Cole Bros Circus Arrives Tuesday in Roswell
Roswell hosts the Cole Bros Big Railroad Circus Tuesday with hundreds of performers elephants trained horses and a two hour program touted as the Circus of Tomorrow. The 1940 tour is described as a triumph with record crowds and all Cole Bros stars including the beloved figure loved by millions of children.
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Roswell
Cole Bros. Big Railroadircus
Gram
Cole Bros
Villian
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Maynard
Dexter Home Extension Club Enjoys Festive Meeting
Delightful gathering at Mrs. J. T. McNeal home features a planned luncheon and a cookie baking demonstration by County Home Demonstration agent Pauline Cowan. Officers reelected include Mrs. Elmer Bible as president and Mrs. George Sterrett as secretary and treasurer.
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J. T. McNeal
Dexter Home Extension Club
Elmer Bible
Earl Latimer
George Sterrett
Bible
Pauline Cowan
Frank Parks
Hagerman
Fred Lewis
W. C. Adams
T. J. Hammer
Mary Thompson
Harry Porter
Edd Bunch
Mary Rowden
Harvey Pirtle
Florence Bell
Mary Marshall
John W. Starling
Claude Pollard
Plains
Texas
Bernalillo and Chaves Lead In Service Firms
Bernalillo and Chaves counties headed New Mexico service establishments in 1939 with total receipts of $6,352,000 across 448 firms. Albuquerque led with $1,855,000 in 278 establishments, while Roswell area firms posted $181,000 from 120 spots. Las Vegas and other towns added smaller totals.
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Washington
Bernalillo
Chaves
New Mexico
Bureau of Census
Albuquerque
Sh Chaves Co
Chaves County
Roswell
Santa Fe
Hobbs
Clovis
San Miguel
Las Vegas
Seek to Compel Teaching Spanish
In Santa Fe on October 26 the Spanish section of the New Mexico Education Association favored compulsory Spanish in elementary schools. The resolution, adopted yesterday, urged study before a general adoption and authorized chair Fernando Salas to form a committee. Mrs. Jennie Gonzales reported the state education board's sympathetic view and Governor Miles urged eventual general use.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
New Mexico Education Association
Fernando Salas
Belen
Jennie Gonzales
State Education Department
State Education Board
Miles
Army equipment to appear at National Horse Show
New York October 26 The National Horse Show will feature mechanized army equipment for the first time. Tanks scout cars artillery pieces and motorcycles armed with machine guns will be displayed alongside the equestrian events. The show runs at Madison Square Garden from November 7 through 13.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Spanish Adoption Expands in New Mexico Schools
Elementary schools in Rio Arriba and Taos counties and several Albuquerque grades are piloting Spanish instruction on an experimental basis, signaling growing multilingual education in the region.
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Rio Arribs
Taos County
Albuquerque
Spend a Million For N M Beauty in New Mexico
New Mexico residents spent 1.15 million dollars on beauty in 1939, with barbershops leading the receipts at 608 thousand dollars. Beauty shops rose from 300 thousand to 542 thousand dollars, while the number of shops grew from 148 to 210.
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Washington
New Mexico
Bureau of Census
Bureau
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Larry Pinson
Aviation Department
Eastern New Mexico College
Portales
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Dexter
George Wilcox
Contract Club
Miss Smith
Garnell Marshall
Violet Smith
Bernalillo and
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Smith
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Pollock
Lenora Bishop
Laura Moss
Lucy Blackwell
Halsie Blumfield
Belle Hurst
F. W. Sadler
Raymond Durand
John G. Anderson
Cox
Las Cr
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
W. F. Kerr
A. O. Hood
Virgil Henry
Starling
Harriet Wier
P. E. Jarnigan
Kerr
Britt
J. H. Holley
L. EK. Britt
J. T. Mills
Studebaker Line
Studebaker
Raymond Loewy
Roosevelt
Democratic Central Committee
Junior High
United States
Carl A. Hatch
Dennis Chavez
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
Willis Ford
Hatch
Chavez
Roswell, N. M
Hilton Hotels
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Abilene
el Paso
Longview
Lubbock
Plainview
Mexico
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Sir Francis Drake
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