Barracks Briefs at NMMI Cadet Life Updates
Cadets watch construction progress on two new buildings as spring completion looms for the library and administration block. A pumpkin pie incident dampens morale at the mess hall while plans for a dance linger. Thompson of L Troop draws attention for height and charm as red list fears loom for some. Tactics classes review reserve commissions under four year stay requirement. NMMI notes success in securing advantages under new army rules.
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Mess Hall
Stags
Thompson
L Troop
NMMI
Packard unveils five 1941 lines with air cooling
Packard introduces five 1941 models from One-Ten to One-Eighty highlighting sleek lines and two tone colors. It touts a new air refrigeration cooling system, a rear trunk refrigerating unit, and separate compressor driving the fan. Also notes training contracts and a Plainview Texas student profile in the same issue.
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Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
Roosevelt to Make Defense Talk October 12
The White House said President Roosevelt will deliver a half hour national defense speech from a moving train in Dayton Ohio on October 12 at 9 p m EST. The address will be non political and carried by three networks and aimed at the hemisphere including all American republics. It will cover the draft and defense program, echoing a Pan American theme of unity. The trip's western leg ends in Dayton after a weekend at Hyde Park New York.
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White House
Roosevelt
Dayton
Ohio
Stephen T. Early
Early
United States
Army Chiefs of Staff
Hyde Park
N. Y
Rosita Royce Wins $1125 for Dove Cruelty at Court
Rosita Royce, famed for her dove dance at the New York world's fair, appeared in New York court to receive $1125 from her employers. The award covers cruelty to her doves and breach of contract, highlighting a legal dispute over treatment of animals and performance obligations.
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Rosita Royce
New York
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Institute
Rabbit
W. C. Hefflefinger
Plainview
Texas
K- Troop
Washington
Vune
Yal Crow
Come Ao Eae Go
Columbia
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Roswell, N. M
Linters
Choice
Wallingford
Schafer
Carl Johnson
Armory
Eastern
New Mexico
State Fair
Hsia
Ette
Melton Jackets
Melton
Sears
Sanfi
Sandy Nevins
Sears, Roebuck
W. 3Rd St
Roswell , New Mexico
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