Germans Race Toward English Channel Amid Paris Advance
German blitzkrieg legions pressed toward the English Channel within sight of Paris and 25 miles from the channel as Amiens Arras fell to German forces. Abbeville outskirts reached by motorcycle detachments. Abbeville reportedly captured. French premier Reynaud blamed high command for failures along the Meuse river front.
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Associated Press
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Blitzkrieg
Eiffel Tower
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Amiens
Arras
English Channel
Abbeville
Reynaud
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Meuse
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St. Quentin-Cambrai
Belgium
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Berlin
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Sedan
English
Fiffel Tower
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Cambrai
Congress Plans To Purge WPA of Reds Trojan Horse Talk
Washington May 21 Congress moves to purge WPA rolls of Communists as trojan horse talk broadens a plan. Rep Cannon and Rep Ditter back amendments while European war reports warn of Nazi advances toward Paris and the English Channel.
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WPA
Washington
Europe
House
W. P. A. Rolls
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Rep. Ditter
Planning For Navy's Part In U. S. Defense
President Roosevelt, focusing on the navy's share of defense, met with Senate and House naval committee leaders and top admirals at the White House. Aides said hours for defense work might be extended, but no policy was set. House panel backed a measure to expel civil workers suspected of subversive activity as part of speeding shipbuilding and aircraft programs. Credit to industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
White House
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House Committee
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
John H. Towers
Navy Aeronautics Bureau
Ben Morrell
Bureau of
Stephen Early
Capitol Hill
House Naval Committee
British Army In Precarious Position
British troops in Belgium face a precarious situation as American correspondents report most reporters with the force have been withdrawn. Berlin dispatches say a German thrust toward the English Channel could trap and isolate the 300000 strong British army if it reaches the coast, with abandonment of French assistance looming.
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London
Belgium
Drew Middleton
Associated Press
Arthur Mann
Mutual Broadcasting System
New York
English Channel
Berlin
New Citizens To Be Honored At Dinner Tonight
Roswell honors its new citizens with a 7 o'clock dinner at the In galls Memorial Home in observance of Citizenship Day. The event, sponsored by local clubs and veterans organizations, will feature a brief program followed by an informal dance after. Wayne Drysdale chairs the organizing committee for the national Citizenship Day observance proclaimed by Mayor Hall.
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Roswell
Ingalls Memorial
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Wayne Drysdale
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American Legion
Census Gains in Four Southern New Mexico Towns
Preliminary census counts show population increases for Silver City Deming Hatch and Hot Springs compared with 1930 figures. Silver City 5015 now vs 3519 in 1930 Deming 3591 vs 3377 Hot Springs 2740 vs 1326 Hatch 823 vs 364.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Silver City
Hatch
Deming
Hot Springs
President Opposes Cost Limit on WPA Projects
President Roosevelt urged Congress to drop a 50 thousand dollar cost limit on WPA projects and said such a cap would harm relief work and hinder national defense. He warned supporters of the limit could be charged with boondoggling and pressed for rapid passage of the $975.65 million relief bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Commissioner of Works Projects
Work Projects Administration
House
Weather Forecast Delivers scattered storms across Four States
The bulletin notes partly cloudy conditions tonight in New Mexico with evening thunderstorms over mountains and showers in the northeast, followed by Wednesday partly cloudy conditions and afternoon storms over mountains. Colorado, Arizona, and West Texas show similar patterns with varying thunder showers and cooler spells in northeast portions and southeast areas.
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New Mexico
New Mexico American Legion Convention May Break Records
The New Mexico Department American Legion plans its state convention in Santa Fe for June 2021 22 likely the largest yet. National figures Charles Q Kelley and Louis A Johnson may attend along with department leaders from Texas Oklahoma and Colorado. Roswell posts will hold 12 votes with 12 delegates and 12 alternates.
