Coordinating The Air Defenses In United States
The air defense command led by Brig. Gen. James E. Chaney coordinates anti-aircraft units, air raid warning systems, and warplane squadrons from Mitchel Field New York. Officials study British defense methods and expect faster progress once four air districts are fully organized. Public education on raid protocols and police traffic handling, plus firefighting coordination, are tied to these military challenges.
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Tingher
United States
James E. Chaney
Air Defense Command
Chaney
Mitchel Field
N. Y
England
Air Corps
Barracks Briefs and Campus Room Changes
A shaky rumor mill suggests a promotion list may appear soon as exams near end of term. Cadets discuss Ellis career hopes and a room shift involving Sun am Nold, McKnight, and Bob Martin. Engineering courses and Analytical Mechanics planned for next semester. Cadets endure haircuts and evolving braid styles amid exams and limited club activity.
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Fllis
Admiral Ellis
Sunam Nold
Houston
Third Stoop
Photographer McKnight
Cobb
Mac
Bob Martin
Nold
McKnight
Johnny Dufo
Bcardss
Cooper
Hagerman City Beautiful Contest Offered by Women's Club
Hagerman to host a City Beautiful contest with prizes totaling dollars for best improvements on vacant lots, parking, tree and shrub plantings, flower displays, and lawn care. Local businesses provide cash or trade prizes, with the 1941 flower committee led by Mrs. J. T. West and Mrs. B. W. Curry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerman
Hagerman Woman’s Club
C. G. Mason
First National Bank
Roswell Seed Co
Jd. T. West
Allison Floral Co
Glovers Flowers
Roswell Floral
Johnson Pump Co
Price & Co
Teeds
Hagerman Service Lta
Valley Grocery
Farmers Gin
Stills Grocery
Merritt's
Sunshine Oil Co
Lawings Grocery
C & C Garage
Hagerman Drug
Tracys Liquor Shop
L. W. Garner
R. W. Cumpsten
E. A. White
Star Cafe
Hagerman Beauty Shop
Cave Bros
S. W. Public Service Co
J. C. Penney Co
Excelsior Cleaners
P. V. Drugs Co
Womans Club
Lewis Laundry
Sinclair
Dr. Willoughby
Kemp Lumber Co
Peoples Merc
Atwoods Laundry
States Tel. Co
J. T. West
B. W. Curry
Dub Andrus
Raton Becomes Gretna Green After Colorado Blood Test Law
Raton New Mexico’s Gretna Green began 1941 issuing seven licenses to Coloradans and one to a local resident. By January 10, thirty-two licenses had been issued with Colorado couples accounting for 28. Viola Reynolds, county clerk, notes Colorado added a blood test requiring a two to three day wait and restricted out of hours licensing. Since 1938 total licenses rose with 1,699 issued in the last year.
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Raton
N. M
New Mexico
Gretna Green
Colorado
New Mexico to Provide 2900 Soldiers to U S Army in January
Adj Gen R C Charlton announced that New Mexico will induct more than 2900 men into the armed forces during January, combining national guard and selective service. Under the plan 1067 inductees will join by January end, reaching 2900 by July 1.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Adj
R. C. Charlton
Conference On Government and Business
National Guard
Selective Service
Japan Ignores Democracy in New Election Law Revision
Tokyo reports that Japan advances a drastic revision of the election law. The reform shifts from universal manhood suffrage to limited suffrage for males over 25 who head families or served in the armed forces. Diet committees and the home office draft the measures, with broad support and limited opposition. The change would disfranchise about 4 million of 14 million eligible voters, concentrating voting power in ex service men and reinforcing traditional ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diet
Parliament
Home Office
Training site near extinct volcano proposed for recruits
ANTONITO Colo January 11 The War Department was asked to consider a site near San Antonito Peak in northern New Mexico as a training ground for 15 000 army and navy recruits. Carson National Forest officials proposed the land near the extinct volcano, near a railroad with a 1 500 000 gallon daily water supply, but regional forest officials said the War Department had not approved the suggestion and it was one of many possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
U. S. Forest Service
San Antonito Peak
War Department
White man and two men held in Texas assault case
In Farwell Texas a white man Richard Mitzelfelt and two Tucumcari New Mexico men Clarence Ingram and Charles Wilson were charged with assault with intent to murder after Wanda Lee Martin eleven was wounded by a shot through the Watkins farm window. Officers said the men were allegedly offered five hundred dollars to kill Mrs Mitzelfelt. Wanda Lee is recovering in a Clovis hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell
