Show SEND PERSONAL MESSAGES TO THE U S MARINES personal messages from their famili fa milie eg and sweethearts have gone out to nearly 2000 marines in the pacific over a radio program which recently celebrated its time on the air the 10 20 minute program tell it to the marines is broadcast six days a week by short wave from san francisco A marine at munda as a result may tune in and learn leam that his sister has hg s just jua given birth to her first baby that his father has quit his non war job and gone to work in the shipyards that his best girl is about to become a woman marine that his old high school football team has won four and lost two and that his mother has just mailed him a package of goodies now nearing its first anniversary on the air tell it to the marines was launched at the ithe suggestion of a marine Corps captain who came back from sa saying ying there was need fro entertainment and news from home to bolster the morale of the troops at first the program was prepared in new york and teletypes tele Jele typed to san francisco where it was put on the air later however the entire production was moved to san francisco when it was started tell it to the marines took the air five days a week monday through friday recently a saturday broadcast was added the time is a m so 90 it can be received in various parts of the pacific at and p m the best listening hours for the men ten messages are used per broadcast the pro program grani goes out short wave over station kilocycles kilo cycles personalities famous in the entertainment tain ment neat world have appeared on the program froni from time to time some lucky marines ua ri lea have heard their r messages re acil 11 3 y j zala e SA ti jack benny fred allen alien eddie cantor george jessel sammy kaye tommy dorsey and guy lombardo among others A number of marine officers return es ea we 1411 oduth all pacific also have talked to their men via ahe the show among them lieutenant general A A and brigadier general leroy P kunt brigadier general robert L denig marine corps public relations director recently talked to is corps of td i correspondents scattered throughout the pacific anyone may send a message relatives friends sweethearts messages are limited to IDO words and must carry the full name rank and address of the marine and the name and address of the sender both must be printed they should be mailed to the public relations officer U 8 marine corps 1 3 montgomery street san francisco 4 california |