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Newspaper

Tucson Daily Citizen

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1941

Page

8

Toastmistress Clubs Meet At Pueblo Club

Toastmistresses from Phoenix Casa Grande and Tucson gathered at the Old Pueblo club for a dinner meeting and talks. Nancy Wilson of the Phoenix Los Brindoris club was toastmistress. the round table discussed Our National Emblem of America The Flag with notes on the blue white and red stripes.

Phoenix Casa Grande Tucson Old Pueblo William L. English Chapparall Club Nancy Wilson Phoenix Los Brindoris Club America

Annual Breakfast Held by Women’s Group at First Methodist

The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist church held its annual breakfast and mite box service Tuesday with 69 women present. President Mrs. Fred J. Codd presided as Mrs. William White spoke during the devotional. Mrs. Arthur Roberts presented Mrs. Bert Lewis who read about Mrs. Pickett’s Missionary Box. Esther Dunipace sang with Douglas Thomas at the organ. The recording secretary read the annual report showing 162 total enrollment across five groups.

Women's Society of Christian Service The First Methodist Church Fred J. Codd Frank S. Williams William White Arthur Roberts Bert Lewis Pickett Esther Dunipace Douglas Thomas C. A. Vasey

Well Known Singer Visits Tucson for Month

Visitors in Tucson are Mr and Mrs Theodore Sohner of New York City who will stay about a month. Sohner is a well known tenor with operatic and concert experience and has sung in oratorios and New York churches. He was soloist at St Mark's and in the Bach festival. Mrs Lohner is a pianist and interior decorator.

Tucson Theodore Sohner New York City Sohner New York St. Mark’s Church Lohner

Sahuaro Shrine No 2 to Meet Friday Evening

Sahuaro Shrine No 2 of the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem will hold a regular meeting at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the Masonic temple.

Sahuaro Shrine No Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem Masonic Temple

Fowler’s Missouri lecture on ethics sparks blunt budget joke

Walter Winchell on Broadway brings Gene Fowler to the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Fowler lightly admonishes harsh news gathering, then reveals a counterintuitive lesson on journalistic expense accounts, noting drinking and gambling costs as legitimate in pursuing stories.

Gene Fowler School of Journalism Univ. of Missouri Fowler

Names of three killed in East River collision reported

AP ship news reporter Johnny Moroso took down the names of the three men killed in the East River crash between an Army boat and a tug. He began with the first name, faltered, then listed the remaining two and spelled all three, including Henry J. Moroso, the reporter’s brother.

The Johnny Moroso East River Moroso Henry J. Moroso

Local Editors Debate News Versus Noise At Game Cock

A group of news papermen gathered at the Game Cock tavern last night. An editor mused that those who can print news do so, while others print noise on the local sheet.

Game Cock Tavern

Joe Kesselring’s Broadway hit to Hollywood pay bid

Joe Kesselring author of Arsenic and Old Lace, once a character actor, refused Hollywood offers under $1,000 weekly. Now offered $1,200 weekly as a writer after his New York success. The play began as a straight murder drama but was saved by Crouse and Lindsay who treated it as a comedy without Kesselring knowing until success.

Joe Kesselring Joe Hollywood New York Kesselring Crouse Lindsay

Genevieve Rowe’s Repartee On Hitler and Goebbels

The canary Genieve Rowe relays a reposte between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. Hitler asks Joe to respond to a foreign correspondent calling him a murderer and butcher. Goebbels wonders whether to purge or expel the writer. The reply: make him prove it.

Genevieve Rowe Adolf Goebbels Hitler Joe

Goering's Panic Over Aircraft Losses Drives Hitler to Fury

In a late night chat, Fatzo reports to Hitler about twenty Messerschmitts lost in a raid. Hitler frets loudly as he bites paws, warning that with losses piling up they will soon be outnumbered five to one, alarming Hermann Goering.

Reuben Doug Hertz Fatzo Hitler Hermann

Pulitzer Prizes Missed by Tobacco Road and The Old Maid

In 1933 Tobacco Road could not win the Pulitzer for best play as it dramatized an Erskine Caldwell novel. In 1934 The Old Maid won the prize for a dramatized novel adaptation.

Tobacco Road Erskine Caldwell

Clubman Delights Guests From Britain In NYC Tour

Clark Robinson escorts two British sailors through New York sights including the Polo Grounds Stadium Radio City Music Hall Jamaica racetrack and Rainbow Room on the 65th floor They marvel at the cityscape and comment on tea bags as the most impressive detail of the night

Clark Robinson Polo Grounds Stadium Radio City Music Hall Jamaica Racetrack New York City Robinson

Subway Pushes Lead to Mock Teaser Exchange

Joe Reichman, a band man, was caught in a subway rush and pushed by the crowd. He bumped another passenger as he attempted to exit the car, prompting the retort who do you think you are pushing and a playful reply how many guesses do I get.

