Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Tucson Daily Citizen in Tucson, Arizona

We have 3,310,217 pages in Arizona

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1941

Page

4

Tucsonans Wed In Other Cities

Marriages of Tucson natives were announced including Virginia Maye Perry and Robert Caldwell wed May 4 in Lordsburg New Mexico in a civil ceremony. They plan to reside in Tucson after a June 22 return from a wedding trip to California.

Caldwell Prescott California Tucson Bauersfield-Lutz University of Arizona Rosemary Bauersfield Phoenix George J. Lutz Chicago Globe High School Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Lutz Globe Montibello

Wee Ellen Wilkinson Keeps Shelters Safe In Wartime London

Ellen Wilkinson known as Stormy Petrel, MP and undersecretary to Home Security, tours underground shelters nightly. The 23 year political veteran battles to shelter dwellers and prevent shelters becoming night clubs while juggling duties, meals, and long hours.

London England Ellen Wilkinson Petrel” Wilkinson Ministry of Home Security Wee Ellen Manchester Commons Spain

Wanda Poarch to Attend Oberlin YWCA Orientation

The YWCA business and industrial committee met at the downtown center. Plans approved for Mrs Wanda Poarch to attend the national orientation course at Oberlin College July 2 to 30. A western conference will be held August 9 to 16 at Giant Forest lodge Sequoia National Park with a delegation from here attending.

Association West Alameda Mabel Lewis Wanda Poarch Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio

Red Cross Staff Assistance Course Offered in Santa Rita

A Red Cross staff assistance course begins next week at the Santa Rita hotel with meetings Monday Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 4. Mrs Boyd Morehead, volunteer service chair, announces 11 sessions for volunteers to assist the staff as receptionists, publicity helpers and information desk aides. The first lecture is at 2 PM next Monday. sign up at the Red Cross chapter office.

American Red Cross Santa Rita Boyd Morehead Cactus Room Red Cross Red Cross Chapter

Walter Winchell On Broadway 1941 Preview

The first nights feature Damon Runyon's Tight Shoes at the Ziegfeld Theater with invited guests from Runyon's stories. Notables include Harry the Horse and others, promising a Broadway style premiere and a unique preview audience. Runyon leads the event as others wear Tight Hats.

Damon Runyon Ziegfeld Runyon Harry the Horse Broadway Rose Commodore Dutch Big Butch Swifty Morgan Renee Hatcheck Girl Night Mayor Broadway Louie the Louse Izzy the Painter Ike Skibooch Blackie Paddock Charlie Chicago George Lennie Lyon New York

The Magic Lanterns and Wartime Capers Review

The piece praises Sunny with Marilyn Miller and Jack Donohue and notes Ray Bolger and Anna Neagle involvement. It highlights One Night in Lisbon as lively if nonsensical. It mentions Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll in a bomber wartime setting. Abbott and Costello star in In the Navy with musical numbers from Powell and the Andrews sisters.

Marilyn Miller Jack Donohue Ray Bolger Anna Neagle Hartmans Lisbon Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Abbott and Costello Dick Powell the Andrews Girls

Radio sniping and TV talk fuel a fading craft in public theater

The column rails at radio bias in reporting and TV sponsors guiding careers. It mocks in sinuous prose the Dodgers Reds game broadcast and the rise of certain on air personalities tied to sponsors. It notes a fad for falsetto and the hit of Claudia as a network bargain.

Huns Herald-Trib Herr” Hitler Roosevelt Dodgers Reds Whoosis Fred Allen Minerva Plus Mr. Schwish Claudia

The Story Tellers and Cultural Notes Across Magazines

Joseph B Phillips argues Stalin gains vast territory without full war praise in Who. Henrys may threaten Bolo borders over British policy. North Bigbee lauds tent shows with Jeanne Engels and Rosalind Russell. Atlantic Monthly’s June piece Poison in Our System warned. Dorothy Thompson writes to Mr Big in Look. Satevenost June 14 editorial praises Uncle Whiskers. Carl Sandburg’s Mr Longfellow and His Boy appears in Collier’s.

Joseph B. Phillips Hitler Joe Stalin Phillips Peter the Great Henries Bolo Britain North Bigbee Jeanne Engels Rosalind Russell Atlantic Monthly Dorothy Thompson Look Big

The Front Pages and the Kremlin Question

A curatorial note on headlines and reporting standards questions the depth of coverage on Communist party lines in U S newspapers. It critiques the use of Hitler handouts and treaty feelers as amateur reporting and mocks the symmetry of press speculation.

