Freighter Sunk By Air Raider In The Red Sea
The State Department reported 24 crew members are presumed lost after the former Danish ship, flying the Panamanian flag, was torpedoed about 300 miles southwest of Iceland on August 17. Only three men survived. one American aboard is missing. Survivors reported the sinking by a torpedo and noted the ship Sessa was also sunk earlier.
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Washington
State Department
Iceland
Red Sea
Cairo
Greece
Navy Department
Navy
S. S. Sessa
Reds Cut 120000 Germans in Bloody Battle
A long-range German bomber was blamed by British sources for the sinking of the unarmed American ship Steel Seafarer in the Red Sea. The squad that perished numbered about 20, with survivors rescued. Soviet dispatches claim eight Nazi divisions were cut to pieces near Moscow in a major victory, while British and Norwegian forces seized Spitsbergen to deny coal to the Nazis. Leningrad remains under siege as Stuka bombardment continues.
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Steel Seafarer
Red Sea
Middle East
Washington
United States
Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Arctic
Black Sea
Hitler
Moscow
Smolensk
Spitsbergen
Norway
England
London
Final Session of Peace Officers Convention Today
Final session of the New Mexico Sheriffs and Police Association convention in Carlsbad features former El Paso sheriff Chris P. Fox as a lead speaker. Governor John Miles cannot attend. officers will be elected and a world championship peace officers steer roping contest planned. Over 200 delegates attended opening sessions and Capt. W. C. Woolverton praised New Mexico and West Texas law enforcement cooperation. A cavern tour is planned for lingering delegates.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Chris P. Fox
el Paso
New Mexico
West Texas
Dexter Blackout Plans To Be Made
Arrangements for Dexter part in the statewide blackout will be made at a Dexter Civilian Defense Council meeting at the Lake Van clubhouse tonight. Roswell Defense Council may send representatives. Mayor Hall said police chief Henry Eller and B B Ginsberg head of local air craft warning service will attend and assist. Chief Eller coordinates blackout activities in Roswell.
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Dexter
Dexter Civilian Defense Council
Lake van
Roswell Defense Council
Hall
Henry Eller
B. B. Ginsberg
Dexter Council
Eller
Roswell
Local Weather Readings and Climate Averages
Temperature readings taken at three hour marks through midmorning show a high of 86 and a low of 48. Precipitation in the last 24 hours totals .43 inches with month to date .44 and year to date 21.60. Normal highs and lows for today are 86 and 59 with sunrise at 5 38 and sunset at 6 13 making a 12.6 hour day.
Full Teletype Weather Service Planned by Sept 15
The Weather Bureau office announces full operation of the new teletype weather service by September 15, under acting head Roland V. Bell. Partial service has run since last month, with nationwide reports flowing into the local office via a Civil Aeronautics Authority Teletype circuit. Beginning today, The Record will publish a daily weather summary from the teletypes.
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Weather Bureau
Roland V. Bell
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Weather Office
Yankees edge Browns 1 0 on Henrichs 28th homer
New York defeats St Louis by 1 to 0 as Tom Henrich hits his 28th homer in the eighth, a tight duel won by Bob Harris and Spud Chandler with Harris 4 0 to 0. Chandler, Dickey. Boston 6 Detroit 0. New some wins with a grand slam chance and DiMaggio homer, triplet, double.
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Yanks
Browns
New York
Tom Henrich
Bob Harris
Spud Chandler
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Harris
Ferrell
Chandler
Dickey
Indians 13, A's 7 in nine inning win for Feller
Cleveland routed Philadelphia 13 to 7 as Bob Johnson drove in three runs for the Athletics. Rapid Robert Feller won his 23rd decision aided by 13 Cleveland hits and five Philadelphia errors. Lou Boudreau Jeff Heath and Jack Hegan homered for the Indians.
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Indians
Philadelphia
Robert” Feller
Cleveland
Athletics
Lou Boudreau
Jeff Heath
Jack Hegan
Bob Johnson
Feller
Hogan
McCrabb
Ferrick
Hayes
Dodgers Cubs Postponed By Rain In National League
Rain delayed the Dodgers Cubs game delaying after one inning and forcing a postponement. Two games will be played tomorrow. Giants beat Pirates 4 to 2 as Babe Young hits two homers for New York driven by late inning bursts. Fire department respond to kitchen blaze caused by burnt steak on gas stove.
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Chicago
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Giants
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Babe Young
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Young
New York
Schumacher
Danning
Sewell
Baker
Lopez
Carlsbad and Roswell Couples Apply for Licenses
Marriage licenses filed for Seth Hughes of Carlsbad and Eileen Pritchard of Roswell. Randal Davis of Lake Arthur and Mozelle Adair of Hagerman also listed for nuptial filing.
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Seth Hughes
Carlsbad
Eileen Pritchard
Roswell
Randal Davis
Lake Arthur
Mozelle Adair
Hagerman
Willkie accuses Nye of seeking to split Americans
Wendell L. Willkie charged at the senate war propaganda inquiry that Senator Nye aims to divide the American people into discordant racial and religious groups to unsettle U S foreign policy. Willkie spoke as the motion picture industry representative at the hearing while Nye testified on a proposed investigation into propaganda before Senator Clark continued proceedings.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Nye
R-Nd
United States
Willkie
Clark
Scouting Program At Kiwanis Today
Roswell Kiwanians heard talks at today’s luncheon from Boy Scout troop Cub Pack and Sea Scout Ship representatives the club sponsors. Ed Harbaugh led the program noting the Kiwanis is the first New Mexico organization to sponsor all three Boy Scout units and that the Kiwanis Cub Pack was the first chartered in the state.
