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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1944
Page
6
A long report lists servicemen and women from the area with new addresses and postings. It notes promotions captains majors and technical sergeants and details overseas stations in England Italy and North Africa. It mentions nurse Harvey in Australia and various family updates among service members.
Betty Grable headlines a 30th Century Fox musical packed with songs romance and humor. Her image graces seven million servicemen’s barracks and outfits from Guadalcanal to Salerno and Akron to Alaska fueling nationwide fan support.
Betty Grable leads the Technicolor musical Pin Up Girl opening at the State Theatre. The film showcases Grable amid a starry cast including John Harvey Martha Raye Joe E Brown and Eugene Pallette with Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra. The production emphasizes laughs romance and happiness in a wartime morale boost.
A farewell party at the Kron home south of Riverside honored Elmer Kron with about thirty-five neighbors and friends in attendance. Bunco games awarded first and consolation prizes to winners Arlene Kallaus, Robert Burich, Glenys Marner, and Lyle Fox. Elmer, Riverside High School class of 1944, will soon join the army. his brother Kenneth Kron, Riverside High School class of 1942, serves in the 570th Signal Air Warning Battalion at Drew Field, Florida. Lieutenant and Mrs Earl Griffin of Framington, Mass., visited Mrs Kron.
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