Miss Counter to Wed Dr Ure in All Saints Rites
Miss Jeanne Counter daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry A Sellers will wed Dr William Grant Ure son of the late Mr and Mrs W G Ure of Omaha at All Saints Church this afternoon at 430. Rev Don Hughes will officiate with about 30 guests present. The bride will wear a white lace gown with leg of mutton sleeves and a two tier net veil. Attendants include Matron of Honor Mrs C E Roberts and Maid of Honor Burdette Kines. Reception follows at 649 East Fifth Street. The couple will depart for San Francisco after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Jeanne Counter
Harry A. Sellers
William Grant Ure
W. G. Ure
Omaha
Don Hughes
Miss Counter
Frederick O. Knipe
H. C. James
Belgium
C. E. Roberts
Burdetta Kines
Ure
Lawrence Robertson
Frederick O. Knipe, Jr
Camil van Hulse
Aram , Philibosian
Schubert
Franck
Panis Angelicus
Lord
Cana
East Fifth Street
San Francisco
United States Army
Fort Bliss
Tucson
St. Joseph’s School of Nursing
Phoenix
Thomas-Davis Clinic
University of Nebraska
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor
E. P. Douglas
el Paso
Martin Edward Powers
Hollywood
Sorority Shower Honors Elsie Heinlein Bride Elect
Sigma Phi Gamma sorority members hosted a Wednesday evening shower for Miss Elsie Heinlein at Mrs. Billa Weinzapfel home 826 South Second avenue. Guests included Mrs. Esther Epley Mrs. Sarah Lewis Mrs. Dorothy Morrissett Mrs. Eugenie Nye Mrs. Alice Simpson Mrs. Jerry Van Gorden Miss Lois Kronholm Miss Ailsa Page Miss Lorena Rinker Miss Winona Toll Miss Bonnie Van Buskirk and Miss Nan Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Elsie Heinlein
Fred Emery
Billa Weinzapfel
South Second Avenue
Esther Epley
Sarah Lewis
Dorothy Morrissett
Eugenie Nye
Alice Simpson
Jerry van Gorden
Lois Kronholm
Ailsa Page
Lorena Rinker
Winona Toll
Bonnie van Buskirk
Nan Woods
Soldiers Bat Ton of Melons Dance at University of Arizona
About 359 Tucson Army Air Base recruits attended an outdoor dance on the University of Arizona women’s athletic field. The event featured games and refreshments including over a ton of watermelons, with WPA orchestra music and volunteers coordinating partners and hostesses. Dean G. M. Butler welcomed the soldiers in university name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Army Air Base
University of Arizona
Tucson Patriotic and Civic League
Loveless Gardner
G. M. Butler
WPA
League
Rattle Snake Disrupts Sleep at Othello Ranch
Orval Adams awoke to find a four foot rattlesnake on the floor beside his bed in a Washington ranch home. The startled rancher acted quickly to secure the area and notify local authorities for safe removal.
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Orval Adams
New York Pickets Hawks Walt Disney Film Promoting The Reluctant Dragon
A crowded New York scene features pickets outside the Palace theater for Walt Disney's The Reluctant Dragon and autographers besieging Joe DiMaggio. Broadway shops display humorous signs and curiosities from Nutzi the cab pilot to a wardrobe mistress backstage at Eltinge theater.
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New York
Palace Theater
Walt Disney
Dragon
Broadway
Joe DiMaggio
48Th
Nutzi
46Th Street
Shubert Alley
8Th Avenue
44Th
45Th Streets
Echoes of Old New York Street Scenes in Manhattan Tour
Vignettes of vanished sites and memories from Times Square to Wall Street. References include the Hinterlanders occupying spaces, a chorus girl's mishap on 48th Street, a caution sign near Lido Beach, and relics like the Tombs cooler mural, Washington Square trees, Macy's founder, and Nathan Hale’s execution tablet marking a city’s layered past.
