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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
13
Allied reports say 1000-plane raid struck Leghorn causing extensive damage to a light cruiser four supply ships oil tanks and rail yards. The blaze spread to an oil refinery and storage tanks while a nine minute bombing run left the port in smoke five hours after the attack.
Federal agents may be investigating ongoing coal strikes and two new walkouts since the anti-strike law, with uncertainties over enforcement and which unit handles prosecutions. Ickes appoints Carl E. Newton to supervise mine operations as strikes spread in Alabama and Pennsylvania.
Marvin Jones begins a new term as third war food administrator amid a Roosevelt renewed push for coordinated controls. The split authority among production rationing and price fixing sparks clashes with Fred M Vinson and Chester C Davis as Congress weighs OPA rollback subsidies and a food czar debate.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Erwin Harry Despretter of Staten Island New York as an alleged accomplice of Ernest Frederick Lehmitz the confessed German spy. Despretter allegedly bought a Brewster bomber aircraft book for transmission to Germany.
Fourteen national organizations including CIO and NAACP appeal to President Roosevelt for three steps. They ask radio explanations of riot causes, federal grand juries in riot areas, and legislation banning civilian violence against armed forces and minority groups in war work. They denounce Rep. Dies’ Detroit riot inquiry as aiding subversive forces.
President Roosevelt faced questions as Vice President Wallace accused Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones of harmful misrepresentations and obstruction of the Board of Economic Warfare. Wallace, BEW chair, demanded freeing BEW staff from Jones and his employer amid accusations of false testimony.
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers orders strict adherence to conservation rules as the OPA cuts eligible used and recapped tires to 500000 for July. New standards limit replacements for drivers with 240 miles a month outside the eastern shortage area and bar A book holders with 90 miles from replacements in the region. The changes extend for about 90 days while tire stock is upgraded.
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft announces a major expansion of its Tucson division to more than double hangar space and facilities. The plan includes a new hangar, extended runways to 7000 feet, a 50 foot control tower with police radio links, taxiway upgrades, a large parking area, upgraded water storage, a crash truck building, and a new mill and administration building. The project aims for completion by early fall, with substantial improvements to safety and operations.
Reports from London say a vast Allied fleet has concentrated along the North African coast from Oran to Tunis and in the Gulf of Taranto, with landing craft and tanks readied. Axis sources claim Sicily as a likely objective and Mussolini reportedly prepares a proclamation to rally Italy.
U S Marine hero Barney Ross famed Guadalcanal fighter and former lightweight boxing champion will receive the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in action. He stood guard over three wounded comrades on Nov 19, firing 450 rounds overnight and accounting for seven dead snipers. The award will be presented July 4 during a national program.
Allied plans for a major Pacific campaign are shaping up and could begin before year’s end. The western approach from Burma and China worries Japan’s leaders, while naval air operations from the Aleutians to the Solomon Islands remain closely guarded.
American bombers and submarines escalate Pacific pressure with 13 bomber raids and 269 Japanese ships sunk or damaged. From Kiska to the Solomons, raids hit air bases and supply lines as naval reports detail destroyers and mine layers sunk, reinforcing a broader campaign in the Pacific.
London dispatch reports the RAF flying in a massive 1000 bomber raid on Cologne destroying part of the cathedral and destroying 250 factories while driving out 200,000 residents. Hamburg also struck in night raids as coast guards report flood of fires and 26 bombers shot down. Allied ships in channel damaged one small supply vessel and two escort craft during secondary sweeps.
Ottawa June 29 British high commissioner to Canada Malcolm MacDonald said at least 14 enemy submarines were sunk in the last two weeks and predicted Allied action in Europe would begin soon. He noted a daily submarine loss over the fortnight and warned of another major crisis in the Atlantic war.
The Senate approved a $1.238 billion labor federal security bill and $47.8 million for continuation of the NYA in fiscal 1944, with provisions increasing U S employment service funds by $5 million. The measure faces House action and possible conference, while last minute amendments trimmed salary and unemployment provisions. Extended sessions were anticipated as seven appropriation bills await final action.
Washington June 29 The Dies committee group led by Rep Costello says the release of Japanese from war relocation centers should stop there has been no genuine effort to determine fitness of those released WRA administrators are accused of ignoring the wartime status of Japan The panel visited the Parker Arizona center and reiterates that camp administration has been unsatisfactory
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