Allies Claim Air Battle Results In German Defeats
Paris reports show Allied air forces, using Curtiss and Horane Saulier planes, shooting down 11 German aircraft in three days while British fliers claim nine planes down in two days. German loss claims differ. French and British accounts cite varying totals. Submarine sinkings and a failed German assault near the Moselle accompany high level allied coordination as Darlan and Gamelin meet Daladier.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
France
Royal Air Force
Moselle
Jean Darlan
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Daladier
90 Killed Over First Thanksgiving
The Associated Press reports at least 90 people died across 25 states on the nation’s first Thanksgiving travel day. Most fatalities were highway crashes. five were hunting deaths, plus four fire victims and one drowning. Notable incidents included a Cleveland grandmother dying of a heart attack upon seeing a boy struck, and a Utah cross ing crash killing a father and two children. Ohio New York and California reported nine fatalities each.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ida O’laughlin
Roger Krull
Utah
Wisconsin
Ohio
New York
California
No Restriction On Vegetable Acreage In New Mexico
State ACA officials announce New Mexico will not receive vegetable allotments under the 1940 program. Melvin Mitchell says producers in Chaves County seek area development to lower freight costs through higher volume. Other vegetable program phases may be hindered by allotment limits. Also, Dr. W W Peter and Dr E B Godfrey discussed mutual health concerns in Santa Fe.
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J. Minor Beene
New Mexico
Melvin Mitchell
Chaves County
Santa FE
N. M
W. W. Peter
Navajo Indian Service
E. B. Godfrey
State capitol staff mark Thanksgiving as Franksgiving
In Santa Fe New Mexico on November 24 7 workers recount a holiday they celebrated by working. They nickname it Franksgiving. The tale reflects a peculiar holiday stance among state employees.
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Santa FE
N. M
Yesterda
Filling Stations Held Up on Roswell Vaughn Highway
A lone unmasked bandit robbed three stations along the Roswell Vaughn highway last night, about 65 dollars in cash. Attendants were forced at gunpoint to surrender money. the robber left by 8 PM. Stations visited were Ramon, Wire Lake, and Mesa, with losses ranging from 1.50 to 50 dollars in mixed coins and bills.
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Roswell-Vaughn
Strickland
Ramon
N. M
Roswell
Lou Johnson
Wire Lake
Clyde Kirkendall
Mesa
Red” Parsons
Oklahoma Seeks Higher December Oil Allowable
Oklahoma oil producers and purchasers agreed on December allowed output rising 8600 barrels daily to 437400 barrels per day, aligning with the Federal Bureau of Mines market estimate. The November allowable remains 429000 barrels as the federal estimate.
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Oklahoma
City
Federal Bureau of Mines
McNally To Take Old Buick To Celebration
Dwight McNally will drive the 1907 two cylinder Buick from the McNally Hall Motor Company in a Bartlesville Oklahoma parade for Frank Phillips sixty sixth birthday celebration. Phillips 66 chairman John Powers Roswell and Phillips dealers from 23 states attend along with Verne Bolton Artesia and R. A. Boyd Carlsbad agents. The program features aviation exhibitions a parade birthday cake presentation and a basketball game between Phillips 66 and Kansas City Phillips Refinery teams.
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Dwight McNally
McNally-Hall Motor Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Frank Phillips
Phillips 66
Phillips Petroleum Company
John S Powers
Roswell
Phillips Company
Phillips
Verne Bolton
Artesia
Seek Stop Use WPA On State Capitol
The Santa Fe central labor union protests remodelling the state capitol with WPA labor urging work go to union-skilled workers. Gov Miles and New Mexico delegation contacted. Greer says WPA to be used except on wrecking projects already planned. Rep Dempsey opposed WPA labor. he was in Tucumcari for Quay county courthouse dedication.
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Santa FE
N. M
Santa Fe Central Labor Union
State Capitol
Capitol Improvement Commission
Miles
New Mexico
E. John Greer
Greer
W. L. Strohecker
Central Union
Rep
J. J. Dempsey
WPA
Dempsey
Tucumcari
Quay County Court House
Officer Fires On Car At Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner town marshal fired at two men and a woman during an attempted arrest on a bad check charge. The trio fled in an automobile, according to information received at the sheriff's office.
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Fort Sumner
Navy seeks funds for anti submarine nets at major harbors
Congressional sources report the navy asks about 40 million dollars to install advanced anti submarine nets at key fleet harbors. British nets described as three inch steel bars may stop torpedoes and subs, with San Francisco Bay nets already under study and prior WWI usage noted.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
United States
Department
Congressional
San Francisco Bay
Golden Angel witness in KUHN trial riot at Dodge plant
At Chrysler Corporation main Dodge plant in Detroit today about 100 men vied for entry, injuring two policemen with bricks amid a clash with 600 UAW CIO pickets. The melee, tied to an eight week old slow down, saw several black eyes and minor injuries and hospital treatment for two negro workers. Police detained several for questioning as plant doors closed and admittance varied between 57 claimed by a spokesman and 35 by a union rep.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Pelice
CIO United Automobile Workers
Corporation
Geronimo Kin Trail To Phoenix For Movie Premiere
Kinsmen of Geronimo journeyed from Mescalero Apache Reservation to Phoenix for the world premiere of the film Geronimo. They refused air travel, with Sam Chino balking at flying, citing his past involvement in Geronimo’s campaigns. Robert Geronimo, about 45, accompanies his nephew and other Apache relatives.
