Stage Door Canteen and Broadway Stars Shine in Army Screen Week
Memo to Moviegoers notes Sheppard Field theaters host a war era film blitz. Stage Door Canteen showcases top Broadway and Hollywood talent, with Cheryl Walker rising from stand‑in to star. Other offerings include Wings Over the Pacific and Action in the North Atlantic, plus Mister Big featuring Donald O’Conner and Gloria Jean.
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Katherine Cornell
Hollywood
Cornell
Broadway
Lynn Fontaine
Helen Hayes
Tallulah Bankhead
Ina Claire
Judith Anderson
June Cowell
Sally New
Cheryl Walker
New York City
Cheryl
Miss Walker
Mister Big
Donald O'Conner
Gloria Jean
Buddy Pepper
Pepper
Cpl
Bill Sully
Texacts
USO Camp Show Ends 3 Day Stand Tonight
The Looping the Loop USO camp show wraps up a three day run at the Victory Stage tonight at 8 30 admission is free and limited to Shepard Field enlisted personnel.
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USO
Sheppard Field
Service Club Weekly Shows and Events Schedule
Saturday 8 30 p m USC Camp Show Victory Stage. Sunday 8 30 p m Variety Show Open House Bridge games monop ly jam sessions. Tuesday 8 p m Victory Stage Quiz Variety Show. Wednesday Boogie Woogie Dance Band. Thursday 3 30 p m Radio Broadcast Sheppard Field Hour 8 p m All star Variety Show Saturday July 3038 wy m Bingo prizes including long distance calls Save More Planes
Evening Program at Shepard Ald Calmore venue
A busy schedule lists morning and evening activities at Shepard Ald Calmore including films, dances, religious services, classes, open house at YWCA, tennis, health unit events, concerts, radio theater and floor shows across several time slots.
Ring Around the Piano and Victory Jamboree at 8th Street USO
A schedule lists events at the 8th Street USO with shows from 7:00 p.m. including Ring Around the Piano and at 8:00 p.m. a Victory Jamboree program and Soldier's WAAC Talent Contest prizes. Other entries cover songs, hymns, recordings, Spanish classes, and a Dark Room Work note through the evening.
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Soldier's Waac
Pvt. Gonzales
Soldiers' Wives Bowling Club Schedule Listed
The notice lists a day’s schedule with 10:30 a m bowling for soldiers wives, 2:00 p m golf, and 8:00 p m ping pong tournament, with entries via telephone.
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Soldiers’ Wives Bowling Club
Sny
Local coeds to dance with honor mechanics at post event
More than 350 vacationing college co-eds from Wichita Falls and nearby towns will dance with outstanding students from technical schools in Hangar No 1 at 8 30 p m. The All-Collegiate dance is arranged by the post special service office with the 24th Air Forces band providing music. Notable guests include Maj Gen J E Chaney and Mrs Chaney Col E H Barr and Mrs Barr Col David W Goodrich and Mrs Goodrich Maj Tony L Carter Jr and Mrs Carter Capt W R Young and Mrs Young Capt Vern Carter and Mrs Carter Lt Henry Coley and Mrs Coley. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
24Th Air Forces Band
Rea
Post Special Service Office
J. E. Chaney
Sheppard Field
Chaney
E. H. Barr
Barr
David W. Goodrich
Goodrich
Tony L. Carter, Jr
Post
Carter
W. R. Young
Young
Vern Carter
Henry Coley
Evening events listed for U S winner venue
In the United States a schedule of evening activities includes an 8:00 p m bingo party with prizes and dark room work, an 8:00 p m camera club with developing instructions, 8:00 p m table games, a 9:00 p m soldiers sing song, and a 9:00 a m soldiers wives swimming party.
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Soldiers’ Wives
Ex-Juggler Heads Hospital Stage Show Next Thursday Night
Pvt. Hilmann Mendoza a former Keith vaudeville juggler will entertain Red Cross hospital patients at the Red Cross auditorium next Thursday night. He balances a barracks bed on his chin and walks a ladder while balancing a water glass. Pvt. Burt Gore in Imitations also appears.
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Hilmann Mendoza
TSS
Keith
Red Cross
Red Cross Recreation Department
Mendoza
Burt Gore
USO Quiz Contest Pays Off GI Questions in Lamar
Soldiers at Sheppard Field were urged to send their GI questions to the Lamar USO club for the weekly quiz. About 20 questions are accepted each Tuesday night with prizes of 25 cents for correct answers and 35 cents for stumpers. Winners may collect by mail or in person.
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Sheppard Field
Lamar Uso Club
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Ben Maddox
Special Service Office
Onak
New York
Bette Davis
Roz Russell
Grable
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Gypsy Rose Lee
Yehudi Menuhin
Ethel Merman
Betty Grable
Katherine Hepburn
Paul Muni
Ethel Waters
Johnny Weissmuller
Elsa Maxwell
Goodman, Lombardo, Kyser, Cugat, Martin
Count Basie
Pas
Hedy Lamar
Inez Cooper
Pacific
Ann Sheridan
Edward Norris
Julie Bishop
North Atlantic
Warners
Evelyn Ankers
Universal
Vixian Blaine
Laurel & Hardy
20Th Century-Fox
USC
P. m
Sheppard Field Hour
Lamar Uso
YWCA
Wives Tennis Club
Sacred Heart Parish Hall
8Th Street
Phil Spitalny
All Girl Orchestra
Virginia Rogers
Major Herod
U. S
Sun
Chicago
Jinx Faulkenburg
Joan Davis
SUN. Mon
John Carradine
MR. Chimp
Sonny Dunham
el Brendel
Pegey Ryan
News OF the Day
Jitterbugs
Laurel and Hardy
Rover Rangers
Jack Rabbit and the
Humphrey Bogart
Raymond Massey
Alan Hale
Sonny Dunham and His Orchestra
EI Brendel
PWO Senoritas
Joioh Faulkenburg
All Star
Jeltterbugs
Jack Rabbit and the Beanstalk
Peggy Hyan
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