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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
11
The narrator recalls the D Day invasion as Allied ships cross the English Channel while George Hicks describes the action from a battleship. An NY control interruption yields a stark contrast between heroic war reportage and wartime public appeals to back the Fifth War Loan drive.
The piece credits Southern legislators with decisive votes shaping wartime policy. It notes that Lend-Lease would have failed without Southern support and that Southern members secured the draft extension four months before Pearl Harbor. It cites 12 Southern states casting 102 votes for extending the draft and six against.
A Punch reflection notes many high-placed spokesmen speak at length about restraint yet reveal little about crucial topics, hinting at broader wartime censorship and controlled disclosure. The piece satirizes official silence in a tense period.
In World War II commentary, David Lawrence argues that military aims drive postwar governance. He suggests Britain, Russia, and the United States use expediency to shape Italy France and Spain, balancing leftist and rightist factions while avoiding civil conflict until Rome falls. He warns of inevitable civilian policing, delaying full democratic restoration until unconditional Nazi surrender.
The House rejected a Senate plan requiring all government workers earning 4500 dollars or more to be confirmed by the Senate. Senator McKellar pushed the idea to extend patronage to TVA personnel. Representative Ramspeck warned Republicans against embracing the proposal amid a potential 1940s election shift.
In New York on June 8 the writer questions who funds the high night life while war taxes bite. He argues veterans, executives, and war contractors are amid the spenders as soldiers near payday and the wealthy pay for their own war through heavy taxes and rising costs.
A humorous historical column notes outfits and protests from Dukhobors in Canada to U S political conventions. It mentions naked protests against taxes by the Dukhobors, various 19th and 20th century political figures, and jokey images of hats coats and lapels as symbols of political theater.
Washington notes highlight factors behind the June 8 1944 push for a permanent world peace plan. Hedge factors include Republican stance, wartime leverage, Churchill's speech, and U.S. prestige with European nations. The note also contrasts Hull and Welles on postwar planning and comments on German generals and other wartime topics.
The explorer bows to a savage chief and proclaims he comes from beyond the sunset and the Great White King. The chief interrupts with a blunt question about the rotten radios being sent over, reported by the Montreal Star.
A young couple asked the minister for a clandestine marriage amid a Sunday service causing a stir as several teens and a man moved toward the altar, seeking to wed in holy bonds.
A recruit in Camp W. Texas fears his nearsightedness will stop him from military service. The sergeant reassures him with a joke about special trenches for the "sighted ones" who must get close to the enemy.
A brief note from the Exchange mentions a figure named in relation to Navy service and a recurring vanish act. The record focuses on the unusual sequence of the performer climbing and then disappearing during demonstrations.
In a wide spread scramble, Democratic factions in Texas and South Carolina test party loyalties ahead of the Roosevelt era. Texas delegates resist Roosevelt, led by Pappy O Danial, while Lyndon Johnson and Jesse Jones face counter moves. South Carolina delays power shifts as Roosevelt weighs responses. Congress imposes excise tax changes, drawing attention to taxation battles and Baruch business conversion plans.
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