Navy Armed Guard Signalman Recalls Pacific Duty
Max Edward Fliehler 22, a signalman third class, served aboard an armed guard ship in the South Pacific during 1943. He received 500 letters since leaving the United States in May 1943 and 100 more on ship’s return last month, plus two service ribbons and several captured Japanese souvenirs. He left for Treasure Island California after leave with his parents and earlier trained at Great Lakes and the University of Chicago before joining the Pacific convoy runs to Australia New Guinea and Bougainville.
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Max Edward Fliehler
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Max
South Pacific
United States
Gus Fliehler
Nineteenth Avenue
Treasure Island
Calif
Great Lakes
Signal School
University of Chicago
Armed Guard
Australia
New Guinea
Lae
New Zealand
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Guadalcanal
Florida
Russell Islands
Pacific
California
Shortland Islands
Bougainville
Shortlands
Johnny O’connell
John J. O'Connell
Twelfth Street
Strawberry Point High School
National Oats
OPA Sets Fresh Strawberry Ceiling Near 1943 Prices
Washington based OPA announces price ceilings for fresh strawberries to keep retail costs close to those in 1943. The move aims to stabilize markets and prevent price spikes as supply and demand shift.
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Washington
INS
OPA
State Dept Views on Postwar Aviation Bases
The State Department regards postwar ownership of lend-lease air bases as relatively unimportant but will ensure United States airlines have access on equal terms with other nations. Assistant Secretary Adolph Berle Jr. was reported to take this position during talks in London with Lord Beaverbrook, head of British postwar aviation planning.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Adolph Berle, Jr
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Children’s Home Society Tag Day Receipts Reported
Receipts of 976.43 from a Cedar Rapids tag day for the Iowa Children’s Home Society were announced by project head Miss Annie Y. Smith. Gerald Sherwood led with 51.03, followed by Robert High 32.72, Carol Miner 26.84, Beverly Biggs 26.47, Barbara Elliott 25.74, with Joanne Griffin and Rose Steensgaard among top finishers. prizes and movie passes awarded to all participants.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Children's Home Society
Annie Y. Smith
Gerald Sherwood
Robert High
Carol Miner
Beverly Biggs
Barbara Elliott
Joanne Griffin
Rose Ste
Hull and Senators In First Powwow
Washington report on the first policy conference between Secretary Hull and leading senators on foreign policy held Tuesday.
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Hull
Senators
Washington
INS
Tuesay
Paper Bags Fuel War Effort Urges Housewife Savings
The War Production Board urges Iowa housewives to save one paper bag daily to make about 36 558 shells containers and notes nationwide savings could reach nearly 600 tons yearly. It stresses reuse before turning over to salvage amid pulp shortages from wartime demands and imports.
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War Production Board
Iowa
Howard Coonley
WPB
WPE
Hopkins to Leave Clinic in Three Weeks
Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins departed the Mayo clinic for Washington after her husband, patient there for a stomach ailment, is expected to rejoin her in three weeks once doctors say he has regained full strength.
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Rochester, Minn
Harry L. Hopkins
Mayo Clinic
Washington
Hopkins
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