Record Cotton Yield in Chaves County Sets New High
Chaves county cotton growers report a 1940 average lint yield of 622 pounds per acre, up 21.5 percent from 1939’s 510 and 38 pounds higher than 1938. Factors cited include land selection, crop rotation, better seed and fertilizer, and improved cultivation under the Triple A program. Acreage totals for major crops in 1940 and 1939 are listed, with a note that March 31 is the final filing day for 1940 program payments.
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Chaves County
Louis Bagwell
Chaves
Bagwell
Roswell
Early History of Roswell and NMMI Highlighted in Talk
Major James R. Kelly spoke at the Roswell museum on early Roswell and New Mexico Military Institute history. He cited Col J E Edginton’s prophecy about reopening the Institute and said he may include the quotation in his forthcoming history for the Institute’s 50th anniversary in 1943.
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J. E. Edginton
New Mexico Military Institute
James R. Kelly
Roswell Museum
Roswell
N. D. Ima
Col. Edginton
Kelly
Institute
Major Kelly
Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society
Secietry
Local Weather Summary For Yesterday And Today
A 24 hour weather snapshot shows temperatures from 58 to 71 yesterday and 48 to 49 this morning. Highest 72, lowest 48. Precipitation 0.16 inches in 24 hours ending 11:30 am today. Month to date .95 inches, year to date 2.28 inches. Sunrise 6.00, sunset 6.10, day length 12.2 hours.
Utilities Bill Is Now Ready For Action in House
SANTA FE New Mexico March 21 The administration proposed utilities control bill was set atop Mondays calendar in the House. The House adopted the corporations committee report on the bill and passed two minor measures in a brief session. Adoption of the report was unanimous and without discussion. Indications grew that the House would pass the bill by a large margin and quickly, with leaders predicting about three to one in favor. The Senate was to meet at 2 p.m. and adjourn over the weekend. The amended utilities control bill was expected to move to action after noon today after a favorable report from the corporations and bank committee.
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Santa FE
N. M
Corporations Committee
Senate
House
Corporations and Bank Committee
Vrovis
Roosevelt Holds Fishing Cruise On Potomac In Stormy Weather
Aboard the Potomac at Port Everglades Florida March 21 President Roosevelt waited to begin a fishing cruise. The yacht anchored near the German freighter Arau ca as an offshore wind and choppy seas kept the Potomac and escort destroyer Benson in port overnight. Roosevelt boarded last night and planned a weeklong rest at sea but delayed due to weather.
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Benson
Port Everglades
Fla
Potomac
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Snowy Welcome as Spring Arrives in Raton
Raton New Mexico sees spring meteorology with rain turning to snow during the night, leaving .95 inch of precipitation. The temperature dropped to 32 degrees, and the snow melted quickly after falling.
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Raton
N. M
Men Fined For Gambling Not Roswell Residents
Claude Davis and C O Wilson were fined 25 dollars each in J P court yesterday on a gambling charge. They are not Roswell residents, despite local men bearing the same names. The Record clarifies the misidentification to avoid confusion with residents sharing those names.
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Claude Davis
C. O. Wilson
J. P
Roswell
Cattle Growers Invite 1942 Roswell Meeting
Capt B C Mossman and J J Lane will invite the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association to hold the 1942 convention in Roswell as the Roswell Chamber of Commerce wires an invitation to the association president in Albuquerque.
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B. C. Mossman
J. J. Lane
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Albuquerque
Roswell
Malone Attends G P A Meeting in Albuquerque
R L Malone Sr vice president of the New Mexico Game Protective Nation attended the Ber nalillo County G P A annual meeting in Albuquerque last night.
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R. L. Malone, Sr
New Mexico Game Protective Nation
Bernalillo Confity G. P. A
Albuquerque
Plan to Streamline State Government of New Mexico
Rep L C Homan of Torrance county spoke to the Kiwanis Club in Albuquerque about Bill 260 to streamline the governmental system. Homan, a farmer and former schoolteacher, carried the message from Santa Fe to discuss the proposal on March 21.
