Statewide VFW Auxiliary Convention Opens Today
The Tucson auxiliary hosts the 13th annual encampment of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Arizona department starting today at the Santa Rita hotel with registration at 2 and events through Saturday. Delegates tour the Veterans Hospital, joint sessions with VFW on Friday, memorial services at Odd Fellows hall, and a Friday dinner dance for registered members.
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Tucson
V. F. W. Post
Arizona
Ladies
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Arizona
Santa Rita Hotel
Veterans Hospital
Odd Fellows Hall
Santa Rita
Glendale
Dorothy Drummond
Phoenix
Anna Bruce
Roda Cornell
Miami
Odessa Shaw
Yuma
Mary Tibbits
Globe
Myrtle Flood
Amy Bottler
Flora Evans
Lillian Barkley
Anna Troxel
Ethel Tompkins
Winslow
Lillian Erwin
Tempe
Laura Mylius
Kingman
Leona Fisher
Lillie Sprott
Prescott
Ollie Davis
Louise Evans
Ann Sayler
Clinton
Eula Maloney
Mary Ballas
Helen Altfillisch
Katherine Martin
Gold Star
Annabell Gendron
Mabel White
Mamie Stevenson
Louise Ballas
Lillian Rojeske
Bucille Kautenburger
Sarapita Lee
Ethel Lord
Correna Ward
Cochairman
African artifact gifts to University of Arizona museum
Dr. Emil W. Haury announced two African artifact collections donated to the University of Arizona museum. One set, collected by L. F. Brady of Mesa, is already housed. the other, gathered by former UA president Homer L. Shantz, will arrive from Washington, D.C. A nine by twelve foot world map in the museum shows war fronts with color coded elevations and battlegrounds from the War Department map collection.
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University of Arizona Museum
Emil W. Haury
Anthropology
L. F. Brady
Mesa
Homer L. Shantz
Wash
D. C
Haury
War Department Map Collection Bureau
Library to Open Monday at 9:30 and Summer Hours Set
The Sam Hughes Parent-Teachers club library opens Monday at 9:30 am. During summer vacation the library will operate 9:30 to 11:30 am on Mondays and Thursdays each week.
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Sam Hughes Parent-Teachers Club
Amy Huff Weds Harold Yordt In Tucson Ceremony
Mrs Malcolm Huff announces the marriage last Sunday of her daughter Amy Sue Huff to Harold R. Yordt of Muscatine Iowa. The ceremony was at Coronado Heights Baptist Mission with Rev Jesse R Jones officiating. The couple plans to live in Tucson.
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Malcolm Huff
West Delano
Amy Sue
Harold R. Yordt
Harry Yordt
Muscatine
Iowa
Jesse R. Jones
First Baptist Church
Temple of Music and Art
Yordt
Muscatine High School
Armed Service
U. S. Engineering Department
Rock Island, Ill
Davis-Monthan Field
Coronado Heights Baptist Mission
Marie Gleeves
Talitha Colwell
Lotta L. Barrett
Anna Lee Markle
Marion Huff
Merlene Guidry
Dale Ewart
Guard Squadron
Louis Darby
Clifford Markle
Tucson
Pot Luck Dinner Hosted by Past Noble Grand Group
Larcena Louise Past Noble Grand association No. 6 announces a pot luck dinner Friday at 6 30 P M at Mrs. Anna Porter 2432 Hawthorne Street with Mrs Lillian League as co host.
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Larcena Louise
Noble Grand Association No. 6
Anna Porter
Hawthorne Street
Lillian League
Government War Expenditures Surge in February
February war expenditures soared well beyond the United States public debt level reported on March 31, 1917, surpassing 44 times the figure. This raises questions about fiscal breadth and wartime financing as the nation extended its mobilization.
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United States
Hollywood Talk on Films and Stars in New York
Rumors swirl about Walter Winehell losing major network air time for his band. Anita Louise returns in Restless Lady with a glamour push. Frances Farmer receives care from the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Eddie Rickenbacker film faces labor opposition. Mickey Neilan works as riveter at No. American Plant. Thelma Furness and Edmund Lowe headline Movietown romance. Claudette Colbert seeks Universal deal of three films yearly. Warner Anderson eyed to replace Bogart. Joan Leslie and Jerry Asher seen together. Lena Horne hair and make-up inspo spreads. Charlie Farrell serves as Lt at Bunker Hill. Bobby Worth and Jimmy McHugh unite creatively.
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Sala Hi Gene Ae A
Radio Bongues
Anita Louise
Frances Farmer
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Eddie Rickenbacker
Marshall
Mickey) Neilan
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
No. American
Thelma Furness
Edmund Lowe
Dick Arlen
Pine-Thomas
Paramount
Arien
Wreckers
Claudette Colbert
Universal
Warners
Warner Anderson
Broadway
Humphrey Bogart
Joan Leslie
Jerry Asher
Lena Horne
Charlie Farrell
Bunker Hill
Indiana
Seligman
Pacific
Bobby Worth
Jimmy McHugh
Seed Magic and Self Worth in One Tiny Seed
A meditation on seeds as cures for doubt and emptiness. The author keeps seeds at a desk to remind of life’s marvels and the rise from despair. A poppy seed is described as containing the potential for living beauty, growth, color, and meaning beyond its small size.