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New Mexico Department of the American Legion
Santa Fe
Wayne Drysdale
Charles Q. Kelley
Little Rock
Ark
Legion
National Department
New Mexico
Louis A. Johnson
Washington
Drysdale
Johnson
National Legion
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Roswell
American Legion Auxiliary
Democratic County Convention Tonight
Chaves county Democrats convene at 7 30 tonight in the district courtroom called by county chairman John Tweedy. The meeting aims to elect delegates to the state convention in Santa Fe on May 27 and to revise county rules to align with new election laws.
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Chaves County
John Tweedy
Santa Fe
New Mexico Poets Read On Coronado Radio Hour
Miss Annie L. Snorf will read poems by New Mexico authors on KGFL broadcast tomorrow morning from 10 15 to 10 45 featuring two of her own works and other regional pieces on the Coronado Cuarto Centen nial program.
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Annie L. Snorf
New Mexico
Coronado Cuarto
KGFL
Italy Edges Toward War With Blackouts and Drills
Rome May 21 Italy, allied with Germany, orders three day blackout and air raid drills in major industrial hubs Milan Turin Genoa Rome to test anti aircraft defenses amid Mussolini ready to act. Ciano speeches in Milan and Cremona say order of the day awaited, signaling potential entry into the war as fascists patrol streets and urge shelter during siren warnings.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
Cremona
Mussolini
Terni
Turin
Genoa
Soil Conservation Pictures To Be Shown
Government soil conservation pictures shown tonight at the Chamber of Commerce and will be repeated tomorrow night at East Grand Plains school house beginning at 7 30. The programme is free and aims to inform those interested in national problems.
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Chamber of Commerces
East Grand Plains
Chamber of Commerce
East Grand Plains School House
Delegates Elected to V F W State Encampment
Roswell Post 2575 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected delegates for the state encampment in Silver City on May 26 to 28. Named delegates include post commander A B Carpenter Oscar Samuelson of Artesia Cole Hitchcock O M Katy Powers Rolla Hinkle Tony LaRiva and Norton Kessell. A post dinner preceded the meeting.
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Roswell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Silver City
A. B. Carpenter
Oscar Samuelson
Artesia
Cole Hitchcock
O. M
Katy” Powers
Rolla Hinkle
Tony LaRiva
Norton Kessell
Urges Speeding Up Of Naval Building With More Workers
Washington May 21 All navy establishments were ordered to speed up defense preparations by working extra shifts and adding at least 15 000 civilian shipbuilding workers within three months. The increase would be distributed among Portsmouth New York Mare Island Philadelphia Boston Charleston Norfolk and Puget Sound yards. There are 66 warships under construction or planned including eight battleships.
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Washington
Lewis Compton
Mare Island
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Norfolk
Puget Sound
Senate Debates Labor Spy Bill and Navy Funds
Today in Congress the Senate continues debate on a bill to outlaw labor spies and opens public hearings on wire tapping. The military committee weighs a defense program while the appropriations subcommittee considers emergency navy funds. House resumes debate on 975.65 million dollars for defense. dies committee begins hearings on fifth columns and the Hatch bill faces renewed Judiciary review. Yesterday the Senate appropriations committee recommended 1.82 billion for the army amid labor espionage debate and minor House bills.
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Appropriations Subcommittee
Navy
HOUSE
Military and Naval Committee
Dies
United States
Judiciary Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Senate
Landon Called To White House
Alf Landon announced he would travel to Washington after a personal call from President Roosevelt. The call urged his presence for a White House conference, following news of an indefinite postponement, with Landon en route from Chicago for a luncheon appointment.
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Landon
E. M. Watson
See Allies As In Precarious Position Now
The German claim of smashing through the Allied front near Abbeville suggests a precarious Allied position if true, yet implies not their crushing defeat. More information is needed before judgment. Speculation is possible while awaiting details. The Germans also claim they crushed the French ninth army and captured its general staff.
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Dewit Mackenzie
Abbeville
Ninth Army
Making List For Tax Sale Here On Personal Property
Government tax notice outlines delinquent personal property taxes in Chaves County New Mexico. It explains the process of distraint warrants and sale of property to satisfy assessments with a May 31 deadline to avoid liability, noting many owners pay first half with realty taxes.
