King Carol Abdicates Throne in Favor of Mihai
In Bucharest on September 6 King Carol I abdicated amid Romania’s military dictatorship wave and fled by royal yacht with Magda Lupescu. His 18-year-old son Mihai was proclaimed king successor, to reign under General Antonescu’s authority. Carol’s exile location remained unconfirmed, with Egypt and America among rumored destinations. The Iron Guard terrorized Bucharest while Romania ceded territories and aligned with Germany and Italy.
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Carol I
Rumania
Mihai
Magda Lupescu
Paris
Black Sea
Constanta
Frm
Romania
Carol
Helen
Antonescu
Egypt
Balkan
America
Switzerland
Iron Guard
Ihai
Russia
Hungary
Romeerlin
Pansylvania
Germany
Italy
Crown Council
Bessarabia
Bucovina
President Presses for Draft Bills as House Stalls Change
Washington September 6. President Roosevelt renewed his demand for quick action on conscription, defense tax, and appropriations, while the House twice refused to broaden the Burke Wadsworth draft brackets from 21 to 44 and 21 to 54. A 60 day delay on drafting was voted 185 to 155 as leaders seek 400,000 volunteers.
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Washington
House
Burke- Wadsworth
Rees
R-Kans
Anderson
D-Mo
Senate
Roosevelt
Smoky Mountains Park Weather and Memorial Singing Service
Weather region forecasts for New Mexico Colorado Arizona West Texas with fair conditions and scattered thunderstorms over high elevations plus a weekend shift. A Sunday song practice at Miss Pearl Cole's house near the hospital at 2 pm and memorial service at East Grand Plains at 8 pm, in memory of WY O Stamps. Organized by Stamps Baxter Music Co of Dallas. BE King notes Stamps long radio program record.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Miss Pearl Cole
Hospital
East Grand Plains
Stamps-Baxter Music Co
Dallas
WY. O. Stamps
Dodgers Sweep Phillies As Fitzsimmons Shuts Them Out
In Philadelphia on Sept 6, Ducky Medwick homered twice in the first game as the Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 behind Fitzsimmons who allowed 10 hits for his 14th victory. The Dodgers then won the nightcap 14-3, pulling a full game closer to the Reds.
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Dodgers
Phillies
Philadelphia
Ducky Medwick
Freddie Fitzsmimons
Dodger
Phils
Fitz
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Fred Fitzsimmons
Brooklyn
Philadelph
Casey
Mancuso
Small
Wilson
Atwood
London Under Massive Nazi Air Attacks Invasion Fights
Nazi warplanes pummeled London and southeast England in the heaviest blitz yet as British fighters clashed with formations of hundreds. The air ministry reported many German planes shot down, while casualties appeared limited at shelters and hospitals. In parallel, King Carol II abdicated in Romania, Mihai V took the throne, and Antonescu pledged loyalty amid street riots and exile.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Britain
England
Air Ministry
Thames Valley
Bloodhounds’ odd trail links to odd friendships
In Baton Rouge on September 6 the sheriff probes pedigrees of two bloodhounds. One dog tracked a man who planted a dynamite cap under an oil refinery and led officers to a hamburger stand. The other hunted six Arkansas convicts in Columbia, but befriended them so warmly they had to be tied to a tree to be separated.
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Baton Rouge
Columbia
Arkansas
Collision at 8th and Washington injures minor
This morning at 8th and Washington Mrs. Florence M. Summers drove a car into a collision with L. H. Rogers. Summers’s car struck a telephone pole and veered into a ditch. Fenders on Summers’s car damaged. no serious injuries reported.
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Washington
Florence M. Summers
L. H. Rogers
Roger
Carlsbad Rotary Plans Luncheon With Roswell Visitors
Carlsbad Rotary Club switches venue to join Roswell Chamber of Commerce goodwill trip at a 12:05 luncheon at La Caverna. Attendees from Carlsbad and local business leaders will depart at 1 PM for Hobbs and the Levington rodeo. The chamber seeks names for trip badges, encourages western garb, and will film participants for the chamber film archive.
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Carlsbad
Rotary Club
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce Picture Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Lovington Band To Parade In Roswell Tomorrow
The Lovington school band directed by Carl O Hyde will parade in Roswell tomorrow at 2 PM to advertise the Lovington Rodeo on September 11 and 12. The band will also perform in Hagerman Artesia and Carlsbad. About 40 Roswell businessmen will attend the rodeo along with other locals.
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Lovington
Carl O. Hyde
Roswell
Hagerman
Artesia
Carlsbad
Final Week Of The New Mexico Campaigns
The final week of New Mexico campaigning featured Rep. J. J. Dempsey seeking a federal probe into Hatch Act violations and Sen. Dennis Chavez calling the race a diabolical Republican plan to defeat him. Dempsey urged Justice Department investigators to stamp out coercive tactics aimed at relief workers, while Chavez drew cheers amid the Democratic nomination contest.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
J. J. Dempsey
Dennis Chavez
Dempsey
Hatch
Clovis
Los Lunas
Department of Justice
Fahy Named Asst. Solicitor General
Charley Fahy of New Mexico, general counsel of the labor board, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be assistant solicitor general. Fahy has led efforts before congressional committees investigating the labor board. he would replace Golden W. Bell who resigned. Fahy, 48, from Rome, Georgia, practiced law in Santa Fe before joining the labor board in 1935 after serving as first assistant solicitor in the interior department.
