Walsh says neutrality bill passage likely next week
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, a key opposition figure, conceded the senate would probably pass the neutrality revision in its present form, approving arming merchant ships and lifting the combat area ban. Democratic leaders praised debate progress while Wheeler warned the final vote would be very close.
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Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate
Barkley
Pepper
D-Fla
Wheeler
Dmont
Lee
D-Okla
Cold Weather Forecast With Rain in Roswell Area
Cold weather will settle over Roswell and vicinity with near freezing temperatures and intermittent rain, followed by somewhat warmer conditions Friday. The storm system brought 1.08 inches of rain to Roswell by 11:30 this morning, with lighter rain in the Hondo valley and no immediate flood threat. Roads remain open as the district highway office notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Roswell
Hondo
Chamber of Commerce
Boswells Ranch
Ruicoso
Ruicoso Junction
Bonnell’s
District Highway Office
Artesia
Carlsbad
Lovington
Hobbs
Alamogordo
Carrizozo
Clovis
Albuquerque
Vaughn
Santa Fe
Continental Air Lines
Local Weather Readings And Day Length Data
Readings show 24 hour period ending 11 30 a m with 3 hourly temps: 2 30 48, 5 30 47, 8 30 47, 11 30 39. high 53 low 39. Precipitation totals month to date 3 46 year to date 32 42. Normal values 69 38 and day length 10 9 hours. Sunrise 6 15 Sunset 5 09.
Financing Is The Big Problem Facing New Mexico Flood Control
New Mexico faces a financing crisis for flood control as heavy rains and snow threaten spring runoff. Officials warn federal funds will be scarce during wartime, forcing immediate repair and long range planning with limited state money. Lincoln and Hondo Valley farmers urge rapid dam and debris removal, CCC support, and extended labor, while local towns push coordinated flood efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Santa FE
N. M
Hugh Calkins
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Miles
Lincoln County
Hondo
Ruidoso
Bonito
Tittsworth
Louise Coe
CCC
Big Increase in Social Security Taxes Coming
Secretary of the treasury Morgenthau announced a plan to steeply raise social security taxes for congressional consideration within two months. He did not reveal new rates but said increases would target reducing money in pockets with insufficient goods to buy. He noted inflation prevention and defense funding as motives, citing a projected $12.58 billion deficit this year and possible $5 billion annual borrowing from social security.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Pat V. McNutt
Treasury
Social Security
Roswell Officials Meet With Colonel Hewitt Over Flood Damage
Colonel Hewitt from Galveston and Roswell city officials conferred on flood damage at a recent conference. Attending were Mayor Hall city engineer Rowland city attorney Malone and alderman Daniel. Page Six continuation noted.
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Hewitt
Galveston
Roswell
Mayor Hall
Rowland
Malone
Daniel
John H
Opening of Chavez Theatre Draws Large Crowd
Despite rain a large crowd attended the Chavez Theatre opening on North Main in the 109 block. Patrons praised the house design, comfortable seating, and fine sound system as Griffith Theatre Company, also operator of Yucca and Pecos theatres, expands local cinema presence.
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Chavez Theatre
North Main
Griffith Theatre Company
Yucca
Pecos
Tragic Northwest Flight Crashes Near Moorhead in Dense Fog
In Moorhead Minnesota a Northwest Airlines DC plane failed to land amid thick fog and mist. Fourteen people perished in the crash near the Fargo airport while Captain Clarence Bates of Minneapolis survived. The disaster occurred during an instrument approach in freezing conditions. Local authorities and Civil Aeronautics officials secured the wreckage and attended the injured. Passenger list includes Mrs. Jay Packard and several professionals from Ohio North Dakota and Minnesota. The pilot was reportedly dazed but restrained from entering the burning wreckage.
