Pecos robberies net over 500 dollars in safe jobs
Police chief Henry Elier reports four Pecos area break ins last night with more than 500 dollars seized from Johnson and Lodewick wholesale oil firm and 30 to 35 dollars from Coca Cola plant. Vial tear gas stopped one safe, others unlocked and empty. Identical footprints circled all sites. Local and state police and the sheriff pursue the case.
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Johnson and Lodewick
Coca-Cola
Henry
Elier
Pecos’ Valley Lumber Company
Panhandle Lumber Company
Eller
North Virginia Ave
Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co
North Main
Pecos Valley Lumber Co
South Main
Bitter Cold With Snow Covers Large Part of the Nation
The Associated Press reports a vast snow and sleet cover across the eastern half of the United States, with a Canadian cold wave from Alberta and a Texas-origin storm moving northeast expected to hit the Atlantic coast and central regions again, bringing snow sleet or heavy rain in sub-freezing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rockies
Alberta
Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Willkie At Lisbon On Way to London
Willkie aims to depart Lisbon for London by plane within a day or two to continue his war era study trip. He travels with a 49 year old British radio hopeful planning to join his RAF son in service.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Wendell L. Willkie
London
Royal Air Force
Horta
Azores
England
Willkie
Sidney Carlson
RAF
Carlson
Ronald
United States
Gerambe
New Mexico Seeks Little Wagner Act With Labor Board
Santa Fe New Mexico lawmakers consider a "Little Wagner Act" to shield labor bargaining, creating a state Labor Relations Board. Two coal mining county reps, Lorenzo and Tomich, push a trimmed bill cutting admin costs and placing the governor and labor officials in key roles. The board can hear unfair labor practice charges, issue subpoenas, and faces district court review with penalties up to 5000 dollars or one year for obstructing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Labor Relations Board
Labor and Industrial Commission
Japs Seek Power In Southeast Asia
In Washington on January 25 AP reports Tokyo Berlin moves to expand Japan's power in Southeast Asia fuel speculation that Japan will mediate the Thai Indo China war. Secretary Hull notes informal mediation overtures may have come from French circles but no concrete steps warrant action.
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Washington
Tokyo-Berlin
Japan
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Hull
United States
Gaston
Henry Haye
State Department
School Heads Meet to Discuss NM School Deficit
ALBUQUERQUE N M January 25 City and county school superintendents met to discuss a deficit of 750000 dollars facing the schools of New Mexico in each of the next two years About 100 superintendents were expected to attend.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Woman Killed In El Paso Accident
One El Paso woman died and another, Margarita Carnero of Marfa, was critically injured in a crash 11 miles east of El Paso on U S highway 80. Margarita Chacon, 27, mother of two, was killed in the morning collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Margarita Chacon
Margarita Carnero
Marfa
Former U S Ambassador Foresees U S Danger
William C Bullitt former ambassador to France warned Congress that invasion of the western hemisphere was almost certain if the British navy fell and a totalitarian power gained control of either ocean before the United States two ocean fleet is ready He told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Britain’s defeat would threaten U S security and that aid to Britain could avert such a catastrophe.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
France
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Britain
Bullitt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Troops Arrive as Newfoundland Base Moves Forward
The U S troop transport Alexander arrived off St John s Newfoundland with the first troops for the new defense base being built as a joint British American project. Stormy weather may delay harbor entry and no greeting ceremony was planned. The base will include an air field, an army site of 160 acres and a naval wharf of 1250 feet on 22 acres.
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ST. John’s
Mid
United States
Alexander
Newfoundland
Britain
Bill to Regulate State Utilities Headed for Showdown
Santa Fe New Mexico January 25. Governor Miles announces a bill with teeth to regulate state utilities by creating a new independent board with broad powers to set rates. The measure would be separate from the existing corporation commission and carry no emergency clause.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Miles
State House of Representatives
Corporation Commission
Utilities Board
Utilities Commission
Britons Fear Hitler Invasion Plans This Spring
Dewitt MacKenzie argues Britons anticipate a possible Nazi invasion this spring and note the influence of Lindbergh's Washington testimony. The piece examines Britain's prep rush, the belief in a decisive attack, and the push to supply gas masks for civilians amid growing war pressures.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Lindbergh
Washington
Germany
England
Hitler
Fuehrer
London
Farmers, Inc. Reports Strong Season For Cotton Co op
Virgil Grantham announces Farmers, Inc. had a very successful season with about 6600 bales ginned at the Dexter highway gin southeast of town. The Oasis Cotton Company joined the cooperative, which will operate both gins next season. Annual meeting planned for early March. J. W. Jones manager and Ellis Whitney secretary.
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Farmers, Inc
Virgil Grantham
Dexter Highway
Farmers’ Inc
Oasis Gin Company
Oasis Cotton Company
J. W. Jones
Ellis Whitney
Five Army PT-13 Planes Stop at City on Way West
Five United States army training planes refueled here this morning while en route from the Stearman factory in Wichita Kansas to the west coast. Piloted by regular army fliers, the planes arrived at 11 a.m. and departed at 11:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Stearman
Wichita
Kansas
State oil and gas leases to go to auction
Nineteen tracts totaling about 6600 acres in Roosevelt, Lea and Eddy counties will be offered in a February 10 auction of state oil and gas leases. Land Commissioner H. R. Rodgers announced the event in Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE. N. M
Roosevelt, Lea
Eddy Counties
H. R. Rodgers
Sima Arrest Reported as Iron Guard Turmoil Deepens
In Bucharest on January 25 Vice Premier Horia Sima, described as leader of the Rumanian rebellion, was reported under arrest. Premier Ion Antonescu demanded the Iron Guard purge itself or face action by him as the regime seeks to quell the unrest. The Iron Guard has long been linked to the revolt and related upheavals.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Horia Sima
Ion Antonescu
Iron
Iron Guard
Associated Press
Romania
Antonescu
Budapest
Sima
Albania
Soiret
France
Britain
Atlantic
Berlin
48 Hour Week Proposal From New Mexico Miners
Dr A S Walter of Socorro urged the New Mexico Miners and Prospectors Association to back a 48 hour work week for outlying mines, oppose tariff cuts on metals, and protest open lands withdrawals. He also pressed for continued miner import duties, repeal of the state use tax, against federal mine inspection, and creation of a federal safety framework.
