I Am An American Day Program At Junior High
A large crowd is urged to attend a patriotic program at the Roswell Junior High Auditorium at 3 PM today in observance of I Am An American Day. Col H P Saunders Jr Capt Harry E White and Dr A D Crile will speak plus patriotic music. The event lasts one hour and is organized by local leaders led by George Threlkeld.
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Col. H. P. Saunders, Jr
Harry E. White
A. D. Crile
George Threlkeld
Congress
Roosevelt
New Mexico
Miles
Roswell
Hall
J. F. Hinkle
John C. Martens
Thomas W.W. Brabham
Colonel H. Saunders, Jr
Austin D. Crile
All
Woodrow Cameron
Color Guard
Predict Arabs To Attack the British
Budapest May 17 UP The Hungarian INB news agency in Beirut reports Iraqi troops crossed into Transjordania and Iraqi planes bombed Amman Three Iraqi planes raided Amman and troops led by Farzi Kaukadshi penetrated Transjordanian territory The communique said western front unchanged and that Camp Alshuaiba saw heavy British casualties IBN Saud called for Muslim nations to march for freedom and peace A Syrian paper said IBN Saud's staff was in Damascus aiding Iraq and that hostilities herald a larger conflict to erode British power
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Budapest
INB
Beirut
Transjordania
Amman
Farzi Kaukadshi
Transjordanian
Local Weather Summary for the Date
Normal conditions reported with high of 82 and low of 53. Precipitation trace in the 24 hours ending 8:30 p m Saturday. Month to date 1 10 inches, year to date 9 20 inches. Normal month to date .47 inches, year to date 3 20 inches. Sunrise 4 57 a m sunset 6 51 p m length of day 13 9 hours.
Peaceful Picketing Allowed at Fort Wingate Strike
State police and striking workers reached an agreement approving peaceful picketing at the Fort Wingate ordnance depot project in Santa Fe. The pact limits protests to non disruptive activity, forbids entry to the site, and requires compliance with state and federal law to avoid litigation. It preserves the existing positions of both sides.
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Santa FE
N. M
Fort Wingate
Howard Houck
Houck
Fort Wingate Project
State of
New Mexico
United States
Quiz At Tourist School Voters Favor Next Session
A Chamber of Commerce Tourist School quiz drew an enthusiastic audience and approved a 7 30 p m session next Friday with Col Tom Boles as principal speaker. G S Oettle urged precise tourist information and Sunrise Trail naming.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico
Tom Boles
Carlsbad
Ray Aldrich
Bruce Poorbaugh
Jason Kellahin
Bud _ Foster
Roswell
Santa Fe
van Smith
President Warns Nation In Danger From Nazi Designs
President Roosevelt warned that dictator nations have economic encirclement of the United States and urged all Americans to fight economic slavery. He said victory by totalitarian powers would enslave world trade and threaten democratic life, calling for immediate maximum effort from citizens.
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New World
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
America
Captain Ward To Speak At Alamogordo Today
Captain Charlies F Ward of the New Mexico Military Institute faculty will give the principal address at the I Am An American Day program in Alamogordo this afternoon. He will speak on citizenship.
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Charlies F. Ward
New Mexico Military Institute
Alamogordo
Liens Ordered By Filing Date In Supreme Court
A New Mexico Supreme Court decision written by Justice H L Bickley with Justice Sadler dissenting upheld an Albuquerque ruling that city property assessment liens have priority over conservancy district liens by filing time. The district court was told to pause foreclosures to protect conservancy interests. Justice Sadler dissented saying the two liens stood on parity.
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Santa FE
Supreme Court
H. L. Bickley
Sadler
Albuquerque
Conservancy District
Hester Residence North of Roswell Destroyed By Fire
A seven room frame house at C M Hester dairy farm seven tenths of a mile north of Roswell city limits burned with a large garage chicken houses and smoke house. Fire started in chicken houses while trash was burned and spread to other structures. Fire truck not sent outside city limits due to official instruction.
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C. M. Hester
North Main
Hester
Aubrey Koonce
Fire Department
Hester Place
Roundup of Alien Seamen By City and State Police
Immigration inspectors and border patrol officers with city police conducted a broad search in New York City boroughs and Hoboken to detain foreign sailors overstaying their US visits. About 240 officers searched Brooklyn bars and hotels, 30 in Queens, and a similar effort on Staten Island. In Hoboken 25 seamen were detained but later released with no charges.
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New York
United States
New York City
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Staten Island
Bronx
Hudson River
Hoboken
N. J
Manhattan
New York Harbor
Rains Hit Mountain West Of Roswell Area
Heavy rain and hail swept parts of the mountain region west of Roswell, with Saturday showers reported in Ruidoso and 15 miles east of town, part of an active weather string in the area.
