War rumors mount as Russia claims big German rout
Military and political developments signal a near climax in the Far East. Russia reports Rostov recaptured and smashing four German divisions, while British garrisons pull back. Tokyo warns of a purge in Asia and Japan shells the Burma Road. Indo-China talks with French governor general. Britain cautions Japan amid hints of a broader Pacific crisis.
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United Press
Russia
Rostov
Britain
Singapore
Cavite
United States Philippines
United States
Shanghai
Hongkong
John Magruder
Chungking
Brooke Popham
Near East
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Far East
East Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
China
Elton Roth to give concert at First Methodist Church
Los Angeles lyric tenor Elton Roth will perform at the First Methodist Church tomorrow night at 7 30. Admission is free but a silver offering will be taken.
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Elton Menno Roth
Los Angeles
First Methodist Church
Local Weather Summary for Saturday
Weather data shows a high of 60 and a low of 47 with a trace of precipitation in the past 24 hours. Normal highs and lows for the date are 56 and 28. Year to date precipitation stands at 32.58 inches. month to date 0.11 inches. Sunrise is 6 43 and sunset 4 51 with 10.1 hours of daylight.
Sleepless 90-Year-Old Man Baffles Doctors Near Trenton
Albert E. Herpin, 90, claims lifelong sleeplessness with no bed at his home near Trenton New Jersey. He rests by sitting in a chair and reading while doctors worldwide have examined him and cannot explain his condition.
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Rip van Winkle
Albert E. Herpin
Herpin
Trenton
N. J
C Of C Dinner Ticket Sale Limited to Members
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and affiliated firms have exclusive access to buying tickets for the annual meeting dinner at the Woman's Club, starting at 6 30 p m. Major P K McNaughton of Moffett Field will speak on the Roswell air base and its impact. Dinner tickets cost 75 cents and advance sales are the heaviest in the group's history.
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Chamber of Commerce
P. K. McNaughton
Moffett Field
Woman's Club
McNaughtern
Roswell
West Coast Training Center
Woman’s Club
House Fire at 415 West 17th Street Damages Home
A blaze at 415 West 17th Street Saturday morning caused extensive ceiling and roof damage blamed on an overheated water heater vent. The Pickering family lived there. Water damage occurred before firefighters arrived, reportedly from a garden hose, according to Chief Chrisman.
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415 West 17Th Street
Pickering
Chrisman
British Drive in North Africa Forces Axis to Retreat
Cairo Nov 29. The heaviest fighting of the war in Libya rages along a wide front east of Sidi Rezegh as British mechanized units slug it out with Axis remnants trying to escape encirclement. advance forces push from Sidi Rezegh and Tobruk toward Derna and Benghazi, extending the wedge from Sidi Rezegh to Tobruk. The main tank battle is east of Sidi Rezegh to 20 miles south of Gambut with all Axis armor engaged. Italian prisoners and equipment captured.
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Cairo
Libya
Sidi Rezegh
Tobruk
Gambut
Santa Claus Day Draws Large Roswell Crowd
Santa Claus visited Roswell Saturday as a long line of children watched him ride down Main Street in a candy giveaway of over 5 000 boxes. Police managed the procession, 6 23 cars counted, and 2 200 children attended a free Yucca Chavez show.
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Santa Claus
Roswell
Santa
R. E. Seig
7Th Street
Yucca
Chavez
Ted Jones
103 325 Sheep On Feed In County
Sheep sanitary inspector Harry Thorne reports 103 325 sheep on feed in Chaves county a drop from 117 350 last year He attributes the decrease to higher prices this year The report lists lambs ewes and wethers on feed this year and last with no further details.
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Harry Thorne
Chaves
Russians Retake Rostov Gateway To The Caucasus
London, Nov 29. The Red army officially recaptured Rostov on the Don in a counter offensive that killed more than 5,000 German troops and sent Gen Ewald Von Kleist’s panzer corps fleeing toward Taganrog in disorder. Russian gains aimed at Moscow’s defences were reported along three fronts as counterattacks shattered German formations and captured villages on routes toward the capital.
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London
Red Army
Caucasus
Rostov On
the-Don
Ewald
von Kleist
Taganrog
Rostov
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Ewald von Kleist
Volokolamsk
Kalinin
Tula- Stalinogorsk
Appraisers' Report Accepted For Tweedy Land For Highway
In the condemnation suit against John and Mrs Tweedy for right of way on the U S Highway 285 alternate route, the district attorney waived a jury trial and the appraisers' damages of 9125.21 were accepted. An extra 250 was agreed for drilling a water stock well instead of an underpass. County officials hope to obtain full right of way to start construction.
