U S Navy To Protect Lease-Lead Cargoes Between U S and Iceland
Secretary Knox told the American Legion that starting tomorrow the United States navy will guard all lease-lead cargoes crossing the sea between the American continent and waters near Iceland. He described orders to capture or destroy Axis raiders encountered, signaling a hardening stance in the fight over sea lanes and shipping.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Knox
American Legion
United States Navy
Iceland
Roosevelt
London
U. S
United States
Hitler
VFW Supper Time Moved To 6 30 At Ingalls Home
The VFW supper at Ingalls Memorial Home has been moved from 7 o'clock to 6 30 due to the football game starting at 8 o'clock.
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Ingalls Memorial Home
State Guard Drill Postponed One Day
Regular weekly drill of the local State Guard unit has been postponed from tonight until tomorrow night at 7 30 due to tonight s football game Captain Walden Bassett announced today
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Walden Bassett
Buick Dealers Return From Meeting With New 1942 Model
Carl McNally John Hall and George Carraway of the McNally Hall Motor Company have returned from El Paso where they attended a Buick dealers meeting about the forthcoming 1942 Buick.
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Carl McNally
John Hall
George Carraway
McNally- Hall Motor Company
el Paso
Buick
Weather Readings and Extremes From 24 Hour Period
Local readings show high of 89 and low of 59 for the date with normal highs 84 and lows 57. Precipitation totaled 0 for the 24 hours ending 11:30 a m today, month year totals 1.09 and 22.25 respectively. Sunrise is 5 41 and sunset 6 05 with a day length of 12 4 hours.
Chaves County Forms Board for Return-to-Work Drives
A three member Chaves County employment committee was named to supervise the return to work of selective service trainees released from the army under the 28 year age limit. E G Minton J P White Jr and Thornton H Boswell of Boswell named to the panel by Adj Gen R C Charlton with state and federal employment services assisting. Army release is set to begin September 15 and includes unknown numbers of men over 28.
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E. G. Minton
J. P. White, Jr
Thornton Boswell
Army
Chaves County
Thornton H. Boswell
Boswell
Minton
White
Mr. Boswell
Adj
R. C. Charlton
R. C. Charlton, State Selective Service
Charlton
Veteran air corps officer praises Roswell base site
Colonel A C Kincaid of the air corps toured the site for the army air base just south of Roswell and voiced strong approval noting the ground requires little leveling. He is transferring from Chanute Field to Moffett Field and will serve as air corps project officer for the new advanced bomber training school here. The officer attended a conference at the army district engineering office in Caddo, Colorado, last week where Roswell plans were discussed.
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Roswell
Air Corps
A. C. Kincaid
Mayor Hall
Ross L. Malone, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Simpson
Simpson
Kincaid
Chanute Field
Chicago
Moffett Field
California
Col. Kincaid
Army District Engineering Office
Caddo
Colorado
Roswell Field
Coyote Howler Debuts Next Friday at Roswell High
The Coyote Howler student newspaper at Roswell High plans its first issue for the coming term to be published next Friday. Three issues will appear each semester under editor Jim DeVoss and a staff including Mildred White as assistant editor, Jean Dickenson as business manager, and Nina Long as senior society editor.
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Coyote Howler
Roswell
Jim DeVoss
Howler
Mildred White
Jean Dickenson
Vera Mae White
Nina Long
Mary Louise Samson
Phyllis Casebolt
Betty Ballard
Sophiomore Society
Anna Frances Rice
Sophia Blanchard
Vivian Burke
Martha Ann Hitchcok
James Lacey
O. C. Graves
Jean Hunt
Jane Wolfe
Reed Mulkey
Jean Blackeney
Billy Ayres
Miss
Miss Taylor
Earthquakes Shake California and Turkey Regions
Earthquakes strike south central California with strong tremors near Sierra Nevada, felt in Bishop area and Fresno valley, causing deep fissures from past upheavals. In Eastern Asia Turkey, another severe quake damages villages, with numerous houses destroyed and reported casualties. West Texas fair with mild temp shifts expected.
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Los Angeles
Mother Nature
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Bishop
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno
Turkey
New York
Congress Leaders Talk of Repeal of Neutrality Act
Washington September 15 Speaker Rayburn said leaders discussed revising the neutrality act with President Roosevelt at the White House but no conclusions were reached. He noted talk but withheld details while a lend-lease request of about 6 billion dollars was anticipated for Thursday. The president had ordered naval forces to shoot Axis sea raiders on sight in American waters.
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Washington
Rayburn
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Slippery Highway West Of Grants Triggers Accidents
Four weekend accidents on U S 66 near Grants were blamed on slick pavement. One person died and about twenty were injured as weather and oil on the road caused cars to overturn or skid. Amos W. Jones of Albuquerque died. his family was among the injured. P J Vidal promised steps to prevent further mishaps.
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Associated Press
Grants
P. J. Vidal
State Highway Commission
Amos W. Jones
Albuquerque
Laguna
Grants Area
Argentina Seethes Over Nazi Propaganda Diplomats
Buenos Aires reports the Dies committee closely watches Capt. Fritz Wiedemann and calls to expel German Ambassador Edmund von Thermann. Deputies near voting on the accusation of overstepping diplomat privileges as Wiedemann arrives from Rio de Janeiro. A maritime case orders 83 parcels from a Japanese ship containing alleged Nazi material.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Congressional
Dies
Fritz Wiedemann
Adolf Hitler
Edmund von Thermann
Chamber of Deputies
von Thermann
Wiedemann
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Roosevelt Reports Lend Lease Expenditures Reach 487 Million
President Roosevelt informed congress that total U S defense transfers and exports under the lend lease program reached about 487 million dollars through August, with 324.6 million in defense articles and services and 162 million for unfinished service articles. He warned that production would accelerate as planes tanks guns and ships flow from factories. Congress returned from holiday with plans to act quickly on a 3.5 billion revenue bill.
