Carelessness Named Cause in Normandie Fire
A House naval subcommittee blamed carelessness and lack of air supervision for the Normandie fire in New York. The two month inquiry found opportunities for sabotage abundant but saw no evidence of intent to sabotage. It urged 23 recommendations including placing merchant vessel operations under the Navy Secretary.
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Washiington
House Naval
Normandie
New York
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Senators Probe Wartime Japanese Internment Pay
Senator Gillette cites reports claiming interned Japanese nationals receive higher pay than soldiers. He suggests stricter regulations and a four point program including placing all Japanese under US authority away from Pacific states, rescinding civil rights for the duration of the war, and drafting all Japanese males.
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Washington
Gillette
D-la
Senate
Iowa
Kulseo
Haan
Hawaiian Islands
California
Los Angeles
North Dakota
United States
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Spring Ad Details Government Radish Growers
An advertisement notes agricultural work under army control paying basic army rates for ages 20 and 44 to produce vegetables. It calls for labor of alien Japanese with enemy funds frozen in the country and promotes Andersons Gardens with classified phone number 11.
Political jockeying hints at NM Senate race dynamics
Sidelights on page one discuss J Clarke as a leading possible U S Senate hopeful to challenge Hatch. The piece notes the primary system firming up, potential alignments among county chairmen, and the influence of Chaves Eddy and Lea in shaping early campaign power. It suggests candidates will rely on the people as bosses lose control.
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J. Clarke
United States
Hatch
Vox Populi
Dr. Clark
New Mexico
Chaves
Eddy
Lea
Texas
Barbers An Asset In Roswell Economic Factor
An emissary for mechanical and safety razor interests faced a cool reception in Roswell over proposed blade and shaving device restrictions. He failed to win support, while barbers remain a visible economic force, with Roswell parlors reportedly spending about a thousand dollars weekly in local goods and services.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Scrap iron drive floods Quay county totals over 900 tons
Eastern New Mexico reports show massive scrap iron collection with Tucumcari at the center. Quay county nears 1,500 tons as a single worker delivered 9,000 pounds. Other counties rise similarly as the campaign winds down. The drive mirrors a lessons learned from the aluminum effort and aims to leave little scrap behind.
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New Mexico
Quay County
Tucumcari
Uncle Sam
Carlsbad election ends with slim turnout and re elected officials
In Carlsbad the only city race produced Sam Horne as mayor, W. M. Plunkett as alderman, and W. D. Wilburn defeating Cecil Lane in Ward 1. R. H. Westaway and Allan Richardson won reelection, with W. L. McDonald unopposed as police judge. Voters cast under two hundred ballots. Artesia schools chief W. E. Kerr also reelected. Local ribbons earned by students at a Cottonwood track meet highlight a quiet election night.
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Carlsbad
Sam Horne
W. M. Plunkett
Walter Craft
W.D. Wilburn
Cecil Lane
R. H. Westaway
Allan Richardson
W. L. McDonald
Carlsad
Jim Ellitt
Cottonwood
W. E. Kerr
Artesia Schools
Board of Education
Artesia
Eiffe Laverne Sessum
Margaret Rodecke
Loreta Worley
H. V. Parker Jr
Emery Carper
Fred Brainard
Howard Stroup
Walter Nugent
Harold Dunn
A. G. Glasser
C. O. Brown
Arba Green
J. D. Josey
W. H. Ballard
New Mexico Sets 40 MPH Speed Limit With Governor Approval
State highway authorities under Governor Miles adopt a 40 mph limit urged by President Roosevelt. Observers doubt enforcement due to police shortages and question compliance. The measure is likened to a voluntary tax on car use, with potential gains in gas savings and lives.
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Miles
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Hearing April 30 in Chino Dispute
The Chino metal trades council of AFL unions was notified by the NLRB that April 20 has been set for a hearing on final settlement of a labor dispute with the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company in Silver City New Mexico.
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Silver City
N. M
Chino Metal Trades Council of Afl Unions
NLRB
Nevada Consolidated Copper Com
Mining wages ruling poised to shape NM and AZ industry
A forthcoming decision from Washington could set far reaching standards for wages and working conditions in the mining sector across New Mexico and Arizona, affecting the entire industry landscape.
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Santa Fe
Ft. Sumner
Andersons Gardens
Adv
Regus
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Company
Longsland City, N. Y
Ted H. Pate
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
East Fox Street
Carlsbad, N. M
Anesia News
Chino
Morton
Morralana
Et Atons
Old Kentucky
Western Auto
Crookes
Wizard
Reme
Western Royal
Western
RCA
Western Supreme
Wallpa
S. Center
Sale Pr
PDAOD
Perrenag Pealy
Sele
Chevrolet
Olds
Ford
Mercury
Plymouth
DeSoto
Annsylvania
Penn Supreme Motor Oil
PENN
Western Auto Supply Co
West
Robert Porter & Sons, Inc
Albuquerque & Las Cruces, N. M
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