Parachutist Makes 600 Foot Jump From Tower
San Antonio adventurer George Hopkins leaped 600 feet to a circular turret, driven by a $50 bet and publicity, as rescuers from Dartmouth College, Wyoming climbers, and Rocky Mountain guides carried him to safety. Park Service officials warned against repeats and praised the climbers who aided the rescue.
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San Antonio
N. F. Joyner
The
Devil’s Tower National Monument
National Park Service
George
Jack Durrance
Hanover
N. H
Meril McClane
Rockport
Mass
Dartmouth College
Paul K. Petzoldt
Harold Rapp
Wyoming
Chappell Cranmer
Henry Coulter
Denver
Henry Field
Warren Gorrell
Rocky Mountain National Park
Beth
Hopkins
Record Warplane Output Climbs Despite Labor Day Break
The report notes a 30day month record with work paused for Labor Day. Aircraft output rose as heavy longrange bombers were urged by Britain. September deliveries reached 1,914 to Army Navy Britain and China, up from 1,854 in August and 742 in September 1940.
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OPM
Roosevelt
Army
Great Britain
China
Wanted: BY Experienced housekeeper part time or by hour
Classified notices show a BY experienced housekeeper seeking part time or hourly work, with a phone reference 905J after Sp. Mmn. 10-8t3x. A sale ad promotes a STRIP-DOWN Oakland at Whit's Service Station in East Roswell with the same date code. An INSTRUCTION ad targets ambitious men to train as welders with shop practice and placement service via Utilities Inst. care Record, 10-7t1x.
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Oakland
Whit’s
Sta
East Roswell
Tanker I. C. White Sunk by Submarines Off Brazil
A Panama flag tanker I. C. White sank in a midnight attack 600 miles off Brazil. Survivor says one or two submarines fired one torpedo without warning. 17 crew rescued by Del Norte, seven days at sea, two missing presumed drowned. United States to take depositions for state department.
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Rio DE Janeiro
I. C. White
Brazil
H. W. Ackerman
Charleston
S. C
del Norte
Ackerman
West Niles
Rankin
S. C. White
United States
State Department
Washington
Navy officers visit Roswell in town
Henry Mattson chief signal man and Lt H J Ward of the U S Navy are visiting Roswell. Ward was a classmate of Ferrell Overfelter of Roswell at Annapolis.
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NAVY
Henry Mattson
H. J. Ward
U. S. Navy
Roswell
Ward
Ferrell Overfelter
Annapolis
Russians acknowledge German push on Moscow front amid Crimea raids
Reports from London claim German forces suffered heavy casualties on the Perekop Isthmus driving into Crimea. A German division was halted near Genichesk under Red Fleet shelling while a night landing off Leningrad coast was largely destroyed. overall Nazi offensives along the 1,200 mile front proceed as rumored.
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London
Perekop
Crimea
Genichesk
Azov Sea
Red Fleet
Leningrad
Black Sea
Robbery Suspect Detained After Fence Break In
A man was arrested last night on suspicion of robbery and placed in the county jail after sheriff deputies followed reports of him climbing the fence at the Fig to Lumber Company. A medicine cabinet was found in his possession but its origin is unconfirmed. No charges have been filed yet.
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Sheriff's Department
Fig To Lumber Company
City Council Set To Meet Tonight at City Hall
The regular monthly meeting of the city council begins at 7 30 p m at the council chamber in city hall. Mayor Hall will present a summary of department work during the flood emergency.
CCC Enrolees Clean Streets After City Flood
A group of 20 CCC enrollees from the local camp were cleaning muddy streets today. Water still ran in the western part of the city as flood conditions persisted.
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CCC
Mrs Clarence W Barnes Dies At Granada Plains Home
Mrs Anna Little Barnes wife of Clarence W Barnes died this morning at ten thirty at the family home in the East Grand Plains District after a week of illness and a prior pneumonia. Born March 18 187? in Shappe Indiana she was sixty four. Survived by husband three sons John Fred Grant Barnes a daughter Mrs Ethel B Lancaster of San Antonio Texas a brother Charles S Littie of Lebanon Missouri. Funeral plans awaited daughter’s arrival with complete notices to follow from Talmage Mortuary.
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Anna Little Barnes
Clarence W. Barnes
Granada Plains
Barnes
Shappe
Indiana
First Christian Church
Ethel B. Lancaster
San Antonio
Texas
Roswell
Charles S. Littie
Lebannon
Missouri
Talmage Mortuary
Weather Across Southwest Sees Frost and Cooling Nights
A brief regional forecast notes New Mexico clear and cool with freezing mountain temperatures and frost in the Rio Grande valley, Socorro and north ward sunny with rising temperatures Wednesday. Colorado fair tonight and Wednesday, warmer east, frost in west. Arizona fair but cool with freezing mountain temps tonight, sunny Wednesday. West Texas generally clear cool with frost in the Panhandle, southeast cloudy, Wednesday sunny in the north.
