Story of Dr Wassell at Grand in Technicolor
Cecil B DeMille presents The Story of Dr Wassell at the Grand on Sunday Monday and Tuesday. Gary Cooper leads a star cast including Laraine Day and Signe Hasse in a Technicolor drama of Commander Wassell saving nine Marblehead sailors and aiding China during war times.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Story of
Dr. Wassell
Will Bethown
Bronday
Paramount
Hollywood
Corydon M. Wassel
Gary Cooper
Laraine Day
Signe Hasse
Carol Thurston
Paul Kelly
Denis O'Keefe
Eel
Courageous Mission Aboard The Warship Wassell
The article recalls Commander Wassell who, after serving as a medical missionary in China, aids wounded sailors from the Marblehead during South Pacific fighting. He braves Jap bombs to move the men toward Australia, earning the Navy Cross for his courage and skill.
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China
South Pacific
Wassel
Marblehead
Australia
Wassell
Rainwaters Buy Reynolds Street Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Rainwater purchased the house at 510 East Reynolds street. Interior repairs and wallpapering are underway. exterior painting will follow. The Rainwaters plan to move in soon while Mr. Rainwater works at Hanford.
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W. M. Rainwater
East
Reynolds Street
Border Patrol assigns Cobb Wade to Pecos post
Cobb Wade has been accepted for the United States border patrol and assigned to Pecos. He previously worked for The American. His wife and daughter will join him later.
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Border Patrol
Cobb Wade
United States Border Patrol
Pecos
Wade
Seven Days Ashore Bright Musical Comes to Grand Next Week
RKO Radio's Seven Days Ashore is a gay musical comedy starring Marcy McGuire Gordon Oliver Elaine Shepard Wally Brown Alan Carney Amelita Ward Virginia Mayo and Dooley Wilson. The film features Freddie Fisher and Freddie Slack with new tunes and a plot about a sailor who pledges undying love to three women causing comic predicaments. It is being shown to armed forces abroad via the Army Motion Picture Service.
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RKO Radio
Marcy McGuire
Gordon Oliver
Elaine Shepard
Wally Brown
Alan Carney
Amelita Ward
Virginia Mayo
Dooley Wilson
Freddie Slack
Freddie Fisher
Colonel Corn
Oliver
Brown
Carney
Merchant Marine
Amelita
Virginia
Carne
Brown and
Mort Greene
Lew Pollack
Aim
Merchant Marine Service
Sioux City
Nero
Army Motion Picture Service
Laugh-Fest Promised At Palace Theater
Paramounts Standing Room Only stalls audiences with Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard. The Washington satire follows a butler and cook who enter Roland Youngs household, guiding a timely comedy at the Palace.
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Palace Theater
Paramount
Fred MacMurray
Paulette Goddard
Palace Theatre
Paulette
Butler
Cook
Fred
Roland Young
Sidney Lanfield
Bushell Writes of Rest in Italy and Rome Visit
W. A. Bushell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bushell, now staff sergeant in Italy after two years overseas, describes May and June letters detailing beaches, caves, a hotel dance, church visits, ruins, and Rome sights including Mussolini's balcony and Red Cross buildings.
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W. A
Bill) Bushell
E. A. Bushell
Srgeant
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
States
Red Cross
Ives Fe
Stamford Personal News Salutes Local and Visiting Residents
Mrs. A F Byrd planning UT Austin entry this fall. Mr and Mrs Vincent Roach and son visit Stamford from Fort Worth after moving there last year. G L Inglish ill but improving. Pvt Hal George Mason visited grandparents J E Duncan. served at Camp Blanding and will go to San Luis Obispo. Tech Sgt Asa Adamson arrived with family to San Angelo after transfer from Cuero. Gm1 C G Roberts of US Coast Guard home on leave from San Francisco with sisters and relatives visiting. Don Lively of Houston, visiting Bowdry family, suffered appendicitis and had surgery at Stamford Sanitarium, now recovering.
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Pvt
Hal George Mason
J. E. Duncan
Camp Blanding
Fla
San Luis Obispo
Calif
S. J. Roberts
United States Coast Guard
San Francisco
Marie Drury
Fort Worth
Wekend
Cobb Wade
Patsy
Jayton
S. J Roberts
Don Lively
Houston
Grady Bowdry
Stamford Sanitarium
Unclear Route Cited in Street Walk Banter
A fragmented note describes driving around a city for two hours without revisiting a street and compares future walks to Berlin and Paris, suggesting a wandering, reflective mood rather than a concrete event.
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Berlin
Paris
Local arrivals and visits noted around Denton and area
Miss Janice Baird, a senior at North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, is home between terms arriving Monday. Mrs. Charles Warren Tayman of Dallas visited with her husband’s parents and sister. Rev. and Mrs. Dick O'Brien of Big Spring paused in Stamford after Breckenridge funeral. Maurice Salmon from Arlington visited his sister in town. Swenson Davis and wife vacationed from Bryant-Link Co. and visited relatives in Boerne and Austin. Peggy Sitton and Jeannine Francis left for College Station for events at A and M College and a battery dance, returning Sunday.
