Germany Controls Rumania As New Troops Move In
Nazi leaders in Romania accelerate war production as German troops, tanks, and equipment pour through Hungary into Romania. Baron von Killinger appointed to govern Romania, signaling possible Nazi control. Britain doubles Dover coast guards amid Balkan troop movements and a possible Axis showdown with Soviet Russia.
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Rumania
Budapest
Hungary
Balkan
Mihai
Balkans
Bucharest
Galati
Manfred von Killinger
Slovakia
Romania
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Danube
Greece
Turkey
Near East
Britain
Dover
Corfu
Ionian Sea
High Command
Orkney Islands
George VI
President Urged Do All Possible Defeat Axis Powers
Washington December 26 The White House disclosed that over 150 prominent Americans including editors lawyers authors educators actors and religious and labor leaders urged President Roosevelt to pursue every means necessary to ensure the defeat of the Axis powers. The letter argued against appeasement and reflected a strong public desire for decisive action in the war effort.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Kidnaper Tries Death by Own Action in San Quentin
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich, serving a life term for kidnapping 3 year old Marc De Tristan, attempted suicide in his San Quentin cell by cutting his wrist but fainted. Warden Clinton Duffy said the inmate was rushed to the hospital where Dr. L. L. Stanley reported a non life threatening wound and that he was not in danger.
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San Quentin
Cailif
Wilhelm Jakob Muhlenbroich
Marc de Tristan
Clinton Duffy
Muhlenbroich
L. L. Stanley
Christmas Liquor Brings Big Roswell Police Court Docket
Roswell residents faced a heavy police court docket after Christmas liquor incidents. A G Sargent faced drunk driving charges from an accident by Katy's Cafe, pled not guilty, trial date pending. Others were fined for drunk driving or drunkenness, with several individuals jailed or facing hearings.
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Roswell
A. G. Sargent
Katy
North Main
Alma Jo McCarthy
Sargent
Juan Mendoso
Ée Trinidad Cardona
Eloy Analla
Dee Molena
Estanislau Cardona
Ralph Clardy
Mancus Cabilla
George W. Childress
Ed Romero
Augustus Garcia, Jr
Manuel Alvarez
J. P
Ray Gentry
Maurice Onzales
W. E. Swann
Swann
Thunderbird Found Near Historic Apache Village in New Mexico
An ancient thunderbird carving, sacred to Navajos and other southwestern peoples, was found near the old Apache village in Dog Canyon of the Guadalupe Mountains by Bunyan and Shorty Kleghorn while trapping. The fetish, carved from blue limerock and about 12 to 17 inches tall, lies in an area with excavations dating 800 to 1000 years.
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Alamogordo, N. M
Dog Canyon
Guadalupe Mountains
Bunyan
Shorty Kleghorn
Former German steel man held in Cannes
Fritz Thyssen, German steel and armaments magnate, detained by French police in Cannes after losing German citizenship earlier, with holdings seized by Germany after he left the Reich on November 15, 1939. No charges disclosed. detention expected to await status decision.
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Cannes
France
Fritz Thyssen
Germany
Reich
Ten Missing In Heavy Seas On The Pacific Coast
Coast guard in sea and air search for 10 guardsmen missing after aiding the Stanwood 130 miles northwest of the Golden Gate. Two amphibian planes join cutters Ariadne and Shawnee as storms pound Oregon, Washington, and California with high winds and heavy surf.
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Coast Guard
Pacific
Stanwood
Golden Gate
Coast
Point Arena
Oregon
Washington
California
Canadian Line
Active
Puget Sound
City of Alberni
Cape Flattery
Stinson Beach
Redondo Beach
TWA President Denies Impending Marriage Plan
Phoenix dispatch reports Jack Frye, head of Trans continental and Western Air, visiting Mrs. Helen Vanderbilt to rest and recover from a cold. He denies any immediate marriage plans, stating they are just good friends. Frye's stay is described as indefinite after travel from Kansas City and El Paso. Vanderbilt, formerly Helen Warner, has recently divorced Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jack Frye
Transcontinental and Western Air
Helen Vanderbilt
TWA
Frye
el Paso
Kansas City
Vanderbilt
Holidays At The White House Party Honors Debutante
Holiday gaiety continues at the White House as the East Room is prepared for a debutante dance honoring Joan Morgenthau 17 daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury. She follows Eleanor Roosevelt as the second debutante to be featured in eight years. A young guest list will dine with the Roosevelts around the tall all white Christmas tree.
