Vast Nazi Forces Mobilized As London Fire Flares Up
Associated Press report describes a large Nazi force mobilization amid the London fire bombing and accusations of a deliberate attempt to burn the capital. Balkan troop movements near Bulgaria and Romania raise fears of a broader winter war, with Hungary mobilizing and Russian activity noted. British air strikes target Germany and Naples, while the Bar dia siege in Libya gathers troops. At sea the Berwick engages raiders and sinks a German ship. Greek campaign in Albania stalls as snow hampers operations.
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Thames
London
Wall Street
Germany
Europe
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Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Black Sea
Hungary
Budapest
Balkans
Soviet
Russia
Hitler
Naples
Italy
North Africa
Bardia
Libya
Berwick
Baden
High Command
Snow
Albania
Roosevelt Speech Triggers Mixed World Reaction
President Roosevelt warned of an emergency comparable to war and urged ending business as usual. He linked U S security to Britain's eventual victory and pledged greater aid and mobilization. Reactions abroad ranged from praise in London to cautious statements in Berlin and Rome, with Japan hinting at continued backing for China.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
London
Berlin
Rome
United States
Virginio Gayda
I Gironale D’italia
Gayda
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Washington
Britain
Weather forecast for the Southwest states
Weather forecast covers New Mexico Colorado Arizona and West Texas. Cloudy conditions with rain and snow show in western New Mexico and western Colorado while portions of Arizona see rain and snow mainly south and north regions. Temperatures remain mostly steady with light snow northwest portions and colder air in the extreme west tonight.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Deaths and funeral notices in Elida and Dora
Died at Elida Portales New Mexico on Saturday Rev T M Taylor former Methodist minister here died after paralysis since July funeral was to be held today at Melrose. T T Clark Roosevelt county farmer died here Saturday and services were held yesterday in Dora. He was 55.
Connally Back From Home With Deer Sighting
Senator Tom Connally reports his shooting eye is in top shape after returning to Washington from Texas. He said he bagged two deer with two shots while at home in Jack Garner's country, noting Garner was not with him.
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Washington
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Texas
Jack Garner
German Raiders In Attempt To Burn City London
London suffered the fiercest night raid of the war with Nazi bombs. The City district along the Strand showed widespread destruction and many landmarks damaged including the Guildhall and St Lawrence Jewry. The Associated Press building at 20 Tudor Street burned on impact. staff fought flames and relocated to a new office location.
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Associated Press
London
Strand
Guildhall
Christopher Wren
Dick Whittington
Tudor Street
City
Thames
Dr. Atwood Recalled by First Baptist Roswell
Dr. Julian Atwood, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Roswell for ten years, is called to return as pastor. He will conduct Wednesday’s service and decide soon if he accepts. He left in 1938 for Texarkana, where he has served nearly three years. Pulpit committee: J. Bennett Allison chair, Redman Cookson secretary, R. H. Carter, J. B. Savage, Mrs. J. J. Walker.
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Julian Atwood
First Baptist Church of
Roswell
Atwood
Texarkana
Texas
J. Bennett Allison
Redman Cookson
R. H. Carter
J. B. Savage
J. J. Walker
Mrs Vinson Dies in Texas at Lordsburg Couple
Mrs. Robert E. Vinson of Lordsburg New Mexico died in Woodlake Texas at her sister's home. Her husband, the former president of Texas University, Dr. Vinson, was at her bedside. The couple had lived in Lordsburg since his 1934 retirement after leading Texas University from 1916 to 1923 and Western Reserve University from 1924 onward.
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Woodlake
Tex
Robert E. Vinson
Lordsburg
N. M
Texas University
Vinson
Duke City Seeks Another Air Corps Unit
Albuquerque mayor Clyde Tingley announced the city will seek a second army air corps unit after the municipal airport air base contract is awarded this week. The 19th heavy bombardment group from March Field will join at a $1.2 million base beside the airport, with 100 homes for married NCOs to begin today.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clyde Tingley
Army Air Corps
March Field
Defense Making Headway At The Output Shows
Washington reports defense progress with monthly output rising to 2400 aircraft engines 700 planes over 10000 semi automatic rifles and 100 tanks. The defense program has employed about a million people in two months and expects several million more by next November. Contracts exceed ten billion dollars with nine tenths by army and navy including 3.3 billion for ships 1.5 billion for factory expansion and housing 1.5 billion for planes and parts 0.6 billion for ammunition and 0.5 billion for others.
