Army Boys Grouse Over 18 Months Service Extension
Army humor and hardship mix as draftees face an 18 month extension. Soldiers in camps from Fort Meyer to Camp Forrest grumble about longer service yet adapt to tougher duties, while families and noncommissioned officers weigh the impact on morale and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C
Marshall
Tullahoma
Tenn
Camp Forrest
Harry Eckenrod
Dorothy McKnight
Cleveland
Bob Diehl
Marty Cook
Indianapolis
John Cleary
Bill Jefferies
Leo Bassett
Jean Lightfoot
Bill Kunkle
Dorothy
Marty
Cleary and
Basset
Whittam Playground Final Community Night Held
Whittam park playground at the corner of B avenue and Fifth street NE offered a final community night program on Thursday. WPA leadership extends the site’s hours for Aug 18 to Aug 29 with piano swing by Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Johnny Cleator, drums, tap, rhumba tap, Melody Sisters singalong, Mrs. Cary Grumman-led community singing, and sound motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Grumman
Motion Pictures
Cary Grommon
Irwin Nelson
England Safe Now Children To Return
Three British children evacuees in Massachusetts over two years returned to England aboard the Dixie Clipper as their mother deemed conditions there safe. Frank A. Day Jr. of Newton, Mass., said he had received several letters from the mother confirming the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts
England
Frank A. Day, Jr
Newton
Mass
Charles Moel Sings in St. Louis Theater
Charles Moel son of Mr and Mrs Arch Moel of 1518 N street SW left Thursday for St Louis where he has accepted a house singer post at the Grand theater. The show opens Friday. Last December he represented Cedar Rapids on the Major Bowes amateur hour winning the most votes for Beautiful Dreamer. He has studied vocal under Prof Ralph Leo for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moel
Arch Moel
N Street
St. Louis
Grand Theater
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Leo
Oxygen Lack Mystery Strikes Cedar Lake Fish Dieoff
A Cedar Lake fish kill continues as crews from the city health department collect and bury thousands of dead fish. State conservation officials report lake oxygen at about 0.8 percent, far below the 3 percent minimum for fish survival, with shad and bass among species dying off and the Coldstream creek serving as a critical oxygen inlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Lake
City Health Department
Wenng Road
Charles Kosek
State Conservation Commission
Kosek
Waltonians
James O'Brien of Iowa City Accepted for Naval Academy
James O'Brien of Iowa City has been accepted for admission to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. The notice came to his aunt Mrs Emil Benesh of 1420 Second Avenue SE. O'Brien lived in Fort Dodge before moving to Cedar Rapids and attended St Berchmans Seminary in Marion. He completed the University of Iowa freshman course last year. His parents, James and his wife, are deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Brien
Iowa City
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Emil Benesh
Second Avenue
O’brien
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
St. Berchman’s Seminary
Marion
University of Iowa
James O’brien
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Gazette
Amp Forest
Fort Meyer
Camp McQuaide
Custer
Claiborne
Albuquerque
Indiantown Gap
MacArthur
Mitchell Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
117Th Quartermaster Regiment
Q. M
Pollyan
Nashville
Eller
Cox
Bristol
Fort Jackson
S. C
Willin
Barkus
Stein
Marchfield
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Phi Beta Kappa
Camp Robinson
National Guard
Robinson
British Isles
Christine Slingworth
John Sanford
Jane
Christine
Sandy
John
Boegel
Appliance
Second Avenue SE
Whittam Playground
Dia
Star Jewelry CO
Smulekoff
Big Gees
Big
Phaco 327
Philco
Third Avenue
Prince
Naval Academy
Newman
Vanity Fair
pVetwiss
Nelly Don
China Center
Essley
Newmans Basement
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