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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1943
Page
8
Back Yard Farmer explains two major garden pests chewing insects and plant lice and outlines safe and effective controls. It covers poisons for chewing insects, timing restrictions when fruiting, and alternatives like Pyrethrum Rotenone and nicotine sulfate including a DIY nicotine dust formula and cautions on volatility and application timing. It ends with a POW homeward note from Germany.
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell urged American women at a luncheon of the Women’s National Advisory Council to influence “grumblers, cheaters and chiselers” and to measure sacrifice against the danger faced by soldiers. He praised government care for soldiers and urged morale through rationing and self denial.
Sitgreaves National Forest fire lookout Frank M. Leech of Albuquerque New Mexico accepts all pay as war bonds. Leech a disabled World War I veteran volunteered without pay but was told that was illegal. He then insisted on bond payment.
Colgate University professors increased weekly work hours from 22 to 40 as naval programs opened at the school. Officials say enrollment surged to about 1,200, roughly 200 above peacetime levels, due to the new wartime programs.
A new fireresistant paint has been released in Sweden, marketed as able to resist high temperatures and flames. The product targets builders and homeowners seeking enhanced safety, promising durable coating for walls and surfaces exposed to heat.
The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft recreation program in Tucson expands with nightly activities including horseback riding bowling and horseshoe contests. A large dance for all workers is planned for Sunday night June 27 at El Conquistador. The first camp show will travel July 1 as a variety review at one of four nearby fields, later followed by other formats.
In Bern Switzerland on June 26 the International Red Cross announced sending four Swiss specialists to Germany to fit severely maimed British and Polish prisoners of war with artificial legs. Last year the mission examined about 430 patients and took casts for legs. This year these patients will be fitted and new cases examined.
The coordinating council and the Chamber of Commerce endorsed a proposed military show plan and announced they would purchase a piano for use by the entertainers at camp functions.
The Senate mines committee warned that stockpiling domestic minerals would handicap postwar foreign relations. The panel discussed a Scrugham bill that would curb the State Department and hinder bargaining in talks with foreign nations, with hearings held in Arizona, Utah, and other western states.
Maj William Bourdon formerly a state legislator and Arizona department commander of the American Legion has landed overseas for duty with the military police. Mrs Bourdon has been notified. Bourdon rose from private to captain in the first World War and earned the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry. He is a leading stock man in the state.
Discussion centers on access to raw materials from abroad as long as production could occur within the continental United States and Alaska. Officials weigh national supply chain resilience against foreign sourcing.
New York FBI chief E. E. Conroy reported at a metropolitan police conference that by June 15 this year 171 642 draft delinquencies had been reported, down from 474 861 during World War I. Mexico launched irrigation projects to provide land for over 1 000 000 people and raise rural standards toward U S levels.
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