German Bombers Hit Scapa Flow Naval Base
German bombers damaged the Iron Duke training ship at Scapa Flow and the Royal Oak was sunk by a submarine in the same harbor. Four planes attacked at 10 30 am as official reports detail casualties and the harbor’s defenses.
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London
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Lord Chatfield
Defense Coordination
House of Lords
Orkney Island
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Winsteen Churchill
Admiralty
Caalfield
Jellicoe
Britain
Hull
Grimley
Bridlington
Scotland
Rosyth Naval Base
State Supreme Court briefs outline four rulings
State supreme court opinions affirm a $448 verdict for Tom Wilson in a Bernalillo auto deal. uphold a $100 game law fine against Magdalena Gonzales. grant a new trial to Dona Ana school bus driver L R Jacobs in a fatality suit. and find no conspiracy to deprive Manuel Vicente of land title in Guadalupe County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Santa FE
State Supreme Court
A. L. Zinn
Bernalillo County
Tom Wilson
State Federation of Labor
A. J. Giannini
Albuquerque
Justice of Peace
Justice Court
J. Mabry
Magdalena Gonzales
San Miguel County
Supreme Court
L. R. Jacobs
Dona Ana
Caroline Archuleta
Jacobs
Guadalupe County
Harry and
Alice Fagan
C. L. Love
Manuel Vicente
Two Air Raids On British Today
London reports a second German air attack over the Orkney Islands near Scapa Flow. Six planes in one group and four in another carried out the raid after noon, with one raider destroyed. no damage to Scapa Flow noted. The liner Stola reported a morning attack but was not struck. Norwegian ship Lorentz W. W. Hansen torpedoed and sunk off Canada to England. crew saved.
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Lord Chatfield
House of Lords
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Chatfield
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Scotland
London
Orkney Islands
Scapa Flow Naval Base
Scapa Flow Hay
Royal Mail
Stola
Thurso
Bergen
Norway
Lorentz W.W. Hansen
Canada
England
Atlantic
Rev Julian Atwood to Speak at Local Church Tomorrow
The Rev Julian Atwood of Texerxana Texas former pastor of First Baptist Church here will lead a prayer meeting at the church tomorrow. A 6 30 cafeteria style dinner will be served in the basement by the ladies and attendees may bring a dish if they wish.
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Julian. Atwood
Texerxana
Texas
First Baptist Church
Coronado Board Seeks Revival of Eucharistic Congress
Coronado Duarte Centennial commission aims to persuade Archbishop Rudolph A. Gerken to reverse his cancellation of the Eucharistic Congress in Albuquerque next year. Commissioners plan to meet Gerken in Santa Fe after his return from San Antonio. chamber officials cited housing costs for 25,000 visitors and questioned the use of a $10,000 budget.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Coronado Duarte Centennial Commission
Rudolph A. Gerken
Commission
Clinton P. Anderson
Coronado
Gerken
Santa Fe
San Antonio
Anderson
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Governor Miles dedicates Mora court house dedication planned
Governor Miles dedicated a Mora court house today and planned to return for a state capitol commission meeting tomorrow. He will then participate in the Sierra county courthouse dedication at Hot Springs on Saturday. R. W. Long of Lakeview Bar Eagle Nest faces liquor sale charges. Director S. T. Jernigan said the complaint was filed on information from the district attorney at Raton.
