Walter Winchell in New York and North Africa Frontlines
Int'l News Service war color piece by George Lait recounts Walter Winchell’s 31 months in combat zones from the London blitz to Rommel’s retreat toward Bizerte. Heat, water scarcity, and makeshift desert logistics amid Allied pursuit frame vivid battlefield life and mail delivery quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Africa
George Lait
Int'l News Service
London
Bizerte
New York
Desert
Desert Trade and Customs Across North Africa and War Regions
The piece notes Islamic polygamy and divorce practices, describing concubinage and public Talak. It describes barter items for troops in the desert tea, sugar, and hasheesh with a tea egg exchange history. It recounts Bedouin and Ghurka knife customs demanding a bloodied display to avoid losing face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Libya
Cyrenaica
Tripolitania
African Desert
North Africa
Deceptive Introductions Use Miss Trout Alias
In New York a woman seeking to brush off a man uses the name Miss Trout and provides the Aquarium number as hers. In Cairo and Alexandria the tactic shifts to the Egyptian Army Barracks number with instructions to ask for Yamenick Talata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miss Trout
Aquarium
Cairo
Alexandria
Desert Arab Cleans Daily for Prayer Rite
A description contrasts city Arabs with desert Bedouins noting the Bedouin’s meticulous cleanliness. It states the desert Arab bathes with fine dry sand at least seven times daily to purify before each of the seven daily prayers to Allah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Desert
Allah
Desert geography through Bedouin eyes in roaming life
The narrator contrasts Western maps with Bedouin understanding, noting that Europeans and Americans separate wastes into named places like Wadi Chebir and Jebel Akdar, while Bedouins define places by their own roaming areas and personal Big River course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadi Chebir
Jebel Akdar
Green Hills
Ain el Gazalla
Gazelle Springs
Meeting at Casablanca Confirmed by Desert Sources
A reporter recalls hearing of the Roosevelt Churchill conference at Casablanca via Taureg camel drivers and Cairo reports before Western papers could publish, noting the event was delayed for military security and only later confirmed by Chicago Sun correspondent Chester Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Eighth Army
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Chester Morrison
Chicago Sun
Cairo
Arabic unifys written language across distinct dialects
Across North Africa the common tongue is Arabic yet dialects vary so much natives cannot understand each other spokenly. Written Arabic remains uniform since literate Arabs learn it from the Koran allowing strangers to communicate by writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Beggars Grow Rich in Arab Lands Under Almsgiving Customs
A description of almsgiving in Islamic Africa where beggars chant backsheesh and outsiders face minimum coins as requests. The article notes varied local values: one piastre in Egypt, a lira in Libya, or a franc in Tunisia and nearby regions. It contrasts civilian poverty with rising beggar wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Post Office
New York
Tripoli
Cairo
Sherman Billingsley
Stork
Tunisia
Sherman
Taureg
Islamic Africa
Egypt
Libya
Tripolitania
Algeria
Morocco
Arabs side with UN out of hatred for Italians
An Arab sheik says North Africa Arabs back the United Nations not for democracy but to avenge Italian oppression. He praises Germans, English, and Americans as fighters, but insists the Arab blood feud with Italy compels support against Italy’s allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
United Nations
Glossary Misprint Links Shellacking To Truth
In the London Express the British editor’s glossary defined shellacking as the unvarnished truth. The author recalls oversleeping and the Winchell column’s glossary relying on British edits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
London Express
Tucson Girl to Marry Marine
Mrs. Robert E. Fenter announces the engagement and approaching marriage of Betty Ann Chester to Paul B. Price. The wedding will be in San Diego, California in the coming week. Chester, a Tucson native, lived on the Chester ranch in Canyon Del Oro and graduated from Amphi Theater School in May. Price is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Price and serves as a Marine paratrooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Fenter
