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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1942
Page
4
Celebrants plan a back-to-basics Fourth featuring horse and buggy travel, family picnics, and plain clothes. The piece urges country outfits like denim, calico dresses, straw hats, and simple summer wear for church and travel, celebrating a bygone holiday mood.
Patricia Keller daughter of Mrs. Keller of Tucson marries Gordon Arthur Penny in Crescent Fort Rouge United church Winnipeg. The ceremony features A Besthia officiating and Mary Robinson as bridesmaid. The couple will reside in Winnipeg where Penny serves as a Royal Canadian Air Force student.
A Columbia South Carolina item recounts a fruit salad recipe that traveled from Esther Graydon to Mrs. Pearle G. Cowart and then to bookkeeper Norma C. Lynch and finally Miss Graydon. The recipe uses cream cheese gelatin lime flavor mayonnaise and nuts and is set to chill until congealed.
Warren King, once Dartmouth football and track standout and longtime coach at Garden City, has been commissioned as an ensign and ordered to report to Annapolis for duty.
The Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City required forty years to achieve completion, reflecting an extended building period and historical effort tied to the church and city.
Elsie Robinson reflects on the Lazarus story to urge readers to rise from numbness after trauma. She links spiritual revival to civic action, declaring that life calls us to wake, serve a greater cause, and answer the cry Come forth and live.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands visits Lee Massachusetts and buys supplies at Frank Pease's drug store. The royal meeting with an American clerk shows cordial simple courtesy as she chats about Juliana and the young family, and agrees to bring the crown princess's children to see the store.
The Community Camp under the Tucson Coordinating committee will organize a unit of Negro entertainers at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the Safford junior high school auditorium. Mr. Peter Marroney will direct the auditions. At 8 o'clock Wednesday evening the Gay Nineties unit will be cast at Safford school.
Walter Winchell On Broadway reviews the first nights of Ed Wynn Bobby Clark and others in 1943 vaudeville and Broadway shows. Highlights include The Times praising Laugh Town Laugh and Star and Garter with Gypsy Rose Lee. Reviews note Broken Journey Private Buckaroo Ship Ahoy and Mexican Spitfire at Sea with varied reception.
The Wireless column notes a lighter side of wartime life as radio offers relief from political campaigning. It highlights Jean Tennyson, Easy Aces jokes, Jane Ace’s quip on salvaging a girdle, CBS wartime programs, and reflections on announcers and bond plugs alongside musical spots with Paul Lavalle and Eddie Cantor.
A compact survey of Reader's Digest items including Lieut General Warren J Clear eyewitness on the defense of the Philippines Morley Cassidy on Philly Main Line war chores and Wendell Willkie SEP article on civil harmony in America The piece muses on escape novels and Axis uprisings with a sharp analogy to a prizefighter hoping for a toothache.
The piece salutes many names like the Kellys Dooleys Epstein Cohens Murphy and O Brien highlighting battles at Midway with mentions of Selig Fitzgerald McGann Toohey Casey and Goldstein among others noting a diverse array of fighters and heroes referenced in celebratory fashion.
James B. Reston earns praise for Prelude to Victory while his Broadway past is noted. The Herald Tribune mocks Congressman Fish in the Congressional Record, and Vonsiatsky faces five years in prison for espionage. In letters, readers debate Libya and a Will Rogers echo.
Miss Grace Mae Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl G Anderson Livingstone New Jersey wed Cadet William Frederick Finney Jr of Plainfield New Jersey in Coral Gables Florida The groom brother of Mrs William Edmonston of Chappaqua New York and Tucson he expects to receive Army Air Corps wings on July 4 signaling a milestone in his training
The Star Circle of Arizona chapter No. 2 plans a pot-luck supper at 6 30 PM Tuesday on the lawn of the Scottish Rite cathedral. Mrs. Carl Gustafson serves as chairman of the affair.
A four ingredient spread combines sardines grated yellow cheese diced celery and hard cooked eggs. Mix equal parts and moisten with salad dressing to use on endiched or whole wheat bread slices for summer sandwiches.
The February tally shows 167 food prosecutions across Northern Ireland. Authorities report cases span multiple districts and involve a mix of retailers and producers.
Fort Des Moines Iowa hosts the WAAC officers training plan with Captain Gordon C. Jones describing a demanding schedule. Betty WAAC faces eight weeks of drill, calisthenics, bugle calls and disciplined routines as part of the first trainee cohort.
Miss Barbara Cox daughter of former Governor James M. Cox and Mrs. Cox of Dayton Ohio married Lieut Bradford Ripley IL on June 30 The ceremony was in the garden at Trailsend the couple will reside at the Cox home on North Bay road Miami Beach Florida
Buy washable curtain and slip cover material when possible. Dirt harms fabric longevity so wash curtains before they get dirty. Use lukewarm water and neutral soap as safer choices than hot water and strong soap. Avoid bleaches and lye as they damage fabrics. A warm iron suits most fabrics especially sheer curtains.
Attendance at Dublin Zoo in Eire rises sharply with nearly three times as many visitors as the previous year. The surge follows renewed public interest and improved attractions drawing families and tourists to the city attraction.
The WAAC program accelerates for its first candidates with a demanding daily routine from reveille at 6 a.m. to taps at night. Betty and fellow cadets study two hours each evening as part of preparations to deploy 27 service command companies in nine corps areas by January 1. Each unit, 150 staff including auxiliaries, will cover roles like switchboard operators, stenographers, typists, clerks, and chauffeurs.
The YWCA summer club of 100 girls starts a Red Cross sewing kit project for Navy men. The program offers dramatics speech music dance crafts and defense courses with younger and older groups scheduled for Mondays Thursdays and Tuesdays Fridays. An assembly with one act plays is planned and Tucson delegates to a California conference will meet at the YWCA Wednesday at 8.
A Turkish iron and steel plant mostly directs its output to state use. The arrangement emphasizes government procurement, shaping early production priorities and industrial policy within the country.
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