Installation at May breakfast for Tucson AAUW officers
Members of the American Association of University Women meet at the Pioneer hotel for their annual May breakfast and installation. Mrs. Thomas Lawther will be installed as president, with officers Marguerite Strong, Matilda Miller, Mary Dominick, and Florence Bond also installed. Retiring officers include Wray Meyer and Veron Mahoney. The program features songs by Robert Leigh with pianist George Woods.
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American Association of University Women
Pioneer Hotel
Matilda Milter
Joan Reeves
Thomas Lawther
University of Arizona
A.A.U.W
Eastern Star
Woman’s Club
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Anthropological Association
Cactus
Girl Scouts
Pilot Club
Marguerite Strong
Matilda Miller
Mary Dominick
Florence Bond
Wray Meyer
Vernon Mahoney
Hervey Faris
William R. Lyon
Robert Leigh
George Woods
Luncheon and Knitting Session By Junior Women
The Mountain House hosts a luncheon and knitting meeting by the Junior Woman's Club members to aid the American Red Cross. Participants include Mrs. Dan Kinerk Mrs. Sheldon Harrell Mrs. John Lyons Jr and others with advisor from the Woman's Club.
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Tucson Mountains
American Red Cross
Dan Kinerk
Sheldon Harrell
John Lyons, Jr
Fred Dabolt
Howard Bring
Curtiss Anderson
Carl Larmour
Dick Dr
Grace Gould and Donald Still wed in Reno ceremony
A former Tucsonan, Donald Still, and Grace Gould of San Francisco married on May 11 in Reno Nevada. Still, a University of Arizona graduate and Sigma Nu, previously worked on the Tucson Daily Citizen staff and now serves in General Motors public relations in San Francisco.
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Tucson
Toastmistress Club Hosts Joint Meeting Saturday Evening
The Toastmistress club will hold a joint meeting with the El Paso and Phoenix clubs Saturday evening at 7 30 at the Old Pueblo club. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs Redick at 2370 R.
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Toastmistress Club
Old Pueblo
el Paso
Phoenix
Walter Winchell On Broadway Riffs on Prize Winners and Fads
Walter Winchell reviews Broadway and world news noting Robrt Sherwood’s There Shall Be No Night winning a Pulitzer and other theatre and politics tidbits. The piece mocks awards timing, estate naming, Irish neutrality debates, and Hess’s Nazi links with Churchill.
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Rob’t Sherwood
Optimist Tales and World War II Echoes Across Headlines
A collage of 1940s celebrity, political note, and military oddities. Mrs. Alice Crockett sues Fritz Wiedemann in San Francisco for back salary. Dietrich and Swanson dine apart at Ciro’s. Fort Williams shows Private William Williams from Williamson West Virginia. A former star in a Tiffany bathtub cost 60000. Camp Nordlund in New Jersey bans dogs. Goebbels and Hess sketches spark discredit talk. Duke of Windsor seeks substitute in Nassau during holidays.
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Alice Crockett
Associated Press
Reliable News
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Oddities in Language and Power in 1930s Theater
The piece notes German origin of the word book amid irony of Nazi cultural tastes. It highlights Clifford Odets as the sole Main Stamer off the Modern Library list. It cites psychiatrists claiming fewer morons see themselves as Mussolini, preferring to imagine themselves as Hitler, with Mussolini and Franco as secondary figures.
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Clifford Odets
Mussolini
Hitler
Franco
Officers Installed At Roskruge PTA Meeting
The Roskruge PTA held its final meeting of the year on Wednesday evening with Mrs. R. L. Pomeroy conducting installations for next year’s officers. New officers include Mrs. H. W. Elke as president and Mrs. Edward McWenne as first vice president.
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Roskruge Pta
Roskruge P. T. A
R. L. Pomeroy
H. W. Elke
Edward McWenne
Salome Townsend
Anna Tacquard
Elizabeth
Retiring Officers Summarize Year at School Exhibition
McBride secretary and Mrs. W L Few treasurer presented a year in review. The retiring officers summed up the work of the past year and an exhibition of student projects was shown in the auditorium during the evening.
Bomb attack on crowded Hankow bus injures two pedestrians
A terrorist bombing targeted a crowded bus in Hankow China. Three bombs were thrown and failed to hit the vehicle but seriously injured two Chinese pedestrians. Police investigation is underway.
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Hankow
China
Delta Gamma Alumnae Honor Seniors With Gardenia Corsages
Delta Gamma alumnae hosted senior members of the active chapter on Wednesday evening May 14 at Mrs. Gilbert Ronstadt's East Prince Road home. Guests Margaret Bailard Molly Martin Helen Mayer Betty Welch and Virginia Yost received gardenia corsages. Planning for the coming year followed a short business meeting led by organizer Miss Winifred Hanna with assistance from several members.
