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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
9
Harvard criminologist Sheldon Glueck argues the postwar crime rise is unlikely and ex servicemen do not show higher murder or rape rates after World War I. He urges coordinated civilian military rehabilitation and jobs programs to prevent crime and aid reintegration for veterans.
Report from the Leyte campaign notes one third of captured ammunition and explosives were American made. Troops also recovered Lux soap Kolynos toothpaste and 30 caliber bullets bearing Frankfort arsenal stamps dated 1941. Demolition charges from DuPont and Hercules and 3000 foot safety fuze rolls were found along with an American 75mm field gun built by Bethlehem Steel in 1918 given to a Filipino regiment.
Twenty hunters returning empty handed learned that Mrs. Marvin Whitbeck had briefly left her chores to shoot a 130 pound deer from her kitchen door in Mount Washington New Hampshire.
Most state historic sites formerly under the conservation department will be run by the education department in the future. Only the Lake George battle field and Crown Point reservation will stay with the conservation department.
Washington reports that Britain increased home food production sharply after wartime grain and import shortages. Grain acreage up 78 percent, potatoes 102 percent, sugar beets 26 percent, vegetables 66 percent. cattle herd at record highs driven by dairy priorities. Beef and veal slaughter down 20 percent. hogs 57 percent fewer. sheep down 24 percent. Mutton and lamb expected 40 percent below prewar levels.
Joseph M. Selber died in Mexico City three hours before his daughter was born in Houston. The case links life and death across borders as family notes the timing of the events.
The War Production Board reports that from Pearl Harbor to January 1 1944 industrial accidents killed 37 600 or 7 500 more than military deaths highlighting rising civilian tolls amid wartime production.
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