Frontline Dispatch From Belgium And Northern France
A traveling correspondent reports German infantry and supply trucks moving near occupied Belgium and northern France. German aims include destroying Allied naval and air power, smashing Belgian and French airfields, and closing the right wing while preparing for a potential cross-Channel invasion. The occupation zones show normal life with shops and cafes open under German currency, as observers note Belgians and Germans mingling. The Battice fortress fell in a rapid mopping up operation, signaling continued German efficiency as forces push the right wing and seek a decisive move after neutralizing key docks and air bases.
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Saxony
Mecklenburg
London
Hitler
Germany
France
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
England
Nhat
Fuehrer
Ostend
Dunkerque
Calais
Dieppe
British Isles
Channel
Battice
Liege
Renaix
Allied Position and German Drive Across Coastline
The battle lines shift as Germany presses toward England in a blitzkrieg advance. French forces counterattack in Cambrai while Allied troops in Belgium, mainly British and Belgian, launch a gallant southward push to reach their northern comrades. A successful operation could save half a million to a million Allies in Belgium by diverting German mechanized forces from the coast. The defense by British and Belgian troops remains an epic amid ongoing terror.
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England
Herr Hitler
Hitler
Cambrai
Scheidt
Escaut
Belgium
Ihe
Mussolini Orders War Board Cabinet Division
Premier Mussolini on the eve of Italy's 25th World War entry mobilization orders the general board of war manufactures made into a cabinet division. Rome University students pledge loyalty to fight for liberty and independence and protest threats by nations aiming to curb Fascist strength. May 24, 1915 marked Italy's entry with Allies, after ties to Germany and Austro-Hungary.
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Mussolini
Italy
General Board of War Manufactures
Rome University
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Western Front Crisis Deepens As Allies Rally
A grim portrait from the front describes a grave Allied situation as German pressure drives a widening gap between forces in northern France and Belgian coastal defenses. British and French counterattacks recaptured Ar ras and Abbeville while reports of renewed optimism surface amid heavy fighting near Cambrai and Arras.
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France
Arras
Owever
Audenarde
Belgium
Brussels
Royal Air Force
Dianes
Adolf Hitler
Germany
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Ireland
Dublin
Eire
Sean O'Kelly
Run For A Storm Cellar Amid Shakes At Amonett’s
A storm cellar warning echoes as a car arrives near Amonett's with shimmies and shakes noted. The Post Office is across from us, prompting residents to seek shelter as tremors are felt in the area.
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Amonett’s
Ford wheel alignment machine offer from Roswell Auto Co
Roswell Auto Co promotes a Ford recommended wheel aligning machine with contact number 5-2113c. The ad highlights the best option for vehicle alignment needs and directs inquiries to the dealership.
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Ford
Roswell Auto Co
About Roswell And Its People By Hawkshaw
A humorous chatter piece highlights local characters in Roswell. Vignettes mention Henry Moore nicknamed Powder Smoke Moore, Lew Hammond, the Leas family preparing for Coronado, and various quirky anecdotes about town life and advertising notes.
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Roswell
Hawkshaw
Moore
Coronado
Lew Hammond
Carter
Benito Bassett
Pinky Patterson
Court House
Mary Cleary
The
Owl
Richard Tigner
Albuquerque
Gabe Martin
Doc McPherson
Bruce Poorbaugh
John Powers
Hitler
Ernie Emmerson
Buckingham
Leas
Francisco
Arrest and public friction mark Ramsay’s fascist ties
Ramsay, from a prominent military family, has long been viewed as a Fascist figure due to anti-Semitic stances. His arrest intensifies public scrutiny of his beliefs and affiliations amid surrounding controversy.
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Nouncing
Ramsay
Plant Up Time In Roswell at Pecos Valley Nursery
Dan Carpenter's Pecos Valley Nursery in Roswell promotes a top selection of plants and shrubs for the season. The ad highlights quality nursery stock north of the Border and invites local gardeners to visit.
