What's Buzzin camp show to entertain at Sheppard Field
An all novelty vaudeville unit What's Buzzin sponsored by USC Camp Shows will play the Victory Stage at Sheppard Field on Saturday and Monday August 19 and 21. The traveling act lineup includes Marjorie Olman Plato and Jewell Ross and Stone Three Wyse Girls Three Hylton Sisters Don Francisco and Company and Irving Victor with a special hospital performance planned later. Admission is free. Curtain time is 8 30 p m.
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USC
Talont
Marjorie Olman
Plato and
Jewell
Ross and Stone
Wyse
Hylton
Don Francisco and Company
Irving Victor
Community Life Schedule at 8th Street USC
A weekly program list at 8th Street USC includes Herbert Rogers as Master Pianist on Saturday at 8 p.m. and various activities through the week such as Java Hour, Melody Hour, Community Sing, Co-ed Swim Supper, Vesper service, Co-ed Biking, Soldiers Bowling League, Ping Pong Tournament with prizes, Bingo Party with prizes, Camera Room, Concert Recording, Make a Record, and Wives Bowling Party. Learn and Live-
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Java
Buckley Air Show Staged by Ex SF Corporal
Cpl. Larry Levin, former Sheppard Field entertainment director and Mutual announcer, staged the Fatigue Follies minstrel show at Buckley Field Base Theater No 1 on Thursday night. Levin is assigned to the Special Service Office at Buckley and recently transferred to Denver for duty.
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Larry Levin
Sheppard Field
Buckley Field Base
Levin
Special Service Office
Mutual
Denver
Sweet Swing Music Poll Reveals Preferences Among Soldiers
The three groups of arriving, stationed, and departing men at Sheppard Field show dance bands as top taste with jazz low and military tunes next. Singing during marching is preferred, while incoming troops want to join the band and others favor glee club singing. Lieutenant Witmer vows to provide cowboy music for newcomers.
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Sheppard Field
Glee Club
Witmer
Plans For Service Men's Christian League On Post
Chaplaincy forms plans for a Service Men's Christian League on post to serve all personnel. The SMCL aims to unite men from across the field without conflicting with existing services. A bivouac unit is planned, with chaplains coordinating regional units and WAC participation invited. The second meeting is set for Wednesday August 16 at 7:30 in Chapel No. 4. contact Pvt. Paul H. Vice for details.
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Service Men’s Christian League
B. W. Sinderson
LINK
SMCL
WAC
Pvt
Paul H. Vice
A. C. Wentworth
Film Forum Planned At Eighth Street USO Nightly
Film Forum at the Eighth Street USO Club opens Sunday nights this fall with NYU Film Library titles such as Alice Adams The Bridge Valley Town and Machine Master or Slave The program invites servicemen and civilians including lawyers language teachers and newspaper men to join in a discussion and film selection session on Sunday August 13 at 6 30 PM.
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Eighth Street
USO Club
New York University
Foreign Policy Association
Latin America
Valley
USC Club
MUSE M-1 REBELLION Poem by Pvt Mario A Caroli
A short wartime verse by Pvt Mario A Caroli comments on dating and changing norms among women. The speaker contrasts romantic ideals with societal judgments, lamenting the loss of "real love" amid modern vanity and fashion. The poem critiques expectations while expressing personal longing within a city setting.
Prayer as morale booster in wartime faith and leadership
The article argues prayer and religious practice lift morale and calm, citing Moses, Joshua, General Marshall, and General Montgomery. It notes prayer as a source of strength for listeners, penitent, and soldiers, tying faith to effective leadership and wartime morale. It ends with a remark on Fountain pens and autumn pencils used in 1941.
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Robert Ingesol
Eart
Montgomery
Geor C. Marshall
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Herbert Rogers
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Sweet Swing Heads Music
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