Herefords to headline Eastern New Mexico Fair show
A large Hereford display is planned at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair in Roswell with 50 to 60 head promised by five Texas breeders. A. D. Jones and G. H. Hockinson led a Panhandle-Texas Hereford tour. Jones oversees livestock and Hockenson the rodeo on the fair board. Names mentioned include D L McDonald, Tom Ivy, R L Coconaugher, George E Nance, and John Strickland.
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New Mexico
Texas
A. D. Jones
Roswell
Panhandle
G. H. Hockinson
Texas Hereford Association
Panhandle Hereford Breeders’ Association
Southwest
American Hereford Association
Jones
D. L. McDonald
Hereford
Tom Ivy
R. L. Coconaugher
George E. Nance
Canyon
John Strickland
Ratan
Mr. Jones
Wreck of City of San FranciscoKills 20 in Nevada
Reno reports reveal a carefully planned derailment of the City of San Francisco in central Nevada. A suspect with part of an ear missing is in custody. investigators note saboteurs moved rails and spikes, while coroner’s jury links the disaster to a misplaced rail.
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Canyon
Reno
Nev
Sparks
San Francisco
Bob la Duceur
Lewiston
Mont
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Texas shuts down vast oil fields for 15 days
Texas railroad commission orders a 15 day shutdown of oil fields starting 7 a m to reduce prices after large buyers pushed for a 20 percent cut. About 80,000 wells affected. production in Texas at 1.3 million barrels daily. Commission members urge other states to follow. Oklahoma may consider action.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Railroad Commission
Lon A. Smith
Ernest O. Thompson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Jerry Sadler
Union
Thompson
Oklahoma City
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Oklahoma
Sadler
Texas Commission
Wal Street
A. S. J. Shaw
Manassas War Game Begins In Mock Four Day Battle
In Manassas Virginia on August 14 1941 a four day peacetime exercise opened with six combat cars and two battalions of the 12th infantry clashing near Brentsville against the 109th Infantry Scranton Pa as the blue army defends Washington from a suspected 70 tanks en route. The foggy dawn and drone of engines set a tense scene as officials and troops gauge the unfolding maneuver simulating a bold strike on the capital.
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12Th Infantry
Fort Howard
109Th Infantry
Scranton
Brentsville
Washington
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbus
Manassas
Mad Inventor Wounds Wife and Daughter in Nyack Case
Phyllis Raymond testified about a brutal dawn attack by her father Karen Raymond a 58 year old telephone engineer who hacked her mother to death before slashing his own throat and dying in hospital He attacked his daughter with a hammer after entering a second floor porch and chasing her into an attic The mother a DAR leader lay dying while the killer struggled with sanity before the fatal self inflicting wound
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South Nyack
N. Y
Phyllis Raymond
Karen Raymond
Rockland County
George W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Raymond
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Raymond
Plan for Peaceful End of Danzig Crisis Is Up
A Nazi source with high official con nections says Prof. Carl V. Burckhart, league of nations commissioner for Danzig, has a plan for a peaceful settlement reuniting Danzig with the Reich and a direct link between East Prussia and Germany. The plan is said to have been accepted in principle by Hitler, Beck, and Forster, with Burckhartt possibly presenting it in London to Lord Halifax.
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London
Lord Halifax
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Burckhardt
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Danzig
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politi
White Plains Boy Wins All American Soap Box Derby Title
Eleven year old Clifton Hardesty Jr. of White Plains captured the All American and international championships at Akron. He led in a 27.8 second Derby Downs heat and won the international title by two lengths over Harbey Wright Jr. of Panama. Harold Armstrong of Kansas City took second in the All American, with Mason Colbert of North Platte finishing third. Armstrong received an automobile, Colbert a powered midget racer.
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Akron
White Plains
N. Y
Clifton Hardesty, Jr
Hardesty
Harold Armstrong
Kansas City
Harbey Wright, Jr
Colon
Republic of Panama
Mason Colbert
North
Indians Rally For Extra Innings Win Over Tigers
In Detroit, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 8 to 4 in 10 innings to win the first game of a doubleheader. Ken Keltner delivered a key homer with one aboard as Allen Milnar and Hemsley allowed ten hits.
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Detroit
Ken
Keltner
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Rhe
Cleveland
Allen
Milnar
Hemsley
McKain
Tebbets
Associated Press
Trosky
McCord
Nicholson
Chicago
JIJAPS CLAIM SOVIET TROOPS REPULSED
Tokyo reports a Japanese army communique says Soviet Mongol forces were repulsed in a series of brisk clashes last week along the border between Manchukuo and outer Mongolia. The brief dispatch notes the fighting occurred near Japanese-dominated Manchukuo and Russian-protected outer Mongolia.
