Pope Pius Warns Europe of Sinister Shadows Over War News
Pope Pius spoke from Castle Gandolfo that enemies of God cast a sinister shadow over Europe as Lithuania aligned with Soviet Russia. He warned that defending Christian patrimony becomes crucial for Europe’s future and urged liberty for evangelistic doctrine to influence public life. Stanislaus Girdvainis, Lithuania’s new minister to the Holy See, attended.
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Castle Gandolfo
Pius
Europe
Holy See
Stanislaus Girdvainis
Russia
Girdvainis
Lithuania
German Raids Reveal Mixed Military Pressure
German advance along a twenty mile front in the Sinar region and dramatic raids on Scapa Flow suggest Hitler shifts from passive resistance to limited offensives. While some strikes were legitimate offensives, they lacked the expected decisive punch and risk provoking strong Allied anger. A Paris dispatch notes Hitler continues peace efforts, indicating a complex strategic posture.
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Sinar
Scapa Flow
Herr Hitler
Berliz
Hitler
Museum Locality Call Spurs Local Museum Plans
Capt. Charles F Ward urged keeping the museum loyal to local materials at a Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society meeting in Albuquerque. He proposed a directory of old timers with photos and markers at local points of interest.
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Capt
C. F. Ward
Chaves County
A. and H. Society
Charles F. Ward
Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society
G. K. Richardson
Lenore Shafer
Erwin Miller
Hazel Powers
Elizabeth Garrett
Capt. Ward
Nazi Sub Commander Honored For Sinking British Battleship
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler honored Commander Prien and his U-boat crew for sinking the Royal Oak at Scapa Flow. Prien awarded the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross as Raeder and others lauded the raid. Public celebrations followed as reports say French retreat continues and German air raids persist. Ration increases announced for civilians next week.
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Britain
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
British Isles
Royal Oak
Firth of Forth
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Prien
Scapage
Scoland
Hitler
Herich Raeder
Tempelhof
High Command
Moselle
Palatinate Forest
Scapa Flow
Frien
Battery A Needs More Young Men in New Mexico Guard
The 158th Field Artillery Battery A of the New Mexico National Guard seeks men aged 17 to 35 to reach an authorized 80 men. Capt. Edward Purdy notes the strength rise from 66 to 80 will add about $4,000 yearly to the battery payroll as part of a national guard expansion ordered by President Roosevelt.
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158Th Field Artillery
New Mexico National Guard
Edward Purdy
Purdy
National Guard
Roosevelt
Colfax County Jail Empty Again
In Ratón New Mexico on October 18 the Colfax county jail was found empty after a prisoner received a suspended sentence on a bogus check charge over the weekend. It marks the second time in two years the cells were empty. Sheriff B. H. Mitchell commented on the unusual absence of inmates and the lack of prospects from usual Saturday night activity.
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Raton
N. M
Colfax
B. H. Mitchell
Rural mail carrier missing in Albuquerque case
Officers search for Bert J. Whitmer, former rural mail carrier missing from his Albuquerque home since Monday night. Police found his car on the street yesterday with Whitmer's hat keys and billfold in an alley nearby.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bert J. Whitmer
Whitmer
Arizona Loyola game set for December 9 in Phoenix
The Arizona Loyola football clash, postponed due to infantile paralysis among Loyola players, was rescheduled for December 9 in Phoenix. The game had been slated for the following Saturday.
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Arizona-Loyola
Tucson
Ariz
Loyola
Pheanix
Activity Behind Western Front Lines Amid German Push
Swiss observers reported heavy rear area activity on both sides of the western front as German thrusts suggested a broader move. They expected an attack toward the Wiesmbourg Lauterbourg Rhine triangle, with Germany concentrating troops at Karlsruhe and Lauterbourg while France reinforced the front and shelled German rear highways.
