Protests Fail Move British Seizes German Exports
London reports mounting protests failed to deter Britain's plan to seize German exports as part of a broad economic war. Netherlands Belgium Italy Japan Sweden and Denmark joined in representations while United States and Soviet Russia had not signaled attitudes. An order in council to seize exports was expected, and Britain urged fishermen to aid in coastal patrols to safeguard shipping.
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Belgium
Italy
Japan
Sweden
Denmark
United States
Soviet
Russia
Britain
State Scores Two More Convictions
Two more guilty verdicts were returned by district court juries in a term with only one acquittal. Steve Wade was found guilty of rape and John Raney of subornation of perjury, with both juries recommending clemency. Sentences not yet pronounced as Murrell Freeman pleads not guilty to rape with trial set for next Tuesday.
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Steve Wade
John Raney
Murrell Freeman
Raney
Wade
Officers Seeks Hot Check Artist Masquerading as Scout
The sheriff department seeks an alleged hot check artist who posed as a Texas University football scout. He cashed three checks yesterday totaling about $40 and signed them W. K. Howse. The University of Texas denied any connection with Howse and the bank stated he had no account there.
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Texas University
W. K. Howse
University of Texas
Howse
Romeo and Juliet romance rages over 10 day truce
In New York a high society romance between Eileen Herrick and George Lowther III unsettles pages of the social register. The dispute centers on Juliet who has left a hospital after Justice Isidor Wasservogel ordered a 10 day rest and mediation. The guesswork focuses on the 5 p.m. expiration of the truce.
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New York
Eileen Herrick
George Lowther III
Social Register
Juliet
Isidor Wasservogel
Justice
Eileen
GOP Leader for Tax to Pay Defense Costs
Senator Vandenberg endorsed Roosevelt’s idea of a special tax to fund emergency defense costs. At Warm Springs press conference Roosevelt spoke on pay as you go taxes versus further borrowing with no new taxes, without endorsing either plan.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
U.S. Destroyer Yarnall Drifts Aground at Norfolk
The reconditioned destroyer Yarnall of the Atlantic squadron drifted aground near the Virginia Capes while at anchor early today. Navy officers expect assistance from nearby ships and the coast guard Calypso was sent to aid.
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Yarnall
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Magazine Editor Seeks Snow for December Issue
Santa Fe New Mexico editor George Fitzpatrick of en Mexico Magazine aims for a Monday snow scene cover for the December issue. The issue will feature a winter sports piece by Jack Fetch, a snow dissertation by S Omar Barker, a Christmas sketch by Fred M Griffin, and elk hunt notes by F H Tegler.
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N. M
George Fitzpatrick
En Mexico
Jack Fetch
S. Omar Barker
Fred M. Griffin
F. H. Tegler
First Snow of Winter Delights New Mexico Regions
Snow and rain fell across New Mexico with light precipitation in Roswell totaling 0.13 inches by ten this morning. Capitan reported six inches of snow, four inches at Ruidoso, two inches at Vaughn, and snow in Tatum, Lovington, and Hobbs. Clovis cloudy, Santa Fe dry. Mt. Taylor and Sandias area whitened as forecasts called for more snow tonight.
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Albuquerque
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Associated Press
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Mercury
Clayton
Sandias
Manzanos
Rio Grande Valley
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Estancia
el Morro
Engle
Newlyweds Halt Honeymoon as Byrd Expedition Sailings Begin
Newlywed Anthony Kelezowski of Schenectady New York and his wife cut short their honeymoon as Kelezowski reports for duty aboard the U S S Bear led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd bound for the Antarctic.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Kelezowski
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Apaches Attend Premiere For Geronimo Film In Phoenix
In Phoenix on November 25, Robert Geronimo and his son from Mescalero New Mexico visit Fort Huachuca for a first showing of Paramount’s Geronimo. Indian scouts from the 25th Infantry join the crowd in the streets to greet Hollywood stars Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston and Kit Carson during the premiere build up.
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N. M
Arizona
25Th Infantry
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Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Robert Preston
Kit
To Train Child To Live Forever Continued From Page One
The Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians adopt a five month old girl named Jean in an experiment to prove humans can live forever. Led by James B. Chafer, the child will be fed a vegetable diet and kept away from death talk at a Vanderbilt mansion on Long Island called Peace Haven.
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N. Y
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Meta- Physicians
Schafer
1940 To Be Top Year Construction Work
New York November 25 The F W Dodge Corp foresees privately financed construction in 1940 topping 2 000 000 000 as the most active year of the recovery from the 1932 33 laws. Private work up about 11 percent from 1939 while public construction grows only 1 percent. Total construction for 1940 in 37 eastern states estimated at 3 580 000 000 versus 3 355 000 000 in 1939 and 3 196 928 000 in 1938.
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F. W. Dodge Corp
College football scores from an undisclosed date
A roundup lists numerous college football results with scores, including Yale over Harvard 20 to 7, Boston College over Kansas State 38 to 7, Princeton defeating Navy 28 to 0, and Penn State 10 to Ohio State 0. Other outcomes include Cornell 26 over Penn, Michigan State 18 over Lempile, and Chicago shutout 0 by Illinois 33.
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Lempile
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Cornell
Penn
Q. Duquesne
Carnegie
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Princeton
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Lehigh
Moravian
Muhlenberg
Miami
South Carolina
Clemson
Furman
Duke
North Carolina State
Yale Upsets Harvard 20 7 at Harvard Stadium
In Cambridge Yale defeats Harvard 20 to 7 before 52000 fans as Harvard errs repeatedly. Earlier scores show Rice 0 Texas Christian 14 Iowa 0 Northwestern 7 Sewanee 0 Tulane 26 Arizona 0 New Mexico 0 Montana 0 Texas Tech 0 Yale 20 Harvard 7. Princeton 28 Navy 0 in Princeton.
