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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
7
Jay Kyser a tall lively knee-band leader married his vocalist Georgia Ann Car UW in Las Vegas. The ceremony received help from officers who stopped them for a radio style interview with Kyser introducing the couple as a famous pair and magazine cover stars.
James Kern Kyser known as Old Professor marries Kay Carroll in a private ceremony at 1 30 a m attended by Undersheriff Stewart and Deputy Harmonson near Victorville California after a band performance. Carroll 24 a Dallas native and former magazine model became a Kyser vocalist during army base tours.
Sergeant James W. Russell of West Monroe serves as waist gunner in a B 26 of Allied invasion forces in France. A war correspondent, who rode along, witnessed the first barge load of invading soldiers land and the crew later breakfasted in England before returning to the fight. Russell, son of Mrs. J W Russell of 119 Linderman Ave, West Monroe, had just reported the crew's “storybook mission” of May 8 when their plane with 51 bullet holes returned safely to base.
Lieutenant John P. Toler 23 of Monroe died in action in the Asiatic theater near China or India after being missing since last March. A 1942 recruit of the Air Corps, he earned navigator wings at Mather Field California on November 21 1942. Prior to service he worked for Ford Bacon and Davis. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. W M Toler and two sisters Miss Joyce Toler and Mrs Wilbur Smith.
The Office of Price Administration denounces nylon priority clubs as illegal schemes. Stores offer future nylon pairs in exchange for loyalty cards and promise early access to wartime nylons, while consumers need not join clubs to buy nylons when released.
United States Navy announces leadership for the western Europe invasion. Rear Adm. John L. Hall Rear Adm. Don F. Moon and Commodore Campbell D. Edgar will command units under Rear Adm. Alan G. Kirk as head of naval forces in the invasion.
New York dispatch describes German women mobilized for railways and luftwaffe rescue work as propaganda. A former prisoner of war recalls blue uniforms and duties on the Reichsbahn and notes a rare personal moment sparked by a bar of soap. About 200 copies of each motion picture film circulate to English theaters.
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