Tex
Wanda Lee Martin
Sline Watkins Mittelfelt
Richard Mitzelfelt
New Mexico
Clarence Thomas Ingram
Charles Wilson
Tucumcari
N. M
Early Booth
Palmer County
Mitzelfelt
Wanda Lee
Clovis
Watkins Farm
Booth
Better Cows Would Cut Cost of Milk
Thousands of families seek more milk with limited incomes, and a U.S. Bureau of Dairy Industry report urged higher efficiency from dairy producers. It emphasized breeding better, higher producing Holsteins and Jerseys to lower production costs, noting notable butterfat gains in experimental herds due to superior sires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bureau
Jerseys
Hagerman Churches Hold Week of World Unity Services
Local churches list schedules with Nazarene, Assembly of God, Baptist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ and Methodist offerings. Rev. Harding assists Nazarene. Rev. Pitts leads Assembly of God. First Presbyterian hosts morning worship at 11 with C E at 6 45. World Unity observance led by Rev. Shaw with subjects There were Ninety and Nine and The Light of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Nazarene Church
Rev. Harding
Oklahoma City
Morris
Harding
Crusaders
Church of the Assembly of God
Pitts
The
Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Harry Cox
C. E
Church of Christ
J. F. Lilly
Methodist Church
Shaw
U. S. Gold Output Sets High Record
Washington report shows 1940 gold production reaching 5,914,109 ounces worth 206,993,800 dollars at 35 dollars an ounce. Silver value also peaked under the Silver buying program at 50,977,440 dollars with 71,688,150 ounces produced. California led in gold output with 1,405,120 ounces valued at 49,179,200 dollars. New Mexico produced 32,883 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Bureau of the Mint
Bureau of Mines
California
New Mexico
Plan to Invest Big Sum in Mexico
Portes Gil, former Mexican president and adviser to Avila Camacho, urged Mexicans to welcome foreign capital and reject anti foreign sentiment. He denied being an agent for American financiers including George Creel, John Hastings, and George Houston, who reportedly sought up to 109 million dollars for railways, factories, mines, hotels, and other ventures in Mexico while stressing national sovereignty and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Portes Gil
Auto
Washington
New York
George Creel
John A. Hastings
George Houston
Honesty Best In Food Stamp Plan Protections
An SMA warning notes violations of the federal Food Stamp Plan. Edmund Levy of Los Angeles received a $500 fine, two year suspended sentence, five years probation, and ban from participation after counts of non food sales and stamp misuse. Other local grocers faced fines and suspensions. about 10,000 retailers participate in Los Angeles County with ongoing SMA investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Levy
Los Angeles
Jonathan Garst
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Levy
Federal
Grand
Cecil Bailey
Cecil Wilson
Joe Liberto
Pedro Lbarrada
Los Angeles County
Garst
Division of Investigation
SMA
Time Extend for Exporting Cotton under 1939 40 Program
Surplus Marketing Administration announces extending 1939 40 cotton export time to March 31 1941 and extending filing deadline for payments to May 31 1941. About 100000 bales not exported due to disrupted shipping from wartime Europe. Total 6331000 bales exported or pending, with 491000 bales in cotton products equivalent. The 1940 41 program runs through June 30 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surplus Marketing Administration
Department of Agriculture
Pacific
Europe
Home Grown Spinach Prices and New Mexico Silver Output
Classified note reports spinach values at 1.150 million and 1.022 million dollars in market terms. Silver production in New Mexico tallies 1,437,976 ounces valued at 1.022 million dollars, indicating agricultural and mineral activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
State Capital Briefs Seeks Deferral of Penalties on Defense Delays
Governor Miles via adjutant general asked private citizens and state and local governments to refrain from collecting penalties on contracts delayed by defense priorities. Oil and gas leases on 13 southeastern New Mexico tracts grossed 9,169.25 dollars in a state land office sale. Skelly Oil Company of Tulsa offered the top bid of 1,680 dollars for 557 acres in northeastern Lea County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Miles
Adjutant General’s Office
New Mexico
State Land Office
Skelly Oil Company of
Tulsa
Okla
Lea County
Patton Opens Private Office in Santa Fe
Frank Patton former attorney general announces opening of a private office in Santa Fe after leaving the national labor relations board last fall to pursue a failed bid for the Democratic congressional nomination.
