Memorial Day Parade Draws Veterans in San Antonio
Soldiers and veterans from World War II and earlier joined in a Memorial Day march through downtown San Antonio. The procession assembled at 8 a.m. and moved along Avenue E to Houston and Commerce streets ending at Alamo Plaza. Memorial services followed at the National Cemetery with remarks by Mayor C. K. Quin and a Gettysburg Address recitation by Charles A. Stevens. Brig. Gen. Walter M. Robertson hosted division guests and an open day offered tours, exhibitions, and flag-raising at noon.
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San Antonin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Americary Legion
San Antonio
Avenue
Pitth Street
Avenue E
Houston Street
Boledad Street
Commerce Street
Commerce
Alamo Plaza
National Cemetery of
An Antonio
Madison G. Stearns
Government Hill Methodist Church
C. K. Quin
Vera Burney Giraud
Alamo American Legion
Chanies A. Stevens
United Spanish War Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans Council of
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Dodd Field
Macarthur Field
Fist
Ninth Infantry Barracks
Proclamation Areas Affect Six Gulf States and Border
Public Proclamations No. 1 by General Krueger restricts movement of aliens in 75 counties across Texas New Mexico Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida. The order enforces area-wide controls to protect commerce and the United Nations from enemy damage with enforcement by the Southern Defense command and allied agencies.
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Gulf of Mexico
Mexican
Walter Krueger
Southern Defense Command
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Krueger
United Nations
Two Die in Three Car Crashes Near Nashville
Two people were killed and 37 injured in three separate automobile accidents on and near Nashville today. The deceased were identified as Gilvres Davis and Miss Irene Ingram, both of Nashville, with at least seven seriously hurt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Iglerves Davis
Irene Ingram
Gibraltar names new governor and commander in chief
Maj. Gen. F N Mason MacFarlane is appointed governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar, succeeding Gen. Viscount Gort who is reassigned. In another brief, checks totaling 254 846 were mailed to cover public school transportation costs, per Texas education officials.
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Gibraltar
London
F.N. Mason MacFarlane
Viscount Gort
Eomanic
Austin
Department of Education
L. A. Woods
Nazi Drive On Rostov Averted
Moscow reports Soviet forces halted a German push in the Kharkov sector and exposed Rostov as a diversion. The communique tallies heavy losses for Germany including 90 000 killed or captured and 540 destroyed or seized tanks, while Russian casualties reach 82 2 field guns.
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Moscow
Hitler
Gaucass
Uxdey
Marea Seon Throshenko
Kharkov
Caucasus
Soviet Information Bureau
Rostov
Ruie
Germany
Tidin
Gaueraus
Timostetke
RAF Drops 4000-Lb Bombs on Paris Suburb Gennevilliers
London dispatch reports RAF and Italian air power struck Gennevilliers near Paris with two ton bombs, hitting the Goodrich tie and rubber factory and the Gnome-Rhone works. The raid damaged the power station and other industrial targets. Vichy and Berlin broadcasts claim casualties and widespread destruction.
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Paris
London
INS
R. A
Gennevilliers
Ona
Stirling
Wellingdten
Mombers
Hitler
Coos
Air Ministry
Goodrich
Genneviliiers
Gentevilliers
R.A. Fiamaad
London Express
Britain
Alsthom Electrical
Vichy
Berlin
Parie
Houston Sworn Recruits Vow Navy Resolve After Sinking
In Houston on May 30 a crowd watched more than 1000 naval recruits take oath of allegiance. President Roosevelt pledged that another U S 5 Houston would rise if needed as the volunteers vow to avenge the loss at Java. Navy officer Lieut Beebe administered the oath, praising the U S navy as the formid able fighting force. Rear Admiral Glassford recalled the Houston's brave last stand as it sank on a fourth mission while defending past actions.
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Houston
INS
U. S.5
Java
Roosevelt
U. 5
S. Houston
Navy Launches Two U Boat Chasers at Sullivan Yard
Navy launches two submarine chasers P C 83 and P C 555 at Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Corp Brooklyn waterfront. Boats sponsored by Marjorie and Wilieon McAllister, daughters of Anthony A McAllister vice president and general manager of the Sullivan company.
