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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1943

Page

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Service members listed in training and assignments

Names and addresses of service members are given as they receive commissions or new postings. James M. Gillen, son of Charles Gillen, becomes second lieutenant in the engineering corps at Fort Belvoir and heads to March Field. Other updates include furloughs, overseas deployments, and naval reserve training for Goodfellow, a Notre Dame midshipman and Roosevelt High School graduate.

James M. Gillen Charles Gillen Engineering Corps Fort Belvoir Marchfield Calif Gillen Cedar Rapids Charles E. Gillen California Daniel Rex Goodfellow Alma Goodfellow Third Avenue Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School University of Notre Dame South Bend Ind Goodfellow Roosevelt High School Iowa State College Ames Naval Reserve John Co. Levuvar of Solon Douglas Air Base Douglas Ariz Army Air Corps Naval Storekeepers’ School Toledo Ohio Richard “Dick North Camp Polk Joe Topinka C Street Donald E. Aalborg A. W. Aalborg Fifteenth Avenue Corp. Aalborg Army Signal Corps Drewfield Air Base Tampa Fla

Hold Everything and Family Military Updates

A sweep of wartime notices lists service entries and returns for multiple individuals including Harman at Jefferson Barracks and Nashville, Riley at Mitchellfield, Berg on furlough in Cedar Rapids, and others at Camp Roberts, Drew Field, and North Camp Polk. Several promotions and postings are noted, with addresses of families and local homes.

Goodfellow Lane Wells Ames Paul Morrison M. H. Morrison Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Sergt. Morrison The Gazette Camp San Luis Obispo Calif Norman Berg Camp Roberts Jeanne Esther Second Street Oscar Berg First Avenue

Three Stills Found In Georgia Prison Before Big Escape

Warden H R DuVall says three whisky stills were discovered in Georgia state penitentiary before a mass escape of 25 inmates. A 50 gallon still in the canning plant and two smaller ones were found March 16 after he became warden. Notorious jail breakers Leland Harvey and Forrest Turner were among those connected to the break. All 14 recaptured prisoners remain in solitary confinement.

DuVall Reidsville Georgia H. R. DuVall Leland Harvey Forrest Turner

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