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station, the enemy operators and the Ameri cans.
Submarine Base: Men of the United States Merchant 'Marine ,.deal Hitler's submarine captains "cards from a cold deck." Subs get their ammunition from a small island off the coast of South America, but the payoff shrouds the unsung heroes of our merchant marine in glory they justly deserve in their fight against the U-boat menace.
They Raid By Night: An American caplain in the British Commandos is sent to Norway to prepare the way for a surprise raid to destroy military bases of the Nazi invaders. With the help of a cockney radio operator and a Norwegian lieutenant, the mission is successfully accomplished.
Pictures For Army Camps: In the 'escape entertainment' group, which comprises about 50 per cent of the program, are many pictures with patriotic angles, notable among these being The Yanks Are Coming, Duke of The Nairy and A Yank in Libya. These productions, with such comedies as The Payoff, Baby Face Morgan, My Son, The Hero ami Queen of Broadway . have found high favor in the Army camps.
The Western stars of PRC have done their bit in War Bond drives and the USO tours. Buster Crabbe and Al St. John, stars of Billy The Kid series, have both made ex
tensive tours for the USO, while William Boyd and Art Davis, starring in The Frontier Marshal series, made several tours throughout the country under the management of Ben Roscoe, coordinator of the Treasury Department, in the War Bond drive. They gave all-out aid in rounding up the stragglers in the drive, making personal appearances at theaters and also at post and Army camps and in radio broadcasts over CBS and other stations.
In The Armed Forces: Virtually every exchange of the 29 in the U. S. A. is represented in the Armed Forces. Two members of the board of directors are now actively in service, Robert S. Benjamin of the Army and Bert Kulick of the Navy. Benjamin was counsel for PRC and Kulick was New York franchise holder. Bernard D. Newman, Secretary of the Salt Lake exchange of PRC is also in the armed forces. Dave Lefton of the Pittsburgh Leftons, franchise holders, is also enlisted. The West Coast is represented by William Raynor, who was publicity representative at the studios. From the home office in New York went Sidney Hirst h, of the accounting department and John McNamara of the mailing department.
PRC is represented 100 per cent in the War Bond drive with many of the personnel exceeding the 10 per cent of salary in their subscriptions.
A Report on
PARAMOUNT'S WAR EFFORT
THE Paramount company, as a corporate citizen of these United States, is doing everything in its power to help its fellow citizens prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. The various things it has done and is doing in the so-called "war effort" have not been enumerated on these pages because Paramount is only doing what every other loyal citizen will do. Paramount will continue to serve its country with every facility at its command. Paramount salues its 4,505 employees now in service
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