Pecos Valley Baptists Meet Here January 7
The Pecos Valley Baptist Association schedules its meeting at First Baptist Church Roswell on Tuesday January 7. B F Fields leads the program with talks by W C Garrett Mrs Earl H Brock Mrs J B Savage Mrs Paul Goodsell Mrs A L Goodwin Mrs S M Morgan S M Morgan Max Miller and Rev J H Brister. An evangelistic sermon at 815 Tuesday night by Earl H Brock closes the session. The event opens at 10 am with the theme Evangelism of Pecos Valley Baptist Association. Special music from Artesia quartet and Roswell church.
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Pecos Valley Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Roswell
B. F. Fields
W. C. Garrett
Earl H. Brock
J. B. Savage
Paul Goodsell
A. L. Goodwin
S. M. Morgan
Max Miller
J. H. Brister
Artesia
Roswell Church
Regulations on Owen Gas Heaters
Regulations for installing open gas heaters will be sent to the state health board within two weeks to curb deadly carbon monoxide, which has killed seven in the state this winter. Sanitarian Paul S. Fox said the drafts rely on caution and ventilation, noting the only safe method is not to leave an open flame heater burning in a closed room. Health officials list six deaths due to carbon monoxide, three in Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Health Board
Paul S. Fox
Consuelo Gutierrez
Fox
Health Department
Navy bomber crew member killed in West Texas crash remains
A Navy bomber, stalled by a fierce snowstorm about 509 miles north of here, forced crew to bail out. W. F. Percich of Friday Harbor Washington died during the jump. Lt. Murray Hanson and Ensign Robert B Clark stayed with the plane as four others were injured. The wreck scene was near the Santa Fe Ranch 30 miles north of here.
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Here
Earth
Big Spring
W. F. Pereich
Friday Harbor
Wash
Hanson
A. M. Perry
Edinburg
Clark
Santa Fe
Lt. Hanson
U. S. Highway 281
Naval
Ensign Clark
Richard King
King
Naval Air Training Station
Corpus Christi
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Naval Air Station
Murray Hanson
Robert B. Clark
Hartland
Texas
Santa Fe Ranch
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Ens
West Texas
W. F. Percich
Army
San Antonio
Shreveport
North Island
el Paso
Navy bomber crewman dies in snowstorm over Texas
Ft Bliss officials say Lt Com Gowan was aboard the transport but no word on missing planes from San Diego. A long range naval bomber en route from San Diego to Pensacola ran into bad weather near Big Spring. Five crew members parachuted, one from San Diego W F Percich was killed when his chute failed to open. El Paso airline officials reported a terrible snowstorm description but air service in the area remained uninterrupted.
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Big Spring
Tex
Navy
San Diego
Calif
West Texas
Pensacola
W. F. Percich
Friday Harbor
Wash
Murray Hanson
Alamogordo
N. M
Robert B. Clark
Pomona
Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Hanson
Clark
Austin
A. M. Perry
Los Angeles
Lieut. Hanson
Harold Ernest Neff
Aviation
Lloyd J. Hughes
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frank Recke, Jr
National City
Perry
Percich
Corpus Christi
W. T. Passner
Eugene Webb
Ft. Bliss
Com. Gowan
Axis plan for Mediterranean defeated by Greek campaign
The piece notes Axis strategy to drive through Libya toward Suez and strike from the Balkans, aided by a strong Italian air force targeting Malta. A failure in Greece, Crete, and Egypt reversed plans, as British and Allied forces pressed in, humiliating Graziani and tipping the balance in the Mediterranean.
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Marshal Graziani
Libya
Egypt
Suez Canal
India
Far East
England
Alexandria
Italy
Greece
Germany
Crete
Mediterranean
Graziani
Cadet Murray Hansen’s U. S. Navy Career Highlighted
Lt. Murray Hansen, a pilot and former cadet at New Mexico Military Institute class of 1929, praised by Col. D. C. Pearson as an outstanding cadet. A 1933 graduate of the U S Naval Academy, he trained at Pensacola and was recently assigned to San Diego. His uncle G M Hanson resides in La Luz New Mexico.
