Final 42nd commencement opens at NMMI in Roswell
Visitors from across the United States converge on Roswell for the New Mexico Military Institute 42nd annual commencement. One hundred eighteen cadets form the largest graduating class, with ceremonies starting tomorrow and continuing over four days. Notables include Rev E H Gibson delivering the baccalaureate sermon, Colonel Ernest O Thompson giving the graduation address, Governor John E Miles presenting diplomas, and Cadet Colonel Clifford J Kronauer delivering the valedictory. Awards, commissions, and prizes honor outstanding cadets as Final Ball ends the year.
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New Mexico Military Institute
E. H. Gibson
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Episcopal
Galveston
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas’ Railroad Commission
John E. Miles
New Mexico
Clifford J. Kronauer
Ysleta
Morgenthau Says U S Must Raise Vast Sum By Taxes Or Borrowing
Secretary Morgenthau testified before the House Ways and Means Committee urging a $659 million defense tax bill and an increase in the federal debt limit to $48 billion. He warned treasury borrowing would exhaust by February and warned a $3 billion debt limit rise is needed to finance expanded wartime expenditures. He emphasized maintaining a substantial treasury balance for economic strength amid global instability. He noted only limited gold remains usable, with most gold serving as backing for certificates.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Fort Knox
Daniel Bell
Kentucky
Stabilization Fund
General Fund
United States
French Forces Break Through Lines in Flanders War News
German high command said the main French force in the Flanders pocket was dispersed or captured while blasts on remnants of British troops progress. Weather hindered air operations but Allied raids on harbors continued and a destroyer was sunk off the Belgian coast as Britain attempted to extract its expeditionary force.
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Bitter Fighting To Hold Open The Way of Allied Escape
Tens of thousands of British and French soldiers arrived at English ports seeking another chance at retreat as Dunkerque defenders hold the port to cover the mass exodus. London reported about 90,000 Allied survivors landed in England amid heavy casualties in Flanders. German losses in the west were claimed at 500,000 men. A Berlin dispatch predicted wholesale slaughter of Hitler’s forces.
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Roswell music teacher Mrs Daisy Guffin dies at home
Mrs Daisy Notley Guffin a longtime Roswell music teacher died this morning at 608 West First Street after weeks of illness. She had lived in Roswell since 1916 and was widowed from Andrew Guffin. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 pm from Ballard Chapel. Interment in South Park cemetery.
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Roswell
West First Street
Andrew Guffin
South Park
Brookston
Texas
Kidd Key College For
Harold von Mickewitz
Chicago Bush Temple Conservatory
Arizona School of Music
Phoenix
First Christian Church of
Mr. Henrich
Clifford Ferrin
Will Purdy
B. B. Wilson
Walter Harrison
G. L. Reese
J. Q. Cummins
South Park Cemetery
Old Timers to Judge Ruidoso Cavern Roundup
Old timers named to judge wagon caravan authenticity for the Ruidoso Cavern Roundup and Coronado Cuarto Centennial Celebration June 14 15 Mrs C C Chase of the Rui doso Chamber of Commerce announced. Prizes will be awarded for most authentic caravan and greatest distance traveled. The Caravans Committee seeks funds at Navajo Lodges tomorrow night for the barbecue. Fort Worthorth Texas College Band will play for the dance. Ranchero Girl Band from El Paso to perform June 14 15. Names include Amelia Church former governor James F. Hinkle of Roswell Miguel A. Otero of Santa Fe George Curry of Sierra county Tom Summers George Coe A N Blazer and H S Hunter of El Paso Times among those invited.
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C. C. Chase
Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce
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Amelia Church
James F. Hinkle
Roswell
Territorial
Miguel A. Otero
Santa Fe
George Curry
Sierra County
U. S
New Mexico
Rough Riders
Philippine
International Boundary Commission
Lincoln County
Tom Summers
George Coe
Glencoe
A. N. Blazer
Mesca
Italian journalists leave Paris amid war risk amid possible Italian entry
Paris reports Italian journalists are leaving as a ministry spokesman notes war with Italy is not inevitable but could occur within ten days. A French military spokesman says the Abbeville sector is cleaned up after allied operations yielding hundreds of German prisoners and many weapons. Abbeville itself retaken with light French losses and one tank destroyed.
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Paris
Ministry of Information
Italy
Abbeville
Areas of retreat in France riddled with spies say British circles
London officials quote British military circles asserting that regions through which Allied forces withdrew from France are filled with spies. A spokesman warns that even a single house used by army headquarters could become a bombing target, creating an atmosphere of constant danger.
