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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1941
Page
2
About 200 University of Arizona students will receive special awards and class honors at the spring honors assembly Monday at 4 40 p m in the campus auditorium. Freeman medals honor the top all around male and female graduates.
The Arizona bureau of mines will issue a new mineral map next month plus three bulletins by Dr. Elred D. Wilson and Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith. The map shows principal deposits in red and total production to 1940, including asbestos, coal, and other resources. Wilson’s tungsten bulletin focuses on tenements across nine counties, with notes on defense relevance.
George Diamos will be installed as president of the Arizona chapter No 275 of the Order of Ahepa at 8 30 p m in the Knights of Columbus hall Phoenix district officials E J Fostinis and Gregory Panopoulos will attend after an El Centro installation. Other officers to be installed include Gus Pappedeas William Dillas Tom Diacouriss K P Charonhas George Makaronis George Rodes William Louras John Poulos William Koulelos and Toney Demas.
Safford reports 10000 acres of cotton near Central eight miles west under water from last night’s heavy rains. An inch of rain fell over a large area extending to Thatcher, keeping many from graduation services at Gila Junior College where the campus remains flooded but buildings are undamaged.
National commander of the American Legion Milo J. Warner told a 300 person banquet that the United States must choose between Americanism and totalitarianism as World War II rages. He urged public clarity from President Roosevelt, support for Britain, convoying ships if needed, and removal of un-American labor leaders while praising Allied resolve and British morale. Warner toured posts, then prepared for further talks in Phoenix and Holbrook.
Brandes school on East Broad Way will hold its second annual commencement exercises this evening. The program includes a colored motion picture record titled How We Spend Our Days. Speakers include Allen Kaprone and Paul Levy, Rabbi Hyman Iola, Dr. Marcus Breger, and Raphael Brandes. A reception for parents follows.
Stray White King pigeons released from the lofts of Mr. and Mrs. George Beal during a Tucson fire have been sighted in several areas as owners seek to recover them. About 1,500 birds were in the lofts when the blaze started from a spark. 38 pigeons have been recovered and most are banded. contact the Beals with sightings.
The Tucson senior high baccalaureate sermon will be delivered tonight at 8 o'clock in the school stadium by Dr. Richard 8. Beal of First Baptist. He will speak on Shaken and Unshaken. The school band directed by W Arthur Sewell will perform. The girls glee club boys quartet and a capella choir will provide numbers with prayers by local pastors and scripture by Rev Rush M Deskins.
Scholastic and citizenship awards were presented at the Tucson senior high school honor assembly in the school stadium. The citizenship prize from the Daughters of the American Revolution went to Sue Lesher. John Walker won the high school science medal. Essay winners included George Woods Milton Wiggins Nona Mary Thomas and Helen Fisher. Additional awards covered athletic honors band and orchestra medals and ROTC commissions with a large list of recipients across multiple categories.
Ernest Hubbard a contractor representative in York England was fined 70 dollars for endangering the safety of a secret document by leaving an aero drome plan in his unlocked car.
Moving pictures will debut in the theater at the U S air base with a full off duty program for soldiers. The post exchange already operates offering items at low prices and will add a barber, tailor and other services to fund 10 day rooms for relaxation. Facilities include 72 officers and 625 enlisted men with potential growth toward 3 000. Outdoor recreation and partnerships with YMCA and Catholic and Salvation Army groups are noted. The Army can declare civilian establishments off limits if needed, though aim is to avoid such action in Tucson.
A labor department wage and hour panel will meet in Washington on June 23 to study conditions and propose minimum wage rates for workers in the lumber and timber industry. Employer representative James G. McNary of McNary Arizona is among those slated to attend.
The U S Army adopts wind and water repellent reversible ski uniforms for Alaskan troops. Each suit has forest green on one side and snow white on the other, built of two rubberized cotton duck layers. Issued to the Alaska defense force as ski formations expanded after the Russo Finnish war.
Four Tucson DeMolays will receive the Chevalier degree at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Masonic temple. The honorary degree, issued by the Grand Council Order of DeMolay in Kansas City, honors outstanding DeMolay activity and ranks just below the Legion of Honor. The honorees are Tom Williamson Embleton, Jay V. Hirt, Judd Cuthbert Newenzel, and William Frederick Squire, with Harry A. Drachman directing. Others in the ceremony include Carl Gustafson, Herbert F. Bloom, Roy Edwards, Rev. C. E. Huntington, and Ralph Guthrie. Refreshments follow hosted by the Mothers' circle.
David Gannon a 37 year old suspended Cleveland firefighter after 14 years with the department began answering false alarms himself stirring two hours of busy signals before police halted the stunt his reverse busman's holiday.
Framework of the kitchen and dining room house in Pepper Sauce canyon will be erected to morrow when carpenters from the local union and other volunteers journey to the picnic area. The project aids underprivileged Tucson children with more than 100 planned summer stays in the Catalina mountains north of Oracle.
Amphitheatre will graduate its first senior class of 23 students on Wednesday at 8 p m with E C Nash as principal. Baccalaureate services are set for 7 30 p m tomorrow at the school with Rev John L Howard delivering the sermon and Rev A J Lovelee giving invocation and benediction. The junior high ninth grade class will graduate at 8 p m Tuesday with 88 pupils participating.
Jimenez E. M. Diaz Alex Alday and Juan Robles are named workers supervised this week by Harry Blacklidge of the carpenters union overseeing the carpenters' team.
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