Weddings at Tucson air base mark multiple local ceremonies
Miss Helen Mary Heffernan of Northampton wed Staff Sergeant Raymond A. Waite Jr in the Tucson air base chapel with Rev. George B. Gerner officiating. Other ceremonies include Mildred Freeman's marriage to Sgt John F. Mullen and Grace Brown's nuptials to Sgt Turner Stevens at the Reynolds home, plus Dorothy Hopkins's wedding to Pvt Francis Kane at Davis Monthan field chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mary Heffernan
Northampton
Mass
Tucson Air Base
Raymond A. Waite, Jr
Easthampton
George B. Gerner
Hefferman
Edward J. Heffernan
Charles Stark
Sgt. Waite
Gilbert B. Harzfeldt
Edson I. Gray
James R. Clark
Santa Rita
Raymond A. Waite
Tucson
Gerner
Carl E. Mellberg
Mullen-Freeman
Mildred E. Freeman
John F. Mullen
Los Angeles
Homer B. Reynolds
Davis-Monthan Field
Turner E. Stevens
Grace Brown
Many
Reynolds
Sgt. Stevens
Medical Corps
Kane Hopkins
Dorothy Elizabeth Hopkins
Richmond
Francis Kane
Wilmington
Del
Kane
United States Air Forces
Cosmetics To Be Available During War
Wartime cosmetic makers adapt to shortages with California talc replacing Italian ingredients and titanium oxide replacing zinc oxide in powders. Paper containers substitute metal for packaging as the soybean replaces coconut oil in creams and formulas reduce alcohol while maintaining smooth results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
WPB
California
Pearl-Harbor
Walter Winchell On Broadway 1942 Snapshots
New York midnight gossip items spotlight Paulette Goddard with Navy escorts at Ruby Foo's and Dorothy Mackaill on 59th Street. Cohan, Collier banter hints at an ending after Yankee Doodle Dandy. Freddie Sage ill in Boston. Copacabana closes affect Stork biz. Olivia De Havilland and others billed at Lewisohn Stadium rally. Broadway buzz mixes shows, stars, and wartime culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paulette Goddard
Navy
Ruby Foo’s
Dorothy Mackaill
Trim
59Th Street
George M.” Cagney
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Vth Avenue
Ann Mace
Billy Rose
James J. Walker
Louise Stanley
Walker
Betty Compton
Lucy Monroe
Radio City
John Shubert
Mr. Cohan
Willie Collier
Newark
Cohan
Collier
Jimmy Dorsey
Freddie Sages
W. Chrysler, Jr
Stables
Boston
Mr. Chrysler
Stork
Lewisohn Stadium
Olivia DeHavilland
Marian Anderson
Paul Robeson
Bill Robinson
Pearl Buck
Tom Dewey
44Th Street Theatre
SRO
Yankees
Midtown Vignette Sparks Hotel Crepes Fire Laughing Confusion
In the Latin Quarter a debuting busboy stopped a blaze with an extinguisher as crepes suzette sizzled. A headwaiter and staff frantically prepared the dish while patrons mistook the flames for a show. It took an hour to reassure the busboy the place wasn’t on fire and nearly two hours to calm soaked customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin Quarter
Manhattan Murals on 5th Avenue Spotlight USO Heroes
The piece highlights eye catching windows along USO Avenue of Heroes on 5th Avenue with enlarged photos of decorated Americans. It notes a draftee at Pennsy Depot kissing his girl under a Hands Off sign and young British naval officers seen near Barbizon on West 58th. Old Charlie the 50 year doorman at Coney's Steeplechase Park is mentioned along with a Lexington tailor boasting a big apple in his window and a quip about the clothing business relying on it.
