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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1944
Page
10
War Minister Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that Allied forces can land in Western Europe and that Germany is bound to be defeated. He warned that a successful landing is not the end, stressing caution and sober public mindset before a major offensive.
W F Dunn of Coolidge leased the 1636 acre McCann Stokes tract for 17000 annually as the last large Casa Grande Farms plot under the Farm Security Administration project. Smaller tracts will be leased later, state FSA supervisor Robert Craig said.
Secretary of War Stimson announced a new Army medical center to provide social adjustment training for blinded veterans from all services before discharge. Col Frederic Thorne will lead the center, located at Valley Forge General Hospital. Currently 73 men are totally blinded, with 70 in the Army and three in Navy and Marines, plus ten blinded German prisoners under care.
A Holstein-Friesian cow from the University of Arizona dairy herd posted a 305 day test of 578 pounds butterfat and 14,404 pounds milk. The record surpasses three times the national average. The cow, named Shamrock Ginsby Posh Fobes, was milking twice daily and was five years one month old at the start of the test.
William B. Dickinson explains Gen MacArthur's plan to neutralize Japanese bases by seizing key harbors and airfields rather than conquering entire islands. The Momote airstrip seizure demonstrates how Allied air and naval superiority can isolate 50,000 Japanese behind weakened supply lines as future moves toward the Philippines unfold.
The plan seeks to disrupt enemy logistics by severing supply lines, thereby removing the need to storm Luzon and seize Manila. This approach emphasizes mobility and targeting critical transport routes to force surrender or retreat without large-scale ground combat.
Kin report Milton Randolph Moore the son of late Kirk Moore a prominent Tucson attorney is a prisoner of war in Germany. He had been listed as missing in action since December 31 1943.
Moore, reported missing after air action over France, earned his wings at George Field Illinois last May. He attended Tucson high and the University where he studied military affairs as a Scabbard and Blade member. His wife Lois Voja Kirby of Tucson lives with her mother on East Drachman Street.
A new plastic reinforced with glass fibers is claimed to offer strength far beyond previous materials for its weight and could be molded into aircraft structural components.
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