50 000 000 Sheep Working for Army
Kansas City dispatch notes experts estimate 50 million sheep will be required to supply wool for U S Army needs in 1941. It compares with 48 414 000 sheep clipped in 1940 and details wool usage for soldiers and civilian needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Special News Service
Midwest Wool Marketing Association
Uncle Sam
Australia
Great Britain
United States
United States Army Quartermaster’s
Philadelphia
Strikes Hit Transport and Armament Sectors Across Cities
New York transit strains persist as 3,500 bus workers strike for higher pay and shorter hours, halting 1,300 buses and forcing 900,000 residents to rely on taxis or subways. In Philadelphia, Brill Strike CIO workers halt artillery and ammunition production worth 418,661 dollars over wage and union demands. AFL laborers strike a 12 million dollar small arms plant in St. Louis, citing job passes for union agents. First Come First Served Sears Roebuck buyers to start Sell-A-Brash at Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Transportation
Brill
CIO Steel
J. B. Brill Company
Philadelphia
AFL
St. Louis
Two Scouts Earn Star Badges at Court of Honor
Ben Snell Jr and John Walker of Troop 99 received Star Scout badges at a Boy Scout Court of Honor in the district courtroom. The program featured George N. Carothers on nature films and Mrs Fowhatan Carter on conservation. D N Pope presided with Paul H. Deaton Oscar Greene and A L Sisley in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Snell, Jr
John Walker
Troop 99
District Court Room
George N. Carothers
Fowhatan Carter
D. N. Pope
Court of Honor
Paul H. Deaton
Oscar Greene
A. L. Sisley
Fiery David Agnes Cuts Price At Sears Sell Brashun
David Agnes declares lower prices at Sears Roebuck during a Sears Employee Sell Brashun starting Thursday at 9 am. The Prosperity Gas Range now sells for 44.95 dollars, down ten dollars from prior pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Agnes
Sears
Sears Roebuck
Airliner crash injuries reported in Cincinnati incident
Six of eleven aboard an American twin motor aircraft were injured when it landed in heavy rain at Cincinnati airport and slid off a concrete runway into mud, rammed a river dike. Captain Lester Bryant and Wesley McCleaster suffered possible skull fractures and serious injuries. The report also mentions a Sears sales pitch appearing in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lester Bryant
Chicago
Wesley McCleaster
Indianapolis
Middle Rio Grande District Opposes New Conservancy Bills
Middle Rio Grande officials Stanley Miller and Senator Frank Butt signaled opposition to two pending measures affecting the conservancy district. Miller urged withdrawal of ad valorem tax based assessments and questioned bond-backed taxation after RFC consultation. They fear impacts on small landowners and oppose legislation that could negate relief measures from late 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy
Washington
Stanley Miller
Frank Butt
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Miller
RFC
Sears Employees Sell-A-Brashan Shoe Bargains Boost Sales
Jimmy Shults declares the Sears sale as a major bargain spree with unprecedented shoe discounts. He notes the event exceeds anything Roswell has witnessed since the flood, highlighting strong shopper turnout and revenue potential during the 3-12 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Shults
Sears
Roswell
Marriage Licenses Issued in New Mexico Couple Pairs
Walter Stewart of Pueblo Colorado and Dorothy Tays of Roswell obtained a marriage license Aubrey King and Lara Snider, both of Roswell, also secured licenses in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stewart
Pueblo, Colo
Dorothy Tays
Roswell
Aubrey King
Lara Snider
Building Permits for Raymond Lewis at 510 South Union
Raymond Lewis files for outside modernization and asbestos side wall work at 510 South Union. Permit total estimated at 475 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lewis
South Union
Gisell Pleads Not Guilty to Drunk Driving
In police court T. E. Gisell pleads not guilty to drunk driving. Trial set for March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Gisell
Lenten Evening Service at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church
A Lenten Evening service is held at Saint Andrew’s Church this evening at 7 p m led by the Adult Choir with the rector delivering the third meditation on The Disciples Way Learn All are welcome Sears Roebuck advertises a Sell A Brashun Sale starting Thursday described as Do or Dont affair with bargains from front to back Bill Belcher comments on Welcher confusion 3 12th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Andrews
Saint Andrew’s Church
Episcopal
Bill Belcher
Welcher
Sears
Sears Roebuck
Wilburn Brown
Sears Historic Employees Sell-A-Brashan Sale Preview
A Sears Roebuck stock room photo shows Melburn Scott and other Sears staff preparing for the Employees Sell-A-Brashan Sale, set to start Thursday. Alfred Raby was to appear but fainted before the shot. John Ragsdale, filling in for Manager Norton, touts yearlong prep and unique Pecos Valley bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck
Melburn Scott
Sears
Alfred Raby
John Ragsdale
Norton
Pecos Valley
Mrs Redfield Maps Artesian Basin in Eddy County
Mrs Georgia B Redfield travels to Carlsbad to finish a historical work on artesian wells and a log of shallow wells for the Eddy County extension service. Sidney C Redfield, artist, presents a detailed map of the Eddy County artesian basin, noting plugged and shallow wells revised to date. Eddy County lacked complete artesian basin data previously, forcing residents to seek information in Roswell at the artesian conservancy district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia B. Redfield
Carlsbad
Eddy County Extension Service
Sidney C. Redfield
Eddy County Extension Office
Eddy County
Artesian Conservancy District
Roswell
Sears Employees Sell-A-Brashan Bargains Start Thursday
Sears Roebuck announces a week long sale titled Sell-A-Brashan running Thursday through March 12 featuring aggressive bargains across departments. Employees highlight deep discounts and limited time offers to draw shoppers.