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Times Square
Broadway
Scranton
Columbus Circle
Lido Beach Club
City Hall
48Th Street
Tombs Prison
Washington Square
Macy’s
San Juan Hill
25Th Street
8Th Avenue
Gramercy Park
Rutherford Place
William Penn
Phila
Tudor City
First Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
Nathan Hale
Fragmented City Snippets from Old Advertorial Text
A set of snatches notes various urban details including a snow scene in a furrier window that only lights at 90 degrees, a Madison Avenue florist claim about lasting blooms, a historic DePeyser Street warehouse built by East Indian merchants, Cedar Street restaurant for men, the Commodore Hotel’s tall height with underground stories, a nearby gingko tree by Grant's Tomb, and 650 steel columns supporting Pennsylvania Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Fox
Madison Avenue Florist
DePeyser Stret
Cedar Street
Commodore Hotel
Grant
Pennsylvania Station
Maiden Lane and nearby landmarks in a breezy city tour
A playful tour describes local spots including Maiden Lane once a lovers path by a brook, the Center Theater with a chandelier of 400 bulbs, a 34th Street hot dog stand owner spinning classical records, a beauty parlor quip about appearance, a 34th Avenue antique shop with a sensayama, jokebooks heard on radio, and the Federal Reserve Bank vaults weighing 90 tons, imagining a nickel escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maiden Lane
Center Theater
34Th Street
34Th Avenue
Federal Reserve Bank
Gently Worded Ad Window Frolics and City Vignettes
A fragmentary collage describes urban sights and scenes in New York including a window ad reading Clothes Bathed, a kitten on a hotel ledge, Rudolph Valentino’s New York monument, a cafe on Second Avenue, a midtown nightclub girl in an admiral’s hat, a drunk on 52nd Street, a flag adorned hairdo, burlesque lineups, a Chinese Bazaar figure on Coney boardwalk, and chorines in skimpy summer wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
72Nd Street
Rudolph Valentino
New York
Second Avenue
52Nd Street
Coney Boardwalk
Irv ing Trust not planning air raid shelter in New York
Brazil’s Consul General Oscar Correia aids goodwill with New Yorkers after a misunderstanding. British sailors and marines photograph themselves at 42nd Street arcades to send home. Lights flicker in Lewisohn Stadium as crowds gather. Central Park’s weekend equestrians captivate, while a Fifth Avenue drug store markets free dog books and a Broadway salon advertises items at one dollar each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Trust
Wall Street
Brazil
Oscar Correia
Lewisohn Stadium
Central Parkers
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
The Grotesque Shapes and City Tales in Gabar Dine Nights
A vivid slice of urban life with colorful characters from cabbies to revelers. It notes a 73 year old hackman John Clynes, active since 1907 near the Majestic Arts, and details a sparkling Radio City scene, busy stock exchange, and crowded nightlife with playful improv and blunt humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexanders
Toots
4Th
Radio City
Chicago
Wrigley Building
Izzatso
John Clynes
Majestic Arts
Stock Exchange
Charines
Surprise shower honors Ava Stover before August wedding
Mrs. J Bostick Williams hosted a miscellaneous surprise shower for Miss Ava Stover whose upcoming marriage to Mr. Robert M Burrows of New York City is set for August 19. Attending guests included Mrs. G S Stover Mrs. W H Johnson Mrs. George LaRocque Mr and Mrs A G Estabrook and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Hayes
Maybelle Wisdom
Helen Jones
Thelma Ream
E. C. Mead
Ed Gilnet
Sidonia Walgenbach
Josephine Benton
Alice Cushing
Visitors from Tucson Return to San Diego Navy Post
Mr and Mrs Paul Cook and their children formerly of Tucson have come back to San Diego where Mr Cook is stationed with the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Paul Cook
San Diego
Mr. Cook
U. S. Navy
Babb Family Returns Home From Oklahoma and Arkansas
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Babb and their children Shirley Ann and Edward Jr. have returned to their home after visiting relatives in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Babb
Shirley Ann
Edward, Jr
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Bartels Return From Five Week Pacific Northwest Trip
Dr and Mrs Arthur T Bartel and daughter Norma completed a five weeks trip visiting Los Angeles Berkeley Portland Pullman Moscow and Aberdeen Idaho. Dr Bartel is an assistant agronomist with the United States department of agriculture.
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Arthur T. Bartel
Norma
Pacific Northwest
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Portland
Pullman
Wash
Moscow
Aberdeen
Idaho
Bartel
United States Department of Agriculture
Skating Party Planned by Sodality Group
The Sodality of Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart Academy hosts a roller skating party Saturday from 2 to 5 PM to raise funds for school equipment. Skates are not provided. admission is nominal and refreshments available. All Sodality members urged to attend. friends welcomed.
