Beverly Allen Dances for Troops Overseas from England
Beverly Allen, a Joliet girl and former child dancer, entertains troops in England after a long Chicago engagement at the Empire Room Pal mer House. Trained since age six by Muriel Abbott, she has performed in New York Philadelphia and other cities and appeared in Buck Benny Rides Again.
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Palmer House
Chicago
New York City
Miss Alien
Muriel Abbott
Loew’s State Theater
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Hollywood
Buck Benny
Jack Benny
Joliet
Dancer Miss Allen Busy with War Effort Family Ties
Miss Allen, skilled in acrobatic, tap, and ballet dances, studied at the University of Chicago between practice sessions. Her mother supervises on a Navy yards wrapping line, while her brother Robert Allen commands with cavalry at Fort Riley and cousin Bill Bloomquist is to earn his wings as an Army cadet in Mission, Texas.
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Miss Allen
University of Chicago
Navy Yards
Robert Allen
Fort Riley
Kas
Bill Bloomquist
Allens
Mission
Tex
WAC Promotes Delores Fiaynik at Moses Army Airfield
Delores Fiaynik of the Women's Army Corps is promoted to corporal at Moses Army Airfield near Moses Lake Washington for excellent driving of government vehicles. A former American Can employee, she reenlisted January 29 this year after serving in the WAAC and previously served at Walla Walla. She is daughter of Mrs. Mayme Fiaynik of Rockdale. The Apostolic Delegation in Washington coordinates Vatican mail to the Americas and Australia with 350000 letters in 1943, then sent by ship and plane from New York to Rome via Lisbon.
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Delores Flaynik
Women’s Army Corps
Moses Army Airfield
Moses Lake
Wash
American Can Company
Wac
WAAC
Walla Walla
Corp
Fiaynik
Mayme Fiaynik
Meadow Avenue
Rockdale
Apostolic Delegation
Washington
Vatican
United States
Canada
Mexico
Australia
New Zealand
Central and
South America
New York
Rome
Lisbon
Chartres Cathedral a testament to faith and resilience
Chartres has seen Roman, Norman, and German armies, papal pilgrimages, and centuries of conflict. The great cathedral, built by the people in a crusade like surge, survived wars, revolutions, and German occupation. Today Chartres is held by the Allies, hoping the sacred structures endure against bombings and time.
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Chartres
France
Europe
Aos
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Were Allen
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Barber
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Will County Cleaners and Dyers
Walnut St
Clinton Hangers St
Elks
State St
Lockport
Main St
Lemont
Mary
Mo" Lerners
E. Jefferson St
Woodruff
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