Claude Hobbs To Retire From Banking Role In Roswell
Claude Hobbs longtime First National Bank of Roswell vice president will retire from active banking on December 31 health reasons prompting the step He plans to divide time between his Roswell home and Lea County ranch and may stay connected to the bank in a nonactive capacity The bank stockholders meeting is set for January 14 with directors to be elected and officers named for the coming year.
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Claude Hobbs
First National Bank of
Hobbs
Roswell
Lea County
New Mexico
First National Bank
Lions to Deliver Toys to 2100 Roswell Children on Christmas Morning
The Roswell Lions Club will bring Christmas to 2100 children tomorrow morning. Toys are prepared for boys and girls by age and neighborhood, delivered early with Boy Scout help. Frank Young Jr leads the toy project, returning to home delivery after years of at the fairgrounds distribution.
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Roswell
Lions
Boy Scouts
Fairgrounds
Frank Young, Jr
Toy Project
To Open Bids Dec 27 For Gravelling Mescalero Road
Bids will be opened December 27 for gravelling the new road through the Mescalero Apache Indian reservation on U S Highway 70. The highway department plans blacktopping across 18 miles with work starting when weather allows. The same applies to ten miles between Hondo and Lincoln on U S Highway 380.
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U. S. Highway 70
Highway Department
Hondo
Lincoln
Knights Templar Christmas Service at Masonic Temple
The Knights Templar will assemble at the Masonic Temple at 9:30 on Christmas morning for their traditional service. Claude Hobbs will preside as in past years, and the event is expected to draw attendance from Roswell and nearby communities.
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Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Claude Hobbs
Roswell
Giant Poinsettia in Lights at Roswell Floral Co
The Roswell Floral Company on North Atkinson displays a 20 foot tall poinsettia outlined in lights with a 12 foot diameter flower. Stig Santheson led the effort, acknowledging the work involved and praising the result.
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Roswell Floral CO
Roswell
Roswell Floral Company
North Atkinson
Stig Santheson
McCarthy Refuses Comment on State Primary Law Changes
Frank J. McCarthy of Hagerman said he would not express personal views on proposed changes to the state primary law. He argued a presiding officer should remain neutral if elected speaker, to avoid influencing matters that could come before the house.
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Frank J. McCarthy
Hagerman
House
McCarthy
Blackouts And Air Raids Color Xmas News Across Europe
War news from Europe mixes hard combat with Christmas touches as Greece fights Italians in Albania and Libya see desert advances. King George VI will deliver his Christmas broadcast to the empire while civilian life shows restricted greenery in Germany and rationing limits joy.
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Associated Press
Europe
Pope Pius
Albania
Libya
Mussolini
Britain
George VI
Dominions
Germany
Rome
Christmas Day In Bomb Torn London
Milo M Thompson recalls a London suburb on Christmas last year during a blackout. Voices drift through darkness as no lantern lights the street and doors stay closed. The mood is cautious yet hopeful as song rises in silence.
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London
Milo M. Thompson
New York
Northeastern US quake marks second in five days
A quake rattled the northeastern United States and parts of Canada, the second in five days. Shocks from Long Island to Quebec caused minor damage such as toppled ornaments and rattled dishes, with chimneys toppled in Center Ossipee New Hampshire and a rare tile gargoyle toppled at the Peabody Museum in Salem. Seismologists at Harvard and Weston College linked today’s tremor to regional crustal movement, noting similar depth and timing to last Friday’s event.
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Boston
United States
Canada
Ontario
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Quebec
Ossipee
N. H
Peabody Museum
Salem
Mass
Michael J. Ahern
S. J
Weston College
Fr. Ahern
Changes Sought In Farm Benefits
Northrop Aircraft Corp will cut 2000 workers' daily hours by 20 percent due to a aluminum shortage. Lamotte T. Cohn, general manager, said shifts drop from 10 to 8 hours daily with Hawthorne plant moving from a 20 hour schedule to 16 hours. The defense contractor says aluminum shortage limits production amid national defense demand.
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Los Angeles
Northrop Aircraft Corps
National Defense
Lamotte T. Cohn
Hawthorne
Cohu
Defense cuts linked to aluminum shortage loom
Washington reports house agriculture leaders chairman Fulmer of South Carolina and Rep. Hope of Kansas foresee major farm benefits changes due to war effects and shrinking foreign markets. They cite rising wages and surplus growth as factors pressuring compensating adjustments for all crop producers, especially exports.
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Washington
Congress
Fulmer
DSC
Rep
Hope
R-Kans
House Agriculture Committee
Fish Planted in New Mexico National Forests
The agriculture department announced that 1 522 000 fish were planted in New Mexico National forests lakes and streams during 1939. Forest Service surveys showed fishing ranked second to sightseeing among visitors to national forests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Mexico National Forests
Department
Forest Service
National
Pope Pius XII urges five moral victories for postwar world
In a Christmas Eve message to the College of Cardinals, Pope Pius XII proposed a fivefold moral foundation for a new world order in postwar Europe. He urged sincere political and economic solidarity to prevent the order from becoming an external force imposed by advantage, detailing victories over hatred mistrust the notion that might makes right economic maladjustment and cold egoism. The Vatican broadcast the remarks as part of Christmas greetings.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Europe
Fire at Springer Boy's School Destroys Garage and Shop
A Sunday fire at the Boy's Industrial School in Springer New Mexico destroyed an adobe garage and machine shop with a $5000 loss. Trustees say insurance covers the damage. Two employee cars burned, trucks saved. Cause blamed on faulty wiring. Springer fire department and inmates fought the blaze.
