Allied air blows hit Japanese centers near Australia
Allied headquarters say a weekend of heavy blows hit Japanese concentration centers including a 1300 mile round trip bombing Amboina in the Dutch East Indies. A damaged Allied ship was sunk by a destroyer after Japanese air attack near Australia. three Allied planes lost as Japanese aircraft were shot down. Vunakanau airfield in New Britain was bombed, with several bomb hits and fires set.
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Australia
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
MacaArthur
Australa
Vunakanau
Bianche Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Consmunique
Cone
Japs Claim Gains In China From Southeast To Southwest
Japanese dispatches report important advances in China across distant sectors 1500 miles apart. In Yunnan province the Japanese forces are described as advancing, signaling key war development in the far Pacific theater.
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China
Far Pacific
Yunnan
Elks Name Pulice New Mexico Association President
At the New Mexico Elks Association convention in Tucumcari the group elected John Pulice of Carlsbad as president. Raton will host next year’s gathering. Other officers include G W Barringer vice president Ashhey C Thompson treasurer Stephen W Lunch secretary and trustees Ben Ginsberg W C Alexander Don Dickason Grady Huffman Howard Wun. About 150 members attended the two day meeting.
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Gallup
Don Dickason
Albuquerque
Grady Huffman
Tucumcari
Howard Wun
el Paso
Local Weather Readings and Totals Report
Readings at 3 hour intervals show temperatures from a high 87 to a low 56. Precipitation for the last 24 hours ends at 12:30 a m today totaled 0 and month to date is 0 01 inches year to date 2 95 inches. Normal highs and lows for the date are 85 and 55 with a length of day about 14 1 hours.
Bill In Congress To Help The Small Businesses Live
Washington May 25 The little man seeks economic aid to prove he can produce military and civilian goods efficiently A war production bill would create a smaller war plants corporation under the War Production Board with 200000000 in loan funds to aid small contractors The measure passed the Senate in differing form and now heads to the House for action led by Rep Steagall who says the plan aims to broaden war production and safeguard postwar stability Donald Nelson would gain authority to mobilize all productive facilities for war needs
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Washington
Congress
Uncle Sam
Senate
Steegall
Donald Nelson
1942 Bronco Yearbook Celebrates Cadet Staff
The 1942 Bronco yearbook from N M M I was distributed to cadets this afternoon. Conk, the typical cadet, guides readers through the pages in a refreshingly original style.
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N.M.M.I
Bronco
President asks funds for the WPA
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 280 million dollars for work relief starting July 1 plus 2.767 million for administrative expenses, citing war conditions permit cutting 185 million from the total. He estimated 465 million would be needed earlier and noted plans to extend social security measures to cover residual groups aided by the WPA. The congressional action will shape possible further WPA reductions or elimination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Projects Administration
Roswell Seniors Hear Rev Dulaney At Baccalaureate
Rev Arthur A Dulaney of First Baptist delivered the baccalaureate sermon to Roswell High School seniors at the junior high auditorium drawing about 1000 attendees. He urged ideals as steering wheels and life purpose as motive power, claiming true success comes from holy principles and undying purpose amid all reverses.
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Roswell High School
Arthur A. DuLaney
First Baptist Church
DuLaney
Allen E. Johnson
Baseball Scores and Schedules in the American League
Boston 100 0000 New York 002 90000 Batteries Hughson and Pea cock Chandler and Dickey. Chicago Cleveland Detroit at St Louis twilight game 6 30 p m Washington at night game Philadelphia.
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Boston
New York
Hughson and Peacock
Chandler and Dickey
Detroit
St. Louis
Baseball doubleheader results with varied lineups
New York vs Boston and St. Louis vs Philadelphia games are listed with pitchers Lehrman Dann ing Tost Klutz White W Cooper Schmitz Mooty Bithorn McCulough. Schedule includes Philadelphia at Brooklyn twilight 6 pm and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati night game.
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New York
Boston
Lehrman and
Danning
Tost and
Klutz
St. Louis
Chicago
White
W. Cooper
Schmitz
Mooty
Bithorn
McCulough
Doolittle's Tokyo Raid to Be Followed by More U S Attacks
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, visiting San Diego with Gen. George Marshall, predicts further vigorous assaults on Axis targets. He says the Tokyo raid was not isolated and will be repeated on Japanese and German objectives, with most crews still abroad and over a hundred volunteers originally ready for the mission.
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San Diego
Calif
America
James H. Doolittie
Japan
Tokyo
George Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Oth
Doolittle
United States
Florida
Tokyo Mission
Collision at corner of 5th and Union injures none
A Sunday night crash at the corner of 5th and Union involved two cars. Both drivers Celeste Nadine Bass and Ralph Green Jr. were uninjured. Green drove a taxi. no injuries were reported.