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Manhattan
USO
Avenue of Heroes
Pennsy Depot
Barbizon
W. 58Th
Charlie
Coney’s Steeplechase Park
Lexington
Governor Lehman Donates Salary To Military Charities
In Bigtown Smalltalk the governor gives his salary to Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant charities. Irv Caesar’s duty titled Be a Good Soldier is labeled natural by local Tin Panners. Washington weighs a move to declare Italians in the Army as non enemy aliens amid 350000 Italians. A hotel’s cheap meals for officers is teased as 90c ham sandwiches for men earning 25 dollars weekly. A bootblack on 52nd street is accused of peddling reef ers to soldiers and sailors, with MPs expected to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigtown
Lehman
Irv Caesar
Washington
52Nd Street
The Big Time at Cafe Trouville and Lido Beach
A lively roundup highlights Bunty Pendleton and Susan Miller at venues like Cafe Trouville Leon Eddie's and the Lido Beach shows. It lists performers Bing Crosby Rosy Spanish numbers and M Mok handling New York at War all day on June 13. It closes with a tale from White Sulphur Springs about Kurusu the Japanese envoy and a wary G Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunty Pendleton
Cafe Trouville
Wm. Wyler
Mrs. Miniver
N. Brandwynne
Lido Beach
M. Mok
New York
Bing Crosby
Decca
Susan Miller
Leon & Eddie’s
Morris Chaney
Julio Alvarez
Kiplinger
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
Virginia
Kurusu
G-Man
Pearl Harbor
Broadway Epitaphs and Night Club Quips on Barrymore
The piece surveys reactions to John Barrymore’s death noting critics lament the decline from stage greatness to cinema clowns. It contrasts dignity with career success and his late offers of work, framing an era of theatrical judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Phooey
New After Bath Fresheners and Skin Safe Cologne
A new cream cologne labeled sans alcohol remains milky in appearance and gentle on skin with no drying effect. A plant on the counters continues to produce products under the manufacturers' legitimate alcohol quota.
Y W C A Plans Learn To Swim Campaign For Girls
The YWCA will stage a learn to swim campaign for junior high girls the week of June 8 to 12 with morning classes under Miss Nelda Taffe. Participants must register and secure a medical exam by Saturday. The following week, June 15 to 19, elementary school girls will be taught swimming.
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Nelda Taffe
Mickey Mouse Tap Dancing School Summer Course
The Mickey Mouse Tap Dancing school begins its summer course at 2 30 on Saturday at the Tucson School of the Dance located at North Fourth avenue and East Fifth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Mouse Tap Dancing
Tucson School
Past Noble Grand Association Meets For Officer Elections
The Past Noble Grand association will meet at 8 o'clock Friday at the home of Mrs A L Sterns 1988 North Park avenue. Election of officers will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand Association
A. L. Sterns
North Park Avenue
Girl Scouts Stocking Drive Aids Chinese Scouts
Tucson Girl Scouts collect used stockings to send to China as bandages. Ladies launder and drop them in city boxes. only clean white or sheer stockings are accepted. Boxes at Steinfeld's Levy's Jacome's J C Penney Sears and VOC depots. effort inspired by Dr O T Ross John Patric and Dr Ting Lee.
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Girl Scouts
China
Tucson
Portland
Oregon
O’thomas Ross
John Patric
Ting Lee
American Bureau
Salvation Army
Frank Wong
M. A. Strange
Steinfeld’s
Levy's
Jacome’s
Social happenings in Tucson this week
Miss Patianna Winks returned to Tucson after three weeks in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Lieut and Mrs Emery E Royce announce the birth of a son Emery E Royce III on June 3 at St Marys hospital. Mrs Laura Ostrander returns from Flagstaff after attending her daughter Alice Gertrude’s graduation. Jeanne Reilly graduated from St Marys Academy Notre Dame, the youngest of seven Reilly sisters. Julia and Alice attend St Marys College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patianna Winks
Tucson
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miss Winks
The
University
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Emery E. Royce
Emery E. Royce, III
St. Mary's Hospital
Royce
Herman Oberfield
Gertrude Oberfeld
Dr. Royce
Infantry
Hawaii
Laura Ostrander
Flagstaff
Jeanne Reilly
John I. Reilly
St. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame
Ind
Jeanne
Reilly
St. Mary’s
Julia
Alice
Mrs Maree Shasser Leaves Houston Visit Likely Soon
Mrs J O Mack hosts her sister Miss Maree Shasser of Houston Texas for two weeks of entertainment. Shasser will depart tomorrow to return home after an extensive visit with the Mack family.
Local society notes page highlights closures and travels
Mrs Warren A Grossetta hosts a tea for her daughter in law Mrs A V Grossetta wife of Lieut Grossetta Army air forces visiting town. They plan to attend Warren Grossetta Jr naval academy graduation in Annapolis and return home by late June. Mary Gillogly heads to Buffalo to spend summer with Judge and Mrs Edward J Sullivan at Canadian Lake Shore. Multiple small gatherings honor Gillogly and other locals including a patio supper hosted by SS Peter and Paul choir at Max Vosskuhler home and a going away luncheon for Miss Gillogly at Pioneer hotel.
