Blackstone Show Heads to Memorial Auditorium in Wichita Falls
World famed magician Blackstone offers a two night necromantic extravaganza at Memorial Auditorium Wichita Falls starting 8 15 Monday and Tuesday January 8 and 9 with 30 assistants including many girls. The act features 50 illusions such as Butterflies of the World Rainbow Waters Ghost Handkerchief and Hindu Rope Trick. seats go on sale January 3 at half price for enlisted men at Rameys Drug Store.
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Blackstone
Memorial Auditorium
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field
Ramey’s Drug Store
ARC Plans Party Night Club Style
Convalescent patients at the regional station hospital will hold a New Year party Monday evening in the Red Cross Auditorium. The venue “Club GI” will feature refreshments games and a floor show with cigarette girls and a Broadway night club atmosphere. Acts include Cpl. Frank Varano and Pvt. Tom OConnell among others with Red Cross Gray Ladies in evening attire.
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Regional Station Hospital
Red Cross
Cpl
Frank Varano
Tom O'Connell
Negro USO Unit Sets Two Shows at Sheppard Field
A Negro USO unit signs to perform two shows at Sheppard Field in Building 212 on January 5 and at the regional station hospital on January 6. Headliners include Garner and Wilson, John Conway, Gertrude Waters, Rosalie Young, and Ina Bowen, arriving from Paris Texas for the two night stand.
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Sheppard Field
William L. F. Pooley
Building 212
Garner and Wilson
John Conway
Gertrude Waters
Rosalie Young
Ina Bowen
Paris
Texas
Eighth St USC Variety Show For Servicemen
A gala variety show for servicemen is set at 8 p m Saturday in the Eighth St USC to kick off New Year festivities. Juanita Smith will deliver witty monologues, Cpl Al Berends will perform magic tricks, and vocalist Patsy Duncan will sing classic tunes.
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St. Usc
Juanita Smith
Cpl
al Behrends
Patsy Duncan
New Inter Sectional Activities Contest Inaugurated
Personnel Services announced a new Inter-Sectional Activities Contest led by Lt. Allen T. Johnston. An organization can win $25 for the greatest week’s total points across activities including flight singing, section shows, day room activities, mass singing and more with points awarded per activity and observers recording results. The A R man and flight song leader will receive a 24 hour pass.
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Allen T. Johnston
Texacts
A & R Man
Music Fights Fatigue with Classical Lounge for SF GIs
At Deser Fo Field Service Club No 1 in Sheppard Field over 500 golden era GIs weekly visit the classical music lounge. Miss Iola Barron says soldiers crave grand opera and symphonic works by Grieg Sibelius Shostakovich and Gershwin, seeking comfort amid war tension.
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Iola Barron
Harry James
Benny Goodman
Rugcuttin
Miss Barron
Grieg
Sibelius
Shostakovich
Fayssoux to Return for Service Club Show
William S. Fayssoux, a noted hypnotist and magician, is signed for a return engagement by Personnel Services to appear in Service Club No 2 on January 6 and 7 at 7 30 p m. The act features hypnotic comedy and telepathy demonstrations, with escape tricks including the mail bag escape and the Alexander Herrmann trunk illusion.
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William S. Fayssoux
Sheppard Field
Fayssoux
Enrico Caruso
Bill Fayssoux
Hospital
Harry Houdini
Alexander Heerman
Chilly weather shoppers find woolen goods at Exchange
The TEXACTS notes a brisk cold season at the Exchange with wool gloves in plain and leather palm styles back in stock plus half wool half cotton socks. New arrivals include hand towels T shirts shaving kits leather and water resistant containers and a new shaving lotion. Also listed are metal blouse buttons a dauber brush waterproof caps raintop officer wear in Exchange 2 and real leather handball gloves in sizes 8 and 9. Gift boxes chocolates dates and sea son toys remain on display with new watchbands including leather and filled gold slips on models.
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Texacts
Santa
California
New Directory Units Ordered for Sheppard Field Phones
The Post Signal Office lists a call for all organizations to submit letters from Building 842 listing every telephone number as it will appear in the new Sheppard Field directory. Building numbers will be shown.
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Post Signal Office
Sheppard Field
Pay-Date Allotment option explained for monthly deductions
A wartime notice explains Class E allotments for sending monthly checks to others, including banks or insurers. Deductions come from pay and checks mail promptly, and allotments can be stopped anytime. It notes Class E payments terminate if the service member is captured or reported missing.
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Russell Patterson
Frin- Sance
Eighth St USC Plans Large New Year Eve Party
The Eighth Street USO Club will host a New Year’s Eve party Sunday night announced by Miss Bobbie Wash. Hundreds of GIs are expected to attend for entertainment including Burkburnett Chorus Jo Ann Hill and Dolores Browning. Sullivan the child vocalist and Cpl. Al Behrends will perform.
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Eighth Street
USO Club
Dolores Browning
Sheppard Field Loan
Sissy Sullivan
Wonder
Cpl
Texas
Section L Party Brings Show To Holt Hotel
Diez Fatigue at the GI night club performed Thursday at Service Club No 2 for Section L then moved downtown to Wichita Falls to Holt Hotel for a second appearance before a large GI audience and the event.
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Wichita Falls
Holt Hotel
Musicians Wanted for Evening Play with Pipers Orchestra
M Sut David of the Sing Sing department of Personal Services seeks musicians to join evening performances with the Pipers orchestra. Fun and occasional paid work offered. Personnel Services located in Bidg. 961.
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M. Sut
David
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Eighth St
USC
Harry
Betty Fryer
Pfe. Donovan Pratt
Department of English
Purdue University
78Th
AAFBU
Personnel Services Office
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