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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
6
The stock market rose to the highest levels since April as factory output expanded coast to coast producing defense and civilian goods. Retail and auto sales jumped with defense payrolls lifting store traffic and home furnishings up to 50 percent from 1940.
Medium-priced railway bonds gained while high-priced industrial and utility loans held steady. United States government issues already above par rose again, lifting overall bond prices in the market.
Ending of the strike at North American Aviation's Inglewood plant after the plant was seized by the Army boosted stock prices midweek. A swift settlement in Aluminum Company of America labor talks reinforced the view that the government was curbing defense production stoppages from work disputes.
May output reached 1334 planes, about three times the May 1940 figure. Officials attributed the dip to Memorial Day shutdowns, noting some plants closed from May 29 to June 1, despite the holiday impact.
Steel mills operated at 98.6 percent capacity this week down slightly from last week. Plant changes shift production from sheets and strip to plates for ships pipelines and new freight cars. Government proposals would back 10 million extra tons of steel capacity costing about 1.25 billion dollars with United States Steel Bethlehem Republic and others expected to add sizable shares.
Production of 133,645 cars this week marks the largest for a week since mid May 1937. Automakers push to swell dealer inventories to shift workers toward defense goods as summer advances.
Rail freight totals this week reached 852 940 cars, up 21.3 percent from the same week in the prior year, signaling strong demand and sustained throughput across lines.
Electric power production in the latest weekly period rose 17.1 percent from the 1940 level, marking a larger increase than the 18 percent year over year gain reported for the preceding week.
Children at the Pima County Preventorium in Tucson will soon eat venison from a yearling mule that injured itself when it rammed into a car in Tucson Mountain park. E F Carpenter notified game wardens, deputies found the crippled animal, which was cached in cold storage and will be sent to the hospital facility after cooling.
Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reports Free French forces closing on Damascus Syria with the city expected to fall within days. He describes laboring under shellfire, desert heat, and scenes of locals including Arab children amid the battle between Free French troops and Vichy defenders.
Robert Cairncross, 72, a Tucson resident for two months and former Chicago salesman, died last night. The body will be shipped to Chicago tomorrow by Reilly Undertaking Company.
Federal Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson announced Monday new maximum prices on domestic hides and related skins to curb speculative buying. The rules cover purchases and sales including futures trades and set hide prices at 15 cents per pound with hip skins at 20 cents and calf skins priced by weight across Chicago and New York markets from 20.5 cents to 4.60 dollars per hide.
Strikes raised alarms as unions warn of raids and seek jurisdictional battles. AFL and CIO truckers press for exclusive bargaining while a restraining order shields employers from walkouts. UAW CIO suspends 10 in Newark amid anti Communist drive. NDMB seeks settlement with Bethlehem Shipbuilding. Eight hundred AFL machinists vote on returning to 11 San Francisco shipyards amid labor shortages. Longshoremen threaten action over maritime commission moves.
The House cut Roosevelt's WPA request by 95 000 and by 35 percent of the 1 350 650 000 appropriated for the year. It kept restrictions on subversive WPA workers and required sponsors to cover at least 25 percent of non federal project costs. A rotation clause discharging workers after 18 months was dropped amid Roosevelt criticism.
Five crew members injured when a tank cleaning operation on the Vene zuelan oil tanker Coroni caused a powerful blast at the Gulf Refining pier in Schuylkill River. The bow lifted from the water, a deck winch was hurled onto the pier, and the ship, docked from Maracaibo, Venezuela, had just unloaded crude from Margarita. No fire occurred.
The article contrasts Goebbels urging mothers and fathers about Crete losses with the toll of 5893 Germans killed or missing. It notes fear of a costly invasion of Britain and recalls Earl Stanhope’s censorship by Prime Minister Chamberlain. It frames censorship as a historical pattern across nations.
The French government and circles defend Syria as a free choice by France to manage duties and liberties while denying German use of Syrian bases. They claim Syria was not a German base and planes used it only as stepping stones to Iraq under the armistice. Hull says French resistance to Britain signals Franco-German collaboration, given Vichy’s earlier acquiescence.
The piece notes Congress should approve routine funding and defense measures. If the war situation remains unchanged, lawmakers may recess for three to four weeks in July or August. The Senate majority leader plans to discuss a recess with Republican chiefs upon return to duties in two to three weeks.
Daily Mines company sued Central Mines incorporated with a $60.40 judgment for the defendant. Estate of James E Swank petitions to amend order concerning sale of real estate filed.
