Roswell News Rates and Postal Info for 1941
City editor announces subscription rates in advance for New Mexico mail and local carrier delivery in Roswell and surrounding trade territory. Advertising rates available on request. Entry filed May 10 1903 Roswell NM second class mail matter. Associated Press items credited or not are for publication.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Congress
Associated Press
New Mexico Newspaper Association
Nazi Pressure for Turkish Help During Republic Anniversary
Report notes Turkish generals Ali Fuad Erden and Husseyn Erkilet visit Hitler on the Russian front as Germany seeks Turkish military alliance. Article outlines the strategic value of a Turkish thrust into Georgia, potential disruption of British Russian plans, and the possibility of a Turkish-German bloc advancing toward the Caucasus and Suez. It cites Turkey’s alliance with Britain on paper and a new pact with Germany amid wartime diplomacy in Berlin’s orbit.
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Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Ali Fuad Erden
Husseyn Erkilet
Hitler
Fuehrer
South
Russia
Odessa
Donets
Murmansk
Black Sea
Rostov-on-Don
North Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Caucasian
Crimea
Sea of Azov
Kerch
Georgia
Caucasus
Britain
Iran
Syria
Suez
Cau
Batum
Germany
Ciano
Foundations and Water Woes in Roswell Then and Now
In earlier Roswell the water table lay near the surface, flooding holes for posts and trees and complicating basement construction. Wells dried and sewers lowered water, while debates about Spring River and rainfall discussed temporary rises. The housing committee notes a demand surge from the army air base, urging investment and guidance to meet needs. President Roosevelt’s Navy Day speech frames the nation’s drift toward war and the need to defend democracy against Axis aggression.
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Roswell
The
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Europe
Asia
America
New Mexico carrot and lettuce harvest outlooks
Bluewater, Estancia, and Portales drive New Mexico’s carrot market with an expected 1500 car loads, plus 300 loads of lettuce. Grants leads with 800 carrot loads, while Estancia tops 400 and Portales nears 100. trucking remains risky but national buyers loom. Moscow reports German losses near 60 percent of fighting strength, yet press on toward Moscow as war continues. Crimea breakthrough reported by German high command after days of hard fighting near Perekop.
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New Mexico
Santa FE
Bluewater
Grants
Estancia
Portales
Arizona
Moscow
George Alexandrov
Communist Party
Central Committee
Alexandrov
Crimea
Berlin
Black Sea
High Command
Perekop
Sea of Azov
Heavy Nazi Losses Reported From Kuibyshev Front
Despatches from Kuibyshev report heavy Nazi losses as Soviet forces push resistance. Details are delayed from October 28 with continuing coverage of ominous battlefield conditions.
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Kuibyshevv
Russia
Rostov on the Don Nears German Capture in Battle Report
Dispatches from Rostov and the Donets basin describe German forces closing on Rostov on the Don as Russian defenders resist but retreat. Bombing raids target Moscow Leningrad and Cherbourg while Ukraine's breadbasket is being reorganized for German use amid winter, with demobilized French fleet in Alexandria and other war updates across Europe.
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Rostov
Don
Moscow
Leningrad
Donets
Maikop
Kalinin
Leningrad Front
Germany
London
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
France
Britain
England
Ukraine
Odessa
Adolf Hitler
Dnieper River
Europe
Texas
Black Sea
Kiev
Great
Alexandria
Rene Emil Godfroy
French Empire
Duquesne
Vichy
Lorraine
Tourville
Suffren
Duguay-Trouin
le Fortune
Basque
Forbin
Protee
Mediterranean
Rome
Milos Kmezevich
Industrial Labor Tensions and Shipyard Strike Actions
General Aircraft standoff with a separate welders union continued as the Office of Production Management urged a swift resumption of work for national defense. CIO wage demands at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna threaten a major strike. the plant employs 14,000 with a large defense backlog. Meanwhile, the Union Electric tri state group postponed an indefinite strike affecting 1.5 million customers. A Defoe Boat work stoppage halted eight submarine chasers and fast sweepers on a $20 million navy contract in Ray City Michigan.
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Office of Production Management
National Defense
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lackawanna, N. Y
Union Electric Company
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
St. Louis
Tri-State Utility Workers Union
Cio-Industrial and Marine Shipbuildings
Defoe Boat and Motor Works
Ray City
Mich
Navy
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By Fred Vanderschmid
Frank Marks
J. J. Hagerman
Citizens Bank
John W. Poe
Main
Pecos
Will Robinson
British Press Assn
Reuters
House of Commons
Brendan Bracken
Sicily
Comiso
General Aircraft
Denver
Albuquerape
Roma City
Clovis
Amarillo
Okla
Artesia
Carlsbad
Alamogordo
el Paso
New Mexico Transportation Co., Inc
Unnion Bus Depot
Sheet Metal
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SER Up Regency
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