Christmas reflections in a Deming chronicle
A Deming column links Christmas greetings with social responsibility, noting joy and sorrow as essential to life and urging shared effort to aid the homeless and hungry. The piece records visits by New Mexico residents and dignitaries to Deming for health and hospitality at the Pollards home, praising regional charm and Southern warmth.
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Christ
Earth
New Mexico
Pollard
Dem
Mrs. Pollard
Mr. Pollard
Lordsburg
Southern Hospitality at The Coop Event
The coop, the Writer, in company with Willard E. Holt, had the honor to be one of the guests.
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Southern Hospitality
Coop
Willard E. Holt
Bandit Stops Bus Near Deming Then Vanishes
A lone gunman aboard a Golden Eagle eastbound bus near Deming robbed passengers of cash, forcing them to one side of the vehicle before fleeing. He joked with the driver about marital troubles as the heist concluded, leaving passengers humiliated by their poverty.
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Lordsburg
Deming
Railroads Offer Record Low Rates For Stock Show
Denver railroads slash coach fares during Stock Show week setting the round trip at one and one third the normal fare for January 17 to 19. Visitors pay two cents per mile for the first 200 miles and a flat rate beyond that zone. Director J. Jones said the cut proves the show’s value to livestock and Western business and that Denver merchants will extend hospitality to visitors.
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Denver
National Western Stock Show
Tve
Jones
West
African Pygmies Are Great Elephant Hunters
Radio host Carveth Wells reports on Pygmies of the Belgian Congo hunting elephants with poisoned arrows and expert bowmanship. He also mentions pygmies in the Malay Peninsula in a Conoco program aired on KOA Denver Wednesday night at 8:30.
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Africa
Carveth Wells
Royal Geographic Society
Continental
Oi Company
NAC
Wells
Truk
Belgian Congo
KOA
Denver
Miners to Host S M U In January Postseason Tilt
West Texas power El Paso hosts Southern Methodist University Mustangs in a postseason clash at El Paso High School Stadium on January 2. SMU charters a Dallas train for 500 to 1000 rooters with a 40 piece band. El Paso crowds expected large. The Mines boast J B Andrews and a strong line as they face a favored Mustang squad led by coach Ray Morrison.
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West Texas
Fang
Pasadena
California
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Texas College of Mines
el Paso
Texas College
Howard Payne
Simmons
St Madward's
Wayland
J. B. Andrews
Carroll Weaver
George Krutilek
Walter Milner
Charles Coldwell
Ben Boykin
al Williams
James Caross
Lindy Mayhew
John Hawley
Carl Duffel
Inuries
Mustangs
Ray Morrison
Raymond Fuqua
Fritz Hawn
Maurice Bray
Bob Smith
John Burleson
Howard Sprague
Max Saxon
Harry Phillips
Saxon
Oklahoma Aggies
Oklahoma
Dallas
Southern Methodist
Chevalier's English Songs Sparked Film Career in Paris
Maurice Chevalier, famed French star, learned English in a German camp during WWI. He sang How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm in Paris to British American soldiers, inspiring his move into American cinema with Paramount. Love Me Tonight features Chevalier as a tailor who loves a princess, directed by Rouben Mamoulian with co stars Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy.
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Maurice Chevalier
Palace Theatre
Ronald Kennedy
Paris
Chevalier
Bellah
Paramount
America
Rouben Mamoulian
Jeanette MaccDonald
Charlie Ruggles
Charles Butterworth
Myrna Loy
Relative of U S Marshal Here Monday
Mrs. Frank Foraker of New York, widow of a nephew of former U S Marshal C. M. Foraker and sister of Ohio’s ex governor, visited here overnight Monday. Accompanied by Mr. Kohler of New York, she praised New Mexico highways during the cross country trip.
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Frank Foraker
New York
United States
C. M. Foraker
Foraker
Ohio
Kohler
New Mexico
Declamation by Joyce Miles in WCTU Gold Medal Contest
A temperance piece denounces King Alcohol and the liquor trade. It recalls past hardship from drink, praises improvements in children’s welfare, and urges steadfast work for temperance against a return to those days. The speaker calls for societal reform and moral vigilance.
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Joyce Miles
Alcokel
Misses Arake lenn of El Paso as holiday guests
The Misses Billy and Helen Arake lenn of El Paso are holiday guests of Mrs. E. O. Wogstad.
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Billy
Helen Arakelenn
el Paso
E. O. Wogstad
Don't Raise Cotton Says California Trade Expert
Albert V. Weigel of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce warns against raising cotton as a profit crop. He cites uncertain profitability, soil depletion, and the risk of turning farmers into lazy, shiftless regular cotton raisers. The article notes college students returning home for holidays.
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California
Albert V. Weigel
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Merry Christmas
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C. W. Marsalis
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Ralph Naccarate
Helen F. Dorrance
Hotel
Lordsburg, VN. M
Lordsburg Lodge
A. F
A. M
S Kh. Gass
WOM
GEO
Margaret
Lordsburg Guaranty Abstract Company
U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Margaret Holt
R. E. Ravens
Lordsburg, New Mexico
R. M. Reynolds
Lordsburg Land and
The
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
H. H. Conder Optometrist
A. W. Morningstar
DRS
Austin & Austin
Physicians and Surgeons
Hawley & Hawley
Douglas
12Th
Arizona
Texas
Texaco
Voline
Ritter-Walker Co
Guernsey
Jersey
Kodak
Ridenour
Belen, New Mexico
L. T. Davis Optical CO
Texas Street
EL Paso, Tex
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