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5TH
UNION
Celeste Nadine Bass
Ralph Green, Jr
Green
Good News For Roswell On Title Six Housing Bill
Roswell Chamber of Commerce received word from Senator Carl Hatch that Title Six housing insurance bill progress accelerates. Conference committee report approved by Senate and House, now awaiting President Roosevelt's signature.
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Chamber of Commerce Today
Carl Hatch
Hatch
Senate
House
Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Half Million For Tucumcari Irrigation Work
Senate appropriations committee approved a 900 075 increase in the 1943 interior appropriation for the Tucumcari irrigation project in New Mexico. The total for Tucumcari then rises to 800 000 dollars, sufficient to finish the fourth tunnel and extend irrigation capacity beyond it. Senator Chavez said the amendment will likely be accepted by the Senate.
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Washington
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chavez
D-Nm
Senate
House
Reclamation
John C. Page
First Rodeo Legend Traced To Pecos Texas In 1900
The Roswell Lions Club hosts a June 21 rodeo with a Bob Crosby versus Arizona Arnold contest igniting debate over the country’s first rodeo. Letters from readers seek light on the subject while J F P Southard cites a 1862 San Antonio test of skill, noting rodeos were common in Texas after its independence. Continued on Page Six.
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Roswell
Pecos
Tex
J. FP. Southard
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Independence
War Problems Of Merchants Will Be Discussed Tonight
Merchants will hear George W. Lusk state director of the War Production Board discuss priorities and rationing factors at the Chamber of Commerce tonight at 7 30. With merchandise already rationed and more rationing in prospect the session promises valuable information for retailers.
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Chamber of Commerce
George W. Lusk
War Production Board
Mexico moves toward war with Axis powers
In Mexico City a solemn memorial march honored 21 sailors killed in two Mexican ships torpedoed. Congress moved toward a formal war declaration as officers pledged mobilization, with nationwide pro Allied demonstrations and a pageant showing Mexico joining the United Nations to crush the Axis.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Congressional Commission
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Gulf
Pacific
United Nations
Survivors From U S Warship Reported At Sea
Buenos Aires May 25 Fifty three rescued seamen were aboard the Argentine merchant Rio Iguaza off South America and their origin was unknown The report said the survivors were from a United States warship possibly a Maryland class battleship and did not name the vessel or provide definitive details The rescue ship was expected to arrive by June 1 or 2 at a Brazilian port
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Buenos Aires
South America
Rio Iguaza
United States
Noticias Graficas
Plan to Reclassify Selective Service Authority Debated
Washington May 25 Congress discussed proposals to grant the president broad power to rework the selective service by classifying family men for later call, after those without dependents are drafted. Senator Johnson said the Senate panel would amend a family allowance bill to give the president authority, amid talk of linking to a union age shift and clarifying older men and those with dependents subject to induction. Taft backed specific age and family status classifications, with seven proposed categories.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Selective Service
Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Ruiake Unien
Taft
Ohio
Japanese Claim Coral Sea Losses Amid U S Battlefleet Talks
Japanese broadcasts claim a 35000 ton U S battleship of the North Carolina type was damaged and a Portland class cruiser sunk in the Coral Sea clash, along with other losses. They also cite an A class Louisville type cruiser and previously reported hits on Yorktown Saratoga California and Warspite class ships. General MacArthur called the Japanese claims of heavy American naval damage fantastic and said U S losses were relatively light.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
United States
North Carolina
Houston
Augusta
Chester
Chicago
Northampton
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Russians Claim New Gains While Germans Deny Them
The Associated Press reports that Russia’s Kharkov offensive advances amid claims of German losses in a pivotal battle. Both sides provide conflicting summaries, with the German high command insisting encirclement and new village captures, while Moscow highlights Russian progress and strategic momentum toward Moscow and the Caucasus.
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Hhe
Associated Press
Russia
Klyarkov
Saliaent
Kharkov
Moscow
Taganrog
Caucasus
Henry C. Cassidy
Red Air Force
State Bankers Elect Officers For 1943 Convention
E Robertson of Carlsbad was chosen as president of the New Mexico Bankers Association at the 1943 convention closing in Taos. Dale W Carson of Albuquerque won the vice presidency, E C Smith of Eaton the treasurership, and Margaret Barnes of Albuquerque the secretary post. The group set Carlsbad as the 1943 convention site and discussed loan policies for contracts with contractors doing government work.
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Taos
N. M
E. Robertson
Carlsbad
New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Robertson
Dale W. Carson
Albuquerque
E. C. Smith
Eaton
Margaret Barnes
Red purse found may match Sunday Record ad
A red purse matching the description from the lost item advertisement in Sundays Record has been found at Montgomery Ward. The owner must identify certain details to claim the purse.
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Montgomery Ward
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