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Santa FE
N. M
Frank Patton
National Labor Relations Board
New Mexico Motor Vehicle Licenses Revenue Up in 1940
Santa Fe reports 1940 receipts from motor vehicle licenses total $1,837,635, an increase of $328,439 from the prior year, according to Commissioner J. O. Garcia. The state saw higher collections across the year's licensing activities as 1940 progressed.
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Santa FE
N. M
J. O. Garcia
State oil conservation meeting set for Roswell
Santa Fe New Mexico report notes a meeting of the State Oil Conservation Commission was scheduled for January 15 in Roswell, with agenda details not included in the fragment. The item reflects state regulatory activity in oil oversight during January.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Oil Conservation Commission
Roswell
New Mexico 4-H Members Headed to Stock Show in Denver
A group of six McKinley county 4-H members led by Edna Presley and Lawrence Elkins will join two county Extension agents and a local leader for the National Western Stock Show in Denver the week of January 12 to 18. They will compete in judging events, join the Harding county loss prevention team, tour the stock show, and attend banquets and tours as guests of Denver firms.
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New Mexico
Denver
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association
New Mexico Wool Growers’ Assn
Edna Presley
Lawrence Elkins
Mildred Elkins
Eloise Presley
McKinley County
J. Downing
Harding County
Charles Terpening
William Stinebaugh
Mosquero
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Steve Brock
Rabies Findings Highlight Rabid Dogs in New Mexico
Santa Fe January 11 report shows a sharp rise in rabies infections with dogs most affected and wild animals likely reservoirs. Miss Myrtle Greenfield, director of the State Health Laboratory, notes the outbreak resembles an epidemic with 119 of 209 suspected specimens infected, a rise from 1929 figures. A human death was reported in 1940, and Albuquerque police hunted a child and others after a dog attack on an Indian school worker.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Health Department
Rliss Greenfield
Man Found Dead In Irrigation Ditch In Albuquerque
Authorities identified Herbert Stuecken a 22 year old health seeker from Florence Missouri found floating in a west Albuquerque irrigation ditch yesterday An autopsy was partially complete and ruled out drowning No evidence of violence was found He had two sisters Margaret an airline hostess in Chicago and Mrs W J Coffey in Kansas City awaiting further details
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Albuquerque
N. M
Herbert Stuecken
Carlos Sisneros
Stuecken
Florence
Margaret
Chicago
W. J. Coffey
Kansas City
Trailblazers in Telephony and Exploration
The passage highlights Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacajawea as historic Northwest trailblazers alongside Lewis and Clark. It parallels frontier explorers with modern Bell Telephone Laboratories pioneers in science, emphasizing telephone workers who keep national communications open around the clock for local emergencies and national defense.
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Toussaint Charbonneau
Sacajawea
Northwest
Lewis and Clark
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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Anderson
Hagerman’s City Beautiful
Mabie Lowrey
Long Beach
Sir Francis Drake
San Francisco
Kimum Comfort
Texas
Abilene
el Paso
Longview
Lubbock
Plainview
U. S. Army
Japan
Tokyo
Associated Press
Republic
New Mexico Transportation Co., Inc
Union Bus Depot
N. M. Club
State Health Laboratory
Trail Blazers To the Sea
Louisiana
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Virginia
Missouri River
St. Louis
Mountain States
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