The London Times
London, England
21 December, 1942

MISS HELEN GILLILAND
MISSING AT SEA
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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
BOMBAY, Dec. 20             

    Miss Helen Gilliland, the actress, is missing after the torpedoing of the ship in which she was travelling with her husband, Mr. Peter Franklin. They left the ship together, but Mr. Franklin was washed back into the ship and temporarily trapped. When he recovered, his wife could not be found in the darkness. The “star” of numerous London and New York musical successes, Miss Gilliland toured the Empire entertaining troops, and raised nearly 200,000 for war funds. She had just spent a year in India.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011