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Delta Gamma
Gilbert Ronstadt
East Prince Road
Margaret Bailard
Molly Martin
Helen Mayer
Betty Welch
Virginia Yost
Winifred Hanna
L. A. Bell
Otho Books
Drama Department Open House At University of Arizona
The University of Arizona drama department invites prospective students and Tucson residents to an open house Saturday from 9 to 12 at Herring Hall. Faculty and students will guide visitors through displays, including historic theater models like the mystery stage of the middle ages the early Greek Farnese and other noted theatres.
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University of Arizona
Herring Hall
Elizabeth
Ashley Amphitheatre
Munich
Birdcage Theater
Tombstone
Joseph Pennell
MacKinley Helm
America
George Freedley
John A. Reeves
Sol Cornberg
Emanuel L. Gebauer
Cornberg
Cleveland Playhouse
Gebauer
Student stumps Penn State training class with quiz jokes
Information Please Somerset reports a Penn State defense training engineering course supervisor recounts student responses to a drafting quiz. Questions include memorizing a formula, recalling a textbook, and admitting math difficulties, ending with doubt about ever becoming a draftsman.
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Somerset
George C. Schmidt
Penn State
Personalities Stressed In New Load Of Carnegie Books
Carnegie library Tucson announces new arrivals featuring Irvin Cobb in Exit Laughing and Pope Pius XI works. Other titles include The Pope's Plan for Social Reconstruction, Where Do We Go From Here, London Front letters, and modern plays by Kaufman and Van Druten.
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Carnegie
Carnegie Free Library
Tucson
Irvin Cobb
Pope Pius XI
Charles Bruehl
Harold J. Laski
Little Theatre
Carnegie Library
Percy and Denham
Hart Kaufman
London
Great Britain
F. Tennyson
H. M. Harwood
Alexander Woollcott
S. N. Behrman
Dr. Edwin
Grace Hubble
Harold Boto Receives Farewell Gifts Before Army Induction
Harold Boto, urged to join the Army, was sent off with a traveling bag and gifts by coworkers at the Radford plant. Two days later he returned to work after the Army found him underweight, and the office held a homecoming party in his honor.
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Radford
Harold Boto
Doto
Britain relaxes creosote use as motor fuel rule change
Britain eases restrictions on creosote as a motor fuel amid regulatory shifts. Officials say the move aims to simplify fuel options and reduce compliance burdens for industry players, signaling a notable policy adjustment in the energy sector.
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Britain
Quo Family Plans San Francisco Departure for China Duties
Dr and Mrs Quo Tai Chi and their children prepare to travel this weekend to San Francisco. Dr Quo heads to China to assume foreign minister duties after a recent appointment. Mrs Quo and the children will stay in Berkeley for the summer and return to Tucson next winter. Mrs Edward Fitzgerald plans a Saturday trip to New York City and the East, returning to Tucson next season.
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Quo Tai Chi
San Francisco
Edward Fitzgerald
Arizona Inn
Christopher Square
New York City
East
Tucson
Mrs Maxwell and Daughter Visit Smelker Family
Mrs. William Maxwell and her daughter Barbara arrived by plane Tuesday evening to visit Mrs. Maxwell's parents Dr. and Mrs. V A Smelker. The visit marks a family reunion with the elder Smelk ers resuming their holiday routine at home.
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William Maxwell
Barbara
Mrs. Maxwell
V. A. Smelker
Maxwell
Band Captain Maxwell Visits Washington D C Parents
Captain Maxwell is stationed at Aberdeen Maryland and traveled to Washington D C to visit Captain Maxwells parents before heading to Tucson.
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Captain Maxwell
Aberdeen, Md
Tucson
Washington, D. C
Stitch and Seam Club Luncheon at Mrs Skinner’s Home
Mrs. F L Skinner hosted a Wednesday luncheon for Stitch and Seam club members at her residence. The gathering featured socializing and light refreshments as part of the club’s regular meeting.
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F. L. Skinner
Stitch and Seam Club
Miss Naomi Morton Plans Summer in Los Angeles
Miss Naomi Morton will leave for Los Angeles after high school to spend the summer with her brother Edward Morton and aunt Mrs Hansbro.
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Naomi Morton
Los Angeles
Edward Morton
Hansbro
Legion Auxiliary Junior Group Sets Saturday Meeting
The junior group of the American Legion auxiliary will meet Saturday at 2 o'clock in the Legion auditorium.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auditorium
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