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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1941
Page
6
The Tucson Daily Citizen lists W B Johnson as publisher and Alex Parker as editor. The notice notes second class mail status dated March 3 1879. Rates shown include home delivery 15 cents weekly, outside 15 cents weekly, mail 7 50 yearly or 65 cents monthly.
The speech at Woodrow Wilson's birthplace links Lincoln and Roosevelt to urge balance between faith and action. It warns against empty maxims and calls for sustained effort, linking spiritual force with necessary physical strength and timely progress.
The article discusses Senator Connally's opposition to defense spending waste and Secretary Morgenthau's push to trim non defense outlays. It notes a potential $1 billion savings, critiques a $450 million farm bill addition, and argues government spending should favor defense without bloated relief programs while urging relief for taxpayers.
Detroit News notes a quirky gravity claim where a large strawberry rises atop the box while a heavy tomato winds up on the seed catalog cover. The whimsical remark reflects playful physics in everyday objects.
A sharp lecture argues that the free press has degenerated into canned, false, and vindictive journalism. The speaker defends responsible editors who censor or edit material from syndicates and warns against profiteering through sensationalism. He contrasts Ickes criticism with a call for accountability, ending with a call to discipline and patriotism.
Grace Meredith writes in the Christian Science Monitor about Arizona landscapes. Wind shifts after rain across green cacti, blooming flowers, and expansive blue skies, offering space for thought and broad horizons.
Gen. Geo. H. Williams former United States Attorney General has opened a law office at 1418 F Street Washington DC and will make the city his permanent home. He faces misrepresentation from the press but remains an upright, capable lawyer respected in federal courts including the Supreme Court.
Mr D A Sanford of Cienega reports that in March Charles Rice William Garnett and Thompson left Tucson with animals tools and provisions for a prospecting town toward the Sonora line and have not been heard from as of June 29. Sanford fears foul play and asks for any information to reach his office or Sanford in Tucson.
The Italian press alleges a Japanese air or submarine strike on the US fleet sparked by Roosevelt’s sea policy. US air scouting has increased to prevent surprise disasters. Britain may receive faster American ships while seized Axis vessels could enter coastwise trade. Shipping tonnage pooling of 2,000,000 tons threatens 250 to 300 ships and affects freight on sugar coffee cocoa and other goods.
Thomas Gardner Thompson delivers a formal businesslike challenge to owners of race horses. He states he means business and will not spare his own horse or any opponent, saying talk has been widespread and racing must be conducted professionally.
Judge C. T. Hayden of Salt River has just returned from the States and will make another trip in September for his marriage. We extend advance congratulations.
The school at San Xavier under the Sisters of St. Joseph for the Indians closed on the 30th instant. The children’s marked appearance in studies and deportment reflects great care and efficient teaching by their instructors. For sale, 20 good mules aged 3 to 6 years. Apply at Welisch Buildings today.
A quirky compendium of odd terms and misplaced etymologies. Entries include Kinnikinnick as Ojibway tobacco mix, trifling notes on ticket sellers, and playful definitions like cutty sark as a short undershirt. The piece blends wordplay with obscure historic allusions and incomplete notes.
A compact survey notes Bugs Baers twenty year span of quotes from May 6 dates 1936 1931 1926 and 1921. It highlights his satirical takes on European affairs and politics. The items reflect Baers role as a columnist and his provocative wit.
The article notes German airfield preservation by using machine guns to avoid crater repair. It cites Yugoslavia and Greece during an early WWII phase with 50 percent and 75 percent air force destruction by day three and four respectively. It also previews an American Mosquito Tank, a small cheap four wheel drive unit carrying three men to swarm Panzer divisions.
Heavy conferences among Army and Defense chiefs map a vast expansion of aviation facilities to deliver 50 000 planes for 1942 and beyond. Four new bomber plants will join existing ones as output targets rise to about 18 000 this year and 30 000 for 1942, with 2 400 monthly by mid-1943.
A stocky gray-haired man, flanked by sight-seers, asks a Capitol policeman for directions to Senator Hiram Johnson's California office. The officer guides him to a rarely visited corner. the man reveals he is Senator Sheridan Downey, the other California senator.
The analysis argues the critical target in the Mediterranean is Britain's Alexandria base, 125 miles west of Suez, whose capture would give the Axis control of the eastern sea and deny the British a northern Africa bridgehead. It notes the Suez canal has been less valuable recently and the Mediterranean remains hazardous for convoy routes around Cape of Good Hope.
Elsie Robinson reflects on the lasting impact of The Lone Ranger and his call to gallantry. She laments modern society’s emphasis on glamour over grit and urges schools to teach core character and idealism through stories of courage.
Two boys walking in the woods discover a chestnut burr and claim to have found a porcupine egg. The moment is shared with one boy calling the other to witness the unusual find in the forest setting.
A street speaker warmed to his subject insisting the astounding figures cited belong to a man who knows his topic. He paused as laughter broke among the audience.
In the St John Globe a humorous tale follows Rastus on his first ocean voyage as he wishes to disembark. A friend notes his landlubber ways, and Rastus concedes his evident discomfort and curiosity about his real rubs on the sea.
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