Men and Women IN THE SERVICE Of Their Country
Local service members and their families are cited for travel, leave, and postings. Aviation officers, engineers, gunners, and sailors from Cedar Rapids area report arrivals in England and the South Pacific, furloughs in Idaho and Washington, and duties at Camp Swift and Harlingen Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord M. Watland
The
Army Engineers
A. T. Watland
Washington Avenue
Maj. Watland
South Pacific
Cedar Rapids
Pine Bluff
Ark
Cpl
Richard Hopkins, Jr
Philippines
Richard Hopkins
Thirty-third Street
Donald R. McLeod
England
R. W. McLeod
Mt. Vernon Avenue
McLeod
Camp Atterbury
Ray E. Lehman
R. S. Winchell
Second Street
Lois P. Mills
Signal Service Bureau
Washington, D. C
Pearle Mills
Third Avenue
James M. Mills
Chicago
Northwestern University
Camp Swift
Texas
Robert E. Caldwell
Farragut
Idaho
Ray Calda
Twenty-sixth Avenue
John M. Hasek
Elsie Hasek
Ames
Hasek
Charles J. Jasa
Wellington Street
Sailor Heads to Base Missing Papers After Emergency Leave
Marvin George Michel, motor machinist's mate first class, on emergency leave for his mother's death, traveled toward Norfolk without leave papers or gas coupons, lost his billfold with about $40 in Cedar Rapids Wednesday night on the way back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Mene
Avenue NE
Chihak
Vinon
Vining
Michel
Norfolk
Cedar Rapids
Marvin George Michel
Directors and stock rights outlined in 1945 Amended bylaws
The document details dissolution by two thirds of common stock and sixty percent of preferred stock at meetings. It sets a board of five to fifteen directors elected by common stockholders, with annual election on the second Tuesday in October. The board elects officers including president, vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and an executive committee. Preferred stock arrears affect director elections, and provisions mention directors for the October 9 1945 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Radio
Collins Radio Company
Apie Dows
Cedar Raloway
Tve
A. al
Pvt Steele describes Kwajalein action and prize offer
Pvt William C. Steele of Wichita Falls Texas recalls taking part in a capture at Kwajalein in which thirty Japanese prisoners were taken. He notes the colonel offered a quart of alcohol for each prisoner brought in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Field
Calif
William C. Steele
Wichita Falls
Texas
Kwajalein
Early Hollywood Tales of Lupe Velez and Others
Laughing Lupe Velez arrived in Hollywood in 1927 at age sixteen to work on The Dove with Norma Talmadge. She rose to fame after The Gaucho with Douglas Fairbanks and drew comparisons to Dolores Del Rio, while enduring romantic rumors and media scrutiny. Greta rumors and Marlene Dietrich clashes with Nazi Germany also surface as Hollywood figures navigate war era tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollywood
INS
Lupe Velez
Hollywood
Mexico
Norma Talmadge
Richard Bennett
Lupe
Douglas Fairbanks
Dolores del Rio
Dolores
A Reisch
Metro
Marlene Dietrich
Germany
Hitler
Marlene
Sammy
Soldiers Civilians Clash in Sicily Over Callup
In Catania Sicily soldiers fired on demonstrators protesting Sicilian callups for the Italian army. A student was killed and public buildings were burned. Crowds marched to the town center and set fire to the courts. Unita reported further demonstrations in Palermo Messina and Enna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
INS
Catania
Sicily
Courts of Justice
Burman females face severe illiteracy rate
A Burma study reports that about 86 percent of females in the country are illiterate, highlighting stark gender gaps in education and literacy access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Also Mentioned on This Page
John 8S. Miller
E. J. Miller
Hondo
Marion High School
Miller
University of Iowa
Roland C. Henderson
Alma Arens Henderson
Sixth Avenue
Merion
Loma Henderson
Tipton
Air Service Command
Sgt. Henderson
LaPlantaate
Dorothy Peterson
Victor Carlson
Fifteen Street
Lewis
Wash
A Avenue
L. A. Prastka
Prastka
North Africa
Robert E. Watkins
Harlingen
Lincoln, Neb
B. H
Thirty-sixth Avenue
William H. Auman
Kearney
Neb
D. R. Auman
Marion
George Auman
Tinkerfield
Oklahoma City
Stanley Vosburgh
Fort Lewis
John Vosburgh
Bowling Street
Thomas M. Sullivan
Charles Hepker
Sgt
Hepker
Puerto Rico
Navy
Ration Board
Virginia
Sailor
Leonard Schoon
Arthur A. Collins
Rose He Msenh
Esident
Second Ave
Christmas Tree Center
Léwella Parsons
Obert Walker
Jennifer Jones
Shirley Patterson
Walker
Kate Hargrove
Garbo
Au Revoir
London
Teresa Wright
Niven Busch
Beeg
Greta
Eyptina
Tom
Tommy
Brim
Ming
Yonkshire
Munist
Unita
Mussolini
Palermo
Messina
Enna
America
Orful
Phoenix
Newman
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