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Switzerland
Wissembourg-Lauterbourg-Rhine
Karlsruhe
Lauterbourg
Moselle
Saar
Lauter
Wissembourg-Lauterbourg
Roosevelt backs neutrality stance with Sweden king
President Roosevelt advised King Gustav V of Sweden that the United States joins other American republics in backing neutrality and law for which Stockholm conference nations stand. The message, sent amid Nordic tensions with Soviet Russia and Finland, follows a Panama conference pledge to a common neutrality position.
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Roosevelt
Gustav V
Sweden
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
United States
Panama
Kalinin
State Department
Hjalmar J. Precope
Pecssi
Stephenson Denied New Trial in Liberty or Death Fight
Noblesville Indiana October 18 ex Grand Dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan Stephenson lost his bid for a new trial in a case tied to the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Hamilton Circuit Judge Cassius Gentry overruled his request for an early trial in first degree murder in the perpetration of a felony. The 1925 verdict upheld his life sentence in Michigan City state prison.
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Noblesville
Ind
D.C
Oberholtzer
Honor Roll At Roswell High
Roswell High announces the first six weeks honor roll for the current semester. Thirty-one students earned straight A grades led by seniors Wilma Browning and colleagues, with juniors Eva Aragon and Paul Russell among the honorees and sophomores Annie Earnest and James Lacy listed. Principal Paul H. Deaton released the names.
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Roswell High School
Paul H. Deaton
Wilma Browning
Stalene Callen
Arthur Dekker
Bernice Dunagan
Margaret Gessert
Kathryn Johnson
Velma Kincaid
Joyce Malone
Eileen Pritchard
Helen Lee Robertson
Lorraine Robertson
Bob Samson
George Smith
Mary Snyder
Republican Women Hear Mrs Shipley In Roswell
Mrs George Shipley Alamogordo attorney will speak to Roswell Republican Women's Club tomorrow at 3 PM at the Chamber of Commerce on Present Day Challenge To Republican Women The meeting time changed from 2 PM to 3 PM A luncheon precedes at 12 PM at Herring's Cafeteria A report on the Albuquerque state convention October 6 and 7 will be given by club officers including Mrs John C Martens and Miss Mary Mossman
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George Shipley
Alamogorco
Roswell
Republican Women’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Albuquerque
John C. Martens
Mary Mossman
Roswell Club
Herring
Masons Elect L C Lockett Grand Master In New Mexico
Gallup Oct 18 The annual Grand Lodge session adjourned with L C Lockett of Santa Fe elected to the office of Grand Master and Alpheus A Keen of Albuquerque reelected to a 56th term as grand secretary. Officers in Royal Arch Masons listed. Knights Templar commandery officers named.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Gallup
Grand Lodge of Masons
New Mexico
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Grand Lodge
L. C. Lockett
Santa Fe
Alpheus A. Keen
HR. Paul
Harry G. Shelton
Frank C. Rolland
Alamogordo
Grand Kind
Sherwood Y. Jackson
Grand Scribe
E. R. Paul
George L. Michen
George D. Robinson
Deming
Albert J. Noyes
Eric S. Kintsel Raton
E. L. Holt
Las Cruces
Grand Royal Arch
M. R. Chapin
John V. Miller
Portales
John W. Elder
Arthur C. Culver
Grand Sentinel
L. C. Rockett
E. S. Kintsel
Dr. Chapin
Fire drill time tops in city schools and jobs rise in New Mexico
Captain Aubrey Koonce praised school children for the fastest fire drill times in years across several city buildings including Sr High Mo. Ave and East Side. In New Mexico, the State Employment Service reported September private placements at 5,566, a 379 percent rise, driven by broomcorn and harvest labor.
