Happiness Conference Urges Self Reliance For Rural Women
Dr Alfred Atkinson president of the University of Arizona told about 125 rural women at the second annual Country Life conference on the campus that happiness lies within individuals and that memory shapes responses. He urged entertaining oneself with books or radio and noted the need for agreeable contact with others. The afternoon featured a symposium on Eat the Right Food with Dr Margaret Cammack Smith Dorothy Bradfield Grace Ryan and C B Brown. A tea was scheduled and the day included general assemblies by Charles A Pickrell and Dean Paul S Burgess. A banquet and future sessions were listed with plans for departure Friday morning.
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Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Country Life
Atkinson
State Nutrition Committee
Margaret Cammack Smith
Dorothy Bradfield
WPA
Grace Ryan
Maricopa County
C. B. Brown
Pima County
Yuma County
Charles A. Pickrell
University Extension Service
Paul S. Burgess
College of Agriculture
Recreation Hall
George W. Barr
J.E. D. Terreau
University Rural
Hayden approves Gila soil plans in Arizona project
Washington reports Senator Hayden endorses John C. Page and the interior department funding plan for the Gila irrigation project. He cites the Indian reservation precedent and argues large scale soil leveling enables immediate farming rather than protracted adaptation on rough desert land.
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Washington
Gila
Arizona
John C. Page
Senator Hayden
D-Ariz
Interior Department
Hayden
Gila Indian Reservation
Mexico accelerates arms production for 52000 strong army
Mexico City reports a sharp acceleration in the manufacture of Mendoza automatic rifles and machine guns. The defense ministry orders faster output to equip the nation’s 52,000 man army with the new weapons.
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Mexico City
Mendoza
Ministry of National Defense
Mexico
Power Shortage Not In Prospect Says Head Of Institute
Do W Kellogg president of the Edison Electric Institute told the ninth annual convention that the power industry will meet defense production needs. He said an allegation of shortages is unwarranted and noted planned capacity increases and ample reserves behind the electric system.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Do. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Eleven Win Free CAA Aviation Scholarships Awarded
Dean G M Butler announces eleven flying scholarships for top ground school performers under the Chamber of Commerce CAA program. Eleven total scholarships include seven based on ground work plus two donor scholarships matched by CAA. Recipients include Robert Fish Robert Fitz Klause Greger James Jacobson Leonel Peterson Robert Preston Clovis Priser Louis Quinn Howard Smith Everett Stewart Elizabeth Wharton Alternates named Joseph Diaz Roy Menning John McCarthy John Rothrock Flight training awaits CAA authorization from headquarters.
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Chamber of Commerce
CAA
G. M. Butler
Chamber
Robert Fish
Robert Fitz
Klause Greger
James Jacobson
Leonel Peterson
Robert Preston
Clovis Priser
Louis Quinn
Howard Smith
Everett Stewart
Elizabeth Wharton
Burdetta Kines
Joseph Diaz
Roy Menning
John McCarthy
John Rothrock
Dean Butler
Gilpin Airlines
Washington
Nogales Power Strike Yields Partial Victory
In Nogales Sonora on June 4 consumers who refused to pay high rates won a partial victory when the federal secretary of national economy ordered the privately owned power company not to cut services for nonpayment. A second federal probe into the two month feud will examine the matter. The first investigation favored the power company, while guards protected lines from attempted cuts.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Consumers of Light and Power
Federal Secretary of National Economy
Sir Gerald Campbell Named Director General in United States
London June 4 The government announced the appointment of Sir Gerald Campbell minister to Washington as director general of all British information services in the United States.
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London
Gerald Campbell
Washington
United States
Purple Heart unit to meet at Pioneer hotel
Arizona Unit No. 73 of the Order of the Purple Heart will hold its meeting Friday at 7 30 p m at the Pioneer hotel with members advised to attend.
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Arizona
Order of the Purple Heart
Pioneer Hotel
Seventy Boys Discuss YMCA Membership Program
Seventy boys who received free YMCA summer memberships met last night to discuss activities. A wrestling class was started this afternoon.
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YMCA
Robbery Report In Marana Targets Local Mercantile Firm
Deputy sheriffs investigated a robbery reported by a Pima Mercantile Co employee in Marana. The missing property was not listed in the local office report.
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Marana
Pima Mercantile Company
First Christian Church Cottage Prayer Meeting Tonight
The First Christian church invites participation in a cottage prayer meeting at 7 30 this evening at 927 East Seventh Street the home of Dr and Mrs J T Price. Mrs W A Austin will lead.
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THE
First Christian Church
J. T. Price
East Seventh Street
W. A. Austin
Reverend Malcolm Marshall Preaches at St Philips Service
The Russell Ranch school headmaster Reverend Malcolm Marshall will deliver the 9 30 morning prayer sermon at St Philips in the Hills. Holy communion is set for 8 a m.
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Malcolm Marshall
Russell Ranch School
St. Philips-in-the-Hills
Flying Cadets From All Walks Show Wide Range
At Gunter Field Alabama the cadet group includes a funeral director and embalmer a professional entertainer a golf pro a lifeguard five lawyers a jeweler a window trimmer a fencing teacher four credit adjusters three radio announcers and a sales promotion manager of a distillery reflecting the Army slogan that cadets can do anything from diverse backgrounds.
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Washington
Army
Gunter Field
Ala
New Caledonia Bears Four Theatres for Motion Pictures
New Caledonia operates four cinemas showing motion pictures. Local residents have limited access to film venues with 4 theatres offering screenings.
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New Caledonia
Marco Ace Hearing Aid Promises Natural Sound
Deaf individuals find new Marco Ace a compact vacuum-tube hearing aid that fits in a vest pocket and weighs under two ounces. It enables normal conversation sermons and radio listening, with low operating cost using a long life battery. Free tests offered at El Presidio Hotel this week or by writing Marco of Arizona, Phoenix.