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Miles
Mora
State Capitol Commission
Sierra County
Hot Springs
R. W. Long
Lakeview
Eagle Nest
State Liquor Control Board
S. T. Jernigan
Raton
Marriage license rush continues in county office
Thirty eight marriage licenses issued this month at the county clerk's office. The prior monthly record is 43 last month. Recent licenses include William Campbell Artesia and Eunice King Roswell Ww KP Miller Jr Broadview NM May Heflin Portales Raymond Likely Faye Baker Ray Wooton Elizabeth Parish Roswell Fred Pierce Lois Truitt Grandfield Okla Ray Davis Sanders Eunice Arnold Floyd Graves Hazel Sneathen Roswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Campbell
Artesia
Eunice King
Roswell
Miller, Jr
Broadview
N. M
May Heflin
Portales
Raymond Likely
Faye Marie Baker
Ray Thomas Wooton
Fort Worth
Elizabeth Parish
Fred Pierce
Lois Marie Truitt
Grandfield
Okla
Ray Davis Sanders
Eunice Rudell Arnold
Hagerman
Floyd Graves
Hazel Sneathen
Oil Proration Hearing Delayed in New Mexico Fields
Santa Fe New Mexico October 17 postponement of a State oil conservation commission hearing on proration in the Hobbs and Monument fields was announced. Lea county operators, meeting in Fort Worth, reached a partial agreement and the hearing was adjourned to a date to be announced later. A 40 acre spacing basis underpins the plan, and the delay allows further talks before a formula is set. The order came from State Land Commissioner Frank Worden and State Geologist A Andreas, currently in Washington.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Oil Conservation Commission
Hobbs and
Monument Fields
State Land Commission
Carl Livingston
Livingston
Lea County
Fort Worth
Frank Worden
A. Andreas
Washington
Latin American Assembly Convenes in Carlsbad Meet
The tenth annual convention of the Latin American Assemblies of God in the United States opened in Carlsbad New Mexico with over 500 delegates from the southwest Florida Nebraska and other states. Services were mostly in Spanish with an address by Noel Perkin in English. Speakers included Manuel Bustamante Nic aragua Miss Theola Jeters Peru and R C Orozio Mexico. Cecilio Jacinto El Paso planned the sermon. Delegates from Texas California Arizona Colorado Utah and Wyoming attended.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Assemblies of God
United States
Southwest
Florida
Nebraska
Noel Perkin
Springfield
H. C. Ball
San Antonio
South America
Kenzie Savage
Fort Worth
Texas
Manuel Bustamante
Nicaragua
Theola, Jeters
Peru
R. C. Orozio
Mexico
Cecilio Jacinto
el Paso
California
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Seek Improved Stock Shipping Schedules
The Roswell Chamber of Commerce directors met last night to discuss livestock feeding in the Pecos Valley and to seek better schedules for shipping stock to market. They endorsed a series of entertainments in the region by Roswell talent and reviewed plans for the annual Chamber membership dinner, though no date was set. The directors reviewed all ongoing Chamber activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Two Sentenced In District Court
W. P. Purdy and Eugene Stevens each received one to two years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty before district judge James B. McGhee. Purdy faced larceny from a dwelling and Stevens faced forgery charges. Ramir Valdez was fined $190 for drunkenness in Police Court.
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W. P. Purdy
Eugene Stevens
State Penitentiary
James B. McGhee
Purdy
Stevens
Ramir Valdez
Netherlands reports anti aircraft fire near Emden
The government said Dutch planes were fired on by German anti air craft near Emden after reports of a British air raid. The Netherlands protest to Berlin said the planes were not hit. Villagers along Dollart Bay heard heavy firing and saw a British bomber approaching Emden. Artillery noises echoed at 7 am and 11 am, with smoke columns observed near the German port.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Emden
Berlin
Winschoten
Dollart Bay
Kare
Coenraad-Polder
Drieberg
Colart Bay
Germany
British Planes Reconnoiter Western Germany. One Missing
Air ministry announced daylight reconnaissance missions over western and northwestern Germany yesterday with several British planes returning successfully. One aircraft failed to return, and fate of its crew was not disclosed.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
German raiders strike Bay, threaten British fleet at Scapa Flow
Berlin reports a second raid by German bombing planes on Scapa Flow, the key British naval base north of Scotland, part of a string of lightning attacks. Officials mention a submarine sinking the battleship Royal Oak in the same bay earlier. A high official warned Britain may soon see what remains of its fleet.
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Berlin
Sceapa Flow Bay
Scotland
Britain
Royal Oak
North Sea
Athenia affidavit filed by Illinois traveler
Gustav A. Anderson of Evanston Illinois, a travel bureau operator who rode the liner Athenia when it sank on September 3 en route to New York, presented an affidavit to the state department alleging the ship carried coast defense guns for Canada and was to be outfitted as a raider after its voyage. The affidavit followed questions from Congressmen Francis Case Overton Brooks and Walter Pierce.
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Washington
Athenia
New York
Canada
State Department
Gustav A. Anderson
Evanston, Ill
Francis H. Case
RSD
Overton Brooks
D-La
Walter M. Pierce
D-Ore
Anderson
Pierce
Bas
Parents Night At Roswell High School PTA Meeting
Parents of Roswell high school pupils attend a parents only event tonight to meet teachers and learn about subjects. A school assembly features performances by a trio and a tap dance with student ushers aiding the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell High School
Russell Franzen
George Smith
Hazel Powers
Mitzi Wright
Dorothy Deacon
Two Raney Boys Victims Accident in New Mexico
In Valencia County near Hickman New Mexico two Raney brothers Hale 13 and Orville 15 drowned in an open stock water tank on their father Gus D Raney's ranch. State police concluded the deaths were accidental after an inquiry and found no violence marks. Hale fell in first and Orville drowned trying to save him. the older boy rode in on his horse to pull his brother out. Both bodies were recovered from the 12 foot deep water six feet apart.
