Nazis Close to 100 Miles From Moscow in 1941 Front
Japanese policy in the Russo German conflict dominates Eastern affairs as London's Daily Chronicle suggests a British American guarantee to Russia. Chinese general says Japan massing 32 divisions in Manchukuo for Siberia attack. Nationwide air defense tests begin in Japan with blackouts and fire drills. Peiping reports indicate Chinese counter offensive strength with 200000 troops moving toward Chengchow.
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Associated Press
Japan
London
Sunday Chronicle
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Hsueh Yueh
China
Chang- Sha
Manchukuo
Siberia
Tokyo
Peiping
Chengchow
Honai
Railroads Offer Emergency Wage Increase Proposal
Rail road management submitted a counter offer to President Roosevelt's wage board. The plan ties pay rises to living costs and railroad revenue, starting Nov. 1, 1941, continuing through Dec. 31, 1942, with quarterly adjustments and a 15 percent ceiling on the first $30 weekly earnings. F C Gurley of Santa Fe led the presentation for carriers.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
F. C. Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Carriers
Gurley
Local Weather Readings And Day Length Details
Local weather readings recorded at three hour intervals for a 24 hour period ending 11 30 a m today include high 78 and low 62 with normal values for the date noted as 76 and 46 respectively Precipitation totals show 0 for the 24 hours ending 11 30 a m today month to date 0 56 and year to date 29 52 Normal month to date 0 55 year to date 12 56 Sunrise 6 01 Sunset 5 28 length of day 11 4 hours
Roswell Flood Damage Report Rates City Loss at 775 300
City engineer Rowland submits a Roswell damages survey to Mayor Hall totaling 775 300 for floods on September 22 and 29 1941. The report covers only inside city limits and aims to aid Army Engineers and Reclamation Service in securing federal flood protection funds. Continued to Page Four.
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Roswell
Mayor Hall
Rowland
Army Engineers and Reclamation Service
Thos. J. Hall
New Mexico
Hall
Heavy Feeding In Pecos Valley Is The Forecast
New Mexico winter grazing prospects, the best in 11 years, emerge as fall shipments of sheep and cattle begin. Rainfall in September totaled 5.95 inches, 4.18 above normal, with ranges in excellent condition. Calves gain well on ample feed while lambs fetch nine to 10 cents a pound and many ewe lambs are held for future breeding.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Pecos Valley
German Report Claims Vast German Victory Near Moscow
Berlin reports a third German spearhead of tanks and motorized infantry smashed through Russian lines in a surprise attack about 149 miles northwest of Moscow. The advance threatens Russian lines and indicates Nazi drives pushing toward the frontier less than 100 miles away.
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Berlin
Moscow
Rowland Heads to Phoenix for Roswell flood work
City engineer Lea Rowland will fly to Phoenix Arizona to meet with John Page of the Reclamation Service to discuss flood control plans for Roswell. Undersecretary John J. Dempsey urged the trip and will attend the Phoenix conference.
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Lea Rowland
Phoenix
Ariz
John Page
Reclamation Service
Roswell
Army Engineer Surveying At Hondo Reservoir Near Roswell
J A Cotton civil engineer with the army engineering department is in Roswell to conduct survey work at the old Hondo reservoir located twelve miles southwest of Roswell. The survey supports flood control plans, according to Mayor Hall.
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J. A. Cotton
Army Engineering Department
Roswell
Old Hondo
Mayor Hall
Fire at Firestone Rubber Plant Causes 13 Million Loss
FALL RIVER Mass Oct 13 A massive blaze at the Firestone Rubber Co plant devastated government rubber stocks and defense equipment. Officials estimate 13 million dollars in damage as 30 fire units battled the fire for hours. Firestone plans to resume defense production by tomorrow morning amid an FBI probe. Around 1,000 of 2,600 workers remained idle.
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Fall River
Mass
Roger S. Firestone
Firestone Rubber and Latex Corp
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Firestone
New England
Automobile Fire Destroys 1935 Oldsmobile on West Street
A 1935 Oldsmobile coach belonging to Arlie Roberts was badly damaged by fire Sunday morning on West 2nd Street. The blaze, started in the motor and spreading to the interior, was put out by the fire department. The car was not insured.
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Arlie Roberts
West 2Nd Stret
Scouters Meet Tonight In District Courtroom
Scoutmasters Cubmasters and Boy Scout commissioners gather at the district courtroom at 7 30 tonight to map plans for coming months. Earl M McClure from the regional Boy Scout office in Dallas says he is acting executive of the local Scout Council until a permanent replacement for P W Thorson is found. J E Wolfe district Scout Commissioner will preside.
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Earl M. McClure
Dallas
McClure
P. W. Thorson
Houston
J. E. Wolfe
British Raids On Germany Said To Be Very Heavy
British air attack on Germany described as one of the war’s heaviest, aimed at easing pressure on Russia. Nuernberg targeted with fires spreading widely, with over 300 planes involved. Bremen docks and Boulogne port also attacked, 11 planes reported lost. Berlin acknowledged the broad raid and damage.