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Springer, N. M
James S. Zukic
Zukie
Springer Fire Department
Dwyre Can Fire and Hire Is Ruling in New Mexico
State highway engineer Burton Dwyre may hire and fire as he pleases provided politics do not enter decisions, per a U S civil service commission ruling. The commission answered Dwyre's inquiry about discharging an employee and replacing with a politically approved worker following a party chairman’s recommendation.
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Santa FE
N. M
Burton Dwyre
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Dwyre
Invasion Ports Bombed by British Airmen
British warplanes bombed invasion ports Boulogne Dunkerque and Ostend during the night and attacked Ludwigshaven junction point linking Saar basin with Italy. Raids targeted industrial sites in the Rhineland. One raider reportedly went down at sea with crew missing. Meanwhile Nazi night raiders pressed a heavy attack on England's industrial areas.
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London
Lugdigshaven
Saar Basin
Italy
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Boulogne
Dunkerque
France
Ostend
Belgium
Germany
England
Bardia Fortified as British Press Onward
Edward Kennedy reports from Bardia on December 22 as British forces tighten the encirclement of the Libyan port. Italian defenders fight desperately to hold the town while Italian air activity rises to counter the advance, with bombardment from land, sea, and air.
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Edward Kennedy
Bardia
Tydings Suggests US Seek Axis Briton Peace Terms
Senator Tydings proposes the United States ask Great Britain and the Axis powers for a statement of terms to end the European war. A just peace, he argues, would restore the political sovereignty of Norway Denmark the Netherlands Belgium and France with possible creation of wholly independent states. He says such a statement would let the US judge any real basis for negotiations and guide its course.
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Washington
Tydings
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Sunny Christmas in New Mexico Amid Parties and Gifts
Sunny skies with clouds mark New Mexico’s Christmas day amid religious services and holiday events statewide. No white Christmas, temperatures above normal, little rain or snow. Albuquerque hosts a large youth party in Rio Grande Park. Hobbs sees a Christmas tree gift drive. Mrs. Clyde Tingley again plays Santa at Carrie Tingley Hospital in Hot Springs with toys from local groups.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Continental Divide
Hobbs
Clyde Tingley
Santa Claus
Carrie Tingley
Mexicans Oppose Duty Free Zone
Mexico City reports continued opposition to frontier duty free zones with the National Association of Industries urging the Senate to defeat pending legislation. The National Chamber of Commerce and other groups warn the plan harms domestic industries and could spur illegal activity in affected zones.
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Mexico City
United States
National Association of Industries
Senate
National Chamber of Commerce
Fire Threat to Camp Camino Cabins Doused by Firemen
A fire in a vacant lot behind Camp Camino threatened cabins this morning but was extinguished before damage occurred. Earlier, firefighters responded to an East 5th alarm that proved to be a false report.
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Camp Camino
East 5Th
Mussolini Replies To Churchill On War Unity
Italy will continue the war on all fronts until victory the government announced the regime and people are one no British propaganda can divide them Churchill urged Italians to overthrow Mussolini and seek peace a Christmas message from King Vittorio Emanuele praised Italy's armed forces and bolstered resolve.
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Associated Press
Walther von Brauchitsch
Germany
English
London
Adolf Hitler
England
Fuehrer
von Brauchitsch
Berlin
Britain
Mussolini
North Africa
Bardia
Libya
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Rome
Italy
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Churchill
Vittorio Emanuele
Marriage Licenses for Arnold Steel and Nancy Robinson
Arnold Steel and Nancy Robinson, both of Roswell, have obtained marriage licenses.
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Arnold Steel and
Nancy Robinson
Roswell
Last Day For Alien Registration In Roswell
December 26 is the final day for aliens to register under federal law. Roswell postmaster Mary McCullough reminds all aliens to register at the local post office by Thursday December 26 or face up to a $1000 fine or six months in jail or both. Alien children under 14 must be registered by parents or guardians but are not fingerprinted.
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Mary McCullough
Roswell
Goose returns after Bailey’s ad in Record classifieds
Bill Bailey planned a Christmas goose dinner but the goose escaped Friday evening. He placed a classified ad in the Record on Saturday night and the goose was returned within hours, ensuring a fine dinner for Bailey and his family.
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Bill Bailey
Bailey
Bill
Record
Baileys
Christmas Goose Brings Seasonal Cheer to Classifieds
A festive note shares that the classi fied section ends the year with a tale of catching a goose for Christmas dinner. It wishes friends a merry Christmas and acknowledges the holidays as a time for generosity and good cheer.
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Classified
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