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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1943
Page
2
Monthly report by county comptroller Fred O Goodell shows a decrease in tubercular patients at Pima County Hospital and a rise in general patients. April and May had the lowest tubercular patient days this fiscal year while overall patient days totaled 23 876 since last July.
In Ottawa Madame Chiang Kai-shek warned that recent Chinese victories do not end UN danger and a Japanese victory would be the greatest disaster. She praised Chinese resistance, urged not to strain resources, and called Japan a continuing Axis aggressor while labeling Hitler a demoniac Mephistopheles.
First Lt Glen A Poole receives promotion to captain in a letter to his mother Mrs Sue Price. He serves in the middle east as post utilities officer with the cavalry division after graduating from the University of Arizona where he was in ROTC and Delta Chi.
The bulletin records births to Ralph Korngold in Tucson a boy born June 15 at 6 42 p m to Paul Belt in Tucson a boy born June 15 at 8 53 p m to Pat N Harcrow of St David a boy born June 16 at 2 21 a m to Marvin Miller in Grant Rd Tucson a girl born June 16 at 4 a m to Lewis H Schmid Jr at 322 E 18th St Tucson a girl born June 16 at 8 33 a m.
Los Angeles June 16 subcommittee session reports Japanese internees at relocation centers receive the same army fare as U S troops. Cavett testifies Manzanar meat deliveries exceed 20 000 pounds weekly for 9 143 residents. Civilians’ meat shortages cited. army supplies prioritized. Bowron warns water-source risk and notes an FBI inquiry into a lecture tour by a former Los Angeles resident. Arizona officials testify on dam and riot concerns if more Japanese are released.
San Diego starts training a large number of women forest fire fighters. Each forest and mountain station fields four women, paired with a man from the armed forces and a fire engine. They sleep in bunks in barracks with the only feminine concession being drapes.
O H Barnhill, president-elect of the Tucson Rotary Club, reported to locals on the national Rotary convention held in St Louis May 18 to 20 with the theme Rotary Service in Peace and War. The VFW Auxiliary Post 549 will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the clubrooms 121 East Broadway.
Sr Saul Elorday a widely traveled lecturer from Mexico will present talks tomorrow Friday and Saturday at 8 p m in Alianza hall on West Congress street. The talks are sponsored by the local Mexican consul Elias Colunga.
CPL. Moses Valencia son of Mrs. G. Barrios of 123 Armijo Street Tucson is home on furlough visiting his parents. He serves with amphibian engineers a commando unit stationed at Camp Edwards Massachusetts former radio operator at Camp Crowder Missouri. Mrs Barrios has three sons in the service.
Two Tucson men Harry B. Chambers and George C. Dick have entered the officer candidate school at Fort Riley Kansas, as announced by the public relations office. They will be commissioned second lieutenants in the U S cavalry after completing the three month course.
Jack Nimmo begins recruit training this week at Farragut Idaho the second largest U S naval training station. He is husband of Mrs Margareta Nimmo of 1519 West Niagara Tucson per public relations officer notice.
Miss Frances Gillmor assistant professor of English at the University of Arizona serves as an instructor at the summer session of New Mexico University announced today by the college liberal arts.
Retired University of Arizona Spanish department head Dr John D Fitzgerald has arrived back from a trip to Mexico City and will soon depart for his Illinois home.
Lt. Austin Riesen son of Dean Emil R. Riesen of the University of Arizona liberal arts college finished aviation medicine training at Randolph Field. He visited his father over the weekend before reporting to Greenville South Carolina. Also Lt. Carl Riesen son of Dean Riesen in the Army engineer camouflage division visited his father and is assigned to Camp Van Dorn Mississippi.
John T. Ridgen, extension animal husbandryman for the University of Arizona agricultural extension service, resigned yesterday to return to ranching near Kirkland. He has served with the university for five years.
Harry N. Abbott of 5050 East Fifth Street completed the aerial photographic interpretation course at the engineer school Camp Lejeune New River NC. Graduation followed four weeks of intensive study and qualified him for further specialized engineer training.
