Notable Cedar Rapids Connections Highlight Social Notices
Margie Fileener and Jack A. Tewalt of Cedar Rapids pair with Lloyd J. Lefebvre of Fairfax and Ruby Gardner of Cedar Rapids. Florence Braden of Ree Heights South Dakota and Robert S. Michaelson of Clinton appear alongside Rae Wah of Cedar Rapids and Joseph Reale of Connecticut in a mixed regional social notice.
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Margie Fileener
Jack A. Tewalt
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd J. Lefebvre
Fairfax
Ruby Gardner
Florence Braden
Ree Heights
S. D
Robert S. Michaelson
Clinton
Rae Wah
Joseph Reale
Connecticut
Custody Granted as Rose Kelley Receives Name Return
In Warren County, Rose Kelley formerly Rose Cohn, married Oct 30 1940 in Cicero, awarded custody of the minor child. The court restored her maiden name Rose Cohn. Judge G K Thompson presided, finding cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Rose Kelley
Warren Kelley
Cicero
Rose Cohn
G. K. Thompson
Palmer couple fined for delinquency in school neglect
Mr and Mrs William Palmer of 1030 Fifth street NW were fined five dollars and costs for contributing to the delinquency of minor children by failing to keep them in school. Fines suspended on payment of costs. Defendants were arrested by truancy officer A S Bailey. Cases heard before Justice W A Rail.
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William Palmer
Fifth Street NW
A. S. Bailey
W. A. Rail
Local Obituaries Fall for Three Residents
Mrs. Leava Hoover aged 78 died at home on Seventh Street SE at 10 10 p m Wednesday Sally Ann Edwards eight died in a local hospital at 5 40 p m Wednesday Oscar F Stabenfeldt forty died in a local hospital at 10 55 a m Thursday
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Leava Hoover
Seventh Street
Sally Ann Edwards
First Avenue
Oscar F. Stabenfeldt
C Avenue NE
Local Traffic Fines and Licenses Reported in Marion Area
Gilbert Viner of Marion surrendered his license for 15 days after speeding. Dale Brown of Marion paid $10 and costs for speeding. Tom Haddy of 829 Ninth Street SE paid $2 and costs for failure to yield right of way. Alex Kalliel of 2700 First Avenue East paid $5 and costs of $4.70 with suspending fine for failure to yield. Ed Staskal of Mt Vernon paid $2 and costs for failure to yield. John L Lefebvre of Fairfax paid $2 and costs for stop signal violation.
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Gilbert Viner
Marion
Dale Brown
Tom Haddy
Ninth Street SE
Alex Kalliel
First Avenue E
Ed Staskal
Mt. Vernon
John L. Lefebvre
Fairfax
Local Births Reported From St. Luke's and Mercy Hospitals
At St. Luke's hospital a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dal Graffi of Central City on December 18. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll T Phelps of 218 Tenth Street SE welcomed a son on December 17. Mr. and Mrs. Donald D Jansen of 1506 A Avenue NE had a daughter on December 17. Mr. and Mrs. L E Kalving of 1014 Tent Street NW had a daughter on December 17. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Platner of 916 A Drive NE welcomed a son on December 17. At Mercy hospital Mr. and Mrs. John Connor of Mr. Vernon welcomed a son on December 17. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Trombio of 930 Ninth Street SE welcomed a son on December 17.
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St. Luke's Hospital
Dal Graffi
Central City
Carroll T. Phelps
Tenth Street
Donald D. Jansen
L. E. Kalvng
Tent. Street
Leon Platner
Mercy Hospital
John Conner
Vernon
Louis Trombino
Ninth Street SE
Navy shakeup details for Pacific theater command
The article reports a pending court martial protocol expansion and a navy reshuffle. Nimitz will become full admiral and take command of the Pacific fleet with Pye as second in command. Jacobs will replace Nimitz as chief of navigation while remaining Atlantic theater duties.
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Navy
Kimmel
Timson
Nimitz
William S. Pye
Battle Force
Pacific
Bureau of Navigation
Randall Jacobs
Roosevelt
Com
Dargue Missing After Flight From Blythe to Hamilton Field
General Dargue, 55, on an inspection flight from Blythe California to Hamilton Field California, reported flying over San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains en route to the San Joaquin valley toward San Francisco. Search continues between Palmdale and Hamilton Field. Dargue, veteran air force officer, commanded the first air task force and helped in key maneuvers and Pan American flight.
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Blythe
Palmdale
San Joaquin Valley
Uishna
Brooklyn
N. Y
Air Force
Army Aviation Virtualy
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Dargue
Pershing
Mexico
South America
Prominent World War Leaders Named in Naval and Air Commands
Nimitz of Fredericksburg Texas born 56 a leading figure in the Navy’s early submarine command and World War I Atlantic Force era. Emmons of Huntington West Virginia 53 advanced from 1905 USMA to lieutenant general and 1939 Navy bureau chief. Tinker of Edgin Kansas 54 rose from Philippine Constabulary to brigadier general and last year to full general as air force leader.
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Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Texat
Kimmal
Navy
Saretanton
Chicago
Newport
R. I
Naval War College
Augusta
Bureau of Navigation
Battle Force
Emmons
Huntington
W. Va
United States Military Academy
Infantry
Headquarters Air Force
Hawaii
18Th Comite Wing
Hwaiian Department
Marchfield
Calif
Langley Field
Tinker
Edgin
Kan
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Philippine Constabulary
Regular Army
Surgical Dressing Class Postponed by Red Cross Cedar Rapids
Lack of bandages forces postponement of the surgical dressing class at the Red Cross production room. It was announced by Mrs. Wells C. Peck, secretary of the Cedar Rapids chapter. The class likely will not start until next month.
