Service Notices From Home Front Soldiers and Sailors
Navy and Marine personnel from the area are listed with leaves, transfers, and promotions. Kenneth W. Schoener returns from a 10 day leave at 1736 B avenue NE while stationed at Camp Peary VA. Wilfred Hopkins promotes to sergeant at Camp Claiborne LA. Several others, including James Sibert, Robert A. Reed, and Warne Swan, receive furloughs, transfers, or duty changes with ties to Detroit, Farragut Idaho, and Kenyon College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Schoener
Seabees
Camp Peary
B Avenue
Effie Schoener
Twelfth Avenue
Wilfred Hopkins
Camp Claiborne
H Avenue NW
Military Family News From North Idaho to Iowa City
Paragraphs list service members visiting furloughs and stations: Cpl. and Mrs. Ratslaff in El Paso Fort Bliss medical technician. Cpl. Louis G. Akers at Ashburn General Hospital McKinney Texas on 15 day furlough with parents. Mr. and Mrs. Schmatt in Iowa City accompanying others. Ben Figes family at 114 Tenth Street NW. paren and Mrs. Bil Schmit of Walking Lioyd Eigas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paren
Bil Schmit
Lioyd Eigas
Ben Figes
Tenth Street
Farragut
Idaho
Daryl Ratslaff
el Paso
Texas
Fort Bliss
Oreyenting
Charles Schmatt
Vinton
Albert Ratzlaff
Iowa City
Cpl
Louis G. Akers
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
and Mirs
Ames Akers
Third Avenue
Towa City approves airport commission plan
The city votes 412 to 52 in favor of creating a permanent airport commission. Appointments will follow mayoral recommendation and council approval at next week’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Teen-Agers Cast In Junior Miss at University Theater
Iowa City officials announce the University theater will stage Junior Miss on February 21 to 26. Lead role will be played by a University high school girl with other high school and university students in supporting parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
E. C. Mabie
University Theater
War Department Promotes Iowa Officers in Promotions
Washington announces temporary promotion of 13 Iowans with two named lieutenants and orders two to active duty. Major Forest S. Rutgers of Cedar Rapids advances to lieutenant colonel. Harvey E. Hanna Jr of Marion promoted from lieutenant to captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Lowans
Forest S. Rutgers
Cedar Rapids
Harvey E. Hanna, Jr
Marion
Kansas Warden Quits In Protest Against Scheduled Execution
Topeka Kansas AP governor objects to capital punishment calling it barbarous and cites Brady case. Warden resigns, noting he cannot participate in legal killing of murderers. Three other convicts sit on Kansas death row under an inoperative law since 1872 and reactivated in 1933 with hanging prescribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Ing
Brady
Kansas
Ar Rine
Arkansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Joe Williams
Statehouse to Close for Lincoln and Washington Birthdays
Des Moines AP reports the state house will close on February 12 and February 22 to observe Abraham Lincoln and George Washington birthdays. Officials say both days are legal holidays under Code 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
State Executive Council
Nazis Fired Deliberately on Litter Bearers at Cassino
Two American officers accused German troops on Mount Cassino of firing on medics and litter bearers while using the Red Cross symbol for cover. Major Ray Erickson and Major Donald Landon testified that a medical team placed five litter cases in a stone house and 30 more remained under enemy sight, prompting shelling and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th Army
MT. Cassino
Jmt
Cassino
Red Cross
Ray Erickson
Minneapolis
Donald Landon
Erican
Erickson
Landor
Landon
Sheen Replies to Soviet Charges Against Vatican
Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen condemns Soviet agitation as anti Catholic propaganda. He argues the Vatican was opposed by a government employing slave labor and cites Soviet claims as a defense of fascist and Nazi ties. He notes Tass coverage of a pamphlet on the Vatican’s alleged role in fascism and Nazism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fulton J. Sheen
Vatican
Soviet
Russia
Franco
Spain
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Tass
Monsignor Sheen
Leopold Mannaberg
New York
Monsignor Scheer
Greek Mathematician Pythagoras and the Round Earth Idea
A brief note recalls that the Greek mathematician Pythagoras argued the earth is round around the 6th century BC, marking an early development in astronomical thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythagoras
B. C
CIO Head Urges F D R to Veto Tax Bill Amid War Revenue Clash
CIO president Philip Murray urged President Roosevelt to veto a new 2 1 2 billion tax measure he called a betrayal of wartime taxation. Roosevelt planned to study the bill over the weekend. Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee pressed for swift tax simplification proposing a single income tax with streamlined returns and earlier filing deadlines to cut confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Treasury
Orray
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Congressional
Republican
Rep
Carlson
R-Kan
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James Sibert
University of Illinois
As.t.p
Detroit
H. C. Haser
Twenty-first Street
Robert A. Reed
Linda
Seventh Street
Sidney J. Mills
Byron J. Anderson
Miami Beach
Fla
Aleutian Islands
Pvt. Warne Swan
Texas A. and
M. College
Kenyon College
Gambier
Ohio
T. E. Swan
Forest Drive
Leland L. Christensen
Dan T. Christensen
Sixth Street
Camp Hill
Voralee Skerik
Mike Skerik
William H. Reed
San Diego
Calif
Miss Skerik
Navy Radio Training School
Miami University
Oxford
Frank W. Tresnak
Marine Corps
Wendl Tresnak
Twenty-second Avenue
Pacific
John Conden
Coast Guard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fred Condon
Bever Avenue
Marvin D. Hollingsworth
C. E. Oleson
Elmhurst Drive
Wallace Hollingsworth
Fourteenth Street
Camp Wallace
Fort George Meade
Marland Usher
B. M. Usher
Sharon
M Street
Leo W. Novotny
Abilene
Scribner, Neb
Pfc
Frank W. Novotny
Camp Ibis
Camp Cooke
Frank R. Novotny
Olon
Buddy L. Price
Camp Northrop
Hawthorn
Hammerfield
Fresno
Eva M. Price
Fifth Street
Clyde W. Ricker
Second Street
C. J. Ricker
F Avenue
Clarence J. Schmidt
Air Corps
Towa City
Marion, Cedar Rapids
Statehouse
James £. Boper
Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Berihssilie
Okicheme
U.S
Ork
Sheen
Red
CIO Head
F.D.R
Obie
Sears
Sears Rockwool Insulation
Kimsul
Ey Lr
Urieces
Pia Sears, Roebuck and CO
Cepar Rapids, Iowa
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