Collision Inevitable Russians Face Danger In South
Soviet front line dispatches said the Ukraine front was alarming with heavy fighting near Rostov on Don and around Stalino and Makeevka as German forces mass to engulf the Donets basin. Berlin suggested the Donets basin liberation was imminent while British and Free French troops probed into French Somaliland. The Russians claimed hundreds of thousands of German dead in the Moscow drive as the campaign entered its fourth month.
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Associated Press
Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow
Russia
Red Star
Stalino
Rostov
Makeevka
Donets River
Berlin
Donets
Donets Basin
Somaliland
Nazis Bombing American Ships In Red Sea Raids
John Stowe of the Robert Luckenbach recounts repeated bombings of U S flag freighters in the Red Sea by German and Italian planes. He describes a six hour raid with 300 planes, crew safety measures, and minimal injuries, and notes later raids damaging the Iberville West Zita and mines tearing holes in Steel Seafarer and Steel Inventor in Suez harbor.
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Red Sea
Suez Harbor
Iberville
West Zita
Steel Seafarer
Steel Inventor
Local Weather Readings And Averages For Today
Temperature readings at 3 hour intervals show a high of 59 and a low of 40 with a trend toward 11.1 hours daylight. Precipitation totals for the 24 hours ending 11:30 am amount to 2.23 inches for the month and 31.19 inches year to date, below monthly and yearly normals in places. Sunrise is 6:10 and sunset 5:15 with a 11.1 hour day.
Germans execute 50 French hostages in Bordeaux and Nantes
VICHY unoccupied France October 24 summary reports that fifty French hostages died in Bordeaux for the murder of a German officer, with another fifty executed in Nantes and fifty spared in reprieve. The total 100 hostages killed across Nantes and Bordeaux marks rising Nazi reprisals, while Petain and Darian appeal for clemency.
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Vichy
France
Bordeaux
Nantes
Petain
Darian
Paul Friedrich Notz
Reimers
Germany
Paris
Communist Propagans da Brain Trust
Air Corps Recruiter Arrives in Roswell
Capt. C. Vogel, aviation cadet procurement officer for New Mexico, arrived to interview interested young men for enlistment. He will be at the army recruiting office on the second floor of the post office until next Monday to accept applications.
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C. Vogel
Army Recruiting Office
Vogel
New Mexico
200 Quakes In New Mexico Since 1868
Dr. Stuart Northrup of New Mexico University told the State Association for Advancement of Science that New Mexico has had 200 earthquakes since 1868. Most shocks hit the Rio Grande Valley between Albuquerque and Socorro, the state’s only real earthquake region, with the worst quakes in 1904 06 at Socorro causing property damage and a 1938 Silver City event causing further damage. The tremors stem from slight rock block adjustments below the valley floor, not volcanic activity or mountain movements.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Stuart Northrup
State Association For Advancement of Science
New Mexico University
Rio Grande Valley
Socorro
Northrup
New Mexico Educational Association
Silver City
Dempsey Urges Quick Roswell Flood Remedy Action
Under Secretary Dempsey of the Interior asks Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Page to proceed at once to remedy Roswell flood hazards. He states the flood problem is for Reclamation, not Army Engineers, and informs Roswell Mayor Hall of the position in a letter dated October 21, 1941.
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Dempsey
Bureau of Reclamation
Roswell
Secretary of Interior
Hall
Army Engineers
John J. Dempsey
Interior Department
John C. Page
Mayor Hall
British And Free French In Attack On Vichy Colony
In a dispatch from Jibati, the Vichy governor-general reports British and Free French forces began an attack on the colony. The action started Thursday and has pushed about 30 miles inland, with Dasenaito occupied 18 miles north of Tajura, near Ji buti. The Gulf of Aden colony has been encircled by British and Free French since Italy’s Eritrea and most of Ethiopia were taken last spring.
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Vichy
France
French Somaliland
Jibati
Dasenaito
Tajura
Jibuti
Gulf of
City Beautiful L B Boeliner bouquet marigolds
A brief note lists City Beautiful L B Boeliner with a bouquet of marigolds. The item appears as a small society or gardening brief within a local newspaper page. No additional context or dates are provided.
Marriage Licenses for Artesia Pair Drawn
Louis Robert Gil and Millie Stephens, both of Artesia, obtained marriage licenses.
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Louis Robert Gil
Millie Stephens
Artesia
Lehigh Victim Of Hit and Run Torpedo Attack
FREETOWN Sierre Leone Oct 24 United States owned freighter Lehigh sunk 75 miles west of Freetown after a torpedo tore into No 5 hatch topmast, injuring two of 44 sailors. Captain Vincent Atkins said submarine unseen before or after strike. One seaman lost four toes. engineer Joseph Brady shaken by falling deck plates. Continued to Page Five.
