Fall of Bardia Seen Imminent Amid Heavy Bombardment
Cairo dispatch says Gen Wavell prepared final assault on Bardia as British air power and artillery steadily pressure about 20 000 Italian troops. British headquarters reported the situation unchanged while RAF targeted Italian air bases to the west. Nearby Klisura in Albania sees fierce Greek Italian fighting in a heavy snowstorm with both sides reporting heavy losses. A Japanese flagged sea raider shelled Nauru as German long range guns hit Dover Hell's Corner.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Archibald P. Wavell
Royal Air Force
Athens
Klisura
Albania
Associated Press
Nauru
South Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
Dover
Hell’s Corner
London
Pacific
U S Budget For 1941 Expected to Be 16 Billions
Washington officials expect President Roosevelt to propose a defense budget near 10 billion dollars for the 1941 year, with total outlays around 16 billion dollars including defense. Aiming to cut nondefense spending, officials project an 8 billion revenue guess and potential taxes to cover a possible deficit. Morgenthau hints at new levies and a tax bill of about 1 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
Lehman Urges Firms To Produce Defense Materials
New York Governor Herbert Lehman calls manufacturers of non essential goods to shift immediately to defense material production in a letter to William S Knudsen. He asks the National Defense Commission chairman to marshal full support for the plan.
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Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Phone Employes Hurt in Accident Near Clovis
Four Mountain States Telephone Company workers were hospitalized after a pickup crash 28 miles west of Clovis Thursday night. Raymond Witt 25 of Raton has a broken neck though stable. J R Manning from Colorado Springs bruised but unharmed. Jack Morris of Raton has a fractured ankle and facial and back lacerations. W R Seay 39 of El Paso suffered seven broken ribs and is in critical condition. Kowpinta reported improved.
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Clovis
Mountain States Telephone Company
Raymond Witt
Raton
J. R. Manning
Colorado Springs
Jack Morris
W. R. Seay
el Paso
Kowpinta
Flu and Pneumonia Spread Report in New Mexico
State health director J R Scott reports twenty new influenza cases and twenty two pneumonia cases since Monday across New Mexico. Sierra County leads influenza with 17 cases while Bernalillo San Miguel and Santa Fe counties report one each. Pneumonia totals include eight in Luna County and cases scattered in Sierra Lea San Miguel Bernalillo McKinley Chaves and Grant.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
J. R. Scott
State Health Department
Sierra County
Bernalillo
San Miguel
Lura County
Sierra
Lea
McKinley
Chaves
Grant
Mrs House Dies in New York Widow of Col House
Mrs Loulie Hunter House 81 widow of Col Edward M House died last night in New York City She was associated with President Wilson during World War I years and was the widow of the late colonel and Wilson confidant.
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New York
Loulie Hunter House
Col
Edward M. House
Wilson
Christmas Lighting Contest Voting Urged in Roswell
Roswell residents are urged to vote in the Christmas lighting contest with $118 in cash prizes provided by the Chamber of Commerce. Ballots have been mailed to members and available to non members at the chamber. Each household may cast one ballot with votes for lighted homes in each district and the schools. Ballot deadline is 9 o'clock next Thursday morning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Oil and Gas Leases Filed in Chaves County
Leases in eastern Chaves county along with assignments to Phillips Petroleum Company were filed in the county clerk’s office. No immediate development planned. Leases are 5-year U.S. Interior Department items in townships 30 and 31 east, ranges 11 to 14 south, near a wildcat drill by Walter Elliott about 40 miles east of Roswell. Named lessees include Jack E. Moore, Howard B. Averill, James Q. Marshall, Albert Hanny Jr., Willis Ford, Floyd Childress, Howard Buchly, Henry Wilkinson, Payne Sears, O. W. Hedgecoxe, Walter A. Nicholas Jr., Steve Crosby, Frank P. Condra, J. C. McCauley, Laura H. Cahoon, Fay Porter, E. J. Williams, Lydia A. Peck, Lyman A. Sanders, C. E. Smith, and E. G. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Phillips Petroleum Company
Walter Elliott
Roswell
U. S. Department of Interior
Chaves
Jack E. Moore
Howard B. Averill
James Q. Marshall
Albert Hanny, Jr
Willis Ford
Floyd Childress
Howard Buchly
Henry Wilkinson
Payne Sears
O. W. Hedgecoxe
Walter A. Nicholas, Jr
Sea Raider Under Japanese Colors Attacks Nauru
Melbourne reports a sea raider sailing with a Japanese name and flag heavily shelled Nauru shortly after daybreak. Prime Minister Menzies calls the attack a grave crime under a League mandate, noting Nauru’s phosphates and its undefended status. No casualties reported.
