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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1941
Page
4
A.P. report from Camp Shelby Camp Stewart and Camp Lee notes humor about soldiers and officers. A 200 pound private faints at dentist visits, Major General Wilson jokes about under a car, and Private Connor of Englewood acts out a Civil War era Yankee yell after a long hike. The anecdotes capture wartime stiffness and comic relief among troops.
The British admiralty said submarines sank a 9000 ton troopship and a 7000 ton tanker bound for Libya, with an Italian destroyer likely sunk and a large ammunition schooner sunk. In London, Admiral Darlan denied France would rejoin the war, while Britain seized the French tanker Scheherazade amid tensions with Vichy. Tobruk hold and Fallujah clashes noted as Middle East actions continue.
Advertisement rate notice for May 10 1903 in Roswell New Mexico with details about second class mail matter under the 1879 act and AP credit and local news reservation. It notes Associated Press news dispatch rights and local newspaper affiliation with the New Mexico Newspaper Association.
Major General Edward Martin praises Pennsylvania 28th division trainees at Indiantown Gap for three months of work equaling six months of World War I progress. He notes 13,000 guardsmen show strong morale with only 20 in guardhouse, and compares modern drills to world war era practices, stressing attitude and training quality.
Administration aims to push key bills before mid summer with a threat of a short recess to accelerate action. Among items is raising about 3.5 billion dollars in new taxes under review by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Senate approval grants the Reconstruction Finance Corporation broad power to speed defense efforts. A proposal would direct Office of Production Management orders and prioritize defense and British aid. Measures to seize idle foreign ships await conference. Other bills seek dollar devaluation and a larger stabilization fund, Selective Service Act changes face House opposition, and a sweeping farm appropriation looms with possible presidential veto and potential congressional override.
Waters from Pecos and Canadian rivers force mass evacuations in Carlsbad and Lubbock. Homes swept away, bridges damaged, shelters opened as crews and volunteers aid refugees. Heavy rainfall pushes rivers higher. no lives confirmed lost despite drownings feared.
British reports say German airborne detachments on Crete were accounted for in fierce hand to hand fighting at Candia and Retimo. Despite German reinforcements, the Melemi and Suda Bay air bases remained under pressure with British artillery dominating the area.
City officials in Carlsbad planned a 1 30 pm meeting after floods halted bus service south from the city. A Carlsbad bus driver said water was about to flood the La Caverna Hotel from today’s second flood.
Darlan declares France will not surrender sovereignty to England or coalition powers. He recalls June 1940 as a chance to end the war with armistice, notes May 1941 negotiations with Hitler, and urges loyalty to Petain’s government and national restoration.
Eight Chinese selectees from New York's Chinatown, all laundrymen, will be assigned to Fort Bragg North Carolina after six weeks of basic training to work in the post's new $500,000 laundry facility.
Portales New Mexico May 23 Eastern New Mexico College started a week of commencement activities leading to May 29 diploma ceremonies for 41 graduates the first cohort to complete the schools new four year program.
Bayard Columbus and Hanover New Mexico post offices will upgrade from fourth to third class, boosting postmasters’ minimum salary to 1100 dollars. The change, effective July 1, follows an annual business volume of 1500 dollars.
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