Bitter Fighting Over Moscow as Nazis Gain
Britain faces pressure in parliament to back Russia with raids on Italy and landing missions. Sir Winston Churchill and Labor voices push for stronger action as Soviet Moscow defense tightens. British promises to Stalin aim to replace Russia's losses in tanks and planes. Nazis push toward Moscow with fresh Italian Hungarian and Romanian troops aiding Donets basin. parachute drops and snow challenge front lines.
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Associated Press
Britain
Winston Churchill
Italy
Russia
Ukraine
Philip J. Noel- Baker
Lord Beaverbrook
House of Lords
United States
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Adolf
Kalinin
Donets River
London
Moscow Front
British Raids On Rhineland Strike Europe Again
London reports night raids by British bombers on Mannheim and docks at Le Havre and Brest in German occupied ports. Five planes missing and three Nazi raiders shot down. Berlin confirms strikes on western and southern German cities. RAF also attacked Dunkerque Calais Boulogne as a convoy in the English Channel faced shelling by Kong range guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rhineland
Mannheim
le Havre
Brest
Air Ministry
North Wales
Merseyside
Berlin
RAF
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
English Channel
Local Weather Temperature Readings and Extremes
Weather readings show 24 hour period ending 11 30 am with temperatures from 52 to 68 degrees. Highest 68 lowest 52. Precipitation 0.69 inches in 24 hours ending today 11 30 am. Month to date 2.03 inches year to date 30.99. Sunrise 5 16 am sunset unknown length of day 11.1 hours. Normal highs 72 lows 41 for date.
Air Force to 400,000 by next June 30
Secretary Stimson announced rapid expansion of the U S Air Force to 400 000 flying cadets and enlisted men by June 30 next year, with possible growth beyond that to 500 000. The plan increases combat groups from 54 to 84, though exact plane numbers in service remain undisclosed. The expansion aims to accelerate air power as Congress reviews the program.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army Air Forces
Congress
Glover and Balderee Speak at Rotary Club
Howard Glover gave a five minute talk at the Rotary Club meeting recounting a west coast vacation as a way to urge Roswell and New Mexico residents to use proper occasions to boost their city. George Baldereé spoke on past and present business competition, crediting Rotary and service clubs for improving conduct. Sam Samson presided and announced Walter Fulbright was improving after last night’s terrible experiences.
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Howard Glover
George Balderee
Glover
West Coast
Roswell
New Mexico
Mr. Baldereé
Rotary
Mr. Glover
Sam Samson
Walter Fulbright
Rain totals 0.69 inch as storms move through Roswell area
Heavy showers drenched the region, totaling 0.69 inches. The rain reached Border Hill to the west while mountain areas saw scattered showers with no flood danger. The Honda at Diamond A ranch ran near bank full and arroyos northwest of Roswell flowed, with a large headwater visible south of town.
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Border Hill
Honda
Diamond
Roswell
Felix
Hear Witnesses In Opposing Arming Ships
Washington witnesses debated the armed ship bill as John Cudahy and others warned the measure edged the nation toward war. Cudahy opposed arming merchant ships while Connally urged broader scope to aid Allies and ships abroad. Flynn and Finerty urged neutrality act repeal only if war is certain, as Early pressed fast action. Page Four.
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Washington
John Cudahy
Belgium
Connally
D-Tex
Cudahy
Germany
John T. Flynn
John Finerty
New York
Great Britain
Stephen T. Early
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Refuse To Accept Resignations Of Fox Douthirt
In Santa Fe New Mexico October 23 the state board of public health asked Dr J R Scott to reconcile differences with two executives Paul S Fox public health engineer and Dr C H Douthitt county health work director They refused to accept their resignations noting the need for a mutually acceptable program The two men had offered to quit after Scott said their services would not be required this month Fox later joined the state public service commission as an engineer
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Santa FE
N. M
State Board of Public Health
J. R. Scott
Paul S. Fox
C. H. Douthitt
Health Department
Health Department and the State of New Mexico
Dr. Scott
Scott
Fox
State Public Service Commission
Near 7 Millions in Motor Taxes
New Mexico received $6,983,000 in motor vehicle taxes in 1940. John N. Edy, acting Federal Works Administration announced today. Texas received $69,685,000. The national highway user collections totaled $1,327,277,000, up 6 percent from 1939. state gasoline taxes $870,136,000. motor vehicle fees $439,178,000. motor carrier taxes $17,913,000.
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Washington
New Mexico
John N. Edy
Federal Works Administration
Texas
Oil Allowable Up In Austin Texas
The state railroad commission on October 23 authorized a daily oil production average of 1,533,283 barrels for November, up 39,285 from October. Texas fields generally shut down eight days in November, eight fewer than October, with shutdowns on November 2 5 9 11 16 23 27 and 30. The commission estimates actual output at 1,479,612 barrels per day.
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Austin
Tex
State Railroad Commission
Texas
State Educators Open Convention in New Mexico
The New Mexico Educational Association opened its 56th annual convention in Albuquerque amid charges of undemocratic council action. About 3,000 teachers and school administrators were expected to attend 34 sectional meetings and the opening session with officer nominations and a 1942 convention city. Bids to host the next convention named Stella Vaughan of Las Vegas as a potential president, with Albuquerque Santa Fe and Roswell bidding.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Educational Association
NMEA
John P. Steiner
Portales
Stella Vaughan
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Roswell
Germans Threaten Mass Execution in Nantes Ultimatum
German forces in unoccupied France issue an ultimatum demanding the French turn over the two killers of Lieut.-Col. Paul Friedrich Hotz by midnight local time or 50 more French citizens will be executed. The crackdown follows the killing of a German officer and another official, with 134 French casualties recorded in reprisals. Nantes is isolated as authorities restrict gatherings and street activity to prevent crowds.