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New Mexico
Chaves
Sanford Fails To Testify In Wife Poisoning Trial
In Tucumcari New Mexico on May 21 district attorney J C Compton said the jury would finish the case against Dr John H Sanford today after rebuttal testimony. The former Santa Rosa mayor and physician did not take the stand in his own defense as the second wife slaying trial neared its end.
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Tucumcari
N. M
J. C. Compton
John H. Sanford
Santa Rosa
Donnah Camilli Delivers Walkoff For Dodgers Over Cubs
Brooklyn defeats Chicago 4 to 3 as Donnah Camilli singles with the bases loaded in the ninth. Claude Passeau limited Brooklyn to four hits before fading. Other games postponed due to wet grounds and rain.
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Dodgers
Cubs
Brooklyn
Donnah Camilli
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Claude Passeau
Chicago
Passeau
Todd
Wyatt
Mungo
Pressweil
Franks
Five Sentenced In District Court
Leonard Croughton and William L. Davisson received 12 to 18 months in the state penitentiary for auto theft from B. C. Mossman. They pled guilty to stealing the car last summer after being returned to Roswell from Riverside, California. Robert Lewis pleaded guilty to stealing $19.50 from the Pecos theatre box office and drew 1 to 2 years. Carl Fultz and A. W. Prince received suspended sentences of 2 to 3 years for a forgery charge.
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Leonard Croughton
William L. Davisson
James B. McGhee
State
B. C. Mossman
Roswell
Sheriff Young
Riverside
Calif
Robert Lewis
Pecos Theatre
Carl Fultz
A. W Prince
Baseball scorecard snippets show early box results
New York 300 0022 Cleveland 010 1000 Pusso and Dickey Milnar Fisenstat Humphries and Pytlak 005 040 021 620 Boston Detroit Gatehouse Dickman and De sautels Trout Pippen and Tebbetts Washington 000 104 Chicago 211 000 Hudlin and Ferrell Knott Appleton and Tresh Philadelphia 100 St. Louis 000 Potter and Hayes Harris and Swift
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Cleveland
Pusso
Dickey
Milnar
Fisenstat
Humphries
Pytlak
Washington
Chicago
Hudlin and Ferrell
Knott, Appleton and Tresh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Potter and Hayes
Harris and Swift
National Union of Veterans Warns on Fifth Column Activity
In Mexico City on May 21 the National Union of Veterans of the Revolution urged the government to suppress with energy any groups in Mexico involved in fifth column activity. The union accused undercover agitation led by communists among Spanish Republican refugees living there.
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Mexico City
National Union of Veterans of the Revolution
Wth
Mexico
Chamber Moves to Win Army Air Base for Roswell
Directors of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce met to intensify efforts to designate Roswell as the site of an army air base amid the new national defense program. The aeronautics committee was to meet that afternoon to discuss the plan, which has been pursued for three years.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Aeronautics Committee of the
Who's Afraid Of Big Bad Rusty Etz
Kiwanis members caused a near riot during a meeting when Rusty Etz of the Lions issued a challenge to fight the Kiwanis president or any member. Captain Woodbury announced the Ki-Li amateur boxing tournament set for June 24 25 26 under joint Kiwanis Lions sponsorship.
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Kiwanis Club
Rusty Etz
Lions Club
Capt
Woodbury
Kiwanis and Lions Clubs
Kiwanis
Rusty
Jim Patterson
Jim
Big Brute
Etz
Germans Got Ideas From The U S Army
German General Von Schaale allegedly studied U S Army posts including Fort Knox and Fort Benning three years ago to adapt ideas for a German mechanized attack in France and Belgium. War games featured 70 000 troops testing maneuverable assault and defense. Senators Lodge and Hohnan visited CAMP BEAUREGARD to survey U S rearmament efforts and equipment.
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France
Belgium
United States
von Schaale
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Hitler
Germany
Sabine River
Texas
Louisiana
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Rufus C. Hohnan
R-Ore
Washington
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