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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
1
Stockholm reports a frantic mobilization along the Moscow to Leningrad railway as troops and materiel block the line. Finland calls reserves and tightens civilian trains while officers are made regulars to defend independence amid the Russian German crisis.
Allied columns with reinforcements advanced in Syria and Damascus and Beirut were believed to fall within days. Free French sources said Paris, London and Damascus reported the city surrounded after Vichy troops attempted to cut Allied rear lines.
Box score style recap shows multiple games with runs, hits and errors for both leagues. Notable line items include Chicago trailing and New York winning, with pitchers listed for each club. The National League entries show New York defeating Pittsburgh and Chicago beating Brooklyn in separate matchups.
President Roosevelt declares an extraordinary emergency and suspends the eight hour day for mechanics and laborers on defense works in the Canal Zone Puerto Rico and Alaska by executive order. The move aims to speed up construction at outposts of national defense while not applying to the continental United States. The suspension follows prior halts on island bases obtained from Great Britain.
President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Clarence A. Dykstra effective July 1 and returns him to the University of Wisconsin presidency. The White House did not name a successor, though Vice Chairman William H. Davis has often acted as head.
Evelita Juanita Spinelli known as the Duchess faces execution in the San Quentin gas chamber as California women face capital punishment for murder. She and three confederates were convicted of killing a man during a Detroit era crime spree linked to the Purple gang.
Stockholm reports Russia is mobilizing reserves for military service and tens of thousands of Soviet children are being evacuated to safe areas. Swedish radio notes travelers from Finland and directs readers to rumors on page 9.
A city committee led by Acting City Manager Phil J. Martin Jr and City Attorney John D. Lyons advised council that the 10 per cent limit may apply only to ad valorem taxes, not to license or in lieu taxes. Lyons warned a state law could affect the decision, suggesting restraint to a one tenth rise until further study.
The Maritime Commission announced it took formal possession of the Italian ship Clara 6,131 gross tons at Savannah Georgia, the first of 28 saboteur vessels laid up in U S waters. It marked the seventh foreign vessel seized under the act with six Danish ships taken last weekend. The records list 84 foreign vessels potentially requisitioned.
In Phoenix on June 19 the Arizona Supreme Court considered Governor Osborn's removal of State Industrial Commissioners L. C. Holmes and Lynn Lockhart. Attorneys contended removal for malfeasance exceeds gubernatorial power and belongs to impeachment. Jacob Morgan filed a friend of the court brief supporting reversal.
The War Department authorized construction programs totaling 9,513,900 to build field houses, refrigeration facilities, post exchange offices and vehicle housing sheds at 49 Army posts. Field houses for basketball boxing and wrestling will seat 2,750 and 3,750 respectively at 25 posts. Fort Huachuca in Arizona received an ice plant at 80,000 dollars.
Washington June 19 The house ways and means committee tentatively approved a broad tax plan to raise about 2.48 billion dollars in new revenue by hikes in individual income surtaxes and tighter corporate excess profits taxes. The plan imposes rates from five percent on the first 2000 of taxable income up to 75 percent on incomes over five million and includes a new 10 percent excess profits levy projected to yield 65 million.
The RAF staged vigorous overnight raids on Bremen and Brest docks, with blasts also hitting northwest German ports and naval bases. Four British planes are missing, while battleships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and cruiser Prinz Eugen were among ships reported in Brest. It marked the eighth straight night of raids on Germany and the occupied French coast.
London dispatches report British and American hopes to aid Russia against a German blow. Informed sources see a German Turkish accord as signaling a major Nazi move, possibly at Soviet Russia or Suez, with Turkey’s press and radio control seen as a strategic risk. Reports say German air forces near the frontier and Turkey press hints point to war with Russia.
Interior Secretary Ickes said a ration card system for gasoline in the east was under consideration if strict petroleum limits become necessary. He announced an embargo on Atlantic seaboard exports and added no oil should be shipped to any place from that region without government approval.
Dewitt MacKenzie reports that the German Turkish friendship treaty tightens Nazi pressure on Russia and blocks Western aid routes. The pact weakens Turkey and positions Asia Minor for broader German aims as Britain’s air bases and the Black Sea perimeter come under new threat.
Berlin reports Germany and Italy demand closure of American consulates and Express offices by July 15 as reprisal for U S actions. DNB says Sydney Redecker provided anti Nazi propaganda and data on secret war economy. Paris reports break in U S Vichy relations likely, with possible seizure of French possessions in the Western Hemisphere.
Tokyo reports Ko Ishii states it is almost certain the United States will join the European war on Britain's side. He cites Japan's aim as building a new order in East Asia and notes Hirohito approved the Axis treaty while outlining four key international factors.
The grazing service headquarters staff of 67 workers will move to make space in Washington for defense activities. The Office of the Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense will immediately occupy vacated space. Richard H. Rutledge led the transfer recommendation after Interior Secretary Ickes explained space needs. The service, created in 1934, operates in 10 western states with regional offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.
The story notes German retaliation against the United States by closing Nazi consulates in the U S in July 1940 after the U S ordered the closure of American consulates in Germany. It cites alleged espionage and surveillance involving several American diplomats and local officials, with DNB as the source.
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