Communist Party Bolshevicks Kremlin Cudahy Anne O'Hare McCormick U. S Hitler

Quotations on Virtues and Vices From An Anthology

A compiled selection of aphorisms and lines from writers including Walpole Browne Galsworthy Ruskin Ferber Kipling and others. The snippets cover gratitude happiness appearances deceit and social attitudes with varied tone and brevity.

H. Walpole Tom Meany Thomas Browne A. Laboulaye Anon J. Galsworthy Carolyn Wells Rosalie Ruskin Edna Ferber Chicago Jack Warwick Hitler Kipling Portland Express New York Georgia News

Lady Astor Keeps Busy With Work In England At War

Virginia born MP from Plymouth, Lady Astor, leads four jobs across England and London. She attends daily sessions, shuttles by motor cycle, and runs the 600 bed Canadian hospital on her Cliveden estate while hosting American patients and coordinating defense welfare work. She also serves as lady mayoress when in Plymouth and keeps an executive house operation with secretaries handling tasks. She even slept upstairs during the Blitz, reading the Bible for calm.

Lady Astor Europe M.P Plymouth London Astor Estate Cliveden

Nebraska historian seeks front line assignment

Dr. A E Sheldon an 80 year old longtime superintendent of the Nebraska historical society in Lincoln Nebraska asks to return to the European battle front as a war correspondent. He spent nine months at the front during World War I writing for Nebraska newspapers.

Lincoln Neb. U.P A. E. Sheldon Nebraska Historical Society Sheldon Nebraska

Government Heights Homemakers Plan Summer Visit and Meeting

Mrs. T. L. Nason hosted the Government Heights Homemakers Club at her home for an al fresco luncheon. They mapped an itinerary for July visits to Tucson institutions and other sites, heard from Mary Darby on the country life conference, and elected James Sadow as second vice president.

T. L. Nason Government Heights Country Life Nason H. E. Dedrick E. F. Davis Tucson Mary Darby Country Life Conference Warner Taylor W. L. Heist James Sadow C. S. Hendershot A. N. Hawes J. D. Kinder

University of Arizona staff take month long vacations

Miss Peggy O Neall secretary in the office of Dean of Men A H Otis at the University of Arizona leaves for a one month vacation. Henry Cox from the university library also on vacation. Dr J C Duncan from Wellesley College visits Tucson to see daughter Mrs G W Stricker. The Hood family and Miss Katherine Vann visit Tucson with Mrs Hood’s relatives J C Guyton. They tour Grand Canyon and other Arizona sights before returning to Birmingham. Dr and Mrs John Sloan Mikell and family depart for Laguna Beach California for a short holiday.

Peggy O'Neall A H. Otis University of Arizona Henry Cox The Tucson J. C. Duncan G. W. Stricker John Sloan Mikell Laguna Beach Calif

House Guests and Travel Plans Mentioned in Local Notes

Mrs. Harry Ransom hosts her niece Miss Ernes teen Bartelt of Hadden Heights New Jersey as she spends most of the summer in Tucson before heading to California and Oregon. Bartelt returns east in the fall. Mrs. Marion Upshaw recently departed for California for a few weeks in resort cities.

Harry Ransom Ernesteen Bartelt Hadden Heights N. J Tucson California Oregon Miss Bartelt East Marion Upshaw

Hat Styles Map The Country In Street Fashion

A travel through American headwear shows geography in style. Washington D C favors Toyo straw with navy birds while California porch-sitters wear fine straw with embroidery signaling dignity and leisure. San Francisco earns praise as best-dressed city with two toned felt suits.

California San Francisco

Hat designer notes city hat tastes across the nation

Helen Liebert, a hat designer and maker, profiles how women in New Orleans Milwaukee Los Angeles Washington San Francisco and other cities choose hats. She links Mardi Gras fashion to higher spending and cites urban trends from porch-sitters to celebrity social events like the Veiled Prophet Ball.

Helen Liebert Miss Liebert New Orleans Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Minneapolis California Los Angeles Florida Washington, D. C San Francisco New York

Mrs Franklin and relatives visit in California

Mrs S M Franklin and her daughter Mrs Franklin Farman are visiting in La Jolla California. Mrs Edith Anderson of Salem Oregon has been visiting her sister Mrs E J Greenfield and her niece Mrs W L Martin and Mr Martin for a short time en route home after a visit in the east.

Mrs S. M. Franklin Mrs. Franklin Farman la Jolla, California Edith Anderson Salem Oregon E. J. Greenfield W. L. Martin Mr. Martin

Arizona student joins eight week summer theater group

Miss Kathryn Pells, a University of Arizona junior, travels to White Plains New York to join a summer theater group for eight weeks. She previously won the outstanding performance award from the university dramatics group and will return to Tucson for the next college year.

