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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
10
A Tucson Daily Citizen feature reflects on Edith Binge a 62 year old English woman who lived in a bombed seven room house and how she rebuilt with her pet budgerigar. Her letter to London Daily Express editor Mr Hickey highlights resilience, love of country and hope for victory.
Observers praise Mr. Leon Henderson for integrating wartime controls across rationing births funerals and retail pricing. The piece compares his system to Ford's production line and notes funeral directors must set maximum prices using March levels. It ends by saying he has thought of everything within his remit and cannot provide priority numbers for harps.
The piece portrays Johnny Public as problematic and criticized by monitors for apathy optimism and now for allegedly starting fires in forests. It suggests the public figure is seen as a bad or misunderstood character amid broader wartime sentiment.
The Journal led by Dr. William Fielding Ogburn argues the U S government has reached a peak of magnificence due to wartime expansion and merged institutions. It surveys changes over ten to twelve years and defends democracy while warning that power concentration alarms traditionalists.
Baltimore columnist John O Rea forecasts a controversy over a proposed gold service ribbon with red white and blue ends for men in service before December 7 1941. He argues such a symbol would separate regulars and National Guardsmen from draftees, while critics warn it risks self aggrandizement and echoes old disputes about precedence and merit.
The text notes a low ratio of ration cards allowing unlimited use, stating a value of 9.6 C and claiming few important people appear in number, contrasting public perception with paper reports.
The White House freed Earl Browder to promote national unity, while Attorney General Francis Biddle describes the Communist Party of the United States as anti American and dangerous. The report cites Third International doctrine, union infiltration, and plans for violent overthrow, linking Browder’s liberation to ongoing fears of subversion.
Arthur Baer argues for eggs as wartime fuel through a humorous take on 354 million hens. He mocks official plans while praising the hen’s instinct and the egg economy, ending with a Goethe quote about encouragement after censure.
The piece argues Allied air power shifts mark a turning point in WWII. It notes Cologne raids as a decisive early mass bombing, praises night fighter tactics, and discusses British and German strategic highlights from Libya to Kharkov with observed morale effects and possible invasion links.
Washington column details how 15 Democrats and 10 Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee secretly slice the Treasury 1942 tax bill. It claims the panel slashed corporation and upper-bracket taxes while shifting burden to lower brackets, resisting loophole closures, and eyeing a hidden drive for a general sales tax to fund war revenue.
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