Broadway Showgirls, War Draw New York and Hollywood Shifts
In wartime New York a shortage of showgirls affects casting as Hollywood seeks talent for all female roles. Producers report many girls enlist, join WAACs, or take better-paying plant work, while West Coast efforts shift to aircraft jobs and military service.
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Troy
Charles KR Rogers
Bolywood
Sith
Reg Crong
Rogera
Jobe
New York
Ag George Abbott
Michael Todd
Ad Broadway
Call OF the Waacs
Hunt Stromberg
Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Lee
Ple
Waacs
Stromberg
Broadway Grepevins
Conover
Powers
John Murray Anderson
Rocker Civil Service Vacancies Announced
Civil Service representative Hubert C Johns tom at Camp Rocker announced immediate openings for engineers clerks and skilled workers at building 4130. Refrigeration engineers must show formal experience in air conditioning boiler operations while warekeeper experience favors clerks. Applications not desired from workers in any War activity unless seeking a higher position. Full details on requirements pay and applications available at building 1110 Camp Rucker.
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Civil Service
Cacop Rocker
Hubert C Johnstom
Johnston
Camp Rucker
Youths Of 18 Warned To Register Promptly
Officials of Houston County's three Selective Service Boards warn youths turning eighteen this month to register on their birthday. January registrations total 31 with Board One reporting 15, Board Two seven, and Board Three nine. A number registered late.
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Houston County
Selective Service Boards
Board One
Board Two
Board Three
Caid
Enfinger to Attend Officers Candidate School
Private Malcolm C. Enfinger son of Mr and Mrs 8 B Enfinger Hartford route two has been selected to attend an Officers Candidate School at Camp Croft B C announced today. Upon completion of the three month course he will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry.
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Malcolm C. Enfinger
8. B. Enfinger
Hartford
Camp Croft
B. C
Enfinger
Pvt
Uniit
Natives Aid American War Effort in New Guinea Front
Frank Prist recounts native New Guinea workers aiding US and Australian troops from Buna to Port Moresby. Natives unload supplies, build roads, serve as porters and labor battalion members, and aid photographers. They receive tobacco rewards and face cultural tensions, with fear of Japanese planes shaping their conduct.
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Frank Print
Acme Newas Pictures
New Guinea
Prist
America
Frank Prist
Jean Graffia
Buna
Gona
Port Moresby
Transport Command
Buna Front
States
New Games
Kits Protect Soldiers Against Snakebite In War Effort
Paul Saunders of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce files Army Medical Corps orders for snakebite protection kits for soldiers in reptile infested areas. Each hollow plastic cylinder kit includes a tourniquet, a knife for wound creation, a suction device, multiple pumps, ammonia capsules, disinfectants, and dressings to counteract shock and bleeding.
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Tarpon Springs
Fia
APJ
Paul Saunders
Chamber of Commerce
Army Medical Corps
Air Corps Restores Paralyzed Muscles at MacDill Field
In Tampa the Army Air Corps uses light cold treatment heat water and hands on therapy to restore paralyzed muscles stiff joints and burned skin of Masters at MacDill Field and other air crew on the ground. Daily treatments in the physical therapy ward aim to return men to fighting shape and prevent permanent disability with electrical stimulation to alternately expand and contract muscles. The six room department carries the latest physiotherapy equipment and serves pilots soon to take off who find strength in starch foods and a sweet treat before flight.
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Tampa
Fla
Army Air Corps
MacDill Field
French Boy Counsels The AEF In Africa
A schoolboy in France writes to American soldiers with advice and phrases in French and English. He warns about exchanging money, shares prices for cognac and champagne, and expresses gratitude for American aid and friendship. The young writer signs as a nephew, noting pride in both nations.
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AEF
Africa
America
Francé
Fragmentary OCR Note With Tehran Mentions
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Tehran and several stray words. The legible parts do not form a clear person event or action and no valid names or dates are extractable for a fuller summary.
Frijey and Salundars Lan Caio and Welerdete Ate
Frijey and Salundars present a schedule of showings from Se day to Mon day featuring Victor Mature in Seven Dare Le Tugeday Wednesday Shiveday Mzy Millard Pacivite event Crymal Ball Friday Saturday Ove land Deadwood Duke of the Navy Friday Ano a hangle in Wangs end Woman Saturday Tin McCoy in Ardzene Gang Doster Bunday Monday Metty Grable Spring time in the Rockie Tweeday Weineeday One Dangerous Night Thurbay Douglas Fairbante Jr in Gunga Din
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Metty
Grable
Rockie Tweeday
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Pacivite
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Heatte
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