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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
9
Moscow reports Red Star quotes Soviet experts after tests on captured German tanks find the Tiger clumsy and hard to maneuver. Tanks bog down in swamp, tracks suffer from grenades and mines, but the long range gun allows distant fire. Tiger production is 15 percent of 1942 German output, with more light and medium tanks.
Nashville reports a record year for 1942 with Methodist church membership rising by 80,829 to 6,640,424 and total church property valued at 729 million dollars. Benevolent giving also increased with a 14.5 million dollar annual total, while Sunday school enrollment reached 5,093,558 and average attendance 2,621,949.
The notice lists ration stamp validity for essentials. Coffee stamps 24 good through June 30 for one pound per person over 18. Sugar stamps 13 cover five pounds through August 15. Canning sugar stamps 15 and 16 each five pounds through October 31. Gasoline A Book stamps valid May 22 to July 21. Tire inspections for A B C books dated variously from February to March with 60 day or 5,000 mile limits. Shoes Stamp 17 good for one pair through June 15. Canned food stamps K L M valid through July 7. Red point stamps J K L through June 30 for meat butter oil lard and shortening at 16 points per person.
Second Lt. Boyd M. Morse, 21, son of Mrs. Mae Morse of Greenway station Tucson, arrives at Garden City Army Air Field Kansas for basic flight training. He attended the University of Arizona from 1940 to 1942, played football, and held ROTC posts. He studied at Fort Riley cavalry school before enlisting and is married to Jade Constance Loew of Tucson.
The Young Women's league oversees the War booth in front of Penney's for the week with Miss Matilda Miller arranging details. Salvation Army music will be played Saturday via Captain William H. Oatman, while YWCA advisor Mrs. George Adams guides work with business and industrial girls and soldiers' recreation. The YWCL executive includes Patricia Campbell and others. Gold discovery noted in early Georgia, 1828-29.
The Blair family story shows Hugh Blair volunteering for the U S marines and his wife, a registered nurse, joining the Army nursing corps. Tyrone Power is mentioned as a friend, and their dachshund MacArthur sports a victory badge as the story notes their service ties and shared patriotism.
London according to the Daily Telegraph aerial photos show a three and a half mile long, 700 feet wide detonation path across the Hague intended as a second defense line behind Dutch coastal defenses. The paper estimates about 100000 people were made homeless.
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