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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1941
Page
6
A partial front-page masthead item shows press associations and home delivery rates for Tucson readers. It lists The Associated Press and United Press affiliations, a circulation note, and subscription prices per week and year with contact details.
An essay-like reminiscence blends the tale of Sir Richard Lovelace and Lucasta with modern echoes. It ponders duty and romance, noting Lovelace’s wartime oath as he leaves his lover for honor, while Lucy Sacheverell’s later likeness voices resilient, playful resolve that “all’s fair in love and war.”
Tulsa philanthropist Waite Phillips gave a Tulsa office building and a 91538 acre New Mexico ranch to the Boy Scouts of America. The income funds a permanent endowment. ranch proceeds support both activities and Scouting. He urged youth training to meet future challenges and praised outdoor learning. The note highlighted Scouting leadership amid current crises.
Despite calls to press forward with resolve, the article notes that shippers continue to employ the old zig-zag maneuver, signaling persistence of a familiar tactic amid waves of effort and risk.
General MacArthur praises Captain Colin P. Kelly for dying heroically in the war against Japan. The piece argues dignity comes from deed, not birth, citing Lincoln and religious parable to honor Kelly’s sacrifice for country and family.
At Camp Edwards Massachusetts Jewish officers and soldiers volunteered to assume all camp tasks on Christmas Day so that as many Christians as possible could receive holiday furloughs.
In a Chicago Daily News editorial, the writer notes meat shipments used sard as an insulator after submarine warfare reduced refrigerated ships. Packers developed freezing insulation using frozen lard, improving transport of fresh foods as wartime demand spurs canning beet sugar oleomargarine and other food inventions born from war.
The Chicago Daily News reports that Tobruk’s relief came earlier and Australian troops did not sole the siege. General Kopanski leads a mixed force from Poland, India and Britain fighting to break out and aid a wider British offensive. Poland’s freedom hinges on confronting the Nazis where they stand.
A playful item notes a War Department report recalling an expert to an important post after being doghoused for praising the Red Army. It uses satire to illustrate new word usage in a six room flat era.
Westbrook Pegler argues for laws to compel honest union governance, curb union bosses, and protect workers during war. He denounces bosses as selfish or ignorant and claims national unity requires action against strikes and coercive union practices. He cites Wagner Act and court rulings as examples to break perceived bondage of workers.
Arthur Baer writes a humorous selection from The Baer Facts about a soldier’s letter home during holidays. He riffs on meals and mishaps, noting a sixty pound turkey siege, Ground Hog Day omens, and shipboard jokes while praising the Army and family antics.
President Roosevelt faces war risk as a bomb shelter is constructed at the White House while the Roosevelt children serve in war roles. Mrs. Roosevelt plans gifts from diverse sources and the family keeps the Dickens reading tradition. Willkie backs FDR on foreign policy and even counsels Republican leaders.
A Chinese proverb notes patience converts a mulberry leaf into silk, emphasizing time and steady effort.
Report notes kept secret Churchill Christmas visit with limited leaks. Washington officials urged suppression while White House framed aims for allied messaging. MacArthur’s Lingayen Bay maneuvers and Axis dynamics cited as war context this Christmas Eve.
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