Word: uso
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Contrary to the impression given by Col, Neville," says Aldrich, "I believe that the majority of officers in the Army made a conscientious and largely successful effort to insure a fair distribution of PX supplies, to refrain from monopolizing the USO queens, to spare their men from standing in long lines, and to get them out of trouble when it was necessary...
...Mister (music & lyrics by Harold Rome; sketches by Arnold Auerbach; produced by Melvyn Douglas & Herman Levin) is the most engaging new musical of the season. A bright, bouncing, youthful revue celebrating the G.I.'s return to civilian life, it is acted by quondam G.I.s, male & female, and USO entertainers who are just back themselves...
...world première in Pasadena because two earnest young Playhouse couples, Jane and Robert Claborne, and Toni and Lamont Johnson, while touring France with the USO last year, phoned Miss Stein in Paris and asked if they might call on her. "Certainly," she replied, "you certainly may come up, please come up, please come up right away." They did, and in the midst of being slapped down for their opinions on French politics, were snapped up as "perfect" for her new play...
...signs all over the Yard saying DAPAROF, they have confessed, is just a cheap publicity gag. "Dance and Play at Radcliffe on Friday," is their new cry. Just to be cute and mysterious they condense it to DAPAROF. Something called the Radcliffe Service Organization ("We are not a USO") is the sponsor...
...USO's in downtown Boston, Bob Hart and Steve Hebdon found the service very poor at the date bureau. They finally left with two WAC officers who apparently were also disappointed with the service...