Pacific Diary of a USO Tour with Benny Landis and friends
Larry Adler recounts a South Pacific base tour with Jack Benny Carole Landis June Bruner and Martha Tilton entertaining Us soldiers. A 15 000 audience faced a broken sound system yet remained disciplined until help arrived. Names include Arthur Leonetti Ray Vich Herb Edwards Jim Keeler Bob White Billy Willart and Capt Lanny Ross. The piece notes morale as key and suggests civilian rejoining troops would reveal shared values over material comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Adler
Iwest Pacific
Eral
Arthur P. Leonetti
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ray C. Vich
Union
S. C
Herb A. Edwards
Oakland
Cal
Jim Keeler
South Bellingham
Wash
Bob White
Tucson
Ariz
Billy Willart
Henderson
Tex
Navy Doctors Do Amazing Job In Guam
Navy medical units on Guam support the Third Amphibious Corps by treating battle wounds and illness during the campaign. The staff reports brisk medical activity as troops receive care and aid in maintaining health amid operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Guam
International News Service
INS
Navy Medical
O. B. Morrison
Marine
Third Marine Division
Carl Broadus
Newton
Ficer
Richard L. Conolly
Morrison
Coral Reef
Broadus
Notice of Estate Administration and Public Claims
Administrator of the estate of Clarence Grayson Stone, High Point North Carolina, invites all claimants to present their proofs to Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Trust Department High Point by October 25 1945 under permission of the court. Also reports on D Day medical care and Guam evacuations with Atabrine use and field hospital logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Grayson Stone
High Point
Guilford County
North Krolina
Wachovia Bank and Trust Impany
Wachoviank
North Carola
Trust Department of Wachoviank and Trust Company
Carolina
Waia Bank and Trust
Clarice Ayson Stone
Pwill
O. M. Bundy
Jamesman
North Carolina
Clesed
Wachovia Bank and Trustmpany
Wachovia Ak
North Caria
Tober
Wachovia Ik and Trust Company
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
City of
Lita Childress
Elvert J. Childress
Florence W. Allen
N. C
Blanche Polk
State of North Carolina
M. W. Nash
Normandy Landscape After Bombing Seen From Air
Normandy bears a scarred, pitted face in autumn light as bomb craters scar fields outside shattered towns. The aerial view reveals hedgerows and ruined farms, with St Lo Caen as unreal honeycombs under gray haze, while American armor left the land largely intact where Germans retreated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
Normandy
St. Lo
Caen
Truman Speeds Toward Frisco For Address
Senator Harry S. Truman moves toward San Francisco on the second lap of his transcontinental campaign tour. In Los Angeles he assailed Governor Dewey on foreign policy and warned voters against a fence straddler in the White House, demanding clear stand on isolationists and wartime leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
San Francisco
Harry S. Truman
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Commonwealth Club
Shrine Auditorium
Thomas E. Dewey
Japan
Dewey
Hearsts
McCormicks
Harding
Ball
Trosper Named National Retail Chairman for Sixth War Loan
Durham reports R. G. Trosper executive vice president of the Greensboro Merchants Association chosen as national retail chairman for the sixth war loan drive. He spoke at the annual fall conference of the Associated Credit Bureaus of North Carolina where aims of the loan campaign were outlined as officers were to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trosper
Durham
R. G. Trosper
Greensboro Merchants Association
Associated Credit Bureaus of
North Carolina
Roscoe Grice sentenced in sugar coupon case
Roscoe Grice Fayetteville automobile dealer received a three year federal prison sentence after being convicted on counterfeit coupons worth 76 845 pounds of sugar. His lawyers filed notice of appeal. Bond denied until Oct 30 when a hearing is set. Peggy O Neil and Sam Kushner face trials for possession of gasoline and fuel oil coupons. Dr Joseph R Sevier dies in Hendersonville at 66. Funeral plans awaiting word from son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kushner
Washington, D. C
North Carolina Farm Bureau backs tobacco control plan
The NC Farm Bureau Tobacco Committee endorses a federal tobacco control program as equitable for all farmers including smallholders tenants and landlords. They cite department of agriculture data showing enough flue cured tobacco to meet domestic and export demand and say cigarette shortages are not caused by tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Tobacco Committee
Carl Hicks
Walstonburg
Hicks
Department of Agriculture
Baseball Loop to Meet Salisbury Tonight for 1945 Play
Representatives from eight North Carolina State Baseball League clubs suspended since 1942 will meet in Salisbury to discuss resuming play in 1945. Attending teams include Thomasville Lexington Salisbury Landis Mooresville Hickory Concord and Statesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
North Carolina
Thomasville
Lexington
Landis
Mooresville
Hickory
Concord
Statesville
Broughton To Speak On Poll Taxes And Voting Rights
J Melville Broughton will address the New York Herald Tribunes forum Wednesday night at 8 o clock on poll taxes and voting rights. The discussion aims to explain legal and civic implications of voting restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Melville Broughton
New York Herald-Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pacific
Capt
Lanny Ross
Jack
Adler
Carele Landis
New Guinea
John BR. Henry
Thomas Polk
Frisco
Willkife
Philip Willkie
Wendell Willkie
New York
Rushville
Ind
Sevier
Hendersonville
Joseph R. Sevier
Fassifern School For Girls
Greystone Camp
Presbyterian
Lynchburg
Alexandria
Augusta
Carolinas
Jdlin L. Sevier
Red Cross
Carribbean
FE. Langdon Hanna
Spartanburg
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Mid- Atlantic Circulation Managers Association
Daniels
John Dana Wise
Richmond
Germany
Charlotte
Johnny Gibson
Yester
Wen
Broughton
Gov
Charleston
Hamburg
South Carolina
Southern Railway System
South
All America
Southern Railway
Southern
Southland
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