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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
1
From the Cisterna area American armored infantry push toward Velletri along the Appian Way as the fourth day of the attack intensifies. A veteran U.S. armored unit reports nine burned Tiger tanks and many destroyed self propelled guns as German forces retreat.
OWI forecast shows meat will remain reasonably plentiful but pork cuts scarce and beef grades lower. Butter lard and canned vegetables will drop, while margarine and shortening rise. sugar and eggs hold, poultry supplies fall for civilians amid rising military demand.
Army court martial convicts Lt Beaufort G Swancutt of murdering four people in a March shooting at an officers club in Camp Campana and recommends death. The panel sends the record to Col Herbert for review before judge advocate general.
President Roosevelt called an international monetary conference to begin July 1 in the United States to discuss postwar financial problems. Invitations were sent to 42 countries and the French Committee of National Liberation. Morgenthau will head the American delegation at Bretton Woods New Hampshire for a multi week meeting.
A Senate judiciary subcommittee chaired by Sen McCarran finds President Roosevelt lacked constitutional or statutory power to issue the executive order seizing Montgomery Ward Chicago mail order house. It criticizes Attorney General Biddle while citing Commerce Secretary Jones. McFarland declined to sign, calling for fuller hearings and better evidence.
A German high command manual warns of a declining birth rate and outlines plans for a four child average per family by 1963. It notes past averages, compares 1932 and 1910 figures, and stresses war-era casualties would worsen population trends. The copy, received in Stockholm, links youth birthrates to future military needs.
Washington May 26 Opposing Republican factions shifted to rally uncommitted delegates ahead of the June convention in an effort to deny Gov Thomas E Dewey a one man nomination. Hoover disavowed participation in nominating a candidate, while backers of Stassen and Taft echoed calls for a broader platform and continued party unity.
Allied forces thwart a Japanese attempt to reinforce the Myitkyina garrison as a relief column from Namkwi is ambushed west of the city. The communique reports 30 enemy killed and 60 wounded, with further Japanese casualties north of Myitkyina and advances by the Chinese 22nd division in the Mogaung valley.
Harold Bell Wright, 72, author, dies of bronchial pneumonia in San Diego. Last rites will be held privately Monday with cremation to follow.
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea reports progress toward capturing the ninth Japanese airbase within a month as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces push toward the Philippines. Yanks reach the edge of Maffin Bay field amid heavy fighting. Wakde and Sawar airstrips already in use. Casualties, prisoners, and overall Japanese losses mount in Hollandia Aitape sector.
Allied forces in Italy report advance along a 150 mile front from the Adriatic to the coast. British Canadian and Polish troops take Piedimonte Aquino and push toward Rome, with Americans and French capturing Vallecorsa Mt Civita and other peaks. 56 towns and 78 peaks seized as 12 German prisoners taken in two weeks.
Allied headquarters report the fifth army captured Cori seven miles from the Anzio beachhead and reached eight miles from Via Casilina. The eighth army took Monte Cairo and Roccasecca north of Cassino, with San Giovanni and other points falling as German resistance ebbs. Canadian troops crossed the Melfa river and the line near Pico strengthened.
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marcus and Wake raids showing Japan’s aerial weakness. Four planes and three men lost on Marcus raid. Wake saw no AA fire as American planes struck with 150 tons of bombs. Montgomery’s task force flew 373 sorties over Marcus and 354 over Wake. Nimitz noted continued raids on Ponape and other atolls.
Six midshipmen from Arizona will graduate with the United States Naval Academy class of 193... The 915 total graduates include William Bruce Stephenson Lowell Frank Fitch William Glen Henderson Lawrence Ned Smith John Francis Wester and Charles Emanuel Starns Jr from Tucson, Phoenix and Scottsdale.
President Roosevelt predicted major military operations in Europe this summer. He described the forthcoming offensive as a project of liberation rather than an invasion, outlining plans announced from Washington.
The New York Times reports a drafted peace plan to be made public soon. It envisions a world council of great powers to enforce peace and a world assembly of other peace-loving nations, with Cordell Hull consulting a Senate sub-committee.
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