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Warren A. Grossetta
A. V. Grossetta
Grossetta
Army Air Forces
Mary Gillogly
Buffalo
New York
Edward J. Sullivan
Gillogly
Sullivans
Canadian Lake Shore
SS. Peter and Paul Church
Max Vosskuhler
Camil van Hulse
Louis Colman
J. F. Dolan
J. C. Reagan
C. A. O'Leary
Roy Trick
Jean Briggs
Robert Stimson
Arline Finley
Florence Gusmerl
Carmen Kimball
Minnie Pacheco
Emilie Perean
Robert Sencer
Believe in Yourself This War Time Pep Talk
Elsie Robinson urges readers to reclaim youth era confidence and patriotism. She argues adults must believe in their power to contribute to democracy, despite hardship, and to fulfill their destiny for America during wartime.
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America
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Studio party honors Tucson dancers and parents
Mr. Charless Hinds and staff hosted a studio party for dancing students and parents. Recital ticket winners were announced with Charles Caccioppo and Velda Woods tying for first and earning Capizio Tap shoes. Two hundred guests attended as students performed multiple numbers in a year end recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charless Hinds
Tucson
Mary Donnerly
Sara Moses
the Nightingale
Dwight Stroud
Mickey Mouse Preschool
Billie Holloway
Virginia Lois Tully
Virginia Thomson
the Thistle
Charles Caccioppo
Miss Brown
Harriet Blackridge
the Rose
Velda Woods
Italians Strive For Glamour Despite Wartime Shortages
United Press reports Italian women under Fascist rule seek glamour amid rationing and shortages. New restrictions add six sheets for a double bed while mourning is banned for wives and mothers of dead soldiers. Skirts shorten, hats shrink, pants ban remains. Lipstick and imitation silk stock- ings flood the market as loopholes in rationing abound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
U.P
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Nogales Women’s Club Hosts Visiting Officers
Dr. Josie Trinkle and Miss Mary Marroney visited the Nogales Business and Professional Women's club on Wednesday evening. State president Dr. Florence Beck conducted her official visit and later continued to Yuma before returning to Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Trinkle
Mary Marroney
Nogales Business and Professional Women’s Club
Florence Beck
Trinkle
Tucson Society
Nogales Club
Tucson
Beck
Miss Marroney
Dr. Trinkle
Yuma
Phoenix
Tucson Woman's Club Music Section Plans Friday Picnic
The music section will meet at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the club house for a picnic. Members will sew for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Cadet Aviator Profile Highlights Weight and Height
The average aviation cadet who flies bombers and transports weighs 160 pounds and stands 5 feet 11 inches tall.
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Neely Harding
Ruth E. Harding
Denver
Colo
Robert M. Neely
Liberal
Kas
Carl C. E. Mellberg
Neely
Berna Dean Fleming
Sgt
Pvt
Wesley McClure
Bae
KLUB
Charles Acu
South Seas
Jon Hall
Peggy Drake
Lloyd Nolan
Albert Dekker
Constance Moore
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
King Features
U. S. Patent Office
Riviera
Ruban Bleu
Havana-Madrid
Ubangi
Club
Y. W
Raymond Massey
Lynne Overman
Robert Preston
Susan Hayward
Rialto Theatre
Wal
Freddie Bartholomew
Clyde Lane
Anna Sue Dick
Robert F. Sauer
Long Beach
Calif
San Carlos Cafe
Dorothy McCaffery
Arabel Yocum
Anne Stovall
Margaret Cherry
Margaret Hale
Pat Upshaw
Jean Burns
Nancy Mcormick
Jane Williamson
Emma Jane Speece
Martha Dick
Lee Yocum
Kenneth Biggs
Don “Red
Barry Two Gun
Novello Aaron
Chisley Temple Leet
Herbert Marshall
Laraine Day
Gail Patrick
Felix Bressart
Mickie and
Ace
Casa Grande Highway
Elsie Robinson
Tucson School of the Dance
Virginia Casey
Patricia Ferguson
Lois McAlister
Margie Perrins
Jean Sager
Virginia Schreurs
Pat Sieber
Mary Schneiter
Jocelyn Schultz
Betty Jean Urwin
Bonnie Jean Underwood
Barbara Weils
Elaine Wilson
John Ageton
Howard Crawford
Larry Dadisman
Floyd Haupt
Edward McGuckin
Don Norman
Bud Putney
Herbert Rubinstein
Saul Gold
Garry Neal
Tom Mount
Grant Craig
Fred Thompson
Norman Wallace
Sue Allen
Santa
Rita
Ernie
Lewis and His Orchestra
Ken
Army Airbase
Mr. Horton
American Institute of Laundering
Caruso’s
Raviola
EL Charro
Miracle Mile
City
Lowell
Venice Gardens
Swan Rds
C . Chines Shanghai
Business Club
Nogales
Paramount
Prosperity Klub
Threesoho Ey
Edward Small
George Brent
Mischa Auer
Una Merkel
Gentleman
Donlevy and
Hopkins
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