Bergdoll Seeks Isolated Life on Farm Near Downingtown
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the WWI draft dodger returned to a 260 acre farm near Downingtown with wife Berta and son Erwin. He isolated himself inside the farmhouse after a publicized return, asking to be forgotten as neighbors hope he thrives on the land. The scene included 13 rooms, livestock, and a welcoming home display from Berta’s daughter.
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Downingtown
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Berta
Erwin
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
Emma Bergdoll
United States
Germany
Bergen
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Food Subsidy Aids Proposed By Senators For Low Income Groups
A group of senators proposed a 500 million dollar annual food subsidy plan limited to low income families as an alternative to the administration’s 1.5 billion dollar general subsidies. The plan, based on income under 1600 dollars, would modify the Aiken-LaFollette stamp bill and be offered as an amendment to Bankhead’s bill. The senate will take up the Bankhead measure next week amid support and opposition from various lawmakers and farm groups.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Aiken
R-Vt
Bankhead
Dala
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Taft
Ohio
Eastland
Dmiss
McClellan
D-Ark
Office of Price Administration
Delegates Pack Opening of Iowa Building Trades Convention
The Iowa State Building Trades council opened at the Cedar Rapids Labor temple with state president P R Farris presiding. More than 35 delegates from across Iowa attended the opening session and a banquet featured Roy Downer Frank K Hahn and G K Strausser as speakers. About 75 delegates are expected for today’s sessions and the 1945 convention site will be chosen in the afternoon.
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Iowa State Building Trades Council
Cedar Rapids
WLB to Appoint Four Alternate Public Members
The War Labor Board plans to name four alternate full time members to form two or three divisions and speed decisions. Likely appointees include Lewis Gill Cleveland regional chair Edwin E Witte Detroit regional chair Dr Frank V Morley New York and Dexter Keefer Portland Ore with White House approval pending.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Lewis Gill
WLB
Cleveland
Edwin E. Witte
Detroit
Frank V. Morley
New York
Dexter Keezer
Portland
Ore
Admiral Connolly stunned by Japan's silence at Roi Namur
At Roi Namur in Kwajalein atoll Admiral Richard L. Connolly said the Japanese have yet to strike back by air or sea and that it is too early to tell if their navy will fight. The U S task force secured Roi Namur and additional islets while Gen Schmidt and Gen Smith reviewed the advance with high praise for planning and coordination.
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Kwajalein Atoll
INS
Richard L. Connolly
Marshalls
Connolly
Waukegan
Ill
Fourth Marines
Roi
Namur
Kwajalein
Harry Schmidt
Holland M. Smith
USMC
Schmidt
Pfc
Harry Harnisch
Buffalo
N. Y
Cpl
Bill Gascinck
Tulsa
Oklo
James L. Underhill
Fourth Marine Division
Coral
Adeg Vogler
Bath
Thomas Driscoll
St. Louis
Army
Donald Winder
Oak Park
Over-Age Men Can Return Overseas
Washington dispatch says over age enlisted men who apply for release and join the reserve may rejoin active service. They will be included in the first available group of replacements sent to their former overseas commands after changing their minds.
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Washington
Army and Navy Register
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Bergdolll
Ernest L. Watt
Don Hyndman
Building Trades
Joseph A. Loftus
John B&b. Henry
Rencvciating
Tarawa
Gilberts
Belio
Samuel C. Cumming
Davidson, S. C
Francis H. Brink
Lewisburg
W. Va
Brink
U. S
P.M
Young and
Jacquard
Robes
Oka, Caine
Miami
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