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Melbourne
Australia
Nauru
Robert G. Menzies
Equator
Hawaii
London
Menzies
Pacific
League of Nations
Britain
Gulf Storm Brings Deaths and Injuries Across Florida
A Gulf of Mexico disturbance triggered wind and rain across the Florida peninsula causing one death and three injuries. Fireman Robert L. Knight, 28, was electrocuted by a downed power line in Fort Lauderdale, while Homer G. Edenfield, 32, suffered shocks saving him. A tornado near Pomona Park injured three and damaged buildings. Bunell tourist camp and Palatka communications disruptions reported. Bejucal Cuba reports 10 dead and about 200 injured from cyclonic disturbances. A windstorm in Veracruz state felled trees and power and telegraph lines near Cordoba and Orizaba.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Robert L. Knight
Fort Lauderdale
Homer G. Edenfield
Pomona Park
Bunell
Palatka
Bejucal
Cuba
Mexico
Mexico City
Cordoba
Orizaba
Veracruz
New Wildcat Well Under Drill in Chaves County
A wildcat oil well named Elliott State No. 1 is being drilled by Lawrence Elliott of Roswell in eastern Chaves County about 40 miles east of Roswell. The well, spudded in section 16 11S 31E, receives support from Atlantic Oil Phillips Petroleum and Pure Oil. It lies four miles south of the Wayside Filling Station on the Roswell Tatum highway and will be drilled to 4600 feet. Other wells in the county include R I Wilson No 1 Brown near Roswell and Roxana No 1 Franks northeast of Roswell, with several more located east of Hagerman and Lake Arthur.
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Lawrence Elliott
Roswell
Chaves County
Elliott State
El Paso men die in Mexico car crash near Juarez
Fred Lopez once reputed overloard of the old south El Paso restricted district and two companions were killed when their car crashed into a cottonwood tree four miles south of Juarez Mexico. Raul Valverde 27 from Los Angeles and Juana Francisca Brutia 27 also died. Venacio Betancourt 40 and an unidentified woman were injured.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fred Lopez
Juarez
Mexico
Raul Valverde
Los Angeles
Juana Francisca Brutia
Venacio Betancourt
Tucumcari Editor Named For Daily News Post
Lomer Nelson was chosen today by publishers Richard Hindley and Earl Gray as editor of the Tucumcari Daily News succeeding Stu Morrison. Nelson, formerly on the Clovis News-Journal staff, previously worked for the Sweetwater Reporter in Texas and is a Texas Tech graduate.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Lomer Nelson
Richard Hindley
Earl Gray
Tucumcari Daily News
Stu Morrison
Nelson
Clovis News-Journal
Sweetwater
Tex
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Why Hitler Sends Big Force Into the Balkans
In this analysis Dewitt Mackenzie argues Hitler shifts troops into the Balkans to forestall a potential Russian move as he plans an invasion of Britain. The piece notes air power as crucial and warns time is tightening on Hitler’s best chance for fast victory.
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Hitler
Balkans
Dewitt Mackenzie
Herr Hitler
Romania
England
Fuehrer
Nazifuehrer
Primary Law Is Here to Stay Is Armijo's Idea
Santa Fe New Mexico December 27 state Senator George W Armijo said the state primary election law in its present form is here to stay and warned against any abridgment. He urged date changes and said amendments should win support from both major parties. Armijo, former House speaker, said he would not seek Democratic floor leader and floated Burton Roach as a replacement.
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Santa FE
N. M
George W. Armijo
Armijo
Senate
Burton Roach
Sierra County
Cio Plan Aims 500 Warplanes Daily
President Roosevelt said the CIO plan to pool auto industry facilities to produce 500 pursuit planes a day was under serious consideration. The plan, submitted by CIO president Philip Murray and drafted by Walter Reuther of GM division UAW, is being studied at the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CIO
White House
Philip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Pipeline Co Plans 100 Percent Tank Table For Oil
The Texas New Mexico Pipe line Company will adopt on January 2 a 100 per cent tank table to measure oil moved from New Mexico, raising credit and payment by two percent from the current 98 per cent. Don R. Casados said the interstate firm is the first pipeline to adopt the table, already approved as state regulation last April, and will conform to state rules where feasible despite its interstate business.