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Navy
P. C
P.C
Sullivan, Dry Dock and’ Repair Corporation
Marjorie and
Wileon McAlister
Anthony A. McAllister
Sullivan Company
London Coast Hears Gunfire Across English Channel
Residents on the East Coast reported heavy firing at night near Degl and near the French coast. No official explanation was provided.
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London E
London
Degl
Prenchi
Locomotives Hit Head-On Near Camp Normoyle
Four locomotives were damaged when a Missouri Pacific switch engine warmed up collided with a Dayton bound freight near Quintang road crossing on a Saturday morning. Four people, engineers and a fireman, suffered minor injuries and received first aid at Camp Normoyle hospital. Police noted speeds around 15 mph at impact as crews restrained by civilian guards kept spectators away.
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Missouri-Pacific
Camp Normoyle
Quintang Road
Christine
Fritz Doerngen
Bendaniin Westrup
Houston Street
Doerngen
Ilierson
C. S. Bowen
Camp Normoyle Defense
British Repulse Rommel Thrust
Cairo reports a British counteroffensive smashed back Axis mechanized columns moving toward El Gazala and the Suez Canal. Air support and American-built fighters credited with aiding the defense, fighting centered near Knightsbridge and Acroma as the desert battle continued.
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Cairo
INSI
el Gazala
Britain
Imperial Army
Gazaln
Sir Hacheim
Knightsbridge
Recene of
Knightsbridge-Acroma
Mpassahs
Aimmer
North African
Egypt
Tfuce Canal
Rand
U. S
Knightsbridg
Tobruk
Mexico Votes War on Axis
Mexico City May 30 Congress unanimously approved legislation to empower President Avila Camacho to declare war on Axis nations. A supreme national defense council will be led by Camacho to mobilize manpower and materials, with a foreigner registration plan announced in Mexico City.
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Mexico ‘City
INS
Avite Camacho
Senate
Salvador Sanchez
Supreme National Defense Council
Camacho
Miguel Martinez
Mexico
National Defense
Petticoat Brigade For Plane Plant
In Louisville on May 30 a Curtiss-Wright plan to form and train a petticoat brigade to march onto assembly lines and build large military plywood cargo planes was announced by personnel director W. G. Shillig. The unit would comprise about one fourth of the total workforce and begin around October 1.
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Louisville
INS
Curtiss- Wight Company
Assembly Mars
W. G. Shillig
Admiral Kauffman to Lead Gulf Sea Frontier
Rear Admiral James Taurmee Kauffman, 55, named to command the Gulf sea frontier to push back Axis submarine activity from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Atlantic. He will oversee warships, sub-chasers, patrol aircraft, and blimps with Army cooperation from Florida to the Mexican border, reporting from Miami as headquarters.
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Washington
Jaies Taurmee Kauffman
Uwoate
Sep Funes
Gulf
North Atlantic
Iceland
Igulf Sea Frontier
Roosevelt
Navy
Kaufman
Kauffman
Gulf Sea Drenter
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Gulf Sea Frontier
New Orleans
U. S
U Boat Commander Laughs At Torpedo Sinking 22 Seamen
U S naval dispatch reports a merchant ship torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico on May 25. The U boat commander laughed as a lifeboat was hit and 22 seamen perished while others escaped after the second lifeboat was fired upon. Two survivors, Frank A. Sanita and Hart Wilhelm Gonska, were hospitalized.
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Uxlane
Gulf of Mexico
Yosse
Tivity
Doat
Ally
Gulf Coast
Frank A. Sanita
Montclair
Iaaid
Hart Wilhelm Igonska
Severn
Marine Hospital
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Semyon Timoshenko
U.S
Rommel
Dallas
Dallas Disiiles
Navy Recruithaye Office
Robert Lee Teomton
Fort Worth
New York
Mary Gon
Bamgerstores
Daibod
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