The Tucson Coordinating committee will meet tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce building.
The 17 months ending May 31 marked the eighth driest period in Arizona per the U S Weather Bureau May climatological summary. Dry ranges and low water threaten livestock, with May heat and dryness reducing crop prospects outside irrigated districts.
Reporters visit south coast training stations to glimpse new landing craft and crews. Royal Marine gun crews man swift support vessels with mounted machine guns and mortars. Demonstrations show launches delivering patrols to beaches as Typhoon air strikes plaster the shore. Marines sing as they approach and bodies are splashed ashore in practiced, disciplined runs.
Lieut. Cecil Herman O'Dell 23 year old Army flier killed in a Sarasota crash will receive funeral services at the Latter Day Saints church Saturday afternoon. A military escort will bring his body to Franklin for burial with American Legion rites at the Franklin cemetery. He had trained at Duncan high school Gila junior college and Arizona State Teachers College Tempe and joined the air force in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. His wife Ada Rose O'Dell previously lived in Sarasota near her husband.
The new hangar at Davis Monthan Field, valued at two hundred thousand dollars, is nearly complete. Captain Frank L. Branson, materials officer, says it uses wood trusses to save metals for the war effort and sits on a concrete base near the Southern Pacific spur.
The statement notes Wyoming’s state motto expressing a shift from military symbolism to education. It highlights the cultural emphasis on civic identity and public life as embodied by the motto in state discourse.
Dr Barr argued that using price signals could boost food conservation to support US aid and wartime programs. He noted Arizona should shift from watermelons and cantaloupes to dairying and truck gardening to reduce imports and avoid being a drain on other states. He warned changes will be difficult but necessary.
Allied headquarters reports a two hour 23 ton raid on Rabaul New Britain by 19 Liberators caused extreme damage to Lakunai air field with 250 planes seen on the dromes. Recovered Japanese planes damaged and salvage work underway while Beaufighters strafed targets near Lae.
Kenneth Cook, soloist, will sing at the second weekly war bond concert in Armory park tonight at 8. Officer Woodward Pierce will conduct the Marana airbase band. Navy Mothers' club runs a war bond booth. About 1,000 people attended last week’s opening concert, says Fred A. Dragonette, Pima county war bond committee chairman.
The Devil's Tower area in the Wyoming Black Hills is described as more than 20 million years old, highlighting its ancient geological origins and scientific interest.
The jury trial of Herminia Ahumado for importing 32 ounces of crude opium was delayed when Marine Private Rudy Soto arrived on furlough from the Solomon Islands. The defense called witnesses including a niece and sister-in-law, while the government introduced the defendant’s statement claiming the opium was hidden in the backyard to protect children.
John Luther Maginnis 81 died Monday at Diamond W Guest Ranch near Tucson. Services 10:30 AM tomorrow at Williams and Cassinella Chapel with Reverend Morris Ballenger officiating. burial in Evergreen cemetery Masonic Plot. Maginnis lived at Diamond W on Tanque Verde Road and had no known relatives.
Arid conditions leave most old grass gone and new growth stalled except in the north. Mesquite bean crops are good and hay and cotton supplies are adequate. Range conditions have fallen 17 percent from last year and without July rains cattle sales or moves to better grazing areas are likely. calf crops remain generally strong but dipped early in the month.
The article states that muscle tissue serves as the body's largest reservoir for excess liquids, highlighting its role in fluid balance and storage. It discusses how fluids distribute between compartments and how muscle mass influences total body water.
The Traveling Institute of Prayer led by Dr. Glenn Clark arrives in Tucson for a two day visit organized by the city Ministerial Association. Starr Daily will share his spiritual awakening story, with Glenn Harding as song leader. Lectures and prayer sessions begin at 7 30 p m at local churches.
A newly patented electric spark drill offers a quick simple method to bore holes in diamonds. The invention promises faster cutting with straightforward operation and practical application across diamond processing.
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