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Janice Baird
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Miss Baird
R. R. Baird
Charles Warren Tayman
Dallas
W. B. Tayman
Ted Myers
Dick O’brien
Big Spring
Stamford
Breckenridge
Gordon Haynes
Gordon Haynes, Jr
Marie O'Brien
Swenson Davis
Bryant-Link Company
South
Texas
Mr. Davis
Joe Davis
Boerne
Starkey Duncan
Austin
Peggy Sitton
Jeannine Francis
College Station
Corley Describes Grenade Bombing Action in Burma
Carl Corley of Stamford writes from Burma about grenade bombing missions against Japanese forces. He notes they dropped bombs over 60 miles behind lines, saying they did fairly well and that grenade bombing is strictly volunteer.
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Carl Corley
Chas. Corley
Stamford
Burma
Som
Service Men Read Letters From Three Brothers
Mrs Bruce Taylor of Leeders received letters on August 10 from all three of her brothers serving abroad. Carl Magnus Swenson and John Swenson wrote from England, while Teeh Soderberg, son of Harry Soderberg an engineer on a Flying Fortress, sent word from England. The Soderbergs live in the Ericksdahl community.
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Bruce Taylor
Leeders
Carl Magnus
John Swenson
England
Exel Soderbergs
Teeh
Set
Harry Soderberg
Ericksdahl
Portland Soldier Visits Kin Near Bricksdale
Pvt. John Beck of Portland Oregon stationed at Camp Barkeley Abi lene visited recently with his aunt Mrs. E P Armstrong and family in Bricksdale. His parents are Mr and Mrs Theodore Beck of Portland formerly of this area.
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John Beck
Portland
Ore
Camp Barkeley Abilene
E. P. Armstrong
Bricksdale
Theodore Beck
Orientation Completes For Stamford Man In AAF
Arley F Young son of Mr and Mrs A L Young of 614 S Weatherbee Stamford Texas completed an orientation course at an air service command station in England designed to bridge U S training and combat duty in France His next station will be the base from which American planes support Europe liberation He was a farmer near Stamford before joining the Army Air Forces
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ATR
England
Arley F. Young
A. L. Young
S. Weatherbee Street
Stamford
Texas
States
France
America
Europe
Army Air Forces
Stainford
Soldier from Muroc completes carbine marksman course
Pvt. Oral D. Toney stationed at Muroc Army Air Field completes the qualification course with the caliber .30 carbine earning marksman rating. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Toney of Stamford Texas.
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Muroc Army Air Field
Muroc
Calif
Oral D. Toney
Th Muroc Army Air Field
Pvt
Toney
Charlie Toney
Stamford
Texas
Radioman John S. Davis Sent to Portland Me
A radioman named John S. Davis is reported sent to Portland Maine. The note notes his assignment and destination, with no further details.
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Portland
John S. Davis
Son of Local Residents Completes Atlantic City Post
A local man has finished his work in Atlantic City New Jersey and has been assigned to Portland Maine. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs J Davis of this city.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Portland
Spar Neuman Assigned to Coast Guard Duty in Norfolk
Spar Rose E. Neuman, yeoman in the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Neuman of Tuxedo, has been assigned to duty at Coast Guard headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, Fifth Naval District. She is a University of Texas graduate.
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Spar
Norfolk
Rose E. Neuman
Coast Guard Women’s Reserve
Jim Neuman
Tuxedo
U. S. Coast Guard
Fifth Naval District
Coast Guard
Spar Neuman
University v Texas
Beall Returns Home With War Honors
Lieutenant Thus. Beall arrives home from overseas with his wife Mary Bagby and their daughter. Beall piloted a B 26 Marauder and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and oak leaf clusters for outstanding service.
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Beall
Mary Bagby
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DeMille
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Dr Wassel
U.S.8
Arkansas
Java
Seu Zee
Haunted Harbor
Falcon
TOM’ _ CONWAY
Barbara Hale
Norgias
Carole Gallagher
Joan Barclay du Clark
Minor Watson
Cecil B. Deemille
Loraine Day
Signe Harso
Dennis O' Keefe
Cerel Thurston
Carl Esmond
Be Mee
Cech
Oemale
Ae Extra
Duck Soup
Nuts
Paramount News
Sheep's Clothing
Merchant Marines
Mayo
Ward
Shepard
Fredome Slack
His Sond
Song of the
Open Fire Sport
Indiana
Mark Twain
Roy Rogers
Peasy
Sweet Sioux
Thurs
Rainwaters
Reynolds
Bill Bushell
A. F. Byrd
Kathryn Feris
University of Texas
Vincent Roach
G. L. Inglish
Stamford Leader
Maurice Salmon
Arlington
M. E. Elliott
Corley
Safeway
Celera
Airway
Edwards
Admiration
Nob Hill
Leco
Hervest Dill
Eas
Blue
Maxine
Colorado Triumph Potatoes
Peas St
California
Kinney
N. Side
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