Memorial Day Address by New Mexico Legion Chief
Charles Morgan of Artesia, commander of the New Mexico American Legion, delivers a Memorial Day speech honoring soldiers from 1776 to World War I and II. He warns against complacency, urges defense readiness, and praises democratic ideals, military buildup, and national sacrifices to confront global totalitarian aggression.
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Charles Morgan
Artesia
New Mexico
Valley Forge
New Orleans
Gettysburg
Chateau Thierry
America
American Legion
Sons and Daughters of America
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Great Britain
Army
Navy
War Department
Atlantic
United States of America
Fall of Crete Looms Amid Balkan War News
British troops held line after 12 days of fighting as Crete faced likely fall. Analysts expect a German move on Cyprus to seal a Mediterranean pincer. RAF claimed air superiority over the eastern Mediterranean as bombers hit Axis bases while Axis bombed North Africa and Malta. Britain and VichyFrance relations cooled with Sfax raid reports. Dublin suffered a second bombing, lending lease arrivals hailed as a victory bridge, and Britain began clothing rationing.
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Iraq
Crete
Cyprus
Syria
Turkey
Near
Suez
Tobruk
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Italian
Dodecanese Islands
North Africa
Malta
Abdul Illah
Rashid Ali
Baghdad
Britain
Vichy
France
Tunisian
Sfax
Berlin
DNB
Jean Francois Darlan
Paris
Darlan
Germany
Liverpool Merseyside
England
Dublin
Eire
Ickes Seeks Oil Pipelines Right Of Way
Immediate congressional reaction to Secretary Ickes appointment centers on his plan to grant oil pipelines right of way through states and rival carriers property. Rep Sol Bloom calls him a good man for the job and likely to carry it out fairly while Sen Guy M Gillette says a centralized administration is needed and Ickes is an excellent man to lead it.
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Ickes
Sol Bloom
Guy M. Gillette
German Raiders Over Western England Prompt New Alarm
German raiders appeared over western England during the night but not in large numbers. Early today London was within a few hours of a record three bombless weeks. Night raiders were reported also over a district in northwest England.
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London
England
Grave memory and flag in their legacy words
The speaker urges steadfast memory of fallen heroes and to live for the country and the flag they died defending, framing sacrifice as lasting national legacy.
Six Drowned When Boat Capsizes Off Morro Bay
A Memorial Day outing near Morro Bay ended in tragedy as a motor boat capsized after its motor failed. Six people, including Dorothy and Kenneth Miller and Opal Chilcote, drowned. five others, including Fay Miller and three nurses, survived after being rescued and treated for submersion.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Morro Bay
Here
Dorothy Miller
Fresno
Kenneth Miller
Opal Chilcote
Camp San Luis Obispo
Jack Roberts
R. B. Fanning
Morro
Fay Miller
Blanche Sherman
Sara Belle Deklage
Freida Fanning
Claude Miller
Roosevelt’s policies get overwhelming national support
The president’s Tuesday speech drew 95 percent plus national reaction in favor, with White House offices flooded by letters and telegrams. Hassett announced the flood as Roosevelt works through drafts and reads the messages, signaling broad backing for continuing his policies and possible use of full powers under the emergency. Ickes named oil czar, Winant to report on Britain aims, while oil and gasoline supply remain ample but shipping moves to support Britain via pipelines and tanker reallocations.
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White House
Roosevelt
William D. Hassett
Hassett
America
Ickes
Washington
John G. Winant
United States
Great Britain
Winant
Maritime Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Gulf East Coast
Britain
Eastern Seaboard
Body Found After Flood Search In New Mexico Town
The body of Lyman Gilliland was recovered on the second day of a flood search. He was found face down with a forehead bruise, upstream direction, near the river spot where a search party had passed earlier. Joe V. Sandoval spotted the body. Herman Fox led the search. Kenneth E. McCullough oversaw operations. Gilliland survived by a wife, two children, and his parents, plus four brothers and four sisters. Funeral services planned in Carlsbad with Ballard Funeral Home handling arrangements. Lost: Ladies patent leather pumps black near Yucca Theatre. Phone 329. 5-31th
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Joe V. Sandoval
Torreon
N. M
Herman Fox
Cross Plains
Tex
Kenneth E. McCullough
Lyman Gilliland
A. L. Gilliland
Carlsbad
T. W
Jack
Paul Gilliland
Lowell Gilliland
Ft. Bliss
H. J. Bradley
Mifred Kimberly
Ethel West
Capitan
Geneva Bynum
Artesia
Ballard Funeral Home
Congressman Called to Duty in Army Training Order
Representative Hamilton Fish of New York an outspoken Roosevelt critic has been ordered to active duty with the U S army He holds the rank of colonel in the specialists reserve and will report at Fort Bragg North Carolina for a months training starting July 1 with his consent
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Congress
Selective Service Act
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
United States
North Carolina
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Army Air Corps
Army
Hamilton Fish
New York
Roosevelt
U. S. Army
Fish
Fort Bragg
N. C
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East 2Nd
Roswell, N. M
Farmers Drug CO
Yolanda Pierson
Yucca Theater
Ernie Emerson
Roswell Floral Company
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