Edward Lee petitions against Arizona State Liquor Control after a decision denying a liquor license. Ella V. Ramsey faces fraud-related charges with a three year sentence suspended. witnesses examined in the proceeding.
Paul Cella presiding hears Morris Mayron for failure to yield right of way with a Tuesday date set. Tony Antonivitch faces speeding. magistrate recuses citing attorney client ties and Justice C. W. Gardner to assume jurisdiction. John B. Gibson cited for vagrancy with $10 fine or 10 days jail. Frank Salmon cited for reckless driving with $30 fine or 30 days jail.
Richard West Card, 24, Tucson and Vivian Stevens, 23, Tucson. Darrel C. Harman, 26, Bowie and Irene Davis, 33, Yuma. Phillips Terry, 24, Tucson and Janice Parke, 21, Tucson. Frank Kellogg, 33, Sonoita and Felica Joy, 28, Sonoita. Alvin E. Green, 24, Buffalo N Y and Jane Seymour, 20, Tucson. Max I Cradiee, 34, Los Angeles and Jewel Walker, 29, Los Angeles, both Negroes.
Senate leaders voice firm protest and call for explanations while Secretary Hull may dispatch a Berlin note. 11 survivors plucked from the Robin Moor. 35 missing days after torpedo strike. ship carried 5,263 tons of goods valued at $2,000,000 as diplomatic tension rises.
Law students in Bahia Brazil launch a drive to acquire an aircraft for the Aero Club of Bahia following the example set by students in Rio Grande do Sul.
British submarines in the Mediterranean and Aegean sunk eight Axis ships and damaged two more. The admiralty said a convoy escort vessel was sunk, a large 8000 ton tanker torpedoed, and another tanker Strombo heavily damaged near Istanbul. An Italian armed merchant cruiser and a supply ship were sunk in Benghazi harbor and the Mytilene harbor was struck by a submarine.
The statement praises Italian armed forces’ battlefield successes and pledges unwavering collaboration with Germany. It asserts the alliance will complete their shared mission as outlined by prior accords and the tri partite pact, resisting disruption by any country or person.
Officials described routine notices to shipping about live mines used in coastal maneuvers. The notice warns that loaded mines will be planted and the area patrolled constantly, with unloaded dummy mines posing risk to small craft.
The report notes Croatia rapidly organizes and arms, pledging border protection by its forces and an Axis-aligned association. It claims the United States errs by opposing a nation’s liberty and aligning against Croatia’s right to sovereignty.
The case centers on about $25,000 in taxes in Maricopa county and $20,000 in Pima county with no factual dispute. Linguistic interpretation of law was the focus as the suit proceeds from 1935 and 1936 bank matters. The U S Supreme Court refused a three-judge en banc hearing.
The President issued an executive order approving a census of all foreign-owned property in the United States. The survey will cover assets of parties from countries under freezing control as well as those from all other nations.
The Arizona State liquor department denies the transfer of the 101 Club liquor license from Fred J. Brown to 1003 East Broadway. A telegram signed by Director John A. Duncan states that new information led to reversing an earlier approval. Brown previously ran the Old Heidelberg Inn at 1246 East 16th Street.
Petitions for liquor licenses were filed with Pima county supervisors for Esther Dor Walter Eisinminger and Victor Matson. Supervisors filed with the Interior Department a petition to erect an electric light and power line over public domain to supply the new U S Army airfield near Ajo from the Phelps-Dodge pumping plant.
Reuben’s Arizona Home Supply Company will sponsor an all day annual employee picnic for workers and their families tomorrow. The event aims to include employees from the local branches and is expected to feature food games and community fun for all attendees.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will meet tomorrow at 2 45 p m at Mt Calvary Baptist Church to discuss planned activities and community concerns.
Augustine members of the Catholic Daughters of America are urged to meet at the Elks Club at 7 p m today to participate in the Flag Day parade and later ceremonies at the high school stadium.
False chinch bugs swarm under doors and windows driving Tucson families from homes. Entomologists note they breed in weeds like wild mustard and invade homes after wet springs and heavy mustard growths. They usually disappear in days. kill methods include pyrethrum powder and fly spray.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids by June 26 1941 for three current model 1% ton trucks with dump bodies and options plus one chassis. Bids must include trade-in allowances, delivery terms, taxes, and require 5 percent bid security. Specifications available at Pima County Shops Tucson.
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