German Capture Of Boulogne On Channel Reported
Berlin reported cautious British and French claims about Boulogne on the Channel. German sources said Boulogne was "quite probable" while continuing drives from Abbeville toward the sea and preparing for a possible invasion of England. Churchill warned of danger as heavy fighting raged around Boulogne and Abbeville.
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Boulogne
Chanel
Berlin
English Channel
Straits of Dover
Folrestone
England
Abbeville
Boulogne-Folkestone
France
Belgium
DNB
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Alfred Duff Cooper
Churchill
Paris
Senate OKs Navy Budget to Boost Defense Program
The Senate approved a 1.473 billion navy appropriations bill expanding the defense program. It authorizes 2,970 airplanes, boosts enlisted personnel, and provides emergency funds for shipbuilding, armor, and modernization. President Roosevelt will address the nation on defense needs as the measure heads to the House for rapid action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Navy
Aeavy
New York
Texas
Arkansas
Marine Corps
House
Allied Position Gravely Threatened in Belgium and England
British officials warn the Allied position is extremely grave as German forces encircle the Belgian army and a potential coastal invasion of England looms. Churchill notes German armor penetrated behind Allied lines near Boulogne and Abbeville, with coastal fighting raising serious implications for Britain’s defense.
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Dewitt Mackenzie
Belgium
England
London
Duff Cooper
Winston Churchill
Abbeville
Boulogne
Churchill
Hitler
Paris
Scheldt
Brussels
George Foreman Dies At El Paso
George Lowell Foreman age 54 former county clerk of Chaves county New Mexico died at his El Paso home after residing there a year He is survived by his wife Bess four children Barry Bill George Jr Noma Destree Funeral arrangements are pending.
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EL Paso
Tex
George Lowell Foreman
Chaves County
N. M
Bess Foreman
Barry
Bill
George Jr
Noma Destree
Culver City
Calif
Hope Dam funding reached for Penasco project
The Soil Conservation Service in Roswell announced that the $10,000 cash contribution required by the government for the retard dam on the Penasco River above Hope has been raised. The project totals $60,000 with a $50,000 government grant, and officials from the First National Bank of Artesia and the Hope Water Users Association confirmed the fund-raising.
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Penasco
Hope
Area Soil Conservation Service Office
Lorin F. Jones
Soil Conservation Service Office
Roswell
Hollis Watson
First National Bank of Artesia
Hope Water Users’ Association
Farmers of Hope
Turn to Page Fight Suspect Spies At Work in Eddy Co
Carlsbad New Mexico May 23 Investigation of suspected espionage and sabotage in Eddy county tied to oil and potash resources is under way by a county defense committee. Jed Howard reports the group will report any unusual activities and aims to guard against fifth columnists amid unconfirmed rumors of a short wave station and foreign air surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
N. M
Eddy County
Eddy County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Jed Howard
R. L. James
Dan Harroun
unAmerican
New Mexico
West Texas
Davis Mountains
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
el Paso
Howard
Ex Cadet Killed in TM Auto Accident
Claude Miller of San Francisco, former cadet at NMMI, was killed in an automobile accident in San Francisco Tuesday. The flag at the Institute will be kept at half mast until after the funeral tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Miller
San Francisco
Institute
Roosevelt to speak on defense in Sunday fireside chat
President Roosevelt will address defense conditions and needs in a 9:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time fireside chat broadcast nationwide. Stephen Early described it as a straight forward factual government report touching on commodities materials for war prices wages and labor topics. The address will be carried by the three major radio companies and may be relayed abroad by short wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Early
United States
French Counterattack Reaches Amiens Amid Somme Drive
Paris reports a French counter attack broke a German salient extending to the English Channel and reached the suburbs of Amiens. The effort stalled as the line along the Somme was pressed back. London notes the RAF blew up a German ammunition train last night.
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Paris
English
Amiens
Somme
France
London
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Cooper warns Calais may fall as Britons fight at Boulogne
Alfred Duff Cooper speaking to the St. George's Conservative Club warned that even Calais may be in danger as Allied forces endure heavy fighting at Boulogne. He cautioned that the situation is not desperate, despite great odds.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
St. George’s
Calais
Boulogne
German Army Launches New Attack in Aisne Sector
Paris reports the German army initiated a fresh assault late today in the Attigny sector along the Aisne river. The attack targets the southeastern corner of the German gauge into France, with details continued on page Bight.
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Paris
Attigny
Aisne
France
Weather and baseball schedule note with postponements
The Cincinnati at New York game is postponed due to wet grounds. St Louis at Boston also postponed because of rain. Chicago at Philadelphia is listed as a night game. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn is scheduled for later as conditions allow.
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Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Rainy Boston at Cleveland Ends With No Play
Boston and Cleveland were rained out. Across the league New York blanked Detroit 2 0 0 0 0 0, Ruffing and Dickey opposed Newsom and Sullivan. Philadelphia failed to score against Chicago, Babich and Hayes beat Lee and Tresh. Washington defeated St Louis as Masterson and Ferrell best Coffman and Swift.
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New York
Detroit
Ruffing and Dickey
Newsom and Sullivan
Philadelphia
Chicago
Babich and Hayes
Lee and Tresh
Washington
St. Louis
Masterson and Ferrell
Coffman and Swift
Mussolini Calls Defense Council Meeting Amid War Talk
Premier Mussolini met today with the supreme defense council as Italy faces rising indications of entry into the European war. The day marked the eve of Italy’s 25 year anniversary since joining World War I with Britain and France, while Stefani reported French Morocco arrests of Italians and renewed persecutions as tensions mount.
