Italians Crumbling As Greeks Press On War Update
An AP report from Athens notes Italian resistance to Greek attacks in northern Albanian passes is crumbling while Greek forces push on the southern front toward Valona. Fierce fighting rages from Moskopolis to Anduniste with many casualties, as Greeks aim to accelerate drives on Elbasani and Berat by Christmas. In France, Pierre Laval resigns as vice premier and foreign minister. Petain names Flandin and reorganizes the government amid claims Laval is removed for internal political reasons.
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Athens
Greece
Valona
Biolj
Yugoslavia
Moskopolis
Anduniste
Lake
Ochrida
Elbasani
Berat
Bitoli
Pogradetz
President Roosevelt Heads Home From Sea Trip
President Roosevelt sails toward Charleston after discussing Caribbean outposts with the Duke of Windsor. He says bases are stepping stones for U S defense and favors a widespread network of stations while denying any American Gibraltar. The Bahamas welcome bases as part of the outer defense line.
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U.5
S.S. Tuscaloosa
Roosevelt
Charleston
S. C
Duke of Windsor
Newfoundiana
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Windward
Leeward
Gibraltar
United States
Caribbean
Miami
Panama Canal
Americas
Duke
Mr. Roosevelt
Mayrant
Trippe
Eleuthera
Snow Forecast for Roswell and Nearby Areas
The weather bureau predicts snow or freezing rain tonight for Roswell and vicinity with cloudy skies and a rise in warmth on Sunday. Yesterday’s high was 44, low 34, and precipitation totals show 0.03 inch in the last 24 hours. Roads are lightly wet but open and travel continues normally.
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Weather Bureau
Roswell
McCune Re-elected as Loan Director in Bank Board
Washington December 14 The Federal Home Loan Bank board named directors elected in five regional areas Four directors are chosen each year for two year terms Members are grouped by size for board representation In Little Rock Grover J Casselberry El Paso R J Miranne at large New Orleans R H McCune Roswell H T Leonard Kosciusko were re-elected by Class A B and C respectively
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Little Rock
Ark
Grover J. Casselberry
el Paso
Texas
J. J. Miranne
New Orleans
R. H. McCune
Roswell
N. M
H. T. Leonard
Kosciusko
Miss
Christmas Lights For Roswell Planned By Chamber Of Commerce
Electrical dealers report brisk sales of Christmas lighting materials as the city prepares decorations. The Chamber of Commerce lighting committee sponsors the campaign and notes rising interest this year. Missouri Avenue school display lights Monday for a PTA program, with several other schools joining. The city is divided into five districts for judging, plus a rural district. Members receive ballots by mail to select district winners, others may obtain ballots at the Chamber after a to be announced date. About 120 dollars in cash will be awarded across six districts.
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Chamber of Commerce Lighting Committee
Fore
Missouri Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
British Liner Western Prince Torpedoed Near Ireland
New York dispatch reports the 10,925 ton British liner Western Prince torpedoed about 400 miles northwest of Ireland while returning to Britain. She carried 60 passengers and a cargo including bombings planes, with C. D. Howe aboard earlier, and was due at an English port the next day.
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New York
Ireland
Mackay Radio
Portpatrick
Scotland
C. D. Howe
Milton Milton Orders Revoked at New Mexico College
LAS CRUCES NM December 14 Military orders sending Col onel Hugh M Milton president of New Mexico State College into active service were revoked pending action by the war department on his resignation Milton will remain as president until the matter is settled Milton had planned to depart from El Paso to Fort Sill Oklahoma leaving Prof J W Branson in charge of affairs
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hugh M. Milton
New Meico State College
War Department
Milton
el Paso
Fort Sill
Okla
J. W. Branson
Winter Sports Meet For State Jan. 25-26
ALBUQUERQUE December 14 AP The southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association approved the first winter sport meet in the state to be held January 25-26 at La Madera ski slide. Robert Nordhaus said the meet should attract top skiers from Colorado Arizona Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain states. Three additional meets are scheduled within the winter period with Santa Fe Hyde Park February 15-16 and Taos Tres Ritos March 1-2. The season culminates May Day at Lake Peak above Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association
La Madera _s
Robert Nordhaus
Colorado
Arizona
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Nordhaus
Santa Fe
Hyde Park
Taos
Tres Ritos
Lake Peak
Lost Page 13 Shocks Albuquerque Journal Final Edition
Albuquerque Journal staff discovered a missing page 13 during the final edition late Friday night. The incident halted the print run briefly and prompted a search for the lost sheet and its contents.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Steretypers
Albuquerque Journal
Cold Wave Snow Strikes Across Nation In AP Report
Freezing temperatures grip the country with snow sleet rain and fog in many areas. Eight deaths attributed to cold and snow in the plains and mountains as warmer weather rises. Flood waters threaten south east Texas while ten families are isolated. Polar air brings California into its coldest spell in eight years. New snow blankets Nebraska and the plains states while New York sees a dip after unseasonal warmth. Storm warnings line the Atlantic coast south of Rhode Island to Cape Hatteras. Colorado reports five foot drifts as it ends a three day storm.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Middlewest
Rocky Mountain
Middle
West Gulf
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Canada
California
Nebraska
Plains States
New York City
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic
Block Island
Rhode Island
Cape Hatteras
Colorado
Denver
Water contamination prompts firing in Rochester
Rochester officials fired Water Superintendent Lewis Kohl and suspended Ernest Jones after an investigation found 6 million gallons of Genesee River water entered city mains via an open valve allowing sewage-contaminated water. City inoculation efforts expanded with 1,100 residents vaccinated and five new stations opened.
