What Your Contribution to War Fund Means to G I Joe
A radio Army Hour broadcast features Bob Hope James Cagney Jack Benny and Dinah Shore urging support for USO camp shows. A soldier’s letter from France describes four weeks in a foxhole and the relief of a USO performance that sparked laughter and a sense of vacation amid hardship.
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Army Hour
Bob Hope
James Cagney
Jack Benny
Dinah Shore
USO
France
Willie Shore
Dames
G. I
Buddy
USC
South Pacific
Iceland
United Seamen’s Service
National War Fund
Illinois Central issues pocket handbook of courtesy to 42000 employees
Illinois Central railroad distributes a pocket sized booklet Making and Holding Friends Through Courtesy to all employees. It aims to improve manners, dependability, and customer service with practical guidance and quotes from authoritative sources.
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I. C
Illinois Central Railroad
C. R. Young
Mr. Young
Illinois Central Family
Paul Gall Unit American Legion Auxiliary Meets Tonight
The Paul Gall Unit 308 American Legion Auxiliary holds its regular meeting at 8 pm with Mrs. Mary Ferguson presiding. Armistice Day events, delinquent dues policy, and donations for the Juvenile Detention Home are announced along with notes on members and the Veterans Craft Shop open at 30 West Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Frankie Albrecht
Paul Gall
Mary Ferguson
Helen Swanson
Dorothy Kagemann
Orland Convalescent Center
Emily Messerschmidt
Margaret Meginnis
Amy Schlieman
Tony Salerno
Dalton Village Hall
Oak St
Dalton
Meta Schroeder
Louisa Schaeffer
Albrecht
Veterans Craft Shop
Legion Or
Auxiliary
West Washington St
Ransom
Plan Pre-Drive Bond Canvass for Employees in Chicago
A pre-drive blitz by about 30 000 Minute Men targets 1 600 largest Chicago and Cook County firms to secure Sixth War Loan bond pledges from all employees. The drive chair man Francie M Knight says payroll savings deductions will count toward drive totals, with over 1 000 companies adopting $75 per employee quotas. A special Minutes Men group led by Julie H Collins and others will canvass company officials as Chicago and Cook County set a combined quota of $836 160 000 and a target of $106 666 000 in E bonds.
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Chicago
Cook County
Francie M. Knight
Mr. Knight
Julie, H. Collins
Harris, Hall and Company
Robert A. Podesta
Kebben McCormick and Company
Cuthbert C. Adams
Drawing lessons cheer returning soldiers at USO club
Soldier Tibbs recovering at an Army hospital in Phoenixville attends drawing lessons from Agnes Bartha at the USC club. He shares experiences with Pvt Sol Cherry while hostesses provide homey comforts and activities for convalescent veterans. USO staff and Red Cross schedules support hospital visits and postwar reintegration resources.
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Arnold H. Tibbs
Leonardo da Vinci
Agnes Bartha
Soldier Tibbs
Army Hospital
Phoenixville
USC Club
Pvt
Sol Cherry
Tibbs
Miss Bartha
USO
Army
Red Cross
Lfe
National
YWCA
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G.I. Joe
America
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Co
Knight
Dalenberg & Gouwens
South Park Street
South Holland, Illinois
Scott County
Brach’s Floral Chocolates
Urasnow
Purasnow
Calif
Chase & Sanborn
Gibson
Quick Arrow
Hamburger
Braunschweiger
Tender Pino
SWIFT
Bland Lard
Idaho
Washington Jonathans
Washington
Michigan Jonathans
Texas
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