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Gayely
White House
Big East
Joen Morgenthau
Joan
Roosevelt
Quezon to Take Complete Rest Says Secretary
President Manuel Quezon plans a complete rest for several weeks in Manila after doctors advice. Secretary Jorge B. Vargas announced the plan. Unofficial but reliable sources say the president's condition is not serious.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Jorge B. Vargas
Obituary: Mrs. Josefita Ortiz de Davis Dies at 87
Mrs. Josefita Ortiz de Davis widow of Captain Sylvester Davis died yesterday in Galisteo New Mexico at 87. Funeral mass Friday morning burial in Galisteo. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Jose Ortiz y Pino and Mrs. Frank Leyba two sons George and Frank Davis and 52 grandchildren and 62 great grandchildren.
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Santa FE
Josefita Ortiz de Davis
Sylvester Davis
Galisteo
Jose Ortiz Y Pino
Frank Leyba
George
Frank Davis
New Mexico State Payroll Totals Over Six Million
The New Mexico Tax Bulletin reports a total state payroll of 6,041,977.36 for the 28th fiscal year ended June 30. Payroll costs rose slightly in the first half of 1940 compared with the last half of 1939, with about 4,000 workers on the rolls. The six month payroll was 3,074,194.33 for early 1940, based on reports to Secretary of State Jessie Gonzales.
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Sata FE
N. M
New Mexico
State Taxpayers’ Association
Jessie Gonzales
Association
The
New Mexico Tax Bulletin
Gonzales
Disagreeable Weather Here For Christmas
Roswell residents spent Christmas indoors as a northwest wind reached 42 miles per hour. A large Merry Christmas sign atop the 174 foot Institute library tower blew down but only three lamps broke. Fire damaged grass along Spring River and the Institute rock garden but could be repaired. A kitchen smoke incident caused no damage. A Continental Airlines flight over the Roswell Hobbs Carlsbad loop was canceled due to dust but resumed today.
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Weather Bureau
Institute
Pearson
Institute Rock Garden
Col. Pearson
Spring River
Kentucky
Paul Schultz
North Kentucky
Continental Airlines
Roswell- Hobbs
Carlsbad
el Paso
City Council Sets Special Meeting on Airport Project
A special council meeting is scheduled for 5 pm to act on a resolution binding the city to cooperate with the Civil Aeronautics Authority in a $150,000 airport improvement program under the national defense plan. The measure would align city actions with the CAA and resolve related legal matters.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Defense Program
American dies in city of Rome
Chester Holmes Aldrich, 69, of New York City and director of the American Academy in Rome since 1935, died in Rome today. A Providence, Rhode Island native, he previously served as director-general of civil affairs for the American Red Cross commission to Italy from 1917 to 1919.
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Rome
Chester Holmes Aldrich
New York City
American Academy In
Providence
R. I
Aldrich
American Red Cross Commission
Italy
Dexter Resident Fatally Injured Aut crash death near Durant
Earl Green aged 23 of Dexter New Mexico died from injuries after being struck by an automobile at Colbert south of Durant on Christmas Eve. The accident occurred earlier that week and the fate was reported today.
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Durant
Okla
Earl Green
Dexter, N. M
Colbert
Here
Christmas Day Toll Rises With 390 Violent Deaths
A holiday toll of at least 390 violent deaths was recorded across the nation on Christmas Day with 273 fatalities from traffic accidents on Christmas Eve and Day and 109 other deaths from personal crises, fires, poisons, explosions, drownings, stabbings, and asphyxiation. New York led states with 41 deaths, among 48 states and the District of Columbia reporting totals.
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Associated Press
District of Columbia
New York
Class Plan Of Conscription Not At Present
Washington December 26 AP officials said discussions on restricting conscription to 21 year olds are premature by at least three years. They warn such a plan would skew casualties toward 21 year olds in future wars and note the current draft law covers men ages 21 to 36 for manpower and flexibility.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Mrs Rigdon Called by Father's Death in Kansas
Mrs Floyd Rigdon wife of the Daily Current Argus publisher left for Anthony Kansas last night after the death of her father William Allison Pollock 76 year old southern Kansas pioneer Funeral services are pending Pollock is survived by four daughters three sons and his wife
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Carlsbad
N. M
Floyd Rigdon
Daily Current Argus
Thony
Kansas
William Allison
Pollock
Rigdon
Dr Arthur White Stricken With Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dr Arthur S White head of New Mexico University Department of Government and Citizenship and supervisor of the State Merit System Council suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on Christmas afternoon in Albuquerque His condition was described as critical and he was rushed to a hospital for treatment
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arthur S. White
New Mexico University Department of Government and Citizenship
State Merit System Council
Christmas at Carrie Tingley Hospital in New Mexico
In Hot Springs New Mexico on December 25 Santa Claus distributed stockings and meals at Carrie Tingley Hospital for crippled children. Officials called it the greatest Christmas the children ever had with Mrs. Carrie Tingley, wife of the former governor, as Santa. A turkey dinner and a Christmas carol moving picture were shown in the afternoon.
