Service Men and Women Reported Across Armed Forces
Military families report numerous transfers and honors as servicemen and women move through the ranks. Master Sgt. Everett L. Williams returns to Memphis for Army Transport Command duty. Cpl. Robert H. Beadle earns a bronze star for meritorious service in France. Ensign Robert H. Shanahan commissioned in naval reserve at Pensacola. Pvt. Harold N. DeShaw arrives in Belgium. Others are stationed in England, Waco, South America, and the Southwest Pacific as training and deployments continue.
Aviation Cadet Machovec Completes Training Transfers to Marfa
Aviation Cadet Robert J. Machovec son of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Machovec 1404 A Ave NW completed basic flying training at Gardner Field California and was transferred to Marfa Texas for advanced flying He previously served with the Army Air Force ground crew in New Guinea 18 months before entering flight school in the United States His brother Captain John C Machovec also in the Army Air Force has completed his twenty six months of service in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett L. Williams
China
India
Army Transport Command
Memphis, Tenn
G.- A. Williams
First Avenue
W. Pettinger
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Okla
Navy Pier
Chicago
Bever Avenue
Robert H. Beadle
France
H F. Beadle
Center Point
Cpl
Beadle
England
Army Signal Corps
Wilson High School
A.A.A
Fargo
N.D
Blaine Hansen
Infantry
John Dobeck
Second Street
Nels Hansen
Independence
John Deere Tractor Company
Waterloo
Ray L. Jiruska
Gainesville
Texas
Army Air Base
F. C. Jiruska
Mt. Vernon Road
John L. Jiruska
Brady
Waco
Rudolph Konigsmark
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Don Konigsmark
South America
Army Air Corps
Wilma L. Martin
Washington, D. C
W. E. Martin
Emerald Drive
Donald O. Lundquist
Edwin W. Lundquist
C Avenue NW
Jacob Kenneth Hansen
Mare Island
Calif
Fifth Street NW
Verne Lehman, Jr
Co. V. Lehman
Fifth Avenue SE
Kingmanfield
Ariz
Tampa
Fla
Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Carl J. Huff
Southwest Pacific Fleet
H. W. Huff
Eleventh Street
Robert L. Novak
A. J. Novak
N Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Donald Pike
Camp Robinson
Ark
Theron Pike
Fifth Street
Eugene R. Smith
Warren S. Smith
Grand Island
Neb
Marine Corps
Reserve Officers’ School
Quantico
W. Howard Smith
Third Avenue SE
Lt. Smith
Roosevelt High School
Iowa State College
Army Air Force
South Pacific
Big Postwar Export Urged by Johnston
New York AP Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce calls for large scale postwar exports to sustain jobs and wages. He estimates wartime exports at about 12 billion and warns that cutting foreign trade to two or three billions would leave Miss America unemployed and hollow-eyed. He adds that full operation of increased facilities requires both expanded internal consumption and foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Miss America
U S Kicks Japs in Teeth with Their Own Invention
Chicago AP report quotes Cmdr. E F McDonald Jr saying the United States uses Alnico from Tokyo University as a key radionic component. He notes its light weight and strong magnetic properties enabling lighter, more efficient weapons and devices, while withholding further military details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
E. F. McDonald, Jr
Tokushii Mishima
Tokyo University
McDonald
Zenith Radio Corporation
Fifth Army Halts Nazis on Italian Front
On the Italian front the Fifth Army halted a German thrust south of Bologna. Fierce fighting raged around Mt Castellaro and Mt Belmonte as the Nazis attempted to restore the Gothic line and retake towns seized a month earlier by U S forces. The Fifth Army also countered an offensive along its right flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
INS
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mt. Castellaro
Mt. Belmonte
Notice of Assessment for Cedar Rapids Sidewalks
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa cites Resolution No B 4475 for a proposed sidewalk assessment plan. Hearing set December 26 1944 at 10:00 a m for objections to the plot schedule and assessment fixes. Objections must be filed in writing with the City Clerk within twenty days of posting. Maude M Krebs City Clerk published Nov 30 and Dec 1 1944 Cedar Rapids Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sald City
Maude M. Krebs
Allied Forces Break Nazi Hold on Tramonti and Faenza Road
Marshal Albert Kesselring’s columns push toward Mount Fregnano and the town of Tramonti near the Florence Faenza highway to regain control. The British Eighth Army conducts a tank supported assault along the Faenza Ravenna highway and weakens German positions in the Alboreto sector where the road to Russi is blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kesselring
Mt. Fregnano
Tramonti
Florence- Faenza
Eighth Army
Faenza-Ravenna
Alboreto
Russi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert H. Shanahan
William J. Shanahan
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Training Base
Pensacola
Shanahan
St. Patrick's High School
Delands
Tom Shanahan
William J. Shanahan, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Pvt
Harold N. DeShaw
Central City
Belgium
W. H. Milroy
Manchester
Cate
Von
Woerderhoff
First Avenue NE
Carney
Carney’s For Furs
Value Group
Manne
UE Group
S. Raftis
U. S
Bargain
Armstrong
Melton
Los
Vaqsel
Cumatnong Ss
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