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New Mexico
Will Robinson
Sanpa FE
L. C. Homan
Torrance County
Garcia
Albuquerque
Kiwanis Club
Ten Selectives Appealed to Roosevelt for Dependency
Only ten of about 2,690,000 men classified so far have appealed to President Roosevelt, according to local board rulings. They were deemed immediately available for military training. The small appeal number suggests little dissatisfaction among registrants placed in Class 1A, with all cases based on dependency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lost $373,000 Road In Grant Co
Santa Fe March 21 A seventeen mile road project between Silver City and Lordsburg was abandoned because Grant county would not provide the right of way state highway engineer Burton Dwyer said today We had 373000 set aside for the job plans were completed and we were ready to advertise for bids said Dwyer in answer to recent criticism from Grant county The funds he added were turned over to other projects where rights of way had been obtained
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Santa FE
N. M
Silver City
Lordsburg
Grant County
Burton Dwyre
Dwyer
New Mexico Finance Board Advances Airport Land Purchase
The New Mexico Finance Board in Santa Fe planned to meet to consider underwriting land purchases to expand Albuquerque Airport. It had agreed to advance about $80,000 from the defense fund, with repayment via revenue bonds backed by a municipal gas line levy.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Finance Board
Albuquerque
Road bids April 2 for Santa Fe U S 85 project
The public roads bureau announced bids will open April 2 for a $200000 project to build a multiple box culvert at a dip in U S 85 between Santa Fe and Las Vegas, and to relocate five miles of the highway east of Canoncito.
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Santa FE
N. M
The
Public Roads Bureau
U. S. 85
Canoncito
Las Vegas
Treasury Plans An Army to Sell Bonds to Public
The treasury launches a campaign enlisting 150000 workers to promote defense savings securities. Superviser Gale F Johnston says workers will urge employers to use the securities for saver plans, canvass schools, gain labor union cooperation, and coordinate with banks for regular purchases. Officials will form local committees nationwide to push continuous small purchases, such as a 10 cent weekly saving stamp by students.
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Washington
The
Treasury Today
Defense Savings
Gale F. Johnston
St. Louis
Johnston
Yugoslavia Crisis Tops War News In National Shakeup
Bitter internal resentment among three anti Nazi cabinet ministers triggered a likely delay in Yugoslavia joining the Rome Berlin Tokyo axis. Regent Prince Paul ordered resignations. three ministers quit to protest the government. Dr Branko Dubrilovic called a party chiefs meeting to discuss the crisis.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Prince Paul
Branko Dubrilovic
Serbian Peasant Party
Yugoslav Regent Accepts Resignations of Three Sub-Ministers
In Belgrade on March 21 Prince Paul approved the resignations of three sub-ministers who refused to back alignment with the Axis and ordered Premier Dragisa Cvetković and vice-Premier Vladimir Maček to appoint replacements quickly.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Axis
Prince Paul
Dragila Cvetkovic
Vladimir Macek
Hobbs Worker Seeks More Workmen’s Comp
In Albuquerque on March 21, counsel for Hershbach Drilling and Associated Indemnity said they will appeal a district court ruling that voided a prior settlement with Hobbs well rigger C. B. Hudson. Hudson seeks increased workers’ compensation after claiming injuries were more serious than initially believed from an on site incident.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Hershbach Drilling Company
Associated Indemnity Corp
Supreme Court
C. B. Hudson
Hobbs
Hudson
Young Mother And Child Lost In Colorado Wilds
In Montrose Colorado a search continues for Laura Boyd 22 and her six year old daughter missing since last Saturday. Scattered signal fires glow under storm dark skies as weary range men trek the deep drifted wilderness from their ranches toward Horsefly Basin. Burl Herman, who found the handbag and child's leggings, led the tracing party after Otis Boyd sent a note reporting his wife and child missing.
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Montrose
Colo
Horsefly
Laura Boyd
Plateau
Roswell Weather Office to Join Teletype Circuit
Roswell meteorologist Cleve Hallenbeck reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration will place the Roswell Weather Bureau on the teletype circuit. The station will get six hour full reports and three hour partial reports from across the country, plus upper air data. Timing is expected in the next few months.
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Cleve Hallenbeck
Roswell
More Data On Motor Vehicle Deaths
Santa Fe reports that New Mexico health and highway departments will work with the U S census bureau and the national safety council to prepare a joint motor vehicle accident death transcript. The transcript will aid tabulation and analysis and reconcile deaths collected by various agencies while remaining confidential.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Health Department
Traffic and Safety Division
State Highway Department
U. S. Census Bureau
National Safety Council
J. R. Scott
Census Bureau
Scott
Yugoslav Cabinet Faces Axis Pressure and Internal Dissent
Belgrade dispatch reports Yugoslavia yielded to German pressure and moved toward an Axis alignment alongside Slovakia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. Three anti German ministers resigned in protest. Prince Paul resisted their exit as internal crisis grows with pro British factions challenging the capitulation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vienna
Crown Council
Germany
Paul
Slovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Axis
Prance Paul
Scout Camp O Ral To Be Held At Clovis
The 14th annual Camp O Ral for Boy Scouts of Eastern New Mexico will be held at Clovis Friday Saturday and Sunday April 25 26 and 27. This is the first time the event comes to Clovis with 700 to 1000 attending. Scouts pitch tents cook their own meals and rely on themselves for three days under supervision of a staff of over fifty experienced Scouts and campers. Camp O Val dates were set by the area camping committee meeting yesterday. Field executive C K Eisler of Clovis leads the physical arrangements and Sam A Henry Jr of Hobbs directs the program. All registered Scouts in the Eastern New Mexico Area Council may attend provided their troop charter is in force. Registration must be sent to the area headquarters by opening date.
