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Jumping from 31 cents per capita for the preceding, Deanna Durbin, week, the average purchase during Mary Martin week was $1.00. In spite of steadily decreasing College enrollment, this represents an increase of 100 per cent for a week's total...
Hollywood can't resist throwing in a little war drama these days, even when Deanna Durbin's the better half of the oil and water combination. Universal's number one box office attraction plays the part of a China missionary's daughter who brings a band of orphans, (the boys are cute and the girls are mournful), to America. The recent best-seller "Keys of the Kingdom" won our hearts on behalf of Chinese missionaries, and there is absolutely no reason for disliking their daughters. But the story doesn't begin to perk up until Barry Fitzgerald arrives...
...biggest week of the period was that of March 29, which was officially designated as "Deanna Durbin Week" with an autographed picture and a personal letter for the highest purchaser. The per capita sale jumped from seven cents the previous week to almost 31 cents. This week the lucky winner receives the same prizes from Mary Martin and a big response from the College is being hoped for by the committee...
...lion's share of this Adams total was accounted for by the individual purchases of Kurt Hoffman '44 which came to $118.75. This will entitle Hoffman to the receipt of a personal letter from personable Deanna Durbin, Universal's apple-checked song-stress, who recently promised an epistle to the Winner of last week's War Stamp and Bond contest...
Deeply alarmed by the College attitude, even though she has never been voted worst anything by the cynic Poon, Deanna was the first to answer the letter sent by the War Service Committee, to 12 stars, including Veronica Lake, Ann Sheridan, and Betty Grable...