Surprise Shower and Socials at Dudley Home
Graceful social items from Roswell recount a surprise wedding shower for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dudley at 108 North Sea Avenue with gifts and cards, a Valentine party for Mrs. Avis Wiggins at 500 North Lea Avenue, and a Delphian Society meeting at Roswell Museum studying Thomas Hardy. Additional events include a bridge tea for Mrs. Alfred N. Carter, the President's Birthday Ball at Cahoon Armory, and the marriage of Miss Virginia Williams to D. R. Britt at Chavez County courthouse.
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Delphian Society Museum
Bridge
J. W. Dudley
North Sea Avenue
Catherine Richmond
Catherine Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Croissant
A. C. Jones
H. C. Allison
Buck Russell
W. A. McCloud
Ben Pendergrass
F. R. Stone
John Rose
Ella Flood
G. W. Shoemaker
Gladys Richmond
Ruth Dudley
Avis Wiggins
Mmes
L. E. Turney
O. L. Winborn
E. E. Young
J. R. Hall
Powhatan Carter
Carter
North Lea Avenue
Mrs. Wiggins
Jess Rea
Beulah Hall
Floyd Haun
C. L. Bower
Matt Mitchell
Jack Savage
Charles Morrison
H. E. Hughes
Jim Merritt
S. C. Stirman
Sylvia Davis
Miles Wiggins
Dan Davidson
J. B. Marshall
Leo Smith
Hayden Walker
Barney Dennis
Delbert Hawkins
Bruce Poorbaugh
Choice Earnest
Sadie Bishman
Florence Griffin
Willma Lowe
Mavis Greenhill
Dorothy Graham
Myrtle Brackeen
Charlie Wiggins
IL. Oo. Thompson
Leo Williamson
D. A. Argenbright
W. M. Hays
Frank Snow
Walter Hartley
Henry Maddox
P. M. Lukens
Russell Browning
Katherine Martin
Herman McNabb
Frank McDonald
Bill Hayes
Tom Irvin
Glenn Young
Roy Hall
Ted Standridge
Grace Fink
Charles Smith
Stella Rose
Aubrey Hill
Ova Pinkston
Gilmer Brown
Thelma Davis
Norman Walker
Gretchen Williams
H. K. Rainer
T. A. Hall
Nancy Marshall
Willie Mae Martin
Delphian Society
Thomas Hardy
MacMillan
W. C. Taylor
Hardy
Edward H. Day
Ernest A. Hanson
A. D. Jones
Will H. Johnson
George C. McFadden
Herbert E. Zeeveld
John A. Barnett
Clifford G. Smith
Charles Franklin Purdy
Alfred N. Carter
Patricia Ann Butler
Purdy
J. A. Post
Charles F. Ward
C. M. Woodbury
Wester Montgomery
Harry E. White
L. T. Godfrey
Thomas B. Stapp
Charles E. Butler
Howard H. Alden
Cahoon Armory
Birthany
Roswell
Lawrence Wolfe
Hal S. Cave
J. Walden Bassett
D. C. Pearson
Virginia Williams
Columbus
Ohio
D. R. Britt
Chaves County Court House
Britt
Pecos Valley
Local social events highlight Roswell weekly calendar
Social calendar notes from Roswell include American Legion Auxiliary and spouses at Ingalls Memorial Home, Chapter B PEO benefit game party at Mrs. C. C. Martin’s home, and Presbyterian church social. East Side PTA hosts Home Coming, Presbyterian Aid Society and St Peters rummage sale announced, Beta Sigma Pi sorority gathering planned at Miss Joan Savage’s home. Clement Hendricks recovering from appendectomy near Lubbock, returning to the ranch.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legionnaires
Ingalls Memorial Home
Martha Cowan
W. H. Dearholt
Ruth Baskin
Chapter B
PEO
C. C. Martin
W. W. Akin
Martin
Clement Hendricks
Flying H Ravcn
Lubbock Sanitarium
Lubbock
Texas
Roswell
Beta Sigma Pi Sorority
Joan Savage
Agg
Prompt Boom reports 18 ships sunk in German raids
Berlin reports 18 vessels destroyed in two days of intensive shipping raids off Britain, with seven armed merchant ships sunk yesterday and two British patrol boats damaged. Chamberlain seeks to keep US and Japan neutral while praising trade and war effort, noting a German sub sunk, and stressing Britain will defend sea lanes and avoid friction with neutrals.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
High Command
Adolf Hitler
London
Chamberlain
United States
Japan
National Defense Committee
America
Tokyo
Czecho- Slovakia
Poland
Finland
Naval Program Aims For 177 Warships and Aircraft
The plan calls for 1.3 billion dollars to build 177 warships and the same number of aircraft and auxiliaries. The army will focus on seacoast defenses and an air raid warning system, with Gen George C Marshall prioritizing a 40 million dollar air warning project while opposing large increases in manpower beyond 480,000. The regular army has about 227,000 enlisted and the national guard about 265,000.