Betty Ann Chester
Paul B. Price
San Diego
Calif
Miss Chester
Tucson
Chester Ranch
Canyon del Oro
Santa Catalina Mountains
P. B. Price
Bass
Mansfeld School
Bishop’s School For Girls
la Jolla
Claypool
Dodson High School
Ryan Air School
U. S
Ryan Aircraft
Manley
0. Dibble
Phoenix
F. L. Jackél
Austin
Texas
Dorothy Hardy
George C. Naden
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles E. Claypool
Dodson, Mont
Bishop’s School
Jean Campbell
Point Loma
Georgia Campbell
Chula Vista
Mary Wenrich
The
Mann
Navy Mothers Club to Meet at VFW Hall Monday
Navy Mothers' club holds a work meeting Monday at 8 o'clock in the VFW hall. Members are asked to bring darning needles to work on wheelchair robes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Mothers’ Club
VFW
World Cruise Planned By Trinity Presbyterian Women
The World Cruise at Home event for the Women’s Association of Trinity Presbyterian Church unfolds first meeting Tuesday in Fellowship Hall. Booths depict countries enabling an around the world tour with wartime and peace readings, souvenirs, costumes, maps, posters, music, and a slideshow. Mrs John W Buchannon leads as association president with co-chairs Mrs Calvin E Buswell and Mrs Grier assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Women's Association
Fellowship Hall
John W. Buchannon
Calvin E. Buswell
A Grier
R. B
Engagement of Betty Lee James and Lieut. Charles Pickrell Made Public
At a luncheon at the El Conquistador hotel Tucson native Betty Lee James daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. H. James and Lieut. (j. g.) Charles Pickrell son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles U. Pickrell announced their engagement. The couple plans a July 5 ceremony at the Navy base chapel in Seattle with both sets of parents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Lee James
S. H. James
Tucson
J.g
Charles Pickrell
Charles A. Pickrell
el Conquistador Hotel
Miss James
University of Arizona
Lieut. Pickrell
el Conquistador
J. G
Charles U. Pickrell
East Helen
Kappa Sigma
Naval Air Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Jacksonville
Seattle
Wash
Navy Base
Three Pegs Presented by Tucson Youth Theater
The Tucson Children's Theatre will stage The Three Pegs on June 30 at the Roskruge junior high school auditorium directed by Mrs. Mary Mac Murtrie. Cast includes Kathryn Penden as Miss Emily Weston Aileen Myerson as Aunt Euphelia Rebecca Sue Jones as Marguerite Brown Patsy Bowling as Madge Fleming Marilyn Myerson as Peg Southworth Jackie Homendoff as Sarah Freda Marie Peters as Lizzie Dita Kaye DuBois as Mrs Conti Lynn Price as Mrs Barclay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roskruge
Tucson Children’s Theatre
Mary MacMurtrie
Kathryn Penden
Emily Weston
Aileen Myerson
Aunt Euphelia
Rebecca Sue Jones
Marguerite Brown
Patsy Bowling
Madge Fleming
Marilyn Myerson
Peg Southworth
Jackie Homendoff
Sarah
Freda Marie Peters
Lizzie
Dita Kaye DuBois
Mrs. Conti
Lynn Price
Mrs. Barclay
Tucson Boys Set for Navy Officer Training Trip
A group of Tucson youths leaves Tuesday morning for the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque to begin college under Navy sponsored training. Selected as college students prepared to become officers, they enlist as apprentice seamen and will receive commissions after completing an intensified program. Participants include Bob Blaise Richard Byers Rudolph Gerdin Saul Gold Allyn Hazard Richard Hjermstad Eugene Husted Eugene Lauck George Lemmon Mike Mahoney Robert Miller Guy Mon than Irwin Shull Bill Small and Larry Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Navy
Tucson
Bob Blaise
Richard Byers
Rudolph Gerdin
Saul Gold
Allyn Hazard
Richard Hjermstad
Eugene Husted
Eugene Lauck
George Lemmon
Mike Mahoney
Robert Miller
West Virginia Couple Wed in Informal St Phillips Ceremony
Miss Jessie E. P. Whitaker and Jess L. Hadsell of Wheeling wed at St. Phillips in the Hills in a 6:45 p.m. service officiated by Rev. C. E. Huntington. The bride wore powder blue crepe and carried an orchid on an ivory prayerbook. After a Santa Rita hotel reception, the couple plans a Tucson home at 1027 North Martin after July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Phillips-in-the- Hills
Jessie E. P. Whitaker
Jess L. Hadsell
Wheeling
West Va
C. E. Huntington
George P. Whitaker
Richard B. Corcoran
Santa Rita
Tucson
North Martin
Miss Whitaker
G. P. Whitaker
Pine Manor
C. H. Hadsell
Duke University
Beta Theta Pi
Davis-Monthan Field
Work by War Service Club in June
