British Counter Attacks Claim Edge in Crete Fight
Fiercest fighting rages around Maleme airfield as British forces claim gains over German airborne troops in Crete. Nazis reported to have two footholds accounted for in hand to hand combat. Candia fall and sea landings repelled by British naval guns. King George II remains on Crete as page four continues.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Crete
Malema
Canea
Candia
Retimo
Winston Churchill
Cairo
Middle East Command
Mediterranean
Malemi
Nsowhere
Britain
Virginio Gayda
Rome
Il Giornale D'Italia
DNB
BBC
Greece
George II
Sears Sheep And Pig Prizes To Be Given Saturday
Sears Roebuck store on West Third Street displays 32 head of registered sheep and pigs for 4 H club boys and girls from four counties. The animals, prize stock from recent contests, will be awarded tomorrow with judging of care and handling, and four big prizes await next spring when a registered heifer will be given to one winner in each group.
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Sears Roebuck and Company
West Third Street
Sears Roebuck
E. M. Norton
Norton
Flood Swallows Carlsbad Homes As Rivers Rage
Waters from Canyons sweep through Carlsbad forcing residents to flee as flood levels rise beyond yesterday. The Pecos River surged to a 20 foot stage after a rapid thirteen foot jump, with water backing up from Dark Canyon McKitrick Canyon and Hackberry Draw inundating blocks of homes.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Guadalupe Mountains
Pecos
Tansil Dam
Dark Canyon
McKitrick Canyon
Hackberry Draw
Madrid strike talks continue in New Mexico
Negotiations over the Madrid mines strike were under way in Santa Fe with intermediaries Frank Ashe and Vincent Jaeger coordinating separate talks between Albuquerque Cerillos Coal Company representatives and CIO United Mine Workers officials. Both sides met yesterday and planned further discussions today, with officials warning against premature publicity. The strike began about a month ago, last convening on May 15.
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Santa FE
N.M
Albuquerque
Madrid
Local Weather Summary With Readings and Averages
Temperature readings at 3 hour intervals for 24 hours ending 11:30 am today show a high of 69 and a low of 59, with normal highs around 84 and lows near 55. Precipitation totals 0.50 inches in the past 24 hours, 4.50 inches month to date, and 12.63 inches year to date. Sunrise at 4:53 am, sunset at 6:56 pm, length of day 14.0 hours.
Cavalry Demonstration At New Mexico Military Institute
United States Army 5th Cavalry units from Fort Bliss will showcase latest equipment at the J. P. White parade ground on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Demonstration includes horse cavalry by truck, platoons with 37 mm antitank guns, 81 mm mortars, scout cars and jeeps. Major A Hoffman commands.
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Cavalry Division
United States Army
New Mexico Military Institute
5Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
J. P. White
A. Hoffman
Industrial Show Planned in Roswell by Chamber of Commerce
The industries committee of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce plans an exhibit of Chaves county manufactured products. Letters are being sent to operators of local plants to gauge interest, and the show will depend on sufficient response to form a comprehensive exhibit.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Roswell Officials Plan Galveston Trip For Flood Insight
Mayor Thomas J. Hall and city engineer Lea Rowland will travel by auto to Galveston on Sunday to meet Major L. H. Hewitt and other Army engineers for flood survey results and Roswell drainage plans. They aim to learn flood control strategies before the army report is released and to proceed with local improvements. A steady rain raised Roswell totals to 3.32 inches in past two days and 13.21 for the year, with Carlsbad highway access reportedly closed by state police and water blocking routes between Artesia and Carlsbad. A New Mexico Transportation Co bus reported "lots of water" on the route from Carlsbad. The Cottonwood area near Artesia to Lake Arthur was the worst site.
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Thomas J. Hall
Lea Rowland
Galveston
L. H. Hewitt
Army
Roswell
Pecos River
National Resources Planning Board
Hall
Army Engineers Survey
Mr. Rowland
Major Hewitt
Army Engineers
Carlsbad
Artesia
New Mexico Transportation Company
Cottonwood
Lake Arthur
Local Elks Give $50 For Carlsbad Flood Relief
The Roswell Elks Club sent $50 to Caswell Neal at Carlsbad for flood relief. The relief committee included Glenn Austin R. L. Burrow Donald Dye and B. B. Ginsberg.
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Elks
Carlsbad
Roswell Elks Club
Caswell Neal
Glenn Austin
R. L. Burrow
Donald Dye
B. B. Ginsberg
Darlan Declares France Will Not Surrender Fleet
In Vichy on May 23 Admiral Jean Darlan told the French people that Hitler had not asked France for its fleet and that France would never hand over its ships. He also stated that the chancellor did not seek colonial concessions in the negotiations.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Darlan
Budget Hearings In State in July Schedule Released
Santa Fe announces a six week tour by chief tax commissioner Paul Harris, commissioner D E Rodriguez, and Tom Hughes for county and municipal budget hearings from June 30 to August 13. The itinerary lists numerous cities including Silver City Las Cruces Deming Alamogordo Carlsbad Hobbs Santa Fe and Taos among others.
