Hollywood Stars Preview Ahead of Major Film Premieres
A Tribune note reviews early previews and star gossip about Joan Crawford Fred MacMurray and other film figures. It highlights Joan Crawford and her project Above Suspicion announces cast and ties to military airfields. It covers Veda Ann Borg Blondie and Penny Singleton romances plus Randolph Scott Cary Grant Barbara Hutton Olivia de Havilland and Franchot Tone with notes on careers and wartime changes.
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Broadway
Hollywood
Army
Joan Crawford
Sample
Sheppard Field
Joan
Lamar USO Flag Day Program Planned
A United Nations Flag Day celebration is set for Monday at the Lamar USO at p. m. Director D. L. Hoagan says an American flag will be presented to Wichita Falls Mayor Bill Hood and junior hostesses will introduce United Nations flags. The Wichita Falls American Legion post will assist.
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United Nations
P. m
Lamar Uso
D. L. Hoagan
Bill Hood
Wichita Falls
American Legion
USO class teaches Spanish to soldiers at Sheppard Field
Pvt. Pedro Gonzales conducts the Speak Spanish class at the Eighth Street USO each Monday at 8 p m. The free session uses conversation poetry reading singing and blackboard illustrations and is open to Sheppard Field soldiers.
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Pvt
Pedro Gonzales
St. F. T. P. A. Sheppard
Eighth Street
Sheppard Field
Records Set As Soldiers Mob USO’s
More than 90 000 soldiers visited the Lamar USO club during May. Donald Hogan, club director, announced Thursday. An all time one day record was set at the Eighth Street USO last Sunday when an estimated 5 000 soldiers visited the building.
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Lamar
Dallas Radio Station Names AM Instructor Woman of the Week
Mrs. Grover C. Johnson of Wichita Falls an airplane mechanics instructor at Sheppard Field was cited as Texas Woman of the Week on Station KGKO Dallas radio. She sent 750 Mother's Day letters to Her mothers of Sheppard Field soldiers and organized a Wichita Falls youth group to promote war bond sales.
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Grover CC. Johnson
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field
Texas
KGKO
Dallas
Johnson
Lamar USO Schedule of Evening Activities
A dated listing outlines Lamar USO events across Monday to Wednesday. Activities include morning movies, dances, religious services, open house at YWCA, birthday parties, Shrine and hospital shows, tennis, chess, handicrafts, radio theater, and dance classes, with multiple times and venues noted.
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YWCA
8th Street USO Saturday Evening Schedule and Events
A list of events at the 8th Street USO includes Ring Around the Piano at 7:00 p.m. and Victory Jamboree at 8:00 p.m. with a Floor Show from Boren Studio directed by Mary Elizabeth and Margaret Robertson. Other activities include a Soldier's and WAAC Contest, a June birthday party for soldiers, song fests, coffee hour, concert recordings, song requests, Melody Hour, an art class, and a Speak Spanish class.
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Boren Studio
Mary Elizabeth
Margaret Robertson
Soldier's
WAAC
United States
Community recreation schedule for Pvt Gonzales
A list of activities including Ring around the Piano, Dark Room Work, Soldier's Wives Bowling Club, Golf, Ping Pong, Old Fashioned Singsong, Instrumental session, Horseback riding, Bingo, Camera Club, Popcorn Poppin, Soldiers Singsong, and a Friday lineup with Movie night and horseback riding. Multiple times noted from afternoon to night on Tuesday and Friday.
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Pvt. Gonzales
Soldier’s Wives Bowling Club
U. S
What's Your Name Soldier Radio Quiz Show Changes Time
An all star line up from Eighth Service command posts will present What's Your Name Soldier a weekly War Bond radio show at 7 to 7 30 p m starting Saturday June 12 on WFAA WBAP WOAI and KPRC stations This week the change was announced.
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Eighth Service
WFAA
WBAP
WOAI
KPRC
Victory Stage Musical Revue Tonight At 8 30
Special Service office stages an outdoor Victory Stage revue at 8:30 p m featuring dancers music songs and comedy in an hour long program designed to lift spirits for enlisted men.
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Sheppard Field
Special Service Office
Victory Stage
Me Ke Sal an M Er Ni 12 nig Day Ope cur sup
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a 12 night opening event and supervision details. Readable names or places are unclear, but the entry hints at a scheduled opening or curfew context with unspecified participants.
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