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Ruidoso
Roswell
Town
Rio Grande Bridge At San Antonio Is Partly Wrecked Now
Floods washed out five spans of U S Highway 380 bridge at San Antonio and a smaller Bernardo bridge earlier this week. Traffic east to San Antonio, the Hondo valley, and Roswell is halted. WPA crews man levees 200 miles along the river as Colorado run off feeds floods.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Bernardo
Carrizozo
Hondo Valley
Roswell
Colorado
New Mexico
WPA
Weather Bureau
Erle L. Hardy
Socorro
Short Circuit Causes Fire At Mrs. Cannon Home
A fire at 2 05 a m Saturday at 1000 South Kentucky Avenue caused slight damage when a refrigerator short circuited. Firemen extinguished the blaze with 2 1/2 gallons of foamite. The refrigerator was damaged and the pantry wall scorched. Mrs. Ann Cannon detected the smoke.
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Ann Cannon
South
Kentucky Avenue
Opponents Of New Road to Meet With Commissioners
A Roswell area group opposing an eight mile south Roswell highway route will meet county commissioners Monday night in the courthouse to present their case. A 9 am Tuesday hearing before Judge James B. McGhee on a demurrer to John Tweedy’s petition to stop the road is planned. Tweedy claims irreparable damage to his farm without adequate compensation. The county argues the petition lacks sufficient facts. Judge McGhee will hear the matter after returning from Las Cruces.
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Roswell
East 2Nd Street
James B. McGhee
John Tweedy
Tweedy
Watts
Frenger
Las Cruces
McGhee
Carlsbad
British Smash At Both Ends of Nazi Threats At Suez
British forces hit at both ends of the German pincers threatening the Suez Canal. RAF planes attacked Luftwaffe targets in Iraq and Libya while pounding Axis positions in the Sollum Fort Capuzzo area and at the Mosul and Habbaniya airfields. Nine enemy planes were destroyed at Hassani with further damage near Menidi.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Iraq
Sollum-Fort Capuzzo
Royal Air Force
Mosul
Habbaniya
RAF
Messerschmitts
Platea
Libya
Greece
Menidi
Hassani
South African Air Force
Hard Coal Miners Strike Starts At Midnight Tonight
New York May 17 The United Mine Workers called a work stoppage in the Pennsylvania anthracite industry effective at midnight. The action affects 90 000 to 100 000 workers and halts an industry producing about 52 million tons annually. Negotiations with 80 operators over a 1941 43 contract failed after wage increase disputes. Firemen and maintenance staff stay on duty to keep mines ready for restart. retroactive terms to May 1. The joint conference resumes Sunday, but optimism is low.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Dr. R. L. Bradley Shows Notable Recovery
The condition of Dr. R. L. Bradley, once seriously ill, is greatly improved. He has been able to sit up and is believed to be on the road to recovery after a period of illness reported Saturday.
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R. L. Bradley
French Withdraw From Palestine Front Amid Border Evacuations
May 16 reports say French forces pulled back from the Ras en Nakura frontier and Syrian villages were evacuated as German planes headed toward Iraq after bombing Syrian airfields. A Glenn Martin bomber joined Free French forces in Palestine, flew near Palestinian pillboxes at low altitude, then did not return. British observers remained alert to possible Nazi feints.
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United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Middle East
France
Russia
United States
Royal Air Force
Iraq
Syria
Berlin
Habanniya
Mosul
Palmyra
Palestine
Turkey
Henri Dentz
Istanbul
Ras EN Nakura
Adolf Hitler
Jean Francois Darlan
No Man’s Land
Open Forum Meeting on International Affairs Monday Night
An open forum on international affairs will meet at 7 30 Monday night in the Junior high school music room. Capt. Harold Kelly of N. M. M. I. will give a short talk followed by open discussion. A large crowd is hoped to attend and participate. This is the second in a series of meetings.
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Harold Kelly
Classifieds Deliver Useful Information Says Mrs Gillespie
Mrs Donald Gillespie praises Record classified as packed full of information and results. She reads it regularly and urges others to begin the habit, noting its value and usefulness for practical matters.
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Donald Gillespie
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Africa
Sat. P A
Lowes
Ft. Wingate
Rodden
Sunset Avenue
Hondo Bridge
Guardian Angels
Ness
Bill Denning
Jessie Juarez
Provement Project
London
English Channel
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Rhine
Cologne
Air Ministry
Capt. Ward
Rio Grande Bridge
Suez
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