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Rochester
N. Y
Health Bureau
Louis B. Cartwright
Lewis B. Kohl
Ernest G. Jones
Kohl
Jones
Public Works
William H. Roberts
Genesee River
WPA project approved for Camp Maximiliano Luna near Las Vegas
Governor Miles office was notified that presidential approval was given a 68403 dollar WPA project for construction and improvements at Camp Maximiliano Luna near Las Vegas. Justice C. R. Bricen, who becomes Chief Justice January 1, will administer the inaugural oath to Governor Miles on that date.
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Santa FE
Miles
W. H. McMains
Carl Hatch
Camp Maximiliano Luna
Las Vegas
C. R.bricen
State Supreme Court
Sedillo Named Special Assistant Attorney General
Captain Juan A A Sedillo, executive officer of the State Selective Service headquarters, was appointed special assistant attorney general for New Mexico's military department.
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Santa FE
Juan A. A. Sedillo
State Selective Service Headquarters
Military Department
British Mop Up Few Italians Left In Egypt
British desert forces report wiping up the last Italian resistance in Egypt after the fall of Marshal Graziani's invasion army. Fast units push the Italians toward Libya while prisoners are moved to the rear and the main force secures its line. Rome says counter-attacks lessen pressure on the western drive. Six Gloster fighters were shot down.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Marshall Graziani
Libya
Rome
Simple Ceremony For Gov Miles
Governor John E Miles will take the oath of office for a second term at a noon January 1 ceremony in Santa Fe New Mexico Chairman Herbert Gerhart announced seat reservations excluding Santa Fe residents will be held until 1130 a m December 30 Reservations should be made to Gerhart before 6 p m December 30 Inaugural ball and formal reception have been canceled at the governor’s request as he recovers from an operation.
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Santa FE
N. M
John E. Miles
Herbert Gerhart
Gerhart
Miles
First power from Elephant Butte dam delayed surge
Engineers planned to feed the Mesilla Valley Electric Company lines with power from Elephant Butte hydroelectric plant. The switch aimed for 4 a.m. yesterday but minor adjustments caused a short postponement in connecting the 115,000-volt current.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Elephant Butte Dam
Mesilla
Fire Burns Two at Tucumcari Power Plant
William Leigon and Melvin Davidson suffered moderate second degree burns to hands and face while cleaning a motor at the city power plant. Both men were recovering in Tucumcari, New Mexico, on December 14 after the incident yesterday.
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Tucumcari
N. M
William Leigon
Melvin Davidson
City
Tooth Emergence At Mescal Apache Reservation
A brief vignette from south central New Mexico notes an Apache papoose peering for a new tooth. The child’s parents reside on the Mescalero Apache reservation where traditional practices like infants riding on mothers backs persist, echoing frontier days.
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New Mexico
Italian Wobble Deepens For Axis As Egypt Retreats
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Italy’s position weakens as Graziani’s invasion forces are decisively halted in Egypt. Italian gains crumble, with large prisoners and material losses while main forces in Libya shrink remains uncertain. The Allied offensive signals further danger to Mussolini.
Laval resigns from French government amid Vichy upheaval
Pierre Laval resigned today as vice premier and foreign minister of France and his rights of succession to chief of state were abolished by decree. Marshal Philippe Petain declared Laval no longer part of the government. Pierre-Etienne Flandin was named to replace him as foreign minister, amid French-German collaboration tensions. Weygand remains supreme military commander for Vichy in North Africa. A Bern news cut in and out as Swiss-Vichy telephones were severed with a cryptic message from the Vichy bureau saying something big is coming.
