Experiences At Little Norway From Frances Gillmor
Frances Gillmor, Tucson author, describes Norwegian boys at Little Norway near Muskat Lake 100 miles from Toronto training with the Royal Canadian Air Force. She notes their homesick longing for Christmas, their underground resistance, family peril, and the contrast with U S comfort, plus escape stories and hope for a postwar Norwegian publication.
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Little
Norway
Frances Gillmor
University of Ari
Tucson
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
RAF
USO Activities This Week With Dances Dinners and Games
The USO schedule lists AWVS and David son school PTA buffets at 5 and 8 p.m. downtown. Tonight the 12th avenue club hosts informal dancing, games, bingo and bridge lessons. Thursday features voice recordings downtown and US-Ette guest night. Friday includes services at Davis Monthan base chapel and joint temple and synagogue observances, plus YWDL dance and Prophecy event at 8 p.m. Saturday shows voice recordings and Bundles for America activities at 2 and 6 p.m. plus talent show at 8 p.m. Regular hours for USC JWB and USC activities cover 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and extended weekend hours downtown with games and social facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson School
12Th Avenue Club
Us-Ette
12Th Avenue
Usc-Jwb
Davis-Monthan Base Chapel
Temple Emanu-El
Congregation Anshai Israel
America
USC
YWCA Girls Host Christmas Dinner For YMCA Men
Girls from the YWCA prepared a full Christmas dinner for YMCA residents serving at 5 p.m. The menu included turkey dressing hot rolls and mince pie. YMCA council members named and girls organized into cooks table decorating dishes and serving crews. The group spent the evening in games and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
YMCA
Ymca Council
William Reed
Don Byrd
Bill Mortimer
Tony Spataro
Vernon Thomas
Eugene Lipsom
Vernon Heyen
Margaret McCorkle
Esther Zuckerman
Jane Crouch
Pat Quinn
Ruth Zeigler
Agnes Krentz
Mary Mayer
Penny Barkey
Shirley Barrett
Melva Vick
Myrtle Albert
Madeline Mowll
Helen Pickrell
Gladys Cherry
Louella Kemmerling
Bonnie Drake
Janice Jones
PEO Chapter E to Meet at Mrs Waugh Home
Daily Reminder reports PEO Chapter E gathering at 1006 North Sixth Avenue at 1 30 p m tomorrow with Mrs S Fegtly assisting hostess.
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PEO
Neal Waugh
North Sixth Avenue
S. Fegtly
Escape Plans and Caution Mark Wartime Interviews
A pilot recounts evading Gestapo and the danger of escape routes from Norway to England. The plan now centers on crossing into Sweden and thence to England while families fear for those in the air force. Miss Gillmor notes her published books and forthcoming magazine article on folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gillmor
Gestapo
England
Norway
Finland
Russia
China
Sweden
Mademoiselle
Portrait To Be Given Highest Bond Buyer
Interest rises among individual bond buyers to win a Gertrude Briggs portrait for the top purchaser in the sixth war loan drive. Briggs, with works shown at prominent venues, offers a portrait of the winner’s choice as the prize, aiming to boost E bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Osgood
Montrose Galleries
New York
Gertrude R. Briggs
AWVS
West Broadway
Gertrude Briggs
Jacome’s
Miss Briggs
Fred Dragonette
Tucson
National Academy
Montrosse Gallery
New York City
Arizona
Temple of Music and Art
Formal Dance Night Highlights In Tucson Week Schedule
The Tucson coordinating committee lists events for the holiday week. Tonight includes US-Ettes formal dance at All Saints hall 8 to 11, La Hacienda mending 11 to 5, YMCA games 5, open house for veterans 7 30 to 11, and Clawsons square dancing at La Hacienda 8. Tomorrow visits to Congregational house 4 to 8 for convalescents, servicemen may swim at the YMCA 8 p.m. Thursday features La Hacienda songfest and dance 8 to 11 with YMCA games at 5. Mending at La Hacienda Friday 11 to 5 and regular dancing party 8. Saturday YWDL dance at the Armory South Fifth Avenue at 8 p.m and open house for service personnel 7 to 11 at Congregational house.
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Tucson Coordinating Committee
Tucson
All Saints’ Hall
la Hacienda
YMCA
Congregational House
Clawsons
Davis-Monthan
Hacienda
Armory
South Fifth Avenue
Stab in Heart Ends Californian's Christmas Holiday
Hollywood authorities report Raymond G. Crowley a 42 year old phonograph recording technician died after a quarrel with his wife Joan Crowley. Detectives say both were drinking when a butcher knife was used in the struggle with Crowley stabbed in the heart.
