Santa Fe hosts gala premiere for Santa Fe Trail movie
Santa Fe in fiesta mood for the premiere of Santa Fe Trail with Olivia de Havilland and May Robson among guests. A three inch snow fell as stars faced misfortune on Friday the 13th while the city staged celebrations, ski party, and multiple balls prior to tonight’s screening with Errol Flynn and Rita Hayworth in attendance.
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Santa FE
N. M
Santa Fe Trail
Warner Brothers
Olivia de Havilland
May Robson
Miss de Havilland
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Hollywood
Santa
Tito Coco
Errol Flynn
Rita Hayworth
Irene Hervey
Allan Jones
Arline Judge
Priscilla Lane
Jean Parker
Charles Ruggles
Hyde Park
British advance continues as Italians retreat in Libya
A British communique says the battlefield clearance continues and prisoners rise to about 26 000 with unofficial counts higher. British forces press Italians from Salum toward Tobruk while raids on Bardia and along the coastal road echo. Casualties are light on both sides and observers expect a pause to consolidate supply lines near the Egyptian Libyan frontier.
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Salum
Fort Capuzzo
Egypt
Bardia
Reuters
Libya
Tobruk
Tenth Army
Archibald P. Wavell
Opportunities in Army Air Corps
Unusual opportunities are offered by enlistment in the Regular Army Air Corps for ambitious young men 18 to 35, unmarried with no dependents, high school graduates or apprentice mechanics. Assignments may be in Puerto Rican Department, Barksdale Field, Louisiana, Kelly Field and Brooks Field, Texas. Pay up to 157.59 monthly with meals, clothing, quarters and medical care. write or call Army Recruiting Station in Roswell, New Mexico for details.
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Santa FE
N. M
Regular
Army Air Corps
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
Kelly Field
Brooks Field
Texas
U. S. Army
United States Army Air Corps
Army
Roswell
New Mexico
Greeks Press on Balkan Front in Albania Near Valona
Greek forces push along the coast toward Valona as Italian defenses along Tepeleni and Klisura Pass show strain. Captives quote doubts Italy can sustain fighting if Klisura falls, while British circles call Klisura and Tepeleni likely to be captured. Greek army HQ reports lively action with favorable results.
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Tirana
Tepeleni
Klisura
Chimara
Valona
Italy
Private Camp Brief Visit En Route to California
Private A. B. Camp Jr stops by to visit his grandfather C. C. Camp and sister Mary Frances Camp for a few days. They travel from Brooklyn to March Field California by way of Sperry Gyroscopic School where he trains as an instrument technician in the Army Air Corps.
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A. B. Camp, Jr
C. C. Camp
Mary Frances Camp
Brooklyn
New York
March Field
California
Sperry
Army
Aijlr
Navy-Help Plans Circulate Before Roosevelt Visit
Proposals to convoy supplies to Britain in U S ships and to release 143 foreign flag cargo vessels from American ports are in the mull over stage. Officials say congressional action would be needed to amend neutrality law and authorize sale of foreign ships. Lord Lothian warned Britain’s navy is strained and urged American aid at sea to keep routes open.
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Roosevelt
Caribbean
British Isles
United States
Great Britain
Denmark
State Department
All Regular Army Reserves Called By Feb 15
The War Department announced all 28,739 regular army reservists without dependents will be ordered into active service probably by February 15. Those with dependents or key industry roles will be discharged. Reservists will join branches or corps area commands to support training the new army. The reserve, created two years ago, aimed for 75,000 plus but recent re enlistments reduced the objective. Of the total, 10,066 are infantry, 3,888 coast artillery, 3,689 field artillery, and 2,674 air corps.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Army Corps
Medical
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Air Corps
Flu Spreading In Pacific Northwest Epidemic in Washington Oregon
A mild influenza outbreak spreading from California to the Pacific Northwest. Washington and Oregon schools closed, Portland and Seattle report high absenteeism and several deaths, including a Portland widow and a Seattle police officer. California schools also closed. Stanford players weakened by after effects miss practice for the Rose Bowl.
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Associated Press
California
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Bellingham
Wash
Portland
C. L. Torry
Robert F. Baerman
Seattle
Hawaii
Santa Cruz County
Martinez
Stanford
Christmas trade boosts prosperity as 1941 outlook rises
New York December 14 Christmas trade raised a prosperity note as defense pay rolls fed consumer buying in steel, motor, textile and other centers. Dun & Bradstreet reports holiday turnover in many cities at multi-year highs, with national income seen near 1929 peaks and 1941 defense spending lifting prospects. The AP cotton mill index climbs, supporting overall brisk retail activity and rising industrial output.
