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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
13
Delhi dispatch reports U S soldiers bring in slang terms through encounters with urchins and locals. The piece notes phrases like hot stuff and gee that appear in comic exchanges and street chatter, showing a mix of borrowed words and misused terms, with some buyers or sellers adopting the lingo to fit local talk.
Capt. Art H. Davis of Tucson plans and leads combat details for a first cavalry division on Leyte. As operations officer his squadron executed the Leyte beach assault and captured Tacloban, the provincial capital, in World War II. Davis, son of Mr and Mrs A H Davis, is a University of Arizona graduate who joined the Army in 1941 and served since 1943 after basic training at Fort Bliss.
Master Sergeant Carl F. Miller of Tucson is awarded the Bronze Star by Lieutenant General Walter Krueger for meritorious achievement during operations in New Guinea from March 2, 1943 to October 1, 1944. Miller, a former federal archaeologist, is the son of Mrs. Dora Miller. He has a brother serving in the medical corps in Cuba.
The article notes how slang like no poppa and no brother spreads among crowds and soldiers, with civilians using these phrases to gain attention and earn small profits. It contrasts persistent use by Indian crowds with the less frequent adoption by British soldiers in India.
Lim Tong Lim, a Tucson high school graduate, entered service in February 1943 and trained at Seymour Johnson field North Carolina. He now flies bombing missions over Germany as part of an Eighth Air Force Liberator unit. His mother, Mrs Lim Tong, resides at Fifth street. he previously worked at the Davis-Monthan field sub depot.
Staff Sgt. Wade E. Dyson of Tucson, 22, waist gunner in the 490th Bomb Group, earns his third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for courage and skill during bombing missions over Germany. He served in a B 17 unit of the Eighth Air Force under Col. Frank P. Bostrom. Dyson, son of Mr and Mrs Wade W Dyson, worked at Tucson Laundry before enlisting in October 1942.
Corporal Henry P. McNeill 27 and his wife Mrs. M. A. McNeill of 621 North Sixth Avenue are announced enrolled in the RAF training command aircraft radio mechanics school at Truaxfield. In civilian life McNeill worked as a prospector.
The aircraft dispatcher's office at McCook Army airfield is the nerve center of flying operations. It serves as the reception hub for visiting and departing airmen and coordinates field maintenance weather lighting alert crew crash house hospital base operations flight control and sub-depot. One dispatcher is highlighted as an example.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bounds of Tucson recalls a day when 60 P-47s landed at the field within an hour. Dispatchers struggled to park them as multiple lines of communication buzzed. First Lt. Miles Isaac Alldredge of Mesa has been assigned to Buckingham Army Airfield, Fort Myers, Florida, after teaching and serving in Italy.
Phoenix report says 82-year-old Jack Cameron of the Gospel Church of God stepped from a parked car on Grand avenue into the path of a storage company truck. The vehicle struck him as he moved into the street. the driver was not held.
The island of Guam, though under Japanese occupation, remains American owned with vast farm areas. The Marianas’ largest territory is described as fertile and rich in agricultural potential, signaling strong farming prospects amid wartime control.
Cotton growers using German prisoner of war labor at Florence branch camps report relief from regular labor shortages but desire more help. Col. Verne C. Snell says plans call for increasing POW availability in areas facing critical labor gaps as Florence camps finish picking in Arizona. The Duncan camp relocates to aid crews in Pinal and Maricopa counties this week. POW manpower sent to Pima County fields from Cortaro and Continental side camps averaged 686 men daily.
Over a six day period both camps together picked more than 413 000 pounds of cotton. Continental saw a high daily average of 108 pounds per man last Friday. Cortaro hit 106 pounds per man on the same day.
Prescott and Phoenix resident Mrs. W. P. Stuart, Arizona Democratic national committeewoman, announced she would attend President Roosevelt's inauguration for a fourth term in Washington on January 20.
The Rev. Michael F. Delaney pastor of St Patrick's Church Natick celebrated his 94th birthday and is believed to be the oldest Catholic priest in America. He has served as pastor for 54 years at St Patrick's.
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