Florence to Host Eighth Annual Junior Rodeo This Weekend
Florence gears up for the eighth annual Junior Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday with 30 plus entrants from grammar schools in events like bronc riding calf roping steer riding and team tying. World Championship Rodeo association head M Twain Clemans will MC and timing official W J Clemans aids in events and a wild cow milking contest for Arizona sheriffs features contestants from several counties. A parade with horse drawn vehicles and a governor invitation add local flair to the two day show in a western town setting.
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Florence
M. Twain Clemans
W. J. Clemans
Cowboys’ Turtle Association
Arizona
Pete Grubb
Harry Knight
Charley Jones
Jones
Governor Jones
W. T. Branaman
Casa Grande
Globe
Soldiers Have Merry Holiday at Ft. Sill Division Center
About 20 percent of the 45th division were home for Christmas. The rest enjoyed decorated buildings, Christmas trees, and meals with four tons of turkey and 7000 pounds of candy. Festivities included after dinner entertainment, special services, and gifts from the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce.
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FT. Sill
Daily Citizen
American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Rookie
Consul General Calls Belgians to Arms in War Decree
New York December 27 Belgian consulate announces Belgians aged 19 to 25 born 1915 1921 and reserve officers are called to arms Volunteers 16 to 36 may also join Armed Belgian units form in England to fight with British and Allied armies Non-occupied countries urged to consult nearest consul on military status
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New York
Charles Hallaert
England
Hallaert
Karakul Sheep Farms Expand Near Norway Coast
About 1,300 karakul sheep are being raised on fur farms in Norway as part of a regional fur industry expansion. The figure highlights growing livestock numbers and potential supply for pelts in market channels.
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Norway
Rooney Tops Box Office Poll As Nation's Favorite Star
Hollywood December 27. Mickey Rooney voted the nation s foremost box office attraction for the second year, edging 200 actors and actresses in the Motion Picture Herald theater poll. Judy Garland aided his rise, while Clark Gable Tyrone Power James Cagney Bing Crosby Gene Autry and others rounded out the top rankings.
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Judy
Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Mickey Rooney
Motion Picture Herald
Rooney
Herald
Clark Gable
Will Rogers
Gene Autry
Autry
Tyrone Power
Tracy
James Cagney
Britain’s Provinces Hold Formal Hospitality After London War
A New York writer and wife describe wartime shifts in attire and etiquette on a country visit. In London shells and shelters alter evenings to lunches, while rural shires revive dinner dress and gala tea rituals with hostesses noting the eggs and hens as symbols of hospitality.
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Hitler
London
Milo M. Thompson
England
New York
Westminster Abbey
Patience
Zasu Pitts
Industry Fights To Keep Apace With Big Colds Competition
Industry leaders in New York and across the country mobilize to maintain production during January the traditional peak for employee illness. Large firms plan substitutes for clerical absences as colds and respiratory ailments cut work hours. Smaller companies urge workers to stay healthy and brace for the worst.
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New York
Aguirre Funeral Services Held for Edward Aguirre
Funeral services were held today for Edward Aguirre 64 of 702 South Fremont Avenue who died Wednesday night at home. A funeral mass was said at Santa Cruz church and burial followed at Holy Hope cemetery. He operated a local grocery for 28 years and is survived by his wife Carmen a son Ynocencio and two sisters Anita and Cruz Aguirre.
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Edward Aguirre
South
Fremont Avenue
Santa Cruz Church
Holy Hope Cemetery
Aguirre
Sle
Carmen Aguirre
Ynocencio
Anita Aguirre
Cruz Aguirre
Help Wanted Eugene Chamber Doubtful of Santa Fe Prospect
The Eugene Chamber of Commerce questions its ability to assist a Santa Fe man who asked for help in convincing his wife to relocate. The odd inquiry highlights a curious recruitment request from New Mexico.
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Eugene
Ore
Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
N. M
Later Cotton Planting Meeting Aims To Fight Boll Worm
Phoenix officials announce a January 9 meeting of Arizona cotton growers to discuss delayed planting as a method to eradicate pink boll worm. The plan, endorsed by the state agriculture commission and U S bureau of entomology, targets fruiting after June 15 to prevent bollworm eggs hatching.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture
U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Brazilfair Buenos Aires charges raise as propaganda tale
At a Brazilian fair in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8,000 glasses of iced matte and 9,000 cups of coffee were offered free to visitors but billed to Brazil as propaganda.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Brazil
Arizona Banks Make Loans Of 35 000 000 In Six Months
Arizona's twelve banks reported 38 539 loans totaling 35 860 931 during January 1 to June 30 1940. New loans 23 717 819 renewals 10 056 058 new mortgages 2 087 054. average loan 713. mortgage 3 241. Open lines of credit used 45.2 percent of 8 216 511 offered. National totals show 6 203 banks with 12 253 628 581 in new loans and 177 398 612 in mortgage loans.
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New York
Daily Citizen
Arizona
American Bankers Association
Half-Year Credit Transactions Total Across Banks
Report shows 13,642,673 credit transactions totaling 20.953 billion dollars for the first half of the year, described as from fewer than half of the country's banks.
U S Court To Settle ASCAP Music Dispute
The U S Justice Department will prosecute four parties in Milwaukee early January under anti trust laws over a broadcasting contract clash involving ASCAP NBC CBS and BMI The action cites illegal pooling price fixing and refusals to publish music to force fees and control music supply amid a five year ASCAP agreement lapse Dec 21.
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Washington
Jackson
Milwaukee
American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers
ASCAP
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Broadcast Music, Inc
National Association of Broadcasters
NBC
CBS
Justice Department
BMI
Tissues govern ability to hold liquor says science
A science symposium reports that habitual heavy drinkers absorb alcohol into the blood faster and brains of drinkers become intoxicated more quickly. Dr. Harry Newman of Stanford described animal studies challenging the idea that heavy drinkers stay sober due to slower absorption or brain processing.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harry Newman
Stanford University School of Medicine
Newman
Pioneers Group Receives Gifts From Tucson Donor
The Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society received a diamond inlaid double barreled shotgun linked to Billy the Kid, a 60 year old door bell, and a cab lamp from Mrs. George Cravey of Tucson. Also donated were Safford justice court records from 1879, a manuscript by Barry Goldwater, and pamphlets.
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Billy the Kid
Arizona Pioneers’ Historical Society
George Kitt
George Cravey
Tucson
American Ranch
Prescott
Ash Fork
Fred Harvey Company
Grand Canyon
Mechanisms of Alcohol Tolerance Questioned by Research
A discussion cites Dr. Newman experiments challenging the belief that the body burns alcohol faster to stay sober. By elimination, it suggests tissues themselves acquire tolerance. The exact mechanism remains unknown.
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Newman
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