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Hot Springs
N. M
Santa
Carrie Tingley
Santa Claus
President Roosevelt to Speak on Aid to Britain on Radio
White House secretary Stephen Early said President Roosevelt will be very specific about aid to Britain in Sunday night radio remarks but will not provide any figures or data useful to other nations. The address from the White House will air on three national chains from 9:30 to 10 p.m. EST.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Britain
Stephen Early
Fire at Canadian naval barracks kills sailors
In an East Coast Canadian port, a blaze destroyed three wooden naval barracks early today. The complex housed 350 men, and rescuers fear several sailors remain missing after witnesses reported some were still sleeping in hammocks when the fire broke out.
British Guard Coasts Tighten During Christmas Truce
British guards along the channel coast doubled today amid fears of a German strike. Soldiers and sailors showed ID at barricades while Beach patrols and cliff watch kept Dover under tight observation as an unofficial Christmas truce held. no German planes crossed the coast by 2 p.m. local time.
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Associated Press
Britain
Channel
Strait of
Dover
London
Washington
Berlin
Daniel Frohman Dies After Fall at 89 in New York
New York December 26 Daniel Frohman 89 famed dean of American stage producers died at 7 15 am EST today in Le Roy Sanitarium from complications after a fall. He had been in the sanitarium since November 4 after breaking his lip in a hotel fall. Frohman helped shape numerous stage stars and remained a national leader in theater circles despite years of inactivity.
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New York
Daniel Frohman
LeRoy Sanitarium
Frohman
American Theater
Lyceum Theatre
Charles Frohman
Luistania
Footlight Folk
Lions Club Santa project aids 2100 local children
The Lions Club completed its annual Christmas toy project delivering gifts to about 2100 children with Boy Scouts assisting. One family was missed initially but toys were delivered later that afternoon. Firemen helped repair and repaint donated toys, and other groups distributed food and clothing to hundreds more local children.
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Boy Scouts
Lions
Frank Young, Jr
Salvation Army
Rotary Club
More Lighted Homes Are Reported
Dozens of homes join the Christmas lighting campaign but remain unreported to the Chamber of Commerce. A special committee urges all households with outdoor lighting to phone the chamber at No 86. Ballots for best lighting in six districts and the best school are arriving. non members may vote by obtaining a ballot at the chamber.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Hears Two Good Talks Today
Claude Simpson spoke on the war’s impact and Rotary bans in totalitarian countries, while Reed Harlan explained scientific progress and its future meaning. Walden Bassett briefly spoke as Winston Daniel became a member, with the meeting led by President Fulbright.
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Roswell
Former movie star Agnes Ayres dies at 42
Agnes Ayres, once a leading silent screen actress, died Christmas day of a cerebral hemorrhage after a long illness. She starred with Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in The Affairs Of Anatol and The Sheik. Surviving daughter Maria, 15, with her ex husband S Manuel Renchi in Mexico City. Ayres previously married Capt. Frank P. Schuker.
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Hollywood
Fionde
Agnes Ayres
Miss Ayres
Gloria Swanson
Wallace Reid
Anatol
Rudolph Valentino
Aliens Must Register by Midnight in Nationwide Drive
Washington reports a four month program to register and fingerprint every alien in the United States and possessions ends tonight at midnight. Non-citizens face a $1000 fine and six months prison for noncompliance, officials say. Over 4.2 million registrations received, with several hundred thousand more expected before close.
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Washington
United States
Would Miss Something Would Miss Something
Tom Blair assistant manager of Yucca Pecos Theaters says he reads classified ads. He believes everyone reads classifieds to avoid missing notices and opportunities.
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Tom Blair
Yucca-Pecos
Mr. Blair
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