The Nation’s Defense Drive in 1940 Detail Plan and Need
The piece outlines the U.S. defense buildup requested by President in 1940 with a goal to expand the armed forces to 1.2 million Army troops and 800,000 more, plus a Navy expansion. It covers funding requests totaling about 10 billion dollars, the role of the National Defense Advisory Commission, and the logistics of sourcing and producing equipment, weapons, vehicles, and supplies across manufacturing sectors to meet an emergency mobilization. It emphasizes training, modernization, and coordinated industrial effort to convert blueprint plans into real military assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
National Guard
National Defense Advisory Commission
Congress
Ple
Indians Gather for Inter Tribal Ceremonial at Gallup
An eight thousand strong gathering of nearly forty tribes converges on Gallup New Mexico August 14 to 17 for the Inter Tribal Indian Ceremonial. The event features dances crafts rodeo events and tribal discussions in a giant 40 acre camp with ceremonial fires nightly. For spectators a new stadium will host white visitors and ten Mexican interior dancers join this year marking the first participation from outside the United States.
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San Francisco
Calif
Southwest
Gallup
N. M
United States Travel Bureau
Department of the Interior
New Mexico
Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association
United States
Old Mexico
Mexico
Alaska
West
Santa Fe and Albuquerque Junior Baseball Championship Preview
Santa Fe and Albuquerque nines meet this afternoon at 3 p m to decide the American Legion New Mexico schoolboy title. Santa Fe topped Bernalillo 14 to 4 and Albuquerque beat Gallup 14 to 5 in yesterday’s games. Hobbs filed entrance papers too late for certification.
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Santa FE
N. M
Albuquerque
American Legion
New Mexico
Bernalillo
Gallup
Hobbs
Driver advances in national junior tennis at Culver
Walter Driver of El Paso Texas defeated Robert Jordan of Elkhart Indiana 6 2 in both sets to reach the second round of the junior singles at the national tournament held at Culver Military Academy. The event opened yesterday.
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Iver
Culver
Ind
Walter Driver
el Paso
Texas
Robert Jordan
Elkhart
Culver Military Academy
Wordy Wallaces Exchange Brief Vice Presidential Nod
Richmond attorney Captain Charles M. Wallace writes to Secretary Henry A. Wallace after his nomination for vice president. Henry Wallace replies with a brief, cordial acknowledgment. The exchange is noted by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Deceiving Eyes In Portland Store Repaint Findings
A stenographer in Portland glimpsed a head on a roof then a leg and torso appeared as investigators found department store employees repainting mannequins. The eerie scene unfolded as onlookers questioned the odd display.
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Portland
Ore
Punch and Judy Shows For Navajo Indians
Fort Defiance Arizona hosts the Reemstasma family who stage Punch and Judy and other fantasy puppet shows for Navajo audiences. They blend education and morals into performances using handmade puppets and travel across the 16 000 square mile reservation in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Fort Defiance
Ariz
Punch and Judy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Peter Rabbit
Robinson Crusoe
H. J. Reemstasma
Reemstmas
Carol
Keith
Presbyterian Missionary Unit
United States
Arizona
New Mexico
Presbyterian Synodical Society of Oklahoma
Bossism Looms in Missouri Senate Fight
In Missouri, Truman Stark and Milligan vie for the Democratic nomination amid Bossism concerns. Kansas Governor Ratner seeks renomination in a Republican primary. Wilkie tours Colorado urging defense industry decentralization while Fletcher defends Hatch Act. CIO backs Roosevelt reelection. High pledges aid to Willkie.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Maurice M. Milligan
Topeka
Kans
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Des Moines
Wendell L. Wilkie
Colorado
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
NEW York — General Executive Board
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of American
CIO
Roosevelt
New York
Stanley High
Good Neighbor League
Willkie
Sluggish Gas Relief Adver Uses Adlerika Bottle
Advertisment touts Adlerika in a Silver Color Bottle for quick relief from sluggishness and bloating gas due to temporary constipation. Claims relief in two hours or less and lists Owl Drug Co Roswell Drug Co and Dexter Wilcox Drug as distributors.
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Adlerika
Owl Drug Co
Roswell Drug Co
Dexter—Wilcox Drug
Sleepy nap on railroad tracks charms near miss
Nelson McLaurin dozed on railroad tracks near the station in Laurinburg North Carolina and was knocked off the rail by a passing train. He escaped with no serious injuries and recalled it as a nightmare moment.
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Snoozes
Laurinburg
N. C
Nelson McLaurin
McLaurin
Albuquerque
N. M
J. T. Pierce
Stall Vacancies On G. O. P. State Ticket
New Mexico Republican leaders met to fill state and county offices before the August 15 filing deadline. George Frenger of Las Cruces announced his bid for state treasurer, leaving open posts for supreme court justice lieutenant governor state auditor superintendent of public instruction and county offices. Attendees included state chairman John Emmons and Cyrus McCormick with others, urging filings without delay, while Waldo Rogers planned a southern tour as a campaign kickoff.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
George Frenger
Las Cruces
Supreme Court
John Emmons
Cyrus McCormick
George Craig
Waldo Rogers
Congress
Maurice Miera
Seth Alston
Emmons
Rogers
Weather blasts eastern New Mexico with gale and storms
Rain driven by a 46 mile an hour wind drenched Albuquerque and the Sandia range then steadied into a steady fall this morning. The weather bureau said the high wind swept across the Texas Panhandle into eastern New Mexico with great velocity. Thunderstorms and light showers preceded the gale. The state forecast called for continued cool weather today and fair skies except for scattered thunder showers in the west and southwest.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Albuqueraque
Sandia Range
Weather Bureau
Tex Panhandle
New Mexico
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Alamogordo
Trans- Pecos
Carlsbad
William T. Reed
The
Argus
R. J. Mullins
State Educational Association
Mullins
State Revenue Bureau
Equalization Fund
Transportation Administration
State
Farley
Gerald Cassidy
Frank Worden
Marion Stewart
Tom Delgado
U. S. Indians Service
H. Cc. Seymour
John Collier
State Penitentiary
Here
Woodrow Rawls
Bernalillo County
James Co. Ester, Jr
Roosevelt County
Ray Regan
J. M. Gordon
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Sam
Randolph Field
Air Corps
SEARS
Tey
Aaa
Weneer Suites
Ea Ae
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Roswell, N. M
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