Kathryn Pells University of Arizona White Plains N. Y Pells University Dramatics Tucson

Vorhies Family Guests From Los Angeles This Week

Dr and Mrs C T Vorhies entertain this week with their son Charles and daughter in law Mrs Charles Vorhies visiting from Los Angeles.

C. T. Vorhies Charles Vorhies Los Angeles

Young Woman Bets On White Minks At Goshen Farm

Gabriella LeDorf, 24, works at American Fur Farms Goshen New York caring for 250 of 4000 minks and 20 chinchillas. She helps breed for pure white mink and polygamous chinchillas while aiming to run her own mink ranch someday.

Adelaide Kerr Gabriella LeDorf Miss LeDorf Goshen N. Y Manhattan Brigham Solomon LeDorf Pierre

Disease hits Haitian banana farms harming farmers nationwide

Across Haiti farmers face widespread hardship as a banana tree disease spreads through the country. The condition threatens livelihoods and local agriculture as livelihoods depend on export and local markets.

Haiti

Father Connelly Jubilee Program Planned in Tucson Tonight

Arrangements for a golden jubilee celebration for Rev. Thomas J. Connelly include a 9 o clock sacerdotal mass at All Saints church and a luncheon at the Pioneer hotel. Prominent Catholics from across the state are expected to attend in Tucson. Connelly has led All Saints since 1912 after coming from Illinois. Committee members are Steve Tormey chair, Chris Reilly, R. E. Gephart, Mr and Mrs James Foy, Rev John L. Howard, and several Mrs and Misses including Mary E Holohan Katherine S Kelly Myrtle Duffy Mary Maroney Clara Aschoff May Bake Anna Frick and Frank Ricke.

Father Connelly All Saints Pioneer Hotel Tucson All Saints Church Arizona Illinois Steve Tormey Chris Reilly R. E. Gephart James Foy John

Woman To Fly Atlantic For Study In England

American aviatrix Miss Jacqueline Cochran awaited takeoff at an eastern Canadian airport to fly the Atlantic as first officer on a bomber ferried to Britain. In England she will study women’s roles in ferrying and other air service work with an eye to U S defense uses. She passed ferry pilot tests given by Alfero, the bomber-ferrying group.

Montreal Jacqueline Cochran Atlantic Britain England Miss Cochran United States Alfero

Bryants Leave Bethany School After 65 Years

The Bethany Missouri school will start next fall without a Bryant on the roll for the first time since 1876. The Bryant line began with John B. Bryant, who became a judge, and ends with Bruce Bryant from the current senior class.

Bethany Bryant John B. Bryant Bruce Bryant

Buckeye Tree Dedication Honors Jimmy Hull at OSU

Ohio State University athletic managers association dedicates a buckeye tree to basketball great Jimmy Hull on campus. Hull becomes the first cage star to be honored in an All American row.

Columbus O. U.P Scarlet Key Ohio State University Jimmy Hull Hull

Russia to Increase Large Horned Cattle Output This Year

Russia plans to raise the number of large horned cattle in the current year. Officials say the move aims to boost meat production and supply stability amid rising domestic demand and global market pressures.

Russia

Sewing Exhibit Set By Auxiliary At Labor Temple

The ladies' auxiliary to the Tucson Central Trades Council will hold a free sewing exhibit Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the Labor Temple. President Mrs Adonna McLean presided as finals were discussed and merchants agreed to supply clothing with union labels. Chairmen Mrs Byron Allen and Mrs Joe Whalen outlined social and club plans and a social hour followed.

Tucson Central Trades Council Adonna McLean John Durkin Byron Allen Joe Whalen Chatterbox Sewing Club Labor Temple

Little Ricks College Drops Intercollegiate Football

Rexburg Idaho officials announced Little Ricks College will drop intercollegiate football to reallocate the budget toward expanding the intra mural program and defense efforts.

Rexburg, Ida Little Ricks College Idaho Rexburg

Chicken Pox Party Draws Trinidad Children

A Trinidad Colorado event invited children with chicken pox only by mark of the disease. Parents gathered, while health officials advised caution and monitored attendance during the outbreak period.

Trinidad, Colo Trinidad

Also Mentioned on This Page

Adelaide Kerrap Oberlin, Ohio Walter Winchell Daily Mirror King Features Reg Patent Office By Adelaide Kerr Homemakers Club Washington Amy Porter Daily Reminder Order of the Eastern Star Thomas J. Connelly Tucson Fertilizer CO Grabe Chenault Marinello School OF Beauty Culture Sixth Avenue Bermuda Lawn Bermuda M.E.O Langers Stone Pennington Keg Dunhill Shantungs
Search Courier

Search the Tucson Daily Citizen Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Tucson Daily Citizen?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication