Twin Shupp Brothers Reunited With Seabees Battalion
Seabees twins Dwaine and David Shupp, seamen second class, serve together with the Rick Enbacker battalion at Camp Quoddy Mo. They first joined on their eighteenth birthday Aug 19 and were later separated to Camp Endicott RI before Eddie Rickenbacker’s visit helped reunite them. Their brother Warren, six years Navy veteran, was at Pearl Harbor during the 1941 attack and now serves as chief fire control man aboard an aircraft carrier.
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Rla Dwaine Shupp
David Deane Shupp
Rickenbacker Battalion
The
Seabees
Camp Quoddy
Camp Endicott
R. I
Walter A. Shupp
Linn County
Peary
Orla Dwaine
Eddie Rickenbacker
Warren E. Shupp
Pearl Harbor
Military Families Receive News on Honors and Returns
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists several service members and family updates. Don Waskaw returns to Camp Howze after a furlough with wife and daughter Donetta. Sgt. Charles Vejda ends a 10 day visit with parents before radio school. Aviation Cadet John C. May is moved to Keesler Field. Pvt. Wilbur Shimek returns to Aberdeen proving ground after ordnance training. Joseph Kucera returns to Farragut after leave. Aviation Cadet James Marshall Jr transfers to radio mechanics at Scott Field. Rex Huffman graduates from Pine Bluff and trains at Independence. Pvt. Charles Gill released from hospital overseas. Lawrence Meyer stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground. John Duane Barr transfers to torpedo mate's school in San Diego with wife joining him.
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THE
Cedar Rapids
H H Schloss
Wilson Oo
Patricia Schloss
Burlington
Pfc
Don Waskaw
Camp Howze
Texas
Donetta
Nineteenth Street
Edith Waskaw
Second Avenue
Waskaw
Charles Vejda
Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph Vejda
Seventh Avenue
Vejda
Sioux Falls
S.D
John C. May
Henry May
Eleventh Street
Pine Camp
Watertown
N. Y
Keeslerfield
Biloxi
Miss
Wilbur Shimek
Aberdeen
Proving Ground
Lydia Shimek
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Kucera
Farragut
Idaho
L. M Kucera
Navy Medical Training School
Rex F. Huffman
L. A. Huffman
Vernon Avenue SE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Independence
Kan
Charles Gill
Marine Corps
John Gill
Eighth Street
Lawrence Meyer
Aberdeen Proving Ground
George L. Meyer
Ellis Boulevard
John Duane Barr
Torpedo Mate’s School
San Diego
Calif
Henry Barr
Tenth Street
Service News Highlights Army Air Forces Wings and Furloughs
Several local service members receive promotions and commissions during World War II. Arthur Harman earns second lieutenant with silver wings at Stuttgart Army Air Field. his wife attends. James Hausler and Leland Hausler complete training and take furloughs with families in Des Moines area. Karl R. Smith returns to Wilmington after furlough. Lloyd W. Whiting visits family before returning to Fort Ord. Robert Kroupa serves with an engineers battalion in Nashville. Robert Deaver on leave from University of Akron before resuming studies. Major R. J. MacLean promoted, stationed at Camp Fannin. Bill Mehegan commissions as second lieutenant with wings at Midland Army Air Field and plans Fresno posting. Cpl. Donald Akers stationed at Camp Bowie. Vernon Akers in Italy. Malcolm Coy attending Los Angeles City College. John Schloss returns to Newport News after furlough.
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Arthur R. Harman
A. R. Harman
Army Air Forces
Stuttgart
Ark
Army Air Field
Harman
Searles Dairy
James Hausler
J W. Cook
Second Avenue SE
Washington, D. C
Leland Hausler
Chanutefield
J. W. Cook
Pratt
Kan
Karl R. Smith
Robert Deaver
University of Akron
Ohio
R. W. Deaver
K Avenue
Akron
A.S T.P
R. J. MacLean
J. A. MacLean
Sixteenth Street
Major MacLean
Camp
Fresno
Calif
Donald Akers
Jerry Akers
Central City
Camp Bowie
Texas
Pfc
Vernon L. Akers
Italy
Malcolm L. Coy
Los Angeles City College
Bonnie V Coy
Twenty-first Street
John E. Schloss
Newport News
Be smart do your own upholstery patterns
A Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. offer explains women can upholster at home with simple non technical directions. It promotes a transfer pattern of embroidery motifs and a pattern number with a 15 cent postage request to The Cedar Rapids Gazette in Chicago Illinois.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West Randolph St
Chicago
Carter's Little Liver Pills Double Action Relief
An advertising pitch promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a two step remedy to improve digestion and relieve headachy low spirits. It claims the first action increases bile flow during sleep for better digestion, the second eases sluggishness, and urges purchase for 25 cents at druggists.
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Carter
Edgewood Couple Celebrates Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary
Edgewood residents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sharp mark 60 years of marriage at home. He 79 and she 77, lifelong Clayton and Delaware counties residents aside from four Nebraska years. They raised six children, including Earl Sharp, State Rep F E Sharp, and State Senator Kenneth Evans’s wife Elsie Sharp Evans. They have 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren, and raised Wayne Perry in their home.
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Edgewood
Joseph Sharp
Nebraska
Clayton
Delaware
Earl Sharp
F E. Sharp
Elkader
Elsie Sharp Evans
Kenneth Evans
Emerson
Sharps
Wayne Perry
Canine Market Going to Dogs
New York report shows dog supplies scarce and prices rising 10 to 25 percent as breeders enlist, railroads divert resources, and holiday demand for puppies remains high. Cocker spaniels top list. police dogs in short supply due to K-9 enlistments.
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New York
Junior
Army
Germany
Coe Tops World Student Service Fund Goal
The World Student Service drive at Coe College ended with $1,110 raised, surpassing the $1,000 goal. Jean Urice, drive chair, reported Aircrew contributions of $414 and individual gifts up to $3, with faculty averaging $2 and campus groups responsible for much of the total.
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Coe College
Jean Urice
Vinton Junior
Y.W.C.A
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Orla D. Shupp
David 0. Shupp
Gazette
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Mustangfield
el Reno
Oklo
Radio Mechanics School
Scott Field, Ill
Eee and Son
Sixth Street
Pvt
Llroyd W. Whiting
Fort Ord
W. O. Whiting
Route 1
Robert Kroupa
W. J. Kroupa
Eighth Avenue SE
Army Engineers
Nashville, Tenn
Aarman
Chase
Smith Bros
Fcough
Coe
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the Post
Armstrong
Richelieu
Hansen
Armstrong’s Millinery
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