Joe Reichman

Roland Brown Urges Celebs to Honor Cooling System

In Hollywood heat wave, Roland Brown reminds stars to give the cooling system top billing and stay cool. The remark highlights how essential climate control is during record temperatures in Hollywood.

Roland Brown Hollywood

Japanese Institute invites reporter for tea at Rockefeller Center

Wilfrid Fleisher, Herald Tribune correspondent, was expelled from Tokyo months ago yet received a formal invitation from the Japanese Institute in New York to attend a tea at Rockefeller Center honoring returned residents of Japan. The note humorously notes his absence.

Wilfrid Fleisher Herald Trib Tokio New York Rockefeller Center Japan Wilfrid

Radio broadcast jargon and slang described

A managing editor explains radio language and slang terms. He compares a talkative operator to a noisy static bender and notes factors like battery and signal quality affecting reception.

Karl A. Kopetsky Radio News

Officers Elected for Tucson Little Theatre Board

Homer Lininger named president of the Tucson Little Theatre board for the coming year. Elected officers include Beryl Hamilton as vice president Arthur Henderson treasurer and Ben Slack secretary. New board members are Col. O G Brown Mrs H Rummel Anderson and John Brooks. Retiring members praised include Mrs Charles B Sunderland Guy Thackeray and Rev George Ferguson. Staff remains Ed ward Reveaux director Al Hamilton technical director Maxine Handley executive secretary and Patricia Corelli head of school and workshop.

Homer Lininger Tucson Charles B. Sutherland Guy Thackeray George Ferguson The Little Theatre Edward Reveaux al Hamilton Maxine Handley Patricia Corelli

Ladies Auxiliary Meeting At Labor Temple Tonight

The Ladies Auxiliary to Tucson Central Trades' Council will hold a regular meeting at eight o’clock tonight in the Labor Temple. All members are urged to attend. Surgeons grafted an eye pupil from an animal to a boy’s optic nerve, improving vision for a pupilless boy born 25 years ago. The patient, Frank Bentz, has since graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Ladies’ Auxiliary Tucson Frank Bentz University of Wisconsin Law School

Missionary Society Meeting At Trinity Presby Church

The Woman's Missionary Society of Trinity Presbyterian Church holds a Saturday meeting at Tucson Indian Training School. A picnic supper is served between 5 30 and 6 30 oclock for a nominal charge.

Woman’s Missionary Society of Trinity Presbyterian Church Tucson

Local socialites depart for California and Honolulu

Mrs. Arthur Erickson and Dr. Vivian Tappan leave today by Clipper for California and Honolulu for the summer months, returning to Tucson next season. Mrs. Frederick Patterson arrives from Boulder City to join her mother Mrs. Charles Morgan Wood for a few days, then at her Oracle ranch for the summer.

Arthur Erickson Vivian Tappan California Honolulu Tucson Frederick Patterson Boulder City Nev Charles Morgan Wood Patterson Oracle

Mr and Mrs Hubert dAutremont Head West for California Visit

Mr and Mrs Hubert H d Autre mont left today for California for a visit over the week end.

Hubert H. d’Autremont California

Pasadena guest travels to Michigan summer home

Mrs. Madge Mundy Blackwood of Pasadena visits here as a house guest of Mrs. J. J. Brown while en route to a summer home in Michigan.

Michigan Madge Mundy Blackwood Pasadena J. J. Brown

Kingston Smallhouse Visit in Phoenix From Redington Ranch

Mr and Mrs Kingston J Smallhouse visiting Mrs J S Bayless in Phoenix after traveling from their Redington ranch. The couple has been spending a few days with Mrs Bayless’s mother and is continuing their visit in the city.

Kingston J. Smallhouse Mrs. Smallhouse J. S. Bayless Phoenix Redington

Luncheon for Air Base Wives Hosts Red Cross First Aid Class

Mrs. Fred McCormick held a luncheon at the Old Pueblo club for wives of Tucson Air Base officers who belong to the Red Cross First Aid class meeting on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Guests included Mesdames Hubert Hopkins Harold Harmon W H MacDonald Harold Grenberry Orville Thompson Samuel Hale B R Nyquist James A Moore and many Tucson residents and visiting guests such as Janet Sheldon John Carroll Larry Gray Alfred Atkinson Byron McCormick and Hamilton Catlin among others.