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Roswell
Dan Carpenter
Pecos Valley
Weather map shows depressions along Gulf coast and widespread rain
Barometric depressions sit over the west Gulf coast and upper Gulf of California. High pressure shifts south over southern mountains and plains. Widespread rain east of the mountains below latitude 37, with clearer areas in the north eastward from the Rockies. Totals in Texas and eastern New Mexico vary 0.7 to 1.9 inches in scattered zones. elsewhere generally under 0.4 inch. Temperatures 60s in southern Texas, 50s in eastern New Mexico and Oklahoma, 40s in Colorado. Travel from Roswell expected to be fair within 300 miles for 36 hours. Cleve Hallenbeck. We Advocate Preparedness in Dan Carpenter's Pecos Valley Nursery. Plants and shrubs a-plenty to aid you in fixing up your home. 5-23t3x
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West Gulf Coast
Gulf of California
Mountain
Plains States
Rocky Mountains
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi River
Texas Panhandle
Grande Valley
Arkansas
Continental Divide
Arizona
Colorado
Pecos
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Dan Carpenter
Pecos Valley
Fresh Vegetables from Andersons Gardens Ad
Fresh vegetables gathered daily from our garden. English peas new beets turnips parsley radishes leaf and head lettuce mustard greens green onions rhubarb and asparagus. Andersons Gardens advertisement.
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Andersons Gardens
Step Right Over Ladies Heels Fixed at Amonett's
Local ad notes a shoe repair offer inviting women to visit Amonett's with a playful line about fixing heels. The message highlights the storefront location opposite the post office and includes a May 23 reference.
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Amonett’s
Memorial Day Grave Decorations At Pecos Valley Nursery
Dan Carpenter offers memorial day decorations and suggestions for gravesite adornments at Pecos Valley Nursery. The notice urges readers to prepare proper tributes and seasonal decor for loved ones.
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Dan Carpenter
Pecos Valley
Removal of Sandoval County Clerk Alfre do Baca
State Comptroller C R Sebastian ordered the removal of Sandoval County Clerk Alfredo Baca for alleged gross negligence and malfeasance in his office. The suspension was to be served by state police in Bernalillo after the order was issued in Albuquerque. Precipitation data: 1.19 inches in the last 24 hours, year total 4.82 inches, storm total 1.44 inches.
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Santa FE
N. M
C. R. Sebastian
Snowblanketed Manzano Mountains as rainfall swells supplies
Six inches of fresh snow covered the Manzano mountains as farmers welcomed a rain that brought 2.71 inches of precipitation yesterday. The heavy snowfall marked one of the season's heaviest for the area while remaining weather conditions were cloudy with further rain expected, leaving lakes and water holes full to brim.
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Mountainair
N. M
Manzano Mountains
Here
Albuquerque Weather Records May Rainfall and Snow
A steady downpour in Albuquerque yielded 0.98 inches of precipitation, ending last night. May totals reach 1.71 inches against a normal 0.38, while the Sandia mountains east of the city are blanketed with fresh snow today.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Weather Bureau
Sandia
Population of Las Cruces rises by 43 percent
State census director J. H. Newett reported today that first figures show a 1940 population of 8,355 for Las Cruces, marking a 43.7 percent gain over the 1930 figure of 5,811.
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Albuquerque
N. M
J. H. Newett
Las Cruces
New Mexico station attendants drop Sam Browne belts
Santa Fe New Mexico registration station attendants removed Sam Browne belts after director Earl Stull said the belts caused tourists to think attendants were armed. Attendants have no arresting power and carry no weapons. Funds for belts will be redirected to shoes.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Earl Stull
Attigny near Rethel pierced Maginot Line area
Quiet war news notes Attigny ten miles east of Rethel near the Maginot Line extension junction, now pierced. The location lies about 115 miles northeast of Paris, reflecting strategic churn in a tense front.
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Ti Vely
Attigny
Rethel
Paris
Mosley detained by police after raid on British Union
London authorities report Sir Oswald Mosley, head of the British Union, taken into custody by police after detectives raided his flat and headquarters. Five officers waited outside the flat, while a man and a woman were arrested in the broader operation seeking fifth columnists.
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London
Alfred Duff Coover
Archibald H. M. Ramsay
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Ramsay
Brixton
British Union
Oswald Mosley
A. E. Fitzroy
John Anderson
Scotland Yard
House relief bill bars Communists from WPA work
Washington May 23 1941 with no debate the House added a provision to the relief bill denying Works Progress Administration employment to Communists or members of Nazi Bund organizations.
