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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1941
Page
4
The passage argues for striking Japan before Europe’s war widens, notes Japan’s aggression, and reflects on a New Mexico plane disappearance. It also discusses President Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving date change, predicting unified observance next year and listing states supporting each date with several undecideds.
Sam Jackson reports from Bakersfield on a Southern California church that blends rock and roll, jive, and a night club atmosphere with a hillbilly band, dancing, boisterous singing, and a conga while hamburgers are sold in the aisle. The piece notes many religious fads in the area, driven in part by widows, divorced women, and alimony, and questions the line between entertainment and faith.
PAWHUSKA Okla Oct 16 Two years of litigation over the 60000 estate of John Stink Osage legend end today with a ruling naming nine cousins as legal heirs District judge Hugh C Jones overruled a county court decision awarding the entire estate to John Wagoshie Hominy tribesman but designated Wagoshie as one of the nine heirs Stink famed as Ho To Moi meaning rolling thunder was the grandson of Big Elk an Osage chief and on a tribal legend died but walked from his grave the Osage once believed him an evil spirit and he later lived as a hermit with dogs before oil wealth brought him wealth he refused and died in 1938 at age 80 buried with tribal honors
Stalin's government plans for Moscow battle after any possible fall as the Red Army prepares a rear guard defense while diplomats move east toward Kazan 450 miles away. If Hitler pauses for truce talks, a long pause depends on Russian defenses around Stalingrad and the Don Volga line and on maintaining the Persian supply route via Astrakhan and Vliadivostok for Allied war materiel.
The article discusses flood control as a national priority, noting Senator Hatch and President Roosevelt. Federal Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page paints the Southwest's irrigation and power potential, with 20 million irrigable acres and about nine million kilowatts possible. It links water management to national defense amid wartime market concerns and rising tensions with Japan.
The U S S Kearny was torpedoed 350 miles southwest of Iceland but survived and continued under its own power. Press and lawmakers debated retaliation while Berlin and Rome warned against any escalation as Roosevelt stressed defensive waters policy. The incident follows earlier Greer actions and raises questions on naval rules in the Atlantic theater.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with colder conditions in the east. New Mexico and Arizona expect clear and cool tonight, then warm and sunny Saturday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies in the Panhandle, with generally fair conditions elsewhere and a fair, warmer Saturday. Extended outlook through Wednesday calls for continued generally fair weather with little to no precipitation.
No precipitation expected with temperatures near seasonal averages across Arizona and New Mexico and west of the Pecos River in west Texas. Elsewhere in west Texas slightly below normal, then approaching normal by the weekend.
Davidson of Claw Feme announces no formal opening until November 1 but confirms ongoing business with daily supplemented merchandise arrivals. Readers are urged to call classified line No. 11.
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