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Associated Press
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Marshal Philippe Petain
Laval
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Petain
Marshal Petain
Ger
Bern
Switzerland
Paul Baudouin
Council
Weygand
North Africa
Associated Press Bureau
Vichy Bureau
Navy Escorts for British Supply Ships Considered
Washington officials report plans by multiple advocates to aid Britain by two new types of assistance. One proposal envisions United States naval escorts for British supply ships, a measure that could be presented to policymakers soon.
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Washington
United States
Fire destroys defense plant in Hoboken
A fire at Condenser Service and Engineering Corp in Hoboken, New Jersey, killed one night watchman named George Jacobs of Jersey City. The plant made turbines and condensers for steamships and the company estimated losses between 100000 and 1000000 dollars, while a plant executive later questioned the higher figure.
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Hoboken
N. J
Condenser Service and Engineering Corp
National Defense
George Jacobs
Jersey City
Jacobs
Loaf Anderson
North Bergen
H. C. Evans
Movie Stars Named Honorary New Mexico Colonels
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland were made honorary colonels by Governor Miles in Santa Fe New Mexico. Lieut. Gov. James Murray presented the commissions to Flynn for de Havilland who was recovering from appendicitis and en route to Hollywood. Murray also commissioned Charles Ruggles, a longtime friend of Flynn.
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John E. Miles
New Mexico
Isabel L. Eckles
Santa Fe
WPA
N. M
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Haviland
Miles
Rochester
Minn
Flynn
James Murray
Miss de Havilland
Hollywood
Murray
Charles Ruggles
Labor Dispute Triggers Picketing at Rio Grande Offices
R G Spitzer head of Rio Grande Truck Lines was in Denver on business while L D Harris, acting spokesman, said a rival AFL union prompted picketing at El Paso Texas and Albuquerque offices. One man picketing El Paso branch and another at the Denver area line.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
American Federation of Labor
el Paso
Tex
R. G. Spitzer
Denver
L. D. Harris
May Robson Resting Comfortably After Collapse in Santa Fe
May Robson veteran stage and screen star was reported resting comfortably in an Albuquerque hotel room after collapsing in Santa Fe during the premiere celebration for a Hollywood movie. Dr. W R Lovelace said she is improving but must stay quiet. if her condition holds, she will likely return to Hollywood with the premiere troupe tomorrow.
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Albuquerque
May Robson
Ajiduquerque
Santa Fe
W. R. Lovelace
New Mexico A. and M. President Called to Army
President Hugh M. Milton of New Mexico A. and M. College planned to leave El Paso today for active army service at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Milton, a lieutenant colonel and chemical warfare expert, was ordered to report Monday at Fort Sill. He said Prof. J. W. Branson would become dean of instruction and no acting president would be named.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Hugh M. Milton
New Mexico A. & M
el Paso
Fort Sill
Okla
J. W. Branson
Milton
Branson
Roswell Man Hurt in Las Vegas Bus Wreck
LAS VEGAS December 14 nine persons were hospitalized after a Greyhound bus plunged 16 feet into Tecolote creek following being crowded by another car near Tecolote bridge twelve miles west of Las Vegas. Driver Marrian Evans Smith of Roswell reported he swerved to avoid a collision then the bus went over the guard rail. X rays would be taken to assess injuries with nine injured in two Las Vegas hospitals.
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Las Vegas
Greyhound
Tecolote
Tecolote Creek
Marrian Evans Smith
St. Main
Roswell
Smith
Margaret McShaffry
Santa Fe
Lake Mares
Gold Road
Ariz
Raymond Padilla
Richard Coybal
Pete Valesquez
Tierra Amarilla
N. M
Jesse Gentry
Shoemaker
Jacobo Bando
Chacon
Classifieds Create Pleasant Contacts For Arkansas Blacks
Mrs. E. C. Brinker placed a Friday Record classified ad for Arkansas Blacks and reports orders began Saturday morning. She notes past apple ads in the Record have been successful and that classifieds have helped her meet many nice people and form valuable contacts.
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E. C. Brinker
Arkansas
Classifieds Bring Readers Together Says Mrs Brinker
A reader email praises the classifieds for introducing readers to one another and notes the busy work of the classifieds is valuable to the community, calling the effort godly and appreciated.
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