Members of Junior League Hear Report of President
Members of the Junior League of Tucson met at the Arizona Inn for a year-end regular gathering with husbands, featuring a buffet supper. A report on the twenty third annual conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America in New York City May 7 to 10 was presented, along with remarks by the second delegate Mrs Richard Chambers now residing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior League of Tucson
Arizona Inn
William John Tucker
Charles Clark
Hay- Fulton
Rollin Wilburn
Association of Junior Leagues of America
New York City
Richard Chambers
New York
United States
Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
Linville K. Martin
Association
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
Vera Micheles
Foreign Policy Association
Shuster
Margaret Mead
American Museum of Natural History
Eduard Lindeman
New York School of Social Work
William Lloyd
Lew Place
Eugene Durand
Henry Merchant
Rollin Wilbur, Jr
Albert Gibson
Elmer Flaccus
Ralph Woods
Social notes from the Arizona Inn luncheon plans
Mrs C A Schofield leaves Sunday for a west coast visit. Mrs John Evans and her son Stuart return to New Orleans from Tucson. Miss Louise Manley and Mrs Margaret Schuler will host a luncheon tomorrow at the Arizona Inn.
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C. A. Schofield
West Coast
John Evans
Stuart
Tucson
New Orleans
Louise Manley
Margaret Schuler
Arizona Inn
Mrs F H James Hosts Luncheon at Old Pueblo Club
Mrs. F H James entertained guests at a luncheon today at the Old Pueblo club with informal chatter and light refreshments.
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F. H. James
Old Pueblo Club
Wilbur Family Plans Summer Trip to California
Mrs. Rollin Wilbur Jr and her sons Robin and Evitt will leave Wednesday to spend the summer in Redondo Beach California while Mr Wilbur stays in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin Wilbur, Jr
Robin
Evitt
Redondo Beach
Calif
Wilbur
Tucson
Culbertsons Visit Montana During Holiday Tour
Mrs. Mabel V. Culbertson of 1019 North Palm road and her daughter Miss Elinor Culbertson are visiting in Montana for a holiday tour, enjoying local sights and hospitality.
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Mabel V. Culbertson
North Palm Road
Elinor Culbertson
Montana
Mrs John Stewart to Relocate to Pueblo Colorado
Mrs John Stewart will depart soon for Pueblo Colorado where her husband has been transferred.
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John Stewart
Pueblo, Colo
Cadets Honored at Dragoon Supper and Ride
Twenty two naval cadets from Safford were the honored guests at a supper and horseback ride Saturday evening hosted by Mrs. Claire Webb at the 76 ranch near Dragoon.
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Safford
Claire Webb
Dragoon
Marine officer mistaken for Churchill in Boston crowds
Lt Comdr Mark Huber of the U S Marine Corps is repeatedly mistaken for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Admirers in Boston grabbed him and insisted he was the Casablanca conference figure. He is 20 years younger than Churchill.
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Churchill
Choose a Job That Hurts to Stay Young
A 1943 King Features Syndicate column argues that lifelong youth and vitality come from choosing challenging work and hard living. It claims minds and bodies stay fit only through difficulty, conflict, and pressure, warning easy life leads to complacency and decay.
