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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1944
Page
2
Military personnel in the area receive wings and commissions at San Angelo. Lt Dale F Watterson and wife plan a Lincoln transfer. others report promotions, leaves, and duties from Atlanta to the Marshall Islands. Seaman William Bayless visits Cedar Rapids. Lt Hogan rises to Lt (jg) after naval service. new WAVES recruit Pepmeyer completes basic training in The Bronx and Stillwater Ohio.
Months on Guadalcanal and malaria recovery noted for a New Zealand hospital base and Bushnell General Hospital. Cpl. Donald T. Ballou arrives overseas per parental notice. Seaman Joan Gale Fulton reports to Oxford radio school after basic at The Bronx Waves. Capt. George L. Erwin overseas in France since 1944. Sgt. Bill Driscoll returns to Camp Howze after furlough with family. Edward J. LeClerc promoted to aviation machinist’s mate 1/c. Seaman Gladys Tonkinson to St Albans naval hospital for further instruction. Seaman Dorothy Marie Hayes reports to Miami university naval training for radio instruction. James L. Stoddard transferred to San Diego sound motion picture technician school. Various furloughs and trainings unfold across multiple locations.
In Chicago a soldier entered law and Texas A M college for radio technician training. Private Albert H. Boom reported to Camp Ord after a 13 day furlough with wife and daughters. Private Robert P. Kapoun returned to Camp Pendleton after a 10 day furlough with parents and sister. Elmer D. Snell radio man left for Los Angeles after a leave at his parents home. he has been in the Pacific since January.
A board report filed by Chief Engineer Joe Suma found most city school boilers in good condition but recommended replacing Hayes and Johnson boilers. The Kenwood boiler shows a leak that may require attention next year.
W. Carman Black of Fifteenth Street SE has been commissioned as a lieutenant (j.g.) in the naval reserve and left Monday night to report for active duty at the Philadelphia navy yard. An Iowa State College graduate, he earned an MS in chemical engineering from MIT and has worked with Penick and Ford's research department. Mrs. Black stays with her husband's parents at 2418 Grande Avenue SE.
Radio Berlin quoted Captain Kurihama, a Japanese navy spokesman, saying Japan and Germany hold very similar positions at present. The dispatch aired Tuesday night, reflecting aligned wartime prospects between the Axis allies.
Dorothy Blahnik of 604 Fifth Street SW was fined 50 dollars and costs by Police Judge Harry Johnson on a charge of drunkenness and disturbing the peace. The report says she slapped her husband Lt R J Blahnik, who had just retrieved her from Windsor tavern where she was seen with another man. The man she defended became involved in a brawl with two G I s as they left the tavern. The couple has three children.
In Chicago AP reports Stuart S. Ball counsel for Montgomery Ward said the company halted advertising and mail sales of four sex and marriage books after postal authorities objected. He noted the Post Office Department requested the halt and current catalogs will remove ads for the titles.
Sgt. James S. Oldham a U S division veteran from South Hanover Mass had not seen a white girl in 31 months Frances Langford with the Bob Hope show asked why the poor boy to kiss him Pvt Clyde Hodges a Chicago army photographer was on the job His camera bulb exploded showering the pair with glass What a kiss he said I busted the camera
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