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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
1
Senate military committee approves draft plan extending liability to all men 19 through 44 and requires registration for ages 18 to 64. Congress also grants Roosevelt broad powers to prosecute war efforts including potential censorship of outgoing communications.
President Roosevelt disclosed that Byron Price will leave the Associated Press to become director of censorship. He said government censorship would be partly voluntary and partly mandatory and apply to the press, radio, cable, the mails, and other information channels once Congress approves full war powers.
Senate action limits the presidents power to alter defense contracts and government functions in wartime. Taft and Vandenberg urged restraint while provisions require public record of any modifications. The bill echoes Wilson era authority to redistribute agency duties and expedite war materiel procurement.
The House approved HR 1632 by 66 to 18 to let tourists from Mexico claim a $100 customs exemption without a 24 hour stay. The measure would limit the exemption to one visit per tourist every thirty days and was introduced by Rep. Sheppard. Rep. Ford criticized it as favoring a single Tijuana firm.
In Nogales Arizona on December 16 Customs officers banned all tangible forms of communication across the border including letters magazines and printed matter. Newspaper delivery boys were halted and newspapers must be cleared by mail. Telephone links remained open and further Washington orders were anticipated.
British desert armies push 70 miles west of Tobruk driving into Axis positions in Libya. Rommel may withdraw toward the coastal road as British forces threaten to cut off his army with advances beyond Gazala. Axis reports claim heavy defensive battles and prisoner captures as fighting continues in North Africa.
Berlin reports a British cruiser in the eastern Mediterranean off Alexandria was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The vessel, part of a cruiser formation, split in two after a terrific explosion and sank within minutes.
Finnish reports say Soviet forces on the Svir river front east of Lake Ladoga have launched a general offensive toward Osta. The attack is supported by artillery and trench mortar barrages.
Soviet dispatches report Klin recaptured, 50 villages retaken south of Moscow, advances in Tula region, and rail control restored. Red Army leaders discuss a new phase of offensive while Germany withdraws on a 1,000 mile front amid heavy material losses and frozen battlefield.
The United States government seized the French luxury liner Normandie with plan for fair compensation to the owners The move follows precedents with other ships and reflects wartime actions as negotiations with France for sale stalled by the war entry
Wartime headlines recall Pearl Harbor heroism as Navy crews defend battleships and destroyers in a day of peril. Former President Hoover endorses a 14 point price control program to expand wartime commodity management and production.
Pima and Maricopa counties appeal a Phoenix federal court ruling blocking tax collection from Valley National Bank for 1935 36. The appeal seeks $20 000 in disputed funds if the Circuit Court reverses Ling’s decision.
Secretary Knox’s Pearl Harbor investigation is blunt and aims to restore confidence. He argues no alert failure by U S forces but notes material damage is less crushing than rumor suggested. He praises Marines at Wake and Midway and notes Pacific fleet activity ongoing with allied support.
London reports that Britain and Russia are discussing high level strategy in Moscow and parallel Anglo American parleys may occur in Washington. Officials say responsible statesmen including Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt could participate as Allied plans coordinate for world war against the Axis.
The House approved a Navy bill aimed at using every shipyard capacity for 150 000 tons of war vessels in 1942. The measure, sent to the Senate by unanimous vote, does not authorize new battleships and jibes with a war powers bill merging two World War I measures.
British forces faced renewed Japanese air and artillery pressure on Hong Kong as Hong Kong garrisons risked loss. U S bombers damaged a Japanese transport off Legaspi near Manila while four Japanese planes were shot down. Japan shifted focus to Malaya and Borneo with Singapore threatened.
The Tucson Citizen calls on Americans to fund the war by buying defense bonds and stamps daily. Bonds start at $18.75 and stamps as low as 10 cents, available at banks, post offices, and some stores.
Reports from Manila indicate Japanese pressure on Luzon as invasion forces shift fresh troops and supplies into staging positions, rest pilots, and overhaul planes for a renewed assault. Britain and Russia consider coordinated plans with the United States amid Pacific warfare.
Mesa native William Keith Burton seaman second class was killed in action. He was a Mesa Union High School graduate and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Burton, notified by the Navy Department.
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