Men and Women In The Service of Their Country
A column lists service members and veterans from the area. William D. Bayless, discharged after 18 months on Tinian, and others including Cpl Virgil K. Cooper, Tech Lloyd Rischer, Sgt John F. Callender, Lt J B Freeman, and Staff Sgt Delos E. LeDean are profiled with addresses and postwar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Bayless
Yeoman Park
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Paramount Building
Navy
Great Lakes
Tinian
Roosevelt Hotel
Kay
Billy
East St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Troop Carrier Command
Bergstrom Field
Lloyd Rischer
Jerry Lou
Fourth Avenue SE
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Army
South Pacific
John F. Callender
E. B. Callender
Fifth Avenue SE
Camp Grant
Africa
Italy
Greece
Delos E. LeDean
Radcliffe
Fort Jackson
S. C
Collins Radio Company
Earl J. Beck
Aviation Ordnanceman
Ray Beck
Twenty-second Avenue Sw
Minneapolis
Minn
Earl Lee
Linn County Board Approves Sale of Two Lots
The Linn County Board of Supervisors sold two parcels including one in Marion to Mrs. Magmie E. Reid for 21.41 dollars with delinquent 1944 and 1945 taxes due. H. W. Bauman bought a College Park Cedar Rapids lot for 50 dollars. The board reappointed A. O. Ambroz as deputy sheriff without pay. W. A. Ball filed a fourth quarter 1945 report of 7.95 dollars in fees and 50 in fines. Petitions by Raymond G. Martin and G. H. Richardson for road improvements in Linn township were placed on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Justice Court
Magmie E. Reid
Marion
College Park
Cedar Rapids
H. W. Bauman
A Avenue NW
James H. Smith
A. O. Ambroz
W. A. Ball
Rapids Township
Raymond G. Martin
G. H. Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Linn Township
Soviet American panel to study Korean issues in joint talks
A permanent 10 man Soviet American commission was formed to study Korea’s internal problems and help establish a provisional government under four power trusteeship. The panel will visit Korea, including Pyongyang, consult with parties and societies in both zones, and may release further communiques detailing work ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
INS
Lin
Pyongyang
Japan
Arch V. Arnold
T. F. Shukov
Last of Four Asylum Fugitives Is Captured
The last of four escapees from the state hospital for the insane, Paul Dworak 24, was captured in a Lincoln home. He surrendered peacefully as police found him bathing his frozen feet in the bathroom after Mrs. S. A. Points allowed him entry to warm himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
State Hospital
Lincoln
Paul Dworak
S. A. Points
Racketeers Target Goods With Soaring Prices
A report details three suspects sneaking past guards and slipping through a locked car. one is described as dangerous. They were recaptured after a brief escape. The items sold by dealers included staples at 1.10 per package and penicillin. a jeep or a two and half ton army truck were offered. The machines would be stolen, and the racketeers thrive in hard times but are on their way out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rue Des Radis
Belgians See Early Signs of Economic Recovery
Report from Brussels notes Belgium regaining stability after wartime devastation with higher wages and rising living costs. Vacancy in coal, but production returning to pre war levels. black market activity declines as government clamps down. American cigarettes and apparel appear on the street market amid rationing shifts.
Iowa City to vote on $300000 school bond issue
Iowa City voters will decide March 11 on a $300000 bond proposal for construction at Iowa City High and three local elementary schools. The petition to the school board prompted the special bond election and also elects two school board members to fill vacancies held by Jack Kelly and Mrs. H. L. Beye whose terms expire that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Jack Kelly
H. L. Beye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cpl
Virgil K. Cooper
Harry Cooper
Ninth Street
Regular Army
Bergstrom Fied
Austin
Texas
J. B. Freeman
Bayless
Life Magazine
Farnsworth
Hotel Roosevelt
Curtis V. Adkins
I Ave
Board of Supervisors
38Th Parallel
Firestone de Luxe
6Th Street
2Nd Ave
10Th St
Dial
Dewitt Mackenzie
Brussels
Belgium
Hitler
Germany
France
Antwerp
Liege
Bruges
Iowa
Citians
11Th St
First St
Valentine
Penney’s Men’s Wear
Dickeys
Park and Tilford
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