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‘ ABOUT FACE' WILL PREMIERE TONIGHT Boxers Booked Tonight Official Debut of Crack ASF Musical Attraction Slated for Victory Hall Before a first-night audience of visiting military _____ dignitaries, New York drama critics, and appreciative G.I ’ s, Outdoor boxing matches which “ About Face > ” the . sparkling, song-studded, swiftly-paced proved to be one of the' camp's ASF musical revue will be presented in Victory Hall at S most popular sport attractions last P- m * tonight. year, will be resumed tonight when ! Usin £ an all-Camp Shanks cast, “ About Face ” is being pugilisticahy-talented Shanks 3o1 . : produced for the Specific P Ur ' j ^ diers tangle with the New York PO.SC of testing original enter- j mjle tour of Ar?|y insta , lations Police Athletic Ijeague boxing m aterial wniCil Can ovel . sfiai5 an ^ w - as 8 trongly impresa- !be blueprinted, sent overseas, and ed with the need for fi lat -r ft te on- tertainment material. Because of the wdalth of dra- proving About Face. ” The team in a 10-bout affair at the post | ataged by Ar ^ y unjtg throu ' ghout fight arena, Ave. B and 705th St., , the world. at 8 p. m. i Tonight s showing climaxes three mahc talent In \thi* An added attraction will be an months of intensive preparation, ! ^xcUgnt special Service facilities exhibition bout between Pfc Petey during which material and sugges- a1ready in eK i 3tence herei Scalzo, ex - featherweight ^ champ tions contributed by the nation s Shanks was selected as the proving now assigned to the Athletic Sec- leading scriptwriters, songsmiths, tion here, and one of the guest 1 gagmen, and play directors was sift- leatherpuahers. ; ed and strained. Only the cream Lt. Louis J. Krem, Post Athletic of this material ha« been selected Officer, assisted by Sgt. Ruby Gold- | for the finished revue, stein, one-time lightweight sensa- j Heading a group of high Army tion, plan to stage weekly bouts' officers from Port expected to at* every Friday this summer. Last tend tonight is Major General year ’ s thrill-packed bouts which Homer M. Groninger, Commanding ground for enormous amount of work done by members of the cast in their spate time means that weeks of neces sary preliminary work is saved for the troops overseas. All {hat remains now ds for the material to be tested by G1 audi ences. The A£>F revue is so con- PRINCKSS SCATTERING FLOWF.RS, a full-blooded Mohawk Indian more familiarly known as Mrs. Marion Solomon Munderville in-Spring Valley, is the latest recruit to join the Women ’ s Army Corps for di« ‘ y at Camp Shanks. She is shown here In special tribal ceremonial re- | galik, which she is swapping for khaki. s Army Signal Corps photo New Wac Recruit Is Mohawk Indian With the ancient, honored blood i County's first recruit in the drive of Indian chieftains flowing in her j for women between the ages ( 0f veins. Mrs. Marion Solomon Mun-j 20 and 19 to enlist specifically for derville of Spring Valley, a full- assignment to Camp Shank's with bl(»oded Mohawk Indian known as the choice of job, if qualified. By Princess Scattering Flowers in the! donning the uniform, she joins St. Regis Indian Reservation, has | her husband, Pfc Joseph A. Mun- anawered the call of a land which deryille, who is overseas, and two matched camp fighters and ama- General of the New York Port obstructed-that any skit may be teur boxers from New York and | Embarkktion. Brigadier General ' the metropolitan area, will be du- Joseph Byron, ASF-director of Spe- . ........... .. . _ _____ , , v _ __ _____ __ __ plicated, Lt. Krem promised. | cial Service, Is also expected to be ries of vaudeville acts. There is no At. many of these shows, fistic P ,e sent tonight, bringing with him plot or strict continuity which luminaries will appear as guest 11 group of officers from SpeciaT must be followed religiously. Many referees. Among those named by Service headquarters in Washing : of the sketches which Will not. of Lt. Krem for appearances here t0n and New York. necessity, be included in tonight'a arc Lt. Benny Leonard, Mickey Need Entertainment Oversows show, will be sent oveiseas, Walker, Capt. James. Braddock, The j dea of p toduc i n g a top-no\ch s,x Glassy Songs Joe Baksi, Lou Ambers. 1 ami Man- original show, testing it thoroughly The six songs written especially riello, Gus Lesnevich and Barney -ij^fore a Gl audience and then for \About Face\ will undoubtedly, ^ oss - sending the script oveiseas where t be repeated on numerous radio Any ring-wise GI's who would it could be staged simply and cf- ; programs during the coming Sum like to fight in these weekly af- factively was broached by Gen. mer. \Firat Class Private Maty fairs should call Lt. Krem or Sgt. Byron last February. At that time Brown ” and \The Lass With t/he G o lds te in on -Ext — 184. -------- ; ----------- 1 the — A S F — Special .S ervice — di rec tor] : -------- (Ci mti t me d &n- I'-OHf ) ---------- claimed the allegiance of her fore bears long before the first white settlers landed on Plymouth ’ Rock. .Mr#. Mundervillo, whose tribal brothers. Women Can Help She is strongly convinced that •'tlie only way to win the war is f # name is Ga-Ge-Go-Na-Ta (Scatter-j for every woman Who ’ s qualified to ing Flowers), has enlisted in the get in service and do her part. Women ’ s Army Corps for duty at | Our husbands and brothers are do- Canap Shanks. When she was ! ing their part, ah' 1 there ’ s nothing sworn in. she stated: i too much we can do to help them. ” \This is my country as far back ! ^ )nc of ^ e, ’ brothers, Alex Solo- as I know and the home of my ! nlon i elective chief of the ancestors. I want to help pf e . i .Mohawk tribe, and v^ith his uncle, serve it\ -j be carries on the family ’ s long Mrs. Munderville is Rockland j ** ^ drat ° r8 ° f • ------ ; ------- - -------- -- -------- - -------------- - ------ 1 is u to awaken soldiers on furlough in Gotham. All a Gl has to do is toll the 1 Zanzibar when lie j wants to get up and the beautl- j\ ful girt will buzz him In the , moruing, talk Pi him soothingly for a few momenta, and speed j him on his way. Mrs. Munderville ’ s aunt direct descendant of Poca hontas. Mrs. Mundervjllc was educated at the Thomas Indian gchook Iro - 1 quoi.-). N. Y , and the Bennett Higti j Heavenly Reveille Cafe Zunzilsir, a New York night spot. Is doing its part in . this war. The club has hired a' beautiful girl whose sole duty is in Buffalo. While in school,; she founded a. Girl Scout troop among the Seneca Indians on the j Cattaragus Reservation. It was in 1 the Gitl Scouts that she got the i fundamentals for the practical ; nursing career she pursued at the | New York State Reconstruction j Borne in Haverstraw prior to her j enlistment. ! AWARDS TO TWO CIVILIAN EM TROYES of Camp Shanks were made Tuesday by Col. Edward Huhbs, Commanding Officer. Cot. Iliibhe is shown pinning an emblem for meritorious civilian, service on Fred G. Schuetz, chief clerk in the QM Office, for 10 years of “ faithful and satisfactory service\ for the War Department, laioking on is Irene V. O'Keefe, clerk in the Civilian Person art Office, who was given S5 for tier suggestion for more economical handling of stencils. Civilians on post submitting worth while suggestions helpful to the war effort may gain cash prises and other rewards by writing out their proposals on the suggestion Monks conveniently nearby. ... . • . . \