German Reinforcements Hit Crete As Bombing Intensifies
Fighting intensifies as German invaders reinforced with air supported tanks push west of Canea on Crete. Axis reports claim British fleet losses while New Zealand and Australian forces counterattack. Luftwaffe bombings hit major Crete cities with heavy destruction, natives seek shelter in caves. German high command boasts sinking ships in the eastern Mediterranean as troops land from sea escorts.
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Crete
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Canea
Middle East
New Zealand
Candia
Retimo
Malemi
Cairo
Rotterdam
Holland
Hitler
London
Mediterranean
Rome
flash floods leave Carlsbad homeless and missing
One dead, four missing, and about 1,400 people homeless after flash floods in mountain canyons and deep draws. Carlsbad plans to relocate survivors to a new site as state officials Red Cross and local leaders map rehabilitation, amid a false alarm of another flood crest.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Roswell Stores To Close For Two Hours On Memorial Day
Memorial Day exercises organized by veterans groups are set for 10 30 Friday morning and the Merchants Association closing committee urges every business to close from 10 a m to noon so the city may honor the soldier dead and employees attend the services.
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Roswell
Veterans Organizations
The
Merchants Association
Local Weather Readings and Temperature Extremes
Readings show 24 hour period ending 11:30 a m with highest 73 and lowest 55 degrees. Today's morning reading 50.9 at 2:00 p m yesterday afternoon and today morning data included. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 11:30 a m is trace with month to date 6.32 inches and year to date 14.42 inches. Sunrise 4 52 a m, sunset 6 58 p m, day length 14 1 hours.
British Seek German Battle Fleet in Foggy Atlantic Pursuit
British swordfish planes and destroyers hunt German squadron in the North Atlantic after the Bismarck sank the Hood. The Britons claimed a torpedo hit on the German force and hope to slow or trap them as new Royal Navy units hasten toward the scene.
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London
North Atlantic
Germany
Hood
Admiralty
Iceland
Green
Local Grocery Damaged by Early Morning Fire
Burton's Grocery and Market at 1019 East Second Street suffered extensive damage when a fire at 1:10 this morning trapped Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Burton in an apartment behind the shop. They escaped unharmed though Mrs. Burton faced smoke. Most stock, clothing, and furniture were destroyed. Farmers Drug Store and Beauty Shop suffered smoke and water damage. cause unknown.
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Farmers Drug Store
Yolanda Pearson
All Highways From Roswell Now Open
Roswell highways are open though water remains on sections of the Roswell Carlsbad road. The Roswell Clovis route reopened after flooding on the flats near Pecos. Heavy rain tracked from Artesia to Crossroads Station and west to the mountains. Roswell had a brief dry spell then cleared. Rain totals reached 6.32 inches for the month and 14.42 inches for the year. The Hondo river stayed heavy at 4.1 feet noon gage by the Albuquerque Ave bridge, while Riverside stayed at normal level. Water from Saturday runoff along Sunset Avenue and Cahoon Park had cleared by Sunday morning.
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Roswell
Carlsbad
Roswell-Clovis
Pecos
Artesia
Crossroads Station
Hondo
Albuquerque Ave
Riverside
Sunset Avenue
Cahoon Park
Roswell High to Present 1941 Diplomas Tonight
140 Roswell High graduates receive diplomas at eight tonight in the Junior High School Auditorium. Clarence E. Hinkle will award diplomas. Lisette Gessert is valedictorian and Louise Blanchard salutatorian. The Class of 1941, Roswell’s 41st, marks the third largest class with students outstanding in four year averages.
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Roswell High
Roswell High School
Clarence E. Hinkle
Roswell
Lisette Gessert
Fletcher
Howard Bloom
Zelda Bradley
Kenneth Wilson
Eva Blanchard
Betty Herring
Anna Pearl McCraw
Henry H. Heard
Dark Eyes” Grooms
John Waggoner
Elvin O’hair
Louise Blanchard
Maying—Smith
Mary Louise Unrein
Shirley Ann
German Threat To Attack American Convoy War Actions
Berlin May 26 German Grand Admiral Erich Raeder warned that American convoys carrying contraband to England would be an open war act and met by German guns if necessary, removing any misunderstanding of convoy significance. The interview with Domei quoted by DNB framed it as a precise naval threat and labeled U S patrols as aggressive.
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Berlin
Erich Raeder
England
Germany
Domei
DNB
Fuehrer
Raeder
Roosevelt Fireside Talk Prep Faces Berlin Warnings
President Roosevelt’s upcoming fireside address draws attention as Berlin signals and Raeder’s warning against convoys stir questions. Reports note Japan’s seizure of $10,000,900 in American goods in Indo China and Early cautions reporters not to overstate tomorrow’s speech.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Berlin
Roosevelt
Erich Raeder
United States
Early
Raeder
Japan
Red Cross Appeals For Money For Flood Relief
Mrs. L. O. Fullen heads the Chaves County Red Cross appeal for flood relief contributions for Carlsbad and Rio Grande victims. Donations accepted at Equitable Building and Loan, First National Bank, and the Chamber of Commerce. The midwestern headquarter telegram cited 1000 sheltered and fed, 110 houses lost, 215 damaged, with 150 homeless families in Socorro and other Rio Grande areas.
