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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1941
Page
5
Tucson school superintendent Robert D. Morrow told the Kiwanis club that good schools lure winter visitors, noting Tucson’s climate prompts inquiries about facilities. He urged moving ahead with the school building program despite a recently denied 10 cent levy.
The President defended rising training plane output while military plane production stayed steady due to design changes from combat-tested models. He cited a 1,500 monthly aircraft target by July and noted 1,465 per month actual production. He rejected Iran frontier fears and denied knowledge of German fifth column reports. He dismissed extending gasoline rationing westward and urged no startling oil stock findings from a congressional inquiry.
Paris press tied a worldwide revolutionary plot to American financial backing and the deaths of engineer Jean Coutrot and his secretary Albert Thealet. L Appel claims Coutrot founded Synarchy, links to Britain and the United States, and suggests access to the U S embassy in Vichy. The piece portrays Synarchy as a power concentrating movement opposite to anarchy.
Informants say the mud report could signal future impact as fall rains approach. This marks the general's initial front visit. No decisive changes reported on the eastern front in the last 24 hours.
Dispatches report Russians have decimated the 341st German division staff, killed 400 officers and men, and blown up a shell dump. Germans are said to divert growing numbers of troops to counter Russian guerrilla activity.
Twelve Standard Dredging workers, aboard a powerless dredge valued at $500,000, drift 1,240 miles east of Honolulu after breaking from the S. S. Chippewa during an offshore tow. Navy and tug units race to locate the rudderless vessel with food and water for 15 days onboard.
Senators weigh easing Soviet credit via Export-Import Bank and RFC amid doubts about public accountability. Danaher and Jones discuss using raw materials as payment or a dollar exchange to fund war supplies, while Finland credit raises questions of policy consistency. Johnson warns against a Soviet loan.
American airplanes are expected to be employed on the new air route linking the Belgian Congo and South Africa. The plan indicates expanding aviation ties and regional connectivity as development proceeds in central Africa.
A reader asks the America First Committee how many AFC members are fathers of sons in today’s Army. He cites WWI service by brothers and notes his own Arizona health trip, asking officials to respond. He mentions long American lineage and personal readiness to serve again.
R. J. Moody announces the 4-H judging and demonstration squads. Senior poultry, dairy and live stock judging include Felix Liddell Jack Daily and Richard Green. Junior poultry dairy and live stock judging include Richard Crockett Billy Nevelle and Maurice Koonce. State aid law demonstration lists Jerry Matlock and Jiggs Lent. Feeding and beef calf club leaders are Felix Liddell Jack Daily J F Dayton and Irvin Gee.
Graciela Espinoza six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arturo Espinoza died this morning at the family home 627 Peak street The body will lie in state tonight and funeral services will be held at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon in San Agustin Cathedral Burial will be in Holly Hope cemetery The parents are the only survivors Funeral arrangements are being completed through the Tucson Mortuary.
Mrs Viola Brazil 30 a Tucson resident for three months died this noon at a local hospital. She came here from Buena Vista Colorado. Surviving husband Ed mund Brazil and son Edmund Jr Funeral arrangements announced by Reilly Undertaking Co.
In December W F Davis received a $100 check repaying a loan made 25 years ago to a friend who had since moved to Kansas City. Last week Davis received another payment related to that loan.
The first auxiliary police force under the civilian defense program will be organized in Arizona counties this Tuesday. R C Stanford, head of the state coordinating council, calls a meeting with mayors police chiefs constables and officials to form the unit for emergency duty at strategic points such as water lines airports power plants and bridges. Similar units will follow in other counties to support bomb squads air raid wardens and rescue teams.
The article details a three day American Legion convention continuing through tomorrow with a district dinner and a grand convention ball. Douglas Wins the drum and bugle corps captured its fourth straight title at the Northern Arizona State Fairgrounds, outscoring Phoenix posts and Prescott units in a Meuse-Argonne battle reenactment with fireworks.
Strikes in a jurisdictional dispute between rival AFL and CIO unions enter a third day. De troiters face long commutes as municipal transit halts and private cars flood the streets. Mayor Jeffries plans further talks with both sides amid broader national labor unrest. Two men die in Kentucky coal fields amid AFL CIO clashes. Guilford endures its first strike in 302 years as clock workers walk out. The NLRB orders a 30 day election to determine CIO Clock Workers representation.
A women’s organization in Rio Grande Tierra del Fuego collected fat supplies to render tallow and raised over 2000 for aid to Great Britain and the Allies through their support network and fundraising efforts.
German and Finnish forces claim steady progress on the Soviet front from the Dnieper to Leningrad with the ring tightening on Odessa. Berlin cites massive Russian losses while portraying unbroken German strength and predicts bold moves toward Moscow and Leningrad.
Mexico fights an epidemic of cattle sleeping sickness devastating ranches. Authorities monitor outbreaks and deploy veterinary teams to affected regions to control spread and protect livestock industries.
A detailed listing of radio stations KTAR KTUC WRAA KOA KHJ KNX KOB KECA KGO etc broadcasting tonight. It includes program times 6:00 to 6:55 with varied segments such as Waltz Time Propaganda Analysis Wings of Destiny and Amos n Andy plus news sports and entertainment across NBC CBS Mutual and regional networks.
A dense timetable lists broadcast times and call letters for KECA KFRC KGO KRLD KPO KOA KTUC KVOA KTAR KFRC KSL KWVOA KNX KFL and others across weekdays and Saturday morning slots. Entries include program titles like Spanish News Breakfast Club News and country and farm shows with station affiliations and times.
Dam Senior engineer in charge of Arizona projects for the U S Bureau of Public Roads authorized to inspect the Kingman to damsite route. Hayden said the bureau will confer with the state highway department after McLane's report to decide a plan of action. The department questions funding legality for construction. A dirt road to the dam site exists and some engineers favor routing U S Highway 66 over the dam to bypass Gold Road hill.
University of Oklahoma president Joseph Brandt says professors with doctor titles should be called Prof or Mister to avoid confusion. He also says as an honorary doctor he should be addressed as Mr Brandt or Joe.
Fire on the Aurora damaged seed oil wool hides and grains stowed for transfer from Buenos Aires Curaçao and Leguaira. Operators said reaching Helsinki via the British blockade was too risky. Crew paid off. 18 returned to the ship as Capt. Albert Bjorkluf sustained burns while warning staff and leaped into the river before rescue by a pleasure boat.
Report notes that both men and women working as peat cutters in Eire receive about six to seven dollars per week. The piece highlights meager wages and labor conditions in peat harvesting communities.
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