Navy plane to search for missing bomber reaches Biggs Field
In El Paso on January 3 a navy transport plane carrying officers from San Diego to Big Spring was due at noon at Biggs Field Ft Bliss. The mission was to search for a missing patrol bomber.
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EL Paso
Tex
Navy
San Diego
Big Spring
Biggs Field
Ft. Bliss
French Warships Said Gone Africa
London circles claim French fleet units sailed from France to Casablanca and Dakar in Africa despite official denials. Observers argue such moves violate the armistice with Germany and could prompt mass French withdrawals to North Africa if Germans breach terms. Reports also say Petain authorized officers to take “vacations” in North Africa and ships have already sailed from Toulon.
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London
France
Casablanca
Dakar
Africa
Wiesbaden
Lisbon
Portugal
Philippe Petain
North Africa
Toulon
Sea Devil Sighting Reported by Survivors in Hongkong
Survivors of two Norwegian ships sunk by German raider Count Felix Von Luckner, the Sea Devil, said he is attacking Pacific and Indian Ocean shipping again. They recounted boarding off Sumatra and later sinking another Norwegian vessel in the Indian Ocean before taking prisoners to Kobe aboard the Scharnhorst.
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Hongkong
China
Felix von Luckner
Pacific
Indian
Sumatra
Glengarry
Copenhagen
von Luckner
Indian Ocean
Kobe
Scharnhorst
Norway
London
France Forms A New Directorate
VICHY France Jan 3 Reorganization of the French cabinet announced with Admiral Jean Darlan General Charles Huntziger and Pierre Etienne Flandin assuming broad powers under chief of state Philippe Petain The new triumvirate will be headed by Admiral Darlan who will direct the interior department War minister Huntziger defends and Foreign minister Flandin handles foreign and economic affairs Interior minister Peyrouton and justice minister Alibert remain under Darlan while Baudouin’s resignation is noted.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Charles Huntziger
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Philippe Petain
Paul Baudouin
Council
Darlan
Interior Department
Huntziger
Defense
Flandin
Marcel Peyrouton
Raphael Alibert
Badouin
Petain
Baudouin
Pierre Laval
Laval
Alibert
Peyrouton
New York
Garner Expected To Leave Politics In 1940s
Washington dispatch notes John Nance Garner known as Cactus Jack returned to the senate to gavel the 76th Congress open and the 77th into life. He told intimates his plans beyond January remain unclear and his talks with Roosevelt hint at possible retirement from national politics. He will hand the gavel to Henry A. Wallace on January 20 and retreat from the national stage for the first time since entering Congress in 1903.
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Washington
John Nance Garner
Cactus Jack
Senate
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Garner
Henry A. Wallace
Texas
French Cabinet Shakeup Signals Laval Power Shift
Reports in Paris indicate Baudouin's new configuration shifts power from Laval to a council led by Petain. Observers say German reaction may determine if talks for collaboration restart. In New York, a BBC broadcast says French admiralty reported SPAX and Rhone sank en route from Casablanca to Dakar after heavy explosions.
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CBS
Admiralty
Vichy
Spax
Rhone
Casablanca
Morocco
Dakar
French West Africa
Jane's Fighting Ships
Crosby and Hope to Tour for British War Relief Golf
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope plan a March golf tour with two pro partners to raise funds for British War Relief. They will play in major cities including Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio and Houston and also make personal appearances in theatres along the way. Proceeds go to the relief effort.
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Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Paramount Stars
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
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Balkan
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Mussolini
Balkans
Dardanelles
Britain
John Bull
Grecian
Rosweil Insurance
Maria Duran
South Main
Orlando Duran
Anderson
Chicago
Wallace
Congress
Tax Assesseor
Chaves County
Lake Arthur
Ceater
Evzone
Sears Advance
RAYON
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