Six Parties In New Govt. Of Badoglio
Marshal Pietro Badoglio formed a new Italian government with six anti-Fascist groups represented. Notables include Ercole Brogli as minister without portfolio, Count Carlo Sforza, and Benedetto Croce. The coalition assigns two Action party ministries, ministers without portfolio supervise, and key posts to Liberals, Christian Democrats, Socialists, Communists, and Labor Democrats.
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Naples
INS
Pietro Badoglio
Ercole Brocli
Carlo Sforza
Benito Mussolini
Benedetto Croce
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Umberto
Rome
Badoglio
Action ‘Party
Ercoli
Sforza
Navy
Air Force
Quinto Quintieri
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Industry
Presidency Council
Action Party
Ministry of the Interior
Christian Democrats
Industry
Interior
Labor Democrats
Medical Advisers to Aid Rationing Boards in Chicago
Rae E. Walters regional OPA administrator announced the appointment of a regional medical advisory committee to assist rationing boards in granting supplemental food allowances for those needing extra rations due to health conditions. Walter also noted regional grocery advisory and institutional food councils have been chosen to gather procurement suggestions from food purveyors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Rae E. Walters
Walter
Divorce petition filed in Linn County Iowa court
Ning Dethiefsen seeks absolute divorce from Gerald J. Dethiefsen in Linn County Iowa. The petition requests custody of two minors Roger aged seven and Thomas aged six, plus child support and attorney fees. The defendant must appear by May 30 1944 at Cedar Rapids Court House or risk default and a decree as prayed. Yessler Liddle Fahey Attorneys, Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Ning Dethiefsen
Gerald J. Dethiefsen
Roger Dethlefsen
Aee
Thomas Dethlefsen
Cedar Rapids
Iows
Men and Women IN THE SERVICE Of Their Country
A Cedar Rapids area list of service members and family notes. Lt. Robert H Cropp completed training at Lakefield Arizona and will attend instructors school in Texas. Pfc Edward J Hruska transfers to Camp Sibert Alabama. Navy and Army personnel update with arrivals, leaves, promotions, and station changes across camps in Idaho California Texas Florida and Oklahoma. Names include Cropp Hruska Turner Fountain Halliday Brehm Tehel Snider DeVore Joens Gordon Christensen Christensen Stapleton McKee Johnson Fox Rebec Rubendall Zieke Cacek Smith Justin Heaton Newhouse and others.
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Robert Howard Cropp
H. E. Cropp
Sixteenth Street
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Lakefield
Ariz
Army Air Corps Reserve
Santa Ana
Calif
Army Air Base
Army
Blythe
Marana
Lake Field
Cedar Rapids
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Cropp
Franklin High School
Edward J. Hruska
Camp Roberts
Camp Sibert
Ala
Joseph Hruska
Summit Avenue
Raymond D. Turner
Navy
Camp Scott
Farragut
Idaho
W. E. Turner
Third Street
E. J. Fountain
Fort Meade
Twentieth Avenue
Harold and
Lloyd Fountain
Peoria
Seaman Harold Mercer
Camp Ward
G Avenue
Pfe
Carol Halliday
Camp Pickett
Karyl Josette
Seventh Street
Leland L. Christensen
San Diego
U. S. Naval Hospital
Shoemaker
Viola Christensen
Sixth Street
Evadene L. Stephenson
A. A. Roseberry
Center Point
Robert L. Stephenson
Army Air Corps
Glen Temeyer
Pickett
John Temeyer
James K. McKee
Seaman
New York
University Hospital
Iowa City
Max D. Johnson
Fort Dix
N. J
First Avenue
A. D. Johnson
Shellsburg
Charles Wyckoff
Urbana
Lucian J. Fox
Fox
C. A. Fox
E Avenue
Philadelphia
Thomas R. Rebec
Camp Hood
Rufus Rebec
Hamilton Street
Fie
Bob” Rubendall
Camp Butner
N. C
Fay Rubendall
Charles R
Dick” Zieke
Second Avenue SE
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Okla
Naval Air Gunners’ School
Purcell
Charles A. Cacek
Marine Air Corps
Charles C. Cacek
Russell
South Pacific
Edward Louis Smith
Watkins Sunday
Brooklyn
N. Y
George H. Smith
Norway
Louis Justin
Eleventh Avenue
Walter I. Heaton
Johnson Avenue
Ralph Heaton
Fairfax
Don W. Newhouse
J.g
Fort Riley
Kaw
Camp Gordon Johnston
Fla
British Press Buriel Base Retention Plan
London papers largely ignored a US House naval affairs subcommittee report urging negotiations for permanent possession of eight Western hemisphere naval bases Britain leased in 1940 for 99 years. Only a few papers ran the story on page one, with minimal editorial response.
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London
United States House
Naval Affairs Committee
Britain
Daily Sketch
News Chronicle
Entertainers Hit Hard by Impost tax survey shows impact
Night club entertainers face revenue losses under the 30 percent cabaret tax, with small cabarets dropping floor shows to dodge the levy while top-flight clubs mostly maintain business. Musicians and guilds cite early effects as MCA reports 25 to 40 percent of vocalists and artists lost engagements, though some managers expect a wartime spending rebound.
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United Press
American Federation of Musicians and
American Guild of Variety Artists
Executrix appointed in Paul N Clark estate Iowa
Linn County Iowa probate notice announces Lilliane Clark appointed Executrix on April 6 1944 for Paul N Clark deceased. Creditors urged to pay debts and filing claims with Linn County District Clerk. attorney C F Clark listed.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Paul N Clark
Censor to Rescue ATLANTA
A South Pacific censor earned praise from marine corps headquarters for posting a corrective mail notice on the company bulletin board. It instructed that private Blank had a letter at the mail desk, with the envelope named Dorothy and inner letter named Betty, to check and mail if correct.
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Atlanta
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Dorothy
Jetter
Betty
Dillinger Cohort Defiant to Last Sent Up
Tommy Gannon, 49, once linked to the Dillinger gang, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in Wisconsin’s state prison at Waupun after a four day trial. He shouted at the jury and heckled officials, calling insults to the judge and prosecutors during the Amery bank robbery case. Gannon had been arrested in Minnesota for burglary and transported to Polk County for trial.
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Balsam Lake
Wis
Tommy Gannon
Wisconsin
Gannon
Carl H. Daley
Polk County
Waupun
Minnesota
Amery
Gannon's courtroom disruption delays trial after tantrums
The defendant Gannon kicked a typewriter and shouted insults at the jury saying he hoped they would die before morning. He was handcuffed to a deputy after the first day, conducted his own defense with an unshackled arm, and the proceedings were repeatedly paused as stenographers typed testimony for him. Gannon previously served time for harboring Homer van Meter of the Dillinger gang.
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Gannon
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
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Post Office
First Street
Melvin L. DeVore
Fort Knox
Sand Springs
Leonard E. DeVore
Eldon Joens
Naval Replacement Center
Camp Parks
Henry Joens
Traer
Robert Zila
Third Avenue
Paul Gordon
Camp Park
Hi Street
Buriel
Lilliane, Clark
C. F, Clark
OSCO
Ginsberg’s
Second Street
Security
Willie Willis
Eax
Thorobred
Cbeer Falstaff Brewing Cst
Louia
Omaha, New
Merle E. Garmoe
Thord Street
DIAL
Shanks
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
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