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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1944
Page
1
The Japanese acknowledged Allied pressure and urged citizens to intensify war effort warning Japan will be wiped off the map if defeat occurs. A Tokyo radio commentator urged fighting on, even if it means hardships, and another said the Allies are a worthy enemy.
William H. Quesnal an OPA rent control attorney endorses a Tucson Chamber of Commerce move to study a city ordinance that would impose summary punishment for rent law violators. He notes lack of OPA staff to investigate and argues local action could curb gouging seen as harming the city’s reputation. C. Edgar Goyette says the board will consider the idea as a possible remedy and a conference will be held with the war housing committee to explore effective controls.
Gen Giraud, top defense witness in Pierre Pucheu’s treason trial, confirms two points and asks for postponement due to missing witnesses in North Africa. He says Pucheu claimed he advised aiding the Allied landings and urged Marshal Petain to break with Hitler, detailing contacts in Lyon in 1942 and Madrid in 1943. Giraud speaks emotionally about his daughter’s death in captivity last week.
Reports of early spring thaws on the Russian front raise concern over the Allied effort in Italy. A Soviet slowdown could allow German reinforcements to affect the campaign, with stalemate risking no progress on the front or Rome’s capture and leaving Anzio forces exposed to fire from three sides. Weather, transportation, and German maneuvering factor into the outlook as spring advances.
A coalition of five service groups pushes for a liberal soldier bonus plan with up to 3500 dollars for home service and 4500 for overseas service plus 500 for wounds, funded by non taxable bonds. Hearings requested by Senator Johnson and bipartisan House sponsors coincide with a rival GI bill push from the American Legion.
Mrs. Lorraine B. Chandler 21, a Navy bride eight months married, died in a hospital after being hurled from a second story window by an explosion at the Bureau of Standards. Four others were injured including Dr. Frank L. Howard and Marie Whitesell. The incident occurred during work on an urgent war project to improve aviation gasoline. Chandler had been employed in the lab only 12 days.
Russian armored troops pushed south near Tarnopol while cutting the Odessa Warsaw railway, threatening to trap German forces in southern Ukraine. Zhukov’s 1st Ukrainian Army advanced 15 to 20 miles as Germans suffer heavy casualties and retreat toward Romania.
Allied forces pressed toward Japanese positions on Los Negros island in the Admiralty group, seizing Momote airfield Feb 29 and now crossing a lagoon to gain the northern neck of the island. Bombardment and raids widened activity across Bougainville and Madang areas as Pacific operations intensify.
A Phoenix senate resolution expresses condolences for the death of Neri F. Osborn Sr., father of Governor Osborn, who died Oct. 6, 1943, and notes he served as a page in the first territorial legislature 80 years ago. The same session also mourns Sheriff Lon Jordan of Maricopa County, with sponsors listed from multiple counties.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said American submarines are destroying Japanese shipping at a rate that could decide the Pacific war. He warned Japan’s subs remain a threat as US lines shorten and urged readiness for an early clash with the Japanese fleet.
Reporting from Naples on March 7, C P Cunningham notes Cassino sees renewed fighting as the Anzio front settles into minor patrol clashes and artillery duels amid heavy rain. Gazing weather hampers operations across Italy with Allied air dominance and ongoing road and rail disruption near Rome.
The article reports Soviet General Zhukov driving a southwestward offensive that ruptures the Lwow Odessa railroad near Volochisk east of Tarnopol. The cut severs Hitler's life line to Odessa and the Dnieper bend, complicating German defense as Von Mannstein faces a tougher southern Ukraine position.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 91.2 million dollar cut in new federal agency funding, lowering total new appropriations to 500.1 million. Major reductions include 22.5 million from the Works Agency community facilities request and 17.5 million from the National Housing Agency war housing plan. the Capital Impairment restoration for the Commodity Corporation was rejected. Transfers of 26 were also refused.
The 5,270 ton British cruiser Penelope, famed for Malta battles and inspiration for The Ship, was sunk during the Anzio operation below Rome. Commander G. D. Belben was among the lost. the ship had endured a 1942 Malta siege and Norweigan campaign actions before her demise.
British press hailed the American air assault on Berlin as a major victory despite 68 four engined bombers lost. U S Army reports say over 850 American bombers dropped more than 2000 tons on Berlin while 93 enemy planes were shot down. about 700 airmen killed. RAF night bombers and Mosquitoes aided strikes on Trappes and northwest Germany with no loss. Photographs from Berlin showed extensive damage to plants and targets as German defenses raged in the sky over the capital.
Federal and Utah authorities arrest 62 members of the Fundamentalists sect in Utah and neighboring states for polygamy related crimes. Indictments accuse violating the Mann Act, obscenity, conspiracy, illegal cohabitation, and the Lindbergh kidnapping law. Among those taken were 20 top leaders excommunicated from the LDS church over the manifesto ban on polygamy.
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