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Dunkerque air space barred by allied naval guns and fighters
Paris reports French military spokesman stating the air above Dunkerque, the escape port for the Allied armies of Flanders, is literally forbidden to German planes by coordinated naval anti-aircraft fire and British pursuit squadrons operating from English bases nearby.
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Flanders
England
Hitler seeks split peace with England and France
London observers said they expected an early attempt by Adolf Hitler to divide England and France by offering separate peace terms.
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Adolf Hitler
England
France
Evacuation of British French Troops Ongoing in France
London reports in military circles that evacuation of large numbers of British and French troops from northern France is still ongoing.
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London
France
Two Men Jailed for Vagrancy by Police Judge O'Neill
Police judge Pat O'Neill sentenced William Sweat and Stonewall Sweat to 36 days in jail each on vagrancy charges.
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Pat O'Neill
William Sweat
Stonewall Sweat
President Roosevelts new defense bill seek speedier wartime armament
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a supplemental emergency defense program labeled over a billion dollars and urged action without delay. He warned that worldwide war could involve all continents and stressed the value of speed in equipping and training the armed forces. Details were deferred to war and navy leaders.
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City Beautiful Contest Entries Featured by Mrs Turner
Mrs W P Turner contributes a bouquet of larkspur to the City Beautiful Contest entries. The sheriff reports two burglaries at Dexter with a purse stolen from a beauty shop and a billfold from John Baily’s home. Food was taken from refrigerators at both locations, and no clues are yet found.
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Italy's Hour To Enter The War Has Now Come
Rome May 31 Italian editors declare in Rela zioni International that Italy will fight France and Britain with extreme determination to victory. The piece says Mussolini and Hitler reshaped Europe and Italy will join Germany, asserting control of the Mediterranean as pivotal. Observers anticipate imminent entry into the war with the axis partner on the western front.
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France
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Hitler
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Mediterranean
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Germany
Lions Accept Ad Club Softball Challenge at Sunset
At the Fin and Feather Club the Lions accepted a softball challenge from the Ad Club. Mayor Hall will umpire the June 14 game at de Bremond Field. A horseshow match saw Cecil Schrimshher beat Ed Purdy, with Lawrence Fairbank and Woodrow House as guests.
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Lions
Ad Club
Mayor Hall
de Bremond Field
Cecil Schrimshher
Ed Purdy
Lawrence Fairbank
Woodrow House
Britain Faces Nazi Peace Offers and New Attacks
London reports May 31 that observers expect Nazi leadership to attempt to split Britain and France with separate peace terms while Allied troops return from Flanders. Possible moves include a peace offer to France with an assault on Paris, a threat of Italian flank action, or a British ultimatum to accept terms or face total war.
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Paris
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Hitler
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Weather summary from Pacific slope to Texas and New Mexico
Light rains have occurred along the Pacific slope from central California to the northern plateau with scattered showers in northern and central Texas. Temperatures mostly near normal with cooler readings in the Mississippi valley. Southern states report partly cloudy to clear skies east of the 100th meridian and rain confined to a few showers from San Antonio to the Texas Panhandle. Highs reached 90s in southern New Mexico and southern Texas, 100 to 102 in southern Arizona. Continued fair weather expected in the Pecos valley tonight and Saturday. Travel from Roswell will be clear to partly cloudy in all directions. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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Pecos Valley
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Red Cross drives doubled US quota appeal in Roswell
Chaves county American Red Cross chapter urges fastest possible fund raising as national asks to double the quota. Local effort emphasizes any amount aids relief. contributions are welcome at First National Bank Southwest Public Service Company and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Roswell
Red Cross
Chaves County
American Red Cross
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First National Bank
Southwest Public Service Company
Chamber of Commerce
Carlsbad Population Nearly Doubled in a Decade
John Bingham district census director announced a preliminary Carlsbad population figure of 7 048, nearly double the 1930 census count of 3 708 for the cavern city, reflecting rapid growth in the decade.
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John Bingham
Cavern City
Roosevelt seeks additional defense funds to four billion
President Roosevelt asks Congress for another 1 billion for defense, lifting the emergency program past 4 billion. A new national defense commission begins work to accelerate production, with seven members empowered to turn the plan into arms and equipment. Funds aim at tanks guns and planes, prioritizing the army over the navy, and include material reserves.
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