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Vichy
France
Paul Friedrich Hotz
Nantes
Hotz
Bordeaux
Iceland Cabinet Resigns Over Cost of Living Crisis
Iceland's Prime Minister Hermann Jonasson and his coalition cabinet resigned amid a parliament crisis over price controls as living costs rise due to wartime occupation. Regent Sveinn Bjornsson accepted the resignation and requested the government remain until a new cabinet is formed.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Hermann Jonasson
Progressive Party
United States
Sveinn Bjoernsson
Vessel capsizes. six drown in Detroit river
DETROIT Oct 23 Six crew members of the tug America drowned when the vessel capsized at 2 am during efforts to free the grounded freighter B F Jones. Captain Ralph Millard suffered chest injuries while Captain Raymond Damas and six other crewmen who were on deck were tossed into the river but rescued.
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Detroit
America
B. F. Jones
Ralph Millard
Toledo
Great Lakes Towing Co
Raymond Damas
New Commander Of Russian Forces In Western Zone
General Gregory K Zhukov has replaced Marshall Semeon Timoshenko in supreme command of the western zone and is credited with tightening Moscow s defenses amid massive German assaults. Pravda hails Zhukov as a fighting energetic leader with 26 years service.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Gregory K. Zhukov
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscow
Zhukov
Pravda
Communist Party
Timoshenko
London
Stalin
Artemiev
Red Army
Soviet Bureau of Information
Ped
Maloyaroslavets
Mozhinsk
Orel
Kiev
Nazis Smash Through Moscow Defenses On Broad Front
Berlin reports German forces pierced outer defenses of Moscow from the west and southwest with spearheads within 60 kilometers of the Soviet capital. The communique says the breakthrough occurred on a broad front in recent days despite bad weather, and Moscow was heavily bombed again. Dispatches note continued German pressure on Red Army defenses around Moscow and in the Donets valley, with intensified fighting near besieged Leningrad.
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Berlin
Moscow
Adolf Oe
Tony
Red Army
Donets
Leningrad
Strikes Loom in Mines and Railroads Across Nation
Labor unrest spreads as CIO United Mine Workers call a strike in captive coal mines with 20,000 Alabama miners idle amid wage talks. Other areas face potential strikes from AFL crafts in Pittsburgh, welders in Seattle, and phone workers in New York, while a railroad wage dispute awaits a fact‑finding board’s recommendations.
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Associated Press
Alabama
CIO United Mine Workers
National Defense Mediation Board
William H. Davis
Mediation Board
Office of Production Management
Detroit
CIO
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
AFL
Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma
Todd-Seattle Dry Dock, Inc
Independent Union
Lake Washington
Seattle Metal Trades Council
New York
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
San Diego
Calif
Ryan Aeronautical Company
United Aircraft Welders of America
Chicago
Roosevelt
National Railroad
No Flood in Light Water on Sunset Avenue
Police report no flood danger from recent rainfall. Water on Sunset Avenue will not reach Montana Avenue.
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Sunset Avenue
Montana Avenue
State Baptists In Convention At Tucumcari
Tucumcari New Mexico October 23 delegates at the Baptist General Convention of New Mexico prepared for final sessions. Election of officers and addresses by southwest church leaders were planned as Dr W W Hamilton of the Bible Institute New Orleans Dr J W Raley of Oklahoma Baptist University and Dr Buford Nichols of Austin spoke on the program during the four day gathering which ends tonight.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Southwest
Baptist General Convention of
New Mexico
W. W. Hamilton
The
Bible Institute
New Orleans
J. W. Raley
Oklahoma Baptist University
Buford Nichols
Austin
Bandit Admits He Participated In The Holdup
A Dexter arrest this morning connected Lester King to an armed robbery at Roswell Safeway last night. He claimed involvement with two accomplices, kept $361.45 and two pistols, and cited prior Oklahoma penitentiary time. Walter Fulbright, Safeway manager, was beaten and the thieves looted $769 in cash and $130 in checks plus his wallet. A black Ford, likely used by the bandits, was burned east of Dexter. Authorities, aided by local residents Pritchard Latimer and Bailey, captured King, who described a third accomplice outside in a car. The investigation continues as a broader manhunt proceeds.
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Lester King
Dexter
Roswell
King
Oklahoma
Walter Fulbright
Safeway
Mr. Fulbright
S.A. Pritchard
Earl Latimer
John Bailey
Frank Wortman
Mr. Pritchard
Mr. Latimer
Latimer
Wertman’s
Sheriff's and
Police Department
Special Meeting of G P A Tonight
All members of the Chaves County Game Protective Association are requested to attend an important special meeting at 7 30 tonight at the Chamber of Commerce with emphasis on timely attendance and collective action.
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Chaves County Game Protective Association
Chamber of Commerce
Gold Mine Finding in Classified Ads
Jack Simon of Price and Company praises Record classifieds as a gold mine found every evening. He notes the phrase Gold Mine appears in classifeld and commends the paper for its rich listings.
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Jack Simon
Price & Company
Record
Mr. Simon
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Soviet
U.S. Air Force
Glover, Balderee
Douthirt
State Board of Health
Two
State Educators Open Convention
War On Council
Western Zone
State Baptists In Convention
Bandit
G.P.A
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