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Freetown
Sierre Leone
Lehigh
Vincent Atkins
Joseph Brady
Atkins
Wartime Oil and Metal Mining Tax Revenue Rising
Santa Fe report shows New Mexico oil and metal industries increasing wartime production with September sales tax receipts totaling 2700 dollars per day. Oil contributed 2100 dollars daily, potash 420 dollars and metals 180 dollars per ton, marking a sharp rise from January 1941.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexicos
G. S. Carter
King Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery At Safeway Store
Lester O. King, 27, pleaded guilty before JP Pat ONeille today to robbing Walter Fulbright, Safeway manager, while armed with a pistol. Held on 5000 dollar bond for district court. Police seek King’s accomplice, with a burned car linked to the robbery found east of Dexter.
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Lester O. King
Pat O'Neill
J. P
Walter Fulbright
Safeway
King
James B. McGhee
Dexter
Fulbright
Steel Strike Ends at Great Lakes as Other Work Stoppages Continue
An eight day stoppage at the Great Lakes Steel Corporation in a Detroit suburb ended as strikers accepted settlement terms and returned to work. Meanwhile coal mines in Alabama, shipyard welding in the northwest, and an Ohio machinery factory faced stoppages. In New Jersey near Bendix, cars were overturned after non-striking workers bypassed CIO pickets to work at Air Associates, Inc.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
Alabama
Northwest
Ohio Machinery
Bendix
N. J
CIO
Air Associates, Inc
Wildcat
the Great
Plan to Start Work on Spring River Next Week
City engineer Lea Rowland announced plans to deepen widen and straighten the North Spring River channel under the local flood control program. A city dragline purchased from R L Harrison Co arrived, with operation training to be provided.
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Spring River
North Spring River
Lea Rowland
Rowland
R. L. Harrison Co
Honda
Roswell
Parachutist lands after record 30000 foot fall in 8 minutes
Chicago report details Arthur Starnes a 36 year old parachutist who jumped from about 30000 feet in a twin motor Lockheed with 275 pounds of gear. He opened chutes at 1500 feet landed 1 13 15 pm after under eight minutes aloft. The feat aims to test consciousness in extreme cold and aid military bailout procedures.
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Chicago
Arthur Starnes
United States
Starnes
Lockheed
A. C. Ivy
Northwestern University Medical School
Weather Outlook for New Mexico and Arizona
New Mexico forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with rain tonight and Saturday partly cloudy with scattered showers and warmer northeast. Arizona expects considerable cloudiness with showers in mountains or occasional light rain elsewhere tonight and Saturday, with little temperature change.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Bitter Fighting On Russian Front Continues Today
German forces broke through toward Rostov on the Don as the Donets basin battle raged. The Moscow front saw Soviet counterattacks smash a Nazi spearhead toward the capital. Stalin and the defense council watched as Zhukov relieved Timoshenko, with Moscow bombed yet the government moved to the Volga city for safety.
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Ekuibyshevv
Russia
Rostov
Don
Donets
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet Russia
Semeon Timoshenko
Pravda
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Defense Council
Gregory K. Zhukov
Timoshenko
Volga Bank
Plan for Army Selectees Illiteracy Readers
Albuquerque Oct 24 General Charlton outlined new plans to establish army adult teaching schools for selectees rejected for illiteracy. The program will train men in English reading and writing before induction, with separate divisions. It also targets Navajo men in San Juan County, proposing a special training method to address illiteracy and health issues.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Army
R. C. Charlton
Chariton
Selective Service
Roosevelt
Charlton
San Juan County
Harris Hurt After Fall From Truck Rim Board
B F Harris, 24, was badly cut and bruised when he fell from the rimming board of a truck in the 1000 block on North Missouri yesterday at 4 30 pm. He suffered head and facial lacerations and bruises on the knees arms and hands but no bones were broken. Harris received first aid from police and the accident was caused by a rough street. The truck was driven by L H Carter.
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B. F. Harris
North
Missouri
Harris
L. H. Carter
Sec Navy Warns Far East Tensions May Lead to Collision
Secretary Knox told naval munitions makers in Washington that a collision in the Far East is virtually inevitable as Japan pursues expansion. He urged speeding production to fuel aid to Russia, detailing three routes: Archangel via the Arctic, across the Pacific, and a third path.
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Washington
Knox
Far East
United States
Japan
Washington-Tokyo
Russia
Navy
Naval Yards
North Atlantic
Arctic
Archangel
Pacific
No Immediate Flood Danger Reported Riverside Hondo ok
The Record reports no current flood threat as of 2 pm with rainfall at Riverside minimal and Hondo near normal levels. Light rain occurred last night at Riverside and a little water flowed into West Second Street yesterday afternoon but had largely drained by this morning. Roswell recorded .20 inches of rain overnight.
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Riverside
West Second Street
Roswell
Airport Hangar Move Planned Near College Boulevard
The city will start relocating the municipal airport hangar next Monday to a site just north of College Boulevard’s potential extension and near the administration building. Arnold Transfer Company will perform the move under city contract, with the city covering costs not included in the airport improvement project.
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College Boulevard
Armold Transfer Company
Supreme Test Behind Curtis Hill Classified Reward Note
Curtis Hill promises a $50 reward for a reliable dust storm and urges timely, serious effort. He insists classified methods must yield results and sets a three day window to produce the dust event, hoping for success.
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Curtis Hill
Hill
Classified
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