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John Tweedy
G. T. Watts
Tweedy
Harry Puryear
Miss Minnie Dunn Dies After Prolonged Illness
Miss Minnie C Dunn died Saturday at seven o clock at her home 808 North Pennsylvania Avenue Roswell after a lengthy illness She was seventy three born in Garr County Kentucky moved to Roswell in 1902 and lived there the rest of her life Surviving relatives include two sisters Cora and Lizzie Dunn a brother J Dunn and the three children of J X Dunn A nephew and two nieces live in Missouri California and Arkansas Funeral arrangements are by Talmage Mortuary and burial will be at South Carey Acres Her writing and needlework brought local renown and her poem Shadows won a national prize in 1934 She dedicated her booklet The Gift of the Poor Shepherd to friends who helped her through the years
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Minnie C. Dunn
Pennsylvania Avenue
Miss Dunn
Old Dunn
Garrett County
Kentucky
Roswell
Misses Cora
Lizzie Dunn
Talmage
South Carey Acres
Dunn
Minnie Dunn
The
Roswell Record
General Federation of Womens Club
Dunn Roswell
Masonic Festival Here Dec 11 And 12
December 11 and 12 mark the York Rite Festival with Columbia Chapter No 7 and Rio Hondo Commandery No 6 again conferring Masonry degrees on a class of candidates. Oliver C Payne Grand Commander visits Rio Hondo. rehearsals and choir are planned. meals and 2:30 pm degree work daily.
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Columbia Chapter No
Rio Hondo Commandery No
Otis Brenneman
Oliver C. Payne
Knights Templar
New Mexico
Roswell
Las Cruces
Rio Hondo Commandery No. 6
Royal Arch
Roswell Bas e Gets Acting Commander Major Armstrong
Acting Commander Major John G. Anderson heads Roswell Air Base operations as two Army Air Corps advanced training schools prepare to open a twin engine bomber pilot and a bombardier school. Born September 21 1911 in White Stone New York he is an alumnus of West Point class of 1933 and now directs training from 504 North Washington Ave.
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John G. Anderson
Roswell
Army Air Corps
Empire State
Whitestone
N. Y
Flushing
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Army
Armstrong
Mather Field
California
New York
Ann
North Washington Ave
French Leaders To Confer On Monday With Hitler's Man
United Press reports private advices that Vichy leaders Petain and Darlan plan to confer near Paris Monday with Goering, Hitler's right hand man. Hitler may attend or meet them later in an effort to normalize French German relations.
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United Press
United States
Henri Philippe Petain
Adm
Jean Francois Darlan
Vichy
Paris
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Petain
Darlan
Red Cross Roll Call Sets Record in Chaves County
Will C. Lawrence reports the Red Cross Roll Call in Chaves County raised 2882.65 from memberships and donations on the final day. Membership count not yet tallied but well over the 2500 quota, with most gifts from one dollar fees. largest chapter response to date.
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Red Cross
Chaves County
Will C. Lawrence
Roll Call
Lawrence
Jap Note To U S Said Refusal Of American Plan
Tokyo reports that Japan replied to a formal U S position document with dissatisfaction on key points. Premier Tojo warned that American and British exploitation of Asiatic peoples must be purged with vengeance as tensions rise in the Pacific.
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U.S
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
United States and Japan on the brink of war
Washington reports a sharp turn in U S Japan peace talks after Hull spoke with Roosevelt in Warm Springs. Tokyo replies to U S position dissatisfied on key points. Japanese Premier Tojo warns against Western exploitation as Burma Road tensions rise. Officials fear a collapse could push Germany and Japan closer in a drive to bar Allied influence in the East.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Warm _ Springs
Hull
Warm Springs
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
Burma
China
State Department
Germany
Orient
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Roosevelt may cut Warm Springs visit to rush to Washington
President Roosevelt, after a Thanksgiving address at Warm Springs, may depart tomorrow afternoon to return to Washington. White House secretary Stephen Early said changes in travel plans come amid Tokyo dispatches about Tojo seeking steps against Anglo American exploitation. Hull and Roosevelt held a lengthy call, with the railroad schedule arranged to reach Washington before noon Monday.
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Warm Springs
White House
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Washington
Early
Tokyo
Hidekt Tojo
Warm Springs Foundation
Hull
Foundation
Singapore flash recalls troops to barracks amid Pacific tensions
In Singapore on November 29, orders recalling troops to barracks flashed in motion picture houses as a precaution for the Pacific situation. Officials stressed no alarm, noting the measures show high instant preparedness. The radio reported no change in the Far East situation and that military leaves were cancelled in view of the general situation.
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Singapore
Pacific
Singapore Radio
Cutting Scrape At La Mexicana Bar Leaves Two Men Wounded
Felipe Gamboa remains in St Marys hospital after a cutting scrape at La Mexicana Bar. Ramon Larez is jailed in county custody, accused of the assault after the 4 45 Saturday afternoon incident. Gamboa suffered a scalp wound requiring thirty stitches and cuts to the body and arms. Larez was arrested by police in Chihuahua following the affray.
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Felipe Gamboa
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ramon Larez
Gamboa
Larez
Chihuahua
Classified Builds Success
Mr and Mrs R o O Ward of the Roswell Mattress Company praise Record classified for their business success in the two years since starting in town. They credit the ads with steady inquiries and growth.
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R. O O. Ward
Roswell Mattress Company
Record Classified
Classified ads build Mrs Ward’s local success reads all
The writer compliments Mrs Ward on her advertising prowess and notes that classified ads reach a wide audience and achieve visibility, emphasizing the value of effective placement in public notices and announcements.
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Indo-China
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Jean de Coux
A. V. Alexander
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Blackpool
England
Italy
Berlin
Ted Ict
Elton Roth
C. of C
Africa
Tweedy Land
Roswell Air Base
Rodden
Nazi Germany
F.D.R
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