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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
9
Reynolds Packard, United Press manager in Rome, arrived in New York with American correspondents aboard the Drottningholm. The dispatch, censored at Lisbon, reveals Axis preparations to meet an expected Allied invasion of western Europe.
The report states Fascist Italy keeps a mobile army of about 1 000 000 ready to repel a possible American-led invasion of Axis Europe. It claims Mussolini plans Italian patrols in France Spain and Portugal and to replace German troops in France to free forces for the eastern front.
The Oregon Shipbuilding company will deliver the 10,000 ton Liberty freighter Thomas Bailey Aldrich today, 48 days after keel laying. Kaiser’s shipyards push new records by applying automobile assembly line methods. the Mark Twain was delivered in 56 days and the 41st Liberty ship launched after 38 days.
United States civilian defense guides What to do in an air raid urges immediate shelter in buildings during air raids and blackout. stay off streets, avoid phones, and follow wardens. For gas attacks the manual stresses indoor safety, staying put, sealing rooms, and careful decontamination steps with baking soda and soap.
A playful line notes that at 20 miles per gallon one could make 2444 trips to the sun with the gasoline consumed in the United States during 1940.
The Swedish fur industry shows a 33 percent reduction in animals on fur farms from 1939 to the present, reflecting growing concerns over farming practices and evolving public attitudes toward animal welfare.
Memorial Day weekend saw four fatalities with two hit-and-run victims. The deceased include 17-year-old Carlos Cruz Jr of Casa Grande, 10-year-old Mary Louisa de la Vara of Douglas, 26-year-old Logi Nelson of Casa Blanca, and 10-year-old Augustine Cabrera of Glendale. de la Vara and Nelson were struck and killed, while Cruz died after his car overturned on the Tucson Nogales highway and Cabrera perished from head injuries after a bicycle collision.
Phoenix records show a dry May with no rainfall. Weather bureau officials announce the 37th consecutive dry month since 1896, total rainfall to date is 1.63 inches, 1.14 inches below average.
Elsie Robinson urges readers to study Pierre Huss’s The Foe We Face to grasp the true scale of Hitler’s danger. Huss, once Berlin ISN head, portrays concentration camps, Nazi brutality, and Germany’s demoralized state, arguing America must read to understand the war’s origins and stakes.
Newsmen stationed in Germany and Italy return as Axis correspondents swap is arranged through repeated negotiations initiated in 1940 by Lyle C. Wilson and Frederick C. Oechsner. State department oversight and diplomacy shaped the plan as Axis reporters were housed in hotels rather than jails.
A large crowd stoned the closed German consulate building in Puebla Mexico last night and smashed many windows before armed police dispersed the demonstrators. No arrests were reported. Earlier about 70 000 people marched in support of war against the Axis.
The admiralty announced that four British submarines sank 12,000 tons of shipping in the Mediterranean and damaged two other ships. The damaged vessels include a medium-sized supply ship beached in sinking condition and a large supply ship seriously damaged. the total ships sunk was not disclosed.
The passage notes that Axis newspapermen left for their countries while Americans arrived today, signaling a transition in personnel and movements as described in the report.
Nationwide Memorial Day weekend toll drops to 287 violent deaths. Gasoline rationing kept eastern drivers home and wartime plant work kept many at their posts, reducing highway fatalities to 102. Drownings and miscellaneous accidents add to the total.
Governor Osborn, in letters to Arizona lawmakers, urges careful study of local conditions before gasoline rationing. If needed, he calls for a debt moratorium to protect impacted businesses and communities reliant on tourism, suggesting government funds or a debt halt to bridge the gap.
A stream trawler ran aground off a dangerous English coast. A fireman descended a rope into heavy seas, swam to shore, and barefooted two miles to a shepherd’s cottage for help, saving seven lives.
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