Guam Is Declared Secure After Rabbit Hunt Mission
Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger announced Guam is secure as Marines and Third Amphibious Corps troops flushed scattered Japanese holdouts in northern Guam. Doberman pinschers aided the hunt, with about 200 Japanese killed and about 1,906 still at large in the hills near Agana. Flags fly over the island as the insular guard is reorganized for duty.
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Guam
Navy
Roy S. Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
Geiger
Agana
Col. W. A. Wachtler
Washington
Tarague Beach
Mt. Santa Foaicier
Central Pacific
Man Fined for Drunkenness and Disturbing the Peace
Roy Landrus of 1006 Sixth Street SE was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. His wife had signed the complaint following an altercation at their home. Francis Graham of Plainfield Illinois was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving after a Thursday night arrest while driving a large tractor truck east on First Avenue at excessive speed.
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Roy Landrus
Sixth Street
Harry S. Johnson
Landrus
Francis Graham
Plainfield
Ill
First Avenue
Pope Pius Meets Roosevelt's Envoy Myron Taylor
In Vatican City Pope Pius held a private audience Friday with Myron Taylor, Roosevelt's personal emissary to the Vatican. The meeting underscores ongoing U S Vatican diplomacy during wartime.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Myron Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Veteran of 43 Missions Visits in Cedar Rapids
Cpl. Robert T. Stoddard, a 16 month Army Air Forces gunner with 43 missions in North Africa and Italy, visits his wife and her parents in Cedar Rapids. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, two presidential citations, the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters after shooting down three enemy aircraft. He plans to report to Miami Beach, Florida in two weeks for reassignment.
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Army Air Force
North Africa
Italy
Robert T. Stoddard
United States
C. Jelinek
Stoddard
R. W. Stoddard
Kansas City
Miami Beach
Fla
Cpl. Stoddard
Malcolm Goldsberry
England
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Miami
Air Medal Awarded to Lt Charles Moes for D-Day Role
Lt. Charles E Moes son of Mr and Mrs William H Moes 1619 First Avenue SW received the Air Medal at a ceremony at a troop carrier base in the European theater He is a pilot in a squadron of the troop carrier group that led the glider invasion of Europe on D day A Roosevelt high school graduate class of 1938 Cedar Rapids Business College 1939 He attended Coe College and worked for The Cedar Rapids Gazette before joining the army in 1942.
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J. Charles E. Moes
William H. Moes
First Avenue
Moes
Europe
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Coe College
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Army
Robert L. Blahnik
L. L. Blahnik
Knollwood Drive
Maj. Blahnik
Tunisian
Anzio
Italy
San Antonio
Texas
Richard E. Heaton
R. C. Heaton
Fifth Street
Heaton
Southwest Pacific
Marins
Jeanette Shieck
Santan Maria
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Camp LeJeune
New River
N. C
B. R. Shiech
Sixth Avenue
Gerald Hinton
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Camp Wolters
Steve Medulan
Sixteenth Avenue
Bob Hastings
England
France
Joseph W. Blazek
Saipan
U. S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
War Department
Joseph Blazek
Mallory Street
Donald Trachta
California
Charles Trachta
O Avenue
Trachta
Fort Leonard Wood
James Harvey Sauer
Angie Sauer
Central City
Curtis Schnell
Army Air Corps
Rachel Schnell
Alburnett
Tonopah
Nev
Jack Hall
Franklin School
Moorefield
Mission
Army Air Forces
Pfe
Francis C. Konecny
T. F. Konecny
A. W. Mistle
Second Avenue
South Pacific
Men and Women IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
Military families report a flood of World War II notices. Promoted officers, sailing overseas, and service in Tunisia Anzio and England appear alongside leaves and duty transfers for many Iowa Cedar Rapids heads of households and relatives.
Captain Siamis to Washington for Special Duty
Capt. Siamis is assigned to travel to Washington for a special duty task. The order places him under federal or military oversight during the assignment and outlines the mission scope and duration.
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Transport Command
Siamis
Washington
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Lichty
Second Street
Taylor
Pope
Charles Moes
Air Medal
Benjamin Franklin
LT. Moes
Robert F. Macon
Lester Macon
Springville
Ellington Field
Fort Worth Army Air Field
John G. Munson, Jr
D Street
John G. Munson
Nineteenth Street
Africa
Middle East
Air
the Syndicate
IRS
OOL Sport
RTS
BAKER
SPORT
Troy
Rayon Ank
First Ave
Krebs
Flower Shop
3Rd Ave
Merle E. Garmoe
D. D
Third Street
Dial
Canada
Power Tire
Standard Tire Company
Poweraire
Devoe
Iowa
Highway 150
Boddicker Farm
Newhall
Ave
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