Leningrad Front Figures Dominate War Dispatches
Nazi reports claim the annihilation of nine Soviet divisions and heavy losses total about 270,000 in the Leningrad area south of Lake Ilmen. Soviet Fed Star says a night battle yields a German rout as bunkers fall and artillery numbers rise, while British intelligence notes large German troop redeployments to the Russian front.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Fuehrer
Fed Star
Germany
Hitler
Belgium
Holland
France
Europe
Middle East
Axis Planes Bomb Cairo Kills 39 in First Air Raid
Cairo suffered its first air raid of the war as Axis planes bombed the city heavily, killing 39 civilians and wounding 93. The attack follows a warning that bombing Cairo or Athens would invite reprisals on Rome, a mirror to Rome’s religious prominence for Muslims and Catholics.
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Catro
Egypt
Cairo
Rome
Athens
Alexandria
Local Weather Readings and Day Length Summary
Temperature readings at three hour intervals cover 24 hours ending 11 30 a m today with yesterday afternoon and today morning values. Precipitation for 24 hours ending 11:30 a m today is 0 00 inches. Month to date rainfall is 1 09 inches and year to date total 22 25 inches. Normal month to date is 1 24 and year to date 11 14. Sunrise is 5 43 a m and sunset 6 02 p m giving 12 3 hours of daylight.
Roswell businessmen plan goodwill tour of Lincoln County
Roswell merchants committee prepares the second goodwill tour by bus Friday morning at eight o'clock leaving the Chamber of Commerce. Stops between Roswell and Carrizozo include a lunch at Carrizozo, returning via Fort Stanton and Devil's Canyon to the Ruidoso valley. Route differs from prior years shortening mileage. About fourteen firms confirmed by noon, with thirty signed up overall.
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Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln County
Roswell
Carrizozo
Fort Stanton
Devil’s Canyon
Ruidoso Valley
British-Russian Troops Marching On Teheran
British and Russian forces move toward Teheran as Reza Shah Pahlavi abdicates amid Allied pressure. Reports say Karaj, 28 miles from Teheran, is already occupied by Russian troops with a British attache investigating the move.
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London
Teheran
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Karaj
Chuck Wagon Dinner At Kenna Thursday
The Kenna Community church hosts a chuck wagon dinner in Kenna Thursday evening starting at 5 30. Roswell residents are invited by the Chamber of Commerce and many local people expect good food in ample quantities for a pleasant outing.
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Kenna
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Injuries Fatal To Emil Sandoval, Pioneer Resident
Emil Sandoval a Roswell pioneer and longtime Price and Company employee died at St Marys hospital at 3 30 yesterday afternoon from internal injuries after an accident at Price and Company where he had worked 42 years He was 71 born April 2 1870 in Guadalupe County New Mexico He came to Roswell at 16 and later worked for Chisum Cattle Company He married Georgia Gonzales August 22 1896 and survived by her He served as deputy sheriff for 42 years and as night policeman in Roswell The accident occurred when he was entering a freight elevator at the store preserving his reputation as a gentleman
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Emil Sandoval
Roswell
St. Mary’s Hospital
Price and Company
Mr.Sandoval
Guadalupe County
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Weather Summary Roswell and Vicinity
High pressure dominates the eastern half of the country with fair weather east of the Mississippi River. A dry cool airmass moved inland from the Pacific reaching the Great Plains after showers in Montana and the Dakotas. Clearing skies brought lower temperatures and frost in Wyoming with coastal Florida and Carolinas seeing a few showers.
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Roswell
Miss. River
Florida
Carolinas
Pacific
Great Plains
Montana
Dakotas
Wyoming
Daily crude oil production rises in week end Sept 13
Tulsa report shows U S crude oil output increasing by 232 745 barrels to 4 027 650 for the week ended Sept 13 The Oil and Gas Journal notes Texas production up 213 650 to 1 466 600 and the Rocky Mountain area up 1 260 to 105 200
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Rocky Mountain Area
War Games Clash Echoes in Deep South Front
Speedy mechanized thrusts by the Red force drive toward western Louisiana while Blues defend Alexandria and test the full strength of 700 tanks. Fighting centered at Alexandria with Kruger and Lear directing limited engagements as weather hampers air support and forces maneuver along the Sabine river border toward the Atchafalaya region.