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Rome
Mussolini
Supreme Defense Council
Italy
Mediterranean
Stefani
Africa
University of Rome
France
Switzerland
Morocco
Rabat
French Morocco
Safe Looted Of $2200 At Titsworth Store Capitan
A safe at the Titsworth Company store in Capitan was blown open and $2200 taken. Sheriff Frank Young reported the theft. State Police Captain Ed Jackson and Patrolman Bob Scroggins investigated after learning the robbery occurred before midnight while the night clerk was away at Carrizozo for graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titsworth Company
Capitan
Frank Young
Ed Jackson
Bob Scroggins
Carrizozo
Talks On Ai And Rail Transportation At Rotary Luncheon
Frank Rose opened the Rotary luncheon with a five minute talk on rail transportation during national emergencies, recalling railroad breakdowns under government control in the last war. Luther Brown discussed local mail facilities from star routes to Torrance to current air mail service. Roy Norton presented costs of rail, auto, and air travel, noting air travel is pricier but saves time. Col D C Pearson urged support for air mail. Guests included R L Malone Sr and visiting Rotarians Albert W Cooper Brownie Hamilton and Dick Cheatham.
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Frank Rose
Rotary
Community Service Committee
Luther Brown
Roswell
Torrance
Roy Norton
Col
D. C. Pearson
Air Mail
R. L. Malone, Sr
Chamber of Commerce Aeronautics Committee
Albert W. Cooper
Denver
Brownie Hamilton
Lubbock
Dick Cheatham
Flights Resume Through Here on Roswell Loop
Continental Air Lines resumed service over the Roswell Hobbs Carlsbad loop after weather disruptions. The southbound flight from yesterday afternoon arrived this morning at 6 13 a m and reached El Paso at 8 00 a m. The same plane then operated the northbound leg to here arriving at 10 30. The afternoon southbound was expected to depart on schedule with an arrival at 4 03.
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Continental Air Lines
Roswell-Hobbs-Carlsbad
el Paso
Fair weather across Southwest with scattered storms
New Mexico expects a fair night with Friday afternoon thunderstorms over mountains along the continental divide and rising temperatures. Colorado shows partly cloudy skies with afternoon showers over mountains and little temperature change elsewhere. Arizona anticipates fair conditions tonight and Friday with afternoon thunderstorms over eastern and central mountains and rising temperatures. West Texas remains fair in the north and west with clearing in the south and east, and Friday brings rising temperatures.
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New Mexico
Continental Divide
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Nazi Troops At The Channel Says Lochner
AP reporter Louis P. Lochner visits the English Channel area with German forces on a personal tour. He notes swastikas at command HQs, U boats and speed boats ready for destruction, and crowds of infantry backed by air power awaiting Hitler's final command to strike England.
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Louis P. Lochner
English Channel
Germany
Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Belgium
Channel
England
France
Adolf Hitler
Dr Sanford Found Innocent By Trial Jury
Santa Rosa New Mexico May 23 A district court jury at Tucumcari acquitted Dr John H Sanford a 50 year old former Santa Rosa mayor in his second trial on charges of fatally poisoning his invalid wife in 1938 He planned to attend his daughter's eighth grade graduation tonight as he returned to the family home with daughters Margaret Cropley 22 and June 11.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
John H. Sanford
Tucumcecari
Sanford
Margaret Cropley
Fight For More Land for Ft Bliss in Army Bill
In Washington May 23 the Senate backed $500000 to acquire more land at Fort Bliss Texas for a larger cavalry post. Senators Chavez and Connally led the defense of the funding against an appropriations committee reversal, arguing Fort Bliss is essential for cavalry and for army maneuvers on the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Fort Bliss
Tex
Chavez
D-Nm
Connally
D-Tex
Appropriations Committee
United States
Texas On Look For Un-Americans
Texas presses alert for un-American activity as highway patrolmen and sheriffs pursue a man and two women who allegedly handed out pro Nazi literature in Del Rio and surrounding hill country. Authorities in Austin order full investigation and report to FBI while state leaders seek federal cooperation. The public safety department plans to act as listening posts to monitor subversive actions.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
del Rio
Uvalde
John N. Garner
Guston Morgan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homer Garrison
State Police
Gaston Howard
Washington
W. Lee O'Daniel
The
Texas Public Safety Department
Roswell High Class of 1940 Grads Friday Night
One hundred forty three Roswell high school students of the class of 1940 will receive diplomas at graduation exercises Friday night in the Junior high school auditorium. Rev. F B Howden Jr will give the address. Two valedictory speeches will be made by Miss Bernice Dunagan and George Smith, who tied for top rank. Milton Stolaroff is salutatorian. Tickets in a reserved section are for graduates' parents. Program begins at 8 o'clock.
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Roswell High School
F. B. Howden, Jr
Bernice Dunagan
George Smith
Milton Stolaroff
Open Bids Today On N M M I Building
At two this afternoon the New Mexico Military Institute board of regents scheduled opening bids for a private contract administration and library building as part of a 400000 dollar Institute expansion. The project sits south of the flagpole and will coincide with Lea Hall improvements funded with WPA aid, plus two additional Lea Hall barracks and a new auditorium on Main Street at 17th Street to follow.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Board of
Regents
Institute
Lea Hall
Main Street
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Dunkerque
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Cambrai
Folkestone
Ostend
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Ireland
George Foreman
Page Fight
Eddy Co
Cleveland
I. I. N. Radiophoto
Defense Council
Titsworth
Dr. Sanford
Ft. Bliss
Roswell High
N.M.M.I
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