The Eagle Eye (Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944 Page: 11 of 26
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V.
There will be 50,000,000 pounds of tur-
key set aside for Uncle Sam's Armed For-
ces for Thanksgiving Day dinnerso The
order has already been put througho•«oThe
latest addition to wartime devices for
making sea water palatable is a small
gadget, known as "Sunstill,M that uses
the sun's rays to convert salt water into
drinking water« The device is now being
manufactured in quantity and is said to
purify contaminated water as well as sea
water for our fighting men on land or sea
....Aviation Cadet Clint Castleberry,
former Georgia Tech. All Southeastern
back, used his grid tactics on an elusive
foe and cashed in. He won a #25 prize by
pinning down a greased pig with a flying
tackle in an Army Air Field contest in
Arkansas*
* * * *
'TYPICAL GI' PICKED
New York (CNS) --- America's typical GI
Joe is 22-year-old Pvt. Charles Wo Peers,
of Louisville, Ky., now serving in the
ETOo Peers, who was chosen "the most
typical American doughboy" over 250,000
other servicemen, is five feet, nine
inches tall, weighs 170 pounds, has gray
eyes and brown hairo The contest was
sponsored by Eddie Cantor.
* * * *
17 YEAR-OLDS ELIGIBLE FOR AAF
TRAINING AGAIN
Washington (CNS) --- The AAF Reserve
Corps is accepting enlistments once again
the War Department has disclosed. Elig-
ible are youths 17 years old who may vol-
unteer for future training as combat crew
members.
Frio June 30
SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD
Edgar Bergen
Wo Co Fields
Shorts
Sato July 1
JOHNNY DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
Simone Simon
James Ellison
Shorts
Sun. July 2 - Mono July 3
GOING MY WAY
Bing Crosby
Rise Stevens
News
Tueso July 4 Double Feature
THE SCARLET CLAW
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
CALL GF THE SOUTH SEAS
Alan Lane
Bill Henry
Wedo July 5 - Thurso July 6
THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN
Fredric March
Alexis Smith
Donald Crisp
News
Trio July 7
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
Edward G0 Robinson
Shorts
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Shank, Albert. The Eagle Eye (Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944, newspaper, June 30, 1944; Eagle Pass Army Air Field, Eagle Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974885/m1/11/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .