Helen Thomas and George Litsis Marry in Cedar Rapids Church
Helen J Thomas and George J Litsis wed Sunday at 5 PM in the Hellenic Orthodox church of St John the Baptist Cedar Rapids with Rev D Mittacos and Rev S T Sarrinicalou officiating. The ceremony included nuptial music, a 150 guest reception at the Roosevelt hotel, and plans to reside in Kansas City Missouri.
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Cedar Rapids
Helen J. Thomas
John Thomas
Avenue NE
George J. Litsis
James Litsis
Kansas City
Kan
St. John the Baptist
George Follon
Bessie Thomas
Mary Thomas
Georgia Poulos
Chicago
Gazette
Roosevelt Hotel
S. T. Sarrinicalau
Waterloo
Steve Litsis
Nick Xenos
Pacific
Civil Service
Thomas
Franklin High School
D. Mittacos
S. T. Sarrinicalou
Anne Gianedakis
Alberta Achenbach
James Penpergas
Steve Lensis
Men and Women In Service Honorably released and promoted personnel
Lt. (ig.) Alvern T. Lunning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence O. Lunning of Emmetsburg, is honorably released from naval transport service after service since November 1942 with the Black Cat squadron in Australia New Guinea East Indies and the Philippines. Pvt. Gene Berry returns to Chanute field after a 12 day furlough. Pvt. Warold Crain visits home during a two week furlough from Yuma. Charles N. Fliehler, 210 Sixth avenue SW, is promoted to captain while on terminal leave. Staff Sgt. Henry R. Smith of Walker is en route home from Pearl Harbor.
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Alvern T. Lunning
Clarence O. Lunning
Emmetsburg
Naval Transport Service
Cedar Rapids
Black Cat
Australia
New Guinea
East Indies
Philippines
Rapid Gas Corporation of
Gene Berry
R. E. Berry
Fifth Street NW
Chanute Field
Pvt
Warold Crain
B. Crain
Avenue NW
Yuma
Ariz
Charles N. Fliehler
Sixth Avenue
War Department
Henry R. Smith
Walker
Pearl Harbor
Dr William Evans to Speak at Coe Chapel
Dr William M Evans professor emeritus of Bible at Coe college will give the invocation and speak briefly at chapel services Tuesday at 10 am. Three former Coe students who have returned after war service Jack Walters Daniel Justad and Russell Collins will participate. Dr David I Berger head of the chapel will preside.
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William M. Evans
Coe College
Coe
Jack Walters
Daniel Justad
Russell Collins
David I. Berger
Americans Spend Less Than Before The War
Washington AP Secretary of Commerce Wallace reported 1945 saw strong holiday buying but consumer spending remained below pre war levels. Production reached 196 billion and national income 160 billion, slightly under 1944. Consumers shifted from saving to spending yet goods and services were not fully available.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Civvies Needed in Separation Areas
Washington reports thousands of G I s delayed in returning to civilian life as separation centers face a shortage of civilian workers. This bottleneck keeps point men in the United States who otherwise could be deployed overseas.
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Civvies
Washington
INS
G.I
War Department
United States
Final Report On Bond Sales
Linn County's Victory loan drive results show total bond sales of 12.708 million dollars, surpassing the overall quota by nearly 5.888 million and the E bond target by about 476 thousand. County Chairman George Hearn announced final figures with Cedar Rapids leading E bond contributions at 1.573 million and Marion at 101 thousand.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Linn County
George Hearn
Federal Reserve
E Pond
Hearn
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Central City
Coggan
Fairfax
Lisbon
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Prairieburg
Robbins
Springville
Walker
Linn
Armed Services
Three Hurt When Car Crashes into Calvert
Mr and Mrs Anthony Giza of 610 Third Avenue SE and their 5 year old son Anthony Jr were injured in an auto crash about five miles south of Cedar Rapids on highway 218 Sunday afternoon. Anthony Jr required fourteen stitches to a lip gash and stitches to his nose at St Luke s hospital. Mrs Giza suffered a broken next.
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Anthony Giza
Third Avenue SE
Anthony, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Highway 218
St. Luke's Hospital
Giza
Boyington to Wed to Divorcee in Reno
Lt Col Gregory Rappy Boyington plans marriage to Mrs Lucy Malcolmson after she wins divorce Tuesday. The former Flying Tigers ace and Medal of Honor recipient has left San Diego for the ceremony. Malcolmson, a GM production manager’s wife in Australia, says she met Boyington in India in 1942. He shot down 26 Japanese planes with the Black Sheep, was captured in 1944 and freed at war’s end.
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United States
Gen. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Boyington
Black Sheep
Pacific
Hanford Post To Induct Large Membership Class
Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion plans initiation ceremonies at Memorial Coliseum at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Over 350 new members to be installed, report at 7:30 p.m. Ralph R. Stuart of Hampton, state commander of the American Legion, will speak. Families invited. regular post meeting to follow.
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Hanford
American Legion
Memorial Coliseum
Ralph R. Stuart
Hampton
Stuart Is Fined Held For Resisting Officer
Ralph Sleepy Stuart, 34, of 500 F avenue NW, was fined 25 dollars and costs on an assault and battery charge and is jailed awaiting further charges from a Sunday melee with officers. Patrolman Badger suffered a cut ear. two policemen found Stuart in bed and issued a warrant from Justice Ball. He resisted arrest as he edged for the door claiming he sought cigarettes.
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Ralph “Sleepy” Stuart
F Avenue NW
W. A. Ball
Stuart
Carl Badger
Badger
Tommy Gaines
Justice Ball
Food Prices Rise in Cedar Rapids in Mid-November
The Cedar Rapids retail food price index rose four tenths of one percent from Oct 16 to Nov 13, led by 12.9 percent jumps in eggs and 4 percent in fish. Dairy gained 2.7 percent while fresh fruits and vegetables fell 4 percent and beef veal slipped 1.4 percent. The Nov 13 index stood at 142.8 percent of the 1940 June level, up 2.3 percent from Nov 1944 and up 48.9 percent since Jan 1941.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
Deer Hunt, a Trial by Fire and a Revelation
A narrator recalls a brutal deer hunt that starts before dawn in a backseat with four hounds. He endures numbness, fatigue, and brutal chases through swamps, while a cousin guides him on misdirections. By sunset he longs for a phony victory over the deer and imagines future hunting absurdities.
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America
St. Agnes
Dick Skinner
Blackjacks
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James Peppergas
Helen Thomas
George Litsis
William Evans
Coe Chapel
Highway Patrol
Hanford Post
Hey
Lichty
Saipan
Ripley
Prkolas Adamovich Maksimiuk
Academy OF
Soench
ST. Petersburg
Nicolaust
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