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Washington
Defense Commission
Army
Navy
Burning of AP London Office Told by New AP Reporter
William W. White, a Boulder native who joined the London AP staff a month ago, recounts the destruction of the Associated Press building in last night’s London raid. The report opens with White describing planes over Eire as the raid unfolded and notes fire bombs streaking onto the roof.
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William W. White
Boulder
Colo
London
Associated Press
Eire
Ireland
Trigg Is Married In Raton Saturday Night
Honeymooning today were Mr and Mrs Ralph S Trigg married Saturday night in Raton Trigg is chairman of the state merit system commission and his wife the former Billie McCarley a stenographer at the unemployment compensation commission office here
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ralph S. Trigg
Raton
Trigg
State Merit System Commission
Billie McCarley
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Masons Invite Members to New Years Eve Dance
All Masons are cordially invited to attend the New Years Eve Dance at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday December 31 at 9 30 PM. Favors will be provided along with cider and other refreshments. The event is informal and visiting Masons will be welcome.
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Masonic Temple
Inductees Named for January Selective Service Call
The Chaves county men listed will enter a year of training and service under the second Selective Service call. Thirty-one of forty-one have been confirmed. ten depart January 7, ten January 14, ten January 21 and eleven January 27 for Santa Fe and Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Chaves County
Santa Fe
Fort Sill
Okla
Zatarano, Richard J
Hager
Important Federal Money Move Soon
Secretary Morgenthau said today an important monetary move would be taken soon by the Federal Reserve Board. He declined to hint at the exact action planned. The disclosure followed his meeting with Marriner Eccles and Lauchlin Currie to discuss economic policy.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Marriner S. Eccles
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
McGranahan Sentenced 60 Days for Drunk and Disorderly Act
In police court Archie McGranahan pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct and assault with words against Mrs. N A Fowler. He was sentenced to sixty days in jail.
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Archie McGranahan
N. A. Fowler
Work Began On Cemetery Project Today
A crew of forty men led by foreman Pat Lamontine started the W P A cemetery improvement project at South Park Cemetery in Roswell. The $87,972 program includes $56,950 from the W P A and $31,022 by the city, with work expected to span about three years and begin with piping water from the artesian supply to trees along the drive. The effort, pushed by the cemetery board and Mayor Hall in cooperation with the city council and engineers, aims to greatly beautify the cemetery.
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Pat Lamontine
South Park Cemetery
City of
Roswell
South Park
Cemetery Board
Mayor Hall
Lea Rowland
Dan H. Wilmot
J. P. White
Luella McGaffey Brown
E. G. Minton
Reed Mulkey
Chavez Heads to Capital for Congress Opening
Senator Dennis Chavez left here with his daughter Gloria and is en route to Washington to arrive in time for the opening of the upcoming session of Congress Friday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Dennis Chavez
Washington
Congress
New Mexico
Gloria
Local residents qualify for Rocky Mountain ski races
Ten residents of Albuquerque and vicinity qualified yesterday for the Rocky Mountain Association’s ski races to be held at La Madera winter sports area, east of Albuquerque, on January 25 and 26.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rocky Mountain Association
la Madera
Here
Soil payments top nine hundred thousand in New Mexico
An agricultural department report shows New Mexico received 889,201 in payments of 1,000 or more for soil conservation and domestic allotment program participation last year. The payments were for planting within acreage allotments and implementing land improvement practices. The report covered a two year period.
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Washington
New Mexico
Agricultural Department
Roswell Birthday Ball to Honor Elmer Riemen Chairman
Elmer Riemen will chair the President's Birthday Ball in Roswell on January 30 at the National Guard Armory on West Fifth Street. Lea Rowland announced a wide ticket drive with tickets priced at $1 per couple. Proceeds fund infantile paralysis research with local and national foundation support. Separate dances for Spanish-American and colored residents are planned. other Chaves county committee chairs remain unappointed.
