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Vernon Castle Leaves Broadway for Royal Air Corps
Vernon Castle, famed Broadway dancer known as the Dance King, has joined Britain's Royal Air Corps as a cadet. He retires from stage life to train as an aviator, leaving Irene behind and kissing Broadway goodbye to prove his resolve in the war effort. Friends wish him safe return, though his departure casts a somber mood over the theater crowd.
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His Majesty’s Aviation Corps
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Red Cross
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Aviation” Corps
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