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Germany
Associated Press
London
Britain
Russia
Nuernberg
Bavaria
Air Ministry
Bremen
Boulogne
Berlin
Appraisers Named for Roswell Air Base Land
Judge James B. McGhee appoints W. A. Losey Fields Waller and Joe J. Lane as appraisers for 1204 acres in a Roswell condemnation suit to add to the air base site. The city has bought 1600 acres of the 2800 acre tract with another 2200 to 2300 acres later required. Public subscription via the Chamber of Commerce funded the land purchase. the city will own and lease to the government at a nominal rate.
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W. A. Losey
Fields Waller
Joe J. Lane
James B. McGhee
Army Air Base
Roswell
Air Base
Chamber of Commerce
Appraisers Named For Road Right Of Way Delays
Judge James B. McGhee will appoint appraisers Thursday in the condemnation case to acquire land for the proposed alternate U S Highway 85 south from Roswell. The scheme was filed by district attorney G T Watts for the county commissioners, and the court granted their petition for appointment.
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Roswell
James B. McGhee
G. T. Watts
Arming American Ships Urged By Hull In House Hearing
Secretary Hull testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee urging a revision of the neutrality act to permit arming merchant ships. He said Germany is sinking defenseless vessels and pursuing a campaign of conquest unprecedented in history, and favored repeal or modification of section two of the act.
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Washington
Hull
Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Decla
Army Bomber Crashes in Mountain Pass Killing Seven
An army B 23 bomber from March Field plunged into a fog bound San Gorgonio pass near Beaumont California killing seven crew members. The Douglas built bomber was returning from Albuquerque New Mexico when it hit a hay field and exploded. Eight bodies were initially reported with five clearly seen and two more believed aboard.
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March Field
Calif
9Th Pursuit
Albuquerque
N. M
Palm Springs
San Gorgonio Pass
San Bernardino Mountains
Beaumont
City Officials Attend Flood Meet in Carlsbad Conference
Mayor Thomas J. Hall and City Attorney Ross L. Malone Jr will join an Army Engineers flood control conference in Carlsbad at 10 a.m with participants from Roswell Hagerman Artesia Carlsbad Pecos and Barstow. Earlier Hall and Malone meet Red Bluff irrigation project water users to discuss Hondo flood waters. Hall expects differences to be resolved and Roswell to contribute to an amicable agreement.
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Thomas J. Hall
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Carlsbad
Army Engineers
New Mexico
Texas
Pecos Valley
Hall
Malone
Red Bluff
Pecos River
Hondo
Roswell
Rosweil
Hagerman
Artesia
Fecos
Barstow
Russians Say German Offensive Slowing At Vyazma Front
Russian front line dispatches report the German advance slowed toward Vyazma, 125 miles from Moscow, as Soviet counterattacks surge at multiple points. Pravda cites growing Red Army resistance and steady reinforcements, with high casualties and ongoing brutal combat described as the war’s greatest battle to date.
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Moscow
Vyazma
Pravda
Red Army
Bryansk
Orel
Wilson Guilty Of Murder Will Seek Gain New Trial
In Socorro New Mexico Louis C Wilson 63 year old blacksmith convicted at Reserve for fatal shooting of J M Garrison on main street of Quemada last May 10 A district court jury of cattle men and miners found him guilty recommending life imprisonment Wilson testified he acted in self defense He cursed district attorney Joseph W Hodges as the verdict neared and was escorted to await sentencing The trial covered the elder Garrison only and the ranchers son Arthur was mentioned in defense Continued To Page Four
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Socorro
N. M
Louis C. Wilson
J. M. Garrison
Quemada
Joseph W. Hodgs
Wilson
Garrison
Arthur
Eugene D. Lujan
Hodges
Silver City
Former Hobbs resident killed in California bomber crash
Hobbs New Mexico report says Lt J. E. Overstreet of the 4th interceptor command, believed killed in a March Field California bomber crash, was a former Hobbs wholesale airline dealer. He lived in Hobbs two years before moving to Fort Worth Texas where his father J R Overstreet runs a Magnolia wholesale gasoline business. Friends say Overstreet married only a few months ago.
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Hobbs, N. M
J. E. Overstreet
4Th Interceptor Command
March Field
Calif
Hobbs
Fort Worth
Texas
J. R. Overstreet
Magnolia
Overstreet
German Drive Loses Momentum As Reds Counterattack
German advance in the Soviet Union slows after 12 days as Russian dispatches report counterattacks near Vyazma and Bryansk. Moscow claims continue to press, while Berlin cites renewed blows toward Moscow and key rail junctions. Prisoners and losses mount on both sides amid heavy fighting along the central and southern fronts.
Classified Does Not Disappoint
John B. Beers praises the Record classified for selling his tomato crop. The ad brought buyers and boosted sales this year and in years past, reflecting the publication’s strong track record in marketing produce.
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John B. Beers
Mr. Beers
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Sault Ste. Marie Locks
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
James Dr
Reclamation
John J. Dempsey
Interior Department
Dempsey
Page
Artesian Conservancy
Army
Firestone Rubber Co
Scouters
English Channel
Mountain Pass
Reds
Hitler
Brvyansk
Sea of Azov
Leningrad
High Command
England
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