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N. M
Paul Harris
D. E. Rodriguez
Tom Hughes
Reserve
Silver City
Lordsburg
Deming
Las Cruces
Hatch
Hot Springs
Socorro
Belen
Las Lunas
Albuquerque
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Carrizozo
Capitan
Roswell
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Artesia
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Lovington
Portales
Clovis
Melrose
Tucumcari
Santa Rosa
Fort Sumner
Vaughn
Encino
Mountainair
Willard
Estancia
Mosquero
Roy and Mills
Clayton
Grenville
Des Moines
Raton
Maxwell
Springer and Wagon Mound
Las Vegas
Mora
Taos and Espanola
Bernalillo and Grants
Gallup
Farmington and Aztec
Tierra Amarilla
Army Specialists To Graduate Next Week At Ft. Sill
Fort Sill Oklahoma May 23 194? With 13 weeks of basic training behind them 5694 specialists will be graduated early next month at the field artillery replacement training center. The selectees include 566 negroes from New Mexico Texas Illinois Oklahoma Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and California. After induction in February and March they were classified by the personnel classification service and trained as cannoneers gunners signalmen cooks bakers machinists electricians mechanics draftsmen clerks surveyors truck and tractor drivers telephone linemen switchboard operators welders automobile riflemen and radiomen. Graduating specialists will be assigned permanently to units across the country.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
New Mexico
Texas
Illinois
Oklahoma
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
California
Warning Issued To Registrants Who Are Delinquent
A strong warning was issued today by the local selective service board to registrants who are delinquent in returning their questionnaires. If they return them immediately no penalty will be inflicted. otherwise their cases will be turned over to the United States district attorney. Since April 30 about 60 registrants have failed to return their forms, and M questionnaires have now been sent to all in Chaves county. Five days are allowed by law to fill out and return the questionnaires. If a registrant in Chaves county has not received a questionnaire, they should notify selective service headquarters at the Roswell post office building for a duplicate.
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Selective Service Board
United States District Attorney
Chaves County
Selective Service
Roswell Post Office
Big Rise Comes Down Felix River This Afternoon
The Record reports a large rise in the Felix River around 1 30 PM with rapid swelling noted at 2 PM. Water remains high and adds to the Pecos crest while Riverside Camp, 30 miles west of Roswell, reports the Hondo River falling, measured under two feet at 2 25 PM. Diamond A, 20 miles west, records the Hondo at 11 1/2 feet that morning.
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Hagerman
Felix River
Pecos
Riverside Camp
Roswell
Hondo
Diamond A
Colonel Roles to Speak Tonight at Tourist School
The third and final session of the Chamber of Commerce tourist school will be held at 7:30 this evening at the Chamber, open to the public. Col. Tom Boles of Carlsbad Caverns National Park will discuss the caverns, followed by a quiz with questions limited to Roswell and southeastern New Mexico. ten cents per correct answer, with possible higher prizes for some. The hour long program drew enthusiasm after last week’s quiz, and attendees can expect engaging facts about the region.
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Chamber of Commerce Tourist School
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Boles
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Roswell
Southeastern New Mexico
White Sox Rout Tigers In Opener Of Doubleheader
Chicago White Sox 7 def Detroit Tigers 1 as Ted Lyons earned his fourth win of the season. Detroit’s Tommy Bridges lasted less than nine innings. Second game ended with Chicago 0 Detroit 0. Also notes night games Washington at Philadelphia and St. Louis at Cleveland.
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White Sox
Detroit
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Tommy Bridges
Chicago
Lyons
Tresh
Bridges
Thomas
Tebbetts
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Santa Rosa high school graduates urged to think for selves at commencement
Santa Rosa New Mexico May 2 Governor Miles addressed the class of 38 at commencement urging independent thinking and discernment of true and false in modern events. The largest graduating class in the school’s history.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
Santa Rosa High School
Miles
Nazi Airmen In Crete Reported To Be Wiped Out
London May 23 British officials said Candia and Retimo on Crete were recaptured in fierce fighting as the tide of battle favored Britain. The Royal Navy allegedly shattered German attempts to land reinforcements by sea and air raids supported by heavy materiel. On Crete large-scale ground actions centered at Candia the island’s largest city and Retimo.
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Associated Press
London
Candia
Retimo
Crete
Britain
Weather conditions from May 23 report
For the third consecutive day rain drifts from Colorado and New Mexico eastward across Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas. Amarillo and Denver report over an inch, western Kansas and southeastern Colorado near an inch, others lighter. Cloudy skies persist with ongoing rain, cooler in the northeast plains, light frost in Minnesota and eastern South Dakota. Unsettled and showery in Pecos valley this afternoon and tonight, moisture waning with no rain expected Saturday except mountains. Travel from Roswell warns unsettled weather and occasional rains eastward, cloudy south, generally fair west of the mountains. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo
Denver
Plains
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Improvements At Roswell Postoffice
Bids will be opened in Washington on June 6 for painting and other improvements at the Roswell postoffice building. Work includes repainting the lobby and exterior woodwork, roofing metal, constructing a weather bureau observation platform, installing hand rails on front steps, and laying linoleum in the US Geological Survey offices on the third floor.
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Washington
Roswell
Lord Austin Dies at 75 in Britain’s Auto Era
Lord Austin, 75, founder of the Austin automobile, died at his Bromsgrove home. His plant served as a major hub for Britain's auto industry and helped popularize the compact "baby" Austin model.
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London
Lord Austin
Austin Automobile
Bromsgrove
Britain
Roswell Still Seeks Cantonment despite delays
The Roswell Cantonment Committee appeals to Senators Hatch and Chavez and Representative Anderson to push for Roswell as a cantonment site. After months of efforts, officials say Roswell still has a chance for an army air unit as national defense work continues.
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New Mexico
Roswell
National Defense Committee of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Radio ad sells five radios in a day
E. Whitt of Montgomery Ward said the radio ad in this week's Record classified section drew a strong response, selling all five radios on the first publication. He claimed the record may be equalled but cannot be beaten.
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E. Whitt
Montgomery Ward
Classified ads always bring results in Roswell
An appeal to readers to place Record classified ads for quick results. The message asserts that thousands in Roswell have benefited and urges readers to try advertising.
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Roswell
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