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Albuquenque
N. M
A. S. Walter
Socorro
New Mexico Miners and Prospectors Association
Walter
New Mexico School of Mines
New Mexico
Federal Safety Commission
Funeral Services Held at Silver City for Mrs Pollock
Mrs. Ella Cosgrove Pollock, born April 15, 1885 in Roswell, died of pneumonia in a Silver City hospital. She lived much of her life in Silver City after marrying Ernest Pollock in 1906, worked in church and Eastern Star, and advised on election laws. Survived by a sister and a niece.
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Silver City
Ernest Pollock
Roswell
Pollock
Ella Cosgrove
British drive cuts inland toward Bengasi in North Africa
British general headquarters reported a column of Italian medium tanks dispersed near Derna three miles east, as Graziani pulled Libyan HQ from Cirene and withdrew most of Derna garrison. Tobruk fell to Italian losses admitted by Rome, while British air and ground forces pushed south of Cirenaisan hump toward Bengasi.
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Cairo
Egypt
Derna
Libya
Rodolfo Graziani
Akdar
Cirene
Tobruk
Daily War Bulletin
Rome
Optimism For Mining In N M Governor Sees Growth
Governor John E Miles told the New Mexico Miners and Prospectors Association that the state’s mining sector will grow significantly over the next decade. He said New Mexico remains small among mining states but has shown healthy growth in ten years and will expand further if industry and stakeholders work together. He stressed untapped natural resources and an important role for miners in future development.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
John E. Miles
Planning Nation's Air Defense System
The army navy and air corps map plans to permanent civilian air raid defense after a four day test in New York and New England. Major Gen Chaney said the mock invasion showed the system's soundness despite needed development and praised the spotters at 700 posts. The coast guard will join future tests in July or August as coordination proceeds.
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New York
Army
Navy
Air Corps
New England
Hugh A. Drum
Clark H. Woodward
Army Air Corps
H. H. Arnold
Pacific
James E. Chaney
Air Defense Command
Chaney
Boston
Drum
Coast Guard
Meeting Of President Roosevelt And Lord Halifax
Lord Halifax became Britain's ambassador to the United States and met President Roosevelt in Washington after docking in Chesapeake Bay. Hull stayed in Washington as Halifax began duties to keep American munitions flowing to Britain. The meeting signaled strong cooperation amid escalating European conflict and German threats.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lord Halifax
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Halifax
London
Britain
American
Halifax Pays Call On Sec state Hull
Viscount Halifax the British ambassador met Secretary Hull in Washington and praised President Roosevelt for meeting him aboard the King George V. He predicted Hitler would lose the war in June 1940 and said England was weakest after France’s collapse. He looked forward to touring the United States and aiding Allied efforts.
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Washington
Viscount Halifax
Hull
State Department
Chesapeake Bay
Roosevelt
Halifax
Engand
Empire
Hitler
France
England
Germany
Mesa Eyes Entry Into Arizona Texas League
Mesa businessmen plan to attend a Phoenix meeting of the Arizona Texas League board to pursue Mesa gaining a Class C baseball team. Efforts seek a suitable setup and potential expansion to six clubs, with Bisbee Tucson El Paso Albuquerque Phoenix Mesa and Chihuahua City listed as prospects.
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Mesa, Ariz
Mesa
Arizona- Texas League Board of Directors
Phoenix
Mesa Wll
R. E. Souers
Bisbee
Tucson
el Paso
Tex
Albuquerque
N. M
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Mex
Souers
British Warship Reaches Annapolis Harbor in Naval Visit
The 35,000 ton King George V sailed from Annapolis roads hours after arriving with Lord Halifax aboard for an off shore meeting with President Roosevelt. The ship left within 21 hours of arrival, before the 24 hour neutral port rule, amid hazy Chesapeake Bay conditions.
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Annapolis
Hazy
Shesapeake Bay
United States
Annapolis Roads
Lord Halifax
Roosevelt
Academy
Halifax
Presbyterians at Hagerman to Observe 36th Anniversary
The Hagerman Presbyterian Church marks its 36th anniversary with a morning service at 11 oclock. Rev. William M. Orr of Albuquerque, supervisor of National Missions for New Mexico, will preach. Hagerman High School Glee Club will provide music directed by Miss Coggin.
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Hagerman Presbyterian Church
William M. Orr
Albuquerque
National Missions For
New Mexico
Hagerman High School
Glee Club
Miss Coggin
Just A Habit Read Classifieds Habitually
Just A Habit quotes Will Hortenstein of The Pecos Valley Trading Company on reading classified ads. He says he scans for houses for rent, items for sale, and any value or interest they may contain, noting he reads classifieds to keep informed.
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Will H. Hortenstein
Pecos Valley Trading Company
Universal Habit Praised By Mr Hor tenstein
A speaker compliments Mr Hor tenstein on a growing and widespread habit described as mighty fine and increasingly common every day, thanking him for his influence.
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N. M. Labor
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Labor Board
National Board
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Manitowoc
Wis
Lake Michigan
U.S
U. S
Uj. 5
New Air Base
Oasis
Sale
Premier
Africa
British Isles
Quito Sea
Presbyterians
Hagerman
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