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New York
U. S. Commerce
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
John W. Hanes
the Treasury
Congress of American Industry
Associated Press
Hassell Enlists in Naval Training at Long Beach
Victor G. Hassell son of Mr and Mrs Ben Hassell of Roswell New Mexico is enrolled in Primary Flight Training at the Naval Reserve Aviation Base Long Beach California having begun November 15 The 30 day course leads to advanced training at Pensacola Florida a commission in the U S Naval Reserve and assignment to a Navy Aviation Squadron for active flight duty
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Victor G. Hassell
Ben Hassell
Roswell
Naval Reserve Aviation Base
Long Beach
California
Hassell
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Florida
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy
Weather Conditions From Central Plains To Atlantic Coast
Rain and snow persisted across the central and southern Plains eastward to the Atlantic coastal area. Heaviest precipitation along the Texas coast and parts of Alabama, with light snow in central districts between mountains and Mississippi. Ice glaze in north Texas drizzle. cold in the plains, Pueblo at 18 below zero. Travel east of the mountains likely hazardous tonight. Cleve Hallenbeck.
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Southern Plains
Atlantic
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Colorado
New Mexico
Grande Valley
Ohio Valley
Pueblo
Canada
Pecos Valley
Roswell
Cleve Hallenbeck
Praise for New Mexico Ports of Entry staffing cotton labor
J A Tadlock placement supervisor of the Bureau of Employment Security praised the Ports of Entry at Tatum Texico and Loving for directing transient workers to farmers in cotton areas. He noted signs at ports guiding workers to stop for information and that surveys of transient labor will continue to aid planning future farming activity.
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J. A. Tadlock
Alburgerque
Bureau of Employment Security
New Mexico
Tatum
Texico
Loving
Tadiock
Tadlock
Roswell Chamber Displays Scenic Points in Window
The Roswell Chamber of Commerce presents a display of pictures featuring scenic points in and around Roswell. The exhibit highlights local landscapes and attractions in the display window for visitors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Two Congressmen At Large May Come
Washington dispatch notes that New Mexico may gain a second representative in 1943, risking both seats being at large if redistricting fails. Census officials cite New York Connecticut Ohio Oklahoma and North Dakota as cases with at large representatives, a logic based system rather than statute, as 435 members cover about 300,128 people each.
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Washington
New Mexico
Lewis Deschler
House of Representatives
Deschler
Census Bureau
New York
Connecticut
Ohio
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Ilinois
Funeral services set for Columbus Carr Roswell pioneer
Columbus R Carr longtime Roswell resident and architect died Friday at his niece's home after a brief illness. Services are Monday at 2 pm at Talmage Memorial Chapel with Rev LeRoy Thompson, choir from Presbyterian Church. B P O E will host at South Park. Carr resided in Roswell since 1894 and helped build the city. He is survived by two brothers and a sister and a niece Mrs Joe Walker who arrived from Tennessee.
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Columbus
Charlie) R. Carr
Talmage Memorial Chapel
LeRoy Thompson
Presbyterian Church
Phil Helmig
D. N. Pope
Frank Marks
Gil N. Amis
F. I. Sullens
Frank Standhardat
South Park
Carr
Roswell
Joe Walker
Mr. Carr
Tennessee
Food Stamp Plan Discussed At County Meeting
A Monday night meeting in the district court room at 8 oclock will explain federal food stamp handling to all county food dealers. E B Wynne of the surplus marketing administration will outline the plan aimed at moving surplus farm foods for human consumption, with families receiving orange stamps and blue stamps for redeeming commodities. Retailers and wholesalers are urged to attend to start the program smoothly and ensure reimbursement through the surplus marketing administration.
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Chaves
E. B. Wynne
Surplus Marketing Administration
Infant Shirley Ann Miles Dies in Roswell
Shirley Ann Miles infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miles died shortly after midnight. The Roswell family, longtime residents, lived on East College. Survived by brother Billy and sister Margaret Lee. Funeral held at 3:30 p.m. with Avis Wiggins of Church of Christ officiating. Interment at South Park. Talmage Mortuary directed.
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Shirley Ann
J. W. Miles
Miles
Roswell
East College
Billy
Margaret Lee
Avis Wiggins
Church of Christ
South Park
Talmage
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Claude Simpson
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G. K. Richardson
Jake Hinch
Baldwin
Aldwin
Ginsberg Music Co
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