Purple Heart for Pvt Harold Candler in France
Pvt Harold L. Candler, 22, received the Purple Heart for head and foot wounds in action in France. An infantryman, he was hit by a bomb and is in an English hospital. He entered service July 21, 1942 and has been overseas two years. parents are Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Candler of 306 Twelfth Ave SE.
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Pvt
Harold L. Candler
France
Candler
England
I. B. Candler
Twelfth Avenue SE
Promotions and Assignments Highlight War-Front News
A string of promotions and transfers across services is reported. Sergeant Huntley rises to staff sergeant and repairs B-24s overseas. Lt. Robert L. Preis reaches England awaiting assignment. Technical Sgt. Leighton Niles dispatches for a railway battalion in Iran. Pfc. Willis Richardson heads to Camp San Luis Obispo after a furlough with his Marion mother. Seaman (2/c) William M. Birkicht begins air crew training in Memphis. Seaman (2/c) William V. Trachta returns from a seven day leave to Farragut. Aviation Radioman Charles E. Cook, previously of Cedar Rapids, trains in the Solomons region and visits relatives in Lawndale. Private first class William E. Corbett advances in New Guinea. Captain Hugh Douglas Klemme, 23, Coe College graduate, promoted to captain and stationed at Camp Swift after Aleutians service. He married Coe alum Lisa McCormick and began flight training in Iowa City and Glenview.
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Huntley
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Laura Kathleen Huntley
Fourth Avenue SE
Collins Radio Company
Robert L. Preis
England
John Preis
Fifth Avenue
Leighton R. Niles
Iran
Tenth Street
Mae Melichar
H Avenue NW
Willis Richardson
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
W. Richardson
Marion
Robert Duane
Morro Bay
William M. Birkicht
Naval Air
Memphis
Tenn
Rodney E. Birkicht
Fourth Street
William V. Trachta, Jr
Farragut
Idaho
William Trachta
Charles E. Cook
Cedar Rapids
Lawndale
Solomons
Hutchinson
Kaw
A. A. Cook
Mt. Vernon Road
Willian E. Corbett
W. P. Corbett
First Avenue NW
New Guinea
Hugh Douglas Klemme
Belmond
Coe College
War Department
The
Mountain Infantry
Klemme
Camp Swift
Texas
Coe
Lisa McCormick
Elgin
Air Medal Awarded to Solomons Pilot Hess
Lt. Clarence A. Hess, United States Marine Corps Reserve, received the Air Medal on December 1 for courage and devotion to duty in aerial attacks in the northern Solomon Islands. He destroyed a bridge and enemy equipment, damaged a coastal gun, and flew reconnaissance at low levels amid heavy anti aircraft fire, while coordinating with native patrols. A 1942 flight trainee, he is a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School.
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Clarence A. Hess
United States Marine Corps Reserve
John J. Hess
Tenth Street SE
Hess
Solomon Islands
Immaculate Conception High School
Navy
Whelpley Leaves Guggenheim to Start Own Venture
Medley G. B. Whelpley of Guggenheim Brothers will withdraw at year end 1944 to run his own industrial development and management firm. He resigns from several corporate posts including president of Anglo-Chilean Nitrate in Santiago and Lautaro Nitrate Ltd in London, and from Pacific Tin Consolidated and New York Trust. He remains a director at Kennecott Copper, U S Rubber and American Surety, and will advise Guggenheim Nitrate. He is the son of Dr and Mrs C B Whelpley of Cedar Rapids.
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Medley G. B. Whelpley
Guggenheim Brothers
Anglo - Chilean Nitrate Corporation
Santiago
Chile
Lautaro Nitrate Company, Ltd
London
Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporationy
New York Trust
Compan
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Gene Goodrow
California
H. C. Goodrow
First Avenue
Goodrow
San Bruno
Stockton
Dorotha A. Tanner
War Air Force
San Francisco
Des Moines
W. H. Tanners
Seventh Avenue
Albert W. Suchomel
W. Suchomel
K Street
Belgium
la Venne Mistik
Boone
Suchomel
Alton Ashlock
Parachute Division
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
First Street
Carroll Humphrey
Third Avenue
Howard H. Huntley
Eighth Air Force
Ira Huntley
E Avenue
Montgomery Ward
Iowa City
Glenview, NL. Naval Air Station
Marine Corps Reserve
Christi Naval Air Training Center
Nancy Lee
Brown
Turkeys
Me Too
OLD Federal Building
Sixteenth Avenue
Whelpley
Guggenheim Bros
Rae
Aettstad
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