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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1941
Page
2
A community message praises birds for pest control and warns against poisoning or killing them. It cites insects avoided and crops protected, notes government bulletins and the Migratory Bird Law, and urges all to report violations to preserve vegetation and wildlife.
Animas Ananias reflects on winter, the Ivory factory closing for the year, and the season's excitement. He jokes about pessimists and optimists, mentions Crete and German landings, and ponders what new graduates should do with their degrees.
The piece muses on economic strain from strikes and global events, noting looming consequences of decisions in the United States. It hints at industrial growth fears at Red Hill and references Hitler and El Duce as reflections on communist influence and its outcomes.
The Marines will require five hundred high school graduates each month for the next year to man aviation units. Graduates are preferred for pilot training, with selection and qualifications outlined by a San Diego Marine aviator. Non grads with two years of relevant trade experience also have good chances. Additional skilled trades will be needed to build hangars and repair facilities. The piece notes the Navy’s broader aviation expansion and quotes Napoleon on logistics.
Harold Ickes announces Edward N. Kavanagh as Director of Soil Conservation in the Office of Land Utilization. Kavanagh, formerly Chief of the Branch of Range Management in the Grazing Service, will coordinate soil and moisture conservation across Interior land management bureaus. He was born in Leadville Colorado and spent years in Forest Service and Grazing Service roles across the West.
Marines adapt with new weapons and seven new battalions to meet any threat on land sea or air. The Fleet Marine Force expands to two divisions Atlantic and Pacific with alligators sea monster landing craft and global deployments. The corps grows from forty thousand to sixty thousand including reserves and a forty million training center rises in North Carolina.
A collage of brief anecdotes and small incidents: a Fort Benning machine gunner explains a slang exchange, Domingo Flores of Lubbock shoots at a suitor then injures himself, an OSU student’s car upholstery catches fire with $50 damage, a three legged calf on a Mars Hill farm defies counting, a Texas want ad for a boarding house near Tech, a San Francisco motorist pays a $2.50 fine after his four year old daughter laments the speed of the car.
Mrs. Joe Basden of Tucson and her sister Mrs. D. D. Been spending several days visiting Warren of Separ.
Mrs A W Morningstar leaves Wednesday for Bemus Point New York after spending the winter in Lordsburg with her daughter Mrs R E Bavens and family. Nearly half of the teaching staff will remain in Lordsburg for the summer vacation.
The Office of Land Utilization directs a broad soil and moisture conservation program already underway across millions of acres of the public domain, coordinating efforts to protect and improve land resources.
The Houston Navy Recruiting Station announces reduced height requirements in the U S Naval Reserve during the present emergency. Aviation Cadets require 64 inches, Reserve Midshipmen 65 1 2 inches, Enlisted Ratings 62 inches. Well built applicants may be accepted without meeting weight limits, chest measurements deemed satisfactory if weight height align. Many previously rejected applicants become eligible and may reapply for examination.
The Navy states there has been no change in the physical standards for enlistment in the Regular Navy, even as discussion continues about the location of the nearest recruitment station to sailors’ homes.
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