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King Features Syn., Inc
Betrothal of Harriet Schwenker Announced for June Wedding
Mr and Mrs C W Schwenker of Tucson announce the engagement of their daughter Harriet to S L Baritell son of Mrs K L Baritell of Miami Fla The wedding is planned for June 28 Harriet a 1942 University of Arizona graduate and Phi Beta Kappa Phi Kappa Phi member Baritell UC graduate and former UW cancer research fellow Phi Sigma Alpha Zeta Sigma Xi members both in their sophomore year at UC medical school San Francisco The ceremony will take place next June in the Mountain home of C Hoyt over the previous weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Hoyt
C. W. Schwenker
Tucson
Harriet
S. L. Baritell
K. L. Baritell
Miami
Fla
University of Arizona
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Baritell
University of California
University of Wisconsin
Phi Sigma
Alpha Zeta Agriculture Club
Sigma Xi
University of California Medical School
San Francisco
Calif
Community notices for Tuesday and Wednesday meetings
Arizona chapter No 2 C E S meets Tuesday at 8 at the Scottish Rite cathedral. Chapparal Toastmistress club gathers Wednesday noon at Old Pueblo club. US Ettes dance at All Saints hall 8 o'clock. Ministerial association sponsors Starr Daily speech Wednesday at YWCA 3:30 to 5:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
C.E.S
Scottish Rite
Chapparal
Old Pueblo Club
US Ettes
All Saints Hall
Ministerial Association
Starr
YWCA
Bullfighters Vote To Strike For Higher Pay
In Mexico City on June 15 the bullfighters union voted to strike against the Mexico City Bullring company seeking higher pay per fight. Picadors and banderilleros perform lancing and darting actions to prepare the matador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Picadors
Banderilleros
Walter Winchell In New York A Tour Of Oddities
Walter Winchell surveys New York quirks from Williams Street’s many names to a Handel tune from the Met Life clock The Arts Club’s underground passage built for process servers and other city curiosities the 7 State Street house 1794 tenants and gas lit MacDougal Alley artifacts glass mosaic atop RCA building and a street corner oddity at West 4th and West 11th Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Street
Met Life Insurance
Handel
Comte
State Street
MacDougal Alley
59Th Street
Sixth Avenue
RCA
West 4Th Street
West 11Th Street
Odd Corners and Quirks of New York Streets and Landmarks
The piece surveys unconventional city features including a tombless Marble Cemetery on Second Avenue, Broadway Alley near the famed street, a two foot square real estate patch at Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street, and a Pearl Street house with stairs outside. It notes Broadway’s bend at 11th Street due to a farmer’s refusal to let a road cut his land and recalls the hansom cab named for designer Joseph Aloysius Hansom.
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Second Avenue
Broadway Alley
Seventh Avenue
Christopher Street
Hess
Pearl Street
Broadway
11Th Street
Joseph Aloysius Hansom
London
Odd New York Corners Tale with Hidden Valleys and Legends
The article surveys quirky New York spots from Inwood Hill’s ancient caves used by lovers to a 190th Street subway cut carved from a cliff. It notes a blacksmith shop near Murray Hill, a Bowling Green statue incident, and a secret underground passage to the morgue. It also recounts a Chinatown ghost gold fable tied to 3 Doyers Street.
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Inwood Hill Park
Swanky
Murray Hill
190Th
Central Park
Bowling Green
George II
East River
Morgue
Chinatown
Doyers Street
Notable New York Landmarks and Odd Facts Emergence
The piece surveys Manhattan features from upper Tenth Avenue farms to Maiden Lane theatre sites once loved by George Washington. It notes pre Civil War tenements on the Lower East Side, Gramercy Park’s rise from swamp, a Pearl Street fire tablet, a Park and 34th Street building with no numbered address, Harlem’s valuable poverty and Hart Island’s cellless prison, plus Virgin’s Lane renamed Maiden Lane.
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Manhattan
Upper Tenth Avenue
New York
Maiden Lane
George Washington
Lower East Side
Gramercy Park
Pearl Street
34Th and
Park
Harlem
Hart's Island
Virgin's Lane
New York City Sights of Yesterday and Firsts
The excerpt surveys Manhattan landmarks and history from exclusive hotels and lighthouses to Bronx Park and Peace House. It notes the Roxy Theatre capacity, the New York Public Library’s offerings, and historic claims like New York City’s status as a former U.S. capital and an early tea party before Boston. It mentions local oddities such as a dog at 53rd Street and a self-playing bevy of urban trivia.
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Bull's Hotel
First Avenue
180Th Street
Hudson
New York
Bronx Park
Fifth Avenue
110Th Street
West 48Th Street
Broadwa
Star and Garter
Music Box
45Th Street
42Nd Street
New York Public Library
Roxy Theatre
Joseh Kelsey
King’s Theatre
Budapest
Joan Crawford
John Gilbert
Murray Hill Hotel
53Rd and
Sixth Avenue
Manhattan
Boston
New York City
U. S
WAAC Recruiting Officer Loses Recruits in Boston
Lieut. Ernestine Stephenson, WAAC recruiting officer for Tucson, searches Boston for eight Arizona recruits who vanish on a train. The group reappears on arrival at Ft. Devens after a delay and undergoes initial testing and training. Restrictions on eyesight and height are being lifted, enabling broader enlistment. Stephenson later visits her ill husband in Rochester, New York.