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Washington
House
WPA
Bund
House Adopts Amendment Cutting Relief Bill Limits
Washington May 23 The House approved by teller vote 134 to 107 a Johnson Oklahoma amendment removing the $50,000 cap on total federal project costs and the $50,000 cap on federal contributions to non federal WPA construction projects. The action follows President Roosevelt’s request.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Rep
Johnson
Dokla
Hopkins advocates pooled standardization across industries
Secretary Hopkins said after consulting leading industrialists that pooled standardization and patent pooling used in aircraft production may be extended to many other sectors to prepare the nation’s economy for emergencies. The plan aims to reduce competition and speed steady output.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Americans in Britain book passage home on President Roosevelt
More than 250 of an estimated 3,000 Americans living in Britain have booked passage home on the President Roosevelt, expected at Galway Ireland May 30. At least 100 more are in Ireland awaiting the liner's arrival.
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London
Britain
Roosevelt
Galway
Ireland
After the Nazi blitz Rotterdam lies in ruins
Associated Press correspondent Lynn Heinzerling reports from the Netherlands on May 23 detailing Rotterdam’s shattered business district and the Grebbe defense line near Rhenen. He notes mass debris, shell holes, and scorched streets as German forces overran Dutch positions with Stuka bombing and heavy fighting, with casualty estimates running into thousands.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Birmingham
Ohio
Associated Press
Berlin
Netherlands
Holland
Rhenen
Rotterdam
Germany
Grebbe
Netherlands Legation
Paris
Roosevelt aides say FBI ready for fifth column threats
Attorney General Jackson stated Roosevelt planned for long in advance to counter fifth column activities and praised the FBI for capably zealously and effectively carrying out its task.
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Washington
Jackson
Roosevelt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tingley Delegates Walkout at Bernalillo County Democratic Convention
Rough morning session as Tingley followers protested convention procedures. About 100 supporters including a city policeman surged toward the platform and clashed near the credentials committee ante-room amid objections to rules and leadership.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Tingley
Bernalillo County
John Miles
Pope Pius Receives Roosevelt Envoy Myron C Taylor
In Vatican City on May 23 Pope Pius received Myron C Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican, for a formal audience.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Myron C. Taylor
President Roosevelt
Vatican
Miner Missing After Fire in Exploration Shaft at Big Walker Mine
In Quincy California on May 23 a smoke filled tunnel at the 1,100 foot level of the Big Walker Mine trapped one man after a fire in an exploratory shaft. Officials said all other workers escaped unharmed.
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Quincy
Calif
Big Walker
Fort Bayard Reservation Population Drops Noted
Census director J. H. Newett reported the Fort Bayard military reservation in Grant county fell from 1,163 in 1930 to 555 in 1940. Grant county towns unrecorded in 1930 include Bayard at 764, Hachita 162, and Tyrone 29.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Fort Bayard Military Reservation
Grant County
J. H. Newett
Bayard
Hachita
Tyrone
Cattle Ranchers Protest Coronado Area Plans in Southern Arizona
In Nogales Arizona on May 23 ranchers from Santa Cruz and Cochise counties demonstrated against plans to establish a large recreational area in southern Arizona to honor Coronado’s 400 year old expedition. Record Want Ads Get Results.
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Nogales
Ariz
Santa Cruz
Cochise
Arizona
Coronado
Roosevelt Alien Control Transfer Backed by Unanimous House Vote
A special House committee unanimously adopted a resolution approving moving the immigration service from the labor department to the justice department. The move, urged by President Roosevelt, aims to handle undesirable aliens quickly and could take effect ten days after passage. The measure, backed by Republicans and Democrats, seeks swift action before the week’s end.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Congress
Rep. Cochran
D-Mo
Senate
Warren
House Rules Committee
Allen
D-La
Harry Bridges
CIO
West Coast Maritime
Dies
D-Tex
German Capture Forces Press Advance in Flanders and Artois
The high command reports German movements and troop concentrations in Flanders and Artois. Three transports and one tanker, totaling about 20 900 tons, and one destroyer were heavily damaged by armed reconnaissance off the channel coast. The DNB notes the front is moving toward Britain as German troops tighten control of northern France and the Belgian coast. Allied small successes are offset by German air support driving the French back with heavy losses, while observers await possible French drives in the Cambrai sector and the area north of the German salient.
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Paris
France
Cambrai
Flanders
St. Quentin
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Britain
Great Britain
Artois
High Command
Channel
DNB
la Fere
Lost Dalmatian Pup 6 Months Old in Need of Return
A six month old Dalmatian is reported lost. Reward offered for return to 312 North Kentucky Avenue. Respondents urged to contact the listed address for compensation.
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No. Ky
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