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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1942
Page
1
The office of defense transportation orders wartime limits on intercity bus service effective July 1. Express routes are canceled and schedules failing efficiency standards are ended. Exceptions cover worker transport and military or naval shuttle services.
The admiralty said the British submarine Turbulent sank one Italian destroyer and four ships in the central Mediterranean. It attacked a convoy escort and two heavily laden supply ships, sinking the escorting destroyer and another supply ship from a separate convoy. A small merchant vessel laden with explosives was also reported sunk.
Ensign George H. Gay Jr a 25 year old Navy flier told at Pearl Harbor how he rode a rubber raft amid the Japanese fleet after his plane was shot down. He witnessed three carriers burn including Kaga class ships and heard reports that the United States may take the offensive in the Pacific following Midway.
Chinese defenders report in a military communique that 7 000 Japanese troops were killed or wounded in bloody fighting in and around Chuhsien as Chinese forces encircle the city in Chekiang. Enemy losses approach 20 000, with heavy casualties reported in the ongoing battle.
Chinese troops recaptured Tungsiang forty five miles southeast of Nanchang and defend Chuhsien in western Chekiang as Japanese forces, estimated at 150000, drive on the Chekiang Kiangsi line from east and west. Chinese control about 175 miles of the railway from Chuhsien to Tungjiang. An undetermined number of Japanese soldiers operatives are in civilian dress.
The Army will build training fields at Douglas and Winslow in Arizona, each costing over 3 million dollars, and the Ryan School of Aeronautics will open a new field near Tucson. The War Department gave limited details on training types while naming district supervision for each project. Construction of Ryan’s 160 acre site southwest of Tucson will include hangars classrooms and living facilities with first classes planned.
Luis Arturo Coppola Bonillas a University of Arizona engineering student and grandson of former Mexican ambassador Ygnacio Bonillas received the second permit since Pearl Harbor to join the U S Army Air Corps. The interim Mexican congress commission approved his enlistment though 5,000 requests were filed. Bonillas 21 of Tucson Arizona is vacationing in Nogales Ariz.
Five men linked to the Universal Order of Plenocrats were convicted by Federal Judge William H. Holly for using the mails to defraud and violating the securities and exchange act. Defendants waived a jury trial and include Charles E. Oldenburg of Milwaukee president. Rev. Fred E. Bennett of Seattle board member. C. Franklin Davis of Chicago secretary treasurer. Justus Chancellor Jr. of Chicago general counsel. and C. H. Carter of Chicago former president.
Washington reports conferees from the Senate and House reached formal agreement on a military pay bill setting $50 a month as the base pay for the lowest ranks in the armed services. The agreement includes dependent allowances for families of those drafted, with rates starting at $50 and up for dependents. The new scales take effect June 1, placing U S soldiers sailors and Marines among the best paid fighters in the world.
Washington date line reports Joseph L. Welner deputy WPB supply head foresees rationing likely for coffee tea and cocoa with clothing possibly avoided this year. Bananas scarce fish and pork shipments reduced by submarines. Wool may be restricted in some garments and mills forced to blend fibers.
Coast guards recovered three bodies and nine others remained missing after a mid air collision of two navy training blimps over the Atlantic during an experimental mission from Lakehurst New Jersey. Ensign Howard Fahey was rescued.
London dispatch reports British and American air force units have arrived in China at Chungking. The United States forces are believed to join the Flying Tigers led by Brigadier General Claire Chennault already operating there.
In a day long battle near Bir Hacheim, Free French and British defenders repelled a major Axis assault. General Pierre Koenig refused surrender as German and Italian forces attacked from Knightsbridge, while RAF and dive bombers fought near the Libyan front.
Senate committee hears a bill to allocate 3 500 tons of crude rubber and 85 000 tons of reclaimed rubber yearly for recapping and retreading. Senator Ellender says this would allow at least 20 million passenger cars in operation to support war production and civilian economy.
The Jap fleet hides in the Pacific after Midway but its striking power is greatly reduced. At least three enemy warships were sunk and eleven more heavily damaged, with most of the air force destroyed. Japanese losses since Pearl Harbor total sixty eight ships sunk and seventy one damaged, beyond transports and secondary vessels. Japan’s future hinges on naval power to defend conquests and control the western Pacific.
June 9 dispatches describe heavy German infantry, tank and dive bombing assaults across five fronts from Leningrad to Sevastopol. Red Star reports fierce counterattacks by Soviet forces, with 500 Germans killed by partisans behind lines and heavy losses for the Axis as defense stiffens.
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