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Gram
Army
House Military Committee
George C. Marshall
Marshall
National Guard
Regular Army
Wool top futures rise modestly with firm trade
New York on January 31 reports wool top futures firming by 8 to 11 points amid moderately active trading. Trade buying persists after yesterday's drop, with most deals moving from near to distant deliveries. March 99.0, May 98.08, July 96.8. Spot standard tops at 105.0, up eight pence bid.
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New York
Jly
Mrs Mattie Llewellyn Missing En Route to Denver
Authorities in Trinidad Colorado search for 75 year old Mrs Mattie Llewellyn of Capulin New Mexico missing while traveling to Denver. A son in Estes Park received a letter mailed from Trinidad but mail and telegrams are unclaimed. Also New Mexico loan demand rises as 151 applications filed under Farm Tenant Act with 394 in first two years. many reconsidered.
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Trinidad
Colo
Mattie Llewellyn
Capulin
N. M
Denver
Gerald Bonfadini
Washington
New Mexico
Farm Security Administration
Bankhead
Regional Indian Service office to move to Denver
The Indian Service regional construction office will relocate to Denver on April 1 as an economy move with Clyde A. Hill as manager and Roy H. Bradley as chief of the Denver office. In Grants New Mexico a premature baby’s body was found wrapped in rags and newspapers near the Santa Fe station. The body was buried then later reburied as police searched for identity but the grave and body later disappeared from the site.
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Albuquerque
The
Indian Service
Denver
Clyde A. Hill
Roy H. Bradley
Grants
Man on probation for keeping daughter chained at home
Ebensburg Pa Jan 31 County court placed Mike Drav enak on probation for two years and ordered him to pay costs from charges he kept his 23 year old daughter chained in a room of their Lilly home. He was forbidden to seek Mary’s release from Torrance state hospital where she was recommitted after conditions in the home were found.
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Ebensburg
Mike Dravenak
Lilly
Mary
Torrance State Hospital
Stocks End Mixed in Uneventful Day on Wall Street
New York stocks closed mixed amid indecision as trading matched the prior session. Loft and Studebaker hit fresh 1939 40 highs while Bigelow Sanford rose on strong earnings. American Can and several others lagged. Cotton futures dipped while wheat and corn slipped slightly at Chicago.
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New York
Loft
Studebaker
Bigelow-Sanford
Buonge- Motors
Continental Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Sperry
Westinghouse
Canada Dry
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit
Allied Chemical
American Smelting
Harvester
Chrysler
U. S. Steel
Great Northern
American Can
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City livestock data show hogs totaling 3,000 with mixed prices from 4.50 to 5.25 per 100 pounds and top quotes at 5.25 for 170 to 240 pounds. Cattle totals near 300 steers and yearlings, opening trade slow with uneven gains to 25 higher, fat cows 3.50 to 4.75, vealers 9.00 to 11.00. Sheep at 5,000 with bids around steady and high asking, best lambs above 8.85.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Bond market snapshot from New York and curb listings
United States Treasury issues quoted for 3 ¼s and 2 ½s with prices around 102 to 110, including new listings and reevaluations. Curb market notes in New York list equities and bonds such as Alum Co Am, Ark Nat Gas, Carrier Corp, Cities Service, Ford Mot Ltd, Humble Oil, and others with varied price markings and fractions.
