Britain vows sea lanes open despite Ra walpindi sinking
King George assures the empire the royal navy keeps sea lanes free as the Rawalpindi is sunk by German warships. Government delays blockade impact to neutral shippers and reports air raids over northwestern Germany. Food rationing plans begin January with butter and bacon limits and sugar restrictions.
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London
George
Royal Navy
Rawalpindi
Germany
Britain
Iceland
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
W. S. Morrison
House of Commons
Ashmouth
King George
Lord Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Finland
Maisky
Halifax
Admiralty
England
Deutsch-land
Berlin
North Sea
North Atlantic
France
Scapa Flow
Scotland
Denny Shute Plays Exhibition at Roswell Golf Course
Denny Shute, a renowned pro, carded 70 in an exhibition match at Roswell after a visit arranged by Montgomery Ward. He and Henry Bailey beat Spec Stewart and Everett Forrester on the 18th hole, with seven birdies and praise for Roswell greens. Stewart shot 71, Forrester 75, Bailey 78, best-ball 5 under par.
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Denny Shute
Shute
Montgomery Ward
Roswell
Henry Bailey
Artesia
Spec” Stewart
Everett Forrester
Bailey
Stewart
New Mexico
Forrester Roswell
Ward
Denny
Byron Nelson
Craig Wood
Nelson
Horton Smith
Ralph Guldahl
Pittsburgh
Elks Golf Club
Columbia
Ohio
Palma Ceia
Tampa
Florida
Midlothian Country Club
Chicago
Townsend Speaker Here Three Nights
Rev. Charles Kasinger of Kansas City Missouri, a Townsend speaker, will speak at the courthouse tonight and on Wednesday and Thursday at 7 30 PM. He invites criticism and hopes questions on the subject. Everyone is invited and especially those who do not favor the Townsend plan.
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Charles Kasinger
Kansas City
Townsend
Kasinger
British order extends naval blockade to German exports
The British government issued an order in council to extend the blockade to German exports effective December 4, with King George signing yesterday. The delay aimed to allow neutral shippers to arrange avoidable hardships. In Arizona, a congressional committee arrived at Fort Huachuca to review a proposal totaling 4,175,000 dollars for improvements at the state’s only military post.
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London
Germany
George
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Congressional
Arizona
Snow Describes New Mexico Weather and Fatal Crash
Leaden skies bring snow sleet and rain over northern New Mexico for a fourth day. The Weather Bureau warns of continued unsettled conditions with hazardous ice on northeast highways. A fatal crash near Raton, involving K D Hurst of Amarillo and secretary Eulah Heilman, injuries mount from multiple accidents on Raton Pass.
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New Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Colorado Line
el Paso
Hobbs
Clovis
Roswell
Las Vegas
K. D. Hurst
Amarillo
Texas
Eulah Heilman
Alamosa
Colo
Hurt
Raton
Raton Pass
Trial summation in Bund leader Fritz Kuhn case
New York November 28 Assistant district attorney Herman J McCarthy closed the states case in the larceny trial of Fritz Kuhn asserting Kuhn stole bond funds. He criticized defense counsel Peter L Sabbatino as a Caliban of ethics and accused him of bias. Mrs Florence Camp testified for the state as closing arguments neared and the jury prepared for deliberation.
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New York
Herman J. McCarthy
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
Peter L. F. Sabbatino
Caliban
McCarthy
Sabbatino
Miami
Florence Camp
Three hurt after Santa Fe area car crash
Three persons suffered cuts late last night in a collision south of Santa Fe including Pete Chavez Pedro Tapia and Connie Sandoval with injuries described as minor.
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Santa FE
N. M
Pete Chavez
Pedro Tapia
Connie Sandoval
Milk fund praised by school principal in Roswell
Miss Burr Powell, principal at Missouri Avenue school, lauds Kiwanis milk fund and upcoming Children's Theatre plays to raise money. She notes milk improves pupils' physical and mental condition and personally endorses the charitable effort as a community priority. Rip Van Winkle is first in the theatre series at the junior high auditorium with matinee and evening shows on Wednesday.
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Kiwanis Milk Fund
Childrens
Kiwanis Club
Burr Powell
Missouri Avenue School
Rip van Winkle
Milk Fund
Miss Powell
Missouri Avenue
Roswell
Maverick to Be Tried on Eight Counts
San Antonio mayor Maury Maverick faces trial on eight counts for allegedly paying a poll tax for a citizen. Four co-defendants, including Maverick's secretary and two garment workers, are charged in the case. The judge dismissed one indictment and a key defense challenge questioned the poll tax law's constitutionality.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Bryce Ferguson
Carl Wright Johnson
R. L. O’brien
Richard Jeffrey
Rebecca Taylor
George Glass
State Supreme Court
Ferguson
Texas
John R. Shook
C. K. Quin
Congress
Paul Kilday
Shook
John N. Garner
Garner
Guilty Verdict in Manslaughter Case at Hobbs
Clyde Bouldin was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Mrs. T. L. Patterson in an automobile accident at Hobbs. The district court jury returned the verdict at 9:10 a.m. today and recommended clemency. The trial, held yesterday before Judge James B. McGhee, continues a recent string of state convictions. One defendant has been acquitted and charges were dismissed against another. The case came to Chaves county on change of venue from Lea county. No more criminal trials are scheduled until next Monday.