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el Presidio
Marco
Arizona
Luhrs Tower
Phoenix
Ariz
Officials Face Skids If Work Found Delayed
Washington reports Senator Connally warned the Senate defense investigating committee would “put the skids” under any official hindering the armament drive. Stacy May, OPM chief statistician, testified production must speed up, faulting Army Navy OPM and the country for laxity. He cited many idle machine tools as evidence of underutilization.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Stacy May
OPM
May
Army
Navy
Congress
Training at Arizona Machine Shops for Defense Industries
Edwin C. Gracey state trade and industrial adviser requests use of the University of Arizona machine shop this summer to train up to 20 young men for national defense industries in California. Dean Butler notes seven hours daily classes for 12 to 13 weeks, with expenses covered by state funds and federal allocations. Applications will be invited once final plans are set, aiming to start by June 15.
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Edwin C. Gracey
University of Arizona
National Defense Industries
California
Al@ed Atkinson
G. M. Butler
Gracey
State Trade and Industrial Department
Dean Butler
Emergency Shipments By Air Are Arranged
The War Department announced today that 17 air and rail express agencies have been arranged to quickly ship emergency items by air to any U S point and to Central and South American ports. Tools motors blueprints and machinery parts will be expedited to factories Army stations and other Army supervised establishments as needed.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Central
South American
Outing Becomes Inning at Pyramid Lake Ranch
Reno reporters from both papers swapped smoky offices for the Pyramid Lake ranches and spent an afternoon in the ranch house recreation room playing pocket billiards after the outing was arranged.
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Reno, Nev
U.P
Reno
Pyramid Lake Ranches
Ranch House
Connally press asks who blocks OPM in 1941 defense push
Connally demanded accountability for delays in the 1941 42 production program. May replied he could not name culprits and pressed for faster action. May warned the government must almost double defense spending by fall to meet a 40 billion dollar plan.
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May
Seedless Apple Found By California Housewife
Mrs. Libbie Wilcox of Huntington Park California reports discovering a seedless careless apple on a 10 year old tree she planted. U S department of agriculture confirms novelty and plans experiments at a Maryland station to study the blossoms and fruit.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Libbie Wilcox
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilcox
Maryland
University of Arizona Students Complete First Aid Courses
Tom Gibbings taught standard and advanced first aid courses completed by University of Arizona students including Thomas J. Bowen Jr Dan Bumsted Fred J. Clubb Roy Conn Robert L. Cox Karl A. Dennis C Hilton De Selm Wallace E De Vaney Jr Wayne A Dirst Ben C Fehrman George E Hawke Bruce Huffman Leonard L Koebel Frank Krznarick Chris F Lauesen David M Levitt Dugan H McCauley Marl M McCain Robert Murphy Walter R Nielsen Ikuo Okuma Robert E Orput Tracy Prater Frederick W Sleight Earl B Sylvia William Irwin Taffe and William John Winsor Jr A senior course in life saving and water safety completed by Brinton Brown Jack Carter John Gray Jr Bruce Huffman Stuart Higgins David H Palmer John A Reilly Jr Kenneth Vermillion and Clarence Willcutt.
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Tom Gibbings
University of Arizona
Thomas J. Bowen, Jr
Dan Bumsted
Fred J. Clubb
Roy Conn
Robert L. Cox
Karl A. Dennis
C. Hilton de Selm
Wallace E. DeVaney, Jr
Wayne A. Dirst
Ben C. Fehrman
George E. Hawke
Bruce Huffman
Leonard L. Koebel
Frank Krznarick
Chris F. Lauesen
David M. Levitt
Dugan H. McCauley
Marl M. McCain
Robert Murphy
Walter R. Nielsen
Ikuo Okuma
Robert E. Orput
Tracy Prater
Frederick W. Sleight
Earl B. Sylvia
William Irwin Taffe
William John Winsor
Jack Carter
John Gray, Jr
Stuart Higgins
David H. Palmer
John A. Reilly
Kenneth Vermillion
Clarence Willcutt
Kansas Man Dies in Auto Injuries Reported in Arizona
John W. Wells 57 of Wichita died in a hospital bringing Arizona auto fatalities to 101 for the year. Earlier, John S. Korzeniecki 17 hitchhiker from Harrison New Jersey was killed on U S 66 about 55 miles east of Holbrook. Wells died when his daughter’s car overturned on U S 66. his daughter Seward Michelsetter 33 and her nine year old son Billie were only slightly injured.
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Holbrook
John W. Wells
Wichita
Kas
Arizona
State Highway Patrol Hd
John S. Korzeniecki
Harrison
N. J
Here
John Paul Jones
Korzeniecki
Oran Glison
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wells
Seward Michelsetter
Hutchinson
U. S. Highway 66
Michelsetter
Billie
William Alberts Transferred to Phoenix on War Order
Washington June 4. William Alberts former Arizona land commissioner now active at Randolph Field Texas was transferred by the war department to Phoenix He is a captain in the finance department.
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Washington
William Alberts
Arizona
Randolph Field
Tex
War Department
Phoenix
Finance Department
Newsreels Rise in Popularity in Sweden
Newsreels are gaining traction in Sweden with more theaters offering short film compilations. The trend reflects growing public interest in visual news entertainment and modern media consumption.
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Sweden
Indians to Acquire Lands Near Malta Montana
The Pem bina or Little Shell band of Chippewa Indians plan permanent homes near Malta with government aid to purchase the Phillips Development Co. ranch, one of the historic sheep ranches in the area, after decades of homelessness.
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Malta
Mont. US
Little Shell
Phillips Development Co
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