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United States
Roosevelt
NYA Woodworking Project Attracts Roswell Interest
In Roswell a NYA woodworking project opens this week at 119 East Third. Cather Morper, NYA personnel officer, says 100 boys will be employed at 19 dollars monthly for 80 hours with training in furniture construction. He is also taking NYA girls sewing project applications in Roswell today and tomorrow.
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East Third
Cather Morper
Roswell
Morper
Frank Ballard Visits Roswell During Two Week Vacation
Frank Ballard a New York professor of criminology visits Roswell and other points on a two week vacation meeting local residents and observing local sites during the trip.
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Frank Ballard
New York
Roswell
Gertrude Shaffer Dies Suddenly in Holbrook Arizona
Gertrude Shaffer formerly Gertrude Wilkinson grew up in Roswell and died suddenly Saturday at her Holbrook Arizona home. She was the daughter of Bud Wilkinson and a Roswell pioneer family. Survivors include two children, her mother, a brother Max and a sister Olivia.
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Gertrude Shaffer
Roswell
Gertrude Wilkinson
Holbrook, Ariz
Bud Wilkinson
Max
Olivia
Pacific Air Surges West to Plains With Gulf Moisture
Air from the Pacific now covers the plains west of the Mississippi as a strong Atlantic high drives warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico inland. A weak cool air outflow from the north extends from the upper Mississippi valley to New Mexico, with showers heaviest in Minnesota and Indiana and along the Gulf coast where several stations report over one inch.
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Plains
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Upper
Miss
N. Mex
Minn
Gulf of Mex
Weather Outlook for Four Corners Region Today
New Mexico features generally fair weather with scattered light showers this afternoon and early evening. Tuesday brings clear skies and warmer afternoon temperatures. Colorado shows partly cloudy with scattered mountain showers, then clear or partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Arizona sees generally fair conditions this afternoon and tonight, with a few mountain showers in the south and north central areas, then Tuesday turns clear and seasonable.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Northcentral
Emil Sandoval Injured in Elevator Accident at Pricesand
Emil Sandoval suffered internal injuries in an elevator accident at Pricesand Company where he has worked for years. The attending physician said injuries were not yet determined but he appeared badly hurt after being caught in the first floor door as the freight elevator moved. He was taken to St. Mary's hospital by Ballard ambulance.
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Emil Sandoval
Pricesand Company
Sandoval
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ballard
Missing Artesia Girl Found in Ada Oklahoma
Dorothy Mildred Reno a 19 year old girl missing from Artesia since Sept 5 was located in Ada Oklahoma. Joseph Myron Christie 23 who left Artesia with her was released from Chaves county jail after returning to Artesia. Christie had claimed he left the girl in Lawton which was verified. The girl was working in Ada and used the car owned by her father.
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Dorothy Mildred Reno
Artesia
Ada
Okla
Joseph Myron Christie
Chaves County
Christie
Lawton
Robert McConnell
Browns Triumph in 10th off Clift for 4-3 win
Harland Clift drove in the go ahead run with the bases loaded in the 10th as the St. Louis Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 4-3. Frank Hayes homered in the eighth to force extra innings, with R. Harris and Ferrell guiding the Browns to victory.
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Browns
Philadelphia
Harland Clift
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Frank Hayes
St. Louis
Phila
R. Harris
Ferrell
Caliguiri
Mayes
Dodgers Lift Durocher Dips Into Secondary Pitcher
National League leaders the Brooklyn Dodgers used starter Johnny Allen against the Cincinnati Reds as Leo Durocher shuffled his rotation. Paul Derringer opposed Allen, with both sides failing to score through three innings. Benny Zientara singled for the Reds in the third, but Joost grounded out to end the frame.
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Dodgers - Reds
Cincinnati
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Allen
Joost
Axis May Drive On Crimea Through The Black Sea Ports
German forces threaten Sevastopol and Crimean base as they push toward Crimea via the Black Sea and tighten the ring around Kiev. Bulgarian mobilization and port closures add to the strategic upheaval while a Pacific raider engages near the Panama area.
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Axis
Crimea
Black Sea
Russia
Leningrad
Kiev
Ankara
Sebastopol
Dnieper
Ukraine
Sofia
London
Perekop
Ussr
Zhaporoze
Pacific
Panama Canal
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Hockenson Returns to Roswell Join Vickers Investment
Gus H. Hockenson has returned to Roswell from San Bernardino California and now works with the Vickers Investment Company. He and Mrs. Hockenson have not secured permanent housing yet, though they have lived in Roswell for many years prior to moving south.
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Gus H. Hockenson
Roswell
San Bernardino
Calif
Vickers Investment Company
Mrs. Hockenson
California
Mr. Hockenson
DeMolay Meeting Postponed Because of Football Game
The local DeMolay Chapter meeting is postponed to next Monday night due to tonight's football game. Announcement made today by advisor Bob Kisker.
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Bob Kisker
Do It Now Lesson From Classified Ad About House For Rent
George French ran a Record classified ad titled House For Rent. He rushed six times, then returned to cancel after renters had already leased the house the first evening the ad appeared. He expresses sympathy for those who missed out and urges prompt action to avoid being too late.
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George French
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