Italian War Prisoners Work Quietly on American Rails
Helena AP reports Italian war prisoners in Montana laboring with U S forest service and private firms after parole. Internees from Missoula camps, many former sailors, work in woods and beet fields, paid and guarded indirectly. Foreman Joe Martello praises their reliability despite language barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Giorno
Joe Martello
United States
Missoula
U. S. Forest Service
Montana
Martello
Bricklayer Builds Elaborate Miniature Model Houses as Hobby
Chris Becky a 74 year old Cedar Rapids bricklayer has spent eight years crafting five fully furnished miniature houses. The largest five room brick bungalow measures 28 by 32 inches and all interiors and furnishings are handmade. Becky moved from Davenport seven years ago and lives with his granddaughter and her husband. The collection includes The Little Church of the Flowers in Forest Lawn California and The Little Brown Church in the Vale near Nashua Iowa.
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Chris Becky
Mr. Becky
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
S. H. Beck
Eighteenth Street
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Los Angeles
Calif
Becky
The
Vale
Nashua
Glencairn
Scotland
California
Annie Laurie
Heather
Legionaires View Seahawk Irish Film At Legion Meeting
Ensign Art Gueppe of the Iowa City naval Preflight school will show pictures of the Seahawk Notre Dame football game from last fall. The Hanford post No 5 American Legion meeting will be in the Memorial building clubrooms at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Gueppe
Iowa City
Seahawk- Notre Dame
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Memorial Building
Gillman Named Permanent Deputy Milk Market Agent
Howard Gillman is appointed permanent deputy milk marketing agent for the Cedar Rapids and Waterloo area. E. H. McGuire, Rock Island district marketing agent, announced the appointment. Gillman, from Fort Dodge, previously ran a dairy there and later joined the dairy products division in Des Moines. He will work from the local Milk Marketing Administration office in the American Building, Cedar Rapids, for several months before splitting time between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Gillman
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
E. H. McGuire
Rock Island
Gillman
Fort Dodge
Dairy Products
OPA
Des Moines
Milk Marketing Administration
American
Too Hot for Yanks in Hospital on Beachhead
In Italy near Salerno a front line evacuation hospital endured shelling and flak as tents were moved after landing. Lt Col Howard Patterson and Lt Col Paul Sauer report seven wounded including two patients as 50 caliber fire pierced the operating tent yet operations continued to save lives despite near misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nzio
Italy
Howard Patterson
New York
East 67Th St
Salerno
Paul K. Sauer
Patterson
Sauer
Planes Drop Mail To Boys At Front
Army air drops mail to soldiers on the front lines. Postmaster General Frank Walker testified before the house appropriations committee about delivering mail by airplane even under attack, noting initial difficulties with navy and army but praising the service overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Walker
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Urgent plea for salvage of tin cans nationwide
L D Burgus leads Cedar Rapids tin can salvage urging continuous effort until Tokyo is reached. He notes Japan once held 70 percent of world tin and the U S relied on limited sources, stressing salvaging used cans. City workers will collect cans. housewives should leave processed cans by containers in boxes to survive winter. Tin content powers tanks and ships and backs medical supplies.
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L. D. Burgus
Cedar Rapids
Burgus
Tokyo
Japan
Burgos
Bolivia
Africa
Wales
City- Health Department
Bronze Star Is New U.S. Medal
President Roosevelt announced a new Bronze Star medal for meritorious service by members of the army navy Marine Corps and coast guard. The air force is exempt as it already has a similar award the Air Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Air Force
War Fund Executive Committee to Meet in Cedar Rapids
Members of the Linn County War Fund executive committee will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel to discuss the October countywide drive results. Van Vechten Shaffer Iowa War Chest district vice president will attend with county heads. The drive funded both the county war fund and the Cedar Rapids Community War Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County War Fund
Roosevelt Hotel
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
van Vechten Shaffer
Iowa War Chest
County War Fund
Cedar Rapids
Century Ordnance Division Offers Worker Cohesion
A recruitment note highlights Century Ordnance Division as a large, cohesive workplace where hundreds of workers feel like a family. It invites applicants to visit the Employment Office with their birth certificate and availability to discuss joining the team.
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Ordnance Division
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Richard O’mally
Carlo Ingami
Rome
Luis Schiaffinno
Pietro Campenella
Genoa
Enrichetta
Flavia
Schiaffinno
America
Baltimore
Legionaires
Unkle Hank Sez
C.R
Yanks
Kenneth L. Dixon
the Gazette Company
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Goester
U. S. Territories
Chicago
New Center Bridg
Detroit
Media Records
N.P.A
Klapp Company
U.S
Ales Snetansiyas
Newman’s
Newman's
Mary Miles
Newman
Tee
Addic
Addic Tax
Imperial
Glass& Paint Com
Second Ave
War Fund
Cai
Crenshaw
Hitler
Hirchite
Mussolini
Children’s
Vanity Fair
Newman’s Street
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