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Grants. N. M
Hickman
Hale Raney
Orville
Gus D. Raney
Ed Jackson
Sall
Valencia County
Here
Raney
Tom Summers
Wilmot Reports On Kiwanis Convention
Paul Wilmot spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon about the Roswell Kiwanis Club delegate’s role at the district convention in Albuquerque last week. He announced his election as district lieutenant governor as Dr. Cecil Eiffert and others received a big hand. The club’s Milk Fund booth at the fair netted $135, and guest Leland M. Quantius from Marion, Kansas recently moved to Roswell attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wilmot
Kiwanis
Albuquerque
Roswell
Marion, Kan
Kiwanis Club
Eiffert
Clyde Marley Charged With Stealing Sheep
Clyde Marley and Cort Marley face charges for stealing 11 sheep and killing 5 owned by Oscar White. Clyde Marley held on bond. Cort Marley released on bond. Preliminary hearing set for Oct 30 before J. P. Pat O Neill. Roger Hill pleads not guilty to stealing 12 sheep from O. D. White and Mary White. awaiting jail in lieu of bond after transfer from El Paso.
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Clyde Marley
Cort Marley
Oscar White
Sheriff’s Department
Pat O’neill
J. P. Cort Marley
Sheriff's Department
Roger Hill
O. D
Oscar) White
Mary White
Hill
Roswell
el Paso
Young
Institute Game Saturday Night at de Bremond Field
The N M M S Panhandle Aggies play Institute in a night game at de Bremond Field next Saturday October 21. Col Pearson announced the game will start at 8 15 P M and admission is 75 cents including tax.
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N. M. M. S.-Panhandle Aggies
de Bremond Field
Col. D. C. Pearson
Ward to speak on opportunity of the museum
Captain Charles F. Ward of the N. M. M. I. faculty will speak on The Opportunity of the Local Museum at the opening fall meeting of the Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society at the museum at 7:30 tonight. The public is invited to attend. The club trio opens the program with old time numbers.
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Charles F. Ward
Chaves
Roswell Museum
Congress
Womans Club Trio
L. O. Fullen
Elwin Miller
Hazel Powers
Adult Courses at Roswell High Begin Oct 16
The city school board will continue adult education at Roswell High School with classes starting Monday night at 7 30. Principal Paul H Deaton announced the program which last year enrolled about 300 students. A $1 50 registration fee per course will be charged.
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City School Board
Roswell High School
Paul H. Deaton
New Mexicans Named for 33rd Degree in Masonic Rites
Five New Mexicans were chosen to receive the 33rd Masonic degree and nine others elected Knights Commander of the Court of Honor by the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction in Washington. Recipients include James Carothers Harvey and Louis Charles Rockett of Santa Fe and John Floyd Linn of Albuquerque, with several Santa Fe residents among the Knights Commander. Also elected were two U.S. senators, Alva B. Adams of Colorado and Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, among hundreds of candidates from across the nation.
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Washington
Court of Honor
Supreme Council of
James Carothers Harvey
Barry George Hogle
Frank Staplin
Louis Charles Rockett
Santa Fe
John Floyd Linn
Albuquerque
Reuben Woodford Heflin
Leo Herman Mb
Soviet Turkey talks stall as Sukru Saracoglu leaves Moscow
Reports from Moscow say Turkey’s foreign minister Sukru Saracoglu will depart after nearly a month of talks on the Black Sea and Dardanelles. No next moves planned. Russia presses a propaganda push for its Polish Ukraine annexation while Baltic ties with Estonia Latvia Lithuania continue to shape diplomacy. Refugee Jews from German-occupied Poland surge toward Soviet borders.
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Moscow
Russia
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
Mooscow
Saracoglu
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Kremlin
Poland
Bialystok
Belostok
Wilno
Vilna
Lithuania
Red Army
Paign
Ukraine
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Helsinki
Dies Committee Clashes Over ILD Alleged Communism
Washington October 17. Rep Marcantonio testifies to the Dies committee that he led the International Labor Defense from 1937 as a non communist group and that communists never influenced ILD policies. He says the ILD would defend victims of fascism as readily as communism. The panel votes to seek ample funds to extend unAmerican activities inquiries for another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marcantonio
ALN
Dies Committee
International Labor Defense
ILD
Dies
D-Tex
House
Weather Forecast for Four States Tonight and Wednesday
New Mexico and Arizona expect fair skies tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Colorado sees fair weather tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the east. West Texas has partly cloudy skies and a rise in temperatures, especially in the extreme north tonight and Wednesday.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Roorth
West Texas
Pertin
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Faris
Saar
Moselle
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Luxembourg
Saar River
No Man’s Land
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Schneeburg
Avach
Maginot
Sierck
Coronado Board
Raney Boys
Wilmot
Ward
A. and H. Society
Baltic States
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