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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
7
Paris reports on Alsatian children pressed into German ranks and their desperate evasions. One man hid with his eight year old daughter near Strasbourg, buried his wife in a coffin fashioned from a table, then attempted to move the body to Strasbourg as shells fell and friends fled.
Senate hearings show the United States built a vast wartime railway in France with 1 800 locomotives and 28 000 boxcars and rebuilt much of the network. At Antwerp US forces unloaded the equivalent of six Liberty ships daily and supplied oil to fuel three pipelines to eastern Germany.
Sailor Russell Hayden in Idaho Falls recounts receiving a letter from his brother Ben Lynn Hayden at sea. Russell began to read then a gust swept the letter over the side into the Pacific while aboard an aircraft carrier.
A brief obituary fragment notes a person resting in the family plot and expresses a hopeful phrase I feel better. The scene then shifts to a couple leaving the cemetery hand in hand and walking down the street.
The Office of War Information lists Tucsonans among Arizona casualties in the Pacific and European theaters. Wounded: Pfc. Lloyd Curtis USMCR, Pfc. Robert Herrera USMCR, Pfc. William Renshaw USMCR, Pfc. David Rhyne USMCR, and others. Killed: Pvt. Reinaldo Urquides US Army and Seaman Floyd Burke USN. Missing: Second Lt. Joseph Jellinghausen. Additional wounded: T4 Angel Beltran and Lt. Warren Phillips.
Fifteen American servicemen were killed when a Flying Fortress of the U S eighth air force crashed at the takeoff during a sightseeing trip over Germany near Bury St Edmunds England. The crew of five and ten passengers perished with names not yet released.
Gen Joseph T McNarney stresses seventh war loan statement in Washington. He says investing war wages in war bonds concentrates national effort to win the war, aids payroll savers postwar plans, and funds weapons, equipment, medical supplies, and facilities to save lives.
In a single room at Fort Shafter a 50 by 130 foot MRU automates troop records. The electro mechanical brain reads writes and computes to quickly reveal counts such as men in the tenth army or junior officers of Indian ancestry across Hawaii to Okinawa.
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz aboard the King George V in Guam says Britain is welcome in the Pacific and denounces supposed US resentment. He notes Anglo American conferences with Vice-Adm. Sir Bernard Rawlings, cites British force movements, and warns Axis propaganda aimed at sowing divisions.
A partial OCR snippet references organizing names alphabetically by age or Army serial number. The text implies a filing or record keeping practice without detailing individuals, events, or locations.
The piece argues Syria discussions with France must be solved through joint diplomacy, not as a private matter. It warns that careless campfires in northern Maine highlight how forest fire dangers affect thousands beyond the individual.
Nimitz notes Spruance widened the line by delaying repairs and that losses rose. He stresses the value of rescue crews in saving lives and ships. He adds American carriers are not suited for defense and regrets missing a chance to lure Japanese battleships. suggests escorting carriers to locate hiding ships.
The text argues that Britain and America will act promptly to keep international order and counter appeasement. It suggests Moscow would join if required and that the Anglo-American response aims to reassure small nations about the Atlantic charter. It notes the Syrian crisis as a shock to the San Francisco conference and cautions that European peace faces many difficulties.
A dense listing of weekend radio programming and times across networks. Includes The Shadow, Adventures of the Thin Man, News summaries from NBC ABC and KVOA, musical interludes, theater segments, and public service features with multiple hosts and stations noted.
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