Carlsbad Flood Toll and Rescue Efforts Amid Rising Waters
In Carlsbad New Mexico on May 24, five people remained missing as floodwaters receded and about 1500 were homeless. Roads reopened, river levels were not expected to rise further, and rehabilitation began while authorities withheld names of the missing. A second flood wall swept into town from the west as rain-fed conditions persisted.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Guadalupe Mountains
Cavern City
San Jose
Nazi Air Power Grows in Crete Battle Sinks Hood
Nazi forces push in Crete as air superiority touted by Germans. Hood is sunk by an unlikely magazine hit, reshaping the naval balance in the western Crete theater, while German claim of control intensifies the conflict discourse.
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Crete
Hood
British Lose Their Greatest Warship Sunk By German Ship
The admiralty reports the loss of HMS Hood, the royal navy’s 42 100 ton dreadnaught and symbol of sea power, after an undefined unlucky hit penetrated its powder chamber during action off Greenland with the German battleship Bismarck. The ship sank with heavy loss of life.
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London
Admiralty
Jutland
Greenland
Royal Navy
Locating Delinquent Registrants In New Mexico
Local selective service asks public help to find 37 of the last 1,000 delinquents and four of the first 2,000 Chaves county men who did not return questionnaires. Names follow and inquiries should go to Roswell post office building on 2nd floor. phone 318. Also reports on the Hood sinking as Britain battles Germany near Crete, with Bismarck engagement and naval balance analysis.
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Selective Service
Chaves County
United States
Roswell
Luis Greigo Gonzalez
Guadalupe G. Varela
Raymond Albert Coon
Alis Cecil Crawford
C. C. Crawford
Lee Offer Hassell
George Monroe Ellis
Cecil Turner
Dale Cecil Hill
Knoble Jeff Cozart
Clinton Earl Bowman
Maximo D. Garcia
Carl Elvis Brown
Ermando Chavez Duran
John S. Persinger
Pedro Vigil
Charles William Haley
Maximo Gonzales
William Maiion Watters
Epifanio G. Perez
Cornelies Clayton Dooley
Doyle Liberty Skelton
Delbert Austin Harris
Ira Alfred Gillaspia
Robert Henry Hutchinson
Luther Harrison Vickers
Joseph Plummer Bell
Hotha Milton Thomas
William Henry Green
Thomas Clifton Davis
Archie Brewer
Charles Thomas Long
J. R. Morris
Drought Grips Eastern U S Crops Power and Water Systems
Washington dispatch reports the worst winter spring drought in weather bureau history spreading across the eastern half of the nation. Crops suffer while utilities face potential power and water shortages as the dry spell continues.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Carlsbad Floods Follow Two Major Deluges
Residents evacuated as new flood appeared, described as minor compared with two prior floods that caused heavy damage. Sheriff Howell Gage said no flood victims’ bodies found. report notes ongoing danger and pages continued on page four.
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Carlsbad
Howell Gage
Clothing Sent To Carlsbad This Morning
Roswell residents prepare another half truck load of clothing for Carlsbad flood victims with six o clock Sunday departure. Fullen says a full truck load went out Saturday and Hill Lines offered to haul. Roswell Truck Lines free service and Elks Club funds totaling 107 support Carlsbad relief along with Midwest Red Cross envoy Miss Blackburn’s Carlsbad visit.
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Roswell
Carlsbad
L. O. Fullen
Chaves County
Red Cross
Hill Lines
Miss Blackburn
St. Louis
Fullen
Local Weather Summary for 24 Hours and Year to Date
Weather data shows 0.75 inches precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 PM Saturday. Month to date totals reach 6.31 inches, year to date 14.41 inches. Normal month to date 0.67, year to date 3.40. Sunrise at 4:52, sunset at 6:57, day length 14.1 hours.
Bitter Struggle For Crete Goes On Without Ceasing
London dispatch reports bitter fighting as British and Greek defenders hold Crete against a heavy Nazi air and sea assault. Allies say 10,000 German casualties estimated. transports continue to land troops from Egypt and may raise German strength to outpace Crete's defenders.
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Crete
London
Britain
Egypt
Malemi
Suda
Royal Air Force
Arranging Premium List For Fair Is No Small Chore
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair prepares the premium list for October 1 to 4, outlining 13 departments 63 divisions and 622 classes. E. E. Patterson, secretary, is compiling materials and accepting space reservations as plans advance to printer in a few weeks.
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New Mexico
E. E. Patterson
Patterson
Floodwaters recede after Roswell area spillover
Heavy rainfall southwest of Roswell caused Hondo River overflow flooding the southwest city area and parts of Sunset Avenue Cahoon Park and Ohio Montana and Sunset streets. By last night water levels dropped with Spring River still below bank full. at least one Sunset family evacuated.