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Tokyo
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Manchepukuo
Outer Mongolia
Fined $50 For Reckless Driving
Curtis Jackson of Acme was fined $50 after pleading guilty in district court to reckless driving linked to a Saturday night automobile accident. He turned onto the highway from a filling station causing a truck to overturn driven by J F Walls of Roswell. Mrs Walls was injured internally but not seriously. Coy Jean Walls, knocked unconscious, regained consciousness and later released from St Marys hospital. Mrs Morgan and their baby avoided injury.
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Curtis Jackson
Acme
James B. McGhee
Jackson
Lamar Strickland
U. S. 70
Country Club Road
J.F. Walls
Roswell
Mr. Walls
Walls
Coy Jean
Tourist Dies Here Of Heart Attack
J. W. Vick, 66, prominent resident of Hereford Texas, died at 10 o'clock this morning at a local campground from a heart attack. He and his wife and two sons were returning home from a motor trip and spent last night here. He was stricken at 8 o'clock this morning. Besides his wife, Mr. Vick is survived by five children. The body was taken to Hereford this afternoon in a Ballard funeral coach. Funeral services will be held there Wednesday.
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J. W. Vick
Hereford
Texas
Mr. Vick
Ballard
Carrizozo Golfers Defeat Artesia Team Sunday
A Carrizozo golf team defeated Artesia at Rui Doso on Sunday in a regional match. The Carrizozo players secured the win against the Artesia squad at the Rui Doso course.
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Carrizozo
Artesia
Ruidoso
First Army mobilizes in peacetime training at Plattsburg
Plattsburg New York hosts a developing First Army force for peace time training. Five divisions from eleven states move by air road rail and water to form a field army opposite Lake Champlain. General Drum leads a 52 000 strong unit with about 30 planes and 240 guns. The movement follows extensive planning with railroads supply firms and government departments.
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N. Y
Lake Champlain
Plattsburg
Little Bay
Benedict Arnold
First
St. Mihiel
la Ferte-sous-Jouarre
United States Army
First Army
Pershing
General Drum
United States
Dow Re-Elected Head of NMMI Board in Roswell Meeting
Hiram M. Dow of Roswell was re-elected president of the board of regents of New Mexico Military Institute at the board’s organization meeting. J. C. Compton of Portales was elected vice president, and R. R. Hinkle of Roswell was re-elected secretary treasurer. Other board members are Robert Daughtry of Roswell and Manuel B. Otero of Albuquerque.
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Hiram M. Dow
Roswell
Board of Regents of
New Mexico Military Institute
J. C. Compton
Portales
R. R. Hinkle
Robert Daughtry
Manuel B. Otero
Albuquerque
Fatal car crash north of Santa Fe claims Nambe youth
Near Pojoaque, early Sunday, Jose Rey Talachey, 19, Nambe Pueblo, was killed when a car driven by Patricio Lopez and Arturo Romero struck a parked Indian Service truck as Talachey and Daniel Tafoya slept inside. Lopez, Romero, and Tafoya were not seriously hurt. state police investigated.
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Santa FE Santa FE
N. M
Jose Rey Talachey
Nambe
Lopez
Romero
Tafoya
Water Dog Musk Rat Scene in Bemidji
Mrs. Charles English needed medical care after a dog bite while rescuing a cat in Bemidji Minnesota. The animal turned out to be a musk rat, sparing the cat but injuring her hand.
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Bemidji
Minn
Flashes of Life in Indianapolis
Federal investigator Eugene B Gale chased a suspect in liquor law violations. The man escaped leaving shoes a car and five gallons of alcohol. Police later arrested McHenry Turner who fit the shoe in a showup and admitted guilt.
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Indianapolis
Eugene B. Gale
McHenry Turner
Gale
Turner
Surprise visit backfires as brothers swap homes
In Georgia a man named Mathis Brown Jr. planned a surprise trip to California to visit his brother Horace Brown Sr. Instead Horace traveled to California, while Mathis unexpectedly ended up at Horace's home in Georgia, catching their parents there.
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Gaffney, Sr. C
Horace Brown, Jr
Mathis
California
Horace
Bull rescues yard by fending off 500-pound bull
In Grandview Washington Mrs Dewey Harris small of build tried to scare off a 500 pound bull that wandered into her yard. She hurled a four ounce stone and struck the animal on the forehead. Her husband and several neighbors spent the hot afternoon hauling away the carcass.
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Bull’s Eye
Grandview
Wash
Dewey Harris
Roswell Records .21 Inch Rain, Forecast Shows Tstorms
Roswell received .21 of an inch of moisture last night pushing year to 11.38 inches, compared with 8.81 inches by this date last year. Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies tonight into Tuesday with local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight across Roswell and the Pecos Valley.
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Roswell
Pecos Valley
Hobbs Mayor Ross Walker Resigns Amid Absence
Hobbs New Mexico August reports state mayor Ross Walker has submitted his resignation from office. City attorney Don G McCormick says the board has not met to accept yet and expects action this week. Walker has led Hobbs for two terms but has been away since February tending to business interests in Texas.
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Hobbs
N. M
Ross Walker
City Council For
Don G. McCormick
Walker
Oklahoma
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