Japan Massing Forces For War In The Pacific
Japan under Premier Tojo insists on iron unity as it faces encirclement by foreign powers. Censorship tightens mail while a United Pacific front is reported forming among the United States Britain China the Netherlands East Indies Australia and New Zealand. Soviet plots and German advances loom as Moscow braces for German pressure near the Donets basin and Rostov. Germany denies torpedoing the Kearny while unrest rises in occupied Europe and Greece reports mass killings.
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Associated Press
Far East
Moscow
Russia
United States
Germany
Kearny
World News
Japan
Eiki Tojo
Britain
China
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Canberra
Manchukuo
Siberian
Stalin
Donets
Rostov
Caucasus
Washington
Tceland
Nantes
France
Vichy
Tojo Calls for Iron Unity to Face Foreign Encirclement
Tokyo October 20 Premier General Eiki Tojo urged iron unity among the fighting arms and people to cope with foreign encirclement. He pledged to sacrifice all to surmount the crucial hour and noted his firm determination to ensure peace and order. Shigenori Togo as foreign minister supported the aim of defending the empire if necessary. The Asahi cautioned on Pacific tensions as the key issue in U S relations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eiki Tojo
War Office
Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Japan Times and Advertiser
Ca Ama
United States
Asahi
Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday
Temperature readings at 3 hour intervals end at 11 30 am show high 82 and low 58. Normal highs and lows are 73 and 42. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 11 30 am today is trace. Total month to date 0 81, year to date 29 77. Sunrise 6 06 and sunset 5 20 with length of day 11 2 hours.
Office Opened In Roswell For Flood Rehab Loans
A Disaster Loan Corporation office opened today in Roswell to receive flood rehabilitation loan applications. A. G. Elmendorf heads the office and can be reached at the Norton Hotel or there. The program also opens offices in Carlsbad Pecos Texas and Duncan Ariz to aid flood victims. The agency emphasizes prompt contact for early assistance though not authorized to grant funds.
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Roswell
Disaster Loan Corporation
A. G. Elmendorf
Norton Hotel
Carlsbad
Pecos
Texas
Duncan
Ariz
Gas as key factor in future war says Carolina experts
Camden South Carolina October 20 chemical warfare officers training in the Carolina maneuvers say neither Germany nor England can force a decision without gas. The U S army has a refined neutralizing compound for mustard gas and the only chemical battalion ready for field use is in the Carolina exercises with limited deployment due to secret equipment destinations.
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Camden
S. C
Carolina
Germany
England
First
U. S
Roswell Company A Participates in Army Maneuvers
The Roswell national guard unit Company A of the 104th Infantry Antitank Battalion reports from Camp Claiborne Louisiana on maneuvers begun August first with plans to depart Fort Sam Houston August 10. Commanded by Capt. Fred G Rowell the unit notes increased strength and many new members joining the nucleus from Roswell. The letter previews the Louisiana exercise and compares it to the nation’s largest peacetime maneuvers.
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Roswell
Camp Claiborne
United States Army
New Mexico
Fred G. Rowell
104Th Infantry
Edward Purdy
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Louisiana
Annual Meeting Of The N M E A In Albuquerque
Plans launched for the New Mexico Educational Association annual convention in Albuquerque expected to attract over 3 000 teachers. The four day program features 34 section meetings and four general assemblies, with the theme The defense of democracy through education.
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Albuquerque
N. M
The
New Mexico Educational Association
Strikes Threaten U.S. Ammo Stockpile Defense
Representative Thomas warned that U S ammunition stocks could last only about one week in a major war, with strikes and sabotage slowing production to roughly two percent of annual defense needs. He said coast defenses are outdated, cities face token air raids, and the nation must prioritize defense over labor actions to avert catastrophe.