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Santa FE
N. M
Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company
New Mexico
Don R. Casados
Texas- New Mexico Company
Capitol Roof Ready for Session as Repairs Begin
Washington Dec 27 The house and senate chambers, vacated while roofs were strengthened, will be ready for the new congress opening next Friday. The work is temporary and a network of steel girders will clutter both rooms, with permanent repairs planned after a recess.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Peace Peace Talks Not Answered by Roosevelt
Roosevelt avoided comment on senatorial demands for a European peace inquiry saying he had no news. White House aides said the Sunday radio address would be clear on aid to Britain but not include any figures. Congress opposition to aid to Britain surfaced with Senator McCarran advocating real neutrality and a bloc supporting antiwar policy. A telegram drive urged measures to defeat the Axis. Roosevelt declined to comment at the press conference.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Britain
Congress
McCarran
D-New
Senate
Johnson
D-Cole
Bad Auto Accident Near Hot Springs New Mexico
Mary Dawson of Cantuillo Texas suffers fractured skull back injury and severe cuts after a Christmas night auto wreck at Hot Springs New Mexico. Charles Good of El Paso with a crushed chest and R A Slayton also of El Paso on leave from Lowry Field both injured when the car overturned in a strong cross wind. Good described picking up Slayton at Los Lunas for a ride to El Paso for the holidays.
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Hot Springs
N. M
Mary Dawson
Canutillo
Tex
Charles Good
el Paso
R. A. Slayton
Lowry Field
Good
Slayton
Los Lunas
Slow House Session Leads to Short Day in Dull Holiday Run
Washington dispatch notes a 12 minute session with 28 members present as the House shuffled through business during Christmas, Speaker Sam Rayburn away. Rep. Cole stood in for the absent Rayburn, followed by Rep. Ramspeck substituting for the substitute.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Rep
Cole
D-Md
Ramspeck
D-62
Rayburn
Funeral rites held for Agnes Ayres actress in Hollywood
Friends gathered in Hollywood today to honor Agnes Ayres, 42, screen star who died Christmas day after a long illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services and cremation followed at the Hollywood Chapel.
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Hollywood
Agnes Ayres
Hollywood Chapel
Tularosa Movie Girl Visits Home
TULAROSA NEW MEXICO DEC 27 Jane Clayton of the movies heads a reunion of Tularosa high school classmates of 1935 at Tularosa Methodist church Sunday morning Professor Chase Webb who led the 1935 music department will direct a program by the class, other students, and the Rev F J Johnston Miss Clayton and her husband Russell Hayden and their baby are visiting her parents for the holidays.
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Tularosa
N. M
Jane Clayton
Tularosa Methodist Church
Chase Webb
F. J. Johnston
Fire destroys Cloudcroft new gymnasium
Alamogordo New Mexico December 27. A fire of undetermined origin last night destroyed the Cloudcroft school gymnasium despite efforts by mountain residents and CCC enrollees. The blaze spread too fast for volunteers to save the building but did not reach the heating plant that also housed a classroom. Started two years ago as a WPA project, the gym was completed by the school district and carried $800 in insurance.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Cloudcroft
CCC
Wyoming to train workers in traveler courtesy this spring
Wyoming state departments will run three day schools in at least 26 communities during March and April to teach waiters hotel clerks filling station operators and others how to answer travelers questions. The program aims to improve courtesy and helpfulness to visitors across the state.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Wyoming
Roswell City Adopts Airport Development Resolution
At a 5 PM special meeting the city council adopted a resolution at the request of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The plan covers Roswell Municipal Airport defense work with $150,000 from the CAA and WPA construction starting January 6. The city agrees to title, maintenance, operation, protect aerial approaches, cooperate in construction, and hold the United States harmless from any damages.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Roswell
United States
Congress mulls tapping phone wires in espionage cases
Senators Schwartz and Gurney said a recommendation to permit federal agents to tap telephone lines of suspected persons in espionage sabotage sedition and kidnapping cases is being studied by an interstate commerce subcommittee investigating wiretapping.
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Washington
Congress
Schwartz
D-Wye
Gurney
R-S. D
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Classifieds Prove News Value Says Moran
C A Moran of New Mexico Transportation Company praises the classified section as thoroughly newsy and routinely valuable for profit, stating he reads it regularly and finds no other part of the paper beats classifieds for news.
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C. A. Moran
The
New Mexico Transportation Company
Classified readers gain from steady coverage and tips
Sanctioned comment on loyalty and routine reading emphasizes the value of regular classifieds. The note reinforces trust in the newspaper’s market and community notices, highlighting consistent attention to local ads.
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Gulf Storm
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Brown
Roxana Oil Co
Franks
H. J. Steinberger
Headley
Hagerman
Helm and Martin
Lake Arthur
Pecos
Ernest Malone
George Clements
Picacho
Cid
Defense Commission
Capitol
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