Little Theater Summer Show At Davis Monthan Airfields
Tucson Little Theatre presents This Ain't the Army as its summer camp show with Bernice Lindner singing St Louis Blues and playing Sugar. The cast includes Frank Farrell Lloyd Gooden Arthur Loew Rhoda Snyder Betty Lou Berton Ruth Ann Henderson and Anita Valentine plus chorus dancers and specialty numbers You Cant Say No to a Soldier and Jennie Made Her Mind Up. The production will be staged next week at Davis Monthan Marana and Ryan Army airfields.
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Tucson
Little Theatre
Davis- Monthan
Marana
Ryan Army
Bernice Lindner
St. Louis
Saipan Yanks Supported By New Air Force
Far Eastern air force backs Saipan invaders by bombing three Caroline base networks and Yap activity. New Guinea Liberators flights smashed targets including a 3,500 ton Japanese fighter, damaged merchantmen, and raided Palau Woleai Yap areas, with Saipan defenses tightening as air action continued.
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Saipan
New Air Force
New Guinea
Far Eastern Air Force
Caroline Islands
Palau
Woleai
Yap
Marianas
North End
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Tent Sign at Pacific Base Sparks Provocative Display
A tent at a Central Pacific base features a sign reading The Southern Tents and Three Damn Yankees, prompting attention as a splash of humor or provocation amid base life. The sign evokes Civil War era lines and nationality tension within the military environment.
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Pacific
U. S
Central Pacific
Mason-Dixon Line
Saipan Front Hears Star Shells and War Reports
Mac R. Johnson describes Saipan beachhead conditions with foxhole life at sunrise and star shells lighting the coast. He notes ammunition dumps in a Magicienne Bay cave and reports Japanese artillery counterfire on Ashito airfield. Marines press through rugged ridges past pillboxes toward a railroad through burned fields.
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Saipan
Mac R. Johnson
United Press
Mariana Islands
Macr. Johnson
U.P
Magicienne Bay
Keith Wheeler
The
Chicago Times
Ashito
Tarawa
Iakin
Kwajalein
Gabreski Ties 27‑victory Record Across Theaters
At an English base on June 29 a U S fighter pilot Francis E Gabreski from Oil City Pa shot down a German MB 109 over France giving him 27 air victories tying the American combat record Johnston from Lawton Okla and Bong from Poplar Wis each have 27 victories but are not currently in combat.
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England
Francis E. Gabreski
Oil City
France
Robert Johnston
Lawton
Okla
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Pacific
Johnston
Bong
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Acme Brewing CO
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