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CURB
New York
Alum Co Am
Ark Nat Gas
Carrier Corp
Duro Test
Duval Tex Sul
el Bond & Sh
Fairchild Ave
Fisk. Rub
Ford Mot Ltd
Hecla Min
Humble Oil
Ning Hud Pow
Pender Gr B
Seiberling
Chicago Produce Prices Report January 31
Chicago market brief notes butter at 549 169 steady creamery 89 score 31 1/4 88 30 1/2. Eggs weak with 10 424 receipts and various grades quoted. local egg cars around 21 1/2 to 23 1/4. Poultry live trade with 26 trucks. hens under and over 5 pounds steady at 15 1/2. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Boston Wool Market Slows With Irregular Quotation Decline
In Boston on January 31, domestic wool trading was light with irregular, declining quotations. Mixed three-eighths and quarter-blood bright fleece wools sold at 41 to 42 cents grease delivered to users, while graded combing quarter-blood territory wool appeared around 75 cents on secured basis, though some sellers resisted.
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Boston
Bostow
USDAY
New Orleans Cotton Quiet. Middling Price Down Four Points
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed quiet at four points lower, with sales totaling 211 and middling at 10.52. In Galveston the market remained steady with 5 points decline, mids at 10.53 and sales 122. July 34, sevenths 32 1/8.
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New Orleans
Galveston
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Grace Thorpe
Fowler Apartments
Margaret Wallace
New York Times Book Review
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Presbyterian Church
J. W. Halter
Cleveland
Canton
East Side Parent Teachers Association
Presbyterian Aid Society
Gross-Millers
Ladies of
Randolph Scott
Preston
Chan
Treasure Island
Foster
Roy Rogers
Das
ESSE
and Dry Cleaners
Pote Ape
Naval Program
New York Wool
State News
Pastels
Navy
Republic OF
FBI
Adams Expone
Alaska
Allegheny
Airlines
Car & Fees
Pow & Steensree
Roll Mill
Am Smelt & Reoneoenenetes
Barnsdall
Bendix Aviel A Aia
Beth Stl
Boeing Airpr Ese
Borg Warn
Briggs Mfg
Calif Packy Ee
Calumet & Hee Ee
Campbell Wyant
Canad Pac
Ee i
Chrysler Corp
City
Climax Molyboa
Colgate Pa
Colum G & E
Consol Oil
Coty Inc
du Pont de
Eastman Kodak
el Paso
Nat Gas
Firestone
Mills
Gillette Saf
Gimbel Bros
Goodrich
Sewer Wee Enee
Goodyear T & R
Gt West
Holly
Homestake
Howe Sound
Interlake
Kennecott
Kroger Groc
Lambert Co
Lorillard
Miami
Minns Honey
Minn Moline
Montgom Ward
Murray Corponrneee
Nat Bis
Nat Cash
Nat
North Pac
Ohio Oil
Owens Tulll
Pac G & E
Park
Utah
Penney
Penn
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Pure Oil
Skelly Oil “Sa
Secony
Edis
Sperry Corp
Indee Geo & Os
N J
Stewart Warn Stone & Webster Eeeeeveve
Studebaker Corp
Swift &Coeerie Ecoseeweonves
Tex Corp
Tex Gulf
Eeeenevowee
Tex Pac
Tex Pac L Tr
Trans Am
Trans & West Air
UN Air Lines
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Drug Unit
United Gas Imp
Indus Airo
Ee West UN T
See
Ee Ae
Westingh Air Br
West el & Mfg
Woolworth (Fw
Worthington P & M
Yellow Tr & Coach
Youngst Sh & T
UC. S. Bonds
Treasury
Fed Farm
Mig
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