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WAAC
Boston
Ernestine Stephenson
Tucson
Arizona
Binet
Wash Taining
Lieut. Stephenson
Ft. Devens
Mass
Lieut
Stephenson
Rochester
N. Y
Naval Hospital
General WSCS Meeting at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds a meeting on Tuesday at 8 pm on the church lawn. Mrs. T. F. Buehrer leads devotions, Dr. A. O. Sim ley speaks, and Mrs. Ruth Bushnell serves as soloist.
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W.S.C.S
First Methodist Church
Church Lawn
T. F. Buehrer
A. O. Simley
Ruth Bushnell
Scouts Open House At Girl Scout Day Camp
The Tucson Girl Scouts invite the public to an open house from 8 to 11 30 a m at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind on West Speedway. About 225 girls enjoy camp life as crafts dancing swimming nature study and games continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson Girl Scouts
Arizona State School For the Deaf and Blind
West Speedway
L. A. Romine
Pima County Salvage
Alice Lundquist
Betty Mead
Brenman Brownies
John McInnes
William Pollard
Walter E. Dugan
Helen
Massell
Bazy Miller
Wizard of Oz
Patricia Brazil
Joan Irving
Clementine James
Ellen Douglas
Marjorie Pilling
Mary Henson
Dana Rogers
J. E. Fisher
Eleanor Coleman
Royal Irving
No More News About Axis War Prisoners
Charles A. Pickrell director of the University of Arizona extension service says Washington ordered no further information on war prisoners. He believes the government aims to prevent enemy discovery of prisoner movements in the United States.
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Washington
Charles A. Pickrell
University of Arizona Agricultural Extension Service
Pickrell
United States
Daily Calorie Need for a Resting Human
A resting human requires roughly 1,680 calories per day to sustain basic physiological functions. This figure represents minimal energy needs for an average adult at rest, not accounting for activity or growth.
Lend-Lease Aid to Russia Totals Major Shipments
A U S report covers 19 months ending April 30 detailing lend lease to Russia. Weapons including tanks planes and guns numbered in the thousands and 725000 tons of steel plus 145000 tons of copper brass nickel and similar materials supported the Soviet war effort. Food shipments reached 1077000 tons to feed soldiers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washin IN
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Stettinius
Lendlease
Local Youth Graduates At New England School
Richard H. Converse of Tucson is listed among Mount Hermon school for boys graduates for the June 14 commencement. The fifty seventh program opens with outdoor class day events and features a Glee Club concert. Headmaster Porter retires July 1 and Dean Brown of Yale Divinity School will speak. Converse participates in the choir Capella and Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Northk
Mass
Richard H. Converse
Guy Converse
Mabel Street
Tucson
Mount Hermon School
Northfield School
Northfield Seminary
David R. Porter
William E. Park
Northfield Schools
Eves
Charles R. Brown
Yale Divinity School
Richard
Bellwood Named President at Arizona State Teachers College
Bellwood, longtime dean at the Arizona State Teachers College Flagstaff, will assume the presidency tomorrow as Dr. Thomas J. Tormey departs for a year’s leave. Tormey has led the college since 1933 and will become California’s war services director through July 1, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Tom O. Bellwood
Arizona State Teachers’ College
Thomas J. Tormey
California
Dr. Tormey
New Setup For War Meat To Fight Shortage
A county war meat committee under the state war board moves to oversee the meat program in case of shortages. The 2 p m meeting at the war office discusses directives, permits, and preventing black market activity while coordinating with the federal food distribution admin istration. The panel plans to include field men and the meat supervisor in decisions on slaughter permits and future projects.
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State War Board
Usda War
O. M. Lassen
Pima County
War Office
East Pennington
Tucson
War Board
Agricultural Administration Association
County War Boards
County War Meat Committee
Food Distribution Administration
County War Board and Meat Committee
Pima County War Board
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Harriet Schwenker
Daily Reminder
Walter Winchell
Eugene Oil
Doreen Beauty Shop
E. Pennington
Phon
Ise In
Zean Lees
Gaiua
U.S
New England School
Bellwood
Life With
Junior
ELM
The
Borden Cow
Unessen
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
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