Ex-Governor In Parting Shots
Former Gov. Loren D. Dickinson, at age 81, delivered an exaugural message to the Michigan legislature urging the Van Wagoner administration to honor God in state affairs. He denounced drinking places as devilish dives and urged influential church members to convert, promote abstinence, and curb alcohol sales outside municipalities while cutting frills from public schools.
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Lansing
Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Hell
State Taxes Rise In 1940 As Revenues Increase
New Mexico’s bureau of revenue reports 1940 shows gains in sales use and severance taxes. Sales tax reached 3.844 million dollars, up 163,748 from 1939, with most months higher except late 1940. Severance tax rose to 688,645, surpassing 1939 in all but several months. Use tax for 1940 grew by 28,824 in the latter half of the year, pushing the total to 365,255, about 100,000 above expectations.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
State Bureau of Revenue
Chemical Gives Animal Leg Skill
Dr George M Patterson of the University of New Mexico reports that injecting acetylcholine into a rat brain sharply increases the skill of a chosen paw without practice. Ambidextrous effects occur, with paw use aligning to the brain region receiving the chemical, altering prior handedness.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George M. Patterson
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
U S 5 Must Borrow Billions in 1941
Treasury experts estimate 5 billion dollars must be borrowed in 1941 to finance defense. Plans consider selling 25 cent stamps to children, akin to WWI efforts, with total federal budget around 17 billion and deficits near 6 billion. To fund this, Congress would raise the debt limit from 49 to about 65 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
Artesia Fire Kills Infant. Burned Parents Hospitalized
A Artesia family suffered a fatal house fire late Monday afternoon when a small daughter died and Mrs Maye was badly burned. Kersey Funk, who entered the flames seeking the child, is critically burned. Funeral services for the infant were held Tuesday in Artesia. The child, born last February, leaves parents and a brother. Foy Hunt and Perry Zumwalt are ill, Fay Hunt has flu, Perry has chicken pox.
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Roy
Zumwalt
Fay Hunt
Perry
Pat Prentice
Cottonwood
Inez
Vera
Ben Standard
el Paso
Virgil Standard
Bremen Raided By British Bombers Too Much Boat
BERLIN Jan 2 British raiding northwest Germany killed five, wounded several and hit three factories and numerous houses. Bremen was bombed for three and a half hours in retaliation for the London fire raid. In the Pacific raiding, 10 British merchant ships totaling 65,155 tons were sunk. Survivors reported captives aboard three other crafts. German air raids on Liverpool London Sheffield and Harwich were reported.
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Berlin
Germany
Bremen
London
Pacific
High Command
South Sea
Australia
Emirau Island
Bismarck Archipelago
Equator
Britain
Liverpool
Sheffield
Harwich
Italian Praise of South Americans
Rome reports praise for political independence in Brazil Argentina and other nations as editor Gayda commends Vargas stance on neutrality and resistance to foreign interests. Argentina maintains a ban on Chaplin tied to Anglo American banks, underscoring, per the article, its neutralist and independent policy.
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Rome
Brazil
Argentina
Portugal
Russia
Virginia Gayda
Il Giornale D’italia
Gayda
Getulio Vargas
Charlie Chaplin
Last Rites for Mr. B F Gehman in Hagerman
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at home for Mr. B F Gehman as illness kept many away. Rev. Arthur Shaw led the service with Rev. Craven officiating. Interment followed in Olathe Kansas, where his first wife is buried. The widow Mrs Gehman and daughter Mrs Aubrey Evans attended the casket.
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B. F. Gehman
Arthur Shaw
Craven
Methodist Church
Olathe
Kansas
Gehman
Iowa
Aubrey Evans
Masons Install Officers Amid Fire Alarm In Artesia
Mrs. Tom McKinstry visits Artesia and relatives while two neighbors recover from suspected poisoning. Felix Lodge installs officers including Spurgeon Wiggins and W. S. Kerr as fire alarms disrupt the ceremony. Fire damages Jack Sweatt residence as attendees return to complete the meeting. The Key family plans move to Flying H Ranch. Neighbors host a handkerchief shower for Mrs. A S Key with remarks on Virginia history and Canadian trips.
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Tom McKinstry
Artesia
James McKinstry
J. W. Roberts
Felix Lodge
J. T. West
Mr. Spurgeon Wiggins
W. S. Kerr
L. Parker
R. W. Conner
W. A. Losey
John Garner
F. B. Campbell
E. S. Bowen
Jim Michelet
Tyler
Jack Sweatt
C. O. Holloway
Marshall
C. G. Mason
Record of Key 1940 Congress Legislation Summary
Washington summary of major 1940 congress enactments includes peacetime spending near 17 billion dollars and authorizations for over 8.6 billion more. It details defense expansion and first peacetime draft, tax hikes on corporate profits and tobacco products, extended reciprocal trade pact powers, Hatch Act extensions, farm funding of about 918 million, and relief spending of 1.16 billion with flexible eight month use. Ministerial figures from House Appropriations.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Appropriations
House
Appropriations Committee
Defense
Army
Agriculture Department
One Happy Family in Pittsburgh Shocking Collection of Incidents
Twelve year old Veronica Kaczynski fell through an old skylight from the third to the second floor in her Pittsburgh home. Within five minutes her two brothers and two sisters suffered shocks from a high tension wire, a pedestrian collision, and dog bites.
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Pittsburgh
Veronica Kaczynski
American Planes Good As The Best
New York reports Roscoe Turner, famed air racer, won the Thompson Trophy at Cleveland in 1938. His 1200 horsepower engine ran for an hour, boosting hopes for American aircraft power. Critics note engine production bottlenecks limit monthly combat-plane output, with relief due by late spring or early summer. much is destined for England.
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New York
Roscoe Turner
Cleveland
Roscoe
Germany
England
America
Vast Changes In Europe's Land Areas During the Year Now Ending
A 1940 map revision shows Adolf Hitler gaining about 237000 square miles of Europe through conquest and occupation. Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and British Channel Islands fell under German control. the USSR expanded by about 160000 square miles, Estonia Latvia and Lithuania joined the Soviet Union, Bessarabia and northern Bucovina were seized from Romania. Italy gained a Riviera strip from France, while Bulgaria and Hungary gained territories. France’s empire split into three parts with Vichy loyalty and De Gaulle leadership in Africa.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Germany
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Denmark
France
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Channel Islands
French
Russia
Finland
New York State
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Red Army
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Romania
Italy
Riviera
Africa
Somaliland
Italian East Africa
Bulgaria
Hungary
Vienna
Rumania
Dobruja
Transylvania
Divid
Open gas heater claims another Santa Fe victim
In Santa Fe New Mexico a 14 year old girl Consuelo Gutierrez daughter of police magistrate Lorenzo Gutierrez was found dead in her bed at 9 am by her brother Marcelino. The bathroom gas heater burned with a low flame in a tightly closed room. District attorney David Carmody ruled carbon monoxide caused the death. Police say she was last seen alive at 1 30 am after requesting a match to light the bathroom heater following a New Year party.
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Santa FE
N. M
Consuelo Gutierrez
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Marcelino
David Carmody
Tom Nicholson
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