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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
6
City officials in Tucson plan a DeMolay day taking over city duties in a special Saturday session. The mock government aims to address traffic bottlenecks and education in citizenship, mirroring YMCA Youth in Government.
The Tucson post office stamp urges hiring the physically handicapped as productive workers. A growing national program Just One Break a JOB highlights opportunities for handicapped workers. Success relies on interest from employers and proactive job seekers to prepare and publicize availability.
In a long life of labor in Arizona, engineer explorer and author Godfrey Sykes is remembered through a formal portrait. Born in London May 25 1861 he came to Arizona Territory as a youth and helped build the state. He aided Dr D T MacDougall at Carnegie Desert Lab and studied the Colorado river delta below Yuma. He built the Lowell observatory dome and the Mt Wilson road, and made a large boat. His sons Glenton Tucson city engineer and Gilbert Nogales forest ranger carry on his legacy.
William Green, new AFL president, dispatches Charles Hughes to Las Vegas to probe Ralph Alsup, head of the Clark County Central Labor Council, amid past criminal charges and a history of ties to Capone era gangsters. The Nevada State Federation of Labor will meet in Reno to decide Alsup’s fate as Green vows to protect the AFL’s name.
War mobilizer Charles Wilson warns Chicago businessmen that by September 1 skilled workers will be in high demand as 40 to 50 billion dollars in orders press for production. Government policy aims to keep civilian plants from diverting skilled labor to defense while supplying tools and manpower for planes and tanks. In eight months, from June 25, 1950 to last February, 300 tool plants yielded only 25,000 new skilled workers, highlighting a looming labor shortage.
Victor Riesel argues that skilled workers and engineers are leaving defense work for civilian electronics and household goods. He cites aircraft tooling delays and urges reversing the trend during the emergency. He calls to halt seasonal auto and appliance designs and prioritize weapons production.
Letters to the Tucson Daily Citizen urge public donations to Dr. Herbert L. Stahnke at Arizona State College Tempe to produce scorpion antivenin. Citizens describe personal sacrifices and appeals from multiple Arizona residents including Genevieve G Roberson and Mrs Riley S Smith Jr. The message includes family notes from Susan and Bill Rogers and others, plus a separate note about Parker Pen Co replacing time clocks with handwritten time cards in Janesville Wisconsin.
The Los Angeles Times suggests the commander in chief ponders the naval lieutenant fired for a letter mailed in error while noting his own past letters to a music critic and a congressman. The piece questions accountability at the top amid military discipline debates.
The quoted Pravda assertion that people live longer in Soviet Russia provokes a sharp retort about the longevity claim. The exchange underscores foreign criticism of Soviet social statistics and the debate over life expectancy figures.
Bob Ruark lists Sarkes Tarzian of Bloomington Indiana as an American dream success. Born in 1901 in Armenia he built a TV tuner empire, led RCA projects, and founded a Bloomington station with under 200000 dollars. He cut prices 60 percent and used media for local welfare programs.
In the 1944 Honolulu meeting President Roosevelt, Gen. MacArthur, and Adm. Nimitz aligned on defeating Japan. Admiral Leahy notes early friction in Washington gave way to harmony as both officers agreed to recover the Philippines using combined ground and air power, with sea and air power pressuring Japan to surrender.
The piece discusses MacArthur's plan to cut Japan off from its conquered territories and seize shipping to defeat Japan without direct invasion. It notes the Honolulu conference's significance, the misperception of Soviet involvement, and debates over British roles in recaptured territories, including potential Dutch East Indies control.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the puzzle that farmers have long lost money, yet bankruptcy courts and poorhouses rarely show farmer defendants. The remark contrasts widespread financial strain with a surface image of resilience among farming households.
A vivid Ben Burroughs lyric recalls a stormy summer night. Two lovers shelter under a palm as rain falls and waves crash while a kiss and scent of cologne connect them. The storm passes and they share a lasting bond entering a personal paradise.
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