USO Camp Shows Brave Frontline Entertainment
USO Camp shows travel with Army units to combat zones in every sector, entertaining more than 11 million troops. They operate about 100 units daily, using improvised stages and hazardous routes from New Guinea jungles to Arctic docks, deserts, and frontline hospitals. Stars from Broadway and Hollywood volunteer, joining paid performers for extended tours amid minefields, air raids, and extreme climates.
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New Guinea
Arctic
Vesuvius
Europe
War Department
Army
Pearl Harbor
USO
United Service Organizations
National War Fund
West Fortieth Street
New York City
Broadway
Hollywood
Screen Colony
Hollywood Victory Committee
Joe E. Brown
William Gargan
Marlene Deitrich
Adolph Menjon
Paulette Goddard
Gary Cooper
Italy
Iran Valley
Iran
Alcan Highway
Alaska
Home Talent Skits Aid Soldiers By Army Special Services
Brigadier General Byron of Army Special Services developed About Face a portable review of short skits on military life draft boards and WACs. Written with George Kaufman and others these plays require little equipment and can be produced by soldiers anywhere. The show debuted at Camp Shanks New York and proved popular with G I audiences.
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USO
Army Special Services
Byron
Army Special Services Division
George Kaufman
Camp Shanks
N. Y
G.I
Make Cushions From Remnants For Quick Home Décor
A guide suggests turning scraps from an old silk dress into matching cushions. Use silk remnants for fronts, sateen for backing, and a folded silk edge for a smart finish. Eighteen inch squares work well. fill and stitch with a four inch opening left. Refer to Mend and Save for Victory Book 2 for further fabric repair tips.
Elephants Mature Early and Reach 20 MPH
Burma observers note elephants mature by 20 and can run up to 20 miles an hour in short bursts. The species life span averages 75 years, with aging signs appearing around 49. Trunk anatomy includes a muscular tube with fingerlike projections, and elephants swim with only the trunk tip above water.
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Burma
Woman Uses First Aid Training After Road Crash
A learned first aid class member converts after recalling training during a roadway collision near her home. She describes how she kept calm by bowing her head between her knees and did not faint while four injured people lay in the road.
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Una Merkel
George Raft
Phyllis Brooks
Frederic March
Louise Allbritton
Andy Arcari
Jean Clyde
Bob Hope
Keenan Wynn
al Jolson
John Garfield
Central
East
Africa
Army Transport Command
Pantelleria
Egypt
Tunisia
Russia
Robert Bank
Aleutians
Naomi Stevens
Mary Lee
Grace
Harry Masters
George Cerutti
South Pacific
Fungi Islands
Australia
Ruth Son
Ruth Wyeth Sybars Bedford Wills
New York
U. S
Bfgoodrich
Housewives
Irving
Gidles
Man Fleet
Clarion
America
Armed Forces
W. Harrison Street
Warwick Manufacturing Corporation
Chicago
Illinois
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