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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
5
W S Nicholas proposes a military service honor roll for Tucson area personnel in a cleared Armory park site. The plan includes a ramada 30 by 15 feet with a spindle shaped roll of names and night illumination, later a patriotic recreation center. Citizens are urged to mail service details to Military Service Roll City Hall to complete the roll.
Soviet reports claim guerrilla squads killed about 200 German troops and captured prisoners on the central front while derailing a German troop train in the Zhitomir region. The broadcasts also describe air battles near Belgorod and Kharkov with several German planes shot down.
Hangchow the capital of Chekiang province, held by Japan for nearly six years, has been recaptured by Chinese forces according to a British radio broadcast recorded by CBS in New York. The report notes fighting northeast of Hangchow and describes fluid lines with guerrillas fighting inside Japanese positions.
The Federal Light and Traction company formally withdraws its offer to sell the Tucson utility plant to the city for 9.1 million dollars. Mayor Henry O Jaastad announced the decision noting citizens would have benefited from the purchase and that the city will not buy the plant. The city utility committee previously voted unanimously against the sale despite vigorous opposition from chair William R Mathews.
Navy reports six additional air attacks on Kiska and a follow up raid on Little Kiska in the Aleutians. In the Solomons area American planes bombed a small Japanese naval disposition with unclear results. The four day period totals 22 air actions over Kiska with weather hampering activity on Monday.
Hearings on a proposed six cent per hundred pounds freight rate increase for fresh fruits and vegetables from Arizona to El Paso and New Mexico points resume. Respondents have until August 30 to file briefs in protest as B E Fuller of the interstate commerce commission presides. Amos A Betts and L G Reis testified along with traffic experts for Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads.
The Maricopa County Superior Court ordered the Arizona Corporation Commission to issue a license as a domestic life insurance company to the International Insurance Company of Phoenix or show cause in court on July 9 why it has not done so. The order follows a commission ruling denying the license due to concerns over the state's population size. International's attorney Allan K. Perry argued the firm holds over 100000 dollars in unencumbered assets and meets all legal requirements.
The first news of California joining the Union came in 1850 as the mail ship Oregon sailed into the Golden Gate, her arrival celebrated by gun salutes signaling the new state’s admission.
Ruth Lee Lustyk 29, granted federal probation in June for impersonating Army nursing corps officer to defraud. Arrested today by Phoenix police on three counts after admitting writing numerous bogus checks nationwide. She collapsed at verdict. illness noted. Charges include impersonation and bogus checks tied to Congress hotel and other locations.
Fort Huachuca reports Maj Betty Bandel to lead the first formal WAAC inspection at the post tomorrow. Bandel, ex The Arizona Daily Star society editor, rose from secretary to aide to Oveta Hobby and has since coordinated WAACs with the Army Air Corps. Capt Francis Alexander leads the 276 WAACs stationed here since December 4, 1942.
The War Production Board ordered control of all woodpulp for war use due to insistent Army Navy lend lease and other claimants and severe shortages. August allocations will be set at a July 19 committee meeting after mills file use reports by July 1.
The U S circuit court of appeals overturned the 1942 verdicts against six Haupt aides including Hans Max Haupt and Erna Haupt. It ruled defendants were denied a fair trial and that statements were obtained before magistrate review, remanding cases for new proceedings.
More than 1 000 federal automobile use tax stamps were bought at the main post office this morning. Only about half of last year’s pace has been reached with one day left to purchase before the July 1 deadline. Tucson residents expect 18 000 stamps. about 8 700 have been sold so far. Lines at stamp windows stretch to the street as officials fear a renewed slump due to rationing and fewer cars on the road. Prosecutions for violators will be pursued by the Internal Revenue Service with stricter checks anticipated.
Twelve Arizona airmen earned silver wings at mass graduation for the Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center. Five Phoenix natives are named among graduates, with others from Morenci Yuma Casa Grande Winslow and Bisbee.
Film actress Martha O'Driscoll is engaged to Lt Commander Richard Adams of Pittsburgh. Her mother says Adams was her first date when she was thirteen. An August or September wedding is planned. Adams, chief engineer on an aircraft carrier, expects to return to duty soon. The note also references unrelated legal items and a jellyfish fact.
Washington June 29 A new punch card ration system by the Office of Price Administration applies to Mexican residents near the border. Green cards for meat and fats and yellow cards for canned foods replace temporary certificates. Only those within 20 kilometers of the Arizona Texas and New Mexico borders and 90 kilometers of California's border qualify. Meat and fats point allowance is cut from 64 to 16 while canned foods stay at 48 points. Mexican residents previously admitted to rationing rely on markets north of the border for certain essentials.
Mrs. Sally McIntyre aged 35 died yesterday at the family home 1417 East North street Tucson. A rosary is set for tomorrow at 7 30 p m in Reilly Funeral Home chapel. High Mass will be held Thursday at 9 a m at SS Peter and Paul church Father Francis Green officiating. Burial in Holy Hope cemetery. Survived by husband Hugh and three children Margaret Agnes Maureen Anne Joseph Patrick all of Tucson. Mother Mrs Mary Fahey of Cleveland Ohio arrived last night. Three sisters Mrs Margaret Schafer Mrs Helen S Schum and Mrs Anne Newman also reside in Cleveland.
A U-boat in the western Mediterranean reportedly sank a British cruiser of the Frobisher/Hawkins class, with one other ship damaged. Berlin says the loss came from a strongly escorted formation. Jane's lists the Frobisher as a Hawkins-class cruiser built in 1920 with about 700 crew.
Many soldiers receive additional pay by serving in motion picture theatres run by the War Department.
Washington June 29 US Office of Price Administration meat price executive Charles M Elkington accused Congress of causing the consumer meat shortage and proposed price controls from farm to home He argued for a floor and ceiling on all livestock prices and regulation through packers distributors and retailers to protect consumers Senator Millikin questioned the plan warning it would regiment producers and hurt individualists Meanwhile farmers were urged to sell livestock to avoid price rises.
Gen Henry H Arnold told the Senate appropriations panel that the Army may be producing a secret sixth fighter while cutting pursuit types from six to four. The five known fighters are the P-38 Lightning P-39 Airacobra P-40 Warhawk P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang. The service did not identify the hidden aircraft or which four would continue in production.
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