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New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Socorro
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Panhandle
State Finance Board to Meet on Defense Counsel Budget
The state board of finance in Santa Fe New Mexico will hold a special meeting tomorrow at 2 p m to review the budget for the defense counsel for the remainder of the current calendar year.
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Santa FE. N. M
State Board of Finance
British air and naval actions widen North Africa war
The report cites RAF and British submarine actions in the Mediterranean with Italian vessels sunk or damaged and Tobruk and Matruh bombed by Axis and Egyptian desert forces. It notes a Rome broadcast accusing FDR of anti Catholic bias and claims Britain’s Bomber Command will press a relentless campaign against Germany while exposing invasion base threats.
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North Africa
Matruh
Tobruk
Berlin
Suez
FDR
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Roosevelt
London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Italy
Germany
Britain
Bomber Command
Cherbourg
Amsterdam
Nazis Might Attack Iceland For Atlantic Control
Reykjavik reports that despite Iceland’s remoteness it could be hard to defend if Germany launches an all-out bid to capture the island. Military quarters say Iceland remains formidable and could be strengthened by the United States, while German high command might press an assault to seize a base for anti submarine operations. Detachments in Norway could support a 900 mile air hop to reach Iceland.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
United States Army
Air Corps
Germany
Atlantic
High Command
Trondheim
Norway
New York Stock Close and Bond Market Report
New York stocks close with numerous listings across industries including AmAir1, AmCan, Loew's, Ford, Bethlehem, and Boeing. Bond yields show Treasury 2 1/2s at 107.13 and 2 3/4s at 110.20, with Federal Farm Market unchanged and Home Owners Loan CURB MARKET activity noting minor price readings for Alum Co Am and Carrier Corp among others.
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Treasury
Federal Farm Mtg
Home Owners Loan
CURB
New York
Alum Co Am
Alum Goods
Carrier Corp
Mex & Ariz Ld
New York Cotton Futures Close Lower on Oct 7
New York cotton futures settled 5 to 9 points lower with Oct at 16.95, Dec 17.17 to 17.19, Jan 17.24, May 17.60, July 17.69 to 17.71. Middling spot at 17.75. N-Nominal.
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New York
Jly
Grady Bandit Slayer Recovers
Grady hardware merchant R. C. Knowles, who survived a Saturday night attack during a robbery attempt, is recovering from head and body injuries. District Attorney Turner Hensley says Knowles will identify his assailants, with Martin Howard slain in the incident. Portales men John Compton Boots Bryant and Edsel Turner are held for questioning.
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Clovis
R. C. Knowles
Grady
Turner Hensley
Knowles
Martin Howard
John Compton
Boots Bryant
Edsel Turner
Portales
Bomb er command losses noted in France and Flanders
The booklet states the bomber command had lost about 40 percent of its initial strength in the fierce air battles over France and Flanders.
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Bomber Command
France
Flanders
Wall Street Slips From September Highs Amid Broad Declines
A brief selling flurry drove the market down from recent gains on October 7. U S Steel led declines with other industrials. closing prices mostly above intraday lows. Transactions reached 595,000 shares as bonds and commodities moved lower and several major issues lagged.
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Wall Street
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
U. S. Rubber
United Aircraft
Sperry
Douglas
Western Union
Dow Chemical
Union Caride
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Market Report Kansas City Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hogs: 2,000 head traded slow and uneven with prices 5-15 lower than Monday. Top 11.10 for 190-300 lb. 10.90-11.10 for 190-300 lb. 150-180 lb 10.40-10.85. sows 9.40-10.15, some 10.25. Cattle: total 6,900, calves 800. Opening beef steer and yearling sales steady. light yearlings and stock heifers steady to easier. three loads choice fed heifers 12.25. yearling steers 12.25. most early fed steer sales 10.75-11.75. short-fed Kansas steers down from 10.50. top 13.00 for some lots. Feeder prospects 9.50-10.50. Sheep: 3,000 head. Trucked-in native lambs about 25 higher. good to choice lots 11.50. best Colorados above 12.00.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Produce Market Recaps Oct 7 Receipts and Prices
Butter receipts 845375 weak creamery scores 93 to 32 1/2. eggs 3822 firm fresh graded extra firsts local 32. carrots 34 1/2. other prices unchanged. Poultry live 34 trucks steady. market unchanged.
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Chicago
Doctor T. E. Boggs Eye Care Ad at Main Street
Dr. T. E. Boggs a graduate optometrist at 309 N. Main St offers eye examinations and glasses fitted with in house lens grinding. Broken lenses duplicated immediately by expert technicians. Phone 21 for appointment.
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T. E. Boggs
N. Main St. Eves
Roswell Lodge Meets for First Degree Work
Special Communication of Roswell Lodge No. 18 A F a M scheduled for Wednesday October 8 at 7 30 PM. Work on the first degree. By Order Hugh M Huff Jr W M Attest Elmer H Riemen secretary.
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Roswell Lodge No. 18
A. F
A. M
Hugh M. Huff, Jr
W. M
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