Skelly gasolines Aromax Ethyl Aromax and Powermax and Skelly oils Uniflo Tagolene and Skelco on sale at Pueblo and Skelly Service Stations in Roswell. A $5,000 prize contest for naming two new Skelly gasolines is offered to eligible entrants.
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Tagolene
Skelco
Shell Oil
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Tentative Date Set For Cub O Ral Rally Saturday May 24
The annual Roswell Cub O Ral outdoor rally for Cubs has a tentative date of May 24. A planning meeting for the Cub O Ral program will be held next Tuesday at the Boy Scout office in the First National Bank Building to introduce the new Cub Commissioner Rev Henry Heard and assistant commissioner Clarence M Cooper.
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Henry Heard
Clarence M. Cooper
War in Middle East heats as German force moves toward Iraq
German tanks bombers and French planes push across Syria toward Iraq as Britain reports RAF strikes on Damascus Rayak Palmyra. Iraq warns of swift action if frontier incidents continue while Soviet Russia reportedly considers help. Britain shells frontiers in North Africa as Vichy tensions rise and Roosevelt cuts French fleet ties.
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Weather Conditions May 16 Across Regions
Weather report notes scattered rainfall in the northwestern states, middle plains, and Great Lakes district with light totals. Fair conditions prevail in the southwest, temperatures rising from the Mississippi valley eastward, readings mostly upper 50s to lower 60s in New Mexico and western Texas, no frost except western Montana, and travel from Roswell expected fair except eastward beyond 300 miles. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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Construction In New Mexico Gives Many People Work
Roswell Daily Record reports widespread construction activity across New Mexico on May 16, 1941. Projects include timber orders for 100000 feet monthly, a Pecos river bridge near Carlsbad delayed to September, and expansions in Carlsbad, Las Cruces, and Mesilla Valley. Flood damage to cotton and labor shortages affect farming, while mining districts in Carlsbad and Silver City grow, with prospecting rising and dryland areas like Clovis and Portales providing jobs.
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Building Permits and April Employment Surge in New Mexico
Miss Florrie Rabb filed for a 4 car garage at 101 N Kentucky for 350 dollars. A. E. Guss repaired a residence at 809 W 12th for 200 dollars. Albuquerque May 15 reports show April construction activity kept pace with public programs as mining, oil fields in Eddy and Lea counties, and private building boosted jobs. over 1,000 new hires expected at Fort Wingate, with 2,500 peak. Private building in Albuquerque exceeded earlier gains and Alamogordo expansion supported lumbering activity, while Albuquerque saw a 40 percent rise in private commercial and professional positions.
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Mens Fellowship Dinner At First Methodist Church
Thirty five members of the mens Bible class and guests attended a fellowship dinner in the church basement. Ed Carmichael presided at an informal post dinner discussion. Talks were given by Pat ONeill J R Daughtry J M H Cul and Rev Thomas Braham.
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J. M. H. Cul
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Skelly Gasoline Naming Contest Seeks Prizes
Skelly Oil Company invites names for two new gasoline blends, one regular and one premium, with a total of 2000 cash prizes and fuel awards. Contest closes June 15 1941 with entry blanks available at Skelly stations nationwide.
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Scouters To Hold Camping Pow Wow In New Mexico
About 25 Scoutmasters and Boy Scout commissioners from eastern New Mexico will attend a camping pow wow tonight and tomorrow at Camp Wehinahpay Sacramento Mountains. The event aims to expand camping experience and plan the summer program for the local Boy Scout Council. Roswell attendees include Lew Wallace Ernest Bradshaw Louis E Fay Jr and P V Thorson with others possibly joining. All men will participate in cooking duties.
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Roswell
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Naval warning on South Atlantic routes from Dakar
Commanding sea lane patrols in the south Atlantic, naval authorities warned that such lines could give the Nazis a base to launch U boats and bombers to disrupt American shipping and endanger Britain's life line around the Cape of Good Hope. Dakar has frequently been cited as a logical jumping-off point for a thrust toward South America.
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New York Wool Futures Rise Across Sessions
New York May 16 Grease wool futures closed higher by 3 of a cent with Sly 95.0B for Oct and 95.2B for Dec. Certificated grease wool spots at 94 6B. Wool top futures gained 2 to 5 of a cent with Sly 128.5 for Oct 125.9 for Oct and 124.2B for Dec. Certificated spot wool tops also noted.
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New Businesses In State in April
The New Mexico employment security commission reports 72 new April registrations pushing total firms to 5,048. Bernalillo county leads with 15, while Eddy and Curry counties report 13 and eight. Jobs filled reach 1,391 with Las Vegas supplying 520, Albuquerque 188, and Las Cruces 141. New unemployment claims total 1,607, up 276 from March as Albuquerque airbase project completes. Benefit fund grows to 2,710,923 from 2,545,138 previously.
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New Orleans Cotton Prices Rise Slightly on May 16
Spot cotton closed steady nine points higher in New Orleans on May 16 with sales totaling 1,639 bales. The middling grade reached 12.67 cents.
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