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Washington
Charley Fahy
New Mexico
Labor Board
Roosevelt
United States
Fahy
J. Warren Madden
Justice Department
Golden W. Bell
Rome
Santa Fe
Interior Department
Army Navy To Direct 1941 Road Work Program
The army and navy will direct nearly all of next year's 275 million federal aid highway program. John M. Carmody said the war and navy departments would certify routes of strategic importance and reinforce routes for heavy military units. WPA workers would handle much of the supplemental work, with little new construction expected.
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Washington
Army
Navy
John M. Carmody
Federal Works
National Defense
War and Navy Departments
Carmody
Congress
Public Roads Administration
Roosevelt
White House
Germany
WPA
Wilson
Armed Services
F B I Questions Harvey Illard Over Dyer Act Case
Harvey Illard was questioned today by A R Gere special agent of the FBI from Albuquerque regarding an alleged Dyer Act violation for taking a stolen car across state lines. No charges have been filed against Dillard yet.
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Harvey Illard
A. R. Gere
Albuquerque
Dillard
City Beautiful Contest Entries
Mrs. Cole Hitchcock at 110 N Richardson submits a morning glory screen. Mrs. J B Allison presents a bouquet of zinnias. J B Allison offers a bouquet of canvas. Harry E White, 1303 N Lea, submits a morning glory screen.
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Cole Hitchcock
N. Richardson
Morning Glory
J. B. Allison
Zinnias
Harry E. White
N. Lea
Local Guard Unit Converts to New Company A Armory Assembly
Roswell National Guard unit will convert from Battery A 158th Field Artillery to Company A in the 104th Anti Tank Battalion next Monday night at 7 at the Armory. All members and issued government equipment must attend. A new mobilized unit on Sept 16 at Woodward Oklahoma will be Battery A 158th Field Artillery, with Battery equipment sent to Woodward including 8 trucks 2 station wagons 4 French 75s and four 37 mm guns. Roswell unit will receive eight new 37 mm anti tank guns and related equipment.
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Roswell
National Guard
158Th Field Artillery
104Th
Woodward
Okla
Refuses Dismiss Oil Fraud Cases In New Mexico
Judge Colin Neblett overruled a motion to dismiss all indictments against William C. Uphoff and Joel E. Rosenberg as the federal trial on mail fraud in selling New Mexico oil leases nears close. Testimony showed leases sold for small sums and promises of big profits, with buyers from Illinois detailing purchases and losses.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Colin Neblett
William C. Uphoff
Joel E. Rosenberg
Federal District Court
New Mexico
Illinois
A. Andreas
C. W. Haber
Clyde B. Whiting
Streator
Ill
Uphofff
Edna M. Harwood
Rosenberg
Allen
Roosevelt approves $44,361 WPA music project for New Mexico
State school superintendent Grace Corrigan announced that President Roosevelt approved a 44,361 WPA project for musical activities across New Mexico. The program will be sponsored by the State Department of Education and administered by WPA workers.
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Santa FE
N. M
Grace Corrigan
Roosevelt
State Department of Education
Engineers to Meet in Santa Fe Registration Board
A meeting of the board of registration of professional engineers and land surveyors is scheduled for Saturday in Santa Fe New Mexico. State engineer Tom McClure announced the plan today as part of ongoing professional registration discussions.
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Santa FE
N. M
Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Tom McClure
Baseball game scores and line details in 1940s standings
St. Louis and Chicago played a double summary with 34 to 6 final in a low scoring affair. New York beat Washington 101 to 0 with Ruffing Rosar. Cleveland defeated Detroit 2010 with Allen Milnar and Pytlak Tebbetts.
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New York
Washington
Ruffing
Rosar
Chase and
Early
Cleveland
Detroit
Allen, Milnar
Pytlak
Newsom and Tebbetts
Roswell Merchants Set Meeting on Eastern New Mexico Fair
Roswell Merchants Association will discuss matters related to the Eastern New Mexico State Fair at a meeting at Nickson Coffee Shop next Tuesday night. Association officers urge all local business firms to send a representative.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Roberta Schmoll To Speak Here Sunday
Roberta Schmoll, a leading woman speaker for the old agers in America, will address the public from the courthouse steps Sunday at 2 pm. She is well known in Roswell where she has spoken before and is described as a veteran platformist.
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Ruidoso
Roberta Schmoll
America
Court House Steps
Miss Schmoll
Roswell
Sierra County
Townsend
No Deals On Now For Air Bases In The Pacific
President Roosevelt said Costa Rica and Ecuador fully cooperate with the United States on defense of the Americas and that no negotiations for new naval or air bases are underway with any country. He declined to confirm reports Costa Rica offered Cocos Island as a base, noting only complete cooperation between Costa Rica and the United States in defense matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Costa Rica
Ecuador
United States
Americas
Cocos Island
Panama Canal
Pacific
Roose
Hosiery Ad Sparks Quick Sellout at Made O Day
H. M. Jones, Made O Day manager, reports a real rush from the classified display on hosiery. The ad drew strong sales and almost sold out stock, reflecting brisk demand and effective advertising.
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H. M. Jones
O’ Day
Mr. Jones
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