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Associated Press
Second
Louisiana
Third
Alexandria
Walter Kruger
Ben Lear
Shreveport
Sabine River
Louisiana- Texas
Blue Line
Atchafalaya
Oflexandria
Lear
Roswell Business Leaders to Attend Lea County Fair
Roswell business men plan to travel to Lovington for the Lea County Fair with a strong push for attendance Wednesday or Thursday. The group aims to view livestock displays and enjoy rodeo events each afternoon, highlighting county pride and cross county exchange.
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Roswell
Lovington
Lea County
Claude Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Park Service to study Elephant Butte area for national park
A park service team led by Milton J. McColm of the interior department began a study in Hot Springs and Caballo Dam area near Elephant Butte New Mexico to assess the feasibility of establishing a national park.
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Hot Springs
N. M
Elephant Butte
Caballo Dam
Park Service
Milton J. McColm
Interior Department
U S Budget Next Year May Reach Vast 32 Billions
Budget director Harold D. Smith began preparing a record-breaking next year’s budget, with an estimated cost of 32 billion dollars. The exact figure hinges on Roosevelt sending the proposal to Congress in January, and experts say such a level requires defense production to be ramped up.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Smith
More On Strike in Frisco Hotels
Delegates at the California Hotel Association convention met at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco as AFL pickets demonstrated outside Nob Hill. Hotel manager George D. Smith said operations would continue with non striking staff, while association delegates helped. The strike adds the Nob Hill hotel to five others in the dispute with the San Francisco Hotel Employers’ Association.
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San Francisco
California Hotel Association
Mark Hopkins
AFL
Nob Hill
George D. Smith
Hotel Association
Principal Paul H. Deaton Thanks Sports Crowd
Paul H. Deaton thanks the crowd after the opening high school football game and expresses gratitude to organizations that adjusted their Monday night meetings to avoid conflict. He notes that despite extra costs for hosting St. Marys, all expenses were covered and a small profit was made.
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Paul H. Deaton
St. Mary’s
Mr. Deaton
Local farmer grows 3.4 acres of jam onions near Roswell
D N Pope raises 3400 pounds of big onions on his Roswell area farm, about 1000 pounds per acre. Onions are large, clean in appearance with small tops and roots. Some onions weighed about a pound four and a quarter at The Record office, with larger specimens left at the Chamber of Commerce.
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D. N. Pope
Roswell
Pope
Record Office
Chamber of Com
Air Base Bomber Training Start Likely After Oct 15
A Chamber of Commerce newsletter notes interest centers on when air corps advanced bomber training will begin at the field. Best guess is not before Oct 15, likely not before Nov 1, depending on Army Engineers completing plans and setting contracts. Estimated peak employment around 2500 workers, plus about 300 housing units for families of officers and civilian staff. Details continue on page four.
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Air Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Army
New Mexico Employment Service
Reid Predicts Best Fair In History
County agent Tom Reid told the Roswell Kiwanis luncheon that the upcoming Eastern New Mexico State Fair on October 1 to 4 would be the best in the show’s history with strong farmer and rancher enthusiasm. He hailed the fair’s agricultural and livestock exhibit as the best in New Mexico and noted community efforts around the air base. Four new Roswell Kiwanis members were inducted, and John Marshall became Troop 4 Scoutmaster. Plans were set for delegations to district and inter-club events in September.
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Tom Reid
New Mexico
Reid
E. H. Will
el Paso
Kiwanis International
Roswell
Army Air Base
Kiwanis Club
A. B. Cotton
Ed Overman
Gene Schuck
George Carraway
H. P. Clifton
Carl N. Thomas
John Marshall
Gus H. Hockenson
California
Fred Stalnecker
el Paso Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Las Vegas
Ruidoso
Bond Set In Morals Case Involving Juvenile Girl
Roosevelt Peck, colored, held to district court under twenty five thousand dollar bond after a preliminary hearing before Pat O Neill J P on morals charges involving a juvenile white girl. Attorney Lake J Frazier represented Peck objecting to questions to the girl in court. Peck faces charges of lewdness assignation rape and rape attempt plus assault with intent to commit rape with dates in September.
