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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1940
Page
2
The text states mobilized 4,355,000 British troops excluding navies and marines with total casualties 3,190,235. The United States lost 350,300 men in all. British losses exceed American ones due to heavier combat involvement and earlier battles, while American losses occurred mainly in the war's final months.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to move the immigration and naturalization service from labor to justice as a step to handle aliens whose conduct harms the public interest. Chairman Dies warned of a fifth column plan by Communists and Nazis, likening it to espionage and sabotage. The change, he said, would free the nation from internal fears should mobilization be ordered, while America pursues peace through defenses at home. Santa Fe New Mexican.
A Las Cruces column surveys Main Street painting ideas likening it to Seville white façades, notes public archery ranges led by Amarillo’s Mrs Thomas, and reports Mesilla Valley hail damage with cotton and alfalfa losses. It also critiques windbag graduation speeches, praises Clyde Campbell’s proposed Fourth R, and previews a national Chesterfield cigarettes ad campaign.
Linda Morton, nurse on Titan Tower, battles mixed feelings for Dr. Bill Blaine while memories of her late husband Mike Morton linger. A rooftop encounter leads to mutual interest as Linda juggles professional duty, mounting bills, and a love triangle with Jo Monroe’s matchmaking cautions echoing in her thoughts.
The week ends with Allied setbacks in Europe and fears of Italy entering the war and dragging in Balkan nations. Finland’s front reduces Russian strength, and the public debates Britain US losses in World War I. The piece criticizes Stalin’s purge and foresees his downfall alongside Hitler as a global menace.
A copy of The Democratic Republican, a new national anti-New Deal newspaper, has reached thousands of American pen-folk this week. Readers find it reminiscent of the Appeal to Reason, which folded after warning about socialism during World War I.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh speaks against the administration's foreign policy warning time is short for the U S to enter the war and scoffs at invasion fears. He decries hysterical chatter of calamity and asserts independence from alarmist voices.
In New Haven Joe Moffett was knocked out in the same bout where his brother Red Moffett of Devon won an eight round decision against Julie Kogan of New Haven. Joe, a ringsider, collapsed after seeing blood from his brother's cut eye.
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