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Roswell
Cahoon Park
Hondo
Sunset Avenue
Spring River
Second Street
Ohio
Montana
Sunset Avenues
Sunset
Galloway Place
German American Bund Anticipates Violence in U S
Washington report says the Dies committee asserts the German American Bund is highly militarized and anticipates violence in the United States. The committee released a report based on documents seized from G Wilhelm Kunze its Fuehrer, accusing the group of mirroring Hitler era vanguard organizations used for blitzkrieg.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Bund
United States
G. Wilhelm Kunze
Fuehrer
Hitler
Mayor and City Engineer Visit Galveston for Flood Survey Info
Mayor Thomas J. Hall and city engineer Lea Rowland left at dawn by auto for Galveston to confer with Mayor L. H. Hewitt and army engineers about Roswell flood survey findings. The aim is to align drainage plans with army flood control work and use survey results without waiting for the full report. The trip includes a Tuesday meeting and will last as long as needed.
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Thomas J. Hall
Lea Rowland
Galveston
L. H. Hewitt
Army
Roswell
Army Engineers
Mayor Hall
Rowland
Hewitt
Hall
Carlsbad Cavern Road Repaired For 10:30 Cavern Trip
The road from Carlsbad to the Carlsbad Caverns damaged by high water has been repaired. Visitors will be taken through the caverns on the regular 10:30 trip this morning, according to Claude Simpson of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, from Colonel Thomas Boles, superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
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Carlsbad
Carlsbad Caverns
Claude Simpson
Roswell
Roswell High Baccalaureate and Graduation Plans Tonight
Roswell High holds a baccalaureate service at 8 p.m. tonight in the Junior High School auditorium with Rev. Thomas W. Brabham delivering the sermon. Tomorrow night at 8, Clarence E. Hinkle will award diplomas to 140 graduates at the same venue as the class performs the program lineup.
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Thomas W. Brabham
First Methodist Church
Roswell High School
Clarence E. Hinkle
Roswell
Roland T. Schaefer
God
Croft
Walter W. Orr
Schubert
G .T. Reaves
Roswell Payroll Totals 1939 Census Figure
The 1940 census shows Roswell's 1939 pay roll at 1,160,124 for 1,134 workers in retail, wholesale, and manufacturing. It excludes service trades like filling stations, hotels, and restaurants. Claude Simpson, Chamber of Commerce secretary, derived the figure from census data. Retail sales reached 7,664,000. wholesale trade 5,859,000. manufactured products 2,137,054 in 1939.
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Roswell
Claude Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
British Smash into Fascist Hold And Take Prisoners
Cairo May 24. British imperial forces broke into the Fascist stronghold of Soddu Ethiopia after heavy fighting in which hundreds of Italian prisoners and much war equipment were captured. The advance also included the occupation of Uondo and 600 more Italian prisoners, with ongoing patrol clashes on the Libyan border and efforts to back a new Arab regime in Iraq opposed to Rashid Ali Al Gailani.
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Cairo
Soddu
Ethiopia
Uondo
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Libya
Sudan
Gondar
Duke of Aosta
Chelga
Baghdad
Abdul Hlah
Rashid
Condition of Robert Kallahin Critical
The condition of Robert Kallahin was reported last night as unchanged and still critical.
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Robert Kellahin
Demonstration by 5th Cavalry Cancelled at Fort Bliss
Bad weather led to cancellation of the Fifth Cavalry demonstration at Fort Bliss scheduled yesterday and today. Units from the Fifth Cavalry were involved in the planned display.
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5Th Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Major Purdy To Take Command Of Battalion Monday
Major Edward Purdy of Roswell passed the physical exam and will command the 104th anti-tank battalion Monday at Fort Sam Houston Texas. The battalion includes Company A from Roswell.
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Purdy
Edward Purdy
Roswell
104Th
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
All The Way From Clovis Seed Ad Proves Classified Power
Ervin W. Mitchell of Mitchell Seed and Grain Co. recalls placing a small seed ad in Record classified that drew a Clovis buyer days later. The ad highlights the paper's wide circulation and reach, showing a few cents can bring distant customers.
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Ervin W. Mitchell
Mitchell Seed & Grain Co
Clovis
Mitchell
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Wanchit
Carlsbad Cavern
Rio Grande
United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Iceland
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Candia
S’west
City
Oul
Riverside Camp
Honda
Diamond “A
Riverside
U. S
Roswell High
Brabham Hinkle
Benghasi
Middle East
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