Farm Bureau Chief Pushes for Parity Prices in Farm Program
Baltimore dispatch reports Edward A. O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation demands Congress gear up the farm program to restore parity prices and parity income for farmers. He urges raising loan rates, expanding marketing quotas and acreage adjustment while warning of defense spending impact on exports and advocating strong Britain aid and repeal of the Johnson Act cash and credit munitions policy.
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Congress
Baltimore
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O’neal
Federation
AAA
Britain
Briain
Great Comet May Be Seen in the West
New Mexico residents may glimpse the Cunningham Comet near the western horizon after sunset. Discovered September 15 at Harvard, it becomes naked eye visible with brief afterglow, with an elliptical rise and fall and a peak around December 28. By mid January it drifts southward, brightest near 55 million miles from Earth.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Harvard University Observatory
Weather Bureau
Haley
Santa Rosa
Adolph P. Grzelachowski
Pastora
Highway 54
Here
Grzelachowski
Hollywood Stars To Invade Santa Fe
Hollywood stars prepare to travel on a Warner Bros Santa Fe special train to the Santa Fe premiere of Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico. Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland lead a roster that includes John Barrymore Alan Hale Ronald Reagan Rita Hayworth and many others as Pasadena students cheer them off.
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Hollywood
Calif
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Pasadena
California
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
John Barrymore
Alan Hale
Ronald Reagan
Virginia Field
Rita Hayworth
Reginald Gardiner
Allan Jones
Irene Hervey
Charlie Ruggles
Walter Pidgeon
Jean Parker
Natalie Draper
Donald Crisp
Mary Healy
Carole Landis
Priscilla Lane
Ann Sothern
Ona Munson
Nancy Carroll
Binnie Barnes
Troutman Gifts 700 Books to N M M Institute Library
Joseph Carl Troutman former instructor principal and superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute donates a seven to eight hundred volume collection. The gift includes Grecian Roman medieval and modern history religion philosophy travel and literature reflecting his interests and character. A book plate will be installed by Colonel Pearson.
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Institute
Joseph Carl Troutman
New Mexico Military Institute
Colonel Troutman
West Coast
Ohio
Roswell
Troutman
Paul Horgan
Notable film guests invited to Santa Fe gala
Gene Autry Brenda Marsh Humphrey Bogart and many other film favorites accepted Governor John E. Miles invitation to be Santa Fe’s guest at the gala celebration. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Mr and Mrs Raymond Massey will join the group arriving from New York for the event.
Heavenly tobacco gifts drop on Navajo land
Gallup AP report says Navajos received cartons of cigarettes parachuted from the sky. Trader Goulding sought an explanation as Maj. Chas. Collier, brother of the Indian commissioner, claimed credit for the air drop circling the reservation after a weeklong journey from Albuquerque.
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Associated Press
Goulding
Maj
Chas. Collier
Albuquerque
Navajo Country
Las Vegas plans gifts for Fort Sill engineers
National guardsmen of Company F, 120th Engineers, based at Fort Sill, may receive a Christmas gift package from Las Vegas citizens. A community box plan is being organized to include an individual gift for each member of the unit.
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Army Life
Las Vegas
120Th Engineers
Fort Sill
Roswell Dog Ordinance Sparks Split City Council Vote
The Roswell city council divided on a dog control amendment to confine pets and on the final passage of a rabies vaccination mandate for dogs, marking the first split vote of the current council.
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Roswell
Relics Found In El Morro Lava Beds Displayed In Grants
Remains of an ox team with an early pioneer adventurer, an 1846 pistol, and a 16 pound lead chunk used for bullets were unearthed in the El Morro lava beds by John Griffith and brought to Grants for public display.
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el Morro
John Griffith
Grants
Mud Delays School Transport After Snowy Winter
In Van Houten heavy mud from recent snows delays school service. Bus driver Tommy Puerta abandoned routes for three hours, noting roads would be impassable until they dry. Some students gain an extra vacation day at the start of the holiday period.
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van Houten
Tommy Puerta
IOOF Announces New Class and Wildy Day Plans
Samaritan Lodge No. 12 I O O F begins a new initiation class Thursday night as plans advance for Wildy Day on January 19 honoring the order's founder. New officers will be installed January 15 with positions held by St John Chester Carr H B Mattox C A Swayze and M O McCracken. Brethren from the slope and visitors are invited to attend.
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Samaritan Lodge
Order
St. John. Noble
Chester Carr
Vérce
H. B. Mattox
C. A. Swayze
M. O. McCracken
Triple
How the Counties of N. M. Were Named
A KGFL program summarizes county origins and government seats in New Mexico after detailing Chaves county names. Tonight at 6:45 the feature covers the Blue Lady mystery and the Man in the Iron Mask as Cleve Hallenbeck presents Southwestern Missions.
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New Mexico
KGFL
Chaves
Blue Lady
Southwest
Man In the
Iron Mask
Cleve Hallenbeck
Roswell Songwriter Receives Honor in New York Guild Event
Roswell writer P. C. Fitzgerald was named an honorable mention by the Song Hit Guild of New York. An advisory board including Paul Whiteman Guy Lombardo and Billy Rose praised Fitzgeralds manuscripts as promising despite narrowly missing top honors.
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P. C. Fitzgerald
Roswell, N. M
Song Hit Guild of
New York
Paul Whiteman
Guy Lombardo
Billy Rose
Kay Kyser
Fitzgerald
Salvation Army Appeals for Canned Goods in Roswell
Salvation Army leader Captain John Gioscio urges Roswell residents to fill 1000 bags with canned foods for the Christmas charity drive. Bags will be placed on porches Saturday for pickup by Boy Scouts and a Yucca Theater matinee on December 19 will accept canned goods. Kettles will line streets Saturday morning, and small donations are encouraged to prevent basket duplication.
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John Gioscio
Salvation Army
Roswell
Boy Scouts of America
Jones
Yucca Theater
Oldsters Day Dinner In Clovis For Seniors 75 Plus
Curry County residents aged 75 and over are invited to a Chamber of Commerce sponsored Oldsters Day dinner in Clovis this Saturday. The event seeks to bring together senior residents for community connection during the Christmas season.
Trans Atlantic Flyer returns home after bomber delivery flight
JAL Captain Ralph Adams, a former Jal resident and brother of Mayor A H Adams, has completed the first Trans Atlantic delivery flight of American bombers to the British RAF. He plans to return to Jal before his next trans ocean assignment and requests readers to phone their classified to No 1.
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America
RAF
A. H. Adams
Jal
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