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Hollywood
UPR
Raymond G. Crowley
Joan
Ersatz Trash and the Test of Character in War Time
A blistering wartime column condemns ersatz substitutes in markets and minds. It argues true character holds under strain, contrasting the flippant needy "Fluff" with steadfast mothers or workers facing Tarawa and Algiers. The piece warns society will be tested as the war ends and asks if readers will endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Morgenthau
Tarawa
Algiers
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sterling
YMCA and YWCA Staff Hold Joint Meeting
Miss Margaret A. Knight spoke at a joint YMCA and YWCA staff meeting discussing common problems facing both associations after her trip to New York for the YWCA national board winter meeting. Refreshments were served afterward by the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Knight
YMCA
YWCA
New York
National Board of the
Rey Smith
Ferron Troxel
J. R. Whippee
Albert Rose
Ray Salzman
Frances Chaffee
Ann Clothier
Aldie Faulkney
Leona Fairfield
Velma Jewis
Marie Winters
R. A. Wright
Walter Riehl
Elizabeth Howsare
E. J. Malloy
Evelyn Pirtle
Ann Gruenwald
Mary Jo Coulson
Agnes Krentz
Hazel Pulford
Ruth Zeigler
Henrietta Nobles
Lena Ethelridge
Marjorie Herman
Carl Grimm
Martin Hughes
Miss Knight
Doll's House to Be Shown Thursday Evening
Australian actress Dale Melbourne stars as Nora in James B Cassidy's production of Ibsen's A Doll House at 8 15 p m Thursday in the high school auditorium. The all star cast features Francis Lederer Jane Darwell Lyle Talbot and Keven McClure with Eugene Bryden directing a vivid period setting and strong performances in this lover story in a realist frame.
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Keven McClure
Dale Melbourne
Ibsen
Town Hall
Miss Melbourne
Norah
Nora
James B. Cassidy
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
University of Melbourne
England
Alllstar
Francis Lederer
Jane Darwell
Lyle Talbot
Henrik Ibsen
Eugene Bryden
Prague
Europe
Budapest
Breslau
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
London
Katherine Cornell
Mr.Lederer
Torvald
Dates Set for National Young Composers Contests
The National Federation of Music Clubs announces the third annual Young Composers contests for ages 16 to 25. Judging panel includes Wal lingford Riegger Bernard Wagenaar and Henry Cowell. Submissions close April 1 1945 with finals May 24 at Manhattan School of Music New York City. Ruth M. Ferry is national chairman.
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National Federation of Music Clubs
Marion Bauer
Federation
Wallingford Riegger
Metropolitan Music School
Chamber of Music Guild
Washington, D. C
Bernard Wagenaar
Juillard Graduate School
Columbia University Opera Group
Henry Cowell
Office of War Information
Pan-American Union
West 73Rd Street
New York
H. Merrills Lewis
Woman’s College
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
Manhattan School of Music
East 105Th Street
New York City
Ruth M. Ferry
New Haven
Cadet Reinman Joins River Side Cadets in Tucson Stopover
Cadet Richard B Reinman from River side military academy Gainesville Ga is in Tucson on Christmas vacation. The corps will reassemble on January 4.
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Richard B. Reinman
East
Mabel Avenue
Tucson
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Met Opera Keeps Focus On Classics And Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera shapes this season around standard repertory with new singers joining a strong Wagner lineup. Melchior and Traubel lead the Wagner works as Leinsdorf returns from military service for a welcome home. Regina Resnik makes a notable debut stepping in for Milanov at Il Trovatore.
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New York
U.P
Metropolitan Opera
Lauritz Melchior
Helen Traubel
Miss Traubel
Bruenhilde
Isolde
Melchior
Erich Leinsdorf
United States Army
Leinsdorf
George Szell
The
Metropolitan
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Boston Symphony
Cleveland
Montreal
Regina Resnik
Cavalleria Rusticana
Miss Resnik
Leonora
Il Trovatore
Zinka Milanov
NAM Says Russia Has Not Signed New Lend-Lease
NAM News reports the National Association of Manufacturers says Russia has not signed a fourth lend-lease agreement and seeks large industrial equipment the U S won t supply. The NAM publication notes officials predict Russian withdrawal from lend-lease when current contracts expire.
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NAM
Russia
Washington
U.2
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S
United States
NAM News
Fish farming grows as war cuts sea fish supply
Cambridge Massachusetts December 26 Wartime curtailment of sea fishing boosts interest in fish farms. Industrial Bulletin by Arthur D Little describes rapid pond-based farming with artificial ponds stocking fish. In Oklahoma 2434 ponds were built in first half of 1944. Fertilizer boosts yields up to 300 pounds per acre, far above natural 7 to 150 pounds. Ponds suit valleys with streams. fences can aid water storage for livestock and game preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Industrial Bulletin
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Ohama
Jolson Recovering From Malarial Attack
Hollywood star Al Jolson is recovering slowly from a malaria attack. The WA Stage and Screen comedian left the Beverly hotel where he had been staying during an overseas entertainment tour. Jolson contracted malaria last year while abroad.
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Hollywood
Jolson
Beverly
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Richard Hudnut
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