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Boy Scouts
New Mexico
Clovis
New Mexico State Park
Portales
C. K. Eisler
Sam A. Henry, Jr
Hobbs
Eastern New Mexico
Waterways Project Sent to Congress
President Roosevelt sent to Congress the text of an agreement with Canada to develop the St. Lawrence waterway power project. It would cost over 500 million dollars and aims to enable deep sea navigation between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic and add 2.2 million hydroelectric horsepower for both nations. The plan mirrors a treaty the Senate rejected in 1934 but now requires only a majority in Congress and approval by Canadian Parliament.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Great Lakes
Atlantic
United States Senate
Labor Mediators To Meet First On Coming Tuesday
The AFL strike of 400 workers at Wright Field Dayton Ohio, tied to a 5.9 million defense expansion, ends Saturday after AFL Dayton Central Labor Union president John Breidenbach informed Col. Lester Miller. Trade dispute over Penner Construction CIO electricians resolved amid defense project delays.
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Associated Press
AFL
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
John Breidenbach
Dayton Central Labor Union
Lester Miller
Penner Construction Company
CIO
Congress
G. H.H. Brett
Army Air Corps
Miller
Spring Showers Hit North Central New Mexico
The first spring showers dampened north central New Mexico with a light drizzle along the east side. Unsettled conditions continued statewide with forecasts of scattered showers or thunderstorms through today and into Saturday. Rain and melting snow fell near the northern New Mexico border, with Raton reporting .95 and Trinidad .97 inches.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Raton
Trinidad
Colo
Las Vegas
Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Texas
Pueblo
More Moisture In South Eastern New Mexico
Roswell and southeastern New Mexico received additional moisture from a slow steady rain today. By 11 30 the rainfall measured .16 of an inch, totaling 2.28 inches for the year, above the 1.58 inch normal for this date. The moisture aids the livestock industry and reports from Hobbs Lovington Vaughn Clovis Carrizozo Alamogordo and Albuquerque describe local conditions. Showers are forecast tonight and likely Saturday.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Hobbs
Lovington
Vaughn
Clovis
Carrizozo
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Noted Lecturer To Speak Here Tonight
Open to the public at eight tonight in the junior high auditorium Manoah Leide-Tedesco a world renowned composer conductor critic and art lecturer will discuss Human Values In a Change Order This is the final talk in Roswell Rotary Clubs Institute of Understanding series He was also slated to address Roswell High School this afternoon
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Manoah Leide- Tedesco
Roswell
Yugoslavia Swayed By Rome Berlin Pact Invasion Risk
Yugoslavia joins the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance prompting Hitler to plan an expected invasion of Greece while a government crisis unfolds as three cabinet ministers resign and Regent Prince Paul blocks resignations until the pact is signed. Meanwhile King George V and Queen Elizabeth narrowly escape a Plymouth raid as Luftwaffe bombs target the port.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Crown Council
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Belgrade
Paul
Peter
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovich
Vienna
Britain
George V
Elizabeth
Plymouth
Pope Cancels Easter Ceremonies in Vatican City
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII canceled the Easter mass at Saint Peter's and balcony benediction for the first time in nine years due to war conditions. Sunday transportation restrictions and reduced public transport were cited as major reasons for the cancellation, and a wartime Easter homily was also expected to be omitted.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Saint Peter’s
Pius XII
Central Valley REA Finishes Allocation for 424 Members
The Rural Electrification Administration allocates 16000 to complete an electrification project serving 424 members in Eddy and Chaves counties. The Central Valley Electric Cooperative Inc. of Artesia controls the project with G. E. Kaiser as superintendent. Previous allotments include 284000 for 160 miles of line and 4528 for house wiring and plumbing, plus 40472 for irrigation equipment.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Eddy
Chaves
Central Valley Electric Cooperative Inc
Artesia
G. E. Kaiser
Duke City Airport In National Plan
The Albuquerque New Mexico municipal airport is included in Federal Communications Commission plans to standardize airport radio frequencies nationwide. The plan aims for smoother operation, especially aiding non scheduled flyers, with most airports operating on a limited number of ultra high control channels.
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Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Federal Communications Commissions
Classified Is News In The Paper Says Miss Snorf
Miss Annie Snorf extols the Record classified as newsy and informative. She blends interests in Santa Fe Railroad poetry with a habit of reading the paper’s classified pages for information and entertainment.
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Annie Snorf
Record
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