Bundles for America shipped 206 knitted garments to Army and 164 Navy items to Oakland supply depot. They sent 675 garments via three packages, 38 quilts and afghans, mended garments for 75 local men, and made 50 curtains for dayrooms at air fields. A USO party and a week of bond and stamp sales at J.C. Penney supported the effort with $702.09 raised on tag day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
USO
J. C. Penney
Traffic Violators To Lose Gas Ration Books
Phoenix June 26 An immediate loss of gasoline ration coupon books was planned for flagrant traffic violators. The office of price administration ordered Arizona highway patrolmen to confiscate books at arrest, ending the prior method of sending conviction records to local rationing boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Office of Price Administration
Arizona
Why Does It Go Drab Why Does Life Go Drab at 30
Essay argues sight blends eyes and mind and that growing old is self caused. It urges readers to reawaken curiosity, abandon laziness and greed, and keep life vivid by expecting surprises and seeing inner meaning. The piece cites Rafael Sabatini to illustrate perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rafael Sabatini
Gregory Orloff
Catherine
Johnsons Attend Son Ralph Jr Graduation in Yuma
Mr and Mrs Ralph FE Johnson of 2222 East Third Street returned from Yuma where their son Ralph Johnson Jr graduated as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Lieut Johnson will go to Mather Field California for further training. While in Yuma they were guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph FE. Johnson
East Third Street
Yuma
Ralph, Jr
Army Air Corps
Johnson
Mather Field
Calif
Fred Arnold
Ochoa Sisters Stay at Barbizon Plaza in New York
Mrs. Gertrude McCleary Ochoa and Miss Thelma Ochoa are vacationing in New York and lodging at the Barbizon Plaza hotel during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude McCleary Ochoa
Thelma Ochoa
Barbizon Plaza Hotel
New York
Mrs Felix Heads to Los Angeles to Visit Son in USC Navy Reserve
Mrs Louis J Felix departed this week for Los Angeles California to visit her son Robert L Felix a dental student at the University of Southern California who has recently enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve She will remain on the coast for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Felix
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert L. Felix
University of Southern California
U. S. Naval Reserve
Felix
Fariss Derring Kimball Leaves for Tulane Medical Training
Fariss Derring Kimball son of Mrs Fariss Kimball of 1227 East India Street departed for medical training at Tulane University in New Orleans Louisiana on June 23 He holds the rank of second lieutenant in the U S Army Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fariss Derring Kimball
Fariss Kimball
East India Street
Tulane University
New Orleans
U. S. Army
Petrillo seeks new powers to ban recordings
James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians moves to extend the recording ban by asking solo singers to refrain from records without accompaniment. He cites agreements from Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Barry Wood Connie Boswell Perry Como and Dick Haymes though Sinatra Haymes and Harry Leedy deny receiving any request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Barry Wood
Connie Boswell
Perry Como
Dick Haymes
Sinatra
Haymes
Harry Leedy
Miss Boswell
AFM
Slaughterers Must Ask For Subsidy Payments
Slaughterers in five southern Arizona counties must apply for subsidy payments through the Defense Supplies corporation in Dallas. Payments cover meat slaughtered since June 7, with a qualification of over 4,000 pounds in a month since May. Rates: hogs 1.03 cents, sheep .995 cents, cattle 1.10 cents per liveweight pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Defense Supplies Corporation
Cotton Exchange
Dallas
Tex
Usda War Board
Mariposa Chapter Plans Picnic and Pot-Luck Supper
Mariposa chapter No 31 C ES invites all members, families, and visiting Stars to a 6 30 pm picnic and pot luck on the lawn of the Scottish Rite cathedral. Coffee provided. members to bring their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariposa
C.es
Scottish Rite Cathedral
Open your heart and mind to life’s remaining possibilities
Experimental prose urges embracing imagination and belief as life continues beyond fear. It frames imagination as a doorway to resilience and future possibilities despite constraints.
