U S Sends Stern Warning to France On Axis Policy
The United States warned the Vichy government that its Axis collaboration threatens American interests in Africa and the Far East. Secretary Sumner Welles read the statement as Roosevelt boosted oil embargoes against Japan. Discussions with Britain, Australia, and others followed amid fears over Dakar and Indo China concessions to Japan.
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U.S
France
Washington
United States
America
Far East
Africa
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Japan
Welles
Vichy
Indo-China
Germany
Marshal Henri Petain
Dakar
Senegal
South America
State Department
Lord Halifax
Richard G. Casey
Ralph Close
Union of South Africa
Constantine A. Oumansky
Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
Thailand
Singapore
Burma
China
Soil Building Rates Under 1942 USDA Program Set
The United States Department of Agriculture announced soil building allowance rates for the 1942 Farm Program. Rates determine maximum payments for carrying out soil building practices and planting within special crop allotments. Farmers earn separate payments for practices and for planting within crop allotments, with rates based on cropland, pasture, orchards, vegetables, and restoration land plus a $15 forest tree planting bonus and a $20 minimum payment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fredric O’cheskey
AAA
Congress
Film Career Offer Across Farms With $20 Minimum
Officials describe the 1942 program with a $20 minimum payment excluding a tree planting allowance and similar soil-building changes, prioritizing conservation on individual farms. Substantially the same funds as 1941 will finance payments for special allotment crops in 1942. Barbara Hayden, nine, dressed as a cowgirl, ran away to hitch a Hollywood-bound freight train but was found in a box car and returned. she claimed Odessa, Texas, as her home and cited movie cowboys as her inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hayden
Wichita
Kan
Hollywood
Odessa
Tex
Funds For State Archives Approved For New Mexico
Gov. John E. Miles announced a telegram from Senator Dennis Chavez approving 32,268 to fund the duplication and codification of state, federal, and local archives in New Mexico. Canning Cucumbers Dill ANDERSONS GARDENS -Adv.
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Santa FE
N. M
John E. Miles
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Dexter Social Roundup Shares Visits and Travel News
Miss Ella Yeager returns from the east with nieces Miss Bobbie Nell Case and Miss Mary Lucile Yeager. Mrs. R. B. Sherrill visits Vernon sister Mrs. Belle Hurst. Card Club hostesses entertain with flowers and ice course. Edd Bunch returns from Roswell eye trouble. Parker family update from Las Vegas and Minnesota. Dexter and Roswell area residents attend county 4-H picnic and summer activities. Faye Senn and two nieces visit. several families plan travels to Illinois Plainview and New Mexico.
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Ella Yeager
F. W. Stephens
Virgil Jones
Earl White
Lula McKinstry
George Wilcox
Tom Bogle
McKinstry
Edd Lane Jr
Edd Bunch
St. Mary’s Hospital
Roswell
Texas
Crawford
Mr. Crawford
David Adams
Silver City
W. C. Adams
Claude Willard
Mary Bible
George Sterrett
Charles Sterrett
Tom Hammer
Lloyd McNab
Melba Jarnagin
Imajean Phillips
County Extension Club
Melba
Pauline Cowan
Mary Marshall
Illin
Fila Yeager
East
New England
Washington, D. C
Bobbie Nell Case
Mary Lucille Yeager
Thorndale
L. D. Kerr
Donna
Bobbie
Plainview
Mrs. Kerr
Tom Smiley
Martha Ann
Tom Smiley, Jr
E. J. Hubbard
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Jackson
Mississippi
Hal
Jack Bogle
Tennessee
Bogle
Wyoming
Nancy Jo
Winnona Carraway
Spur
J. E. Senn
Luther Carraway
Dexter Business House Changes Hands
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Glass have bought the McMains building just east of the Johnson store and will remodel the building and move their case in same. When remodeling is completed they will have tables booths and counter.
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Dexter
Hugh Glass
McMains
Johnson Store
Belle Bennetts Picnic At Hagerman Stadium
Hagerman News reports the Belle Bennetts enjoyed a stadium picnic last night instead of their regular meeting. Several social notes follow including visits, transfers, and a July birthday celebration.
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Belle Bennetts
Hal Ware, Jr
San Diego
R. M
Hal Ware
Hal Grove
Miss Florence Sterret Returns From West Coast Trip
Miss Florence Sterret came back Tuesday from a summer on the west coast. A Dexter high school graduate in May, she enjoyed the trip as a graduation present. The Presbyterian Vacation School opens Monday August 4 for children five and older.
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Florence Sterret
West Coast
Sterret
Dexter High School
Presbyterian Vacation School
110 Oil Rigs Now Active In The State
Hobbs New Mexico August 4 There were 110 wells drilling statewide with Eddy and Lea counties reporting 45 each. Seven new locations were staked during the week including Lea and Eddy active sites. nine completions occurred with three abandonments. Notable Lea county producers include Paul Love Pearsall B-1 and J W Cooper, while San Juan produced a gas well with an initial potential of 2.3 million cubic feet.
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Hobbs
N. M
New Mexico
Eddy
Lea
Torrance
Chaves
Dona Ana
Bernalillo
Otero
San Juan
de Baca
Hidalgo
Sierra
McKinley
Marshall Ascan J. Cunningham
Wildcat
Paul Love Pearsall
Leonard Welch State
The
Salle and
Yates State
Herbert Aid Lucas State
Eddy County
Petroleum Production Company
Santa Fe
McKinley County
Goodwin-Vincent
Hare
Southern Union Santa Fe
Lea County
Paul Love
W. J. Rutledge Jr
Parker Drilling Company
Humble State 2C
Petroleum Products Corporation
Santa Fe Railroad 14
Mac T. Anderson, Et al Purcell
Sanders Brothers Et al
Counties May Cut Property Tax Rates Across New Mexico
State Tax Commissioner Donaciano Rodriguez says most counties can lower their property tax rates this year due to higher assessment valuations. He notes counties are financially sound and the state valuation should rise by about sixteen million dollars.
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Santa FE
N. M
Donaciano Rodriguez
Highway department personnel reshuffle at Albuquerque lab
E. B. Ball, ex engineer in charge of plans and surveys for the New Mexico Highway department, becomes materials engineer at the Albuquerque laboratory. Burton Dwyre announces the move. L. C. Campbell, formerly materials engineer, will serve as research engineer at the same lab.
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Highway Department
E. B. Ball
New Mexico Highway Department
Albuquerque
Burton Dwyre
L. C. Campbell
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U. S
Moscow
I. S. N. Radiophoto
U. 5
Texaco Fire Chief
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Mobilgas
Fayette Davidson
Dexter News
Ois
Hugh Powell
Hope
George Lewis
Las Vegas
Lewis
Dan
O. C. Rawdon
George Ballet
Mansfield
Faye Senn
J. E. McKinstry
Las Cruces
Hagerman News
Ladies’ Aid
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Hedges Chapel
Walter Green
Charles Michelet
E. R. McKinstry
W. L. Heitman
Long Branch
New Jersey
Crane
Vendl Barnett
Bauslin
Red Cross Defense
Esther Schaubel
Young Woman's Guild
Puckett
Schaubel
Marshall Headle
Lockheed
B.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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