Fred McCormick Old Pueblo Club Tucson Air Base Red Cross Hubert V. Hopkins Harold M. Harmon W. H. MacDonald Harold E. Grenberry Orville Thompson Samuel Hale B. R. Nyquist James A. Moore

Classical Music Club Plans Achievement Day Event

The Classical Music club led by counselor Lotta S Barrett will meet at 7 30 Friday evening in Coronado Heights Mission to observe its annual Achievement Day. A business meeting will read honor roll names followed by a program featuring Dixie Smith performing her own compositions.

Lotta S. Barrett Coronado Heights Mission Dixie Smith

Elks Ladies Bridge Luncheon Draws Large Group

Elks Ladies held their monthly bridge luncheon at the Elks club with a May pole theme and abundant spring flowers. Mrs W G King led as general chairman assisted by several officers. door prize won by Mrs J R Dunlap and other prizes awarded to multiple attendees.

Elks Elks’ Club W. G. King T. F. McCarthy Arthur E. Brown L. B. Wilson Ralph Lewis Jack Uvadich Michael Gleeson J. R. Dunlap C. A. Fergson Mica Fred Fisher Lehan Mesdames R. A. Dougherty T. A. Blanton C. A. Ferguson C. E. Walace Ruth Randall John Fisher R. L. Pomeroy J. J. Garfield J. O. Nabours W. N. Alen Frank Uvodich F. A. Michel John Saunders I. D. Ferguson H. Luckett W. F. Kelly J. W. Wilson E. S. Forderer A. J. Larm C. J. Velasco Adele Pereira Mary Mangle Dave Scott J.R. Dunlap G. J. McElroy Ezra Heller Fred Stowe Elsie M

Carrillon Club Garden Party for Wesley Seniors

The Carrillon club will entertain graduating seniors from Wesley Foundation at a buffet supper and garden party on Sunday at 5 PM in the patio of the First Methodist church. Hostesses include Miss Esther Forman Miss Betty Kirby Miss Wilma Brown and Mrs Marjorie Boyd with Miss Audrey Markley in charge of the program. Reservations call 0142-1-2.

Carrillon Club Wesley Foundation First Methodist Church Esther Forman Betty Kirby Wilma Brown Marjorie Boyd Audrey Markley

Alpha Phi Mothers' Club postpones picnic to May 29

The Alpha Phi Mothers' club rescheduled its picnic from May 22 to May 29 at the home of Mrs. Lenna Burges 103 East Second Street. Morgan McDermott unit No. 7 American Legion auxiliary will meet Thursday evening in the Legion Auditorium to elect officers.

Alpha Phi Mothers’ Club Lenna Burges East Second Street Morgan McDermott American Legion Auxiliary Legion Auditorium

Theta alumnae host swimming party for graduates at El Rio

Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae entertain graduating seniors with a swimming party and buffet supper Thursday evening at 6 30 at El Rio country club. Reservations should be made by calling 1846 or 2539.

Kappa Alpha Theta el Rio Country Club

Bundles for Britain Sewing Group Meets at East Third

The sewing group of Bundles for Britain meets at the work rooms 933 East Third street on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 1 to 5 o clock. The rooms are open daily 9 to 5 except Saturdays 9 to 1 p m.

Bundles For Britain East Third Street

Potluck Dinner Planned by Ohio Club Saturday

The Ohio club will hold a potluck dinner on Saturday May 24 at 6 30 in the home of Mr and Mrs C C Yeazell 2708 East Flower. Members are to bring covered dishes and table service.

Ohio Club C. C. Yeazell East Flower

Joint dance sponsored by V F W Post 549 and Pup Tent No 2

V F W hall at 121 East Broadway hosts a Saturday evening dance with a hard times theme. Prizes for best costumes and dancing, plus a barbecue. Dancing runs from 9 p m.

V. F. W. Post Pup Military Order of Cooties V. F. W. Hall East Broadway

Dance at I O O F Hall Sponsored by Ladies Society

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen ladies society hosts a public dance Wednesday at 9 o'clock in the I O O F hall. Ernie Lewis and his orchestra provide the music with a floor show and various dances planned.

Ladies’ Society of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen I. O. O. F. Hall Ernie Lewis

Naya Club Sets Friday Meeting At Downtown YWCA

The Naya club will hold a regular meeting Friday at 5 p m in the downtown YWCA center. Attendees will plan a picnic swimming party and related activities.

Naya Club Y.W.C.A

Jaycee Ettes Sponsor Charlyss Hinds School of Dancing Benefit

The Jaycee Ettes sponsor Charlyss Hinds school of dancing for the Preventorium. The event is Sunday at 2 o'clock in the high school auditorium with organ lude performed by Arthur Kroll.

The Jaycee-ettes Charlyss Hinds School of Dancing Arthur Kroll

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