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Mescalero
N. M
Geronimo
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Geronimo
Robert
Sam Chino
H. L. Newman
Mescalero Apache Reservation
Albuquerque
Chino
Mexico
Newman
Trio Chest workers push toward goal in drive
Encouraged by strong early response, Trio Chest workers press toward a $10,000 goal for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Salvation Army. Reported $8,172.25 so far, a gain of nearly $1,000 from yesterday morning, with about $1,800 remaining. Call or leave contributions with local representatives or at the bank.
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Mornig
T. L. Gardner, Jr
A. F
Impeachment Proposal Tags Texas Governor O Daniel
A Texas House debate sparks a plan to suspend Governor W Lee O Daniel on a technical impeachment charge. Rep Augustine Celaya and Speaker R Emmett Morse dispute the move while Rep Bailey Ragsdale touts a tax bill session, stressing no character accusations. The outcome hinges on Lieutenant Governor Coke Stevenson and legislative actions.
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Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
House
Augustine Celaya
Brownsville
R. Emmett Morse
Houston
O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Bailey Ragsdale
Crockett
Ragsdale
Rape Case in District Court Opens for Wade Trial
Arguments of counsel began at 3 pm in the district court for Steve Wade charged with rape. This was the day’s only trial up to that hour. John Raney faces subornation of perjury. Clyde Bouldin’s voluntary manslaughter trial is scheduled for next Monday as the court continues civil jury trials. The case comes to Chaves county from Lea county on change of venue. Cort Marley’s cattle and sheep charges set for Monday December 4.
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District Court
Steve Wade
John Raney
Clyde Bouldin
Chaves County
Lea County
Cort Marley
Campaign to Remove State Trade Barriers
Washington November 24 Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins launches a drive to remove interstate trade barriers. He appoints Paul T Truitt as chairman of a committee to work with the Council of State Governments on the issue. Invitations to join the panel were issued to state representatives.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Paul T. Truitt
Commerce Department
Council of State
1940 Cotton Allotments Released in Chaves County
1940 cotton acreage allotments in Chaves county were established and released by the AAA on November 23 through mail notices. The county totals 25,960.2 acres across 686 farms, with allocations split between new applicants and those under 40-50 amendments. Producers may appeal in writing within 15 days to county committees with substantiated facts for reconsideration.
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Chaves County
Melvin Mitchell
Mitchell
AAA
Weather Summary for Western States and New Mexico
Cloudiness has increased since yesterday in most areas except central and northern plateaus. Light rains are confined to the upper Mississippi valley and extreme southwest with no significant precipitation elsewhere. Temperature rises in New Mexico and Arizona. western central states run 8 to 18 degrees cooler than yesterday. A trough of low pressure from the Gulf of California maintains cloudiness in New Mexico. Highest Thursday 70. Lowest last night 40.
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Plateau
Mississippi Valley
New Mexico
Arizona
Gulf of California
Suspect Linked to Albuquerque Grocery Robbery
Assistant police chief Pat Dugan said Harold Horton, 24, held on burglary in Evansville Indiana, is also wanted for questioning in a $1200 Albuquerque grocery store robbery two months earlier. Horton allegedly helped blow the safe and drag the safe into a meat refrigerator to muffl e the blast. Evansville police Capt. Norman Hope quoted Horton claiming an escape from Muskogee Oklahoma jail two months prior.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Pat Dugan
Harold Horton
Evansville
Ind
Norman Hope
Horton
Muskogee
Okla
Trade program policy faces renewal before 1940 election
The Roosevelt administration declared it would fight to retain the reciprocal trade program as a basis for lasting peace after the European war. Messersmith urged non-discriminatory trade relations, stressing peace through healthy economic ties, while some senators warned renewal could split Democrats before the 1940 vote.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Europe
Congress
George S. Messersmith
New England
Boston
Mexico yields entire export oil to American firm
Reliable sources say the government controlled Petroleos Mexicanos sold all export oil to an American concern. The buyer’s name was withheld but is described as an independent oil enterprise. Mexico expects to receive a fair and satisfactory price for its output of about 146,000 barrels daily, with roughly 60 percent destined for export.
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Mexico City
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mexico
Mexico to Repeal 4 Percent Export Tax
A presidential decree repealing a four percent tax on exports will take effect November 27. The measure, enforced after President Cardenas took office in 1934, was published in yesterday's official Gazette in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Cardenas
Weather forecast for Southwest states and nearby areas
New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers probable in the west and warmer conditions in the northwest tonight. Colorado remains generally fair tonight and Saturday, with unsettled conditions arriving in the southwest and extreme southwest tonight. Arizona experiences partly cloudy skies with isolated showers in the east on Saturday and little temperature change. West Texas forecasts fair weather with colder readings in the north and light frost in the southeast tonight, followed by fair conditions Saturday.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Sinus Surgery Linked to Restored Vision in Study
Memphis report details 13 cases where draining remote sinuses relieved optic nerve pressure and infection, producing complete or partial vision improvement in ten. Dr James B Costen cites sudden and progressive blindness tied to sinus infection while Dr T W Moore notes diet as key in preventing cataracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
James B. Costen
St. Louis
Southern Medical Association
Costen
T. W. Moore
Huntington
W. Va
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