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Red Cross
Wells C. Peck
Cedar Rapids
The
On Duty In Pacific War Duty List Adds Four Men
The list of Cedar Rapids and Marion men on war duty in the Pacific grows with four new names: Wilbur Leinan Pete Condon Donald Zimmerman and W Gordon Spence joining those already listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Pacific
Wilbur Leinan
Pete Condon
Donald Zimmerman
W. Gordon Spence
War Powers and Censorship Bill Sent to White House
The House completed action on a broad war powers and censorship bill. It would authorize presidential restructuring of agencies, streamline wartime procurement, and extend World War I trade controls to freeze about 7 billion in Axis assets. The White House expected President Roosevelt to sign and trigger censorship.
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White House
Washington
House
President Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Roosevelt
General Accounting Office
Treasury
Reds Press for Knockout Blow On Moscow Front
A dispatch from Henry Shapiro reports Maj. Gen. A. A. Viasov stating the Red Army will continue its offensive toward Berlin with increasing tempo and German resistance weakening. Front activities include Orel, Tula, Mozhaisk, Kharkov and Volokolamsk reports as Soviet forces advance past Solnechnogorsk, with civilians expressing support.
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RED Army
Moscow
Russia
A. A. Viasov
Viasov
Orel
Tula
Mozhaisk
Kharkov
Volokelamsk
British Hold Borneo Airfields as Java War Rages
Allied forces kept control of key Borneo airfields aimed at thwarting Japanese plans against Singapore and the Philippines. Hongkong defenders repelled a second surrender demand as Japan bombarded. Chinese efforts toward Singapore advance, while Dutch New Guinea sees its first Japanese assault repelled. Western Malaya dams and canal walls are destroyed, flooding hindering both sides and trapping villagers.
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Hongkong
Chungking
Singapore
Malaya
Army Enlistment Push Aims For Fast Expansion
Brig Gen Wade Haislip told the senate military committee the army will expand as quickly as equipment arrives with no set enlistment target. Brig Gen Hershey urged allowances for families of married inductees and tighter boards on dependency cases. He said about 1000 farm youths will be sent back to the farm this spring to protect vital agriculture. The testimony, given in a closed session, was released in print Thursday and proposes WWI style pay allotments to support dependents, with the government matching. Congress may need an allotment law.
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Army
Wade H. Haislip
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Senate
Hershey
Draft director warns on farming marriages and labor needs
The draft director warned that local boards must support wives who may rely on their husbands. He said many marriages of convenience would form for economic reasons and that allowances could be necessary. Hershey urged careful handling of farmers and pointed to future large demand for men in the air force and mechanized army.
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Selective Service
Hershey
Haislip
Air Force
Jap Troops Enter Malaya In Disguise
In Malaya, Japanese fifth column troops armed with submachine guns infiltrated northern areas wearing Malayan and Chinese clothing and vanished into the populace before the assault. AP photographer Frank Noel reported they also used Buddhist monk robes and plantation laborer disguises when entering from Thailand.
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Singapore
Malaya
Frank Noel
Associated Press
Thailand
U S Will Not Attend Moscow Talks Between British and Russians
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters on Thursday the United States would not be represented at any conferences in Moscow between the British and Soviet high commands. He said no American would be present at the meetings.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Moscow
Hull
Six Die As Army Plane Crashes On Coast
Bakersfield California report says six people were killed when an army plane crashed at Muroc Dry Lake. Coroner N C Houze says army authorities notified him of the fatalities.
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Bakersfield
Calif
N. C. Houze
Kern County
Muroc Dry Lake
Nazi Agent Nabbed in Cuba Plot to Signal Planes
In Havana police announced the capture of Reinhold Hahn a 61 year old German Gestapo agent and engineer tied to a plot to install military reflectors on a Cuba coastal mountain to signal planes and ships. Officers said models drawings and surveys support the case.
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Cuba
Havana
Atlantic Ocean
Reinhold Hahn
Gestapo
Berlin
Testimony In Probe Of Blast At Burlington Plant
A military board of inquiry heard testimony in Burlington Iowa to determine the cause of a blast that wrecked a m est unit at the Iowa ordnance plant Lieut Col Rossweill E Hardy commanding officer of the Indiam ordnance works at Charleston Ind is president of the board Other members include Major John C Lowry Capt Charles K Walter Capt John H Edgerly First Lieut L K Chew and Second Lieut Robert M McCreary
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Burlington
Military Board of Inquiry
Iowa
Rossweill E. Hardy
Indiam Ordnance Works
Charleston
Ind
John C. Lowry
Charles K. Walter
John H. Edgerly
L. K. Chew
Robert M. McCreary
Plants Grow Side by Side in Milford Pot
In Milford New Hampshire a pot holds cotton peanut sweet potato and tobacco plants growing together in one pot as a curious urban farming snapshot.
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Charlie
Emerson
Milford
N. H
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Mander-In
Armed Forces
Texas
West Virginian
Sala-Dress Co
Cedar Raitalowe
Reds
Er Henry Shapiro
Solnechnogorsk
America
Darrage
Borneo
Philippines
Radio Batavia
Dutch New Guinea
Pee Eee
Congress
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet Command
Craemer'sk
U. S
Craemer
Women's Club
Second Avenue
Vogue
Mademoiselle
Cozy Fur Mitts
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