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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
1
Soviet forces under Gen. I A Konev launched a savage counter offensive along the central front and stormed a large ancient city in White Russia, recapturing it street by street from German hands after five days of occupation. The dispatch did not specify the city name.
Moscow reports show Red Army machine-gunners repelling waves of German infantry and panzer crews before Leningrad while defending Novgorod. Battles extend along the western front with no specified focal areas named. Red Star highlights infantry regiment actions under Voroshilov’s northwest forces. Odessa defenders continue levying heavy toll on Romanian attackers.
Komsomolskaya Pravda reports that Russian tanks infantry cavalry and planes cooperated to recapture Gomel after it was seized by Germans. Communications have been restored and evacuees return to normal life as troops resist encirclement near Novgorod and defend Leningrad amid poor weather.
St Louis wins 7 to 8 in a high scoring game with Lanier Shoun Gumbert and Crouch contributing for the Cardinals Brooklyn falls 8 to 7. Second game details show M Cooper completing a shutout for St Louis while Fitzsimmons Franks and Owen deliver for Brooklyn. Cincinnati routs New York 4 to 7 in extra innings. Pittsburgh beats Boston 4 to 3 and Chicago defeats Philadelphia 4 to 3. Boston also loses 4 to 3 in another game.
Detroit trailed Philadelphia 9 14 0 to 0 0 0 at the end of nine innings as Marchildon Beckman and Wagner Newsom Bowe and Sullivan powered a late rally to secure a 16 to 2 victory.
Berlin reports the Dnieperopetrovsk bridgehead as the last Soviet west bank foothold captured with 83,596 prisoners, 465 guns and 199 armored cars seized. Luga and Lenin grad reports follow as German offensives push toward Leningrad and further strikes in the Ukraine.
A freak storm hit New Jersey with winds lifting roofs, leaving foundations bare and causing two deaths and about 50 injuries. Delaware and Pennsylvania also faced damage from high winds and heavy rain. Woodbridge and Swedesboro suffered the worst in New Jersey as a cyclonic wind swept across the region. A Swedesboro milk man, George Hemple, was killed when a smokestack collapsed.
Pacific Greyhound buses in seven western states ran as usual after a truce averted a walkout by 1,300 AFL drivers and terminal employees. Negotiators agreed to more talks and moved the strike deadline to next Friday midnight. The dispute centers on wage increases, conditions, union recognition, and a mountain driving differential.
The Tucsong school board awarded Bailey and McCoy a contract for a six room addition to El Rio School. By cutting mill work, linoleum, and other items the project cost about $50,000, about $6,000 over the allocation. Superintendent Morrow said new equipment of $6,000 planned for city schools will be bought next year, and the six room addition will bring the school to 12 rooms. Cloak rooms and drinking fountains will be added later with hopes to finish by Thanksgiving. The board also tentatively approved plans for a new administration building with space for supplies and garage for district vehicles.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr said the strategic and critical materials situation is as tight as it can be. The OPM priorities chief spoke to a conference of trade publication representatives and was about to detail more before being informed the session was not off the record.
The senate finance committee backed a simplified tax return for earners under $3,000 a year to speed filing and support the $3.5 billion bill. It would allow taxpayers to declare income and dependents at a post office and use graduated tables to determine taxes. Unanimous support came from Senators Barkley and Connally.
London reports a daytime raid over the French coast with RAF fighters diving near Dover. Overnight raids hit Mannheim and Karlsruhe in the Rhineland and six RAF planes are listed as missing. German bombs struck two spots in south Wales and one in southwest England with no casualties. A Spitfire strafing run near Cherbourg caused a violent explosion at a wireless station.
Anglo Indian forces seize Bandar Shapur Abadan and Qasr I Shirin as airborne units support a swift Iran invasion. British Russian coordination targets Trans-Iranian rail access and oil facilities, while Iran resists sparingly and protests are ignored.
Washington reports that shortages persist in Army weapons for Louisiana maneuvers but will be less severe than last year. Officials note lack of certain munitions, with Navy and Marine Corps lending dive bombers. production gains reduce need for improvised tanks and signs.
DEWITT MACKENZIE argues that Anglo Russian occupation of Iran positions Persia as a critical front in the war. The piece links Persia to halting Nazi advances toward India and the Suez, highlighting oil and sea access as motives and noting a tighter blockade near the Soviet frontier.
Teheran reports Premier Ali Mansur says Iran seeks to clarify transgressions by British and Russian forces. Police order 16 German businessmen expelled within a fortnight. German residents faced pressure as negotiations unfold amid invasions. About 3,000 to 8,000 Germans in Iran, many skilled in rail and communications. Over 100 German families seek to withdraw with help from the German legation, strained by travel issues.
United Press reports CIO workers return to the Navy yard at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny New Jersey as President Roosevelt faces a union appeal for government seizure of another strikebound plant. Rear Admiral Harold Bowen says the plant resumes work on 493 million dollars of Navy and merchant ships. The plant offered its assets as strike action ended after 16 000 members walked out. The union seeks a maintenance of membership clause while talks continue.
Indians on the Maricopa reservation near Phoenix marked the 76th anniversary of forming two volunteer companies the Maricopa and Pima Indians who protected settlers and peaceful tribes after Army withdrawal in the Civil War. T. Pomeroy of Mesa attended the observance representing Governor Osborn. only one member, George Mathews of Mesa, is still alive.
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