General Eisenhower Praises USO Camp Shows At Welcome Home Dinner
General Eisenhower lauds USO Camp Shows for boosting soldier morale with Broadway quality entertainment. SHAEF reports 688 performances in June for Army of Occupation in Germany and over 519000 soldiers attended, with July expected to rise. Top Broadway acts and stars featured include Copacabana Revue Rosalinda Jack Benny and Grace Moore. Financed by American public through National War Fund affiliated United War Fund of North Carolina.
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City of
New York
Red Cross
Army of Occupation
Germany
SHAEF
Carl Goerch
United War Fund of
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Central Park
Rosalinda
Billy Rose
Jack Benny
Hal MclIntyre
Amos and Andy
Don Cossack Chorus
Grace Moore
Nino Martini
USC
National War Fund
Letters From Our Boys Prisoner Of War Message
A wartime letter from Dorothy L. Robbins describes a prisoner of war from Corregidor awaiting homecoming. The writer, addressing mother and father, says she is well, hopes for a speedy reunion, and asks to inform Abbott Henry Viola Clyde Crusenberry and others about receiving mail.
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Dorothy L. Robbins
Mother
Dad
Abbott
Henry
O. K
Viola
Clyde Crusenberry
Marines Open Enlistment To Volunteers In North Carolina
Executive order allows qualified men ages seventeen to extend enlistment in the U S Marine Corps with parental consent and a birth certificate for 17 year olds. Ex service men may reenlist to age thirty two within a year of discharge. Reenlistees within ninety days regain former rank and receive furlough on full pay. Apply in Raleigh for details.
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U. S. Marine Corps
John M. Greer
Marine Corps
North Carolina
Post Offiece
Raleigh
Pleasant Dreams Pillows Return to Eastern North Carolina Stores
Goose and duck feathers and down filled pillows and inner casings, long scarce on the civilian market, will appear soon in Eastern North Carolina stores. Prices will align with existing ceiling prices or comparable pillows.
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North Carolina
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The
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Tommie
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Sonny Day
Accordion
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Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
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C. D. McVay
Lina
J. C. Hiest
C. B. Jones
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