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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1945
Page
4
An account from Iwo Jima on June 6 describes the futile search for travel orders and the humor of navigating empty offices and empty tents to obtain medical and clearance certificates. A lone lieutenant finally signs the required blanks as the narrator struggles to depart.
Arizona copper production from 11 large mining firms reached 691,724,888 pounds in 1944, down 87,427.44 pounds from 1943 due to labor shortages ore depletion and wartime development delays. Three war-operated mines Bagdad Castle Dome Morenci rose 81,533,826 pounds. others Inspiration Miami Magma Kennecott Shattuck Dean United Verde New Cornelia Copper Queen dropped 168,961,770 pounds.
Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving, consecrated last week as Episcopal missionary bishop of Arizona, said he would depart for his new post Saturday after a two day tour through Maryland and Virginia to visit relatives. He plans a visit with his Baltimore uncle A B Kinsolving who was unable to attend the ceremonies.
Frederick C. Othman reports from Washington on a Senate session marked by confusion over the calendar and quorum. The record shows 49 senators listed as present while the author records 40, with multiple absences for trips abroad and other duties as the California flood control project is discussed and a late adjournment noted.
Advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as unbeatable and fastest relief with the claim of 100 tablets for 35 cents. It stresses that no aspirin can do more and urges buyers to insist on St Joseph branding.
The local post office will issue four Franklin D. Roosevelt stamps 1 cent 2 cent 3 cent and 5 cent to honor the late president. The 3 cent stamp goes on sale June 27 in Washington DC with later local availability. Collectors may request first day cancellations by sending addressed envelopes and payment to the Washington DC postmaster.
Nine Arizona firms, mostly Phoenix businesses, paid $3,844.98 into the U.S. treasury for sales above ceiling prices. Camelback Inn led with $1,950 for $1,300 in liquor overcharges.
Washington dispatch reports Ben Thoron resigns from the interior division as the United States plans broader control of insular possessions after the war. The division will oversee the Carolines Marshalls Okinawa and Iwo Jima with bases and independence debates likely shaping policy and subsidies for non self supportive islands.
The article discusses the planned transfer of 1,000 Poles from Lodz to Frankfurt as an annexation under military control. It notes disagreements over whether decisions affecting Germany should rest with zone controllers or the whole control council, and raises concerns about Holland’s compensation for flooded land and its food shortage.
Discussion regarding the potential appointment of Thoron to head the division of territories and island possessions is noted in the 1945 Bell Syndicate copyright text.
The first plants dedicated to exclusive rayon manufacture began operating in the United States in 1912, marking a milestone in industrial chemistry and textile production.
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