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Roswell
Merchants Dinner At 6 30 Tonight in Roswell
A Roswell merchants association dinner at the Nickson Coffee Shop tonight at 6 30 features Ross L. Malone Jr president of the Chamber of Commerce discussing community problems tied to the Army Air Corps training school south of town. Ed Harbaugh outlines Retailers for Defense Week plans and Will Hortenstein, fair board president, shares details on the approaching fair.
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Roswell
Merchants’ Association
Nickson
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Harbaugh
Merchants Committee
Will Hortenstein
Fair Board
Bell Takes Charge Of Roswell Weather Office
Roland V. Bell, junior meteorologist of the U S Weather Bureau, is assigned to Roswell to lead the local Weather Bureau during Cleve Hallenbeck's leave for illness. The Bell family resides at 310 South Kansas Avenue with children Virgil Weldon and Joyce.
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Roland V. Bell
U. S. Weather Bureau
Roswell
Weather Bureau
Cleve Hallenbeck
Running Story Of State Blackout To Be Broadcast
A statewide blackout will be broadcast on three New Mexico radio stations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The schedule lists times for KGGM and KVSF in both cities and KOAB in Albuquerque with a running account from the state headquarters in Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Thomas J. Hall
Fay Guthrie
New Mexico
K V SF
Police court to hear peace bond case for Pursella continued
In police court a hearing on a peace bond complaint against Bill Pursella was set for this afternoon but was continued with no hearing date set.
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Bill Pursella
Utilities Body Plans Regulate Contract Rates
Santa Fe New Mexico public service commission warned it will regulate utility rates set by franchise contracts unless courts block action. Commissioner A M Fernandez spoke at a three day public forum on New Mexico utilities control act. He noted constitutional limits but said the commission will press ahead with a court test.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico Public Service Commission
A. M. Fernandez
New Mexico
Fernandez
Weather Map Traces Storm Shifts Across Plains to Wisconsin
A storm developed over northern Utah Saturday and moved to southern Wisconsin by morning. Light rains and snows spread across Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and the Midwest with showers in Missouri Illinois and Minnesota. A cold air surge from Canada and a Gulf air front extended from Wisconsin to Texas with unseasonably cold readings across the Rocky Mountain region and Great Plains.
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Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
Arizona
Montana
Pacific Coast
Washington
Idaho
North Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Great Plains
Nevada
Churchill Sees Brighter War Picture Amid Atlantic Concerns
In a September 6 speech to Parliament from London, Prime Minister Churchill urged greater American naval aid and warned Hitler could push the Atlantic into one vast war zone. He said Allied forces in Iceland include substantial U.S. and British strength as the front from Spitsbergen to Tobruk expands, with ocean-borne supplies and adequate naval power to guard sea routes.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
United States
Atlantic
House of Commons
Britain
Iceland
Spitsbergen
Norwegian Arctic Archipelago
Germany
Arctic Ocean
Tobruk
Western Desert
Great Britain
India
Australia
Indian
Women urged to walk for health and defense
In Philadelphia on September 9 28 year old Alice Marble assistant director of civilian defense urged women to start walking five days a week with distances from half a mile to two miles and weekend hikes. She outlined other fitness activities and announced official royal blue and white uniforms costing about 2 dollars for the health drive featuring a shield and three white stars.
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Philadelphia
America
Alice Marble
Miss Marble
Ig 2
Burial for Sara Delano Roosevelt at Hyde Park estate
Sara Delano Roosevelt mother of the President is laid to rest at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park. The private service at St James Church follows her death at nearly 87 after a circulatory collapse. President Roosevelt attends with family and longtime staff pallbearers.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Episcopal
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Albany Post Road
St. James Church
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Episcopal Order
German Guns Rain Continuous Fire On Leningrad
German siege guns pounded Leningrad's industrial plants as hundreds of Stuka bombers joined the assault. In the central front the Russians claimed annihilating a Nazi army of over 100,000 in a "giant mincing machine." Berlin denied a general order to attack American ships while Britain said a long-range Nazi bomber sank the unarmed Steel Seafarer in the Red Sea. The U S maritime commission torpedoed and sank a former Danish ship flying Panamanian flag about 300 miles southwest of Iceland.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Berlin
Red Sea
State Department
Washington
U. S. Maritime Commission
Iceland
Mayor Explains Blackout Plans On Radio Tonight
Residents of Roswell and surrounding areas are asked to listen to Mayor Hall on KGFL at 6 30 tonight. He will explain what is expected of everyone regarding the state wide blackout Friday night and outline Civilian Defense Council preparations for a simulated airattack by U S Army four motored bombers.
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Roswell
Mayor Hall
KGFL
Civilian Defense Council
U.S. Army
Reading Classified Pays Off in Unfamiliar Package
A Roswell Post Office register clerk recalls a last minute delivery relied on a classified ad. The man had no street address, but his ad in the classifieds provided the address so the registered package could be delivered on time.
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Joe Evans
Roswell
Uncle Sam
Classifieds Aids Deliveries Highlighted By Record Help
A brisk note extols Classifieds as a dependable aid for mail delivery. The piece praises the Classifieds feats and urges readers to turn to Record Classifieds for any problem, noting no surprise at their reliability.
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Eran Viivine
Raul Age
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Boston Red Sox
Dick Newsome
Detroit Today
Dom DiMaggio
Gorsica
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Mueller
Sullivan
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Pytlak
Errickson and Berres
Montgomery
Walters and Lombardi
Philadelphia St. Louis
Deridder
Clyde Erickson
C. R. Bolton
Waco
Leesville
Kiwanis
Merchants
Bell
Hallenbeck
Utilities Body
Public Service Commission
Mother of Pres. Roosevelt
RAF
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