Stardust Club in Heidelberg Draws 500000 Guests
The Stardust Club in Heidelberg Germany has entertained over 500000 guests in just over a year, generating more than 1990000 dollars in business. Open nightly except the first Monday for inventory, the venue features multiple rooms and strict rules, with German staff and a growing number of American women. officers are largely barred. Captain Eugene E. Cox notes plans to create an Americans-only room as crowd dynamics shift.
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Germany
Stardust Club
Europe
Third Army
Melody Image
WACS
Eugene E. Cox
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Normandy club proves popular enlisteds’ rest haven
The club, begun at the urging of Lt Gen Geoffrey Keyes, grew into a theater wide project with Stardust Circuit floor shows touring towns and including foreign casts. Major Claude L. Pridgen directs the Asset Civilian Show Circuit. The group plans a Christmas party for 9,000 German children and opens a lending library of dance records for swing fans. Nightly, hundreds dance to a 24 piece band.
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Claude L. Pridgen
Gainesville
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Skilled Safecracker Shortage At End
Baltimore detective Cant. Henry J. Kriss notes postwar safe openings remain rare and highly skilled. He cites a flower shop burglary with a neat opening, no fingerprints, and calls it the first truly professional job since before the war.
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Henry J. Kriss
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Banker Loaned Boy 36 Cents After Lost 18
Port Washington police report a seven year old, Tommy Wing, who after returning home from the movies borrowed 36 cents from a bank officer to take a friend along. He had lost 18 cents earlier. The story notes such negotiations take time.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Tommy Wing
Tommy
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