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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1942
Page
7
A veteran call to older Americans urging perseverance and patriotism on the home front. The piece reassures aging readers they still have a crucial role supporting the nation, defending faith and loyalty, and guiding younger generations through hardship. The author invites letters to share fear and hope.
The event run by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors Sahuaro division No. 313 lists winners in two age groups. Queen Nancy Lemier receives top honor in 2 to 3 year division while queen Sharyon Tappero leads the 3 to 5 year senior class.
A satirical montage shows World War II era fascist leaders and German figures with caricatures and captions. The piece lampoons Hitler Goebbels Goering and Ribbentrop amid spoof dialogues and farcical comments set in Berlin and New York.
Pigeons feed crumbs on Wilhelmstrasse as Himmler's secret police hold Hans at midnight. Aryan schoolyards echo goosesteps, Nazi workers swap ration cards for poker during lunch. Meat jokers unsettle diners. William Dudley Pelley allies seek to beat a rap in Indianapolis while a long list of names targets Vonsiatsky who cooperated with Kunze and received five years.
A Nazi propaganda note praises U.S. media attacks on Henry Luce, Archibald MacLeish, Harry Hopkins, Drew Pearson, and William P. Maloney while denouncing critics like the New York Times and Fritz Kuhn. It mocks opponents, glorifies sympathizers, and ends with a flurry of Heil statements.
In a string of comic vignettes readers hear patrons at Cafe Deutschland, Kempinsky's, Cafe Romanische, and other spots riff on identity, ration cards, Red Skelton, horse racing jokes, wartime boasts, a murder cry, hush political talk, and a praising line about Congressman Fish.
A man who boasted about wartime exploits died unexpectedly. his funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. The incident followed comments about the red ball on Japanese flags at Midway being mischaracterized as a target by the U S Navy.
Detroit June 28 The Ford Motor company and the United Automobile Workers CIO extended their contract by one month at the liquor of the war labor board after an impasse in negotiations. The union seeks a one dollar a day wage increase for Ford and all automakers, the central issue in dispute.
McBride stated he would vacate his Arizona industrial commission post and return to Tucson over the weekend. He and attorney Louis B. Whitney met several times after the Supreme Court decision, with no clear indication of further legal steps.
Miss May Yook Tom will marry Hamilton Gee of Los Angeles in a 4 o'clock Sunday ceremony at First Baptist Church Tucson. Dr Richard S Beal to perform. The bride, daughter of Mrs Tom Loy, graduates University of Arizona and teaches in Tucson. The groom, son of the late Mrs Gee Schoon, is a USC petroleum engineer with US Geological Survey in Washington.
New York June 27 Special to the Daily Citizen Louis S Cates says Phelps Dodge will comply with the war labor board order raising Arizona miners pay by 50 cents a day to a minimum of 4.90 and seven day vacations with 48 hours straight time pay The company supports the maintenance of membership provision but states acceptance is due to preserving the war effort and freedom of workers to join or leave unions The firm notes record copper production since the war began and hopes to keep an open shop while complying with the board ruling
Washington June 27 The house voted 177 to 124 to block government grain sales at below parity prices and rejected a senate plan to permit limited below parity corn sales and up to 125 million bushels of wheat for livestock feed and alcohol at 85 percent parity. The bill returns to a conference committee to seek a compromise.
Seven year old Larry Simms sues radio producer Leon Le Doux for 118000 claiming imitation of his film child voice deprived him of ownership in his natural voice. Simms asserts Le Doux copied the tone and pitch causing fans to mistake radio for the screen role.
The tale notes the processional will be Wagner's Bridal Chorus and the recessional Mendelssohn's Wedding March, forming the musical framework for the wedding procession and departure.
Churchill tours Fort Jackson as paratroopers drill and 75 mm guns fire in a vivid display of American strength. He praises future liberation by British and American forces and notes the intense daily life at the infantry training post.
The U S cargo ship crew under Captain John E. Ellison says a U boat surfaced near Cuba and was hit at close range. Lookout Edwin L. Smith alerted the crew and five men manned guns as the sub crash-dived and burned, sinking within three minutes.
Pima county youths aged 18 and 19 will write the answers to 12 questions for draft boards on Tuesday. Secretaries Stephen Ochoa and C. J. Hellerstedt outlined the process, listing required details such as name, birth date, address, employment, and emergency contact. Sick registrants may receive on site visits, with prior phone coordination to report confinement locations. Ray Confer will register men at St. Marys and Elk’s hospital, others listed to register at various sites.
A London military analyst flags a decisive week for the Axis as Hitler races to secure oil, widen pincer offensives in Egypt and the Caucasus, or risk collapse before winter. The piece notes potential shifts to Syria or even an attempted invasion of England if fronts stall, with US air power aiding Allied efforts.
Amid gasoline shortages in Ireland thieves in Dublin dismantle locked bicycles and steal parts, exploiting the demand for cycles. Local police urge owners to report burglaries and tighten locks as thefts rise in the city.
An eye witness, a neutral national, describes the April raid on Tokyo by U S bombers as causing panic and low spirits, noting the surprise daylight attack, limited damage to Tokyo structures, and the attackers’ speed and altitude. He reports civilians rushed for cover, anti-aircraft fire absent, and Japanese pilots outdistanced.
Emmett R. Finn of Tucson has completed a 16 week ordnance school course at Great Lakes. Selection for service schools relies on aptitude tests during pre training. Graduates are eligible to take exams for third class petty officer ratings in their fields. The Great Lakes schools cover 17 of about 50 Navy trades.
Postmaster Harold Collins announced start of box mail delivery on the Nogales to Tucson star route beginning July 1. Mail will depart at 4 40 a m from the origin to Nogales and then along the Nogales Tucson star route. Mrs Charlotte Creamer will handle box deliveries on a contract. Residents along the route should notify Nogales or Tucson post offices.
All tin and tungsten mined in Bolivia during the previous year were bought by the United States and the United Kingdom.
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