Finns Leave Russia After Refusing To Concede to Demands
Moscow reports that Soviet Russia plans to keep massing troops on the Finnish border as Finland resists Moscow demands for a naval base on the Gulf of Finland Arctic coast concessions and a land strip north of Leningrad. Finland may not return to negotiations, according to diplomatic observers. Norway Sweden and Denmark ministers bid farewell to the Finnish mission.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Gulf of Finland
Arctic
Leningrad
Soviet
Karelia
Miles Sure That Third Term to Come
SANTA FE New Mexico governor Miles predicts New Mexico will join a movement to draft President Roosevelt for a third term. He declines to state his own view on a third term but believes the Democratic national convention will renominate Roosevelt and that New Mexicans will back a third term with heavy support, possibly more than in 1936.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
New Mexico
Roosevelt
United States
Red Cross Proclamation Issued in Roswell
Mayor C L Allison led the Red Cross roll call in Roswell and urged every citizen to help raise national membership by one million. Chaves county is asked to recruit 1600 members, nearly double previous years, as the Red Cross faces its peace time test and expands disaster relief and anti misery services.
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C. L. Allison
Red Cross
Roswell
Allison
Chaves County
American Red Cross
Out of Town Days Boost Roswell Shopper Weekend
Roswell merchants designate Friday and Saturday as Out of Town Days inviting shoppers from town and visitors to take part. Special preparations and ads will showcase bargains, with The Record publishing extra ads in Thursday edition to promote the event.
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Roswell
Germany Rejects Mediation Offer From Belgium And Holland
Washington November 14 A Thanksgiving humor piece advises men on carving turkey either seated or standing with department guidelines and jokes about wives. Berlin reports Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop sent a formal polite no to the joint mediation offer from Belgium and the Netherlands, citing earlier replies from Britain and France making peace impossible.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Turkey
Berlin
Freign
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Netherlands
Germany
Hague
Brussels
von Ribbentroop
von Ribbentrop
Britain
France
Lions Club toy drive seeks help in Roswell area
The Lions Club plans a Saturday morning collection to repair and repaint old toys for underprivileged children at Christmas. Urgent appeal follows a shortfall, urging residents to place toys on porches for pickup by Boy Scouts starting about 9 a.m. Readies thanks to donors from the first drive and notes repairs by firemen.
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The
Lions Club
Lions
Roswell
Boy Scouts
Lanning Sees Good Luck With Flax Experiments
S. A. Lanning, Cottonwood farmer, reports success with flax experiments. County agent Tom Reid notes a recent alfalfa freeze harmed nothing on his acres while flax remained unscathed. Lanning tests three flax varieties.
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S. A. Lanning
Tom Reid
Lanning
District Attorney in Roswell Today
District attorney G. L. Reese, Jr., of Carlsbad visited Roswell to attend to official business in district court today.
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Roswell
G. L. Reese, Jr
Carlsbad
Wagner Eyes Federal Annuity Plan For $100 Monthly
Washington reports Senator Wagner proposes a federal annuity insurance allowing up to $100 monthly at maturity. The plan would be sold through post offices at about 30 percent less than private policies and may be included in Roosevelt’s national address. It aims to expand social security to self employed workers domestics and farm hands and anticipates a $90 million initial federal appropriation for health public services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
D-Ny
White House
Four Million Tourists Enter New Mexico in 1939
New Mexico sees nearly 4,000,000 out-of-state visitors in 1939, a ten percent rise over 1938’s first ten months. October shows a 12 percent increase despite expected seasonal decline, with Raton leading ingress points at 638 vehicles and 2,135 passengers in a 24 hour count.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
State Tourist Bureau
Joseph Bursey
Bursey
Raton
Anthony
Texico
San Jon
Good Neighbors Drive $10,000 Fund for Scouts and Salvation Army
The Trio Chest committee urges support for a twelve month campaign to fund Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Salvation Army programs. The drive calls on all, including moderate earners, to contribute, with past subscribers asked to increase as needed to reach the quota and prevent program cuts.
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Trio Chest Committee
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
British Lose Three Vessels In Sea Warfare
London reports three British ships damaged or sunk in the latest naval actions, including a destroyer, a freighter Matra, and the trawler Creswell. Two German steamers Mecklenburg and Parana were also destroyed by British warships. Matra sank after a mine strike. two crew were killed and 22 injured. Admiralty did not identify the destroyer or locate the sinking. In Washington, a debate over neutrality laws grows as Irish objections to a war zone and a plan to bar flag transfers surface. The City of Flint case nears solution with its freighter returning to the United States after a Bergen cargo handoff.
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Boston
Russia
Athenia
Hitler
Edmund A. Walsh
S. J
Georgetown University
Foreign Service School
Foreign Commerce Club of
United States
Germany
Washington
Dr. Walsh
England
Soviet
London
Admiralty
Creswell
Flint
State Department
Norway
Bergen
Robert Brennan
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Eire
Roosevelt
Brennan
Berle
Hig
Mead
Bailey
DNC
Senate Commerce Committee
Killed in auto wreck in Arizona
Tucson Arizona November 14 Joseph White 22 a private school teacher was killed when an automobile overturned. Lloyd Murphy formerly of Silver City New Mexico and Janet Stanley a University of New York student were injured. White’s Jersey City parents campaigned to study in Arizona. Two Hobbs men killed in Kansas. Estancia New Mexico records eight degrees above zero this morning as the coldest of the season.
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Tucson
Ariz
Joseph White
White
Jersey City
N. J
University of Arizona
Lloyd Murphy
Silver City
N. M
Janet Stanley
New York
Weather Forecast For Four Corners And TX
Weather outlook shows generally fair conditions across Colorado New Mexico and Arizona tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas remains fair with minimal temperature variation through tonight and Wednesday.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
West Texas
Cotton Yield in Chaves County Drops from Last Year
County agent Tom Reid estimates the average cotton yield in Chaves County this year at 475 to 500 pounds per acre, down from 514 last year due to angular leaf spot and insects led by the superb plant bug. Excess moisture in July aided infestations, but a long growing season allowed better-than-expected final yields as early maturing Acala cotton dominates. Some gins will finish by December 1, and a large crop of registered and certified seeds was grown by Chaves County Crop Improvement Association members.
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Tom Reid
Chaves
Reid
Chaves County
Nations hold firm in Europe neutrality stance
The AP notes that independent states in Europe, once fearful, are gaining courage and collectively standing against further compromise of their independence. They aim to preserve neutrality while showing resolve to resist pressures that would erode their sovereignty.
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Associated Press
Mother Clings To Hope For Little Girl
Philadelphia November article about eight year old Kathryn Felt with acute sympatic leukemia seeking blood donor trans fusion. Mother's radio plea yielded numerous offers but medical authorities cautioned donors may not help. The story notes survival limits and uncertainty surrounding a potential blood type two transfusion.
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Philadelphia
Kathryn Felt
Charles Felt
Kathryn
Science
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Penitentiary Sentences Imposed in Court Here
The November term crim dockets in Chaves County saw seven defendants change pleas to guilty and another's charges dismissed on DA Reese's motion. Last week three more pled guilty and received jail terms, reducing the docket and saving taxpayers money. Melvin Carl Myers faced 5 to 6 years for receiving and concealing stolen property from state policeman McCasland during the Eastern New Mexico State Fair. part of the loot was recovered.
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Chaves County
G. L. Reese, Jr
McCasland
New Mexico
Melvin Carl Myers
Roswell
Myers
James B. McGhee
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Kas
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J. L. Spicer
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Skellytown
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