President Asks British aid bill and big peace time aid
In London Churchill says the British aid bill is law and calls it a new magna carta Its passage follows the presidents request for the largest peacetime appropriation in U S history to aid Britain and Greece The House began hearings and the first shipments of war material were approved and dispatched with secrecy retained by officials and President Roosevelt acknowledging a select seminar of top aides
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Congress
Britain
Greece
Dget
Smith
Sam
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Administration
Hull
Morgenthau
Stimson
Knox
Navy
Forrestal
George C. Marshall
Army
R. E. Ingersol
Naval Operations
Stephen Early
House
Senate
Wallace
Rayburn
Kirwan
Ohio
House Committee
Germany and Bulgaria Brace for Greek Frontline Action
German troops and warplanes mass along the Bulgarian Greek and Turkish borders amid signs a showdown in the Balkans is near. Observers note a southward German movement waning then surging, while Nazi naval activity and long range guns appear aimed at a possible Black Sea conflict. Greece vows to resist any invasion as Kostas Kotzias relocates to Thrace. British observers report German planes already bombing Greek towns from Bulgarian bases.
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Russia
Turkey
Red Army
Greece
Bulgaria
Sofia
Plovdiv
Europe
Danube
Kostas Kotzias
Athens
Thrace
Komotine
Balkans
Black Sea
Cers
Constanta
Rumania
Varna
Istanbul
Dede Agadi
Grecian Thrace
Governor Miles Hints at License Law Solution
Gallup New Mexico March 12 Governor John Miles suggested a possible equitable arrangement may be found regarding the states auto license requirement for out of state workers at the Fort Wingate army ordnance depot project. He noted contractors are using local workers where possible but the labor and licensing issue remains unsettled as union officials discuss open or closed shop status with army officers. State officials Gallegos and Vidal joined the governor on the site visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
John Miles
Arizona’ Federation of Labor
Fort Wingate
Miles
New Mexico
Army
J. O. Gallegos
P. J. Vidal
Oil and gas lease sale nets 25175.65 in New Mexico
The state land office monthly lease sale in Santa Fe raised 25175.65 dollars from 28 tracts across Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt counties. Humble Oil and Refining Company placed the top bid of 4853 dollars for 320 acres in Lea County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
State Land Office
Eddy
Lea
Roosevelt Counties
H. R. Rodgers
Lea County
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Rancher Park Alexander Dies by Gas in Auto
In Hot Springs New Mexico Park Alexander a 38 year old Sierra county rancher killed himself by car gas after notes reveal his worsening feelings. Found by a neighbor the car had sat unmoved from the prior day authorities cite financial worries as the probable motive. He lived ten miles west of town leaving a wife a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
N. M
Park Alexander
Sierra County
Alexander
Here
Thornhill Weds in Reno After Stanford Career
The 47-year-old former Stanford football coach Claude E. Thornhill and 25 year old Miss Jean Liedloff of Palo Alto Calif were married in Reno yesterday. He served on the Stanford coaching staff for 18 years and head coach from 1933 through 1938. Soon after he lost his coaching job his wife Evelyn Thornhill died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Claude E. Thornhills
Stanford
Jean Liedloff
Palo Alto
Calif
Evelyn Constance Thornhill
Sears Sell-A-Bra Sale Throws Open Thursday
Sears Roebuck promotes a week long Sell A Bra event starting Thursday with employee involvement and special classified phone line No. 11 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 11
Meat Shortage in Northern Mexico Due to Cattle Bids
The Chihuahua region faces a meat shortage blamed on heavy cattle purchases for shipment to the United States. Reports say Texas buyers offered high prices, prompting state authorities to investigate. Similar conditions were noted in Zacatecas, Durango, and Coahuila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Chih
Mexico
United States
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
Texas
Zacatecas
Durango
Coahuila
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Carl Franks
Wilbur Stilwell
Roy Gary
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Bill Ball
Johnnie Hall
Benjamin Martin
Bobby Hall
Henry Kelly
Courtney Sherman
Stanley Santheson
Grover Williams
Jack Davis
Jack White
Hubert Parker
Lawrence Mason
Raymond Backs
Rio Grande
Conservancy
Roswell Auto Company
Main St
2Nd St
Mrs. Redfield Tornish
Artesian Wells
Hitler
President
Herbert Leon Combs
General Motors
GMC
Court House
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Thornhill
Better Fabrics Testing Bureau
Roswell, N. M
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