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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1943

Page

8

Mary Ruth Crew In Nazi Prison

Red Cross announces Staff Sgt. Murray Crain and six Flying Fortress crew members survived a crash in German territory and remained in a Nazi prison camp. Other names include Capt. Kenneth L. Brown Lieut Vincent J. Billey James C Akers Raymond LittonWilliam Allen William Brown Pate and Second Lieut James P. Feerick.

New York Murray Crain Air Force Crain Red Cross Mary Ruth Kenneth L. Brown Bodgeville Vincent J. Billey Ottumwa James C. Akers Minnesota Raymond Litton Denver Wiliam Allen Athens Wiliam Brown Elorado Pate James P. Feerick John Steinbeck

Jaycees Name Chairmen for Administrative Year

The Junior Chamber of Commerce announced chairmen for the coming administrative year starting July 1. Appointments cover Agriculture Terrell Gates Americanism Ellsworth Owns aviation Ray McLean bowling Martha Franklin city and county beautification Raymond Tabor foreign relations Joe Bethlehem education Bascom Story golf Ed Brandt greeters Wilson Tallman health Dick Johnson externsion John Huntress legislative Arthur Sandlin membership Z. Gulledge national defense and military affairs Bob Hosea new projects Irwin Bernstein pay your pall tat Ray Mosley radio Paul Bate safety Angus Cockrell social Tom Moods sports promotion D.T. Perry Jr youth welfare Charles Pabst war bonds and stamp sales Harry Pabst zoning Walter Bowman.

Chamber of Commerce Nen Terrell Gates Ellsworth Owns Ray McLean Martha Pranklin Raymond Tabor Joe Beth Denodurl Bascom Story Ed Brandt Wilson Tallman Dick Johnson Ohn Huntress. Jr

Paul Kilday to Speak at Jaycees Meeting in Milam Cafeteria

Representative Paul Kilday, back in San Antonio, will address the Junior Chamber of Commerce at 6 15 p m Tuesday in the Milam cafeteria. Miss Lenora Ann Thompson of the Texas University dramatic arts department will be on the entertainment program.

Paul Kilday San Antonio Milam Junior Chamber of Commerce Lenora Ann Thomp Department of Dramatic Arts of Texas University

U S General Decorated In Pacific

Brigadier General William Lynd of Payette Idaho received the Distinguished Flying Cross for a daring low level bombing raid over Wewek New Guinea on March 18. He commanded a bomber attacking a convoy destroying a tanker and later targeting a transport, aiding the expulsion of the enemy. General Macarthur announced the award.

United Nations Australia INS William Lynd Payette Idaho Macarthur Lynd Wewek New Guinea Lyne

Subsidy Proposed to Build U S Merchant Fleet After War

Senator George L. Radcliffe urged a government subsidy to create the world’s greatest postwar merchant fleet and to ensure the return of ships borrowed by Britain and others. He warned the U S must not repeat past failures and proposed either subsidy or government ownership to maintain tonnage and leadership in world commerce. The piece also notes Hollywood figures and Gary Cooper’s Montana ties in a separate item.

Wasnimuunry INS George L. Radcliffe Radclife Radcliffe

Strange job and rationing affect Hollywoods Lets Face It

Hollywood star Elisabeth Russell drew the strangest screen assignment for Paramounts Lets Face It She plays a ghost in part of The Uninvited co stars Bob Hope and Betty Hutton Portraits of her appear in scenes but she has only one meal cut from the final shot due to rationing nationwide

Hollywood Elisabeth Russell Drew Oreral Paramount Bob Hope Bettyamount

Maugmam Acts in Film Scene as Novel Opens

Hollywood star W Somerset Maugham performs his first film acting dare in a scene where he writes The Hour Before the Dawn, used by Paramount to begin a film adaptation. The musical Salute for Three starring Betty Rhodes and Macdonald Carey was largely filmed in a single act portraying a Manhattan cane used for servicemen with all song and dance numbers staged there.

Maugmam Hollywood W. Somerset Maugham Paramount Betty Rhodes Macdonald Carey

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