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Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Panama Canal
Continental
Russians Prepare Stand in Donets Valley Push
Russian forces under marshals Timoshenko and Budyonny, reinforced from the east, plan to halt the German advance in the Donets basin. The German advance with Italian Hungarian and Slovak allies nears Rostov, the gateway to the Caucasus oil region, according to a military spokesman.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Timoshenko
Budyonny
Donets Valley
Donets
Rostov
Caucasus
Willkie Group Presses Repeal Of The Neutrality Act
Washington Oct 20 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 9 to hold closed hearings on the house armed ships bill with hearings set to start tomorrow and finish by Friday. Secretary Hull expected as first witness. The Willkie-backed repeal faction in the Senate includes Austin Bridges and Gurney, with opposition claiming limited time blocked witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Connally
D-Tex
Hull
LaFollette
Clark
D-Mo
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Austin
Bridges
RNH
Gurney
RSD
Foster meets city on Honda reservoir flood plan Roswell
L E Foster Reclamation Service superintendent at Carlsbad met with Mayor Hall and city engineer Rowland to discuss using the old Honda reservoir in a Roswell flood protection program. John J. Dempsey directed officials to take over the reservoir and end Roswell flooding, with Foster set to go to Roswell to begin preparations.
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L. E. Foster
Reclamation Service
Carlsbad
Mayor Hall
Rowland
Honda
Roswell
John J. Dempsey
Interior
Phoenix
Ariz
Dempsey
Mr. Foster
Three Airmen Die In Army Plane Crash Near Las Cruces
An army board probes the San Andreas Mountains crash that killed three members of the 120th observation squadron. The burn blasted wreckage was found after a six day search spanning southern New Mexico and West Texas. Major William A. Cahill said the plane struck a hill during a low turning maneuver and that the crew attempted a concealment maneuver before the downdraft caused the fatal impact. Joint funeral services were held for Willis Hunt, C. S. Kaiser, and Richard Lauck.
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EL Paso
Tex
Army Board of
120Th
Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
San Andreas Mountains
William A. Cahill
Biggs
Cahill
Lonely Ash Canyon
Biggs Field
Ft. Bliss
Massacre toll cited as Greeks claim 15000 dead
London report states the Greek government in exile reports 15 000 Greeks killed in brutal massacres by Bulgars in Kavalla district and Drama province. It notes 330 Bulgars and seven Germans were killed by Greeks in reprisals, with the figure described as a conservative estimate. The Kavalla Drama area lies in occupied Macedonia.
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London
Kavalla
Drama
Greece
Macedeonia
Bulgaria
Auto Industry Faces Period Of Low Employment
Detroit reports a predicted low point in auto industry employment due to government curtailment of passenger car production. Labor sources estimate 175000 to over 200000 idle by next spring, with defense needs delaying full absorption of workers until then. Through 1940 the sector employed about 500000 weekly.
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Detroit
Civinion
Automobile
U S destroyer Kearny torpedoed with 21 casualties
Secretary Hull labeled the incident part of Hitler's sea and world dominance effort. The Kearny suffered 11 missing presumed dead and 10 wounded after a German submarine torpedoed the ship off the Atlantic. The attack confirms a dangerous escalation as U.S. officials seek diplomatic action or protest.
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Kearny
Navy
U. S
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Appraisers Value Tweedy Farm Land at 9120 Damages
Appraisers set damages at 9120 for land of Mr and Mrs John Tweedy due to construction of an alternate U S Highway 285 route near Roswell. They fixed 4000 for 20 acres, 5000 for adjoining land, 120 for 12 acres grazing, with two underpasses for livestock and water.
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John Tweedy
Roswell
G. T. Watts
Highway Department
J. W. Dudley
O. B. Berry
George Perrine
Peach Sales Boost from Local Classified Ad
Ralph Hester of Hester's Toy Cabin Store on East 2nd credits a small classified ad for selling peaches and clearing stock. He says the ad proved effective for peach sales and could help sell other goods. He urges others to try classified ads.
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Ralph Hester
Hester
East 2Nd
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