Escort Leader Moe Meyers Protects Ground Forces
Col William Wallace Momyer commands the American P-40 squadron dubbed Moe's Mob. He boasts 79 confirmed Luftwaffe victories and eight Nazi planes shot down, yet prioritizes escorting bombers and guarding ground troops. His unit has not lost a bomber in hundreds escorted.
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Momyer
Ime
Ace
Moe
Momver
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle
Muskogee
Okla
Pilot's near crash, then survives and asks for a cigarette
A pilot barely avoids a ground touch down in a dusty landing. Inspection shows the plane a total loss with hundreds of bullet holes. The flyer later says the plane is gone but the kid is okay and recalls shooting down four Stukas and damaging eight more amid heavy combat. Officer H Joseph Dickens will interview Seabees hopefuls at Cedar Rapids station Friday.
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Momyer
Seabees Recruiter Plans City Interview Friday
Cedar Rapids navy recruiting station officials said a Seabees recruiter will interview men in the city on Friday. The naval construction battalion seeks Boh Men to build advance and mobile bases outside the continental limits of the United States.
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Ficer
H. Joseph Dickens
Navy Civil Engineering Corps
Cedar Rapids
Seabees
Dickens
Continental
United States
Naval Construction Battalion
Dairydale No 1 Eying New 4 Room School
In 1933 the Dairydale No. 1 school board planned a petition drive for a $15 000 four room brick school to replace the 80 year old building. Gov Clyde L Herring signed Iowa's 3 2 percent beer bill with seven pens. Jerome Factor 19 son of Jake Factor was kidnapped in Chicago and held for 350 000 ransom.
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Dairydale No. 1
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Jerome Factor
John
Jake the Barber
Montrose hotel to wage war on hooch peddler
The Montrose hotel management announced it would take strong action against an employee suspected of selling illegal alcohol. The Coe College Cosmos won top honor for front page design in a college publication contest by the Iowa Press Association. A protest with 250 signatures was delivered to the city council opposing a proposed city garage in Whittam Park.
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Montrose
Coe College Cosmos
Iowa Press Association
Whittam Park
Cedar Rapids to House Meat Market and Theater Plans
The site at 317 319 Second Avenue was under construction to establish a meat market there. Cedar Rapids grade teachers petitioned for higher wages with salaries from 75 to 90 dollars. Manager Vic Hugo of the Majestic theater hired a Chicago firm to film local people and landmarks for showings at his theater.
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Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Vic Hugo
Majestic Theater
Chicago
Illinois Man Held As Army Deserter
Thomas Jaggers, 23, of Galesburg, Illinois, held as an army deserter by Cedar Rapids police. Jaggers reportedly deserted from Fort Sill Oklahoma, with this being his second desertion. he previously served six months in an army guardhouse in 1942.
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Galesburg
Ill
United States Army
William J. Kudrna
Cedar Rapids
Kudrna
Jaggers
Fort Sill
Oklo
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