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HOUSTON, April 29. Top Hollywood stars, boosting the Texas City relief fund through benefit performances, arrived in Houston today to appear before a sellout crowd of some s 4,600 in City auditorium tonight.Last night, more than 4,200 Galveston residents attended the first of the three performances.' Jester Gets CheckMaster of Ceremonies Jack Benny presented a check for $28,222.-50 to Gov. Beauford H. Jester. The money will be used for relief work in the stricken city.A delegation of prominent Hous-; tonians, headed by Mayor Oscar; Holcombe, and including Jesse Jones, George Strake and former Gov. W. P. Hobby, met the film notables at the municipal airportThe party of big-hearted snow, people was headed by Benny and Phil Harris. Others in the troupeincluded Frank Sinatra, DianaLynn, George Bums and Gracie Mien, Rochester. Gene Autry and Phil Silvers.Parade Is StagedThe pre-show activity in Houston included a parade down Main street.' jFrom Houston, the group will fly to New Orleans to perform at a $100-a-plate dinner. Two Army planes were released for the stars’ use by Gen. Johnathan Wain-wright, commanding general of the Fourth Army.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche

Lubbock, Texas, US

Tue, Apr 29, 1947

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