House Probers Claim Pressure on WPA Officials
The House WPA committee chief investigator J O Connor Roberts says organized left wing groups exercise control over WPA supervisors. The inquiry cites a Los Angeles writers project as a training ground for Communists and notes preferences for party members in New York relief. Harrington says he opposes barring Communists by law.
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WPA
J. O’connor Roberts
Thomas C. Elder
General Accounting Office
Roberts
Los Angeles
New York City
F. C. Harrington
Congress
Harrington
New Orleans
Richard Leche
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Behind the Scenes in Hollywood Gossip and Rumors
Hollywood column notes Mrs. Hans Nilson’s frequent air travels, MGM courting David Selznick for a five year deal, mixed box office signals on Young Tom Edison and Swanee River, cafe jam sessions on Santa Monica Boulevard with Artie Shaw and stars, Gable’s split up cost, Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton set, Joan Crawford Broadway doubts, Dick Powell aiding a nurse mother after a northern truck accident.
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Santa Monica Boulevard
Artie Shaw
Mickey Rooney
Jackie Coogan
Judy Garland
Gable
Bernice Parks
Huntz Hall
Torch Club
Sandy Cummings
Charles Laughton
Buster
Walter Brooks III
Pat Dane
Sphinx
Projections Planned for Davis Farm Showing All This and Heaven Too
Warner Brothers scheme targets Sugar Hill New Hampshire to present a private screening of All This and Heaven Too for star Bette Davis author Rachel Field and her extended family. Field is noted as the novelist and great niece of the figure portrayed by Davis.
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Warner Brothers Gang
Bette Davis
Sugar Hill
N. H
Heaven
Bette
Rachel Field
4-H Members Offered New National Electrification Contest
In 1940 rural New Mexico 4-H members may enter the National 4-H Rural Electrification contest sponsored by Westinghouse. G R Hatch notes the goal to apply electricity for light heat and power on farms and homes. County winners receive gold medals. the state winner earns a trip to Chicago and a chance at national honors with $200 scholarships for six finalists. Contestants have historically worked on electrical farm improvements.
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New Mexico
Westinghouse
G. R. Hatch
New Mexico Extension Service
Chicago
State Agricultural College
Tourist Host Cards To Firms And Individuals
The Chamber of Commerce mailed tourist host cards today to forty three firms present at all three sessions of the tourist school and to sixty three individuals who attended all sessions. The list of firms includes Auto Service Co. and Roswell Trading Co. among others, with reflections on electrical work and modern lighting for homes and farms.
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Chamber of Commerce
Auto Service Co
Belshe Grocery
Bi-Lo Grocery
Cobean Stationery Co
Chaves County Abstract & Insurance Co
Continental Service Station
5Th & Main
Corner Drug Store
Dan Dee Cabins
Ruidoso
N. M
Jay Duvall
Firestone Auto Supply Co
Gilkeson
Holland
Haley’s Market
Hamilton-Justine Cleaners
Hinkle Motor Co
Kamp Kelly
Kory Kottage Court
K.G.F.L
Lowrey Auto Co
Call for Mass Meeting of Chaves County Democrats
A mass meeting of Chaves County Democrats is called to meet in the Roswell courtroom on Tuesday May 21 at 7 30 p m to elect delegates for the State Convention in Santa Fe on May 27 at 10 00 and to revise organizational rules to align with changes in election laws County Chairman John Tweedy Also notes May 16 1915 Allies break through German front north of Arras from the Associated Press listing.
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Chaves County Democrats
Roswell
N. M
Santa Fe
New Mexico
John Tweedy
Associated Press
Arras
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