Service Men Reach Home for Short Furloughs across Iowa
Local columns list sailors and soldiers on brief leaves from bases in California Oklahoma New Jersey Maryland and other states. Names include Leslie Esbeck Howard Kroman Dean Artlip John Adkins Wayne Weeks Ross Artlip Marjorie Anstey Jack Cruise Robert Spain Harvey Fries and Virgil Reynolds among others with notes of promotions transfers and missing in action status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Leslie Esbeck
California
Bsbeck
Iowa
Pfc
Howard Kroman
Camp Gruber
Okla
Andrew Kroman
Massena
Marjorie Anstey
Red Croes
John Anstey
New Mexico
Percy Jones General Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Jack Cruise
Fort Lewis
Wash
A. J. Cruise
Mary Ann
Sailors and SPARs Return from Active Duty Training
George Shank visits for the present. Eseworth Christensen returns after two years in the south Pacific and heads to Washington D C for advanced fire control training. Seamen Mary Ellen Wegner and Isabel Wegner complete wave training at Palm Beach Florida and begin 12 weeks courses in cooks bakers and advanced storekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shank
Eseworth Christensen
Gerlag Clietensen
South Pacific
Adetr
Washington, D. C
Seaman
Mary Ellen Wegner
Isabel Wegner
U. S. Coast Guard
Palm Beach
Fla
Mary Ellen
Cooks and Bakers School
Isabel
George Wegner
Spars
Casey Woman Dies Following Pneumonia at Dexter Hospital
Mrs. Casey M rs Tom Fitzgerald died at Dexter Hospital late Wednesday after a pneumonia attack. She had been ill for some time and was in the hospital for two days. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Tom Fitzgerald
Dexter Hospital
Gods Portion Sale at Greenfield Church Bazaar
The Greenfield God’s Portion Sale raised funds for the church with 30 hogs 13 acres of corn poultry and other farm produce. The Ladies Aid Society served 9 free dinners to 165 attendees and organized a bazaar with Mrs Eva Jessup as committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Missing Hancock Man Long in Navy
Hancock Lt Clyde Theodore Bair son of Mr and Mrs H C Bair Hancock is missing in action after a 17 year Navy career He enlisted before age 17 and served in the African and Sicilian invasions He was hospitalised six months and left the east coast in July for service in the South segs Ferm Scamprms Adair Mrs Lewis McFadden bought 40 acres two miles north of Anita from Maggie Dement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Robert Spain
Fort Meade
Carl Bassett
West Coast
South Seas
Dale Hiscocks
James Hawks
Nates
Germany
Earl Bassett
Glen Bassett
Sardis
Los Angeles
Glen
Oceanside
Cal
Emil Fries
Cpl
Harvey Fries
Faidpass
Harvey
William Metz
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wright Field
Dayton
Mike Mets
Joe
Keesler Field
Mias
Bernard Wood
Frisco
Anita
Map
Tom Coughlin
Wiota
Peter Kurtenbsch
Adair
Clyde Largent
Charles Largent
South Pacific
The
Philippines
Paul Bales
Sargents
Eugene Gan
Marcus Fagan
Gene
Santiags
Eugene Richter
A. T. ‘Richer
South
Davey ‘Jones Locher
Virgil E. Reynolds
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Bert Reynolds
Reynolds
Dennis
Hancock
Clyde Theodore
Ted) Bair
H. C. Bair
Navy
Bair
South Segs
Lewis McFadden
Maggie Dement
Home coming for SGT Paul Allumbaugh after three years abroad
Ernie Pyle’s Brave Men notes T/Sgt Paul Tag Allumbaugh has been discharged from the army after nearly three years overseas. The homecoming spotlights one of the brave men featured in Pyle’s new book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Ernie Pyle
Brave Men
Paul “Tag” Allumbaugh
Pyle
Wounded T/5 Frisbie Fights on Peleliu Island
Wounded T/5 Jesse F. Frisbie, son of Mrs. Anna Frisbie of northwest of Atlantic, sustained a one arm wound on November 2 while fighting on Peleliu island. He entered service June 15, 1948, and has been overseas since June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse F F. Frisbie
Anna Frisbie
Atlantic
Peleliu Island
Avoca Heads Roll As Senior Russmann Leads Honor List
Avoca high school honors list announced by Ferne Marsh includes senior Russellman in first place with five honor grades. The roll features seniors Donald Groes Ruth Karstens Dorothy True Herbert Leech and others, along with juniors Rosemary Harder Gaylord Jensen Beverly Edmisten Clara Wiese Betty Carroll Nadine Christensen, sophomores Elaine Krohn Wallace Pattee Lotus Reid Darlene Osborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avoca
Bonnie Russmann
Albert Rusmann
Avoca High School
Ferne Marsh
Donald Groes
Ruth Karstens
Dorothy True
Herbert Leech
Dorothy Allen
Lois Jacobeen
Marycos Anderson
Lorna Puttmann
Grace Larsen
Janis Pedersen
Herbert Bircher
Rosemary Harder
Gaylord Jensen
Davenport editor returns to London for wartime reporting
Pario Ralph Leysen Davenport Times managing editor sailed to London on December 8 before resuming travels to the United States. He had come to cover the movement of supplies from America to Allied armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pario
Ralph Leysen
Davenport, In
Times
London
United States
America
Card of Thanks Expressing Sincere Gratitude
A brief card of thanks from Mrs. Glenn A. Stud Mrs. Fred B. Studyvin and Mrs. Jennie Studyvin expresses gratitude for support and kind wishes following a recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn A. Stud
Fred B. Studyvin
Jennie Studyvin
Former Atlantic Woman Dies in Ripon California
Mrs. Peter Christensen 87 of Ripon Cal died Nov 26 after a fall caused a broken hip while visiting daughter Ruth Hadley in Modesto. Widow of Dr Peter Christensen pioneer Atlantic merchant. funeral held Nov 29 in Little Rock. Survived by daughters Inger Sharp Modesto Esther Land Little Rock and Anna Eley Ripon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christensen
Ripon
Cal
Albert Christensen
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