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Moorhead
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Clarence Bates
Minneapolis
Bates
St. Paul
Chicago
Seattle
Fargo
N. D
Argo
Cross Hunter
NWA
Chas. Bailey
Columbus
Eveline Berg
Bailey
Miss Berg
Bob Donahue
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Jay Packard
Atlantic City
F. R. Lowell
Springfield
Ohio
Superior
National Supply Company
R. W. Ramsey
North Cantor O
Ramsey Lumber Company
Aultman
Mine Workers To Return To Work After Roosevelt Pact
John L. Lewis announced the United Mine Workers would resume operations at captive coal mines following President Roosevelt's proposal. Night shifts may start tonight, with some mines reopening tomorrow. Myron C. Taylor stood with Lewis as reporters were briefed in Washington. The dispute centers on a union shop and affects about 53,000 miners. Other labor clashes linger across the country.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Mayflower
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Taylor
Mine Workers
UMW
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Mediation Board
Chaves County Man Paroled in Governor’s Actions
Governor Miles on the prison board’s recommendation granted 11 commutations and six paroles. Among those paroled is Jack Chancey from Chaves County, sentenced to 11 to 12 months on morals charges, with a date of sentencing February 24, 1941. Fred Higgins from Chaves County had his sentence reduced from 30 to 50 years to 16 years.
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Miles
State Prison Board
Jack Chancey
Chaves County
Fred Higgins
Associated Press
Santa Fe
Musical Program At Rotary Club Flows With Talks and Music
Rotary Club session featured a five minute talk by Reed Harlan on bad checks and forgery. He outlined organized gangs forging checks across the country. A high school orchestra and band under Director Cameron performed a fine program with Odie Bynum and Mary Louise Unhensch at the piano, earning hearty applause.
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Sam Samson
Rotary Club Today
Reed Harlan
Cameron
Rotarians
Odie Bynum
Mary Louise UN- Henrichs
Hard Fighting Across Fronts Near Moscow and Rostov
Tass reported Red Army counterattacks south of Moscow and west of Rostov regained footholds on the south bank of the Nar'a River guarding the capital and seized strategic heights toward Rostov. Heavy Russian artillery halted German advances elsewhere. German elite SS detachments faced staunch resistance near Taganrog Rostov.
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Moscow
Tass
Red Army
Rostov
Special Train Planned For Roswell Carlsbad Grid Game
Roswell high school students can buy 200 tickets to secure a special train to the Roswell Carlsbad football game. The plan hinges on selling 2300 tickets total and 300 tickets upfront, with the Chamber of Commerce funding the trip if 200 are sold. The round trip costs 1.21 including tax. game date is Nov 7. train departs 5 to 5 15 p m with return after the game.
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Roswell High School
Chamber of Commerce
Counter Attacks Winning Ground For The Russians
Russia’s armies were credited with pushing the Germans back across the Nara river southwest of Moscow while on the southern front Soviet troops claimed strategic heights near Rostov and the Donets basin. Tass said German attempts to cross the Nara were beaten back as big aerial raids on Moscow continued with record losses. The Kharkov sector showed continued Soviet pressure as German advances were met with delaying defenses.
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Associated Press
Russia
Nara
Moscow
Rostov-on-Don
Tass
Donets
Adolf Hitler
Donets River
Hitler
Rostov
Kharkov
Robert Morley Returns Home After Disappearance
Robert Morley Pecos theatre manager who vanished September 29 in Monahans arrived at his parents Dallas home after a visit to Neosho Missouri. Ill with influenza on arrival he did not discuss his whereabouts last month, while authorities searched West Texas and New Mexico for him due to an abandoned car wallet found in Monahans.
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Dallas
Texas
Robert Morley
Pecos
Monahans
Neosho
Fred Morley
Morley
West Texas
New Mexico
Army Air Base Engineering Staff Expected Friday
An army district engineering team from Caddo Colorado will arrive tomorrow night to survey land for the Roswell air base and conduct material tests. They will occupy temporary city hall offices and remain until construction begins, signaling early start for large base work south of Roswell.
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Army Air Base
Roswell
Army District Engineering Office
Caddo
Colorado
Reading the Classifieds Drives Front Page Interest
A reader argues that front page stories about failed classifieds prove the classifieds are read. The point is that classified ads generate demand only if the advertised items exist and appeal to the public, underscoring reader interest in what is advertised.
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Clanton
Ala
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Om Coe
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U. S
Frank C. W. Pooler
George “Tittsworth
Hall
Thomas J. Hall
Thomas McClure
Sec
Congress
Imperial Order of the Shrine
Alden Onsgard
Bernice Blowers
Rotary Club
Taganrog
Caucasus
Red
Berlin
London
Reds
Kuibyshev
Volga
Crimea
North
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