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Roswell
National Guard Armory
West Fifth Street
Elmer Riemen
Lea Rowland
Chaves County
Riemen
National Foundation For Prevention of
Rowland
Texans Injured In Accident Here
D F Hall of Dumas and Miss Clarice Bishop of Pampa were treated at St Marys hospital for injuries from a car crash at 18th and Main last night. They were cut and bruised but not seriously hurt. Also in the car were Mrs D F Hall Mrs Mattie Hall and Joe Bishop who were not injured. The car driven by Hall struck a tree after veering to avoid a left turning vehicle. The injured were taken to the hospital by Ballard ambulance.
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D. F. Hall
Dumas
Texas
Clarice Bishop
Pampa
St. Mary’s Hospital
18Th
Main
Mattie Hall
Joe Bishop
Hall
18Th Street
Ballard
Roosevelt Speech Seen as Blow to Hitler
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Roosevelt’s pledge to aid Great Britain and belief that the axis powers will not win face sharp French scrutiny. The French stance has hardened recently, a major concern for Hitler as he weighs possible responses and shifts in Allied morale.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
DeWitt MacKenzie
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Weather Outlook Across the United States
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in extreme northern plains and some southern districts while a cloudy nationwide morning shows recent precipitation limited to the northeast, northwest and far southwest. Snow in the eastern Great Lakes and northern Rockies, with heavy rain in southwestern Arizona and southern Michigan.
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Plains
United States
Northwest
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
Arizona
Michigan
Plains States
New Mexico
Texas
Pecos Valley
Roswell
100Th Meridian
Dinner Honors Company A Conscripts in Roswell
A dinner at Ingalls Memorial Home will honor Company A 104th antitank battalion Roswell National Guard and 41 men who depart January for a year of active Army duty under Selective Service. Induction at midnight January 5 and planned Fort Sam Houston departure around January 16. Mayor Thomas J Hall Chamber of Commerce officials and board members attend with an entertainment program and brief speech.
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Ingalls Memorial Home
104Th
Roswell
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Hall
Chaves County Selective Service Board
B. B. Ginsberg
S. P. Johnson, Jr
Harold Danenberg
Marriage Licenses Recorded in Roswell and Nearby
Lake Arthur couple Olen Ray Thurman and Marion Lucille DeWitt, both of Lake Arthur, receive marriage licenses. Alfred Cooper and Aline King, both of Roswell, are licensed. Ellis Jackson and Viola Duffer, Artesia, obtain licenses. Glenn Sherard and Doriene Roberts, Roswell, are licensed. Sidney Aubrey Crawford of Roswell and Modenna Hazlett Green of Hollywood New Mexico also listed.
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Olen Ray Thurman
Marion Lucille DeWitt
Lake Arthur
Alfred Cooper
Aline King
Roswell
Ellis Jackson
Viola Duffer
Artesia
Glenn Sherard
Doriene Roberts
Sidney Aubrey Crawford
Modenna Hazlett Green
Hollywood
N. M
Building Permits for Cullen Repairs in Kentucky Apartment
Mrs. R. D. Cullen files for building permits for repairs to an apartment and a garage at 411 South Kentucky. Project value listed as $300.
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R. D. Cullen
South
Kentucky
Please Vote Is Appeal Of The Chamber Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce appeals for Christmas lighting contest ballots with a 9 am Thursday deadline. Prizes totaling 118 dollars will be awarded based on households voting, with one adult per home. Ballots mailed to members or returned at the chamber office, ballots also available at the front office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Claude Simpson
Rolla Hinkle
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber
The Surest Way to Rent Property Says McFadden
George McFadden of D J Shreengost Company proclaims classified ads the quickest, surest, and cheapest way to rent property. He asserts the ads help him find renters reliably, noting success when first issues fail.
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George McFadden
D. J. Shreengost Company
Classified
Compliments for Mr McFadden From Classifieds Friends
A courteous note praises Mr McFadden for long experience and expresses appreciation for classifieds friends. The message emphasizes gratitude and respectful acknowledgment without further details.
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Mr. McFadden
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