San Francisco Examiner | San Francisco, CA
August 23, 1940
The Red Cross flag was the standard for Treasure Island’s largest benefit party—the special day, dedicated to the Red Cross War Relief Fund, which yesterday ended the campaign for raising of the fund in the Bay area.
Thousands of exposition visitors bought souvenir tickets for the occasion, and most of those thousands were on hand when the main entertainment of the benefit, an outdoor show in the Federal Plaza, got under way at 8 o’clock last night.
The show was rich with “names.” Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, film comedy team, presented a new skit about “How to Get a Driver’s License.” Benay Venuta, Linda Ware and Morton Downey sang, and famed actor Charles Laughton spoke Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.”
Almost 25,000 persons gathered in the great Federal Plaza for that show. Red Cross nurses collected contributions. Island employes contributed to the growing relief fund too, and, in the Court of Pacifica, the Red Cross grab bag netted more than $1,500 before the day was over.
Thousands of exposition visitors bought souvenir tickets for the occasion, and most of those thousands were on hand when the main entertainment of the benefit, an outdoor show in the Federal Plaza, got under way at 8 o’clock last night.
The show was rich with “names.” Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, film comedy team, presented a new skit about “How to Get a Driver’s License.” Benay Venuta, Linda Ware and Morton Downey sang, and famed actor Charles Laughton spoke Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.”
Almost 25,000 persons gathered in the great Federal Plaza for that show. Red Cross nurses collected contributions. Island employes contributed to the growing relief fund too, and, in the Court of Pacifica, the Red Cross grab bag netted more than $1,500 before the day was over.