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King Features Syn., Inc
Two Arizonians Listed Among War POWs
The War Department released a list naming 680 American soldiers held by enemies including 86 in Germany and 594 in Japan. Two Arizonans are listed as interned in a Japanese camp, Pvt. Napoleon Maestas of Seligman and Pvt. Chic Twist of Somerton.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Germany
Japan
Napoleon Maestas
Eupelia Maestas
Seligman
Chic Twist
Soma Twist
Somerton
Tokyo mobilizes economy for total war effort
Tokyo officials label the wartime situation extremely grave and order nationwide mobilization. Premier Tojo backs a cabinet plan to reorganize industry under Lieut. Gen. Suzuki, mobilizing all nonmilitary workers for war plants and stabilizing wartime living conditions. A bill to suspend fall provincial elections is readied to avoid harvest interference.
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United Press
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Teiichi Suzuki
Suzuki
Empire
Tojo
Hollywood star asks messenger for exclusive dressing-room duty
Allyn Joslyn recounts a Hollywood star at Metro who chose a handsome messenger boy to play recordings in her dressing room between scenes. After a week she asks what he wants, and he quips he wants a job in the cutting room.
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Allyn Joslyn
Metro
Hollywood Gossip Roundup on Surviving Crash and Studio Buzz
1-A status for Buddy De Sylva’s son David after a serious motor crash recovery. Skinnay Ennis becomes a Santa Anita warrant officer. Jinx Falkenburg gains major attention in Mexican press due to language fluency aiding interviews. New Yorker fans note Bob Whelan, Aileen Whelan’s brother, as a looker. Buddy Moreno courts multiple studio offers after rejections from Fox and Paramount following a Henry James crew appearance. Phil Silvers appears in Betty Grable’s Pin Up Girl with Virginia Maples, once linked to Geo. Raft.
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Buddy DE Sylva
David
Skinnay Ennis
Santa Anita
Jinx Falkenburg
Aileen Whelan
Bob
Buddy Moreno
Warners
Fox
Para
Henry James Crew
New York
Hays Office
Hollywood
Phil Silvers
Betty Grable
Virginia Maples
Geo. Raft
Betty
Hollywood gossip roundup of stage and screen names
The note lists Harry Richman as Pagliacci in a rumor, Jess Barker replacing Rudy Vallee in Nan Bennett, Ann Corio planned Summer show Daughter of Diamond Lil, Marguerite Chapman with many kin in service, Grover Jones loan repayments a burden, Anita Colby popular with press due to chaperoning cover gals and training with Quentin Reynolds and other New York writers.
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Coasters
Harry Richman
Pagliacci
Hazel Forbes
Jess Barker
Columbia
White Hope
Rudy Vallee
Nan Bennett
Ann Corio
Diamond Lil
Marguerite Chapman
E. G. Robinson
George Sanders
Armed Services
Grover Jones
Anita Colby
Quentin Reynolds
New York
Coast Columnist Reveals Romance With Studio Exec
A famed studio executive courted a young actress decades his junior. A blind item published by a columnist triggered the couple’s breakup as the actress returned to her poor boyfriend. The episode left three people happier: the Boy, the Girl, and the Columnist.
Red Cross Tennis Benefit Starlet Style at Dallas Event
Paulette Goddard attends a Red Cross benefit tennis tournament in Dallas, wearing black sequins shorts and a white blouse while spectators noted the lack of real tennis. Dusty Anderson, on the Coast, credited Bank Nights for a $400 Toledo win that funded a move toward Hollywood. Virginia Hill rules as Mexico City social queen with nightly champagne parties costing about 400 dollars per affair. A St Louis paper linked the house on A Street to anti presidential discussions framed as the house on the anti R Street.
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Paulette Goddard
Red Cross
Dallas
Paramount
Dusty Anderson
Conover
Toledo
Ohio
New York
Harry Conover
Hollywood
Virginia Hill
Mexico City
Surprises Await Hero on Leave in Oakland
First Lt. Irving Erickson arrives on leave from combat in the Pacific. His Australian bride reaches Oakland eight days before him. He is told of awards including the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and a recommendation for the Silver Star.
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Oakland
Cal
Irving Erickson
Australia
Sugar and stamps ration details 1943 menu
The notice outlines stamp validities for sugar canning sugar and meat and other rationed items. It lists stamp numbers 13, 15, 16, 17 and red point stamps for meat butter oil lard and shortening, with expiration dates and renewal intervals for families and different book holders.
University teams study sun ray variations and invisible clouds
Dr. Earle H. Warner of the University of Arizona and University of Minnesota researchers, with Oscar H. McMahan, investigate why sun intensity varies on clear days. They suspect high altitude “mother of pearl” and noctilucent clouds may dim rays unseen by observers. They plan infrared photography to detect moving clouds and improve weather forecasting.
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University of Arizona
University of Minnesota
Earle H. Warner
Oscar H. McMahan
Physics Department
Miller
Minnesota
McMahan
Astrono
Mers
Warner
Libya Vastly Larger Than Texas by Area
The statement notes Libya exceeds twice the land area of Texas, highlighting a striking comparison between the two regions to emphasize Libya's expansive size.
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Libya
Texas
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