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Aubrey Koonce
Capt. Koonce
Hedgecoxe
Sr. High
Dr. High
Wash
Mark Howell
Carver
St. John’s
St. Peter’s
Cuth Hill
East Side
N. M
Albuquerque
New Mexico
J. C. Mitchell
New Mexico State Employment Service
Broomcorn
School of Mines to celebrate fiftieth anniversary program
Socorro New Mexico October celebration marks completion of the largest PWA funded construction program at the New Mexico School of Mines. Dormitory assay petroleum and president residence renovations cost 200000 dollars with specific allocations. remodeling includes four more buildings and expanded utilities. Enrollment had been limited to 173 last year. campus now features 12 buildings and sports facilities.
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Socorro
N. M
New Mexico School of Mines
Public Works Administration
PWA
Assay
Petroleum
Boy Scout District Committee Meeting Set for Tomorrow
A district committee of Boy Scouts will convene tomorrow night at Troop 99 on North Virginia. Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock prior to the session.
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Boy Scout District Committee
Troop 99
North Virginia
GOP Abandons Plan for Postponed 1940 Convention
In Washington on October 1, 1940, Republican leaders abandon the idea of delaying the party’s national convention until after the Democratic nominee is known. They weighed benefits like shaping a platform in response to the Democratic program but concluded the postponement is impractical and perhaps undesirable.
Free man Billings plans a life with soon-to-be wife
Warren K Billings, freed from Folsom after 23 years, arrived from Sacramento to marry Miss Josephine Rudolph, a former San Mateo librarian. They met last night at the attorney’s home and agreed to delay wedding plans for a day or two while he adjusts to freedom after Governor Olson ordered his release.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
Sacramento
Culbert L. Olson
Folsom
Tom Mooney
Billings
Josephine Rudolph
San Mateo
George T Davis
Miss Rudolph
Stomach Greatest Retail Consumer Figures From July Sales
Santa Fe reports July retail income totals by category with groceries fruits and meats leading at 31.87 million. Restaurants liquor dairies bakeries and confectioneries show strong figures while clothing sales lag and car dealers and general stores top one million. Monument sales were notably low at six companies totaling 625 dollars.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Bureau of Revenue
Weather forecast for New Mexico Arizona and Colorado
Regional forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. In Colorado frost is expected in the west portion tonight with colder readings Thursday, while the extreme west central area remains fair and colder across the state.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
One More Night Game For The Institute
Major R R Procwn announces Institute football night and afternoon games this season. The Institute Panhandle Aggie night game is set for 8 15 p m on Saturday October 21. The N M Teachers Institute game is scheduled for 2 30 p m October 28. The Panhandle game may be the last night game this year. November 16 adds Texas Mines Freshmen at 2 30 p m and a Thanksgiving clash with Western State of Colorado at 2 30 p m.
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Institute-Panhandle Aggie
N. M. Teachers-Institute
Panhandle
Institute
Texas Mines
Western State of Colorado
Tungsten Ore In Morena Valley
RATON NM October 18 4 W C Paterson longtime Eagle Nest mining man says British and American steel makers will visit this week to inspect tungsten ore deposits in Morena Valley. Paterson found the deposits in 1916 near Elizabethtown about 79 miles west. He notes ore from the district supplied high grade tool steel for U S munitions in World War I and estimates 150 miners and a $150000 capital outlay needed to start production.
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Paterson
Perkins Speaks At Carlsbad Latin Assemblies of God Meet
Noel Perkins missionary secretary of Springfield Missouri delivered the lone English address at the 10th annual Latin Assemblies of God convention in Carlsbad New Mexico. More than 500 delegates attended the three day gathering with South American and Central American clergymen speaking yesterday.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Noel Perkins
Springfield
Latin Assemblies of God
United States
Elder Perkins
British tanks poised to lead infantry on western front
A writer notes Britain's vast tank array in France as the iron cavalry of the modern army. Built by top engineers and crewed by a famed cavalry regiment, the blunt nosed machines ready to advance with infantry. A ride through frontier proves tanks far faster than older models, doubling speed and effectiveness over rough ground.
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France
Fort'ddern
Cambrai
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