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Texas Tech
Missouri Tigers Beat Kansas 14 in Big Six Showdown
Missouri led 20 to 0 with two minutes left as Missouri and Kansas clashed in Lawrence on homecoming day before 25,000 fans. Christman threw, Turner made big plays, and Kansas rough play sparked a late touchdown by Missouri after penalties and a Kansas eject. Final score Missouri 14 Kansas 0.
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Don Pierce
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Christman
Ronald King
Oklahoma
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King
Hydson
Turner
Cunningham
Myron Counsil
Tiger
Gale
Kansans
Plan Army Navy War Games on West Coast
The War Department plans joint Army Navy maneuvers on the Pacific Coast with about 8 000 officers and men early next year. The exercise would test landing operations with many sailors and marines, possibly aligned with fleet war games, amid Europe war, hemisphere defense prep, and Pacific base construction. The third infantry division remains based on western posts as part of an extended winter training schedule.
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War Department
Pacific
Europe
Japan
Rules of War Supersede Neutrality Law Says Britain
Authoritative spokesmen stated Britain believes the rules of war override neutral rules in the Neutrality Act. British embassy officials declared no nation can immunize its shipping from seizure by domestic law. The neutrality law bans American ships from designated European combat zones and questions arise about American shipping’s treatment by belligerent patrols.
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Washington
Great Britain
Europe
Weather forecast for four states offers mixed skies
Weather forecast for New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and West Texas notes partly cloudy to tonight and Sunday with showers or snow flurries in extreme northwest New Mexico and extreme southwest Colorado. Temperatures show little change with some colder readings in southeast West Texas and warmer trends in the Panhandle. Includes northeast snow flurries tonight and warmer conditions in extreme west portions.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Panhandle
Bursum Reflects On Socorro Jail In Old Courthouse Demolition
In Albuquerque on November 25, former U S senator and Socorro sheriff Bursum recalled his four hectic years as sheriff. He noted the old Socorro county courthouse, a historic landmark, would talk of hair raising western tales if it could. Workmen began razing the courthouse yesterday as county offices move to temporary sites.
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N. M
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New Mexico
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Tabor
Santa Claus Flies Again Over New England Coast
News from Boston reports Santa Claus will fly again this Christmas season. Captain Bill Wincapaw, dubbed New England's flying Santa, returns from Bolivian jungles to bring cheer to lighthouse keepers along the foggy coast.
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Santa Claus
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Santa
Million For The Middle Rio Grande Project Approved
President Roosevelt approved a $1,118,457 Works Progress Administration project for irrigation drainage water storage and levy strengthening from Socorro to El Vado dam in Rio Arriba county. The conservancy district will provide $388,966 with work spread across Bernalillo Rio Arriba Sandoval Socorro and Valencia counties employing 400 to 500 workers, possibly lasting two years.
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Dempsey
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Albuquerque
Gambling devices moved ahead of Caddoo dam workers in Las Animas
Bent county district attorney John N. Mabry ordered all slot machines pinball machines and punch boards removed from Las Animas and Bent county by 6 p m tonight ahead of the $14 000 000 Caddoo dam project on the Arkansas River. Similar orders had been issued in Prowers and Huerfano counties as workers prepare to move into the area next year.
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P V Farmers Seek Lower Costs for ACP Operations
At Hagerman a Pecos Valley farmers meeting from northern Eddy county and Chaves county passed a resolution to sharply cut administrative costs for both state and county Agricultural Conservation Program offices. They also nominated Steve Lanning of Artesia to the state ACP committee for 1940 representing the Pecos Valley irrigated section. The meeting was led by Dr A D Crile of the Chaves county farm planning board and W A Losey of the board’s cotton sub committee.
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Eddy County
Chaves County
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Artesia
A. D. Crile
Trojans 20, Irish 12 in top intersectional clash
Southern California defeated Notre Dame 20 to 12 before a sellout 56,000 at South Bend. The game opened with a Trojans drive ending in a missed extra point, followed by Notre Dame punt exchanges and several notable plays including interceptions and gains by Landsdell, Nave, and Krueger as the period and second period unfolded.
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Irish
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Piepul
Hargrave
Krueger
Schindler
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Peoples
Chest Drive Gains to Boost Boy Scout Salvation Army Goal
A Chest drive reported a $463.43 day, raising total to $8,635.68 as organizers push toward the $10,000 target for Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Salvation Army. Honor rolls list firms with 100 percent participation and smaller shops contributing, with calls for others to donate or arrange visits.
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Claude Hobbs
Bank
T. L. Gardner, Jr
Merchants Credit Association
West 3Rd
A. F. Madison
Gardner
Madison
Boy Scouts
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Salvation Army
Worden Denies Irregularities Through Gov Miles
Santa Fe New Mexico state land commissioner Frank Worden denied charges of irregularities and waste in the land office. Through Governor Miles, Worden said he has no control over the land office or power to appoint an investigating committee. He quoted a memorandum denying the allegations and noted some difficulties with a timber contractor.
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Santa FE
N. M
Frank Worden
Miles
G. C. O’neal
State Land Office
O’neal
Worden
Financial editor dies in Sheridan on business trip
Liddon Blood-Smith, 48, former financial editor of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, died of heart disease in Sheridan Wyoming while here on a business trip for a Denver bond firm.
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Wyo
Liddon Blood-Smith
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Sea Warfare Like That Back in 1917
A historical comparison notes that British and neutral ships have been lost to mines and submarines at a rate echoing 1917. It cites 27 ships sunk since last Saturday and 153 total belligerent and neutral losses, with Britain 83 and other nations also affected.
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