Barracks Briefs Preview New 22 Calibre Machine Guns
Word from the Armory says the long promised 22 cali machine guns will appear soon. The accompanying course will emphasize practical gunnery with extensive firing drills including landscape firing. The Post Exchange lounge reopens and cadets use it as a gathering place and for reading notes from O A O. The varsity faces a strong Aggie squad Saturday night in MI Institute Conference action, with Hall likely to play. A full squad will travel, though some men face Red list permits back home. Weekend notes mention no dances, possible road trips for jitterbugs, and Halloween pranks planned by barracks pranksters. Cardenas message from Mexico City outlines Mexico’s view of the Stockholm meeting of northern neutral counties.
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Post Exchange
Otion
Aggie
Hall
Portales
MI Institute
Roswell
Hallowe’en
Coronado pageant plan rejected by Carlsbad chamber
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce rejects a Coronado Cuarto Centennial commission proposal to raise 1500 dollars for a pageant at a festival. The chamber cites a failed Cavaldade pageant years ago and suggests cooperation with Cavern City Cavalcade via Caverns Pipeline Co. Pricing posted: 63 cents for below 25 gravity, 87 cents for 36 and above, with a two cent grade differential.
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Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission
Chamber
Coronado Commission
Alamogordo Tigers to play Silver City Colts tonight
Alamogordo travels to Silver City for a football clash after a rain postponement. Alamogordo remains unbeaten while the Colts hold a 1-1 record. The game was moved from October 7 due to heavy rains.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Alamogordo Tigers
Silver City
Colts
United States Latin American Assemblies of God Selects 1940 Site
The annual convention in Carlsbad New Mexico closed with Grand Junction Colorado chosen for the 1940 meeting. Rev D Bazar of Denver was elected to succeed Rev H C Ball of San Antonio Texas as district superintendent. District offices move from San Antonio to El Paso Texas.
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Carlsbad
N. M
United States
Latin-American Assemblies of God
Grand Junction
Colo
D. Bazar
Denver
H. C. Ball
San Antonio
Tex
el Paso
Training begins for First Cavalry at Fort Bliss
The War Department announced that the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss Texas will begin training around October 28. The four month program focuses on border fort security and specialized drills before deployment.
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Washington
First Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Tex
War Department
Border Fort
Masnola Petroleum Announces Lea County Oil Purchase
Masnola Petroleum Company said it will buy crude oil in Lea county New Mexico at prevailing prices. The firm has completed a system to gather oil in the Vacuum Field for delivery to Texas New Mexico.
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Dallas
Tex
Lea County
N. M
Masnola Petroleum Company
WPA Projects Authorized for Bosque Del Apache Refuge
U S Biological Survey announced approval of two WPA projects totaling 128 500 to work on the Bosque Del Apache migratory waterfowl refuge in Socorro county near San Antonio. The plan would employ about 250 men until June.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bosque del Apache
Socorro County
U. S. Biological Survey
San Antonio
High School Bonfire Rumor Prompts Police Burn Investigation
State police, deputy sheriffs and fire crews rushed from Albuquerque to a plane crash scene but found only a pile of burning tires and six astonished Albuquerque high students who admitted planning a bonfire for the Menaul football game on Saturday. Earlier student bonfires at Albuquerque High had been prepared and lit prematurely twice by others.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bigelow Stables Sweep Hunters at Royal Horse Show
Thoroughbreds from the Bigelow stables in Santa Fe New Mexico dominated the hunters class at the American Royal Horse Show last night. Her Hero and Sparr, owned by Mr and Mrs Malcolm R Bigelow of Santa Fe, led the pair of hunters event with first place. Her Hero led after Sparr.
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Bigelow Stable
Bar Sinister
Tim O’day
Charles F. Zimmerman
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Bigelow Stables
N. M
Sparr
Malcolm R. Bigelow
New Mexico High Court Overrules Pettes Jones in Contributory Negligence
The New Mexico Supreme Court reversed a Dona Ana district court verdict in a Las Cruces automobile accident suit and ordered a new trial. Justice Mabry wrote the opinion overruling the 1937 Pettes Jones ruling on contributory negligence, with Chief Justice Bickley filing a dissent.
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N. M
State Supreme Court
Dona Ana
T. J. Mabry
R. G. Johnston
Glen Earl Crocker
Las Cruces
Justice Mabry
Pettes-Jones
Bickley
Tunney shocked by Lindbergh remarks on Canada
Gene Tunney told an Associated Industries Manufacturers meeting he was shocked by Lindberghs impertinence in a recent broadcast about Canada and the hemispheric war. He said he respected the aviator yet could not understand his sudden desertion of England after shelter there and his proposals, including an embargo stance and aid to Europe.
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Boston
Gene Tunney
Associated Industries
Charles A. Lindbergh
Canada
Lindbergh
England
United States
Europe
Tunney
Lindbergh Speech Sparks Wary Reactions Across Campuses
Senator Tunney denounced Lindbergh amid claims the speech urged anti Christian stance and warned against following atheism or communism. He pressed for nerve to resist Nazi fascist dictates and argued the war in Europe is about moral direction. Mrs Roosevelt commented on Lindbergh’s rhetoric and press reaction to Lippman and Thompson. Lindbergh opposed lifting the arms embargo in full.
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Hitler
Lindbergh
Tunney
Europe
Col. Lindbergh
Roosevelt
End of Mexico electrical strike urged by labor dept
Leaders of the electrical union across five Mexican states were summoned to meet the labor department to end the strike. Authorities urged arbitration as the quickest path. The action began Saturday against three Electric Bond and Share Company subsidiaries, affecting Veracruz Puebla Hidalgo Tlaxcala and Mexico states. Also, 350 French residents in Mexico planned to return to France to join their armed forces.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Tthe Labor Department
Electric Bond and Share Company
Veracruz
Puebla Hidalgo
Tlaxcala
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James B. Reed
Taos
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Wisconsin
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Mexico Ciry
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Chile
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