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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
5
A wartime scene recalls a ceremony honoring Ira Hayes as soldiers describe firing at an enemy craft during battle. The strike passed 250 to 300 yards away causing a crash and explosion that sent water and debris across the ship while the crew remained safe.
The Tucson Citizen presented a memorial plaque of the Mt Suribachi flag raising to Pfc Ira Hayes's parents at a dedication ceremony at Bapchule last Thursday. The event featured Lt Gov David A Johnson and Supt Robinson and included the Hayes brothers Kenneth and Vernon and Sgt Roland Justin.
A Swedish plant will manufacture two wheel garden tractors powered by a kerosene burning motor and operated by a man walking behind the vehicle.
Old U S battleships renovated after Pearl Harbor fight Japanese in the Okinawa area. A kamikaze pilot’s wrist watch becomes a souvenir as four minutes of furious combat see five Japanese planes shot down. Lt Cmdr Jack Bishop praises crew as gunners hold the line and repel the second wave.
Washington reports a wartime lumber shortage worse than any prior year threatens reconversion and construction recovery. WPB estimates 1945 needs at 40 billion board feet, 8 billion above supply. Civilian allotments up 19 percent for July-September, but still seen as insufficient for the surge in home and commercial building. A WPB mission under J Philip Boyd studies European mills for potential supply to ease the gap.
A Japanese soldier slipped into a Yank foxhole near Alfred, Maine, and reached for Pfc. Earl Johnstone's rifle. The attempted burglary roused Pfc. Joseph Donnelly of New York, who fatally shot the intruder.
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