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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
1
Berlin reports from DNB say German forces smashed Soviet border defenses in numerous battles and early notices claim great-scale successes. Inscriptions emphasize Lenin grad as a key industrial city while indicating limited details from the Fuehrer headquarters.
Rear Admiral Nimitz told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that the Navy should retain enlisted men beyond their term during a national emergency. He argued the national welfare justifies extended service, despite private rights concerns. He dismissed reports of mutiny at Honolulu and absence at Yorktown as false or unproven.
Victor Fernandez Manero surgeon general of Mexico arrived in Nogales Sonora to inspect final plans for a water pumping and sewage drainage project. He is joined by other federal officials. The relief plan follows President Avila Camacho's promise made during a 1940 campaign visit. Nogales 18,000 residents had faced water shortages in 1939 when wells dried up and the city bought American water.
A National Youth Administration project seeks 100 men aged 18 to 25 in the Tucson area for shipyard training in Phoenix. August Weiden says employment after training is virtually guaranteed. Training covers metal work welding machine shop crafts and ship fitting. Courses run six weeks to three months with room and board provided.
German forces show limited movement against Soviet Russia with minor gains near Brody. Two columns push toward Moscow from Vilna and Brest-Litovsk, trying to cut a 10 000 square mile pocket while Russian lines hold 100 miles ahead of the Vilna Baranowicze corridor.
Berlin reports the auxiliary cruiser Pinguin lost after raiding in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It says Admiral Scheer arrived home safely after sinking 152,000 tons of British shipping, with Cornwall damaging the vessel and eight British merchant ships totaling 48,800 tons sunk by submarines.
Hog prices rose to 11 dollars per hundred pounds in Chicago cattle markets today a four year peak as buyers pushed for scarce hogs. Gains of 15 to 25 cents per hundred pounds capped three weeks of steady increases with livestock men attributing the climb to heavy government purchases of dressed pork and lard likely for shipment abroad under the lend lease act.
London reports say Britain may press Soviet Russia to join an inter allied pledge against separate peace with Germany before war’s end. Officials doubt a formal British Soviet alliance is now planned. Britain furthers aid to Russia with a mission from the Middle East and seeks options on Polish prisoners and Finland Swedish neutrality amid Helsinki defenses.
Britain reports nine German fighters shot down over the channel and northern France in a new RAF raid to retain daylight air supremacy. Three British fighters are missing as a 24 hour offensive of 400 to 500 planes roars across the channel.
President Roosevelt moves to back the Russian effort against Hitler with material aid while avoiding the neutrality act. Congress faces scattered opposition as the White House signals continued aid to Britain and Russian support without triggering formal war powers. The speed and scope of these steps hinge on Soviet needs, U.S. supply, and shipping capacity.
Admiral Gino Ducci warned Japan could seize Sakhalin island and the Kamchatka port of Petropavlovsk to block U S bases in Siberia. He argued such moves would secure the north against potential U S war actions and cited Russia and Japan dividing Sakhalin.
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi warned that U.S. aid to Soviet Russia would be largely abstract due to geography and other factors. It noted Britain, Russia and the United States share a common enemy and cooperation may be expected.
United Press reports early German onslaught against Russia shows Moscow ready keeping line along the Pruth river and delaying German advance. Soviet air strength and raids into East Prussia Finland Poland and Romania cited as signs of resilience despite losses.
Eight hundred AFL machinists abandoned strike demands and agreed to resume work Monday at San Francisco bay shipyards. The vote to end the major defense strike was over five to one. CIO machinists will decide tonight whether to join. Bethlehem Shipbuilding rejected the master agreement but later agreed to accept, paving the way for settlement.
Helsinki reports that President Ryti announced Finland will defend itself alongside Germany against the Soviet Union. An official statement says 38 Soviet planes attacked Turku, killing seven and wounding 27, with damage to workers quarters.
Soviet dispatches say massed Red Army troops halted a major German push toward Vilna and other frontline points. Recaptured Przemysl, while vodka bans and nighttime curfews tighten wartime Moscow life amid heavy losses around Lvov and Brody.
Washington June 26 UP Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson announced that early next week the government will set ceiling prices on rubber tires and tubes at wholesale and retail levels that existed on June 17. This follows his note that price ceilings for automobiles will be set soon after Chrysler’s price increases.
In the American League St Louis beat New York 4 1 in nine innings with Auker Ferrell and Dickey on the mound. Detroit downed Philadelphia 4 8 as Bridges Giebell Rowe and Tebbetts led the attack. Cleveland shutout Boston 6 3 behind Feller Harris Ryba and Pytlak. Chicago and Washington played to a 1 0 score. In the National League Boston at Brooklyn-Night game listed as the only scheduled contest.
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