Jeanne Bass to Wed Mr. Claypool Sunday
Jeanne Bass and Charles Glenn Claypool plan a Sunday ceremony at St. Philip’s in the Trenate with Rev. George Ferguson officiating. One hundred guests will attend a reception in the Varsity room after the double ring rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Bass
Mr. Claypool
Wilson P. Jones
Charles Glenn Claypool
Charles E. Claypool
Dodson, Mont
George Ferguson
St. Philip’s-in-the Trenate
Perure
E. C. Palmer
Nancy Callander
James Bass
Elston Fagan
George C. Naden
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jones
Claypool
Varsity
Dorothy Williams
Mrs. Naden
Rancho Grande
Nogales
Rincon Apts
East Third Street
Service Men Bingo Party Hosted by Club
The Business and Professional Women club will sponsor a Wednesday USO bingo party for men in service with Miss Anne Charouleau as USO chair. Fifteen club women hostesses will serve refreshments and cash prizes. Five new members joined at the Thursday meeting: Agnes Byers, Lillian League, Annie Ellison, Ruth Richardson, Constance Campioni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Anne Charouleau
Mmes
Agnes Byers
Lillian League
Annie Ellison
Ruth Richardson
Constance Campioni
Nutrition Talk For Army Wives In Tucson
Mrs. Maurice Burlinson from the University of Arizona will speak at the USC lounge in the YWCA 738 North Fifth Avenue on Monday at 4 o clock as part of a maternal and child health program. A discussion follows with punch and a chance to meet other service wives and learn USO club facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Burlinson
University of Arizona Human Nutrition Department
USC
YWCA
North Fifth Avenue
Tucson
Punch
USO Club
Davis-Monthan Field
El Paso Rites Unite Couple At Ft Bliss
Miss Betty Lou Horton and Lieut William Baylor Williamson wed in Chapel No 5 Fort Bliss Texas Chaplain Garand E Hopkins officiated The bride’s father Al G Perrett gave her away Best man Major Paul R Davis and pianist Cpl Walter Entwistle attended A reception for the wedding party followed at Col M E Webb home El Paso Involved families include Burke Williamson and Webb with local Fort Bliss ties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Burke
Betty Lou Horton
William Baylor Williamson
J. B Williamson
Raleigh
N. C
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Garand E. Hopkins
al G. Perrett
el Paso
McKinley Avenue
Burke
Tucson
Lieut
Williamson
Logan Heights
Cadet Wives Hear Officer Cadet Talk at YWCA
Lieut. W Hancourt spoke to cadet wives at the USO lounge about training needs and legal duties for cadets. He urged advance planning for visits to the field, limited late calls, and self resolution of issues to keep weekends free for relaxation and spouses. A discussion on etiquette and employment for cadet wives in Tucson followed. Reservations for next dinner were requested via Mrs. Jean Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hancourt
Marana
USO
YWCA
Hancourt
Tucson
Jean Williams
Sacred Heart Carnival Dance For Servicemen Held At All Saints Hall
The U Settes and N C S members host a carnival dance for servicemen at All Saints hall on Tuesday at 8. Music from the Marana band directed by Sgt Earl Young will accompany games and refreshments. Co chairmen Sally and Mary Smith oversee a committee including Kenny Erickson Wheeler. Chaperons include multiple local couples and Lt Scott Rice and Lt F Clark. Sebastian Fink will attend as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usettes
N.C. C.S
Sacred Heart Parish
All Saints Hall
Marana
Sgt. Earl
Dutch) Young
Sally
Mary Smith
Mary Margaret Kenny
Betty Ann Kenny
Frances Erickson
Jane Wheeler
C. E. Goyette
J. R. Batchelder
Tom Collins
Marie Gleaves
M. C. Weinzapfel
Scott Rice
F. Clark
Dan L. Mahoney
Lia Deane
Emmett Quinlan
Sebastian
Jersey
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Walter Winchell
Rommel
Tobruk
Montgomery
Presbyterian Church
Pickrell
Eierud
Iuneneun
Betty Lou Draper
Pallana Winks
Margaret Pruitt
Mary Ann Adams
Chuck Arnold
Barbara Maxwell
Frances Hallett
Mary Cecile Duncan
Helen Edwards
Judy Zobel
Rosemary Mahoney
Jean Townley
Children's Theatre
West Virginia
Bride
War Service Club
W. Va
St. Phillips-in-the-Hills
Elsie Robinson
Orloff
Business Ané
Broadway Florists
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