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Roosevelt Peck
Pat O'Neill
J. P
Lake J. Frazier
Peck
Frazier
Russians Report Nazis Routed In Night Attack Near Leningrad
Soviet Red Star reported a massive night tank battle near Leningrad ended in a rout of German forces. Russians claimed 25 heavy tanks captured plus three armored cars and nine field guns, with ten German vessels sunk in Barents and Baltic operations and ongoing air combat with dozens of enemy planes shot down.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Red Star Today
Barents
Baltic
Soviet Information Bureau
Barents Sea
Norway
Murmansk
Petsamo Bay
Finland
Estonia
Red Army
Red Star
Baseball scores from New York and Brooklyn games
Today’s results show New York beating St Louis 10 to 0 with Schumacher Hart nett and White W Cooper among pitchers. Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati 3 to 1 with Kimball Owen Riddle Lombardi on duty. Boston beat Chicago 3 to 2 with Javery Mass Passeau Gornicki Scheiffing handling pitching. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh game noted as played earlier.
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New York
St. Louis
Schumacher & Hartnett
White & W. Cooper
Boston
Chicago
Javery
Mass
Passeau
Gornicki
Scheiffing
St Louis and Philadelphia Batter Up in Uneven Play
In a baseball scoreline, St Louis led 2 0 0 2 and Philadelphia 3 0 0 1 with key players Niggeling Kramer Ferrell Reese Hadley C Harris Shirley Wagner for St Louis and Rowe Tebbetts Chase Evans for Detroit Washington. Earlier games featured Cleveland at New York and Chicago at Boston.
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St. Louis
Philadel
Niggeling
Kramer & Ferrell
Reese, Hadley
C. Harris
Shirley
Wagner
Detroit
Washington
Rowe and Tebbetts
Chase and Evans
El Paso Driver Severely Injured In New Mexico Crash
John Jackson of El Paso Safeway truck driver was badly hurt in a highway mishap at Hollywood New Mexico yesterday afternoon but his condition is not serious. He was taken to St Marys hospital. Jackson said he swerved to avoid a car as it veered toward the truck. The two vehicles did not collide and another Safeway truck at Ruidoso Junction was hit late last night. the car driver’s name was not learned.
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John Jackson
el Paso
Safeway Company
Hollywood
N. M
St. Mary's Hospital
Jackson
Safeway
Ruidoso Junction
Price's to Close During Sandoval Funeral
Price and Co. will close tomorrow morning for the funeral of Emil Sandoval in Santa Fe New Mexico. New Mexico's October draft call will require 443 men to report between October 10 and 17, according to state headquarters announced today.
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Price’s
Sandoval
Price and Co
Emil Sandoval
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
All Lease-Lend Cargoes Under The Guns of the Fleet
The U S Atlantic fleet assumes protection duties for lease led cargoes in transit between North America and Iceland at 12 01 a m marking the start of convoy duty along a 2000 mile North Atlantic stretch. Navy units ordered to capture or destroy Axis raiders as needed while Britain relaxes shipping burdens by allowing American merchantmen to carry arms to many British empire areas. Senate leaders weigh neutrality law overhaul amid ongoing policy debate.
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Washington
United States Atlantic
Atlantic
North American
Iceland
U.S
North Atlantic
Knox
Royal Navy
Tceland
British Isles
Britain
State Department
Biddle
Roosevelt
British Empire
United Kingdom
India
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Senate
Neutrality Law
Mexico Celebrates Independence with Disorder and Parade
Mexico City marked the 131st independence anniversary with a 24 hour celebration that began with President Manuel Avila Camacho opening the event before about 100,000 in Zocalo Square as a security clash left sixty two injured from fights stabbing and gunfire ahead of this morning’s military parade.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Spain
Manuel Avila Camacho
Zocalo Square
Record Classified Sells Roswell Property Quickly
Mrs Emma Dyer of Roswell credits Record classified with a perfect sale of her Roswell property before Christmas. She praised friends in California for underestimating its speed and effectiveness, noting the service’s strong performance and rapid results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Dyer
Roswell
California
Record Classified
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Iran
Mimic
Deep South
Roswellians
Lea County Fair
Elephant Butte National Park
U. S
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Llagus
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Kimball & Owen
E. Riddle and
Lombardi
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
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