Roswell W P A approves $50752 water sewer project
President Roosevelt approved a $50 752 W P A allotment for Roswell water and sewer line improvement and extension. City engineer Lea Rowland notes replacement of corroded mains with cement lined cast iron and several system extensions including a sewer line extension to the area west of Union Avenue between 2nd and 3rd.
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Roswell
Roosevelt
Dempsey
Lea Rowland
North Hill
Southwest Hill
Rowland
Union Avenue
2Nd
3Rd
Tornado Kills and Injures Dozens in Albany Georgia
A winter storm tornedo struck Albany Georgia graveyard season killing at least 15 people and causing about 5 million dollars in property damage. Some 450 were wounded with 250 critically, as emergency crews restore lines and search for more victims. many buildings and homes suffered heavy damage.
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Albany
South Georgia
Red Cross
L. R. Ferrell
James R. Blair
Times Recorder
Americus
Blair
Railway Express
W. M. Pryse
The
Albany Herald
Boy Scouts Run Roswell on City Day Anniversary
Boy Scouts stage a city day with Patrols and officers from mayor to policemen enforcing a mock fine schedule. Fines from jaywalking and other acts go to the Scout fund as the 30th anniversary festivities unfold under the city council led by Pat and Shorty and officials including Aldrich.
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Pat
Shorty
Boy Scout City
Aldrich Down
Thier
Scout Fund
Scout City Council
Boy Scouts of America
Roswell
Roosevelt calls Soviet Union a dictatorship in Finland speech
President Roosevelt described the Soviet Union as a dictatorship as absolute as any other and condemned its invasion of Finland as an aggression. He told the American youth congress that Americans may call themselves communists but must keep advocacy within constitutional methods. He expressed disillusionment with the Russian experiment and reflected on hopes for a peaceful, neighbor-respecting government.
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Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Finland
Soviet Union
American Youth Congress
United States
Russia
Associated Press
Hull
Welles
France
Europe
Sumner Welles
Rome
London
Berlin
Paris
Mussolini
Germany
State Department
England
Cordell Hull
New Mexico Wool Growers Seek Hearing Over Quesenberry
The New Mexico Wool Growers Association asks the State College Regents for a hearing on charges against George R. Quesenberry, ousted as state extension director after clashes with the agriculture department. The convention reelected Floyd W. Lee as president and named nine new executive committee members, with plans to meet again in 1941.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico Wool Growers Association
George R. Quesenberry
Department of Agriculture
Regents of State College
Floyd W. Lee
San Mateo
Lee
Dan Kelly
Santa Fe
J. P. Cassabonne
Hope
Jess
W. H. Corn
Roswell
John Leatherwood
Springer
J. W. Gist
A. T. McDonnald
Magdalena
August Seis
Vicente del Curto
Socorro
Association
Texas Open leads with three 66s in brutal weather
In San Antonio Texas golfers endured sleet rain and mud at Bracken side Park for the Texas open. Red Por ky Oliver Ben Hogan and Tony Penna posted 66s to seize a five under par early second day. Lawson Little W A Stackhouse 67 trailed by one stroke. Others at 68 included Nelson Coria Revolta Mangrum Byrd Haefner Butler. Defending champ Hart remained at par.
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San Antonio
Tex
Brackenside Park
Red
Porky) Oliver
Hornell
N. Y
Ben Hogan
White Plains
Tony Penna
Sammy Byrd
Clayton Haefner
Tony Butler
San Angelo
Texas
Johnny Dawson
Sammy Snead
Ralph Bond
Cleveland
E. J. Hart
Little Rock
Denies Charges Of Atrocities On Poles In Poland
Berlin reports Governor General Hans Frank defends German rule in Poland against exile government claims. He says there is no hunger or concentration camps and that political opposition is harshly suppressed. He asserts no mass killings or sterilizations occur and denies special anti Jewish policy.
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Berlin
Poland
Hans Frank
Germany
Reich
France
Rome
Vatican City
Frank
Unien
England
Notables List Life In Prison Proposal By Pelley
William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirt legion, urged life imprisonment for Sen. Robert LaFollette, John L. Lewis, and Rep. Samuel Dickstein during a House un American activities hearing. He cited Communist activity and described ties to Fritz Kuhn as a potential merger prospect. Pelley faces a fugitive warrant in North Carolina for probation violation dating to a 1935 Blue Sky law conviction.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
John L. Lewis
CIO
Samuel Dickstein
New York
D-Ala
David Pine
District of Columbia
Pelley
North Carolina
Asheville
Laurence E. Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington Police
Voorhis
LaFollette, Lewis and Dickstein
Starnes
House
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Los Angeles
Bund
Dempsey
D-Nm
Youngest Texas district attorney named in Dalhart
Milton Tatum of Dalhart named by Gov O Daniel to lead the 69th judicial district, covering seven northwest Panhandle counties, effective Jan 18. He succeeds James W Witherspoon who becomes district judge after Reese Tatum. Milton and Reese Tatum are not related. their fathers, Frank M Tatum and Reese Tatum, once partnered in a law firm.
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Dalhart
Tex
Milton Tatum
Texas
O’daniel
Northwest Panhandle
James W. Witherspoon
Hereford
Reese Tatum
Milton
Frank M. Tatum
Judge Tatum
James E. Ferguson
Daladier Wins Unanimous Confidence Vote in Parliament
Paris reports the chamber of deputies approved Premier Daladier by 534 votes to none in a secret session focused on national defense and wartime unity. London confirms German raids sank the British armed trawlers Robert Bowen and Fort Royal, costing four officers and 18 sailors.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
National Union
London
Admiralty
Robert Bowen
Fort Royal
Romania Rejects German Call to Demobilize Troops
Bucharest reports Romania refused German suggestions to demobilize most of its 3.8 million under arms to work in fields and factories for the Reich. The government backed by the official press urged greater army strength and faster frontier fortifications.
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Bucharest
Romania
Reich
Universal
Soviet Military Actions and Baltic Tensions Worldwide
Soviet Russia reports advancing fortifications on the Caucasian frontier to defend oil fields against Allied attack while Netherlands moves to build three battle cruisers for the East Indies. Discharges of German technicians cited as part of a Nazi plot exposure. Finns and Russians battle on the Karelian Isthmus as air raids resume between Britain France Germany.
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Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Caucasian
Turkey
Netherlands
East Indies
Japan
China
South China Sea
Netherlands East Indies
Krupp
Golden Horn
Near East
Black Sea
Batum
Dardanelles
Europe
Washington
Sumner Welles
Karelian
British East East
Gasoline Sign Law Upheld Only for Tax Posts
District Judge Bryan Johnson ruled parts of the gasoline price sign law unconstitutional, voiding restrictions on sign sizes beyond required tax postings. The decision in the Hedges case allows advertising by any size sign, contending the law infringes due process and could curb price advertising in general.
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Albuquerque
Bryan Johnson
J. W. Hedges
Hedges
United States
Two Children Die In Fire At Wasson Hobbs New Mexico
Huey C. Timmons home at Wasson near Denver City Texas burned killing infant Alton and Carl ages 1 and 2. Fire blamed on curtains blown into an open heater. Timmons seriously burned while attempting rescue.
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Hobbs
N. M
Huey C. Timmons
Wasson
Denver City
Texas
Timmons
Chiloa Alton
Carl
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State Land Office
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Pryse
Boy Scouts
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