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L. O. Fullen
Chaves County
Red Cross
Carlsbad
Rio Grande
St. Louis
E. G. Minton
Equitable Building and Loan Association
Fred Blocksom
Red
Miss Blackburn
Fullen
Socorro County
Stolaroff Elected Phi Beta Kappa at Stanford
Myron Joseph Stolaroff of Roswell was elected a member of Stanford University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. A senior majoring in engineering, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Stolaroff of 107 South Pennsylvania. He was valedictorian at Roswell High School and New Mexico Military Institute.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Myron Joseph Stolaroff
Roswell
Stanford University
Phi Beta Kappa
Stolaroff
Myron Stolaroff
Sam Stolaroff
South
Pennsylvania
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
British Torpedo Hits The Bismarck
The British admiralty announced the battleship Bismarck had been struck by an aerial torpedo during the Atlantic chase. Oslo radio reported the Bismarck and other German ships were engaging a superior British squadron in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, with no outcome details given.
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London
British Admiralty
Bismarck
North Atlantic
Hood
Greenland
Admiralty
Atlantic
Fleet Air Arm
New York
Denmark Strait
Iceland
Oslo
Pecos River Flood Rising Near Bankhead Highway
The Pecos river in Texas swelled as flood waters from New Mexico poured into Red Bluff lake and moved toward Barstow. Officials warned oil well operators in river bottoms to construct levees for protection against rising water.
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Pecos
Tex
Here
Barstow
New Mexico
Red Bluff Lake
Dodgers Beat Phillies 6 4 in Third Straight Win
Brooklyn gains a series win as 10 hits and three Phillies errors aid a 6 4 victory. Fitzsimmons earns his first win of the season before Higbe relieves him in the sixth. Batteries Blanton Hoerst Grouch Warren Fitzsimmons Higby Phelps Owen. Chicago 0 00 St. Louis 0 27 Olsen Erickson George Shoun Mancuso. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati night game.
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Dodgers
Phils
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Phillie
Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons
Kirby Higbe
Fitzsimmons
Philadel
Blanton
Hoerst
Grouch & Warren
Fitzsimmons, Higby & Phelps
Owen
Chicago
St. Louis
Olsen, Erickson and
George
Shoun
Mancuso
Spain and Portugal grant transit visas to Zamzam survivors
MADRID May 26 United States embassy announced that Spain and Portugal will grant transit visas to 138 American survivors of the sunken Egyptian liner Zamzam. Batteries Newsom Tebbetts Smith Hemsley.
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Madrid
United States
Spain
Portugal
Baccalaureate Sermon Given By Rev. Brabham
Rev Thomas Brabham urged Roswell high school graduates to accept responsibilities and follow God plan as a broken world is rebuilt through brotherhood. Services at the junior high auditorium featured school orchestra, class song, and prayers by multiple clergy with benediction by LeRoy Thompson.
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Thomas Brabham
Roswell High School
Brabham
Brotherhood of Man
Roland T. Schaefer
God
Walter W. Orr
G. T. Reaves
LeRoy Thompson
New Registration For Men 21 Since The Registration Of Last October
President Roosevelt ordered a second selective service registration on July 1 for men who turned 21 since the initial enrollment. About 1,000,000 men in the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Alaska must register, with provisions for those unable or outside the U S. to comply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Selective Service
Flood Conditions Subside in Rio Grande Region
Flood conditions eased in southeastern New Mexico as Carlsbad reported 1300 homeless, one dead and four missing from Pecos river floods. A new Rio Grande threat loomed as Colorado snowmelt joined local freshets, with high water expected on the San Juan. The Pecos runoff filled reservoirs but largely remained within banks. A bridge approach near Artesia washed out, and the body of Carlsbad pioneer Mrs. L W Smith was found in Pecos brush.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Pecos River
Rio Grande
Colorado Mountain
San Juan River
San Juan
Conchas
Pecos
Arroyo
McMillan
Red Bluff
Tex
Artesia
L. W. Smith
Brush
Dickason Heads The State Elks
State Senator Don L. Dickason of Albuquerque will head the New Mexico Elks association for the next year. Final sessions named Dickason to succeed Earl Brown of El Paso, with Stephen Bowen Tucumcari secretary F A Vigil Raton treasurer and trustees Earl Brown El Paso Manuel A Sanchez Santa Fe Albert Rogers Las Vegas John Pulice Carlsbad and D R S Seasonbougner Silver City. The group voted to aid Carlsbad after last week's floods and asked the Grand Elks Lodge to provide additional assistance.
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EL Paso
Tex
Don L. Dickason
Albuquerque
New Mexico Elks Association
Elks
Dickason
Earl Brown
Stephen Bowen
Tucumcari
F. A. Vigil
Raton
Manuel A. Sanchez
Santa Fe
Albert Rogers
Las Vegas
John Pulice
Carlsbad
D. R. S. Seasonbougner
Silver City
Grand Elks Lodge
Classified ad praised as friend in need and friend indeed
Mrs. Joseph Payne new to Roswell credits Record classified with solving her housing problem. She says placing an ad yielded exactly what they wanted and urges newcomers to use Record classifieds for dependable results.
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Joseph Payne
Roswell
Record
Record Classified
Mrs. Payne
Classified
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Newsom & Tebbetts
Smith & Hemsley
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