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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
8
A national scrap rubber drive will decide if gasoline bans will be needed after July 1. Authorities warn hoarding is dangerous and illegal in many places, with Chicago restricting storage to five gallons and urging caution.
James M. Nabrit Jr denies Howard University involvement in an open letter sent to a Pegler piece. The letter, stamped as from the university press service, is described as a mimeographed item lacking signature and salutation. The piece cites Chicago convention debates on voodoo ads and praises Pegler for exposing Negro press sensationalism and advertising clashes with editorial respectability.
Col George Sheppard Clarke, carrying an unrevealed last message from Lieut Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright, describes San Francisco as a city of bright lights and fast cars while 15,000 Bataan veterans remain forgotten by America. He cautions against forgetting them as the nation forges wartime strength.
The Libya campaign has made obsolete the tale of the slow tortoise and the fast hare, a change no other action had achieved, reflecting a shift in perceptions of persistence and pace.
The account notes the violent death of Reinhard Heydrich, describing him as a notorious menace and remarking that his killing elevates respect for a bullet. It frames the event as a stark reminder of lethal power and the idea that small projectiles can alter history.
The piece laments overblown self praise in newspapers and government, condemning unkept forecasts in shipbuilding aircraft and munitions. It quotes Vil\in praising and criticizing America, Hitler derision, and notes a Milwaukee Journal critique of a Christian weekly.
The Army cannot quicken the training of physicians and surgeons and must recruit ready-trained doctors from civilian life. Special enrollment for doctors up to 54 years old is underway, risking a civilian shortage. President Roosevelt warned last week that the living standard could decline as doctors depart for military service.
Arthur Baer describes a past encounter at the Walldorf Wedgewood room where Paul Draper led an improv session with Alec Templeton, the blind pianist, and Calvin Jackson. Draper danced as Templeton and Jackson improvised Honeysuckle Rose for over an hour.
Washington dispatch notes Congress blocks a plan backed by the Army Navy and War Manpower Board to lower the draft age to 18 despite military support. Leaders fear elections and warn the measure would face a doomed fate.
A devotional note invites readers to reflect on Acts 10 28 and the belief that there is no superior race or class as all are God s children and should not be labeled common or unclean.
The piece argues Allied air superiority is key to a second front in Europe this year. It links Hitler’s troop deployments in France and Germany to Britain’s bombing capacity and asserts air reinforcements, not land troops, are crucial to blunting Nazi defenses. It discusses Russian front strains, Donets Rostov aims, and Rommel’s retreat traps around Tobruk.
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