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Sodality of
Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart Academy
Sodality
Lost plate turns up at Elwood police station
Charles Tobin went to the Elwood police station to surrender a lost license plate and noted someone would search for it. He returned next day when told the plate on his car had gone missing. It was his plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind. U.P
Charles Tobin
University of Arizona Stationed Scientists Visit Stations
A note records researchers stationed at the University of Arizona visiting several experiment stations to observe ongoing work and share findings with colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Arizona
Laucks to Vacation on Pacific Coast
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Lauck depart Saturday for a month on the Pacific coast. They will return for the opening of the University of Arizona when their daughter will enter the school.
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Eugene A. Lauck
Pacific Coast
University of Arizona
Sally Pratt Weds Walter May in Tucson Ceremony
Miss Sally Pratt daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Langdon Pratt of Chicago and Boston married Walter William May at St. Philip's in the Hills yesterday afternoon. Rev C E Huntington officiated. Attendants were Philip A May and his wife. The couple will reside in Tucson after a northern Arizona wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip’s
Sally Pratt
Herbert Langdon Pratt
Chicago
Boston
Walter William May
C. E. Huntington
Army camp shows 18 months to culinary excellence
Lt. David Burleigh of Fort Slocum trains Army cooks with three rules: a written goal, expert dietetics and cooking training, and strict recipe adherence. He urges care for diners tastes and speed in kitchen work. He details pie crust technique blending short and flaky textures.
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Alexander George
David Burleigh
Army Bakers’ and Cooks
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Army
Burleigh
Listen World by Elsie Robinson review
The piece argues Americans must feel the European war to act. It praises Jane Nicholson’s Shelter for vividly portraying London’s bombardment and its impact on civilians, urging readers to confront the threat and imagine their own loved ones in danger.
Birthday Proofs Hard to Muster for Young Ball Players
In New Britain Connecticut a group of about six boys crowded the city clerk office demanding to show birth certificates to prove a 12 year old’s eligibility to play on their baseball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain
Conn
Harry E. Schelly
Texas Sharecroppers Decline Since Census 10 Years
Over the last decade Texas has reduced its number of sharecroppers from 105,122 to 39,821 according to the census. The drop reflects changing agricultural employment patterns and rural demographics across the state.
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Texas
Bathing Suit Rules For Every Figure This Summer
Bathing suit choices follow the same rules across May June and August. Seek a fit to your figure with stretching for a slimmer waist bumping for hips and perhaps a thigh thinning massage. Exercise and sensible eating help. Midriff styles show slim stomachs only when flattering. Long straight suits slim the wearer. One piece suits suit many. extremely low backs reveal backs beautifully but highlight flaws. For water avoid, consider chic beach outfits or a playsuit with a skirt over shorts.
Women's Society of Christian Service to Meet for Luncheon Program
The Women's Society of Christian Service at University Methodist plans a Tuesday 12 45 covered dish luncheon at the age with a short business session. Dr E D Terreau will speak with piano and vocal numbers by Mrs Earl Boyd and Miss Jane Corkran. Belle Bennett circle helps set tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
University Methodist Church
Margaret Billingsley
E. D. Terreau
Earl Boyd
Jane Corkran
Belle Bennett Circle
R. E. Dickerson
Australia orders sale of dollar funds for war needs
Canberra government calls all holders of dollar funds or currency to sell them to the state to raise exchange for war purposes. It is expected that one dollar will be realized for purchases in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
United States
Fragmented Fitness Advice Snippet on Swimwear
The readable fragment discusses body shape and swimming attire. It references thighs and swimwear weight. It seems to critique habits of wearing light, loose suits that stay on.
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Dr. W. G. Ure
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
King Features
Reg
U. 8
Patent Office
Eltinge
Robert Burns
Central Park
Femme Haberdashery
86Th Street Newsdealer
Sodality Group
Prescott
Arizona
Walter May
Pratt
Philip A. May
Camp Cook
Elsie Robinson
Europe
Jane Nicholson
London
Detroit
Denver
England
Chalk Farm Station
Shirley
Sundridge
Hitler
Britain
Viking Press
Price
de Plas
Seward
Purity Biscuit CO
Salt Lake
Utah
Riate
Ginny Simms
Betty Clarke
Daily Reminder
First Baptist Church
Lilee
Sadie Thomas
Noble Grand’s Association
Naomi Rebekah
Mary Hazenzahl
East Halycon Road
Pepper Tree Inn
FIDO
Schilling
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Daily Citizen
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