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Clyde Bouldin
T. L. Patterson
Hobbs
James B. McGhee
Chaves County
Lea County
Laurene Nelson Heads to National 4-H Congress
Laurene Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred M Nelson of East Grand Plains departs for Chicago to attend the National 4-H Club Congress after winning the trip by placing first in the state Dress Revue at Staite College during the State 4-H Encampment in August She has five years in 4-H with seven projects and has served as club president and secretary and led a group of girls at East Grand Plains grade school She is a Roswell High School senior planning to continue 4-H work.
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Laurene Nelson
Fred M. Nelson
East Grand Plains
Chicago
Laurene
Staite College
Roswell
Kiwanis Hear Theatre Manager Promote Rip Van Winkle
Fisk Miles associate manager of the Clare Tree Major Children's Theatre spoke to the Kiwanis Club about a season of plays in Roswell under Kiwanis sponsorship. The first production Rip Van Winkle will play at the Junior High auditorium with a children's matinee and an adults night show. Ruth Gilley outlined arrangements, and Miles noted Broadway quality praise for Clare Tree Major productions. W. C. Taylor announced a cricket sale in the business district. Other guests included John H. Beothe of La Grange and Dr. C. M. Ejfert, club president.
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Kiwanis Club
Fisk Miles
Clare Tree
Kiwanis
Ruth Gilley
Miles
Rip van Winkle
Echoo
Roswell
W. C. Taylor
John H. Beothe
la Grange
Ill
C. M. Ejiffert
Weather Forecast for Four States
New Mexico sees unsettled conditions overnight with Wednesday generally fair and little temperature change. Colorado reports partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the east on Wednesday. Arizona is unsettled tonight into Wednesday with partly cloudy conditions, while West Texas expects cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday and warmer temperatures in the southeast portion on Wednesday.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Reid to Attend Chicago Meeting Representing New Mexico Agents
Tom Reid county extension agent will leave Friday to attend the National County Agent's Association annual meeting in Chicago. He represents New Mexico as president of the New Mexico County Agent's Association. The gathering coincides with the International Livestock Show week.
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Tom Reid
Chicago
National County Agent’s Association
Reid
New Mexico
German claims sinking British cruiser east of Shetlands
Berlin reports a London class heavy cruiser, nearly 10 000 tons, torpedoed and destroyed east of the Shetland Islands by Lt-Capt Guenthen Prien, the U-boat commander famed for the Royal Oak sinking. British Press Association denies any battleship loss.
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Berlin
High Command
North Sea
Shetland Islands
Royal Oak
Guenthen Prien
Rawalpindi
Iceland
North Atlantic
Prein
Scapa Flow
Prien
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Southampton
Firth of Forth
Belfast
London
British Press Association
Hope for Europe yields Utopian peace vision from Chamberlain
The article reports Chamberlain’s wartime radio proposal for a federated Europe where nations choose internal governance but share a common external policy. Nazidom dismisses the idea as utopian while Berlin notes the prime minister’s aging. A wartime audience is urged to see victory in terms of peace.
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Europe
Chamberlain
Jap Claim 10 Mile Advance In China
Japanese advance troops reportedly moved ten miles beyond Nanning, the South China city captured Saturday, with mobile units following the Pearl river westward. Unclear if forces aim 100 miles farther to a Chinese supply highway from French Indo China.
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Hongkong
Nanning
South China Military Center
Pearl River
Indo-China
Montgomery Ward official dies in car crash near Baton New Mexico
K D Hurst of Amarillo Texas a Montgomery Ward store official died in a hospital at 3 45 am after his car plunged from an ice covered highway four miles east of Baton He is survived by none listed His secretary Eulah Heilman 24 of Alamosa Colorado was in Miners Hospital with a fractured skull in serious condition following the crash
Finland Seeks Arbitration After Soviet Note Breaks Pact
Helsinki reports Moscow denounced the non aggression pact with Finland in a note to the Finnish minister. Finland offers arbitration and to meet Soviet demands for troop withdrawal only if Red Army also retires. Mannerheim says Russian account rests on a misunderstanding.
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Helsinki
Foreign Office
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Baltic
Poland
Elias Erkke
Kremlin
Eljas Erkko
Erkko
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Red Army
Karelian
Baron Gustaf Mannerheim
Molotoff
Red Star
Leningrad
California Trust Company President Dies in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills California November 28 Thomas C Scroggs 57 president of the California Trust Company and former banker in Oklahoma Texas Louisiana and Illinois died at his home yesterday from a heart attack in a brief obituary noting his banking ties and leadership roles across states.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Thomas C. Scroggs
California Trust Company
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Illinois
Federal Indian Service to open Denver office in January
A Regional Office of the Education Division of the Federal Indian Service will open in Denver around January 15. Field supervisors for 15 western states will be based there, with current offices in various regions or in Washington to move to Denver.
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Washington
Education Division
Federal Indian Service
Denver
Willard W. Beatty
Santa Fe Board of Education reports budget balance
An audit by state comptroller C. R. Sebastian found the Santa Fe city board of education in satisfactory financial condition. The district closed the last fiscal year with a maintenance fund balance of 334.97 and a direct charge fund balance of 3,443.22.
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Santa FE
N. M
C. R. Sebastian
Santa Fe City
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Co. B. Cowan
Association of Unemployed
John W. Bricker
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